Monday, December 8, 2014

Grand Jury fails to Indict NY Cop Who Choked Man to Death Over Minor Cigarette Sales



The Killing of Eric Garner - Was It Necessary?


The first thing to note about the police killing of Eric Garner in New York is that – despite what you may have heard – this is not a partisan issue.
Fox News commentator Judge Napolitano says that the Grand Jury should have indicted the NYPD police officer who applied the lethal chokehold for excessive force.


George W. Bush said that the grand jury decision was “hard to understand.”
And the Christian Science Monitor notes:
Many on the political right and left united to condemn the grand jury decision, a rare event in an age of acute polarization.
The cover of the conservative New York Post says: “IT WAS NOT A CRIME,” written in big, bold letters, accompanied by still frames of Pantaleo putting Garner in a chokehold.
Fox News syndicated columnist and contributor Charles Krauthammer called the grand jury’s decision “totally incomprehensible.”
“I think anybody who looks at the video would think this was the wrong judgment,” Krauthammer said.
“It defies reason. It makes no sense,” wrote Sean Davis at the Federalist. “Just going on the plain language of the law, the police officer who killed Garner certainly appears to be guilty of second-degree manslaughter at the very least … All we have to do is watch the video and believe our own eyes.”


http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/12/police-killing.html


Eric Garner’s killing and why the police chokehold is so racially charged


Of all the tragic elements in the chokehold death of Eric Garner, perhaps the most notable is how little it offers that is new or unique. Despite bans and decades of controversy, the chokehold is still apparently in use. It’s still lethal. And it’s still as racially charged as ever.
Dozens of chokehold deaths have come across the country — from Las Vegas to Los Angeles to New York — and while most occurred decades ago, the debate over the manuever remains fractious. One camp says versions of the chokehold can be applied safely. The other condemns the practice as one of the riskiest tools in a cop’s arsenal. The conversation began when the practice was routine — and mired in allegations of racial injustice and discrimination.


In 1982, the Criminal Law Bulletin published an investigation that found the Los Angeles Police Department had used chokeholds at least 975 times in 18 months. Between 1975 and 1982, cops killed 15 people with it — 12 of whom were African American. “What’s all the fuss about?” one resident of upscale Laguna Hills wrote in the Los Angeles Times in 1978. “There’s one simple and effective way to avoid death-by-chokehold: Just don’t try to escape from the police.”
But it wasn’t so simple for 20-year-old James Thomas Mincey, an African American whose death in 1982 was a significant chapter in the story of chokeholds.


His mother said he was “brutally beaten” by police in an “unprovoked attack.” According to the Los Angeles Times, police said they stopped Mincey for driving with a cracked windshield. Police said he resisted when they tried to switch his handcuffs from front to back. Witnesses said his mother, who was present, begged the police to stop the beating, but without success.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/12/04/why-the-police-chokehold-is-so-racially-charged/

Cleveland Police Gave No Chance for 12 Yr Old to Drop Toy Gun, Shooting Him to Death Instantly

A rookie Cleveland police officer responding to a 911 call jumped out of a cruiser and within seconds shot and killed a 12-year-old boy wielding what later turned out to be a BB gun, according to surveillance video released by authorities Wednesday.
Video of the fatal Saturday shooting of Tamir Rice, 12, by officer Timothy Loehmann, 26, was made public at the request of Tamir’s family. “It is our belief that this situation could have been avoided and that Tamir should still be here with us. The video shows one thing distinctly: the police officers reacted quickly,” reads a statement from the family, who also called on the community to remain calm.
The video’s release comes after days of protests in Cleveland, centered on Tamir’s death and also responding to the grand jury decision in the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson by a white officer.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/11/26/officials-release-video-names-in-fatal-police-shooting-of-12-year-old-cleveland-boy/

Officer who shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice displayed ‘dismal’ handgun performance in exercise

Two years ago, when he was working for a police department in a Cleveland suburb, Tim Loehmann participated in firearms qualification training.
Loehmann struggled with the exercise, according to a memo penned Nov. 29, 2012, by Jim Polak, deputy chief of the Independence Police Department and obtained Wednesday by Northeast Ohio Media Group. He was “distracted” and “weepy,” Polak wrote, and did not seem “mentally prepared” for the task.
“He could not follow simple directions, could not communicate clear thoughts nor recollections, and his handgun performance was dismal,” Polak wrote.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/12/03/officer-who-shot-12-year-old-tamir-rice-displayed-dismal-handgun-performance-in-exercise/

Knox County cop fired immediately after photos show brutal choking of student

Usually, after charges of police brutality, police officials take their time reacting while they follow procedure to determine who did what. But this episode in Knoxville, Tenn., was so extreme and well-documented that the local sheriff fired the officer immediately.
Frank Phillips, a Knox County Sheriff’s officer, was fired Sunday night after a series of pictures taken by photographer John Messner were published in the Daily Mail in Britain. They showed an officer identified by the Sheriff’s Office as Phillips grabbing 21-year-old college student Jarod Dotson around the neck and squeezing him until he fell to his knees.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/04/28/knoxville-cop-fired-immediately-after-photos-show-brutal-choking-of-student/

Grand Jury Fails to Indict Kentucky Cop Who Shot and Killed Unarmed Teen Girl


Kentucky deputy who witnesses say jumped onto the roof of a 19-year-old girl's car and opened fire on her will not be indicted in the girl's death.Samantha Ramsey was killed by Boone County deputy Tyler Brockman as she left a party in April. Now, a Boone County grand jury has decided not to indict Brockman, who has always maintained he acted in self-defense, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports.
In a statement to his supervisors, Brockman said he tried to stop Ramsey from driving away from the party so that he could see if she was intoxicated.
Brockman told his boss that Ramsey then took a "left turn" and ran into him, forcing him up onto the hood of her car.
Brockman said Ramsey sped up and, "At this point Deputy Brockman knew the operator, Samantha Ramsey was about to kill him," the statement said. "Deputy Brockman in reaction to the deadly force brought against him, drew his Glock 22 Service weapon and fired what he believed to be 3 shots (turned out to be 4) through the driver window."
In a statement sent to The Huffington Post, Ramsey's mom, Brandi Stewart, expressed her disappointment in the grand jury's decision.
"Now, over six months after my daughter was shot to death by Deputy Brockman, the only thing I know for sure is that he will not answer for his actions and that in Boone County, you cannot indict a Boone County Deputy for shooting an unarmed 19-year-old four times in front of numerous witnesses," Stewart said.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/09/samantha-ramsey_n_6123820.html

2009 - Ferguson Police Arrest Wrong Black Man, Beat Him Bloody, Then Charged Him For Bleeding on Them

