Showing posts with label police files. Show all posts
Showing posts with label police files. Show all posts
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Cop Magnet
This marks the second cross country trip since I bought my mustang in September. I've been stopped in Oklahoma, Arizona, and now Arkansas for doing absolutely nothing wrong except drive a red Mustang GT with California plates. The excuse in Oklahoma was that I changed lanes too quickly after using my turn signal, in Arizona he said that I weaved inside my own lane and tonight in Arkansas he just wanted to make sure I wasn't tired! Of course they were all compelled to interrogate me and attempt to search my vehicle. What kind of country have we allowed this to become when a man is suspicious simply because he drives a vehicle? For shame!
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Man tortured in Los Angeles County Jail for selling milk
By Mike Shaner
Los Angeles, CA-Natural News is reporting that James
Stewart, a 65 year old milk-man from Southern California was savagely tortured
for over a week in the L.A. County jail. It is a brutal reminder of the fascist police state California (the nation) has become.
According to the exclusive Stewart was forced to
endure “starvation, sleep deprivation,
hypothermia, loss of blood circulation to extremities, verbal intimidation,
involuntary medical testing and even subjected him to over 30 hours of raw
biological sewage filth containing dangerous pathogens.”
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Mike Shaner attacks drunk driving laws
January 31, 2012
I recently spoke to a woman facing a 10 year prison sentence for multiple DUI arrests. She is a functioning alcoholic who drinks on the job everyday. She drinks steadily throughout her 8 hour shift. When the quitting bell rings she is not drunk, but she is well over the legal limit. We will call her Martha.
Martha is an easy target because she is a poor, white, single mother of five. Her "crime" is unpopular so there will be no civil liberties group rushing to her defense. She is white, so the police who wait for her to drive by and stop her without cause can never be accused of racism. She is poor, which means she can't afford a decent defense on her own. Her public defenders have told her there is no deal to be had. She can plead guilty and accept her ten year incarceration or she can go to trial, be found guilty, and accept her ten year incarceration. Ten years! There is no victim to be found. She didn't swerve into a passing car, she damaged no property, and she injured no one but herself, yet she will be caged for ten years.
I know many of you reading this are frothing; "what, are we supposed to wait until she kills someone?" The answer is yes. If simply having the potential to hurt someone is justification for arrest; all gun laws are justified, McDonald's employees should be arrested, and frankly, no one should be allowed out of their homes. Simply drinking a few (or thirty) beers and getting behind the wheel isn't really a crime because there is no victim.
I can already imagine the attacks some of you will lay on me. I will be called everything from a lunatic to an anarchist-as if "anarchist" were some kind of insult. I am not an anarchist (though I drift more in that direction everyday) because I believe there is a place for the rule of law; laws (should) exist to enforce private property rights and protect the liberty of the individual. In other words; if you break my arm or destroy my property you have committed a crime and should be held responsible, drunk or sober has no bearing on the situation.
There are several reasons drunk driving laws should be abolished: First, they don't work. People understand this when it comes to the war on drugs, but when it comes to drinking and driving we seem to lose all sense of logic and succumb to fear. If drunk driving laws really prevented people from drinking, how did Martha pile up five arrests? By the prevention logic she would have never committed the first "offense." Surely, she would have stopped after the second, third... People are going to drink and drive. It's an unfortunate fact of life, but if this in itself is to be considered a criminal act, solely based on preventing an outcome that may never happen, shouldn't drinking at all be made illegal? After all, if there is no access to alcohol, no one could drive after drinking. Oh yea, we tried that, it didn't work. Just as outlawing drugs hasn't worked. Instead what we have done is made criminals of people who have yet to commit a crime.
The most important reason to abolish drunk driving laws is that they are a moral crime against liberty. We are allowing individuals to be caged for something they may potentially do. This is absurd. If we start locking up people for something we think may happen in the future then no man, woman, or child is safe. Every time one becomes angry he may lose control and harm another. Should anger be a criminal offense punishable by jail? How about speeding? If a person is under considerable stress he may go postal, should stress be outlawed? This rant isn't an endorsement of drunk driving. Drinking and driving is irresponsible, immoral, and reprehensible. Being reprehensible and irresponsible is not a crime, hurting someone is. If there is no victim there is no crime, and until we realize that we are a long way from being able to call ourselves free people. I know that my opinion will be unpopular. I'm ok with that. Please feel free to leave your rebuttal in the comment section below.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Video: Los Angeles County police shoot man 5 times after he is on the ground in Monterey, Ca.
