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America's local and State police forces, nationwide have been pumped-up into paramilitary forces with Federal government money starting in the 1970's under Nixon. This flood of federal money continued under Reagan, the ostensible reason given for the surge was the "crack" epidemic; the ongoing "War-On-Drugs" that Nixon started. Clinton followed Reagan-Bush and increased local and State police funding even further with his so-called COPS program in 1994. But the definitive game changer that put funding of local and State police forces on $$$$$$$$$$$$$ steroids were the events of September 11, 2001. Following 9/11 an entire new "national security state" was created (Dept. of Homeland Security) and existing law enforcement agencies engorged themselves in the bonanza of $$$$$$$$$$$$ that the federal government was providing under the banner of "anti-terrorism". All police departments got some of the money, it didn't matter if it was some 200 member police force in the middle of cow chip fly over country. New York City predictably got the most money. They bought everything, tanks, shoulder fired missiles, submarines, attack helicopters, night vision goggles, nuclear and chemical weapons detection sniffers, robots, etc. The other police departments coast-to-coast tried to emulate New York's 35,000 police forces tactics - even if they had no need for such equipment. This militarization of the nation's police forces will continue because the contractors who sell this stuff to the cops have used their profits to <s>Lobby</s> bribe federal legislators to make sure the federal dollars continue to line their pockets. Unfortunately most police officers are completely untrained on how to handle all this military style equipment, so innocent people will be killed.
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In the Rewrite, the Justice Dept. issues a scathing report
on the police department whose officers were caught on
camera shooting and killing a homeless man
Albuquerque Police Used Excessive Force
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So they use a bean bag round after they kill him with bullets.
WTF?
WTF?
A SWAT team blew a hole in my 2-year-old son
A SWAT team blew a hole in my 2-year-old son (UPDATE)
That's right: Officers threw a flashbang grenade in my son's crib -- and left a hole in his chest. It gets worse
ALECIA PHONESAVANH
TUESDAY, JUN 24, 2014 06:45 AM CDT
After our house burned down in Wisconsin a few months ago, my husband and I packed our four young kids and all our belongings into a gold minivan and drove to my sister-in-law’s place, just outside of Atlanta. On the back windshield, we pasted six stick figures: a dad, a mom, three young girls, and one baby boy.
That minivan was sitting in the front driveway of my sister-in-law’s place the night a SWAT team broke in, looking for a small amount of drugs they thought my husband’s nephew had. Some of my kids’ toys were in the front yard, but the officers claimed they had no way of knowing children might be present. Our whole family was sleeping in the same room, one bed for us, one for the girls, and a crib.
After the SWAT team broke down the door, they threw a flashbang grenade inside. It landed in my son’s crib.
Flashbang grenades were created for soldiers to use during battle. When they explode, the noise is so loud and the flash is so bright that anyone close by is temporarily blinded and deafened. It’s been three weeks since the flashbang exploded next to my sleeping baby, and he’s still covered in burns.
There’s still a hole in his chest that exposes his ribs. At least that’s what I’ve been told; I’m afraid to look.
My husband’s nephew, the one they were looking for, wasn’t there. He doesn’t even live in that house. After breaking down the door, throwing my husband to the ground, and screaming at my children, the officers – armed with M16s – filed through the house like they were playing war. They searched for drugs and never found any.
I heard my baby wailing and asked one of the officers to let me hold him. He screamed at me to sit down and shut up and blocked my view, so I couldn’t see my son. I could see a singed crib. And I could see a pool of blood. The officers yelled at me to calm down and told me my son was fine, that he’d just lost a tooth. It was only hours later when they finally let us drive to the hospital that we found out Bou Bou was in the intensive burn unit and that he’d been placed into a medically induced coma.
For the last three weeks, my husband and I have been sleeping at the hospital. We tell our son that we love him and we’ll never leave him behind. His car seat is still in the minivan, right where it’s always been, and we whisper to him that soon we’ll be taking him home with us.
Every morning, I have to face the reality that my son is fighting for his life. It’s not clear whether he’ll live or die. All of this to find a small amount of drugs?
The only silver lining I can possibly see is that my baby Bou Bou’s story might make us angry enough that we stop accepting brutal SWAT raids as a normal way to fight the “war on drugs.” I know that this has happened to other families, here in Georgia and across the country. I know that SWAT teams are breaking into homes in the middle of the night, more often than not just to serve search warrants in drug cases. I know that too many local cops have stockpiled weapons that were made for soldiers to take to war. And as is usually the case with aggressive policing, I know that people of color and poor people are more likely to be targeted. I know these things because of the American Civil Liberties Union’s new report, and because I’m working with them to push for restraints on the use of SWAT.
A few nights ago, my 8-year-old woke up in the middle of the night screaming, “No, don’t kill him! You’re hurting my brother! Don’t kill him.” How can I ever make that go away? I used to tell my kids that if they were ever in trouble, they should go to the police for help. Now my kids don’t want to go to sleep at night because they’re afraid the cops will kill them or their family. It’s time to remind the cops that they should be serving and protecting our neighborhoods, not waging war on the people in them.