The officers got the wrong man, but charged him anyway—with getting his blood on their uniforms. How the Ferguson PD ran the town where Michael Brown was gunned down.
Police in Ferguson, Missouri, once charged a man with destruction of property for bleeding on their uniforms while four of them allegedly beat him.
“On and/or about the 20th day of Sept. 20, 2009 at or near 222 S. Florissant within the corporate limits of Ferguson, Missouri, the above named defendant did then and there unlawfully commit the offense of ‘property damage’ to wit did transfer blood to the uniform,” reads the charge sheet.
The address is the headquarters of the Ferguson Police Department, where a 52-year-old welder named Henry Davis was taken in the predawn hours on that date. He had been arrested for an outstanding warrant that proved to actually be for another man of the same surname, but a different middle name and Social Security number.
“I said, ‘I told you guys it wasn’t me,’” Davis later testified.
He recalled the booking officer saying, “We have a problem.”
The booking officer had no other reason to hold Davis, who ended up in Ferguson only because he missed the exit for St. Charles and then pulled off the highway because the rain was so heavy he could not see to drive. The cop who had pulled up behind him must have run his license plate and assumed he was that other Henry Davis. Davis said the cop approached his vehicle, grabbed his cellphone from his hand, cuffed him and placed him in the back seat of the patrol car, without a word of explanation.
But the booking officer was not ready just to let Davis go, and proceeded to escort him to a one-man cell that already had a man in it asleep on the lone bunk. Davis says that he asked the officer if he could at least have one of the sleeping mats that were stacked nearby.
”He said I wasn’t getting one,” Davis said.
Davis balked at being a second man in a one-man cell.
“Because it’s 3 in the morning,” he later testified. “Who going to sleep on a cement floor?”
The booking officer summoned a number of fellow cops. One opened the cell door while another suddenly charged, propelling Davis inside and slamming him against the back wall.
“I told the police officers there that I didn’t do nothing, ‘Why is you guys doing this to me?’” Davis testified. “They said, ‘OK, just lay on the ground and put your hands behind your back.’”
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But however lax the department’s system and however contradictory the officers’ testimony, a federal magistrate ruled that the apparent perjury about the “property damage” charges was too minor to constitute a violation of due process and that Davis’ injuries were de minimis—too minor to warrant a finding of excessive force. Never mind that a CAT scan taken after the incident confirmed that he had suffered a concussion.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/08/st-louis-police_n_6289518.html?utm_hp_ref=ferguson

Former St. Louis Cop Exposes Culture of Hidden Racism Before the Ferguson Shooting

For Redditt Hudson, the reason behind the calamity in Ferguson, Missouri and the surrounding area is nothing new. Hudson — who served for five years as a cop in nearby St. Louis — said in a HuffPost Live interview Monday that his time on the force showed him how discriminatory the police can be.
Hudson, now a board chair for the Ethics Project, told host Marc Lamont Hill that the best chance the police in St. Louis, and around the country, have to undergo reform is now, with the criticisms and changes coming from the inside.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/08/st-louis-police_n_6289518.html?utm_hp_ref=ferguson

Jail Guard Misconduct Leads to Inmate Dying in 101 Degree Cell

NEW YORK (AP) -- A jail guard accused of skipping her rounds and falsifying the logbook to cover it up was charged Monday in connection with the death of a mentally ill inmate in his stifling 101-degree Rikers Island cell.
Carol Lackner faces multiple counts of falsifying business records, filing a false instrument and official misconduct charges for falsely indicating she checked on homeless ex-Marine Jerome Murdough and other inmates every half hour Feb. 14 even though video didn't show her doing so, according to prosecutors.
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The Associated Press first reported the shocking death of the 56-year-old Murdough in the overheated cell, after a city official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Murdough "basically baked to death" when he was left unchecked for at least four hours overnight as malfunctioning equipment caused his cell to overheat.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/08/carol-lackner-rikers-arrested_n_6291160.html?utm_hp_ref=crime

South Carolina State Trooper Shoots Unarmed Man

9/25/14


A South Carolina state trooper was fired last week and arrested on Wednesday after a dashcam video showed him shooting an unarmed man during a routine traffic stop.
Former officer Sean Groubert, 31, is seen in the newly released video pulling over Levar Edward Jones. The clip, which was recorded on Groubert's dashcam on Sept. 4, shows Jones getting out of his vehicle at a gas station in Columbia.
Groubert asks Jones for his driver's license. As Jones reaches into his vehicle to retrieve it, Groubert shouts, "Get out of the car!"
When Jones complies and starts to back away from the vehicle, Groubert opens fire. Three shots can be heard; Jones was hit at least once, in the hip.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/25/sean-groubert-fired-arrested_n_5879694.html

Thursday, August 14, 2014

LA Police Shoot in the Back, Kill Unarmed Man Who Was Laying On Ground

Family members said Tuesday that a 25-year-old man was complying with police orders when he was fatally shot by LAPD officers in the Florence neighborhood South Los Angeles.
Officers responded to a report of a possible officer-involved shooting at the intersection of West 65th Street and South Broadway (map) at 8:12 p.m. Monday, Lt. Ellis Imaizumi of the Los Angeles Police Department said Monday evening.
Patrol officers had “conducted an investigative stop” in the 200 block of 65th Street, and “during the stop a struggle ensued” and police opened fire, an LAPD news release issued midmorning Tuesday stated.
The man was transported to a hospital where he underwent surgery, according to Officer Sara Faden, spokeswoman for the LAPD. He later succumbed to his injuries, police confirmed.
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Her son was lying on the ground and complying with the officers’ commands when he was shot three times, Tritobia Ford said.
In the aftermath of the shooting, she said, police refused to inform her of where Ezell Ford was hospitalized.
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“They laid him out and for whatever reason, they shot him in the back, knowing mentally, he has complications. Every officer in this area, from the Newton Division, knows that — that this child has mental problems,” the man said.
“The excessive force … there was no purpose for it. The multiple shootings in the back while he’s laying down? No. Then when the mom comes, they don’t try to console her … they pull the billy clubs out.”
http://ktla.com/2014/08/12/man-hospitalized-after-being-shot-by-police-in-south-l-a/

Ferguson, MO is a Complete Police State Nightmare

Amid the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., a second police-involved shooting was reported overnight, Fox 2 Now reported.
Around 1 a.m. on Wednesday, St. Louis County police responded to reports of shots being fired and four or five armed suspects, wearing ski masks, running near the intersection of Chambers Road and Sheffingdel Court in Ferguson, Valerie Schremp Hahn, a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, reported.
Officers arrived on the scene, saw "multiple subjects running" and gave chase, police spokesman Officer Brian Schellman told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Upon approaching one of the suspects, the man allegedly pointed a handgun at the officer, police said. In response, the officer opened fire.
A gun was reportedly recovered at the scene.
The suspect, who was critically wounded, was taken to an area hospital. The officer was not injured.
There is no word yet on the location of the other suspects.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/13/police-involved-shooting-ferguson_n_5674173.html


Police shoot man pointing gun at officers in Ferguson; woman shot in drive-by

FERGUSON (KTVI) — There has been another police shooting in Ferguson overnight.
Around 1 a.m., four men in ski masks armed with shotguns approached a crowd at Sheffingdell Ct. and Chambers Rd.
Police arrived to hear shots fired, and see people running.  One officer chased a suspected shooter.
Officers say the gunman pointed his handgun at the officer. The officer shot the man.
The suspect was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Police recovered the suspect’s handgun. The officer was not injured.
In a separate shooting at around 12:20 a.m., a woman was shot in the head in a drive-by shooting on Highmont Dr. in Ferguson. She’s expected to survive.
Police are looking for four to five men who were in a white sedan.
FOX 2 was emailed what is believed to be an alert from the FBI. It says a new Black Panther Party member is advocating violence against law enforcement in response to the shooting of Michael Brown.
http://fox2now.com/2014/08/13/another-police-shooting-in-ferguson/ 

Monday, August 11, 2014

Police Kill Compliant Man in Walmart Playing Video Game,Toy Gun

Relatives of John Crawford, the man shot dead by police at a Beavercreek Walmart, say they’ve contacted civil rights organizations because they believe the shooting was not justified.
They believe he was killed possibly after he picked up a toy gun in the store.
Crawford, 22, of Ridge Drive in Fairfield, was identified as the man Beavercreek police shot and killed Tuesday night.
LeeCee Johnson, who said she is the mother of Crawford’s children, said she was on a cell phone call with Crawford when he was shot by officers. She said Crawford went to the area to visit family members.
“We was just talking. He said he was at the video games playing videos and he went over there by the toy section where the toy guns were. And the next thing I know, he said ‘It’s not real,’ and the police start shooting and they said ‘Get on the ground,’ but he was already on the ground because they had shot him,” she said, adding: “And I could hear him just crying and screaming. I feel like they shot him down like he was not even human.”
Beavercreek Police Chief Dennis Evers did not answer questions Wednesday but said officers acted appropriately.
Johnson said she has two children with Crawford: John Crawford IV, who is 1, and Jayden Crawford, who is 4 months old. She just found out she is pregnant with a third child, but never got the chance to tell Crawford.
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/man-police-shot-in-walmart-killed-over-fake-gun-fa/ngw77/

Sunday, August 10, 2014

NSA Asked Judge to Delete 'Classified' Testimony Without Public Awareness

Note: Wake up, America...


