Missouri state trooper disciplined after blowing the whistle on in-custody drowning death
A Missouri highway patrol officer who criticized the department after a handcuffed man fell into water and drowned has been more harshly punished than the officer who failed to secure a life vest on the deceased man.Veteran state trooper Randy Henry was demoted from sergeant to corporal and transferred from his post of nearly three decades at the Lake of Ozarks, the Springfield News-Leader reports.
In March, Henry told public officials during a committee hearing that lack of training, but also recklessness and poor judgment contributed to the death of 20-year-old Brandon Ellingson last year.
Ellingson had been pulled over in the Lake of Ozarks and arrested by water patrol officer Anthony Piercy last May on su ion of boating while intoxicated, the News-Leader reports. Instead of properly securing him with a life vest, Piercy pulled an already-buckled vest over Ellingson’s head and upper torso. Ellingson’s wrists were handcuffed behind his back.
The college student tumbled from the boat and the life vest slipped off quickly. He drowned and died.
A special prosecutor declined to charge Piercy in the death, and it was ruled accidental. Sources told the Kansas City Star that he was suspended for five days.
“It was a slap on the wrist,” a former water patrol officer told the Star. “It was nothing.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/miss...e+Raw+Story%29
Don't EVER tell the establishment they ed up, they'll you back.
OTOH
White Georgia man opens fire on state troopers, dares cops to kill him — and survives
A white Army veteran ambushed a Georgia State Police post earlier this week, opened fire on troopers, dared them to kill him – and was captured with a shoulder wound.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/whit...e+Raw+Story%29
At least 55 people, the highest pace since the early 1970s, have been killed in Baltimore since May 1, when the state’s attorney for the city, Marilyn J. Mosby, announced the criminal charges against the officers. Victims of shootings have included people involved in criminal activity and young children who were simply in the wrong place.
A 9-year-old boy was shot in the leg over the Memorial Day weekend. Another boy, Kester Browne, 7, a Chinese-language student at an international school, was fatally shot along with his mother, Jennifer Jeffrey-Browne, 31. They were two of the city’s 42 homicide victims in May.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/13/us...ders-soar.html
Warrior cops are out of control
Amount police have had to pay in settlements...At least 55 people, the highest pace since the early 1970s, have been killed in Baltimore since May 1, when the state’s attorney for the city, Marilyn J. Mosby, announced the criminal charges against the officers. Victims of shootings have included people involved in criminal activity and young children who were simply in the wrong place.
A 9-year-old boy was shot in the leg over the Memorial Day weekend. Another boy, Kester Browne, 7, a Chinese-language student at an international school, was fatally shot along with his mother, Jennifer Jeffrey-Browne, 31. They were two of the city’s 42 homicide victims in May.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/13/us...ders-soar.html
Boston-$36 M, (2005-2015)
Chicago $521 M 2004-2014
Cleveland-$8.2 M 2004-2014
LA. $101 M- (2002-2011)
Oakland-$74 (1990-2014)
New York-$348 M 2006-2011
Philadelphia $40 m (2009-2014)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/0...n_7423386.html
the warrior cops are being bailed out by the tax payers
.... settlements should be paid from police retirement fund.Amount police have had to pay in settlements...
Boston-$36 M, (2005-2015)
Chicago $521 M 2004-2014
Cleveland-$8.2 M 2004-2014
LA. $101 M- (2002-2011)
Oakland-$74 (1990-2014)
New York-$348 M 2006-2011
Philadelphia $40 m (2009-2014)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/0...n_7423386.html
the warrior cops are being bailed out by the tax payers
Don't worry boots, people are fighting back.
http://news.yahoo.com/gunshots-fired...071556687.html
Yeah.
Because they are all bad and all in on it.
55 people dead and counting since May 1st.Amount police have had to pay in settlements...
Boston-$36 M, (2005-2015)
Chicago $521 M 2004-2014
Cleveland-$8.2 M 2004-2014
LA. $101 M- (2002-2011)
Oakland-$74 (1990-2014)
New York-$348 M 2006-2011
Philadelphia $40 m (2009-2014)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/0...n_7423386.html
the warrior cops are being bailed out by the tax payers
They had beef with the six cops that illegally arrested a man and caused him to severe his spine and die a week later ( the 4th time someone has become paralyzed in Baltimore by the police) 3 of those cops were black btw.55 people dead and counting since May 1st.