I pray every minute that I’ll get to hear my son’s laugh again, that I’ll get to watch him eat French fries or hear him sing his favorite song from “Frozen.” I’d give anything to watch him chase after his sisters again. I want justice for my baby, and that means making sure no other family ever has to feel this horrible pain.
Update: As of the afternoon of 6/24/2014, Baby Bou Bou has been taken out of the medically induced coma and transferred to a new hospital to begin rehabilitation. The hole in his chest has yet to heal, and doctors are still not able to fully assess lasting brain damage.
http://www.salon.com/2014/06/24/a_swat_team_blew_a_hole_in_my_2_year_old_son/
A SWAT team blew a hole in my 2-year-old son (UPDATE)
That's right: Officers threw a flashbang grenade in my son's crib -- and left a hole in his chest. It gets worse
ALECIA PHONESAVANH
TUESDAY, JUN 24, 2014 06:45 AM CDT
After our house burned down in Wisconsin a few months ago, my husband and I packed our four young kids and all our belongings into a gold minivan and drove to my sister-in-law’s place, just outside of Atlanta. On the back windshield, we pasted six stick figures: a dad, a mom, three young girls, and one baby boy.
That minivan was sitting in the front driveway of my sister-in-law’s place the night a SWAT team broke in, looking for a small amount of drugs they thought my husband’s nephew had. Some of my kids’ toys were in the front yard, but the officers claimed they had no way of knowing children might be present. Our whole family was sleeping in the same room, one bed for us, one for the girls, and a crib.
After the SWAT team broke down the door, they threw a flashbang grenade inside. It landed in my son’s crib.
Flashbang grenades were created for soldiers to use during battle. When they explode, the noise is so loud and the flash is so bright that anyone close by is temporarily blinded and deafened. It’s been three weeks since the flashbang exploded next to my sleeping baby, and he’s still covered in burns.
There’s still a hole in his chest that exposes his ribs. At least that’s what I’ve been told; I’m afraid to look.
My husband’s nephew, the one they were looking for, wasn’t there. He doesn’t even live in that house. After breaking down the door, throwing my husband to the ground, and screaming at my children, the officers – armed with M16s – filed through the house like they were playing war. They searched for drugs and never found any.
I heard my baby wailing and asked one of the officers to let me hold him. He screamed at me to sit down and shut up and blocked my view, so I couldn’t see my son. I could see a singed crib. And I could see a pool of blood. The officers yelled at me to calm down and told me my son was fine, that he’d just lost a tooth. It was only hours later when they finally let us drive to the hospital that we found out Bou Bou was in the intensive burn unit and that he’d been placed into a medically induced coma.
For the last three weeks, my husband and I have been sleeping at the hospital. We tell our son that we love him and we’ll never leave him behind. His car seat is still in the minivan, right where it’s always been, and we whisper to him that soon we’ll be taking him home with us.
Every morning, I have to face the reality that my son is fighting for his life. It’s not clear whether he’ll live or die. All of this to find a small amount of drugs?
The only silver lining I can possibly see is that my baby Bou Bou’s story might make us angry enough that we stop accepting brutal SWAT raids as a normal way to fight the “war on drugs.” I know that this has happened to other families, here in Georgia and across the country. I know that SWAT teams are breaking into homes in the middle of the night, more often than not just to serve search warrants in drug cases. I know that too many local cops have stockpiled weapons that were made for soldiers to take to war. And as is usually the case with aggressive policing, I know that people of color and poor people are more likely to be targeted. I know these things because of the American Civil Liberties Union’s new report, and because I’m working with them to push for restraints on the use of SWAT.
A few nights ago, my 8-year-old woke up in the middle of the night screaming, “No, don’t kill him! You’re hurting my brother! Don’t kill him.” How can I ever make that go away? I used to tell my kids that if they were ever in trouble, they should go to the police for help. Now my kids don’t want to go to sleep at night because they’re afraid the cops will kill them or their family. It’s time to remind the cops that they should be serving and protecting our neighborhoods, not waging war on the people in them.
I pray every minute that I’ll get to hear my son’s laugh again, that I’ll get to watch him eat French fries or hear him sing his favorite song from “Frozen.” I’d give anything to watch him chase after his sisters again. I want justice for my baby, and that means making sure no other family ever has to feel this horrible pain.
Update: As of the afternoon of 6/24/2014, Baby Bou Bou has been taken out of the medically induced coma and transferred to a new hospital to begin rehabilitation. The hole in his chest has yet to heal, and doctors are still not able to fully assess lasting brain damage.
http://www.salon.com/2014/06/24/a_swat_team_blew_a_hole_in_my_2_year_old_son/
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Family wants officer held accountable in beating
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Family wants officer held accountable in beating
By ANDREW DALTON
1 hour ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California Highway Patrol has vowed to carry out a thorough investigation after a video emerged of one of its officers repeatedly punching a woman he had pinned down on the side of a Los Angeles freeway.
