“The family of a Colorado man who was fatally shot last year by a deputy … after calling 911 for help when his SUV got stuck … will receive a $19 million settlement” from the state and local municipalities, NBC News reported on Tuesday, May 23, 2022 (read story here). Two dep[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Police’
April 23rd, 2023 - 11:17 pm § in Misc.
Kentucky sheriff hires Breonna Taylor’s killer
Myles Cosgrove, the ex-Louisville cop who fired 16 bullets into Breonna Taylor’s apartment, one of which the FBI said was the bullet that killed her, is a police officer again. The sheriff of Carroll County, Kentucky, a rural enclave of about 11,000 residents across the Ohio River from the sou[...]
April 7th, 2023 - 1:18 pm § in Law and Courts
Cops go to wrong house, kill owner at door with gun
Farmington, New Mexico, isn’t a tiny rural town. It’s a city as big as Bremerton, Washington, with a police department. On Wednesday, April 5, 2023, Farmington cops were dispatched to 5308 Valley View Avenue on a domestic call. “Domestics,” as they’re called, are well k[...]
Mississippi genocide
You may remember the white Republicans who run Mississippi stole nearly $100 million of federal TANF funds intended for the state’s poor, many of whom are black. Two million dollars was paid to retired NFL player Brett Favre as “speaking fees” for talks he never gave, which he refu[...]
February 4th, 2023 - 12:13 pm § in Law and Courts
When Seattle cops confronted a man in a meltdown, his neighbors protected him
As Seattle cops with drawn guns surrounded a man armed with a phone having a meltdown, neighbors rallied to form a human shield around him until the police gave up and left. Read story here and watch video below. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
December 15th, 2022 - 6:08 pm § in Law and Courts
Sheriff who harassed black newspaper carrier acquitted of false reporting
Ed Troyer (photo, left), the elected sheriff of Pierce County, Washington, was acquitted of falsely reporting his encounter with a black newspaper carrier after a week-long trial that ended on Wednesday, December 14, 2022, with a jury verdict in his favor (read story here). From news stories it appe[...]
November 28th, 2022 - 10:48 pm § in Misc.
How do these people get hired as cops?
We need good police. We don’t want bad policing. Police departments across America apparently are dealing with staffing shortages, partly because cops are quitting. NBC News aired a segment about this on Sunday, November 27, 2022 (watch it below). In that report, NBC News interviewed several f[...]
When is it OK to jaywalk?
In California, beginning January 1, 2023, whenever you can do it safely. Gov. Newsom signed a “Freedom to Walk” law on Friday, September 30, 2022, that legalizes jaywalking except when there is “immediate danger of collision” (read story here). One of the primary motives behi[...]
June 5th, 2022 - 4:27 pm § in Misc.
Why do you need an AR-15?
You don’t. The AR-15 is a civilian version of the M-16 rifle lacking the selector switch to fire automatically (unless it’s been illegally modified with a readily-available kit) and a bayonet lug. I trained on both the M-14 and M-16 in basic, and was married to an M-16 for 13 months in V[...]
June 4th, 2022 - 10:24 pm § in Law and Courts
Cops don’t have a legal duty to respond when you call
This isn’t new. It was being taught in law schools half a century ago, when I was a law student. Legal historian Mia Brett (profile here), writing for Raw Story (here), says, “The law doesn’t require cops to protect the public.” It’s long been the rule that police don’[...]