The National Security Agency worked behind the scenes to remove a section of a court transcript after suspecting one of its lawyers inadvertently disclosed secret information in a court case over alleged illegal surveillance.
Has the wall of secrecy protecting US intelligence-gathering methods become so severe and repressive that even to acknowledge the redaction of sensitive information from public documents is now thought to be revealing too much?
It seems the United States may be heading in that dark direction following a recent session of the Jewel v. NSA case, in which the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is challenging the NSA’s power to monitor foreign citizens’ US-based communications and social media accounts.
In the course of the ongoing case, which has gained public attention in light of the Snowden revelations, the government told US District Judge Jeffrey White that one of its lawyers may have accidentally spilled the beans on sensitive information, the Daily Caller reported.
US authorities wrote a letter to Judge White asking him to remove in camera the classified information from the transcripts, without notifying the public to the change. White not only ignored the government’s request to delete portions of the transcript, but informed the plaintiffs’ attorneys of the government’s request, allowing them to respond in kind.


http://rt.com/usa/179260-nsa-court-delete-testimony/

Fatal Police Shooting of Unarmed College Bound Teen in Missouri Sparks Protests


(CNN) -- Protests in Missouri around the death of an unarmed teen turned violent late Sunday.
A gas station was looted, and police called for additional units to back up officers already on the street, said Brian Schellman, spokesman with the St. Louis County Police Department.
Video from the scene showed police in riot gear. No injuries were immediately reported.
"They are sending in more officers to try and get the situation under control," Schellman said.
Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson said that at least 20 police cars were damaged and that the use of tear gas was a high possibility.
A friend and witnesses say Missouri teen Michael Brown was unarmed and had his hands in the air when a Ferguson police officer shot and killed him, but that account is in dispute.
"The genesis of this was a physical confrontation," Jon Belmar, chief of the St. Louis County Police Department, said at a Sunday news conference.
The officer tried to leave his vehicle just before the shooting on Saturday afternoon, but Brown pushed him back into the car, "where he physically assaulted the police officer" and struggled over the officer's weapon, Belmar said.
A shot was fired inside the police car, and Brown was eventually shot about 35 feet away from the vehicle, Belmar said, adding few details because he didn't want to "prejudice" the case.
All shell casings collected at the scene were from the officer's weapon, Belmar said. He further said the medical examiner would issue a ruling on how many times Brown was shot, but "it was more than just a couple."
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/10/justice/missouri-police-involved-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
http://fox2now.com/2014/08/10/report-michael-brown-protesters-damage-police-vehicles-on-west-florissant/?replytocom=110058#respond

Saturday, August 9, 2014

May 2013: St. Louis Police Shoots Honor Student 25 Times Over Traffic Violation, Killing Him

Protesters rallied in St. Louis, MO on Wednesday over the death of 25-year-old Cary Ball Jr, who was  shot 25 times by police officers last month. Police say Ball refused to pull over for a traffic stop, eventually crashed into a parked car, and started running. According to police, Ball pointed a semi-automatic handgun at the officers, prompting them to open fire.
Several witnesses who spoke to the family, however, say Ball threw his gun on the ground and was walking toward police with his hands up to surrender when he was shot. Some  unverified reports say 7 of the 25 shots hit him in the back. Police say there was no surveillance video in the area to verify exactly what happened.
Ball was an honor student with a 3.86 GPA, majoring in human services at Forest Park Community College, where he had been celebrated as an “emerging scholar.” According to family and friends, Ball was working to reform his life after being convicted of armed robbery when he was 17. His older brother, Carlos Ball, said Cary probably ran from the police because, as an ex-convict, it was illegal for him to possess a gun.
The two officers have been placed on administrative leave as homicide detectives investigate the shooting, but this is hardly the first time questions have been raised over the St. Louis Police Department’s conduct. In February, a city cop was accused of choking a man in a wheelchair, who was then arrested immediately after testifying at the officer’s disciplinary hearing. A video showing a cop  beating and pepper-spraying a man went viral in 2011, revealing that the cop had stayed on the force despite multiple lawsuits alleging brutality.


http://www.alternet.org/st-louis-police-shoot-black-honor-student-25-times

Two Tulsa Police Officers Shoot, Kill Daughter's Boyfriend for No Reason

TULSA - The 18-year-old daughter of two police officers who were arrested in connection with the murder of her boyfriend says she is devastated.
UPDATE: Gina Kepler has been suspended with pay on two separate occasions while with Tulsa Police Department. Shannon Kepler has not been the subject of disciplinary action.
Lisa Kepler told 2NEWS she met 19-year-old Jeremey Lake at a homeless shelter in downtown Tulsa.
"My parents kicked me out a week ago," said Kepler.
Kepler said she met Lake at the shelter and the two began dating immediately.
"He was just really sweet and caring and he didn't pretend," said Kepler.
Kepler said Lake's family allowed her to stay with them.
On Tuesday night, she said her father, Shannon Kepler, a 24-year veteran of the Tulsa Police Department, found the two of them outside Lake's house.
"We were outside for five minutes and that's when my dad pulled up," she said. "There was no argument. I walked away and Jeremey introduced himself and my dad shot him."


http://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/daughter-of-officers-shannon-kepler-gina-kepler-talks-about-events-leading-up-to-boyfriends-murder




Police report: Tulsa officer fatally shoots daughter's boyfriend
Lisa Kepler said her father shouted at her and that as Lake attempted to introduce himself, Shannon Kepler shot Lake.
Lisa Kepler said she had attempted to stop the shooting but then ran and hid behind a large rose bush in the front yard as her father fired a shot at her that missed. Lisa Kepler said she told authorities it was her dad who was the triggerman.
"I'm not scared of my dad," she said, in tears and openly wondering why he would shoot someone he didn't know.
Josh Mills, 23, a friend of Lake's, said he was also at the scene during the shooting. He said Shannon Kepler also fired a shot at Lake's 13-year-old brother, who was sitting on the front porch. The bullet ricocheted and grazed the boy in the upper arm, Mills said.
Mills said he had paramedic training and tried to stem Lake's bleeding and locate the bullet wounds. Mills said it appeared Lake had been shot in the chest and neck from about 3-feet away. Mills and Lake hadn't known each other long but had become close.
"He was like a brother to me for two weeks," Mills said, tearing up as he described how Lake died in his arms.
Lisa Kepler said her parents had kicked her out of their home recently because of poor "life decisions" she had made and dropped her off at the Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless. Lisa Kepler declined to say what those life decisions were.
"I really hope they rot in prison for a very long time," Lisa Kepler said of her parents.
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Sandra Lewis, executive director of the Day Center, said Lake had never been a volunteer or employee with, nor a client of the center.
Lewis said she knew of Lake and that he "came around" sometimes. There weren't any incident reports involving him, she said. Lake would help carry in donations or pick up trash.
"He was always very helpful," Lewis said.
Wilkins, 50, said Lake had "a lot of love" for people, including those in the homeless community. She said her nephew was "the life of the party."
"No matter if we argued, he never let a day go by without saying, 'I love you,'" Wilkins said.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/crimewatch/police-report-tulsa-officer-fatally-shoots-daughter-s-boyfriend/article_c99c71e0-c77a-5c55-8b6a-30ca3a4f0b84.html 

Friday, August 8, 2014

Police Beat Motivational Speaker at Event for Asking If Something Was Wrong

July 25, 2014


During TedEx talks, “speakers cover topics from sanitation to technological wizadry to deep policy issues to, well, designing boots for beetles.” Among the speakers to have graced the TedEx stage is Nate Howard, a 23 year old motivational speaker who graduated from USC’s Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.