January 27, 2012
Two Los Angeles County cops shot and killed a man carrying a crow-bar in Monterey, Ca. That wouldn't be a huge deal, even cops have a right to defend themselves, but according to this article the blood thirsty cops shot him 10 times. Five after he was already on the ground. Imagine if you or I had done that? I know a lot of my conservative readers will defend these dirty scumbags no matter what, but I ask you: does wearing a badge make you above the law?
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Burbank Woman offers "Sexual Favors" for Chicken McNuggets
January 17, 2012
Khadijah Baseer, a 31 year old homeless woman was arrested at a Burbank McDonalds for allegedly offering sexual favors in exchange for chicken Mcnuggets. If convicted she could face up to 6 months in the county jail and a $1000 fine. Burbank police Lieutenant John Dilibert told The LA Weekly that Baseer would probably not recieve the maximum punishment due to overcrowded jails and limited resources.
Is it any wonder that the jails are overcrowded? I ask where the victim is in this alleged crime? A homeless woman was hungry and offered the only service she had available to her. She didn't steal the nuggets. She didn't rob someone's money to buy the food. She simply offered to work for it. No matter how distasteful one may find her actions no true crime was committed. Now she will be inundated with fines that will place a heavier burden on her already desperate financial situation. What do the Burbank police think about all of this? Apparently they find it hilarious! Dilbert joked with The LA Weekly that maybe Ms. Baseer only "wanted to see someone's quarter-pounder."
They are also surprised over the "insane" amount of attention this case has brought them. I say pour on the attention. Call them up and demand that they quit incarcerating people who haven't hurt anyone. It is easy to laugh away this whole incident because some anonymous woman tried to whore herself out for food-but ask yourself how hungry she must have been to resort to this. She wasn't after crack or whiskey-just a bite to eat. Also, ask yourself who is the victim here? If there is no victim there can be no crime. It's time we end the police state and demand they cease harassing people who have harmed no one. If we get to that point perhaps we'll have room in our jails to house actual criminals and the resources to prosecute them.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Los Angeles Cop Punches Special Needs Woman
January 11, 2012
This one needs no spicing up. No fancy prose can depict the horror presented in the video below. This is as a disgusting a thing as I have ever seen. A Los Angeles County sherrif's deputy punched a special needs lady in the face and then had the gall to try to intimidate the veteran who caught the incident on film. We should all take a lesson from and give thanks to Jermaine Green for continuing to valiantly serve his country. Green stood up to the intimidation and refused to turn over the camera. I wonder why the cop didn't want this video to surface? Watch for yourself and then call the Los Angeles County Sheriff's department and demand that these officers be jailed for assault. There have been so many instances of police abuse in Southern California this year that we should all be sick for paying their salaries. This type of gestapo-like behavior will continue as long as we allow it. Are you comfortable sitting idly by while the people who are supposed to protect and serve abuse the helpless? I'm not. Here is the number to call in a complaint: (323) 526-5541
Friday, September 23, 2011
San Juan Capistrano Fines Family for Reading Bible without
By Tim Cavanaugh The city of San Juan Capistrano, California is laying heavy fines on a local couple for hosting semi-regular bible readings in their home. From the Los Angeles CBS affiliate:
Homeowners Chuck and Stephanie Fromm, of San Juan Capistrano, were fined $300 earlier this month for holding what city officials called “a regular gathering of more than three people”.
That type of meeting would require a conditional use permit as defined by the city, according to Pacific Justice Institute (PJI), the couple’s legal representation.
The Fromms also reportedly face subsequent fines of $500 per meeting for any further “religious gatherings” in their home, according to PJI…
After city officials rejected the Fromms’ appeal, PJI, which represents other Bible study participants, will appeal the decision to the California Superior Court in Orange County…
Neighbors have written letters to the city in support of the Fromms, whom they said have not caused any disturbances with the meetings, according to PJI....FULL STORY
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Monday, September 12, 2011
Miami police chief fired over disobeying orders
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By Curt Anderson
MIAMI (AP) — The Miami police chief who in two stormy years on the job clashed with the mayor, prosecutors and city manager was fired Monday after officials determined he disobeyed orders about personnel moves within the department.
The city commission voted 3-2 to oust Miguel Exposito, who had been with the department since 1974 and chief since November 2009. A majority agreed that Exposito ignored direct orders from the city manager, Johnny Martinez, not to demote or take other personnel actions against three top executives at the 1,100-officer force.