Warriors cops costing tax payers millions and you don't seem to care. How about they actually do there job while using appropriate force and not complain when the get caught on camera beat peoples asses or murdering unarmed citizens.
There really isn't another side to the argument police brutality is rampant. New York just paid out $350 million in settlements in just five years. That $70 million a year from 06-11, including $7 million for shooting 3 unarmed black men. the cops walked and got their pensions (of course).
good police have to police their bad buddies, because nobody else can or will.
Tax payers aren't killing unarmed people or using excessive violence to subdue a suspect should they have to pay for officer's misconduct?
So punish all cops because they need to self investigate better?
This is what Boots proposes.
Btw I am one of the people who thinks the fire and police unions are way out of line in SA. They took this city for a ride.
How about the Baltimore residents let the police do their job? That means not throwing bricks at innocent officers. That means not ganging up on officers and trying to pick a fight every time they stop somebody.
The cops involved in the Freddie Gray incident have been indicted and are being put on trial. It's already being addressed. Baltimore residents are using it as an excuse to drive police out of town so that they can commit crimes with impunity and then turn around and blame the police for "not doing their jobs" when it hits too close to home.
Keep spinning and deflecting, but the numbers don't lie. Most murders since the '70s. These people didn't want better or more accountable police. They want NO police so they can live the thug life unimpeded.
Cops go unchecked internally. I posted a link where a cop had 10 complaints before someone captured him smacking and pushing a homeless man. The cop who murdered Eric Garner had to complaints against him prior to that. I don't know if pensions are the way to go but its still a better option than citizens having to pay for cop brutality. While bail out bad cops?
I really don't think you understand the citizens beef. Cops treat everyone from the inner city as if they are criminals because they live there. They illegally arrested someone and caused his death that's outrageous. Baltimore has a long history of using excessive force again them and that was the straw that broke the camels back.
The funny think is that cops are acting like they are the victim, they caused the unrest because of their heavy handed policing that lead to mistrust. They caused this problem, some of the citizens are responding in an over the top manner but they have a right to be pissed off by the cops. The actual criminals are having a field day, People living in bad parts of town want police. They want ones that don't treat everyone as if they are suspects, shoot unarmed men or use excessive force, that's really not that much to ask ( considering its the cops job).
Instead they a police department that rather back its bad cops and pay out settlements (via tax payer money).
Worst part of it is that these settlements have strings attached. The victim is bared from taking about it afterwards.
Freddie Grey was the 4th person to become paralyzed in police custody,that's unbelievable. There are clearly criminals wearing blue in Baltimore.
As for deflecting, you've yet to comment about the money the warriors are costing tax payers? Thoughts?
Why punish Cops that have done nothing wrong?
And the community is doing nothing to prove them wrong by murdering people at a rate last seen in the 1970s.
And look at how "great" life is in Baltimore right now without that so-called "heavy-handed" policing!The funny think is that cops are acting like they are the victim, they caused the unrest because of their heavy handed policing that lead to mistrust.
If they really wanted police, they wouldn't have done everything in their power to make it almost impossible for the police to do their jobs.People living in bad parts of town want police.
arresting a black and breaking his back isn't the job of the police, it's murder. Police job isn't impossible, and nor is it instant escalation to brutality and shooting, nor non-stop harassment, nor gratuitous arrests.
By stopping policing in Baltimore, the police are ACCOMPLICES to the e in murders. As if they gave a ...
Don't think you get the concept that the community at large isn't a bunch of killers. If 1 million people live in a place and 100,000 are doing criminals activities that doesn't make the other 900,000 guilty as well. Sounds as though you share the same belief as the BPD.
its not up for debate whether the BDP used heavy-handed policing, its well known. They've had 317 complaints in recent years with about a 3rd being settled, costing tax payers millions. The DOJ is investigating. They was one complain where a 70 year old grandmother had her leg broken ,after she attended to the grandson, by the police. They wound up giving her family a cash settlement.
I'm not following your line of thinking here its like A+B= 19.