The woman had been walking on Interstate 10 west of downtown Los Angeles, endangering herself and people in traffic, and the officer was trying to restrain her, CHP Assistant Chief Chris O'Quinn said at a news conference. O'Quinn said the woman had begun walking off the freeway but returned when the confrontation occurred.
The video shows the woman struggling and trying to sit up while the officer punches her in the face and head until an off-duty law enforcement officer appears and helps him handcuff her.
Passing Driver David Diaz recorded the Tuesday incident and provided it to media outlets including The Associated Press. He told the AP in a phone interview Friday that he arrived as the woman was walking off the freeway. He said she turned around only after the officer shouted something to her.
"He agitated the situation more than helped it," said Diaz, who started filming soon after.
Los Angeles attorney Caree Harper said the woman's family wants authorities held accountable for "beating a great-grandmother in broad daylight." She declined to disclose the woman's name or answer questions about what the woman was doing along the edge of one of the city's busiest freeways.
She is undergoing psychiatric evaluation, authorities said.
"We want the focus to be what he was doing to her, not what she was doing" prior to the confrontation, said Harper, who said she is representing the family. "She was getting beat like an animal. No one should ever be beat like that."
The officer is on administrative leave while the patrol investigates. He has not been identified.
The video caught the attention of local civil rights leaders, who expressed shock and outrage at their own news conference.
"Speaking for the women of this community, we are angry, we are upset," said Lita Herron of the Youth Advocacy Coalition.
O'Quinn said the CHP would answer community concerns and that an investigative team already has been assembled and has begun its work.
"We are known as an agency that really polices itself," O'Quinn said.
Community activist Earl Ofari Hutchinson, speaking at the local leaders' news conference, agreed.
"Over the years, CHP has had a very good track record in terms of community relations," Hutchinson said. "That's why this was so shocking."
O'Quinn said the incident report listed no injuries for the woman, who would not give her name.
O'Quinn said he could not say what prompted the officer to act as he did. But he noted California Highway Patrol officers have a heightened sense of the dangers of being on the freeway compared with a citizen "who is not accustomed to the speed and conditions," especially outside of a car.
"The most dangerous thing that we face is traffic," O'Quinn said.
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Family wants officer held accountable in beating
By ANDREW DALTON
1 hour ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California Highway Patrol has vowed to carry out a thorough investigation after a video emerged of one of its officers repeatedly punching a woman he had pinned down on the side of a Los Angeles freeway.
The woman had been walking on Interstate 10 west of downtown Los Angeles, endangering herself and people in traffic, and the officer was trying to restrain her, CHP Assistant Chief Chris O'Quinn said at a news conference. O'Quinn said the woman had begun walking off the freeway but returned when the confrontation occurred.
The video shows the woman struggling and trying to sit up while the officer punches her in the face and head until an off-duty law enforcement officer appears and helps him handcuff her.
Passing Driver David Diaz recorded the Tuesday incident and provided it to media outlets including The Associated Press. He told the AP in a phone interview Friday that he arrived as the woman was walking off the freeway. He said she turned around only after the officer shouted something to her.
"He agitated the situation more than helped it," said Diaz, who started filming soon after.
Los Angeles attorney Caree Harper said the woman's family wants authorities held accountable for "beating a great-grandmother in broad daylight." She declined to disclose the woman's name or answer questions about what the woman was doing along the edge of one of the city's busiest freeways.
She is undergoing psychiatric evaluation, authorities said.
"We want the focus to be what he was doing to her, not what she was doing" prior to the confrontation, said Harper, who said she is representing the family. "She was getting beat like an animal. No one should ever be beat like that."
The officer is on administrative leave while the patrol investigates. He has not been identified.
The video caught the attention of local civil rights leaders, who expressed shock and outrage at their own news conference.
"Speaking for the women of this community, we are angry, we are upset," said Lita Herron of the Youth Advocacy Coalition.
O'Quinn said the CHP would answer community concerns and that an investigative team already has been assembled and has begun its work.
"We are known as an agency that really polices itself," O'Quinn said.
Community activist Earl Ofari Hutchinson, speaking at the local leaders' news conference, agreed.
"Over the years, CHP has had a very good track record in terms of community relations," Hutchinson said. "That's why this was so shocking."
O'Quinn said the incident report listed no injuries for the woman, who would not give her name.
O'Quinn said he could not say what prompted the officer to act as he did. But he noted California Highway Patrol officers have a heightened sense of the dangers of being on the freeway compared with a citizen "who is not accustomed to the speed and conditions," especially outside of a car.
"The most dangerous thing that we face is traffic," O'Quinn said.
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Re: Bastards
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Re: Bastards
NY Father Dies After Being Put in Chokehold by Police
Witnesses say that Eric Garner was breaking up a fight when police
approached him about selling untaxed cigarettes. A struggle ensued,
a police chokehold was applied and moments later Garner was dead
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NY Father Dies After Being Put in Chokehold by Police
Witnesses say that Eric Garner was breaking up a fight when police
approached him about selling untaxed cigarettes. A struggle ensued,
a police chokehold was applied and moments later Garner was dead
Eric Garner was standing on a sidewalk Thursday when police, who accused him of selling untaxed cigarettes, approached him.
