SO .. when a cop pulls his gun and says stop, and you do not. Can he just shoot you? Mayor who enacted the “tough law policies’ says “When you’re wrong, you’re wrong.” Mr. Summey was NOT referring to himself. I am sure the Mayor is referring to officer Slager but I am n[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Police Abuse’
April 7th, 2015 - 7:33 pm § in Uncategorized
This police shooting was murder. This time authorities admit it was.
https://youtu.be/QSHktRebJFM North Charleston, South Carolina. White cop. Black driver. Traffic stop. Another dead black man. Shot in the back while running from the cop, who claims he fired in self-defense and believed his life was in danger. The cop, Michael Slager, claimed the victim, Walter Scot[...]
April 3rd, 2015 - 12:11 pm § in Misc.
Another railroaded black man is released from death row
“Anthony Ray Hinton is thankful to be free after nearly 30 years on Alabama’s death row for murders he says he didn’t commit. And incredulous that it took so long. Hinton, 58, looked up, took in the sunshine and thanked God and his lawyers Friday morning outside the county jail in [...]
April 1st, 2015 - 8:08 am § in Uncategorized
Oxnard cops flaunt civilian killings
Yes, I know this is April Fool’s Day. No, this article isn’t satire. I wish to God it was, but sadly, it’s the real Magilla. The Oxnard, California police department has a horrible reputation for gratuitous violence. It has paid multiple 7-figure settlements for killings of innocen[...]
March 29th, 2015 - 11:06 pm § in Misc.
Update: Robber cop arrested for assault with a gun
Two weeks ago, I wrote about a rogue sheriff’s deputy in northern Nevada who pulled over highway travelers and threatened them with arrest and imprisonment if they didn’t hand over their cash and valuables. By some weird coincidence — or inevitability — he was arrested the v[...]
March 28th, 2015 - 9:36 pm § in Uncategorized
What does it take to fire a bad cop?
Apparently it’s impossible in some places. William “Robocop” Melendez of the Inkster, Michigan, police department has been sued a dozen times by citizens accusing him of vicious beatings, false arrest, framing suspects, planting evidence, lying on police reports, and racism. In the[...]
March 26th, 2015 - 4:45 pm § in Misc.
Police union leader asserts judges are required to believe cops
A Portland, Oregon, police union spokesman thinks judges don’t have authority to acquit falsely accused suspects or conclude from video recordings that the cops are lying. I have a suggestion for him and his members: If they quit beating up and framing citizens, cellphone videos won’t be[...]
March 25th, 2015 - 7:09 pm § in Uncategorized
Ferguson shooting suspect’s lawyer says cops arrested the wrong man
The lawyer for the man accused of shooting two Ferguson police officers two weeks ago claimed today his client is innocent and the real shooter is still at large. Jerryl Christmas, attorney for Jeffrey Williams, asserted Williams didn’t have a gun, didn’t fire a gun, and didn’t tel[...]
March 21st, 2015 - 7:58 am § in Uncategorized
Ft. Lauderdale sacks 4 racist cops
Four cops — three whites and one Hispanic — have been terminated from the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, police department for an “inappropriate” video and text messages, CBS News reports. The mayor termed their behavior “racist” and “reprehensible.” The v[...]
Feds indict Alabama cop who left elderly visitor from India paralyzed
A U.S. Attorney has filed criminal charges against an Alabama cop who inflicted severe injuries on an elderly foreign visitor by slamming him to the ground during a Feb. 6 stop-and-question. The man was merely out walking in his son’s neighborhood, but his dark skin color prompted a suspicious[...]