Because of numerous reports of police brutality and use of excessive force, many have asked why the good cops do not report the bad ones.
I no longer need to address that in the comment section of this blog.
Now former Baltimore police detective Joe Crystal tells his story in the following video. Joe has sued both the Baltimore Police Department and the police commissioner for not protecting him from retaliation.
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An attorney for the family of a man who was shot and killed by a Missoula police officer said Saturday he has significant issues with the official version of events
Source: missoulian.com
Again, no dash camera footage or lapel camera footage (so far).
The Los Angeles Times reports that a civil court jury has awarded $8 million to the family of a man who died while struggling with L.A. Sheriff’s deputies.
Source: thegrio.com
HT @TheObamaCrat2
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Tahli Dawkins was taking out his recycling and witnessed the fatal shooting.
“He had nothing in his hands,” Dawkins told NBC10. “He had his hands up trying to get out of the car, one on the door was getting out like this and he just started shooting him.”
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Source: thefreethoughtproject.com
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#HANDSUPDONTSHOOT
#SHUTITDOWN
A delegation of mothers of sons who were victims of police brutality are
demanding Congress pass federal legislation that would hold police
accountable nationwide
Source: therealnews.com
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#ICANTBREATHE
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A grand jury (since 1166) is made up of 12 to 23 people. It is used by public prosecutors, sometimes judges, to look into possible wrongdoing, generally a serious crime like murder, rape or fraud.
They do not determine guilt, but whether there should be a trial.
Grand juries can issue an indictment. It lists which people are to be brought to trial charged with what crimes.
Judges can also determine whether there should be a trial by holding apreliminary hearing with the lawyers from both sides.
Public prosecutors (county prosecutors, district attorneys, state attorneys, etc) can also bring charges on their own if there is enough evidence – even when the grand jury returns no indictment.
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Police brutality: Public prosecutors are in bed with the police: they work with them and depend on them. That creates a conflict of interest when the police commit a crime. Throwing it to a grand jury gives an appearance of fairness, but because grand juries rarely disagree with prosecutors, it becomes a way to avoid bringing charges. That is how the police officers who killed Michael Brown, Eric Garner and John Crawford avoided arrest, trial and prison.
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A sheriff’s deputy in upstate New York was suspended after an online video showed him sparring with someone who didn’t want his car searched.
Source: www.cnn.com
According to preliminary ballistics report, Misty was shot at least 10 times by the police
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The other deaths currently being investigated include 27-year old Stephon Averyhart, who was shot in the forehead by police who suspected he was armed back in February; 30-year-old Christopher Jones, who was shot in the heart during a struggle with an unnamed officer in July; 25-year-old Kajieme Powell, whose death at the hands of police and his erratic nature pre-shooting sparked a debate about the moral justification of deadly force in August (video above); and the aforementioned Myers, who officers claim shot at them three times but then they retaliated by shooting at Meyers 17 times.
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The Hong Kong government has vowed to investigate a video that appears to show police officers beating a detained protester.
Source: www.cnn.com