Showing posts with label excessive force. Show all posts
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Tuesday, September 27, 2016

North Carolina Police Create Suspicion And Anger In Declining To Release Footage Showing The Shooting Death Of Black Motorist Keith Lamont Scott By Cop


Keith Lamont Scott, his wife and son
 
Protests turned into riots in North Carolina after 43-year-old black motorist Keith Lamont Scott was shot and killed by police. The officer who pulled the trigger is a black. Police officials state Scott was carrying a gun and ordered to drop the weapon. However, witnesses to the murder stated he did not point a gun at police, but was reading a book in his car, while waiting for the school bus to drop off his son. 

North Carolina police officials first insisted Scott had a gun and brandished the weapon. However, when asked to release dash cam and body cam footage of the shooting death, police declined. Police Chief, Kerr Putney, is now changing his story stating the video of the shooting does NOT illustrate, “Absolute, definitive evidence that would confirm that a person was pointing a gun.” It should be noted, North Carolina is an open carry state, where people are permitted to have weapons on display.

When Scott was ordered to exit the vehicle, he complied. Scott exited the car and slowly walked backwards away from the officer. That is not an aggressive stance. Someone who is an imminent threat would walk towards the officer. However, this is the pattern we keep seeing: black men surrendering to law enforcement in submissive stances and getting shot and killed anyway.

Associated Press: Witness Says Charlotte Man Not Armed When Shot  


We’ve even seen a black man running away from police only to be chased down, shot in the back several times, his face pushed into the ground to the point of suffocation to ensure death and a gun planted beside his lifeless body (South Carolina Police Officer Charged With Murder For Shooting A Fleeing Black Man In The Back 8 Times Then Framing Him For Theft).

We've also seen a black woman framed by police, then exonerated by mobile phone audio and video showing she was the innocent victim of their crimes [Cop Tases Woman For Filming Him Engaging In Police Brutality, Calls Her A 'Dumb B***h' And Lies Stating She Tried To Run Him Over (Video)]. 

We've seen cops frame up a number of black people who went to prison for crimes they did not commit (4 Florida Cops Fired For Slurring Black People And Planting Evidence Sending Innocent Minorities To Prison Which Casts Prosecutorial Doubt On Over 50 Criminal Convictions (Video)). There are but a few of many examples. Incidents such as these have fuelled public distrust of police.


Protester, Justin Carr, was killed by police
 
So let's not pretend that some cops do not engage in police brutality, lie in reports about excessive force, tamper with evidence and plant items at crime scenes to frame up innocent people. It has happened many times in well documented cases. Black men in particular are being framed and hunted by police and it is murder. That's not justifiable homicide.

The protests that ensued in North Carolina turned into riots. People were attacked and businesses and vehicles were destroyed, which is all regrettable. Violence only begets more violence. In future, please refrain from turning peaceful protests into scenes of violence. I understand your anger in North Carolina, but don't turn to violence and vandalism. Don't destroy your communities. Be the dignified people I know you are and keep things peaceful.

In closing, irrespective of the fact the officer who shot Scott is black, based on witness accounts and the inability of police to present video to corroborate his story of Scott pointing a gun at him, he needs to be charged with murder and imprisoned for killing a submissive man that witnesses stated was reading a book in his car. How many times have you, as a member of the public, sat in a car waiting for someone, minding your own business, while reading a book, newspaper or your phone. No one deserves to be killed for that.
 
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Police Officer Betty Shelby Arrested In The Shooting Death Of Unarmed Black Motorist Terrence Crutcher And Her Criminal History Surfaces


Betty Shelby mugshot
 
This is a follow up to yesterday morning's article "Oklahoma Police Killing Unarmed Black Man Terrence Crutcher For Having Car Trouble And Looking Like 'A Bad Dude' Is Racial Profiling." Police officer Betty Shelby has been arrested and charged with first degree manslaughter. She has been booked and released on bond. Shelby's lawyer has been speaking to the press on her behalf.

 
Terrence Crutcher
 
More facts have emerged in the case. Shelby claimed Crutcher was reaching into his car for a weapon. However, no weapon was found and there is blood lining the CLOSED window of the vehicle where Crutcher was shot and killed. Police have now admitted the window of Crutcher's vehicle was closed, indicating he was not reaching for a gun and once again, none was found. 

News surfaced of Crutcher's criminal record, which some used in an attempt to excuse his murder. However, the law does not permit people to kill others based on past criminal convictions. I should not even have to state that. Since some dragged out Crutcher's criminal past, the same is being done to Shelby. It has been revealed she has drug problems and engaged in domestic violence and acts of harassment.