"I have nothing against the chief," said Commissioner Francis Suarez, who voted for the ouster. "This is simply, for me, a decision about upholding the character of the city of Miami."
Exposito's tenure has been marked by criticism over the fatal police shootings of seven African-American suspects, which he defended as part of a crackdown on high-crime neighborhoods. But Exposito could not overcome political spats with Mayor Tomas Regalado over raids on video gaming parlors and clashes with top Miami prosecutors over questionable cases.
Ultimately, he was suspended last week for disobeying Martinez's orders not to take the personnel actions and for failing to do enough to reduce overtime. The suspension led to Monday's dismissal vote, which followed a 17-hour hearing Friday.
"The chief has to lead by example. This may have been the last straw," said Al Millian, attorney for the city manager. "He's willing to circumvent authority to get his way."
After the vote, Exposito expressed no bitterness and would not speculate on his future.
"I'm going to move forward with my life and my family, and that comes first," he told reporters.
His attorney, Ruben Chavez, noted that crime is down during Exposito's tenure and argued that the chief should not simply be a puppet of city officials.
The city of Miami is the largest of numerous municipalities within Miami-Dade County, most of which have their own separate police forces and jurisdiction. The county itself has the largest police department and sometimes overlaps with the other agencies.
Although Monday's hearing concerned other matters, hanging over the proceeding were the shootings by police of six men and one 16-year-old boy between July 2010 and February of this year. They occurred after with Exposito doubled the number of officers, now over 100, in specialized tactical units targeting violent crime in poorer neighborhoods long plagued by drugs and gangs. He previously said the units have made hundreds of arrests and taken some 1,000 firearms off the streets.
Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones, who represents the impoverished area known as Liberty City, said many people in her district supported removing Exposito by whatever means necessary. But she said she voted for his firing only because of his refusal to follow orders.
"It's about doing whatever is right no matter what," she said.Most of the commissioners said they did not find that Exposito had ignored orders regarding reductions in officer overtime but a majority concluded he was insubordinate in taking the personnel actions. At one point, Millian even compared the situation to President Harry S. Truman's decision to relieve Gen. Douglas MacArthur of command during the Korean War.
"The city manager is the superior officer to the chief," Millian said. "He had two choices: obey, or resign. That is professional integrity."
Regalado, who backed Exposito as chief after his 2009 election as mayor, said the lengthy dispute has been painful for Miami but agreed that the firing was necessary.
"The authority of the city manager over the heads of departments should be clear and unquestionable," Regalado said in a statement, adding that he plans to introduce a new process for dismissing top department heads.
"Today, we turn the page and leave this ordeal behind us," the mayor added.
The search for a new Miami police chief will begin immediately. Exposito took over for John Timoney, a high-profile police executive who had previously served as chief in Philadelphia and the No. 2 slot in the New York Police Department. But he resigned shortly after Regalado's election.
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Friday, September 9, 2011
Foley, Alabama magistrate charged with sexual abuse
FOLEY – A longtime Foley municipal court magistrate, community leader and businessman has been charged with second-degree sexual abuse.
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Foley City Administrator Michael Thompson said Bischoff had been the city’s part-time municipal court warrant magistrate since May 1982. His responsibilities in that regard entailed warrants that were issued on weekends or after hours when the municipal court office was closed, Thompson said. Bischoff resigned his position with the court the day after his arrest, according to Thompson.
That same day Bischoff also resigned his position on the Foley Planning Commission on which he had served for years.
A Foley Police Department spokesman said FPD was contacted about the alleged sexual abuse but turned the matter over to the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office due to Bischoff’s connection to municipal court and a potential fear of conflict.
“We never had any issue with him (Bischoff) as a part-time magistrate,” Thompson said.
Maj. Anthony Lowery of BCSO said the complaint against Bischoff came approximately three weeks ago. The disclosure came from a “young girl” 12 to 16 years of age that he also described as a “family friend. There are potentially other victims out there,” Lowery said, adding that in all likelihood there will be additional charges against Bischoff.
According to Lowery, BCSO investigators have gathered evidence in the case and are forensically testing phones gathered from Bischoff. The district attorney wants the case against Bischoff presented to a grand jury, Lowery said. Originally Published by Baldwin County Now
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Friday, September 2, 2011
North Miami Beach police kill mentally disabled man carrying toy gun
Officials told CBS station WFOR that the incident began Wednesday afternoon when officers responded to several calls about a man seen walking around with a rifle. Witnesses told the station that at one point the man aimed the rifle at a neighborhood dog.
