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Protesters smash windows in second violent night near St. Louis
Jim Salter And Summer Ballentine, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Sunday, September 17, 2017 09:38 AM EDT | Updated: Sunday, September 17, 2017 09:51 AM EDT
ST. LOUIS — Protests turned violent for a second night near St. Louis following the acquittal of a white former police officer in the fatal shooting of a black man, as a small group of demonstrators refused to disperse, breaking windows at dozens of businesses and throwing objects at police, who moved in with hundreds of officers in riot gear to make arrests.
The confrontation took place late Saturday night in the Delmar Loop area of University City, a suburb about 10 miles (16 kilometres) west of St. Louis near Washington University. The area is known for concert venues, restaurants, shops and bars, and includes the Blueberry Hill club where rock legend Chuck Berry played for many years.
University City had been the scene of a peaceful march earlier in the evening to protest a judge’s ruling Friday clearing ex-officer Jason Stockley of first-degree murder in the 2011 shooting of 24-year-old Anthony Lamar Smith. That march ended with organizers calling for people to leave and reconvene Sunday afternoon.
But a few dozen protesters refused to go. Police ordered them to disperse, saying the protest was illegal. Hundreds of police in riot gear eventually moved in with armoured vehicles. The demonstrators retreated down a street, breaking windows with trash cans and throwing objects at police.
Several protesters were seen in handcuffs, and city and county police later tweeted that they had arrested at least nine people. Police were seen carrying one handcuffed man away from the scene upside down. At least one demonstrator was treated after he was hit with pepper spray.
After the spasm of violence ended, a reporter for The Associated Press found at least half of the businesses on one side of the street with broken windows along a two block area.
Sam Thomas, who was helping his friend clean up the glass from the shattered windows of his clothing and accessories boutique, OSO, said he understood why people were angry. The U.S. justice system is broken and needs to be fixed, Thomas said.
“I’m not saying this is the right way to fix it,” he said of the damage.
“The window isn’t murdered. Nobody is going to have a funeral for the window. We can replace it.”
On Friday night, nearly three-dozen people were arrested and 11 police officers suffered injuries, including a broken jaw and dislocated shoulder. Five officers were taken to hospitals. Police said 10 businesses were damaged that night, and protesters broke a window and spattered red paint on the home of St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson.
Saturday night’s violence capped a day of noisy but peaceful demonstrations at suburban shopping malls.
Protesters shouted slogans such as “black lives matter” and “it is our duty to fight for our freedom” as they marched through West County Center mall in the suburb of Des Peres, west of St. Louis. A group also demonstrated at another suburban shopping centre, the Chesterfield Mall, and at a regional food festival.
Organizers hoped to spread the impact of the protests beyond predominantly black neighbourhoods to those that are mainly white.
Smith’s death is just one of several high-profile U.S. cases in recent years in which a white officer killed a black suspect, including the 2014 killing of Michael Brown in nearby Ferguson that sparked months of angry and sometimes violent protests.
Stockley wasn’t charged until May of last year, which was three years after he left the force a moved to Houston and more than four years after his December 2011 confrontation with Smith.
Stockley shot Smith after Smith fled from Stockley and his partner, who were trying to arrest him for a suspected drug deal.
Stockley, 36, testified that he felt he was in danger because he saw Smith holding a silver revolver when Smith backed his car toward the officers and sped away.
Prosecutors said Stockley planted a gun in Smith’s car after the shooting. The officer’s DNA was on the weapon but Smith’s wasn’t. Dashcam video from Stockley’s cruiser recorded him saying he was “going to kill this (expletive).” Less than a minute later, he shot Smith five times.
Stockley’s lawyer dismissed the comment as “human emotions” during a dangerous pursuit. St. Louis Circuit Judge Timothy Wilson, who said prosecutors didn’t prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Stockley murdered Smith, said the statement could be ambiguous.