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Cop Who Shot Terence Crutcher Has History Of Drug Use, Domestic Disturbances

Aren’t these the characteristics that describe a “thug”?

09/22/2016 02:54 pm ET | Updated 11 hours ago - A federal investigation is looking into the police shooting of Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which has also prompted a deeper probe into the history and past conduct of the cop involved in his death...The shooting, which is one of the latest in a string of police killings of black men and women, has gained nationwide attention. That has put Shelby’s work history under heavy scrutiny. More information released this week on her professional background and personal life, some disclosed by her attorney Scott Wood, could help to paint a more complete picture of her. 

Betty Shelby has divorced and remarried at least once. According to the job application she submitted to the sheriff’s office in 2007, her ex-husband’s new wife filed a protective order against her in 2002 to put an end to harassing phone calls the new wife claims Shelby made. The order was eventually denied and Shelby maintained her innocence. Nearly a decade earlier, Shelby noted on the same application, a breakup with her then-boyfriend led to the two damaging each other’s cars. Temporary restraining orders were filed and eventually tossed out... 

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A Questionable Past: This Is What We Know About The Officer Who Shot Terence Crutcher

Sep, 22, 2016 - Tulsa Officer Betty Shelby's work history and past are now under scrutiny after the officer shot and killed Terence Cruther, a Black man who was unarmed with his hands in the air. Tension is rising and protests continue following the shootings of Terence Crutcher and Keith Lamont Scott. While not much has come to light about the officer who shot Scott, Officer Brentley Vinson, Betty Shelby's work history and past are under scrutiny after she killed Crutcher, who was unarmed with his hands in the air. Here's what we know about Officer Betty Shelby: 

Shelby's attorney, Scott Wood, said that the officer had completed drug recognition training and believed Crutcher to be under the influence. Police say they did recover a vial of PCP from Crutcher's vehicle. However, Shelby admitted on her application for the sheriff's office in 2007 that she had engaged in drug use, reporting that she's used marijuana twice at the age of 18 in social gatherings.
Despite her past with excessive force, there was never any disciplinary action taken against Shelby. 

Shelby has been accused of excessive force twice, both complaints were determined to be unfounded. In 2002, her ex-husbands wife filed a protective order against Shelby after she allegedly made threatening phone calls to the woman. The protective order was denied with Shelby stating, "The Judge saw that I was not guilty of the accusations made against me." 

In 1993, Shelby and her boyfriend had restraining orders filed against them after they damaged each other's vehicles during a break up. And no disciplinary action was taken in 2010 when Shelby and other officers pulled their weapons on a man who was trying to hide while a felony search warrant was being served... 

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Friday, September 23, 2016

Oklahoma Police Killing Unarmed Black Man Terrence Crutcher For Having Car Trouble And Looking Like 'A Bad Dude' Is Racial Profiling

Last week four Tulsa, Oklahoma police officers approached stranded, 40-year-old black motorist Terrence Crutcher and it resulted in his death. The unarmed man was trying to restart his stalled SUV, when police arrived after reports of the vehicle blocking the road. However, when a vehicle breaks down, logic would tell you it will block the road, as it needs to be towed. Millions of cars have broken down. It does not indicate something sinister is transpiring.

When police approached Crutcher and ordered him to put his hands up, he did so in the "don't shoot" stance, which is all too familiar to black people in America. Crutcher then slowly walked towards his vehicle and leaned on it. Police officer Tyler Turnbough tased Crutcher. Police officer Betty Shelby opened fire killing Crutcher, who once again, had his hands in the air in surrender. Shelby did not have to shoot Crutcher. The police pilot in the surveillance helicopter recording the incident stated, "This guy is still walking and following commands." This indicates he was following police instructions. However, Shelby claims she felt threatened and killed him. 

 
Terrence Crutcher has a criminal record, which some are illogically using as justification for him being killed while NOT engaging in unlawful behavior. There are millions of people in America with a criminal record. Police cannot go around as judge, jury and executioner summarily killing people who have paid their debt to society, because the person looks like "a bad dude."
 
Three armed male officers stood by officer Shelby's side, the motorist (Crutcher) was a safe distance away with his hands up, yet Shelby felt threatened? She shouldn't be a police officer with that hair trigger, jitteriness and fearful disposition. Crutcher is the one who should have felt threatened. You killed an unarmed man for having car trouble and are trying to explain away this murderous madness to the public. Shelby should be indicted, arrested and put in prison for murder. Shelby deserves a good 20-years in prison.

