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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30640 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
This time a FED https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/03/18/Federal-corrections-officer-arrested-for-sexually-assaulting-2-inmates/6121521411035/ March 18 (UPI) -- A federal corrections officer in California was arrested on charges of sexually abusing two female inmates, prosecutors said Friday. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Finally charged. The Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an Australian woman last summer has been charged with murder and manslaughter in the shooting, which caused international outrage and forced out the city's veteran police chief. Mohamed Noor is charged with third-degree murder for "perpetrating an eminently dangerous act and evincing depraved mind" and second-degree manslaughter for "culpable negligence creating unreasonable risk," according to charging documents unsealed Tuesday afternoon. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-minneapolis-police-shooting-mohamed-noor-charges-20180320-story.html |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30640 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Cops will be Cops http://abc7.com/2-gardena-officers-facing-gun-charges/3265644/ Two Gardena police officers have been indicted on allegations that they bought and sold about 100 guns without a license, including some normally available only to law enforcement. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34744 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
We have them over here too. :-( Teenager held down by police, hit with baton in Byron Bay yelled 'I'm not resisting', inquiry hears. The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) in Sydney is investigating whether the officers used excessive force and therefore engaged in serious misconduct while arresting the intoxicated 16-year-old in Byron Bay in January 2018. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30640 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Murder by Cellphone https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/22/596051907/video-shows-sacramento-police-shoot-unarmed-black-man-in-grandparents-backyard Murder by pants around the ankles https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2018/03/27/275422/watch-dash-cam-footage-of-fatal-harris-county-deputy-shooting/ he was trained to always be in mortal fear of his life ... |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Mr. Kevvy Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 3776 Credit: 1,114,826,392 RAC: 3,319 |
Murder by Cellphone An update on this: Stephon Clark Was Shot 8 Times From Behind or the Side, Family-Ordered Autopsy Finds “You could reasonably conclude that he received seven gunshot wounds from his back,†Dr. Omalu said at a news conference on Friday. He added that each of those seven shots could have had a “fatal capacity†and described severe damage to Mr. Clark’s body, including a shattered vertebrae [sic] and a collapsed lung. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34744 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Alton Sterling shooting: Police officer fired over killing. The disciplinary measure came after Louisiana's attorney general ruled out criminal charges against the two police officers involved in the 2016 shooting death of Alton Sterling. |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19048 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
If you or I had done this, where would we be? Sacramento sheriff’s vehicle hits woman during Stephon Clark protest and drives away, video shows |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Ah you gotta feel sorry for the guy, after all, he was in fear of his life. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34744 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
And heads will roll south of the border. Shocking vision of 'police brutality on a disability pensioner'. |
Mr. Kevvy Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 3776 Credit: 1,114,826,392 RAC: 3,319 |
Not to toot our own horn unnecessarily, but some of the few positive notes from the terrible events yesterday in north Toronto were the actions of the first responders, especially this police officer. I post it here to contrast it with some of the stories of police overuse of force and to emphasize how effective proper training can be. He arrested a driver who had just plowed through crowds of people and for all appearances was a terrorist, all by himself, without violence, shots fired, or even harsh language... even though the suspect was pointing an object at the officer claiming it was a handgun and threatening to shoot him (and also asking to be shot himself.) Instead of giving into this, the officer recognized it was attempted "suicide by cop" and pulled out his baton... the suspect wanted a shooting, not a beating, so dropped the object (which was not a handgun) and was arrested. Some may say it would have been less expense and better for society if this person had been shot, but if the police can restrain themselves from unnecessarily shooting someone who might deserve it. they are much more likely to also do so for someone who doesn't deserve it. Video from the scene shows suspect Alek Minassian pointing an object at the officer and shouting: "Kill me!" |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Says it all really. "I'm surprised at how many journos are surprised that Toronto police didn't shoot the van murder suspect. You know that police are specifically not supposed to act as judge, jury and executioner, right? We need to normalize non-violent police intervention." A comment from the BBC report as to why he isn't dead. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30640 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
As usual wants to claim both sides. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30640 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Says it all really. Only the American journos are surprised. In America cops are trained to shoot first then fake the evidence. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34744 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
As usual wants to claim both sides. A true fence sitter. :-D |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34744 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
That we are when we're not yawning. :-D Cheers. |
Mr. Kevvy Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 3776 Credit: 1,114,826,392 RAC: 3,319 |
It was obvious that he didn't have a gun as the Officer's actions showed and therefore wasn't a threat anymore. The unexpected part (well, these days) is that the officer actually waited behind his car to assess that what the object the suspect was holding wasn't a handgun, rather than immediately shouting "gun" when he saw any object ie a cell phone, tiny pocketknife, piece of pipe, or his pants (four things that I recall others getting shot dead over) and unloading as many rounds as possible. Some more details on the training I mentioned: Constable Lam pulled out his gun and commanded the man, 25-year-old Alek Minassian, identified by the police as the driver who had plowed down dozens of pedestrians on a busy Toronto street on Monday, to get down. All Toronto police officers were trained in de-escalation tactics and dealing with suspects with possible mental health issues by 2016, after the 2013 Sammy Yatim incident in which a police officer shot a young man nine times on a Toronto streetcar who was armed only with a tiny pocketknife. It seems to have been very effective in this case and I hope that this motivates many other police forces to offer the same training. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30640 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
The unexpected part (well, these days) is that the officer actually waited behind his car to assess that what the object the suspect was holding wasn't a handgun. Which might have been attempted in their training, but that was washed away when they took their tour over in Iraq and had to shoot shadows to stay alive. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34744 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
yawn |
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