Protesters smash windows in second violent night near St. Louis | World | News |
Arrests during 3rd night of protests over acquittal of St. Louis cop
Jim Salter and Summer Ballentine, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Sunday, September 17, 2017 10:56 PM EDT | Updated: Sunday, September 17, 2017 11:05 PM EDT
St. Louis police made several arrests Sunday night as protesters broke windows and damaged property during a third night of demonstrations over the acquittal of a white former police officer charged in the shooting death of a black man.
After organizers announced the demonstration had ended, a few dozen people continued to march downtown and some in the crowd started knocking over large potted plants and throwing objects through windows.
Buses carrying police in full riot gear and shields arrived near the downtown location where police said significant property damage was reported following an hours-long nonviolent protest Sunday afternoon and evening.
At least seven people were taken into custody.
Heading into a third night of protests, organizers said they were frustrated that a few people who have caused trouble at night could make it harder to spread their nonviolent message.
State Rep. Bruce Franks, who has participated in the protests, said those who are violent and vandalizing “are not protesters,” but a group separate from those marching is organized demonstrations.
Sunday’s crowd began protesting silently in the late afternoon in front of the police department building, then chanted “stop killing us” as officers looked on from headquarters windows. Afterwards, they resumed large-scale marching through streets, similar to what they’d done in previous days, chanting slogans such as “this is what democracy looks like.”
As nightfall came, most of the protesters had left, with about 100 remaining near the police station chanting “the whole damn system is guilty as hell.”
Protesters object to the not-guilty verdict released Friday for Jason Stockley, who had been charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Anthony Lamar Smith in 2011.
Authorities closed off several blocks around the police headquarters Sunday afternoon in anticipation of the demonstration, which followed two days of nonviolent marches that devolved after sunset when small groups turned violent on Friday and Saturday nights.
Protesters and organizers say the violence and vandalism by a few people threatens to detract from broader messages of racial equity.
“It’s counterproductive,” said Democratic Rep. Michael Butler, who added that people he described as “agitators” are not part of protest leadership.
Kayla Reed, an organizer and activist with the St. Louis Action Council, said actions of those few people have unfairly been used to “demonize” nonviolent protesters. She said not everyone who shows up at protests share the same goals as organizers or the majority of protesters.
“At any point, an individual can shift the entire moment that’s planned and organized,” Reed said.
Protest organizer Anthony Bell during demonstrations Sunday said change is made through peaceful protests, such as those led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But Bell said he understands the anger that sometimes leads to violence and property damage.
“I do not say the demonstrators are wrong, but I believe peaceful demonstrations are the best,” he said.
The recent St. Louis protests have followed a pattern borne out of months of angry and sometimes violent protests after the 2014 killing of Michael Brown in nearby Ferguson: The majority of demonstrators, though angry, are law-abiding. But as the night wears on, a subsection emerges, a different crowd more willing to confront police, sometimes to the point of a violent interaction.
On Friday night, a few thousand protesters were disruptive but organized as they marched in the early evening in front of hospitals and down the streets of the posh Central West End, urging diners at patios of expensive restaurants, “Off the sidewalk onto the street” as part of broader efforts to force potentially uncomfortable conversations about racial inequity in affluent and mainly white areas.
But as the night wore on and protesters converged outside the home of Mayor Lyda Krewson, someone threw a rock through a window and paint was splashed on the home. Police responded in riot gear and, shortly, began tossing tear gas. Within an hour, police say protesters were breaking windows.
The same scene played out Saturday. Protesters marched for hours in the trendy Delmar Loop area until organizers announced shortly before 9 p.m. that the event was over and most of the couple of thousand protesters went home.
Around 100 to 150 didn’t, continued to march, and some eventually began confronting police. It wasn’t clear what set off the anger, but police in riot gear began to line the streets and some people tossed rocks, trash cans and other things at them.
Butler said police should target the agitators and allow others to continue demonstrating. He protested Friday, and after that said police have been doing a poor job of identifying bad actors amid crowds of other protesters.
“There’s not been any learning from Ferguson,” Butler said.
Stockley shot Smith after Smith led from Stockley and his partner on a high-speed chase as they tried to arrest him for a suspected drug deal.