The helicopter pilot stating Crutcher looks like "a bad dude" is suspect. Just say it, he looks black and in your estimation that automatically makes him bad. All the cops saw was a black man and in their eyes black = bad. Many cases have shown that prejudice police officers act with more care around white people they encounter than minorities. I suspect had Crutcher been white, Shelby and company would have treated him differently, assisting him in obtaining help for his car.  

 
Betty Shelby
 
I'm not stating all police are prejudice. I'm not stating all white police are prejudice. However, officers like Shelby show their prejudices via their criminal actions against minority members of the public. There is no excuse for this. There should be no place on any police force in America for people who behave in this manner. It shows an absolute lack of  respect for human life. It shows the ignorance and racial profiling some police officers operate under while patrolling the streets with prejudice.

The Oklahoma police have a problem regarding how it treats black people. Last year, Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw was arrested and convicted on charges of sexually assaulting 13 black women while on duty. The New York Times reported, "Mr. Holtzclaw targeted women he stopped while on patrol, singling out poor black victims with criminal backgrounds whose stories would not be believed." Clearly there are police in Okalahoma that are operating under the belief black people's lives aren't worth anything. How else do you explain this madness they are doing to innocent people.


Police helicopter footage of Terrence Crutcher after being shot by police officer Betty Shelby
 
Racist police officers in America are making the decent cops look bad and on a global scale. Nations around the world have issued travel advisories to their citizens warning them about travel to America due to police killing minorities at a rapid rate (the list of nations is growing). These nations know their citizens are aware of the horrible headlines that have gone worldwide on the subject of innocent minorities being summarily killed by racist police officers in disproportionate numbers. They've issued the travel advisories as a mark of shame in attempts at shaming corrupt police officers in America into desisting with the senseless murders of defenseless people. It's known as name and shame. However, some police officers still don't get the message.

While I do give decent police in America the benefit of the doubt, the corrupt ones like Shelby are making everyone look bad. The articles in global newspapers and on television news broadcasts on the subject are not pretty. When you police the streets, do remember you are representing America and what you do filters out into the world, whether good or bad. 

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Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Officer Who Shot Surrendered Unarmed Miami Therapist Caring For Disabled Man Has A History Of Stereotyping Black People As Criminals And Villains

Jonathan Aledda has been named as the North Miami Beach Police Department officer who shot unarmed African-American behavioral therapist, Charles Kinsey, as he lay on the ground with his hands up in surrender. Minutes before the shooting occurred, Kinsey exited the group home he works in, walking behind 24-year-old mentally disabled patient, Arnaldo Rios, who had walked out of the facility. 

Kinsey was following behind Rios for his own safety and to bring him back to the group home. Police became involved and it led to the shooting, after they allegedly received a 911 call from an anonymous person, stating a suicidal man had a gun and was going to shoot himself. So Aledda decided to shoot the allegedly suicidal man instead. Who in their right mind shoots a suicidal person that allegedly posed a danger to himself.

A neighbor stated to the press that she used her binoculars to detect Rios did not have a gun in his hand, but a toy. She informed a police woman on the scene of what she observed through her binoculars, but was told to back away. Shortly after, Kinsey was shot at three times, with one of the bullets hitting his leg. Rios was admitted to the hospital suffering significant emotional trauma, as the autistic man keeps reenacting the incident repeatedly stating "I hate the police!" and "shoot!" among other things, while terrified and traumatized.


Jonathan Aledda

Due to intense public backlash, the North Miami Beach Police Department is stating Aledda was trying to protect Kinsey by attempting to shoot Rios. However, the public is not buying it. Feedback comments on websites such as the Miami Herald, Miami New Times and news channels reveal, members of the public are questioning why Aledda handcuffed a bleeding and wounded Kinsey, as well as Rios, putting both in the back of his squad car after the shooting.

If Aledda was trying to protect the behavioral therapist, why cuff him while injured. There was a distance between Kinsey and Rios prior to the shooting. How did a member of the SWAT team, who specialize in sharp shooting, miss so terribly, hitting the man he claimed he was protecting.  

Clearly, Aledda thought Kinsey was the bad guy, when neither the behavioral therapist or his client had done anything illegal in this matter. People in the disability field in Miami now fear for their mentally impaired patients lives and have been sending out alerts warning staff and the family members of the disabled to be very careful when out in public, especially around police.


