Low-level drug operation led to one APD officer shooting another
Thats what triggered a chaotic drug sting gone sideways on Friday that ended with Albuquerque Police Department Lt. Greg Brachle shooting a detective, critically wounding him. The operation included a large police presence, including at least two .
CMPD police officers case becomes part of larger debate
But his short, routine appearance is expected to become a scene in a larger story ��� the nationwide debate over the use of deadly force by police against unarmed subjects. Kerrick is. In North Carolina, prosecutors control the evidence presented to.
I hereby charge Timothy Loehmann and the Cleveland PD.
���Justice Department and City of Cleveland Agree to Reform Division of Police After Finding a Pattern or Practice of Excessive Force. ���Feds Find.. The viewers never see the report that Fox News was found to have told the truth only 18% of the time. Politifact.. The incident in South Carolina, when a state trooper shot (not fatally) an unarmed black man who was retrieving his license from inside his vehicle, was also caught on camera - the officers dashcam. Due to��.
Obama Condemns Killings Of New York City Police Officers
The officers, Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, were shot dead Saturday afternoon in Brooklyn, New York. The gunman, whom police identified as 28-year-old Ismaaiyl Brinsley, shot the officers while they were sitting in their squad car outside a housing.
Wake up Black America: Black Lives Matter. except when
This so called movement started when Saint Michael Brown was shot and killed by former Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, when Michael Brown charged towards officer Wilson.. Oh yeah, to make a laughable joke even more funnier if thats even possible, the nations largest abortion provider which has killed more black lives then young black men with guns Planned Parenthood has joined in with the black lives matter... But back to the subject at hand.
Grand Jury Again Fails to Indict Officer in Death, This Time.
The ACLU notes, ���This decision follows an appalling national pattern where police officers use excessive and sometimes fatal force against people of color and are frequently not held responsible.��� They argue. ���It is less than two weeks since a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, failed to bring charges against another white officer who shot another black man. Garner was one of four... Grand jury indicts [white] S.C. cop in death of unarmed [black] man. Looks like it is��.
Brandenburg says shes staying put in police shooting cases.
The four-term DA said she has no plans to step aside from the prosecution of SWAT team officer Dominique Perez and former detective Keith Sandy, or any other police shooting case, despite an aggressively worded letter from city Chief. step in a city that has one of the highest rates of police shootings in the country and is set to implement a broad set of federally mandated reforms aimed at curing a longstanding culture of excessive force used by APD officers.
Low-level drug operation led to one APD officer shooting.
The operation included a large police presence, including at least two undercover officers and several others dressed in ski masks, according to court documents, police and witnesses. It is the latest of. ���And then at that point, the shots happened, and the guy was dragged to the pavement and handcuffed.���. DOJ investigators found deeply rooted patterns of excessive force by APD and a culture among city and department leadership to turn a blind eye to it. Federal��.
This Isnt About Everyone
The problem these protests are designed to highlight���alleged police abuse of black men���is one of long standing, but not since the Rodney King incident more than two decades ago has the U.S. seen nationwide protests about it on anything like this.
8 horrifying revelations in the Justice Departments Ferguson report
While court rulings hold that an individuals mental impairments must factor into use-of-force decisions, officers used violent force against mentally impaired people in a number of cases. In a notorious 2011 case, officers shot and killed a man who.
How Often are Unarmed Black Men Shot Down By Police?
91% of the people killed by Police in Chicago in 2012 were Black? 87% in New York? 100% in Saginaw and Rockford? I gotta admit even after focusing on this subject for over 30 years, since Ron Settles was killed, I find that kind of shocking. The report goes. Only eight (8) Officers were Charged with Murder, Manslaughter or use of excessive force in these case. Is this report.. a) All candidates for police officer should be psychologically tested before being hired.
How Rand Pauls Crusade to Audit the Fed Could Make His Worst Nightmares.
Rand Paul is quickly turning his absurd crusade to audit the Federal Reserve into a mainstream conservative cause c��l��bre���enough so that today, during her testimony before the Senate, Janet Yellen herself weighed in. (Like just. Because, you know.
South Carolina sheriffs deputy caught on video repeatedly.
181 Comments / 181 New. South Carolina Sheriffs deputy standing over Charles Lang with a taser. Another day, another case of excessive force, this time in South Carolina: On Tuesday, Lt. Curtis Wilson, a sheriffs department spokesman,. He then falls to the ground after the officer shoots him with a taser gun... going to run up against a another good guy with a gun and a bad guy with 3 guns one day and it is going to make the Ok Corral look like kindergarten.
Cop involved in Sunday shooting had rocky past.
. 4 mins ago. CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) ��� Dramatic video that shows a white South Carolina police officer shooting a fleeing black man after a traffic stop ha���. ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) ��� Albuquerque Police Department brass took a chance in 2007, when they hired four ex-State Police officers who had freshly been relieved of duty from that agency because of a double-dipping scandal... In that unit, he had made headlines a few times prior Sundays shooting.
More Young Adults Stay Put in Biggest Cities
For decades, young people flocked to the U.S.s three biggest metro areas���New York, Los Angeles and Chicago���to build careers before taking their talent and spending power elsewhere to raise families. That pattern now appears to be fading as more .
Albuquerque police officer jokes about shooting James.
The death of James Boyd was one of many fatal shootings in New Mexico, something the Department of Justice determined was a pattern of unjustified excessive force by the Albuquerque Police Department.. Thats over half the point of an officer relinquishing his firearm after a shooting-to make sure it was the actual gun that did the shooting, that the officer carrying that weapon was the actual trigger man, and to make sure there are no defects in the gun that would��.