According to police reports, when officers arrived there was some sort of confrontation which caused one officer to open fire on the man. However, a subsequent investigation revealed that the "rifle" was a toy. The injured man was then taken to a local hospital where he later died. Family members say the man police killed was 56-year-old Ernest Vassell.
"They murdered him in cold blood for a toy gun!" cried Vassell's older sister Claire Harding. "That's no reason for you to kill somebody!"
Vassell's sisters say they have never seen him with a toy gun and believe he must have found it somewhere. They say he was mentally disabled after a brain injury as a child and that he has never been violent.
"They could tell him to drop the gun. They say they told him to drop it and he raised his hand," Harding told WFOR. "He probably raised his hand to hand them the gun because he is afraid of police. The family is now demanding answers and changes to the North Miami Beach Police Department.
"They should train these police officers better," said Harding. "This is ridiculous, they just go around killing people for nothing."
Police maintain the toy gun appeared to be a real rifle. One officer is on administrative leave while police and the state attorney's office investigate this incident.
Mike Shaner
September 1, 2011
My Take: I can understand how such an accident can happen and I don't really (completely) blame the officers in this one. I blame the laws. A person has a right to carry a gun in the open. The police should have no authority to confront a person or insist that he relinquish his own property. I do hold the officers accountable to some extent for trying to enforce immoral code. Just calling it your job doesn't make it rightrelated:
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Man faces life sentence for recording cops
Infowars.com
August 30, 2011
For the crime of recording police during a citation and taking a tape recorder into the courtroom, 41-year old mechanic Michael Allison faces a life sentence in prison. The state of Illinois has charged Allison with five counts of wiretapping, each punishable by four to 15 years in prison.
The case reveals how far the authorities will go in their efforts to squelch the rights of citizens and prevent them from documenting the abuses of police and other government officials.
The above news report aired in June. It appeared on YouTube last week.
As Radley Balko noted on his blog in June, the report filed by a Terre Haute news station is riddled with misinformation:
The report gets a few things wrong, most notably the assertion recording cops is “illegal in a dozen states”. A dozen states require all parties to consent before you can record a conversation, but all except Illinois and Massachusetts have an “expectation of privacy” provision that the courts to this point have ruled does not apply to on-duty police officers (or anyone in a public setting). That hasn’t stopped police from arresting people in those states (and others) anyway. But the charges don’t hold up in court. FULL STORY
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Philadelphia cop being sued after 3rd false arrest
This could get expensive for Philadelphia taxpayers.
Carter, 29, who sparked an Internal Affairs investigation this year by posting on MySpace a steamy photo of herself in her police hat, is being sued yet again - this time by her own cousin and former roommate in West Philadelphia.
The latest civil-rights suit, the third filed against Carter since October, alleges that Carter used her badge to intimidate Taleah Bryant, 28, and to file bogus terroristic-threat charges against her after Bryant refused to allow Carter's mother to take custody of her child.
The charges were dropped when Carter failed to appear in court, according to Bryant's attorney, Thomas Lynam. But the record of the arrest has hurt Bryant's employment prospects.
"It's the same thing, over and over again," Lynam said. "Here, you have a retaliatory arrest for not giving up a baby, for Chrissakes."
Carter is a defendant in two similar federal lawsuits alleging that she wrongly arrested bartender Geovanni Tanner in 2008 and UPS worker Darnell Jackson in 2010, claiming that they had assaulted her.
All charges against Tanner and Jackson were later dropped, but Jackson lost his UPS position and is trying to get his record cleared. Tanner also had trouble finding a job after he was charged with a felony Full Story
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
Police beat Chicago men accused of entering their own store
August 18, 2011 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Two brothers say they were beaten by Chicago Police as they closed up their business on the city's Southwest Side.
Michael and Adrian Ayala claim the attack was captured by a security camera outside their store on South Archer.
Several police officers, including a sergeant, were allegedly involved in the incident on Tuesday.
Police apparently thought the brothers were attempting to rob the store, but the men say they did nothing to provoke the beatings.
In a statement, Chicago Police said, "The alleged conduct does not represent the high standards of professionalism and excellence maintained as core values of the department and which officers demonstrate on a daily basis serving and protecting the community."