Stockley, 36, testified that he felt he was in danger because he saw Smith holding a silver revolver when Smith backed his car toward the officers and sped away.
Prosecutors said Stockley planted a gun in Smith’s car after the shooting. The officer’s DNA was on the weapon but Smith’s wasn’t. Dashcam video from Stockley’s cruiser recorded him saying he was “going to kill this (expletive).” Less than a minute later, he shot Smith five times.
Stockley’s lawyer dismissed the comment as “human emotions” during a dangerous pursuit. St. Louis Circuit Judge Timothy Wilson, who said prosecutors didn’t prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Stockley murdered Smith, said the statement could be ambiguous.
Arrests during 3rd night of protests over acquittal of St. Louis cop | World | N
Jim Salter And Summer Ballentine, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Sunday, September 17, 2017 09:38 AM EDT | Updated: Sunday, September 17, 2017 09:51 AM EDT
ST. LOUIS — Protests turned violent for a second night near St. Louis following the acquittal of a white former police officer in the fatal shooting of a black man, as a small group of demonstrators refused to disperse, breaking windows at dozens of businesses and throwing objects at police, who moved in with hundreds of officers in riot gear to make arrests.
The confrontation took place late Saturday night in the Delmar Loop area of University City, a suburb about 10 miles (16 kilometres) west of St. Louis near Washington University. The area is known for concert venues, restaurants, shops and bars, and includes the Blueberry Hill club where rock legend Chuck Berry played for many years.
University City had been the scene of a peaceful march earlier in the evening to protest a judge’s ruling Friday clearing ex-officer Jason Stockley of first-degree murder in the 2011 shooting of 24-year-old Anthony Lamar Smith. That march ended with organizers calling for people to leave and reconvene Sunday afternoon.
But a few dozen protesters refused to go. Police ordered them to disperse, saying the protest was illegal. Hundreds of police in riot gear eventually moved in with armoured vehicles. The demonstrators retreated down a street, breaking windows with trash cans and throwing objects at police.
Several protesters were seen in handcuffs, and city and county police later tweeted that they had arrested at least nine people. Police were seen carrying one handcuffed man away from the scene upside down. At least one demonstrator was treated after he was hit with pepper spray.
After the spasm of violence ended, a reporter for The Associated Press found at least half of the businesses on one side of the street with broken windows along a two block area.
Sam Thomas, who was helping his friend clean up the glass from the shattered windows of his clothing and accessories boutique, OSO, said he understood why people were angry. The U.S. justice system is broken and needs to be fixed, Thomas said.
“I’m not saying this is the right way to fix it,” he said of the damage.
“The window isn’t murdered. Nobody is going to have a funeral for the window. We can replace it.”
On Friday night, nearly three-dozen people were arrested and 11 police officers suffered injuries, including a broken jaw and dislocated shoulder. Five officers were taken to hospitals. Police said 10 businesses were damaged that night, and protesters broke a window and spattered red paint on the home of St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson.
Saturday night’s violence capped a day of noisy but peaceful demonstrations at suburban shopping malls.
Protesters shouted slogans such as “black lives matter” and “it is our duty to fight for our freedom” as they marched through West County Center mall in the suburb of Des Peres, west of St. Louis. A group also demonstrated at another suburban shopping centre, the Chesterfield Mall, and at a regional food festival.
Organizers hoped to spread the impact of the protests beyond predominantly black neighbourhoods to those that are mainly white.
Smith’s death is just one of several high-profile U.S. cases in recent years in which a white officer killed a black suspect, including the 2014 killing of Michael Brown in nearby Ferguson that sparked months of angry and sometimes violent protests.
Stockley wasn’t charged until May of last year, which was three years after he left the force a moved to Houston and more than four years after his December 2011 confrontation with Smith.
Stockley shot Smith after Smith fled from Stockley and his partner, who were trying to arrest him for a suspected drug deal.
Stockley, 36, testified that he felt he was in danger because he saw Smith holding a silver revolver when Smith backed his car toward the officers and sped away.