Garner, 43, told police that he hadn't sold anything and to leave him alone.
After a brief standoff, five police officers attempted to take the 400-pound Staten Island, N.Y., father of six down to the ground. Video footage from the incident shows Garner being choked from behind by one officer as the other officers attempt to handcuff him, the New York Daily News reports. Garner can be heard on the footage saying, "I can't breathe. I can't breathe."
In the end, Garner lay unconscious on the pavement. He later went into cardiac arrest and died at Richmond University Medical Center, the Daily News reports.
When I kissed my husband this morning, I never thought it would be for the last time," Garner's wife, Esaw, told reporters. The family also noted that Garner suffered from asthma.
Authorities told the Daily News that Garner had a history of selling untaxed cigarettes and had an October court date on three charges, including pot possession and selling untaxed cigarettes.
Witnesses at the scene told the Daily News that Garner wasn't selling cigarettes when police approached him but was breaking up a fight. Garner's family pointed out that he "didn't have any cigarettes on him or in his car at the time of his death."
"They're covering their asses; he was breaking up a fight," Garner's wife told the Daily News. "They harassed and harassed my husband until they killed him."
Internal Affairs is looking into the death, according to authorities.
Garner, 43, told police that he hadn't sold anything and to leave him alone.
After a brief standoff, five police officers attempted to take the 400-pound Staten Island, N.Y., father of six down to the ground. Video footage from the incident shows Garner being choked from behind by one officer as the other officers attempt to handcuff him, the New York Daily News reports. Garner can be heard on the footage saying, "I can't breathe. I can't breathe."
In the end, Garner lay unconscious on the pavement. He later went into cardiac arrest and died at Richmond University Medical Center, the Daily News reports.
When I kissed my husband this morning, I never thought it would be for the last time," Garner's wife, Esaw, told reporters. The family also noted that Garner suffered from asthma.
Authorities told the Daily News that Garner had a history of selling untaxed cigarettes and had an October court date on three charges, including pot possession and selling untaxed cigarettes.
Witnesses at the scene told the Daily News that Garner wasn't selling cigarettes when police approached him but was breaking up a fight. Garner's family pointed out that he "didn't have any cigarettes on him or in his car at the time of his death."
"They're covering their asses; he was breaking up a fight," Garner's wife told the Daily News. "They harassed and harassed my husband until they killed him."
Internal Affairs is looking into the death, according to authorities.
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Why didn't police taze him?
Slain Cleveland boy's father, Anonymous ask
This undated photo provided by the family's attorney shows Tamir Rice. Rice, 12, was fatally shot
by police in Cleveland after brandishing what turned out to be a replica gun, triggering an inves-
tigation into his death and a legislator's call for such weapons to be brightly colored or bear
special markings.
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Why didn't police taze him?
Slain Cleveland boy's father, Anonymous ask
The father of the 12-year-old Ohio boy fatally shot by police – and
an online hacking group – are asking why police didn't use a Taser.
an online hacking group – are asking why police didn't use a Taser.
This undated photo provided by the family's attorney shows Tamir Rice. Rice, 12, was fatally shot
by police in Cleveland after brandishing what turned out to be a replica gun, triggering an inves-
tigation into his death and a legislator's call for such weapons to be brightly colored or bear
special markings.
In the wake of the police fatal shooting of an Ohio 12-year-old boy who was brandishing an air pistol, the child's father is asking why police couldn't have resorted to using lesser force – a taser – and the online hacking consortium Anonymous is echoing the call.
"Why not taze him?" Gregory Henderson, Tamir Rice's father, posed to Northeast Ohio Media Group. "You shot him twice, not once, and at the end of the day you all don't shoot for the legs, you shoot for the upper body."
Then Anonymous blamed the Cleveland police department for a "lack of appropriate training" for the admittedly "rookie officer" who shot the boy in a statement in warning they would shut down police websites – and later, it was reported that the city of Cleveland website was disabled.
"Why did he not use a Taser on this child? Shooting him in cold blood was not necessary with these non-lethal options available," a man behind a Guy Fawkes mask says in a YouTube video that appears to come from the group.
The subject of excessive - or reasonable - force by police has become a hot topic in America in the wake of the August fatal shooting by Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.
The man who called Cleveland police said the gun was "probably fake" and that the "guy" waving it was scaring people, The New York Daily News reported.
Cleveland Deputy Chief Edward Tomba says he doesn't know whether a 911 dispatcher told responding officers that the gun was "probably fake."
Dispatched police said they were responding to reports of a "male with a gun threatening," and Tamir did not follow orders from the officers to keep his hands up, according to Northeast Ohio Media Group. Tomba says surveillance video of the shooting is "very clear" about what occurred.
Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association president Jeff Follmer said taking a Taser out when it is believed a suspect is armed puts the officer at risk.