Police shot Charles Kinsey who was laying on the ground, hands up in surrender and stating "Don't shoot me!" Kinsey disabled, autistic patient, Arnaldo Rios, sits beside him understandably confused at why they are being criminally harassed by police.
 
Aledda has a history of questionable behavior. A complaint was filed against Aledda in 2013 for injuring a store owner. Aledda responded to a 911 call of a robbery in progress at a business in Miami. When Aledda arrived, he assumed the black store owner was the robber, threw him against a wall twice and injured his elbow. Aledda refused to listen to the store owner who was informing him that he was the one who called police for assistance due to the robbery. Aledda opted to rough up, injure and arrest the store owner anyway. Much like Aledda clearly refused to listen to Kinsey, shooting him while assuming he was the bad guy, when he was just trying to protect his mentally disabled patient, Rios. Talk about stereotyping people

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Autistic man whose black caretaker was shot by an officer is so traumatized he’s stopped eating and has been screaming ‘I hate the police!’
 
Published: 21:44 EST, 23 July 2016 | Updated: 08:44 EST, 24 July 2016 - An autistic man who saw his caretaker get shot by an officer has been left traumatized, distressed and has stopped eating, his family has said. Arnaldo Rios was the intended target of the shooting, which occurred Monday after four North Miami police officers responded to a 911 call about a suicidal man with a gun.

Rios sat cross-legged. He yelled. He didn't obey commands to lie down with his hands up and he fidgeted with a metal object. Meanwhile his therapist Charles Kinsey tried to surrender by lying down on the ground and keeping his hands up. Therapist Charles Kinsey, 46, (left) was shot in North Miami while he was on the ground with his hands up. He was trying to soothe his autistic patient Arnaldo Rios (right), who was playing with a toy truck...
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Sunday, July 24, 2016

Miami Police Officer Shot Innocent Unarmed Black Man As He Protected Autistic Patient Then Says He Doesn’t Know Why He Fired At Him (Video)

A Miami Police officer shot 46-year-old therapist, Charles Kinsey, who was caring for his 23-year-old autistic student. Kinsey and the student were on the ground. Kinsey, a black man, had his hands up in surrender and was laying on his back stating, “Don’t shoot me” and informed the officers his autistic patient had a toy truck in his hand and not a gun. 

The police officer opened fire shooting at Kinsey three times. Kinsey was shot in the leg. Kinsey exclaimed, “Sir, why did you shoot me?” The officer responded “I don’t know.” Rather than get Kinsey help, the officer cuffed and arrested him and his autistic patient. Foul! 

The officer’s name is being withheld by North Miami Beach Police Chief Gary Eugene. It has since been revealed police were trying to shoot the autistic man, which is even worse on their part. The officer should face criminal charges and be stripped of his badge, because if he does something like this again, he could kill an innocent person. Kinsey should sue them as well. However, police are already discussing a potential settlement. 


Police shot Charles Kinsey who was laying on the ground, hands up in surrender and stating "Don't shoot me!" Kinsey disabled, autistic patient sits beside him understandably confused at why they are being criminally harassed by police.
 
This is not the first time something like this has happened in Miami. It reminds me of a similar story regarding what transpired in Miami in 2011, regarding one of the disabled adult students at the school my mother used to teach. All the students were wonderful, mentally disabled adults who were learning life skills and how to function in the world. It was great to see them grow as people in learning everyday things you and I often taken for granted. 

One of the disabled students who attended the school was a 56-year-old mentally impaired black man named Ernest. He was a kind, sweet and humorous man, who due to his mental disability, had the mental age of an 8-year-old. He was a very nice man and good person loved by all who knew him. He would say things that made people smile or laugh. 

One day he found a toy gun on the street that fascinated him. Officers confronted him. An officer yelled at him regarding the toy, believing the gun was real and shot and killed him. Ernest's neighbors on the street stated to reporters that police should have known he was disabled. If they had talked to Ernest for even a few seconds they would have realized he was mentally disabled. However, they didn't bother. They killed him instead. Everybody was devastated. Ernest was killed like his life wasn’t worth anything. He didn’t deserve that. Nothing came of the incident, as the police officer got away with it, while Ernest lost his life. It was not right. However, that's the justice system for you - corrupt.


Charles Kinsey reenacts the shooting in the hospital to illustrate the injustice that transpired against him
 
It was piss poor police work. And this is what troubles me about so many incidents like this, the ease and quickness with which some, not all officers, take a life. Why be so confrontational. Why not exercise some consideration for human life. Why not be negotiators instead of adversarial individuals so aggressively confronting others. 