Considering his background, it is a given that Howard isn’t a threat to society, but he has been harassed by police on several occasions, and recently, he was physical attacked by police, reports The Free Thought Project.


The problems began after Howard gave the commencement speech at San Jose State University and hosted a gathering afterward. By all accounts, the mood was jovial and celebratory, but once police arrived, things changed. Not understanding why police were at the venue, Howard attempted to ask police if there was a problem and that’s when the officers allegedly reacted with violence:
When Howard approached the police to ask what the problem was they responded with hostility, hitting him with a baton and throwing him to the ground. Howard was then immediately placed into handcuffs and taken into custody, even though he was not charged with any crimes and video evidence clearly shows that he was no threat to the officers.



http://breakingbrown.com/2014/07/motivational-speaker-allegedly-beaten-by-police-for-asking-questions/

Man Shot, Paralyzed Over Unpaid Parking Tickets

July 28, 2014
A Pennsylvania man will likely never walk again after he was shot by a Lehigh County constable who was attempting to serve a warrant over unpaid parking tickets.
NBC Philadelphia reports that the constable says he shot 38 year old Kevin McCullers because the he felt his life was in danger.
McCullers, who has several outstanding parking tickets,  was shot as he attempting to back out of his driveway at 7:30am on Thursday morning. His girlfriend says McCullers was on his way to Dunkin Donuts.
“They never knocked on the door! No nothing! I just heard the gunshots! He pulled the car out of the garage and all I heard were gunshots,” said Hafeezah Muhammad, who added that McCullers was shot in the back and may never walk again. “For parking tickets?! It’s insane.”
http://breakingbrown.com/2014/07/man-shot-paralyzed-by-police-over-unpaid-parking-tickets/

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Police State Alert: NYPD Target Man Who Only Videotaped Them Choking Man to Death

T
he 22-year-old bystander who filmed Eric Garner’s fatal arrest was arrested Saturday on a charge of gun possession, Staten Live reports.

The man, Ramsey Orta, and a teenage woman, identified by police as Alba Lekaj, were arrested about 10 p.m. after leaving a hotel in Staten Island, N.Y., the report says.

The arrests came after officers from the 120th Precinct Narcotics Unit observed the pair leaving the hotel, which is known for drug activity, a New York Police Department spokeswoman told Staten Island Live. As the officers approached the pair for questioning, they reportedly saw Orta place an object in Lekaj's waistband, the spokeswoman told the news site.

The object was identified as “a loaded .25 caliber handgun that had been reported stolen in Michigan in 2007,” the report says.  Officers also found marijuana in Lekaj’s possession, the report says.
Mr. orta's wife emphatically defends her husband, saying although he is not perfect, he did not do any of the things the police alleged he did. Al Sharpton also weighed in, saying he didn't hear anything in Mr. Orta's words that demonized police, as NYPD suggested earlier. The tape speaks for itself, says Sharpton.
http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2014/08/ramsey_orta_who_filmed_eric_garner_video_arrested_on_weapons_charge.html

Monday, August 4, 2014

Ohio Police Come Up With False Pretense to Do Unwarranted Search and Seizure

Can police officers trick automobile drivers with bogus traffic stops? Cops in a small Ohio town seem to think so, and now they’re under attack for trying to sweep the city of drugs using a creative little loophole.
The Mayfield Heights, Ohio Police Department is under fire after the city recently decided to establish a “drug checkpoint” on Interstate 271. Randomly stopping cars and combing them for contraband is illegal, though, so law enforcement has been using the next best thing: fake checkpoints.
Cops in the Cleveland suburb of only 19,000 have been placing warning signs ahead of a bogus stop and then monitoring the behavior of drivers. If any cars demonstrate suspicious activity after being alerted of the phony roadblock, police say that’s enough to stop and search them.
Police tried the trick last week when they erected signs reading "Drug Checkpoint Ahead," "Police K9 Dog In Use" and "Prepare to Stop." When they spotted cars trying to turn around, officers were deployed to find out why.
Dominic Vitantonio, an assistant prosecutor for Mayfield Heights, told the Cleveland Plain-Dealer that the local police department netted arrests and even seized drugs as a result of the unorthodox tactic.
"We should be applauded for doing this," he told the paper. "It's a good thing."
Others aren’t so sure, however, including one long-haired motorist who said he was singled out. Bill Peters, a 53-year-old heavy metal radio show host, told the Plain-Dealer that he pulled over recently after seeing one of the signs in order to check his phone for directions. As he was parked on the side of the road, police officers approached his car and asked if he was holding drugs. He wasn’t, and they didn’t find any either.
"The last time I checked, it is not against the law to pull over to the side of the road to check directions," Peters told the paper. According to Vitantonio, though, that gave police enough reasonable suspicion to investigate further.
http://rt.com/usa/fake-drug-ohio-police-502/

2013: California City Militarizes Police

Police in Salinas, California are under fire after the department acquired a heavily armored military vehicle for SWAT team operations.
The $650,000 vehicle was gifted to the Salinas Police Department from the government through the 1033 program, which redistributes used equipment to other agencies. According to KSBW, the truck was used in Iraq and Afghanistan.
According to numerous outlets, police stated their SWAT team was in desperate need of a new vehicle. KSBW added that the new truck, built to withstand rifle fire and minefield explosions, has already aided officers looking to arrest a dangerous suspect. The individual was apparently spotted via the vehicle’s high observation deck.
While Police Chief Kelly McMillin believes the vehicle “provides a high capability of protection for our officers and the community,” other members of the community have been outspoken in their disagreement.
Posting on the police department’s Facebook page, citizens criticized the acquisition as excessive, as well as a sign of the militarization of law enforcement.
“That vehicle is made for war,” wrote one commenter. “Do not use my safety to justify that vehicle,” another one wrote. “The Salinas Police Department is just a bunch of cowards that want to use that vehicle as intimidation and to terrorize the citizens of this city.”
“To stop gang members?” asked a commenter. “Hmmm gang members don't riot in mass numbers. It's right in front of our faces and we don't see it. Why would the ARMY!!! give something like that for FREE!!! Let's think for once people.”
http://rt.com/usa/californians-outraged-police-armored-vehicle-689/

Dangerous Trend in Militarized Police: Michigan Township Residents Fight Against Police Militarization

