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Oh, now Darrin thinks it's a news story.
If, as he claims, he brought the clock to school to impress his engineering teacher, that is a highly dubious claim, because any "engineering teacher" would've instantly recognized this as the guts of an existing clock thrown into a ty case. The teacher would've also warned him about the hazardous loose power transformer in the case.
Oh, now Darrin thinks it's a news story.
Hazardous!
Darrin's selective outrage machine goes into high gear.
the typical racist's trash talk: Darrin trashing, demeaning, victimizing the victim.
Interesting comments from Cuban and Matthews
Ahmed's dad evidently has political aspirations. You people got "balloon boy'ed".
This is now the most important story Darrin has ever seen.
He's even watching Bill Maher because of it.
It's more important to him than the journalists getting shot live on air.
Sacramento ‘hero cop’ faces third federal lawsuit for brutally beating suspects with flashlight
Sacramento, California Sheriff’s Deputy Paul “Scotte” Pfeifer is facing a lawsuit in federal court alleging that he used excessive force in the brutal arrest of 51-year-old John Reyes.
According to the Sacramento Bee, this is the third lawsuit that Pfeifer has faced since 2009 in which he is accused of brutally beating suspects with his duty-issue flashlight.
Reyes alleges that in December of 2009, Pfeifer “tasered, pepper-sprayed and beat plaintiff in the middle of the street, in broad daylight, with his department-issued flashlight.
The wrongful attack was witnessed by many citizens who were appalled by the conduct, some of whom recorded the deputy’s illegal conduct.”
The beating left Reyes with a “broken nose, broken ribs, a concussion and a large gash above his left eye.”
Reyes and Pfeifer got into an argument when Reyes — who had a lengthy history of run-ins with local police and sheriff’s deputies — asked Pfeifer to move his police cruiser, which was blocking he sidewalk.
Reyes said that he asked politely twice, then became angry with Pfeifer and the dispute quickly escalated.
The Bee said, “Pfeifer then got out of his car and used his pepper spray, Taser and flashlight as the scene was captured on video, according to the lawsuit.”
Reyes was arrested on charges of resisting arrest, although eventually the charges were dropped by the Sacramento County District Attorney.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/sacr...th-flashlight/
CIVIL LIBERTIES
Cop Carelessly Runs Over “Role Model” Teen, Dept then Attacks the Dead Teen’s Character
Shortly after the accident, police stated that Anthony had been jaywalking and that alcohol may have been a factor.
“I’m blown away,” Anthony’s former football coach Jason McMains said. “Camacho was a role model who never missed practice and took younger players under his wing”Camacho, who graduated from Rubidoux High School in June, had enlisted in the Army and was set to report to basic training.
“He was actually about to go to the military. He came over just to spend the last weekend with us before he left,” his sister Kathy Cardenas saidThis disgusting act of “victim shaming” is an obvious attempt to cover up for the overt negligence of another officer and is a brazen example of the “thin blue line” in action. Police also claim that their preliminary investigation showed that the officer was traveling within the designated speed limit.
Anthony’s brother-in-law witnessed the horrifying incident and has disputed this claim, stating that the officer was going much faster than the 45 mph speed limit. Michael’s account was corroborated by another witness who claimed that the officer appeared to be going at least 60 mph.
http://www.alternet.org/civil-libert...eens-character
Cop Carelessly Runs Over “Role Model” Teen, Dept then Attacks the Dead Teen’s Character
Shortly after the accident, police stated that Anthony had been jaywalking and that alcohol may have been a factor.
“I’m blown away,” Anthony’s former football coach Jason McMains said. “Camacho was a role model who never missed practice and took younger players under his wing”Camacho, who graduated from Rubidoux High School in June, had enlisted in the Army and was set to report to basic training.This disgusting act of “victim shaming” is an obvious attempt to cover up for the overt negligence of another officer and is a brazen example of the “thin blue line” in action. Police also claim that their preliminary investigation showed that the officer was traveling within the designated speed limit.
“He was actually about to go to the military. He came over just to spend the last weekend with us before he left,” his sister Kathy Cardenas said
Anthony’s brother-in-law witnessed the horrifying incident and has disputed this claim, stating that the officer was going much faster than the 45 mph speed limit. Michael’s account was corroborated by another witness who claimed that the officer appeared to be going at least 60 mph.
http://www.alternet.org/civil-libert...eens-character
san antonio's finest
Police Investigator: Cops Beat Me Up
The dash cam went dark as soon as officers saw his ID. Then an officer allegedly taunted him, “What are you going to tell me next? You can’t breathe?”