"We're not trained to shoot people in the leg," Follmer said. "If we pull that trigger, we feel our lives are in danger."
Anonymous anticipated this response: "The excuse 'we feared for our lives' is ludicrous when the victim was only 12 years old and only had possession of a toy airsoft gun."
Cleveland police's Use of Deadly Force Investigation Team is investigating the shooting, and evidence will be turned over to a grand jury to decide if it was justified.
Meanwhile, State Rep. Alice Reece, a Democrat from Cincinnati and the president of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus, announced Sunday that she will introduce legislation requiring all BB guns, air rifles and airsoft guns sold in Ohio to be brightly colored or have prominent fluorescent strips, The Associated Press reported.
The replica pistol used by Tamir Rice, did not have any bright markers, so it looked like a real gun, said Cleveland police.
"The shooting of John Crawford III devastated many people in our community and left us looking for answers," Reece said in a news release. "This bill is but one small step in addressing this tragedy and helping to prevent future deadly confrontations with someone who clearly presents little to no immediate threat or danger. With Saturday's deadly shooting of a 12-year-old in Cleveland, it is becoming crystal clear that we need this law in Ohio."
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"Why did he not use a Taser on this child? Shooting him in cold blood was not necessary with these non-lethal options available," a man behind a Guy Fawkes mask says in a YouTube video that appears to come from the group.
"Why not taze him?" Gregory Henderson, Tamir Rice's father, posed to Northeast Ohio Media Group. "You shot him twice, not once, and at the end of the day you all don't shoot for the legs, you shoot for the upper body."
Then Anonymous blamed the Cleveland police department for a "lack of appropriate training" for the admittedly "rookie officer" who shot the boy in a statement in warning they would shut down police websites – and later, it was reported that the city of Cleveland website was disabled.
"Why did he not use a Taser on this child? Shooting him in cold blood was not necessary with these non-lethal options available," a man behind a Guy Fawkes mask says in a YouTube video that appears to come from the group.
The subject of excessive - or reasonable - force by police has become a hot topic in America in the wake of the August fatal shooting by Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.
The man who called Cleveland police said the gun was "probably fake" and that the "guy" waving it was scaring people, The New York Daily News reported.
Cleveland Deputy Chief Edward Tomba says he doesn't know whether a 911 dispatcher told responding officers that the gun was "probably fake."
Dispatched police said they were responding to reports of a "male with a gun threatening," and Tamir did not follow orders from the officers to keep his hands up, according to Northeast Ohio Media Group. Tomba says surveillance video of the shooting is "very clear" about what occurred.
Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association president Jeff Follmer said taking a Taser out when it is believed a suspect is armed puts the officer at risk.
"We're not trained to shoot people in the leg," Follmer said. "If we pull that trigger, we feel our lives are in danger."
Anonymous anticipated this response: "The excuse 'we feared for our lives' is ludicrous when the victim was only 12 years old and only had possession of a toy airsoft gun."
Cleveland police's Use of Deadly Force Investigation Team is investigating the shooting, and evidence will be turned over to a grand jury to decide if it was justified.
Meanwhile, State Rep. Alice Reece, a Democrat from Cincinnati and the president of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus, announced Sunday that she will introduce legislation requiring all BB guns, air rifles and airsoft guns sold in Ohio to be brightly colored or have prominent fluorescent strips, The Associated Press reported.
The replica pistol used by Tamir Rice, did not have any bright markers, so it looked like a real gun, said Cleveland police.
"The shooting of John Crawford III devastated many people in our community and left us looking for answers," Reece said in a news release. "This bill is but one small step in addressing this tragedy and helping to prevent future deadly confrontations with someone who clearly presents little to no immediate threat or danger. With Saturday's deadly shooting of a 12-year-old in Cleveland, it is becoming crystal clear that we need this law in Ohio."
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"Why did he not use a Taser on this child? Shooting him in cold blood was not necessary with these non-lethal options available," a man behind a Guy Fawkes mask says in a YouTube video that appears to come from the group.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Up...im-Slain-Cleveland-boy-s-father-Anonymous-ask
NYC panel nears decision on police chokehold death
NYC panel nears decision on police chokehold death
Associated Press
By TOM HAYS November 28, 2014 4:21 PM
NEW YORK (AP) — Amid the fallout from a grand jury's decision in the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Missouri, a panel in New York City is quietly nearing its own conclusion about another combustible case involving the death of an unarmed man at the hands of police.
The grand jury that began investigating the chokehold death of Eric Garner in September heard last week from what was believed to be its final witness — the New York Police Department officer seen on a widely watched amateur video showing him wrapping his arm around Garner's neck. Before the end of the year, authorities are expected to announce whether the officer will face criminal charges in a case that sparked outrage and grabbed headlines before it was overshadowed by the killing of Brown in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson.
The Garner video — along with a medical examiner's finding that the chokehold contributed to his death on the streets of Staten Island — should give a grand jury ample reason to indict, said Garner's mother, Gwen Carr.