In some cases select officer are putting themselves in trouble in going right up to people then killing them (Alton Sterling, Tamir Rice, Philando Castile, Eric Garner and many others). Why not maintain a safe distance and negotiate with the subject. Talk to them from a safe space. Even use the bull horn from your squad car. Why charge right up to people and shot within seconds, then claim your life was in danger. That’s a load of crap. You put your life in danger doing that and often against unarmed people. 

If criminals open fire on police, then yes, officers' lives are most certainly in danger. But to shoot at a person who has their arms up in surrender or has their back turned to you running away is patently wrong. That’s not justice. That’s an execution. That’s vengeance. That’s anger and vindictiveness stating through actions, "How dare you run away from me." 

Once again, not all officer do this, but some do and thousands of people in America have died brutal deaths because of it. Officers owe the public a duty of care. At the end of the day, some people just aren't cut out to be police officers and innocent people paid for it with their lives (Police Officer Who Shot And Killed 12-Year-Old Black Boy Was Initially Rejected From The Police Force As 'Mentally Unprepared' And 'Weepy').

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N. Miami Beach Officer Shoots Mentally Disabled Man Carrying Toy Gun
 
August 31, 2011 11:15 PM - North Miami Beach Police are piecing together an officer-involved shooting that left a mentally disabled man dead early Wednesday evening. Officers tell CBS4′s Natalia Zea that a man carrying a rifle was seen walking through a neighborhood in the area of Northeast 155th Terrace and 14th Avenue. 

Witnesses say the man even pointing the rifle at a dog at one point. Police say several neighbors called 911 to report the incident. Police say when officers arrived, there was some sort of confrontation and one officer to open fire on the man. But their investigation revealed that the “rifle” was in fact, a realistic looking toy. The injured man was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital where he later died. 

Family members say the man police killed is 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, they 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, he probably raised his hand to hand them the gun because he is afraid of police,” said Harding. The family is 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. 
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Friday, July 22, 2016

Mother Of Slain 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice Slams President Obama's Inaction On The Police Brutality That Claimed Her Son's Young Life (Video)

Samaria Rice is the mother of murdered 12-year-old, Tamir Rice, who was brutally gunned down by trigger happy police officer, Timothy Loehmann, while the underage minor held a toy gun in an open carry state (in Ohio one is allowed to openly carry guns). Police carelessly drove right up to Rice and shot him within seconds, rather than keeping a safe distance and speaking to the child from afar. Rice was shot and died in agony on the ground, while police restrained his underage sister from comforting him, cuffing and detaining her in a squad car without just case. It was piss poor police work.

When asked about Obama's conduct in office regarding the many deaths of civilians to police brutality, Samaria stated, "President Barack Obama! I don't know what you're doing. I don't know how you are able to sleep at night. To sleep and wake up and see that another murder has happened on behalf of the government and nobody is getting any justice at the Department of Justice. You did some things, but that's fine. We're talking about lives being saved. I don't even know what category to put him in. It's just I'm very disappointed with him. I'm very disappointed with him." 


Tamir Rice
She's right. Obama's conduct has been very disappointing. And no, Obama doesn't get a pass for being the first black president. Right is right and wrong is wrong. It doesn't matter the color of your skin. Obama had a legal obligation to act in a manner that would bring about justice. What makes it worse is Obama is a lawyer. He knows better. He knows people are being criminally deprived of their civil rights and human rights. 

In case after case regarding police brutality, Obama's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Justice (DOJ) finds against the victims without fail. They do so with Obama's knowledge and consent. It is patently wrong and cruel, adding insult to injury. The corruption is so thick at the FBI and DOJ the two agencies are now struggling under massive public disfavor. The agencies have never been so exposed and disliked and it's all thanks to Hillary Clinton.

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

U.S. Marine And Nation Of Islam Member Kills 3 Police Officers In Louisiana Out Of Revenge For The Death Of Alton Sterling


Gareth Long
 
Former U.S. marine and Nation of Islam member, 29-year-old Gareth Long, opened fire on several police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Sunday, killing three. The shooting also left three police officers injured. Based on items posted to social networking, Long was enraged by the police brutality based killing of Louisiana father of five, Alton Sterling, in a murder that went viral, incensing many people in America and around the world. 

It led to foreign nations issuing unprecedented travel alerts against the United States to warn their traveling citizens of the dangers that exist in America and to send a point to the complacent government in Washington (the Bahamas, United Arab Emirates, New Zealand, Australia and Britain).