Both Chicago Police and the Independent Police Review Authority are investigating the allegations.
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Deadly Secrets: How California Law Has Shielded Oakland Police Violence
This story was produced with the support of the Investigative Fund of the Nation Institute and the Investigative Reporting Program at UC-Berkeley.
March 21, 2009, was one of the bloodiest days in the history of the Oakland Police Department and California law enforcement.
It began with a trifle: Two traffic officers, Sergeant Mark Dunakin and Officer John Hege, pulled over 26-year-old parolee Lovelle Mixon for running a traffic light. After Dunakin radioed in Mixon’s driver’s license and learned it was fake, both officers approached the car with the intent of making an arrest. Mixon leaned out of his window and, according to a Board of Inquiry report, “methodically shot each officer twice.” As the officers lay wounded on the sidewalk, Mixon crawled out of the window of his car, stood over them and shot each in the back.
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Over the next two hours, roughly 200 officers from several police agencies tore through East Oakland on a manhunt. The magnitude of the response and the absence of OPD brass from the field for 90 minutes would prove critical in shaping the remarkable carnage that followed—three more people killed and two seriously wounded. The lack of senior personnel led to a situation where, as the Board of Inquiry put it, “many responders self-assign[ed] their own activity.” At a moment when OPD’s response needed to be orderly and focused, officers operated without supervision and on their own initiative. One of those officers was Sgt. Patrick Gonzales.
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Gonzales would emerge from the day’s dramatic violence as a department hero; some colleagues nicknamed him “Audie Murphy,” the most decorated American soldier of World War II. But to many in the black and Latino neighborhoods Gonzales polices today, he has long been known as something else: a loose cannon. During Gonzales’ 13-year career he has shot four suspects, three fatally. “He’s left a trail of victims in his wake,” says Cathy King, the mother of one of Gonzales’ shooting victims, “but he’s [considered] a valued member of the police department.”
Multiple lawsuits alleging wrongful death, excessive force, illegal searches and racial profiling incidents involving Gonzales have resulted in $3.6 million paid by the city in settlement money. Law enforcement experts say he fits the profile of the “bad apple” minority in OPD that is responsible for most of the allegations of brutality that plague its relationship with the city’s communities of color. And the Board of Inquiry report on the bloody events of March 21, 2009, places significant blame for the carnage on Gonzales’ decisions.
Yet, Gonzales has been consistently promoted and deployed into sensitive situations throughout his career, and without public outcry. That’s because few know about either his record or his promotions. His extensive personnel file is today off-limits to the public, thanks to a dramatic rollback in the transparency of law enforcement records following a California Supreme Court ruling five years ago. The 2006 decision, in Copley Press v. Superior Court of San Diego, effectively classified all records of individual law enforcement officers, even those employed by contractors.
The arc of Gonzales’ career, from a patrol officer in the Eastlake neighborhood to a sergeant on the SWAT team at the heart of one of OPD’s darkest days, tells the story of a department’s broken accountability system, now pushed behind a wall of secrecy. FULL STORY
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Police abuse cost taxpayers Millions of Dollars
by Stansfield SmithThe US court system has found criminal police conduct (beatings, false arrests, other violence and felonies) at anti-war/anti-G8/FTAA/WTO protests to be so flagrant that payouts to the victims of police illegality and violence have cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars.
The payouts for unprovoked police violence and illegality, below, do not include what cities have paid their own lawyers to defend the police in court. These payouts do not include cases that are still in litigation, such as the class action suit of some 800 Chicagoans arrested for demonstrating against the start of the war on Iraq in 2003. Some examples:
Seattle paid $1 million to WTO protesters, cleared their arrest records seven years later, and paid another $800,000 to settle police misconduct cases.
Miami paid out $561,000, $180,000, and $17,000 because of the particularly ugly police violence during the protests against the 2003 Free Trade Area of the Americas meeting.
Los Angeles paid over $5 million as a result of 11 lawsuits stemming from police conduct during the 2000 Democratic National Convention.
The Los Angeles City Council agreed to pay $12.85 million to demonstrators and bystanders attacked by police at a 2007 May Day rally.
Washington DC paid $22 million in compensation to 1,000 protesters and bystanders for police mistreatment at two rallies in 2000 and 2002. These involved a $13.7 million settlement following the 2000 IMF/World Bank protests. Protests against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in 2002 resulted in various lawsuits, netting $8.25 million, $1 million, and $200,000 for wrongful arrests. A 2002 detention of eight anti-war protesters also resulted in a settlement of $450,000.