"You'd have to be blind to not see what happened," Carr said in a telephone interview. "I can't see why it should take so long to reach a decision. ... The wait is making me very anxious, of course. But there's nothing I can do about it."
Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan, who has control over the timing of a grand jury vote and an announcement, has declined to comment. But New York City authorities say they're already taking steps to avoid a repeat of the violent protests in Ferguson.
The NYPD sent detectives to Missouri to gather intelligence on "professional agitators" who frequent protests and to share strategies for quelling violence, said Police Commissioner William Bratton. Police also have kept in touch with community leaders on Staten Island to coordinate the response to the grand jury decision.
"We're always and constantly networking and trying to make ourselves accessible and reaching out," Bratton said.
The Garner case stems from a July 17 confrontation between Officer Daniel Pantaleo and other NYPD officers who stopped him on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes. The video shot by an onlooker shows the 43-year-old Garner, who was black, telling the officers to leave him alone and refusing to be handcuffed.
Pantaleo, who is white, responded by putting Garner in an apparent chokehold, which is banned under NYPD policy. The heavyset Garner, who had asthma, is heard gasping, "I can't breathe." He later was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The medical examiner ruled Garner's death a homicide caused in part by the chokehold. But police union officials and Pantaleo's lawyer have argued that the officer used a takedown move taught by the police department, not a chokehold, and that Garner's poor health was the main reason he died.
As in the Brown case, which involved a black 18-year-old and a white officer, Garner's family sought intervention by federal prosecutors. Carr and others met several weeks ago with U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch — the nominee to replace outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder — whose office covers Staten Island. Lynch hasn't commented.
"She just said that they were keeping an eye on the case," Carr said. "It gave me something to hold onto."
Some demonstrators at a recent Brooklyn protest organized in respond to the Ferguson case said they expected a similar outcome in New York.
"I wouldn't be surprised if another cop got off," said 15-year-old Gramal Ralph, who's black. "I would hope that we could get justice here, but I don't have faith in the system anymore."
http://news.yahoo.com/nyc-panel-nears-decision-police-chokehold-death-184214797.html
NYC panel nears decision on police chokehold death
Associated Press
By TOM HAYS November 28, 2014 4:21 PM
NEW YORK (AP) — Amid the fallout from a grand jury's decision in the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Missouri, a panel in New York City is quietly nearing its own conclusion about another combustible case involving the death of an unarmed man at the hands of police.
The grand jury that began investigating the chokehold death of Eric Garner in September heard last week from what was believed to be its final witness — the New York Police Department officer seen on a widely watched amateur video showing him wrapping his arm around Garner's neck. Before the end of the year, authorities are expected to announce whether the officer will face criminal charges in a case that sparked outrage and grabbed headlines before it was overshadowed by the killing of Brown in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson.
The Garner video — along with a medical examiner's finding that the chokehold contributed to his death on the streets of Staten Island — should give a grand jury ample reason to indict, said Garner's mother, Gwen Carr.
"You'd have to be blind to not see what happened," Carr said in a telephone interview. "I can't see why it should take so long to reach a decision. ... The wait is making me very anxious, of course. But there's nothing I can do about it."
Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan, who has control over the timing of a grand jury vote and an announcement, has declined to comment. But New York City authorities say they're already taking steps to avoid a repeat of the violent protests in Ferguson.
The NYPD sent detectives to Missouri to gather intelligence on "professional agitators" who frequent protests and to share strategies for quelling violence, said Police Commissioner William Bratton. Police also have kept in touch with community leaders on Staten Island to coordinate the response to the grand jury decision.
"We're always and constantly networking and trying to make ourselves accessible and reaching out," Bratton said.
The Garner case stems from a July 17 confrontation between Officer Daniel Pantaleo and other NYPD officers who stopped him on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes. The video shot by an onlooker shows the 43-year-old Garner, who was black, telling the officers to leave him alone and refusing to be handcuffed.
Pantaleo, who is white, responded by putting Garner in an apparent chokehold, which is banned under NYPD policy. The heavyset Garner, who had asthma, is heard gasping, "I can't breathe." He later was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The medical examiner ruled Garner's death a homicide caused in part by the chokehold. But police union officials and Pantaleo's lawyer have argued that the officer used a takedown move taught by the police department, not a chokehold, and that Garner's poor health was the main reason he died.
As in the Brown case, which involved a black 18-year-old and a white officer, Garner's family sought intervention by federal prosecutors. Carr and others met several weeks ago with U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch — the nominee to replace outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder — whose office covers Staten Island. Lynch hasn't commented.
"She just said that they were keeping an eye on the case," Carr said. "It gave me something to hold onto."
Some demonstrators at a recent Brooklyn protest organized in respond to the Ferguson case said they expected a similar outcome in New York.
"I wouldn't be surprised if another cop got off," said 15-year-old Gramal Ralph, who's black. "I would hope that we could get justice here, but I don't have faith in the system anymore."
http://news.yahoo.com/nyc-panel-nears-decision-police-chokehold-death-184214797.html
Cops dead white dude camping illegally
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A homeless New Mexico man who was illegally camping in the Albuquerque foothills was fatally shot by police.