Long posted videos online angrily complaining about Sterling’s death, after the Louisiana man was shot in the chest 5 times at point blank range, in what was unquestionably police brutality, employing the use of extreme, excessive force. Long took out his anger on police, via the violent murders that occurred against the three officers, which was wrong. Long should not have murdered police. It was an ambush with the intent to kill. 

All cops are not bad. It is unwise to adopt the view that all police are bad. As the Judiciary Report has maintained for years, there are decent cops out there. However, the main problem is the American justice system often fails and it is leading to vigilantism in the United States. 

To state America does not have a problem with police brutality would be a lie. Studies have shown, a disproportionate number of black people have been subjected to police brutality, many times resulting in the preventable deaths/killing of civilians. Police in America have the highest murder rate in the western world, regarding killing civilians. For the one millionth time, Congress needs to address this issue via legislative means Congress Needs To Enact Legislative Guidelines Regarding Police Brutality. 
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Man Who Filmed The Brutal Alton Sterling Murder By Louisiana Police Secretly Arrested And Shackled


Atlanta man, Chris LeDay, was unjustly arrested by police, in an act of revenge, after he posted shocking video online, revealing police officer, Blane Salamoni, mercilessly shooting and killing Alton Sterling in Louisiana. LeDay works at Dobbins Air Reserve Base. LeDay stated police detained him simply stating he fit the description of someone, but initially would not say regarding what crime. 

 

LeDay was handcuffed and shackled like a murderer and told it was in reference to “unpaid traffic tickets.” It is highly unusual to shackle someone for parking tickets. The government is being nasty to LeDay over doing his civic duty in exposing a terrible crime - murder. To single out LeDay for such treatment is discriminatory and abusive. When police engage in such behavior, it only makes the problem worse. LeDay spent the night in jail and was hit with $1,231 in fines.  
LeDay did not film the shooting, but did upload it to the internet. LeDay and the person who filmed the video did nothing wrong. The law permits people to film such incidents in public settings. The government needs to concentrate on the police officer that killed Sterling - Blane Salamoni. His partner, Howie Leake II, should also be prosecuted for contributing to the murder of a citizen in acts of police brutality.

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Man Who Posted Alton Sterling Shooting Video Has Been Arrested By Police
 
July 10, 2016 - 24 Hours after the footage of Alton Sterling being shot and killed by Baton Rouge police went viral, the man who initially posted the clip online has had his own brush with law enforcement. Chris LeDay, an Atlanta native who did not film the shooting video but was the first person to post it online, helped the story gain national attention when he shared it on his Instagram, Twitter and Facebook accounts. As the story began to circulate into being front page news, LeDay was arrested while on the way to his job at Dobbins Air Reserve Base. 

Recalling the incident on his Facebook page, LeDay believes his arrest was retaliation for sharing the clip. Speaking with the blog Photography Is Not A Crime, he says that he was detained by military and civilian police officers and told that he fit the description of someone who is wanted for battery. After being handcuffed and shackled, he was taken to the police station where he was reportedly told that he was arrested for unpaid traffic tickets...
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Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Police Officer That Killed Philando Castile To Be Sued By His Family

 
Joseph Kauser (left) and Jeronimo Yanez (right)
 
Minnesota police officer, Jeronimo Yanez, is set to be sued by the family of Philando Castile, the innocent man he racially profiled and murdered this past week during a deceitful traffic stop. The Castile family has retained the legal services of television attorney, Judge Glenda Hatchett. Yanez and his partner, Joseph Kauser, stopped Castile, using the lie he had a broken taillight. However, it was later discovered the police officers sent a message to the control center revealing they intended to stop Castile in traffic, as he has a "wide set nose" and could be the man who robbed a store. This was textbook racial profiling. You cannot ask for a more accurate example of racial profiling. It is also the offensive stereotype, "All black people look alike."

Yanez demanded Castile produce his license from his pocket. When Castile reached for his identification, the innocent motorist was shot five times by Yanez. One has to wonder if they were looking for an excuse to kill him. Castile had no felony criminal record (he has driving violations for not wearing a seat belt, speeding) and was gainfully employed in a school cafeteria feeding young kids. Castile followed police instructions, but was killed anyway.

