Police misconduct 2

[DolfanBob]

Interfering with CPS. Resisting arrest. And assault on a Police Officer. This heavily pregnant woman looks to me in the video to be getting assaulted by the Police Officers. But there again, I haven't put my "Cop Goggles" on yet. You know the kind that changes perception of reality. Now where did I put those? 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3029124/Video-shows-deputy-hitting-heavily-pregnant-war-veteran-remove-toddler-care.html

[DolfanBob]

Obviously the Cop in this kill the citizen video is definitely wrong in his actions, he should and will pay for them.
My problem is the way the article headline reads. White Officer guns down Black man. It's as if the news reporters want rioting in the streets.
Then again. They're just perpetuating more news to be caused and reported. It's a win win for them.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3029597/Cop-charged-black-man-s-murder-opening-fire-eight-times-shooting-ran-away-saying-did-felt-threatened.html

[swake]

Obviously the Cop in this kill the citizen video is definitely wrong in his actions, he should and will pay for them.
My problem is the way the article headline reads. White Officer guns down Black man. It's as if the news reporters want rioting in the streets.
Then again. They're just perpetuating more news to be caused and reported. It's a win win for them.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3029597/Cop-charged-black-man-s-murder-opening-fire-eight-times-shooting-ran-away-saying-did-felt-threatened.html

It's the Daily Mail, a British tabloid, what do you expect? It's barely a newspaper.

[dbacksfan 2.0]

CNN led with the exact same headline yesterday, and I believe they are not the only US new source that did the same thing.

[patric]

CNN led with the exact same headline yesterday, and I believe they are not the only US new source that did the same thing.

Its been a world news item for a few days now, Pravda is eating it up.

Foreign governments love to cite these as examples of how corrupt America has become (and God knows we give it to them on a silver platter), but what they dont see is that Americans still have the freedom to hold their government accountable, and things like photographing government behaving badly are not a crime.


Cop who shot man 8 times in back, planted gun, arrested for murder

The confrontation started when Slager had reportedly pulled over Scott because of a broken taillight. It escalated into a foot chase as Scott allegedly fled because there were family court-issued warrants for his arrest. Slager pursued Scott into a grassy lot and claimed that he fired his Taser to subdue him.

Moments later, Slager reported on his radio, "Shots fired and the subject is down. He took my Taser," according to the Times.

Earlier this week, an attorney for Slager said the cop felt threatened after Scott tried to overpower him and take his Taser. Today that attorney told The Post and Courier that he's "no longer involved" in the case.

But first images in the video are of Slager shooting at Scott as he runs away from him. It also appears that Slager plants the Taser near Scott after he was gunned down, according to The New York Times.

Police reports also say that responding officers performed CPR and delivered medical aid to Scott, but the video shows Scott face down in handcuffs for several minutes after the shooting. Another officer shows up but never performs CPR.

Officer Slager had previous complaints; While responding to a burglary call, the resident insisted he was not the burglar, "he later told internal investigators that Slager threatened to use a Taser against him if he didn't come outside. When the man followed the order and stepped outside, he said Slager 'Tased (him) for no reason and ... slammed him and dragged him."
An officer who accompanied Slager on the call said Slager had to use the Taser, and investigators cleared Slager of wrongdoing.

[DolfanBob]

Wow! It's almost like these things happen everyday. 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3031742/Family-mentally-ill-man-shot-dead-police-release-new-video.html

[patric]

Wow! It's almost like these things happen everyday. 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3031742/Family-mentally-ill-man-shot-dead-police-release-new-video.html

White officer now faces felony charge for fatally shooting a black man in his driveway
Craven fired repeatedly through the driver-side window of Satterwhite's car after Satterwhite had stopped in his driveway.
According to an incident report released by the Edgefield County Sheriff's Office, Craven said after the shooting that Satterwhite — who was unarmed — "grabbed my gun."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/04/08/south-carolina-cop-now-faces-felony-charge-for-fatally-shooting-a-black-man-in-his-driveway/?tid=pm_national_pop_b

[patric]

In Los Angeles, news helicopter video of police chases is a daily thing, but this one on horseback caught everyone's attention:

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Man-on-Stolen-Horse-Stunned-by-Sheriffs-Deputies-in-IE-299250951.html

[DolfanBob]

Now that's insane. Wonder why she stopped commentating? He has got to have one messed up looking mug shot.
That beating they were laying down looked almost personal. And don't give me that resisting crap.