Missouri AG confirms Michael Brown grand jury misled by St.
Unlike the Wilson case, Officers in New York clearly didnt make the deliberate decision that the subject was a threat and chose to use deadly force, they were - as best we can tell from the Snuff Film weve all seen by now - just trying to make an... justice in South Carolina for being wrongly shot (luckily only slightly injured) by a cop. But Black men murdered by cops elsewhere (Ferguson, Cleveland, NYC, etc.) receive no justice at all. Groubert, 31, was fired Sept.
NESARA- REPUBLIC NOW - GALACTIC NEWS: Video.
A white North Charleston police officer was arrested on a murder charge and the FBI opened a civil rights investigation Tuesday after video surfaced of the lawman shooting eight times at a 50-year-old black man as he ran away... but when a Blue Gang member shoots and kills someone innocent or guilty and called on their actions, it is called excessive force and the subject is put on adminstrative leave, (vacation) until he is either justified or gets a slap on the hand.
Police: Slain officer a hero in fierce gunbattle with 2
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A police officer who went to a video game store to buy a present for his son ended up in a fierce gunbattle with two would-be robbers, fighting to the end of his life to protect patrons and employees, a police captain said Friday.
As a Black Man, Im Outraged at the Grand Jury in Eric Garners Case; as a.
As weve seen in a number of recent high-profile cases, like the killing of teenager Michael Brown by then-Officer Darren Wilson, its difficult to indict police in death cases that happen while theyre on duty. But the Garner case is different because.
Horrible California Drought Is Now Even More Horrible
Meanwhile, the latest runs of the GFS model���the one that nailed Tuesdays nonblizzard in New York City���shows no fewer than six snowstorm chances for the East Coast before Valentines Day. Snow-starved Washington, D.C. could see a major storm on .
South Carolina officer who shot black man was subject of prior excessive force.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. ��� The South Carolina police officer charged with murder after video surfaced of him shooting a fleeing unarmed black man in the back was allowed to stay on the force despite an earlier complaint that he used excessive force .
Wisconsin police kill unarmed black teen Tony Robinson
The officer had forced his way into the home, where he was attacked by the teen, he said. [The] subject assaulted my officer and in the context of mutual combat, the officer did draw his revolver and subsequently shot the subject, Chief Koval told.
Jeb Bush casts his foreign policy views as distinct from his brothers
Employing a line that his aides had widely advertised in advance, Bush said that while he admired his brother and their father, President George H.W. Bush, ���Im my own man, and my views are shaped by my own thinking and my own experiences.��� ���New.
Bill de Blasio slams decision to CLEAR NYPD officer who killed Eric Garner
It is a moment that change must happen. The mayor also said that he had spoken with NYPD Commissioner Bratton about retraining the entire police force. It should be self-evident, (but) our history requires us to say black lives matter. The short.
Brandenburg says shes staying put in police shooting cases
It was an unprecedented step in a city that has one of the highest rates of police shootings in the country and is set to implement a broad set of federally mandated reforms aimed at curing a longstanding culture of excessive force used by APD officers.
Capitol Fax.com - Your Illinois News Radar �� The story of.
About four months before the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, police less than 15 miles down I-70 in St. Charles shot another man named Brown. The event barely drew any attention from anyone except immediate��.
South Carolina senator meets with leaders in Ferguson after.
Tim Scott of South Carolina met Wednesday with community leaders in Ferguson, Missouri, aides told CNN, and is now returning to his home state to help deal with fallout from the shooting of an unarmed black man by a. Before flying back to South Carolina, aides said he met with clergy and community leaders in Missouri, hoping to get suggestions for how a police officers use of lethal force can impact a community... ���226 to dispatch, shots fired, subject is down.
Prince William and Succession: Charles Should Still Be King
It was intensely mischievous of her, as she knew that constitutionally such a thing could never, ever happen, but it means that even 15 years later, and on the eve of her sons wedding, the subject still comes up. ���There is no question in. He has no desire to climb the ladder of kingship before his time.. Police in the South Carolina town where an officer shot and killed an unarmed man were apparently Taser-crazy, according to several lawsuits against the local PD.
HUFFPOLLSTER: Landrieus Likely Loss Marks End Of An Era For Southern Dems
LANDRIEU ONE OF THE LAST SOUTHERN DEMS TO FALL - Nate Cohn: After President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, he reportedly told a fellow Democrat that the party had lost the South for a long time to come.. However, the poll also.
TOM CLARK: America: Structural: This is how its going down
South Carolina officer radioed in Taser claim six seconds before firing final shot: Analysis of police audio synced with video raises further questions about whether officers performed any CPR on Walter Scott after he was shot eight times:. The police officer who shot Walter Scott radioed in to claim that Scott had ���grabbed my Taser���, six seconds after firing his final shot, despite video suggesting the unarmed man was not in possession of the stun gun at any point,��.
From the DOJ Division of No Kidding: Ferguson Govt Charged
Police officers in Ferguson, Mo., have routinely violated the constitutional rights of the citys black residents, the Justice Department has concluded in a scathing report that accuses the officers of using excessive force and making unjustified traffic. The Justice Department, which opened its investigation after a white Ferguson police officer shot and killed a black teenager last summer, says the discrimination was fueled in part by racial stereotypes held by city officials.