 
 
Judge Glenda Hatchett (left) and Valerie Castile at a press conference yesterday announcing the forthcoming lawsuit
 
Whenever a black man is killed by police, select members of the press like to state the victim had a criminal record, as if this somehow excuses racial profiling and murder (it does not). Well, what's the excuse regarding killing Castile. If Castile was your brother, son or father, you would want justice to be done. Therefore, certain callous people need to stop acting like it's not a big deal. It is a big deal. An innocent man died a horrible death, due to racism and crappy police work.

Once again, as I have stated on this site in the past, as a police officer, why go directly up to someone you believe to be a criminal and engage them in conflict. If I were a police officer, I'd turn on the squad car siren/lights indicating the motorist in question should pull over, then use the loud horn (bullhorn) to state, "Get out of the car, lay down on the ground on your stomach with your hands stretched outward."

 
Philando Castile dying in his car after being shot by Jeronimo Yanez
 
It's the same story with Alton Sterling, the black man that was murdered by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana last week, after a hasty, questionable confrontation. If they believed he was so dangerous, why charge up to him, tase him, tackle him to the ground in a forceful manner, kneel on his hands, then seconds later shoot him in the chest 6 times, while lying he had a gun in his hand. That was outright assault and murder. What kind of crappy police work is that.

It's the same story with Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old that was murdered by police in Ohio. Why drive right up to a child holding a toy gun and within 2-seconds open fire killing the 12-year-old. As stated in the column previously, why did they not maintain a safe distance (The Public Outraged At The Grand Jury Not Returning An Indictment In The Tamir Rice Murder and Blame The Victim?). This nonsensical behavior on the part of some, not all, police officers indicates a serious problem endangering the public.

It's poor police work on the part of some officers. There are police officers who question and even bring people in without incident. However, when you have select officers adding racism, racial profiling, anger and paranoia regarding black people to the mix, preventable tragedies will occur.

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Tuesday, July 12, 2016

The Bahamas And United Arab Emirates Issue Travel Warnings Regarding America


U.S. President Barack Obama has done a very poor job regarding racial profiling and police brutality, as he has engaged in incendiary, divisive speech, while failing to enact any meaningful change to ensure people are treated equally under the law. Many in the black community are angry with Obama regarding this issue and have expressed disappointment on social networking.

The U.S. State Department often issues travel warnings against numerous foreign nations. In an unprecedented turn, nations are issuing travel warnings to their citizens regarding America. The race based police brutality occurring in U.S. states, prompted the Bahamas and United Arab Emirates to issue travel warnings to their citizens about traveling to America. 

The world is outraged at the police brutality which resulted in the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, which have been heavily televised on the international stage to billions of people, via global news broadcasts. To highlight that it is a chronic problem, many well respected international newspapers and programs have carried pieces listing the names of many victims of color who have died at the hands of police using excessive force. 

Global citizens have publicly expressed their disapproval of the police brutality on social networking and via peaceful protests in their nations. Global citizens have expressed the view the brutalization of black people in America needs to stop. As it stands, global citizens are afraid to visit America for fear of their safety. 

People all over the world do not agree with what is transpiring. Officers who engage in police brutality are damaging America’s name and standing in the world. America has regressed. It’s like the civil rights era all over again with abuses against black people, leading to protests. The pictures coming out of America now and eerily similar to the unrest of the 1960s. 

This is the world’s perception of America. Washington is turning a blind eye to how America is viewed in the world. The extensive human rights abuses being committed against black people is viewed in a very negative light in the international community. Hopefully international disapproval will get Congress’ attention and spark some meaningful legislative change, where all Americans can be treated equally.

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Bahamas issues US travel advisory over racial tensions
 
9 July 2016 - The Bahamas has issued a rare travel advisory for its citizens visiting the US, recommending particular care for young men in cities affected by tensions over recent police shootings. The advisory warns citizens to not get involved in protests and avoid crowds. It comes after two black men were shot dead by police in Minnesota and Louisiana, and five officers were killed at a protest in Dallas. Some 90% of the Bahamas population is black, according to the CIA. 

The advisory comes as the country, a former British colony, celebrates its Independence Day holiday, on 10 July, a time when many locals travel abroad, including to the US. The statement, issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, tells citizens to "exercise appropriate caution", especially in cities affected by "tensions... over shootings of young black males by police officers". "In particular young males are asked to exercise extreme caution in affected cities in their interactions with the police. Do not be confrontational, and co-operate," it says. "Do not get involved in political or other demonstrations under any circumstances and avoid crowds." 

The US regularly issues travel advisories for Americans visiting other countries, but it is rare for nations to issue warnings for their citizens travelling to the US. 