Because some protestors are making things hard on police doesn't mean the entire community doesn't want policing. That idea is illogical, A few hundred people doesn't necessarily represent thousands. Again the police started this fiasco with the death of Freddie Grey and the hard earned bad reputation built over years. They can't cry victim because their job is harder now.
Still waiting on your thoughts about the hundreds of millions The boys in blue are costing citizens. Find it hilarious that some of theri bigger supporters complain about high taxes but don't realize some of that goes to bailing bad cops out. Thats the definition of irony.
Private Prison Van Guards Allegedly Locked Man In Cage And Urinated On Him
Darren Richardson of Florida says he was urinated on and denied food during a 10-day trip in a private prison transport company’s van, after he was pulled over for rolling through a stop sign.
Richardson was arrested for an outstanding warrant for an unpaid probation fine of $250 after police pulled him over. According to the federal lawsuit, Richardson spent 8 days in a Florida jail before being handed off to the private company Prisoner Transport Services of America. Richardson was shackled and loaded into a van headed to a prison in Pike County, Pennsylvania. During the trek north, the guards allegedly put a shotgun to Richardson’s head, urinated on him, and tried to extort him. The lawsuit also claims that the guards forced the inmates to give them their debit cards so the guards could buy cigarettes and withheld food when Richardson refused to hand over his jewelry.
The inmates were allegedly kept shackled in cages with no room to move around. After a few days, Richardson says his legs started deteriorating from the lack of circulation and he had trouble walking and standing.
“Mr. Richardson’s legs were purple from the knee down and his feet were black when he arrived at the Pike County Correctional Facility,” the complaint reads. But when he arrived at Pike County Correctional, the nurse tending to his injuries allegedly told him they “had seen much worse come off that bus.”
Prisoner Transport Services, based in Nashville, TN, has managed to survive several scandals. A 54-year-old woman died in one of their vans last fall after she was arrested on an outstanding warrant for a shoplifting fine. Another ongoing lawsuit charges that the company kept a woman shackled and denied her water for two sweltering summer days in Texas. The firm has also lost several high profile inmates during transfer. Prisoner Transport Services still touts itself as “the nation’s largest prisoner extradition company,” perhaps because its compe ors have similarlydismal records. Another company’s employees have been caught raping inmates and threatening them with guns. In 1997, six prisoners were burned alive in a debilitated van owned by a company operated by a former bounty hunter. Yet these companies have to worry about fewer regulations than they would if they were shipping cattle.
Many states and municipalities have outsourced various aspects of their criminal systems besides extradition to the private prison industry, including probation, healthcare, food and the prisonsthemselves. Across the board, these companies tend to cut corners to boost their bottom line, endangering inmates and routinely violating their cons utional rights. Despite attractingfrequent lawsuits, the largest contractors have continued to rake in massive profits.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/201...sport-lawsuit/
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double standard much lol
Seattle taxpayers getting screwed
Seattle settles $2 million lawsuit for excessive force by police
Seattle has agreed to pay nearly $2 million to a man who was shot in the face by police, the largest known settlement in the city's history for excessive use of force by police, an official said on Thursday.
Nathaniel Caylor, 35, had filed a federal lawsuit against the Seattle Police Department arguing that officers Eugene Schubeck and Don Leslie used excessive force and violated his Fourth Amendment guarantee against illegal seizure during a 2009 incident in which he was badly wounded.
The officers had gone to a Seattle home to check on Caylor after a family member called 911 saying he was suicidal and had his 20-month-old son in his care, court records show.
They engaged Caylor, who was not holding a firearm, in discussion, the records show. Both officers had their guns drawn and Schubeck fired a bullet that struck Caylor in the lower jaw.
Neither officer had warned Caylor they could shoot him, the court do ents said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/18/us-usa-washington-settlement-idUSKBN0OY2Q720150618?feedType=RSS&feedName=domest icNews
^ Lib suddenly concerned about taxpayer money
any taxpayer money wasted by murderous cops should be everybody's concern.
Still haven't responded to cops costing tax payers hundred of millions.
Aren't you conservatives on the lower taxes kick? I would think putting pressure on the police to do their jobs properly would be an effective way of reducing payouts on the tax payers dime
Then again you guys support the boys in blue no matter what.
Funny that Repubs aren't going off on police brutality too
I'd much rather be a lib (i'm not) then a full of conservative
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