CHICAGO — A man who investigates the Chicago Police Department for a living was beaten by officers once they discovered what he did, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court.
George Roberts is a supervisor at the Independent Police Review Authority, the agency responsible for investigating claims of police misconduct and officer-involved shootings. On New Year’s Day 2015, Roberts was pulled over after he left a bar. One of six officers who stopped Roberts found his IPRA identification badge.
Immediately afterwards, the police dash cam recording the traffic stop cuts to black; Roberts alleges in his federal lawsuit against the police this is because another officer intentionally turned off the camera. Roberts’s attorney claims police paperwork did not even note any footage existed. In fact, police only admitted to its existence when Roberts’s criminal counsel discovered it during his trial for driving under the influence.
Roberts, who is black, claims he was pulled out of the car and thrown to the ground again—a collision so violent that it made him lose control of his bowels. From there Roberts was taken to the lock-up, where he stayed overnight in his soiled clothes.
The only visit from an officer that night was borne not of concern but jubilation, according to Roberts. A white-shirt officer, which denotes high rank, peered in on Roberts as he sat defeated on the cell floor, then pointed and laughed.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...eat-me-up.html
The deep, ugly, and nearly unbelievable rabbit hole of violence and corruption within the Chicago PD
As Chicago continues to struggles with record-setting violence, these findings suggest that the Chicago Police Department plays a significant contributing role in the culture of violence in the city and that its corruption, from top to bottom, is as responsible for the underdevelopment of inner-city Chicago as any single ins ution. The physical, emotional, and financial toll that police have cost the city and its citizens is criminal.
As you will read below, the police will stop at nothing to keep you from learning just how criminal they truly are.
Lorenzo Davis was the supervising investigator for the Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA), and the facts in many of the cases just weren't adding up to him. He had been a Chicago police officer for 23 years and served as a commander, the head of a detective unit, then the head of an entire district, and eventually oversaw the entire public housing unit until he retired and joined the review board.
Soon, Davis determined that six shootings were unjustified. That may not seem like a lot, but it's a 600 percent increase from the one shooting that was deemed unjustified in the previous eight years. His supervisors demanded that he reverse the rulings. He refused, and on July 9, 2015, he was fired. The city of Chicago doesn't even deny that this is why they fired him. Here's the official statement:
Davis’s termination came less than two weeks after top IPRA officials, evaluating Davis’s job performance, accused him of “a clear bias against the police” and called him “the only supervisor at IPRA who resists making requested changes as directed by management in order to reflect the correct finding with respect to OIS,” as officer-involved shootings are known in the agency.
Mind you, the man they are saying has a clear bias against the police is a decorated officer from the department with nothing but glowing reviews.
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/0...D?detail=email
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New Jersey cop accused of sexting teens arrested on new charges — this time for selling guns
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/new-...e+Raw+Story%29
Shocking Video Shows Multiple Police Officers Open Fire and Kill a Man in a Wheelchair
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/shocking-video-shows-multiple-police-officers-open-fire-and-kill-man-wheelchair
WATCH: Virginia cop instructs black man to turn his back — then Tasers him for no reason
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/watc...for-no-reason/
"no reason"? black and prone, that's all the reason cops need.
psychopathic sadists as prison guards
Guarding the Prison Guards: New York State’s Troubled Disciplinary System
Mr. Fabian said the officer, Michael Bukowski, a seven-year veteran, had then ordered him to face the wall and brace himself in the “pat-frisk” position, arms outstretched and legs spread. As he did so, Mr. Fabian recalled, he looked down and saw the toe of a boot swinging up between his legs.
He saw a flash of light, felt a piercing pain and collapsed. “He told me to get up, but all I could do was crawl back to my cube,” Mr. Fabian, who is now 21, told investigators later. He lay on the floor in his cubicle in the prison’s dormitory, groaning and crying, for almost an hour before hobbling to lunch. In the mess hall, a sergeant sent him to the prison’s medical unit. He was soon loaded into a van and driven 80 miles north to a hospital in Albany.
Doctors there performed emergency surgery, removing part of his right testicle.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/09/28...ry-system.html
no worry, prison guard was just an isolated, bad apple.
That Guy Holding A Sign On The Side Of The Road Could Be A Cop Looking For Drivers Breaking The Law
So you’re stopped at a traffic light, when you see something interesting out the window. Of course, you pull out your phone and snap a photo to let all your friends on social media see whatever crazy thing you just saw — which is exactly what New Hampshire police think you’ll do, in violation of the state’s laws on cell phone use behind the wheel.