New helmet camera video released by the Albuquerque Police Department on Friday shows the moment 38-year-old James Boyd turns his back to officers and then gets shot dead. Despite overwhelming criticism to the shooting, the department says its officers were justified, KRQE reported.
Boyd was shot on Sunday, March 16. Police Chief Gorden Eden said officers approached Boyd, who was sleeping, to speak to him about illegally camping in an open space, according to the Albuquerque Journal.
According to authorities, Boyd began arguing with officers for more than three hours before the fatal shooting. Graphic video released by the department shows cops yelling at Boyd to "get on the ground" moments before he's shot.
"Don't change up the agreement, I'm going to try to walk with you," Boyd says in the video. The suspect then picks up his belongings as if ready to leave. As he starts to head down the hill, an officer can be heard saying "Do it," before Boyd is hit with a flash-bang device.
Visibly disoriented, Boyd drops his bags and appears to take out a knife. That's when two officers, Dominque Perez and Keith Sandy, fire multiple rounds into the man.
Boyd can be seen dropping to the ground, where he lays still. Officers yell at him to drop his knife repeatedly. When the suspect doesn't answer, police fire multiple bean-bag rounds at the man, then release a K-9 officer on him.
Blood can be seen splattered on rocks near Boyd's head. The man was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead a day later.
Officer Sandy, who was involved in the shooting, was fired from the New Mexico State Police in 2007 over accusations of fraud. He was allegedly making money doing private security work while also on the force, KRQE reported.
When Sandy joined the APD, the department said he would be a civilian employee and wouldn't have a gun or badge. Sandy continued rising through the ranks, eventually joining the Repeat Offender Project Team.
Boyd, who police said may have been a paranoid schizophrenic, has a long criminal history. In the past, he allegedly attacked people with knives, box cutters, and his hands, and in 2010 broke a female officer's nose, according to KOAT.
During a news conference, Chief Eden said the shooting was justified because Boyd was a "direct threat" to the three gun-wielding officers. Eden reportedly left the press conference before news stations could ask why officers didn't use stun guns instead of firing their weapons.
Officers Dominque Perez and Keith Sandy have both been placed on paid administrative leave.
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A homeless New Mexico man who was illegally camping in the Albuquerque foothills was fatally shot by police.
New helmet camera video released by the Albuquerque Police Department on Friday shows the moment 38-year-old James Boyd turns his back to officers and then gets shot dead. Despite overwhelming criticism to the shooting, the department says its officers were justified, KRQE reported.
Boyd was shot on Sunday, March 16. Police Chief Gorden Eden said officers approached Boyd, who was sleeping, to speak to him about illegally camping in an open space, according to the Albuquerque Journal.
According to authorities, Boyd began arguing with officers for more than three hours before the fatal shooting. Graphic video released by the department shows cops yelling at Boyd to "get on the ground" moments before he's shot.
"Don't change up the agreement, I'm going to try to walk with you," Boyd says in the video. The suspect then picks up his belongings as if ready to leave. As he starts to head down the hill, an officer can be heard saying "Do it," before Boyd is hit with a flash-bang device.
Visibly disoriented, Boyd drops his bags and appears to take out a knife. That's when two officers, Dominque Perez and Keith Sandy, fire multiple rounds into the man.
Boyd can be seen dropping to the ground, where he lays still. Officers yell at him to drop his knife repeatedly. When the suspect doesn't answer, police fire multiple bean-bag rounds at the man, then release a K-9 officer on him.
Blood can be seen splattered on rocks near Boyd's head. The man was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead a day later.
Officer Sandy, who was involved in the shooting, was fired from the New Mexico State Police in 2007 over accusations of fraud. He was allegedly making money doing private security work while also on the force, KRQE reported.
When Sandy joined the APD, the department said he would be a civilian employee and wouldn't have a gun or badge. Sandy continued rising through the ranks, eventually joining the Repeat Offender Project Team.
Boyd, who police said may have been a paranoid schizophrenic, has a long criminal history. In the past, he allegedly attacked people with knives, box cutters, and his hands, and in 2010 broke a female officer's nose, according to KOAT.
During a news conference, Chief Eden said the shooting was justified because Boyd was a "direct threat" to the three gun-wielding officers. Eden reportedly left the press conference before news stations could ask why officers didn't use stun guns instead of firing their weapons.
Officers Dominque Perez and Keith Sandy have both been placed on paid administrative leave.
‘Unbelievable’: City of Cleveland blames 12-year-old Tamir Rice for his own death
‘Unbelievable’: City of Cleveland blames 12-year-old Tamir Rice for his own death
Outrage over city’s response to family’s lawsuit
By Dylan Stableford
3 hours ago
Yahoo News
Supporters of the family of Tamir Rice are outraged over the city of Cleveland’s claim that the 12-year-old boy was responsible for his own shooting death.