DELTON — Early morning May 10, Jack Nadwornik stepped behind Tujax Tavern, the bar and restaurant he has owned for 30 years in this small, western Michigan town.
Nadwornik, out drinking with friends for his 58th birthday, urinated in a corner of the empty parking lot because the bar was locked up.
Within seconds, two Barry Township police cars and three officers — two of them unpaid reserves — confronted him as he was zipping up his pants. What happened next is up for debate: Police said he resisted arrest. Nadwornick said he didn’t, and a waitress who was leaving work agreed.
What everyone does agree on is the aftermath: Nadwornik had a broken hand from a police baton, bloody elbows, and he had been kneed in the back. He was handcuffed, jailed and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, a two-year felony.
His treatment outraged many Delton residents who know Nadwornik for his food drives at local churches. They’ve packed recent township board meetings, demanding a Michigan State Police investigation.
... 
Pierce’s critics say there have been other examples of aggressive policing lately, and question why Pierce needs nearly three dozen, non-certified reserve officers to protect a population of 3,900 with the most serious crimes generally theft and burglary.
The department also has two Humvees and two armored personnel carriers received free of charge from the U.S. Department of Defense for a township with only four full-time officers.
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Until a couple of years ago, the police in the community were a comfortable presence, providing a gentle reminder to pay attention to the rules. The township employed two or three full-time officers. Few speeding tickets were issued, residents recall. Instead, the officer would flash his lights and tell the motorist to slow down.
Jacobs remembers, as a teenager, being picked up for drinking. The officer gave him a lecture and handed him over to his parents.
But shortly after the last Barry Township police chief, Mark Kik, died in 2009, things began to change. There were more reports of teenage drivers being pulled over for minor transgressions, like dice hanging from the rearview mirror. Cars were towed even when owners offered to move them. 
 



http://www.freep.com/article/20140804/NEWS06/308040024/Berry-Township-aggressive-policing

NY Police At it Again: Cops Drag Innocent Wife and Grandmother w/Asthma Out of Home For Wrong Reason

A Brooklyn grandmother who had just taken a shower was dragged from her apartment by about 12 cops who then stood by for more than two minutes while she was naked in the hallway, according to video that emerged Friday.
Denise Stewart was in her Brownsville apartment on July 13 when police — responding to a domestic disturbance call at the building — pounded on her door at 11:45 p.m. and demanded entry.
Stewart, 48, cracked the door wearing only a towel wrapped around her body and underpants — and was yanked into the hallway by cops over the screams of her family and neighbors.
The video shows a chaotic scene as a dozen or so male officers burst into Stewart’s apartment, while several others struggle to subdue and cuff the nearly naked woman in the hallway outside.
Stewart’s towel got lost in the scuffle, leaving the grandmother dressed only in underpants.
“Oxygen, get my oxygen,” the mother of four can be heard saying to the cops, as they propped her bare body against the wall.
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Diamond Stewart’s 4-year-old son was also pepper sprayed, the family said.
 

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/nypd-officers-drag-naked-brooklyn-woman-apartment-video-article-1.1889292#ixzz39UVFWcBp

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Police State Alert: U.S. Gov't Drones Being Proposed to do Border Surveillance

It started off at $2 billion, and in just one week, the requested amount almost doubles to $3.7 billion. Is our government really being charitable, or is it up to something else entirely? hen I see buzzwords like "drones," "Dept of Homeland Security," "FEMA" and other expressions along the lines of a police state in the making, I pay closer attention to the details.

Last Updated Jul 8, 2014 5:40 PM EDT
The Obama administration on Tuesday announced it is asking Congress for $3.7 billion to handle the influx of undocumented children crossing into the United States from Mexico.
The funding would go to the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS), Justice (DOJ), State and Health and Human Services (HHS). It would help ramp up the detainment and proper care of undocumented migrants, speed up their court cases, step up the prosecution of criminal networks involved, and improve foreign cooperation to address the root causes of the migration.
The budget request "reflects the comprehensive nature of the government's strategy to resolve this situation in an aggressive and cost effective way," an administration official told reporters Tuesday.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-requests-3-7-billion-to-handle-influx-of-undocumented-children/

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Sen. Feinstein is At it Again: She Wants More 'Big Brother' Power for NSA

The Senate intelligence committee voted Tuesday to adopt a major cybersecurity bill that critics fear will give the National Security Agency even wider access to American data than it already has.
Observers said the bill, approved by a 12 to 3 vote in a meeting closed to the public, would face a difficult time passing the full Senate, considering both the shortened legislative calendar in an election year and the controversy surrounding surveillance.
But the bill is a priority of current and former NSA directors, who warn that private companies’ vulnerability to digital sabotage and economic data exfiltration will get worse without it.
Pushed by Dianne Feinstein and Saxby Chambliss, the California Democrat and Georgia Republican who lead the committee, the bill would remove legal obstacles that block firms from sharing information "in real time" about cyber-attacks and prevention or mitigation measures with one another and with the US government.
Worrying civil libertarians is that the NSA and its twin military command, US Cyber Command, would receive access to vast amounts of data, and privacy guidelines for the handling of that data are yet to be developed.
A draft of the bill released in mid-June would permit government agencies to share, retain and use the information for "a cybersecurity purpose" – defined as "the purpose of protecting an information system or information that is stored on, processed by or transiting an information system from a cybersecurity threat or security vulnerability" – raising the prospect of the NSA stockpiling a catalogue of weaknesses in digital security, as a recent White House data-assurance policy permits.
 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/08/senate-cybersecurity-bill-opposed-by-nsa-critics

U.S. Military Seeks 'Big Brother' Ability to Mine Social Media for Mass Mind Control

The activities of users of Twitter and other social media services were recorded and analysed as part of a major project funded by the US military, in a program that covers ground similar to Facebook’s controversial experiment into how to control emotions by manipulating news feeds.

Research funded directly or indirectly by the US Department of Defense’s military research department, known as Darpa, has involved users of some of the internet’s largest destinations, including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Kickstarter, for studies of social connections and how messages spread.

While some elements of the multi-million dollar project might raise a wry smile – research has included analysis of the tweets of celebrities such as Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber, in an attempt to understand influence on Twitter – others have resulted in the buildup of massive datasets of tweets and additional types social media posts.

Several of the DoD-funded studies went further than merely monitoring what users were communicating on their own, instead messaging unwitting participants in order to track and study how they responded.

Shortly before the Facebook controversy erupted, Darpa published a lengthy list of the projects funded under its Social Media in Strategic Communication (SMISC) program, including links to actual papers and abstracts.
...papers leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden indicate that US and British intelligence agencies have been deeply engaged in planning ways to covertly use social media for purposes of propaganda and deception.
Documents prepared by NSA and Britain's GCHQ (and previously published by the Intercept as well as NBC News) revealed aspects of some of these programs. They included a unit engaged in “discrediting” the agency’s enemies with false information spread online. 
...it appears that Facebook was involved in at least one other military-funded social media research project, according to the records recently published by Darpa.
The research was carried by Xuanhuai Wang, an engineering manager at Facebook, as well as Yi Chang, a lead scientist at Yahoo labs, and others based at the Universities of Michigan and Southern California.
The project, which related to how users understood and consumed information on Twitter, at one point analysed the tweets, retweets and other interactions spawned by Lady Gaga (described as “the most popular elite user on Twitter”) and Justin Bieber (“who is extremely popular among teenagers”). 
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/08/darpa-social-networks-research-twitter-influence-studies

American Police State About to Become Stronger with Cyber War Council

Editor's note: This is a "near long term" threat of a false flag operation. All of the so-called "terrorist attacks" that these Zionist-influenced Washington and Wall Street officials keep warning about are actually carried out by terror groups/cells that were hatched from the web of Western intelligence. So you can expect these thieves to deliberately wipe out bank account balances and then use their stooges in the western media to blame China, Russia, or Al Qaeda and all of her children created by the CIA/NSA/DHS/MI6/Mossad (insert missing western intelligence agency here...). Be warned, fellow Americans. Watch your bank account statements closely and keep copies (if you are relying on paperless 'green-friendly' emails, then we suggest you go back to old school paper statements and begin to slowly withdraw your money out of the system). Americans should take note of ALL congressmen who support this ungodly merger and vote them out of office asap.