[patric]

Obviously the Cop in this kill the citizen video is definitely wrong in his actions, he should and will pay for them.
My problem is the way the article headline reads. White Officer guns down Black man. It's as if the news reporters want rioting in the streets.
Then again. They're just perpetuating more news to be caused and reported. It's a win win for them.

I agree with you on this, it's too automatic an assumption that race is the sole factor, and that makes it "breaking news."

Not a fan of FNC or Rick Sanchez, but he has a point:
This isn't a black and white thing. It isn't about race. It's about trust — a trust that seems to have been broken in America between those who wear the badges and those who don't.

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/opinion/2015/04/09/rick-sanchez-what-if-shooting-video-wasnt-there-most-americans-know-answer/


OTOH, some of the numbers are hard to avoid:
http://www.vox.com/2014/12/17/7408455/police-shootings-map

[Townsend]

Man's Family Seeks Release of Fatal Shooting Video

http://publicradiotulsa.org/post/mans-family-seeks-release-fatal-shooting-video

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The family of a man who was fatally shot by a Tulsa County reserve deputy says it wants authorities to release video of the shooting.

The sheriff's office said 73-year-old reserve deputy Robert Charles Bates shot and killed Eric Courtney Harris during an undercover operation last week, believing he was using his stun gun instead of his service weapon when he opened fire. Authorities say Harris had been wrestling with another deputy before he was shot.

Maj. Shannon Clark said earlier this week that a sunglass camera recorded the shooting. A family attorney said Thursday that video from a nearby business also captured the incident.

Clark said the videos are part of an ongoing investigation, and the sheriff's office doesn't think they are subject to the state's open records act.

The investigation is over...I wonder if they'll release the video now.

[Vashta Nerada]

In Los Angeles, news helicopter video of police chases is a daily thing, but this one on horseback caught everyone's attention:

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Man-on-Stolen-Horse-Stunned-by-Sheriffs-Deputies-in-IE-299250951.html

Why KOTV never shows the end of a chase:


10 deputies suspended after violent arrest of suspect fleeing on horse
"He remembers being beat, and he remembers that he wasn't resisting, that he laid still, he complied immediately. He says that he didn't even move a muscle because he didn't want to be continuously beat, yet it still happened," said attorney Sharon Brunner.
After the beating, a deputy whispered in his ear: "This isn't over,'" attorney Jim Terrell said.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/04/10_deputies_suspended_after_vi.html

[Conan71]

Man's Family Seeks Release of Fatal Shooting Video

http://publicradiotulsa.org/post/mans-family-seeks-release-fatal-shooting-video

The investigation is over...I wonder if they'll release the video now.

They rolled it out at a presser this afternoon.  It's on the TW web site, really inconclusive.

It would be negligent homicide if you or I did it.  10 years suspended plus monetary damages to the family if it were you or me.  Let's face it, "I thought it was my taser" sounds really negligent to me.  

[DolfanBob]

They rolled it out at a presser this afternoon.  It's on the TW web site, really inconclusive.

It would be negligent homicide if you or I did it.  10 years suspended plus monetary damages to the family if it were you or me.  Let's face it, "I thought it was my taser" sounds really negligent to me.  

I just watched the video they released. It clearly was an accident......but. As usual. There were also plenty of Officers who had already taken him to the ground and had him under enough control that I don't really see a need for even a taser.
No I'm not a cop or play one on T.V. But I can tell when someone is on the ground and at least two men on him with a knee in the neck. That he ain't goin nowhere.
Bates clearly had one of those"OH SH!T!" moments. Not Homicide. But it sure borders negligent Homicide.

[TulsaMoon]

So much more to come out about this.

I was at the family press conf.