And sometimes, that spectacle by the side of the road has been staged by law enforcement to catch you in the act.
In one recent example, a woman received a $124 ticket after she snapped a photo at a red light of a man with a sign around his neck reading, “Repent! The end is near!” reports the Associated Press.
She said her daughter begged her to take the photo with her phone, and now she’s regretting fulfilling that request: shortly after she took the photo she was pulled over and told the man with the sign was an undercover officer — and he’d just seen her breaking the state’s new law against using phones or other electronic devices while driving.
http://consumerist.com/2015/09/30/th...aking-the-law/
Man Gets $35k Settlement After Arrest For Posting ' The ing Cops' On Department Facebook Page
It's becoming quite a period of time for the profane when it comes to interacting with law enforcement, apparently. We had just recently discussed one man's victory in federal court over a town that didn't appreciate him writing " your ty town es" on a speeding ticket he'd mailed in. Well, back in 2012, another delightful human, Thomas Smith, was apparently arrested for being an ass on the Arena, Wisconsin, Facebook page.
In July 2012, the Village of Arena in Wisconsin posted a note on its Facebook page announcing a slew of arrests. Smith then posted " ths ing cops they ant but ing racist basturds an ing all of y'all who is racist," as well as " them nigers s wat you got on us not a dam thing so off s." He was arrested for disorderly conduct and unlawful use of a computer and telephone. He was originally convicted by a local jury, but that decision was overturned by the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, which ruled Smith's First Amendment rights were violated.
Um, yeah, memo to the police in Arena: being a jerk to police, calling them names, and using deplorable language is no more a violation of the law than blatantly mispelling the insults themselves and using the kind of grammar that I actually kind of wish would get people thrown in the clink. Likely the jury was presented with what Smith had written and decided he was a jerk and ruled against him. That doesn't change the fact that the arrest and conviction were both uncons utional, of course. And, after Smith and his attorney sued the village, the village agreed, settling with Smith for $35,000.
Smith and his attorney, Tom Aquino, sued the village for an unspecified amount. Wednesday, the village settled with him, according to Aquino.It can't be easy to be a good cop and have to endure a profane tirade on a public town Facebook page, but that doesn't excuse the violation of basic civil rights in retaliation. And Smith's speech, while lacking poetry and panache, is certainly protected. It's about time law enforcement realizes that profanity is still free speech so that they can stop costing municipalities this kind of settlement money.
"We have always believed that the defendant’s liability was clear. Federal and state courts have routinely held that the right to free speech is not limited to polite speech alone," Aquino wrote in a blog post. "In our country, we are en led to criticize our government with passion. The use of some four-letter words in the course of doing so is never a crime."
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20...ook-page.shtml
Police brutality. NSFW. Wear ear protection.
Because Who Wouldn't Want to be Stripped and Paraded Naked Through a Jail?
Cops Strip, Parade, Pepper Spray Woman
And Lock Her In Cell For Seven Hours
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=5&v=of7pGFADJq8
There is apparently no limit, no bound on the degradation police and jailers think is proper to subject human beings to whom, as the lawyer in the video makes clear, are only accused, not found guilty, of any charges.
There are hundreds, thousands, every day who are subjected to these horrible examples of the human species. I am glad this woman has a lawyer. I am sick thinking of all those who don't, and never will.
Fri Sep 25, 2015 at 7:35 PM PT:
In addition, it is not the first time such allegations have been made against the jail. In 2012, another woman, named Ashley Storms, a cousin of Gentry, was allegedly stripped of her clothing by sheriff's deputies, tazed and left naked in a cell for eight hours. That case was eventually settled out of court for an undisclosed sum.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/0...l?detail=email
‘It is great, if you’re white': Madison cops arrest up to 30% of black kids a year, report finds
According to Costantini, Wisconsin is only second to Indiana, which has the highest arrest rates in the country for black kids. But Madison doubles Wisconsin’s arrest rate for black kids, making them eight times more likely to be arrested that white children.
“In a city where whites outnumber blacks more than 11 to 1, Madison made over 1000 arrests of black children between the ages of 10 and 17 in 2013,” she wrote. “It’s unclear how many kids may have been arrested more than once, but only 3,247 black children of that age live in the city, according to the Census.”
Costantini said that she interviewed more than two dozen black teenagers in Madison and each one told a story about being “unfairly targeted by the police.”
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/it-i...e+Raw+Story%29
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don't forget breitbart.
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