Banks Dreading Computer Hacks Call for Cyber War Council
By Carter Dougherty  Jul 8, 2014 9:40 AM CT

Wall Street’s biggest trade group has proposed a government-industry cyber war council to stave off terrorist attacks that could trigger financial panic by temporarily wiping out account balances, according to an internal document.
The proposal by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, known as Sifma, calls for a committee of executives and deputy-level representatives from at least eight U.S. agencies including the Treasury Department, the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security, all led by a senior White House official.
The trade association also reveals in the document that Sifma has retained former NSA director Keith Alexander to “facilitate” the joint effort with the government. Alexander, in turn, has brought in Michael Chertoff, the former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, and his firm, Chertoff Group.
The document sketches an unusually frank and pessimistic view by the industry of its readiness for attacks wielded by nation-states or terrorist groups that aim to “destroy data and machines.” It says the concerns are “compounded by the dependence of financial institutions on the electric grid,” which is also vulnerable to physical and cyber attack.
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For several months beginning in fall 2012, major U.S. bank websites were hit by what is known as distributed denial-of-service attacks, in which hackers flood systems with information to shut them down.
The next wave of attacks “in the near-medium term” is likely to be more destructive and could result in “account balances and books and records being converted to zeros,” while recovering the lost information “would be difficult and slow,” according to the Sifma document.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-08/banks-dreading-computer-hacks-call-for-cyber-war-council.html

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Florida Cop With Bad History Shoots, Kills College Student Over Seatbelt Violation

Rodney Mitchell was a 23 year old Florida man whose family affectionately called him “Hot Rod.”  He earned the name both for his good looks and his “unending appreciation of life, children, and those who loved him..”  According to the Herald Tribune, he “added great joy to the world.”  He had earned a full scholarship at East New Mexico University (ENMU), where he completed a degree in physical education.  Mitchell had won acclaim as an athletic football player capable of doing full somersaults in the end zone to celebrate a good play.  After graduation, Mitchell returned to Bradenton to work.  Tragically, in June 2012, Mitchell was shot a killed by two Sarasota County Sheriff’s deputies during a routine traffic stop for allegedly not wearing a seat belt.
Many were shocked by the news and could not believe that Mitchell was dead.  ENMU professor and academic adviser to Mitchell, Mary Drabbs, says, “It took me 24 hours to accept that he wasn’t alive.  He was such a live wire, always bouncing around and happy.  It’s awful for us.”
Mitchell’s family echoes the same sentiments.  Mitchell’s mother, Natasha Clemons, spend the time just after hearing the news of her son’s death believing that it was just all a dream.  In addition to many family and friends, Mitchell also left behind a son, who was four years old at the time of his murder.
Deputies involved in the shooting claim that Mitchell drove his SUV into one of them which prompted the shooting.  Mitchell had been returning from a family gathering in Newtown.  Mitchell’s cousin, a passenger in the vehicle reportedly fled on foot.  Regarding him leaving the scene, Daphney Branham, an attorney for the family reports that, “Law enforcement officers fired four bullets into a vehicle in which he was in.  Those bullets could have struck him, and he could have been killed.  So, I only can imagine the shock he was in at that particular time.  His only mission was to go and get help.”
http://blacklikemoi.com/2014/06/expert-witness-ken-williams-speaks-rodney-mitchell-case/

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Alleged ISIS Threat in Iraq, Syria, Is Perfect U.S. Excuse for Increased Airport Surveillance

The Obama administration may ask overseas partners to enhance security measures at airports and is weighing whether to do the same here at home to address deepening concerns that terrorists in war-ravaged Syria are trying to develop a new generation of bombs that could be smuggled onto commercial planes, ABC News has learned.
"[This threat] is different and more disturbing than past aviation plots," one source said.
The issue was discussed this past week at the White House during a meeting of top-level officials from intelligence agencies, sources said.
For months the Department of Homeland Security, FBI and other agencies have been quietly debating whether to boost the U.S. security posture and encourage overseas partners to take action too. The agencies have also been debating whether to make a public announcement on potential new security measures at airports.
The back-and-forth has been based on intelligence showing that a particularly extreme "subset" of terrorist groups in Syria was working alongside operatives from al Qaeda's prolific offshoot in Yemen to produce "creative" new designs for bombs, as one source put it.
Specifically, U.S. officials learned that associates of the al Qaeda affiliate in Syria -- the Al Nusrah Front -- and radicals from other groups were teaming up with elements of the Yemen-based group Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which built such innovative devices as the "underwear bomb" that ultimately failed to detonate in a plane over Detroit on Christmas Day 2009.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/syria-threat-prompt-airports/story?id=24351979

Friday, June 27, 2014

Promising 19 Yr Old Shot in the Head by Police, is Killed

Denzel “Jaba” Curnell, 19, died from a bullet wound to the head after an encounter with a South Carolina police officer on Friday night in, what authorities claim, was a suicide. But witnesses tell a different story, reports the Charleston City Paper.
Several witnesses, who refused to be named, say that Officer Jamal Medlin told Curnell to get down and put his hands behind his head as he walked through Charleston’s Bridgeview Village apartments. And once he did that, Medlin allegedly shot him in the back.
An autopsy, however, revealed that Curnell died from a bullet wound to the right side of his head—which still raises difficult questions, reports the Post and Courier.
Curnell, according to family, is left-handed and had everything to live for.
“He wanted to travel in the military. He wanted to get married and have children. His life was cut down at an early age,” said his aunt Sylvia Campbell.
http://newsone.com/3026965/denzel-jaba-curnell-unarmed-sc-teen-killed-by-police-officer/

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Dept of Homeland Security Did Heavy Un-American Surveillance of Occupy Protesters

Newly released documents made public for the first time this week reveal how the United States Department of Homeland Security coordinated with local law enforcement across the US to monitor the Occupy Wall Street movement.
The New York Times in conjunction with the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund say the DHS has provided them with 4,000 page of government documents pertaining to how the US agency relied on nationally dispersed “fusion centers” to share and disseminate intelligence about the Occupy movement in late 2011 after it launched in Lower Manhattan that November.
Rather than demonstrating any blatantly egregious and certainly illegal surveillance tactics employed against protesters, however, the documents instead show how DHS-fusion centers from Florida to Massachusetts monitored their local OWS chapters using publically available social media postings and other open source investigation.
“In many cases, law enforcement officials appeared to simply assemble or copy lists of protests or related activities, sometimes maintaining tallies of how many people might show up,” Colin Moynihan wrote for the Times on Friday. “They also noted appearances by prominent Occupy supporters and advised other officials about what — or whom — to watch for, according to the newly disclosed documents.”
Indeed, fusion center employees shared with colleagues across the country as much information as possible about rallies, marches and other gatherings arranged at OWS encampments as more sprang up across the US following the start of an occupation in New York City’s Zuccotti Park in November 2011.
The Times have published just 77-pages—a mere sampling of the 4,000 pages of documents they say they received through Freedom of Information Act requests, but the files nevertheless showcase how federal officials alerted one another on a regular basis upon the happenings at certain encampments.
http://rt.com/usa/161152-dhs-fusion-center-occupy/

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Former Philadelphia Police Commissioner: ‘Welcome to Police Industrial Complex’