Oakland paid over $2 million for injuries to 58 people from police dowels, bean bags, and rubber pellets during an April 7, 2003 protest against Iraq.
New York City paid out $6.6 million in attorneys' fees and $1.5 million in settlements after the 2004 Republican convention. As typical of police violations of the law in these cases, of the 1,670 cases, over 90 percent ended with the charges dismissed or acquittals.
In 2008, New York City paid $2.7 million to end a lawsuit by 52 people caught in mass arrests during an April 7, 2003 protest against the Iraq war. The $2 million was only part of the bonfire of legal expenses, including the city's five lawyers and appellate teams.
Minneapolis has paid out $175,000 out so far to victims of police violence and illegal behavior at the 2008 Republican National Committee protests. FULL STORY
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Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Video: Police beat, taze, and strip man in snow.
The FBI is investigating a video from a Tennessee police car that shows police stripping a man naked before beating and tasing him.
Darren Ring suffered a punctured lung and cracked ribs from the brutal beating.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Youth detention worker arrested on sex charges
Albuquerque Journal
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A supervisor at an Albuquerque youth detention facility was arrested Friday afternoon on charges of sexually abusing several female juvenile inmates.
Richard Bradberry, 54, is charged with three counts each of criminal sexual contact, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, false imprisonment and voyeurism. Authorities said he groped three underage female inmates, including one instance of pulling down the pants and underwear of a girl.
Two of the alleged victims are 16 years old and one is 17, police said. All three are inmates at the Camino Nuevo Youth Center, where Bradberry worked as a youth care specialist.
Police first heard allegations of abuse a year ago, said State Police spokesman Sgt. Tim Johnson, but they didn't have enough evidence.
In April, however, police said one of the alleged victims told police she had been touched inappropriately, and investigators were able to corroborate several witness interviews with the facility's surveillance footage, Johnson said.
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
Long Beach police kill man holding water nozzle
In December they killed a man who was holding a water nozzle. Police say they mistook it for a gun.
I can actually understand that. What I can't understand is why they had to shoot him multiple times and handcuff him.
I also can't understand why the investigation into the shooting is still in process. It happened in December. This is August. Is it possible the LBPD is simply hoping this story will disappear with time? Why not give them a call and find out?
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Should "respectable" citizens be treated differently by the police
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A 57-year-old suburbanite claims she is the victim of police brutality. She certainly looks like she was brutalized. She’s got a black eye, bruises on her face and arms, her glasses were broken and she has a chipped tooth.
What did this woman do to warrant such treatment? Was she going after her husband with a frying pan? Attempting to fire a gun into a crowd? Holding a knife to the throat of a baby?
No. She jaywalked. She crossed the road on a red light.
Well actually, it wasn’t the jaywalking that gave her the bruises. It was her reaction AFTER she was stopped by a police officer for jaywalking.
Here’s her story:
Last Saturday evening, just before 10 p.m., a 57-year-old Longueuil woman was approaching the Jacques Cartier Bridge to catch the fireworks show.
She says she was well-dressed for the evening, listening to Beatles music and headed toward the bridge at a good clip. She noticed a police officer signalling her.
She says she thought he wanted to warn her to pay attention to the traffic lights, as she had just crossed the road on a red light.
She continued on her way, saying she couldn’t really hear him because of her headphones, when he caught up with her and asked her for some ID. He wanted to issue her a ticket for jaywalking. FULL STORY
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What did this woman do to warrant such treatment? Was she going after her husband with a frying pan? Attempting to fire a gun into a crowd? Holding a knife to the throat of a baby?
No. She jaywalked. She crossed the road on a red light.
Well actually, it wasn’t the jaywalking that gave her the bruises. It was her reaction AFTER she was stopped by a police officer for jaywalking.
Here’s her story:
Last Saturday evening, just before 10 p.m., a 57-year-old Longueuil woman was approaching the Jacques Cartier Bridge to catch the fireworks show.
She says she was well-dressed for the evening, listening to Beatles music and headed toward the bridge at a good clip. She noticed a police officer signalling her.
She says she thought he wanted to warn her to pay attention to the traffic lights, as she had just crossed the road on a red light.
She continued on her way, saying she couldn’t really hear him because of her headphones, when he caught up with her and asked her for some ID. He wanted to issue her a ticket for jaywalking. FULL STORY
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