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UAE tells citizens to leave robes at home after businessman held as Isis suspect in US
 
Sunday 3 July 2016 20.34 EDT - The United Arab Emirates has urged men to avoid wearing the white robes, headscarf and headband of the national dress when travelling abroad, after a businessman visiting the United States was wrestled to the ground and held as an Islamic State suspect. UAE media reported that the Emirati man was detained in Avon, Ohio, last week after a female clerk at a local hotel called 911 to report what she had described as a man affiliated to Islamic State, according to the Arabic-language al-Bayan newspaper. 

The English language newspaper the National said the receptionist at the Fairfield Inn hotel called the police after she heard the man talking on his phone in the hotel lobby. The woman reportedly described him as “a suspicious man with disposable phones – two of them – in a full head dress.” Gulf News, another UAE newspaper, published photos of the Emirati man in white robes being wrestled to the ground and handcuffed before being led away by police. The man, who sustained injuries in the incident, told the National that the police were “brutal”...
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Police Scanner Reveals Black Man Philando Castile Was Racially Profiled And Killed By A Cop For Having A 'Wide Nose'


Just when you thought it couldn't get any more insulting it does and on a new level. News reports indicate the brutal shooting death of motorist, Philando Castile, with his girlfriend and 4-year-old child present in the car, was not for the reasons police initially claimed. Castile was summarily executed by police officer Jeronimo Yanez. The incident, along with the police killing of Alton Sterling, sparked protests in America and other parts of the world, due to it being the product of racism and police brutality. It also led to the shooting deaths of 5 police officers in a retaliatory killing by army reservist Micah Xavier Johnson.


Philando Castile's girlfriend Diamond Reynolds witnessed his murder and streamed the aftermath via mobile phone video on Facebook, which shocked social networking users due to its brutality
 
Police initially stated Castile was driving with a broken taillight, which is why they claimed he was pulled over by police. However, the photos from the crime scene revealed otherwise, which many on social networking began publicly pointing out. Two days later, police acknowledged Castile was pulled over for having a "wide nose" which in their estimation looked like a black man who had held up a store.


Jeronimo Yanez
 
This case is beyond insulting. The racial stereotypes, evidence tampering in trying to delete video footage of the killing from Facebook, lying, fraud, defamation of an innocent man and extreme lack of courtesy shown to Castile, who make no mistake, was racially profiled, is disgraceful. Yanez must be prosecuted within the scope of the law for costing an innocent man his life and for the disturbing cover-up that ensued. Any other police employee that aided in the cover up and evidence tampering should face criminal prosecution as well. 

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Castile family responds to police scanner audio
 
 3 days ago - ST.PAUL - The uncle of Philando Castile told KARE 11 the police scanner audio we obtained is an example of racial profiling. A KARE 11 viewer, who gave us audio clips of police radio traffic, claims they captured the moments just before Philando Castile and his girlfriend were stopped by St. Anthony police – which ended with police fatally shooting Castile. 

KARE 11 has attempted to confirm the authenticity of the recording with police officials, but so far they have not responded. We have verified that the license plate mentioned by police in the recording matches the plate of the car Castile was driving. The location the officer gives also corresponds to the locations of the traffic stop. 

“I’m going to stop a car,” the officer says on the recording. “I’m going to check IDs. I have reason to pull it over.” “The two occupants just look like people that were involved in a robbery,” the officer says. “The driver looks more like one of our suspects, just ‘cause of the wide set nose,” the officer continues. 

Diamond Reynolds said she and her deceased boyfriend did not match the descriptions on the audio clip. Philando Castile’s uncle, Clarence Castile, called the traffic stop an example of racial profiling. “I just thought it was kind of insane to pull somebody over saying they matched a robbery suspect by having flared nostrils,” Clarence Castile said. “It is kind of hard to see flared nostrils from a car...
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Sunday, July 10, 2016

Police Officers Identified From The Alton Sterling Shooting (Video)


Alton Sterling being pinned down then killed by police officers in Louisiana
 
The two police officers that killed 37-year-old African-American, Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on July 5, 2016, have been identified as Blane Salamoni and Howiw Leake II. Both men have been placed on administrative leave during a pending investigation into Sterling's suspicious death. Sterling was shot 5-times at point blank range, while selling CDs in front of a food store, with the permission of the owner.   


 
The murder of Sterling provoked anger among the public. The outrage was compounded when a second black man was shot and killed by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota (Philando Castile). Black, white and Hispanic people on social networking are decrying and denouncing police brutality in the wake of the two murders. 
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