Dangerous, alienating, and sociopathic: the policy of arming police to the teeth with military-grade gear shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how crime is solved and what it means for a cop to walk the beat, former Captain Ray Lewis told RT.
Nine-foot tall, 55,000 pound, Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) armored-fighting vehicles rolling through the streets of America.
Millions of dollars’ worth of military gear being distributed to local police forces on an annual basis.
Drones, M-16s and so many other hand-me-downs from over a decade of war making their way from US forces abroad to a local police force near you.
If you really believe any of this is making you safer, Lewis, who spent 24 years on the force, says you should think again. Endangering lives, alienating communities, turning minority neighborhoods into occupied territory and compromising the very ability for police to do their jobs; these are just a few of the reasons the former commissioner believes main street is being sold down the river for power-hungry cops and ruthless corporate interest.
RT: Why is this considered to be a good idea, bringing these high caliber weapons into US streets?
Ray Lewis: I don’t think it’s a good idea. High caliber weapons are extremely dangerous. They have a very high ricocheting velocity, and that means that innocent people are going to get killed and injured. They can go through doors, they can go through cinder block, they can go through metal car doors, and this type of velocity is not necessary. I spent 24 years in the Philadelphia Police Department.We upgraded our Smith and Wessons to Glocks, which are a very powerful pistol that work very well. There is no reason to have anything stronger than that, except in exigent circumstances, in which your SWAT team does have that type of weapon. For anyone else, they’re not necessary and they’re dangerous.
RT: You know Captain, one might ask, will this equipment not obscure the line between soldier and police officers, especially in those small communities where they’re already being distributed?
RL: Yes, it will obviously obscure the line between the military and the police. But I’m not at all concerned with small communities that you mentioned. I’m concerned with the large cities, where you have large minority populations living in economically depressed areas. That’s where you’re going to have problems. You bring this type of equipment into a minority area, you are going to make those people feel as if they are living in an occupied territory. You’re going to alienate them.
"...innocent people are going to get killed and injured." What happens is, you get a halo effect. A halo effect means that that alienation transfers to all the other officers in that department. That alienation transfers to the officers in the patrol cars, the officer on the foot beat, the officers in the community relations division. So bringing that type of equipment is going to alienate people from all parts of the police department. What people don’t know is that input from community members is one of the most important ways crimes are solved. They know the bad guys in the area, they hear the rumors, they hear the gossip, they know what’s going on in their communities. Too many people think that crime is solved through high-tech forensic labs or exemplary investigative work. Not true, although these two come in very handy in many cases, most of your information about crimes comes from the community. You bring this military type of mindset into the community, you’re not going to get the interaction from the members of that community.  
 http://rt.com/usa/166260-police-military-industrial-complex/

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Baltimore Police Have a New Excuse to Practice Rounding Up Americans and Shipping Them Off to Detention Centers

BALTIMORE —The Baltimore City Council passed a much-debated new curfew law Monday night that means young people will be required to be off the streets by as early as 9 p.m.

The existing curfew law allows kids under 17 to stay out until 11 p.m. during the week and midnight on weekends, but the new law pushes those times earlier by two hours in some cases. Children under the age of 14 have to be inside by 9 p.m., while teens ages 14-16 have to be inside by 10 p.m. on school nights and 11 p.m. on non-school nights.
There has been criticism that the current curfew law hasn't been enforced. Supporters see the change as a fresh start and said it would help protect children, but others said it would criminalize them.

The City Council chamber erupted in chants of "no new curfews" and boos from the balcony as the same people who rallied against a new curfew law before the council meeting watched as council members passed the legislation by a vote of 13-2.

"There's already a huge amount of police brutality, with adults being targeted, but now police are going to have the green light to do the exact same thing to young people," said opponent Colleen Davidson, a youth organizer of a group called Fist.


Read more: http://www.wbaltv.com/news/baltimore-tightens-juvenile-curfews/26294844#ixzz34IXNvYkD

Several Jail Officers Beat and Strip Naked a Woman Out of Revenge for Misdemeanors

NEW ALBANY, Ind. (WDRB) -- A Louisville attorney says one of her clients was stripped naked and left for hours inside a Floyd County Jail cell and she said she has reason to believe it happens all the time.

Attorney Laura Landenwich represents Tabitha Gentry of New Albany, who was arrested and booked into the Floyd County Jail on March 30. After reviewing surveillance video that captured the actions of staff members during Gentry's incarceration, Landenwich says what happened inside the jail during the next few hours should be discussed in front of a judge.

She reviewed the video with WDRB in her downtown Louisville office on Thursday.

"This is 4:07 a.m., and this is an Indiana State Police officer that picked her up," she explained.

Gentry had been arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting law enforcement.

"Almost immediately upon entering the jail, she's assaulted by four officers. They grab her around the neck, they grab her body," Landenwich said. The video shows officers then taking Gentry to what's called the padded room.

"They hold her down," Landenwich said. "There are two male officers and two female officers and they forceably remove her pants, her shoes, her underwear and her shirt and bra.

"Terrified and humiliated, she's banging on the door asking someone to give her her clothing and someone comes to the door and says, 'If you don't shut up, I'm going to pepper spray you,' and sure enough, they open the door, spray pepper spray into the room and they leave -- and they leave her in there for 40 minutes, naked, in a cell filled with pepper spray."

Landenwich says Gentry was then handcuffed and taken to wash out her eyes.

"She has a blanket draped over her shoulders, she's paraded through the booking area in full view of anyone who happened to be there," Landenwich said.
http://www.wdrb.com/story/25707898/woman-arrested-stripped-naked-plans-to-sue-floyd-co-jail

Sunday, June 8, 2014

David Letterman Demands Gun Control, Attacks Second Amendment

The nearly four minute segment was little more than a ploy to attack the Second Amendment, with Letterman setting aside comedy in favor of asking loaded questions designed to make the audience believe that support for gun control is much larger than it actually is.
“Daily in this country, a child or an underaged boy or girl is shot and killed by a gun,” he said. “And then we had the situation in Santa Barbara, California where a fellow was unbalanced and killed people, then killed himself.”
“I certainly thought that Newtown [Sandy Hook] was going to be the landmark, changing, touchstone point in this country where we changed our understanding and awareness about gun ownership.”
Letterman then claimed that gun control would somehow “improve” gun ownership without “eliminating guns,” a common lie considering that gun control ultimately leads to the confiscation of once-legal firearms.
“People are shot and killed each and every day by private handgun ownership,” he said. “You can’t tell me that this isn’t an insoluble problem.”
Letterman also asked how the case for gun control is not “cut and dry.”
“I’m not anti-gun,” he claimed, “but for the love of Christ, when are we going to do something about this nonsense?”
It’s no accident that anti-gun propaganda is becoming more common on TV shows, movies and other forms of mass entertainment.
For one thing, the gun control movement did not originate from the grassroots but is rather a top-down movement bankrolled by powerful politicians such as former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg who want nothing more than to expand government powers at the expense of individual liberties.
 http://www.infowars.com/david-letterman-demands-gun-control-attacks-second-amendment/

Friday, June 6, 2014

Dallas Police Internal Affairs Abuses Power By Sabotaging New Recruits, Intimidating Veteran Officer

DALLAS -- A Dallas police manager is alleging that an internal affairs supervisor attempted to bully and manipulate his answers in an investigation of the department’s training academy.

Gene Hagen filed the grievance last month. He alleges that he was transferred to the auto pound after he refused to bow to pressure. He is retiring this month after 34 years in the department, including 17 years as an officer.
“Gene Hagen’s grievance raises some serious questions about the propriety of the DPD internal investigation of Dallas Police Academy training programs,” his attorney, Bob Gorsky, said in a statement. “Bullying and manipulating officers and civilians into providing manufactured statements that fit with what the command staff may be looking for falls far short of the integrity expected from an internal investigation.”
Hagen had been called to internal affairs to give a statement in an investigation of the department’s pursuit vehicle operations training program. The department is investigating allegations that a recruit’s score was “reduced improperly” and “intentionally altered,” so he failed.
The recruit was the same one that DPA officials had alleged the department was "attempting to circumvent" its own rules by letting the recruit keep taking the test until he passed.
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/dallas/DPD-manager-accusing-internal-affairs--261831591.html

Dallas Cop Pulls Over Law Abiding Near Deaf Man, Beats Him Outside Dashcam View For No Reason

DALLAS -- A man is suing the Dallas Police Department because he says his civil rights were violated.