“It’s unbelievable,” Walter Madison, one of the Rice family’s attorneys, told the Washington Post on Monday. “There are a number of things that we in society don’t allow 12-year-olds to do. We don’t allow them to vote, we don’t allow them to drink. In court we don’t try them as adults. They don’t have the capacity to understand the consequences of their actions.”
Benjamin Crump, Rice family co-counsel, told CNN that the family was “just in disbelief.”
Tamir Rice was killed on Nov. 22 outside a recreation center by police officers who were responding to a report of a person with a gun. Rice, who was playing with a pellet gun, was shot within seconds after officers arrived at the scene by rookie cop Timothy Loehmann, who reportedly said he had “no choice” but to defend himself.
The family’s lawsuit, filed in December, alleges police used excessive force and failed to immediately provide first aid.
On Friday, the city’s attorneys responded to a lawsuit filed by the family, saying their claims “were directly and proximately caused by their own acts” and that Tamir caused his own death “by the failure ... to exercise due care to avoid injury.”
Not surprisingly, the city’s seemingly cold response has drawn considerable outrage online.
The city’s attorneys did not immediately respond to requests seeking further comment.
Last week, the head of the Cleveland Police Patrolman’s Association suggested Tamir was an adult-size suspect.
“He’s menacing. He’s 5-feet-7, 191 pounds. He wasn’t that little kid you’re seeing in pictures,” Steve Loomis, the association's president, told Politico. “He’s a 12-year-old in an adult body.”
In its 41-page filing, the city said it is not able to fully respond, because the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office’s investigation into Rice’s death is not finished.
http://news.yahoo.com/tamir-rice-cleveland-death-blamed-outrage-165945688.html
‘Unbelievable’: City of Cleveland blames 12-year-old Tamir Rice for his own death
Outrage over city’s response to family’s lawsuit
By Dylan Stableford
3 hours ago
Yahoo News
Supporters of the family of Tamir Rice are outraged over the city of Cleveland’s claim that the 12-year-old boy was responsible for his own shooting death.
“It’s unbelievable,” Walter Madison, one of the Rice family’s attorneys, told the Washington Post on Monday. “There are a number of things that we in society don’t allow 12-year-olds to do. We don’t allow them to vote, we don’t allow them to drink. In court we don’t try them as adults. They don’t have the capacity to understand the consequences of their actions.”
Benjamin Crump, Rice family co-counsel, told CNN that the family was “just in disbelief.”
Tamir Rice was killed on Nov. 22 outside a recreation center by police officers who were responding to a report of a person with a gun. Rice, who was playing with a pellet gun, was shot within seconds after officers arrived at the scene by rookie cop Timothy Loehmann, who reportedly said he had “no choice” but to defend himself.
The family’s lawsuit, filed in December, alleges police used excessive force and failed to immediately provide first aid.
On Friday, the city’s attorneys responded to a lawsuit filed by the family, saying their claims “were directly and proximately caused by their own acts” and that Tamir caused his own death “by the failure ... to exercise due care to avoid injury.”
Not surprisingly, the city’s seemingly cold response has drawn considerable outrage online.
The city’s attorneys did not immediately respond to requests seeking further comment.
Last week, the head of the Cleveland Police Patrolman’s Association suggested Tamir was an adult-size suspect.
“He’s menacing. He’s 5-feet-7, 191 pounds. He wasn’t that little kid you’re seeing in pictures,” Steve Loomis, the association's president, told Politico. “He’s a 12-year-old in an adult body.”
In its 41-page filing, the city said it is not able to fully respond, because the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office’s investigation into Rice’s death is not finished.
http://news.yahoo.com/tamir-rice-cleveland-death-blamed-outrage-165945688.html
Full Video of Walter Scott shooting by Michael Thomas Slager
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Published on Apr 7, 2015
The following contains unedited, graphic footage of the April 4, 2015, shooting of Walter Scott by North Charleston Patrolman 1st Class Michael Thomas Slager taken by an anonymous bystander.
The following contains unedited, graphic footage of the April 4, 2015, shooting of Walter Scott by North Charleston Patrolman 1st Class Michael Thomas Slager taken by an anonymous bystander.
California Sheriff Investigates
'Disturbing' Video of Suspect Being Beaten
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April 10, 2015
The San Bernardino County, California, Sheriff's Office opened two investigations Thursday only hours after an NBC Los Angeles helicopter recorded deputies using a stun gun on a man on a stolen horse and then beating him repeatedly.
In the video, a sheriff's helicopter can be seen landing next to the man, who falls off the horse and is stunned by one of the deputies. Two deputies begin punching him in the head and kneeing him in the groin. Then, three others arrive and join in the pummeling, which lasts about two minutes.
The sheriff's office identified the man in a statement as Francis Jared Pusok, 30, of Apple Valley. It said Pusok was being treated at a hospital for undisclosed injuries.
The sheriff's office said deputies were serving a search warrant in connection with an identity theft investigation about 12:12 p.m. (3:12 p.m. ET) when Pusok fled in a vehicle. At some point, he stole a horse from a group of people in San Bernardino National Park and rode off through dirt trails into steep, rugged terrain, the statement said.