Dash camera video shows Albert Butler driving down the road after a trip to the grocery store. He abides traffic signals and drives safely, yet he is pulled over for an unsafe lane change.

“I didn't do anything," Butler said.

The video shows him waiting several minutes until Officer Brian Bradley orders him out of the car and then begins searching him immediately.

"He was not resisting," said Butler's attorney, Daryl Kevin Washington. "He was not being disrespectful."

The officer ordered Butler, who is 59 years old, hearing impaired, and has a leg brace, to the side of the vehicle. He seems confused.

Then you see the officer push Butler from the view of the camera. Butler says that's when the officer beat him.
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Man-claims-Dallas-police-officer-beat-him-for-no-reason-262199111.html

Monday, June 2, 2014

FL Police Stop and Detain 11 Yr Old Black Boy w/Hoodie For No Reason

by April Taylor
A recent investigation by the Miami Herald has unearthed a Miami Gardens, FL police program that appears to be far worse than the notorious New York City stop and frisk policy.  A Fusion investigation discovered that numbers equivalent to half of the city’s population have been stopped under the program between 2008 and 2013. Thousands have been arrested with more than 56,000 people stopped.

In an illustration of just how absurd the program is, police stopped an 11-year old African-American boy, who was on his way to football practice, citing that they had just cause to stop him as a “suspicious person” because he was “wearing gray sweatpants, a red hoodie, and black gloves.”
http://naturallymoi.com/2014/06/news/fl-police-frisk-suspicious-11-year-old-wearing-baggy-pants-and-hoodie/

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Policeman Arrests Woman for 'Illegally' Recording Traffic Stop

See the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHHb44IGkt0

Police, Recorded on Dashcam, Falsely Accuses Man of Pointing Gun at Them

See the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9REsxeMnuIM

Florida Police Conspire to Frame Woman, Recorded on Dashcam

See the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtNvxZ9yCcI

Couple Calls Police for Help With Unwanted Guests But Cops Brutalize Husband

YAKIMA, Wash.-- A man beaten during a police response. His wife claims brutality; police say he wouldn't cooperate. A picture of the aftermath wound up on the KIMA Facebook page.

It's a startling image sent to KIMA on our Facebook page: a man beaten up and bloodied after a struggle with police. He's Russell Anderson, and his wife, Joey, is still angry about it.

"My husband stood right here watching everything that was transpiring that night," Joey Anderson said.

It happened one night in late April. The Andersons called police for help to get some unwanted guests off their property. At one point, Joey says Russell grabbed a machete before police got there.

According to the incident report, Russell was inside when officers arrived. They told him to come outside.
   
"He was unarmed," Joey said. "He had my cell phone in his hand. That's the only thing that he had in his hand."
"Did he stop when they asked him to stop?" KIMA asked.
"He was still proceeding to the first officer," she responded.

When he wouldn't stop, police records indicate officers took him to the ground. Police say he was resisting, which is why the situation escalated.
http://www.kimatv.com/home/video/Woman-claims-police-brutality-police-respond-259150441.html

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Cops Throw Cooperative Man to the Ground Head First As He Entered Newly Rented Home

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. - A Clayton County man filed a claim against the police department after he says they brutalized him outside his home earlier this month.

Dhoruba Bin-Wahad, 69, says he’s still suffering the after affects of the injuries he claims he received from the officers.

Cell phone video has been released of Clayton County Police appearing to slam Bin-Wahad to the ground on his own front porch. His attorneys think police response was unjustified.

Bin-Wahad tells FOX 5 he was in the process of moving into his newly rented home on West Downing Drive. He was on the second floor when he spotted officers approaching the home with their guns drawn.

They were searching for Bin-Wahad. He complied with everything the officers asked, but he says it wasn’t enough. They handcuffed him and the situation got worse.

According to Bin-Wahad, they threw him into the ground head first.

FOX 5 has obtained statements from the officers and they said Bin-Wahad was ‘uncooperative and verbally abusive.’


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Monday, May 19, 2014

Houston Baytown Police Storm House Without Search Warrant on Loud Music Complaint, Taser Grandmother 10 Times

After receiving a noise complaint, Texas police raided a Baytown house and perpetrated several shocking horrors against the family celebrating a birthday party inside — including the repeated use of a taser on a 54-year-old grandmother and the use of pepper spray with young children nearby.

The partygoers — a Mexican family and friends — were apparently playing music too loudly. When the police showed up, they decided to enter the premises through a back gate and storm the house. Horror ensued.

Video footage of the raid shows officers with the Baytown Police Department tackling multiple people, punching and kicking them, and repeatedly using tasers. Video can be found at the KPRC-TV, Local Two News website.

The family claimed that a 54-year-old grandmother was shot with a taser five times as she sat in a chair doing absolutely nothing wrong. The woman does not speak English, and did not understand what police wanted from her.

Also disturbing: 10 small children were inside the house at the time of the raid, and some complained of pepper spray in their eyes.

Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e2a_1399928568#lfErW4X1o8H8Hl2K.99
After receiving a noise complaint, Texas police raided a Baytown house and perpetrated several shocking horrors against the family celebrating a birthday party inside — including the repeated use of a taser on a 54-year-old grandmother and the use of pepper spray with young children nearby.

The partygoers — a Mexican family and friends — were apparently playing music too loudly. When the police showed up, they decided to enter the premises through a back gate and storm the house. Horror ensued.

Video footage of the raid shows officers with the Baytown Police Department tackling multiple people, punching and kicking them, and repeatedly using tasers. Video can be found at the KPRC-TV, Local Two News website.

The family claimed that a 54-year-old grandmother was shot with a taser five times as she sat in a chair doing absolutely nothing wrong. The woman does not speak English, and did not understand what police wanted from her.

Also disturbing: 10 small children were inside the house at the time of the raid, and some complained of pepper spray in their eyes.

Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e2a_1399928568#lfErW4X1o8H8Hl2K.99
After receiving a noise complaint, Texas police raided a Baytown house and perpetrated several shocking horrors against the family celebrating a birthday party inside — including the repeated use of a taser on a 54-year-old grandmother and the use of pepper spray with young children nearby.
 The partygoers — a Mexican family and friends — were apparently playing music too loudly. When the police showed up, they decided to enter the premises through a back gate and storm the house. Horror ensued.
 Video footage of the raid shows officers with the Baytown Police Department tackling multiple people, punching and kicking them, and repeatedly using tasers. Video can be found at the KPRC-TV, Local Two News website.
 The family claimed that a 54-year-old grandmother was shot with a taser five times as she sat in a chair doing absolutely nothing wrong. The woman does not speak English, and did not understand what police wanted from her.
 Also disturbing: 10 small children were inside the house at the time of the raid, and some complained of pepper spray in their eyes.

Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e2a_1399928568#lfErW4X1o8H8Hl2K.99


May 12, 2014 2:35 PM

Baytown, TX police tazer 54-year-old woman

Dozens of angry protesters marched on Texas' Baytown Police Department Sunday calling it's officers criminal and abusive toward Hispanic people.
The complaints coming in the wake of a birthday party last weekend.
Party-goers captured multiple video clips showing officers shoving people to the floor, tasing people with Taser guns and pepper spraying participants at the party, all based on a routine call about loud music at the house.
Community activist Quannel X calls the video clear evidence of police brutality and abuse aimed at people of color.
"The Baytown Police Department has a notorious record of violating the civil rights of Mexicans and Blacks", Quannel says. 
http://www.kvoa.com/news/baytown-tx-police-tazer-54-year-old-woman/