Prosecutors said Stockley planted a gun in Smith’s car after the shooting. The officer’s DNA was on the weapon but Smith’s wasn’t. Dashcam video from Stockley’s cruiser recorded him saying he was “going to kill this (expletive).” Less than a minute later, he shot Smith five times.
Stockley’s lawyer dismissed the comment as “human emotions” during a dangerous pursuit. St. Louis Circuit Judge Timothy Wilson, who said prosecutors didn’t prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Stockley murdered Smith, said the statement could be ambiguous.
Protesters smash windows in second violent night near St. Louis | World | News |
Arrests during 3rd night of protests over acquittal of St. Louis cop
Jim Salter and Summer Ballentine, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Sunday, September 17, 2017 10:56 PM EDT | Updated: Sunday, September 17, 2017 11:05 PM EDT
St. Louis police made several arrests Sunday night as protesters broke windows and damaged property during a third night of demonstrations over the acquittal of a white former police officer charged in the shooting death of a black man.
After organizers announced the demonstration had ended, a few dozen people continued to march downtown and some in the crowd started knocking over large potted plants and throwing objects through windows.
Buses carrying police in full riot gear and shields arrived near the downtown location where police said significant property damage was reported following an hours-long nonviolent protest Sunday afternoon and evening.
At least seven people were taken into custody.
Heading into a third night of protests, organizers said they were frustrated that a few people who have caused trouble at night could make it harder to spread their nonviolent message.
State Rep. Bruce Franks, who has participated in the protests, said those who are violent and vandalizing “are not protesters,” but a group separate from those marching is organized demonstrations.
Sunday’s crowd began protesting silently in the late afternoon in front of the police department building, then chanted “stop killing us” as officers looked on from headquarters windows. Afterwards, they resumed large-scale marching through streets, similar to what they’d done in previous days, chanting slogans such as “this is what democracy looks like.”
As nightfall came, most of the protesters had left, with about 100 remaining near the police station chanting “the whole damn system is guilty as hell.”
Protesters object to the not-guilty verdict released Friday for Jason Stockley, who had been charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Anthony Lamar Smith in 2011.
Authorities closed off several blocks around the police headquarters Sunday afternoon in anticipation of the demonstration, which followed two days of nonviolent marches that devolved after sunset when small groups turned violent on Friday and Saturday nights.
Protesters and organizers say the violence and vandalism by a few people threatens to detract from broader messages of racial equity.
“It’s counterproductive,” said Democratic Rep. Michael Butler, who added that people he described as “agitators” are not part of protest leadership.
Kayla Reed, an organizer and activist with the St. Louis Action Council, said actions of those few people have unfairly been used to “demonize” nonviolent protesters. She said not everyone who shows up at protests share the same goals as organizers or the majority of protesters.
“At any point, an individual can shift the entire moment that’s planned and organized,” Reed said.
Protest organizer Anthony Bell during demonstrations Sunday said change is made through peaceful protests, such as those led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But Bell said he understands the anger that sometimes leads to violence and property damage.
“I do not say the demonstrators are wrong, but I believe peaceful demonstrations are the best,” he said.
The recent St. Louis protests have followed a pattern borne out of months of angry and sometimes violent protests after the 2014 killing of Michael Brown in nearby Ferguson: The majority of demonstrators, though angry, are law-abiding. But as the night wears on, a subsection emerges, a different crowd more willing to confront police, sometimes to the point of a violent interaction.
On Friday night, a few thousand protesters were disruptive but organized as they marched in the early evening in front of hospitals and down the streets of the posh Central West End, urging diners at patios of expensive restaurants, “Off the sidewalk onto the street” as part of broader efforts to force potentially uncomfortable conversations about racial inequity in affluent and mainly white areas.
But as the night wore on and protesters converged outside the home of Mayor Lyda Krewson, someone threw a rock through a window and paint was splashed on the home. Police responded in riot gear and, shortly, began tossing tear gas. Within an hour, police say protesters were breaking windows.
The same scene played out Saturday. Protesters marched for hours in the trendy Delmar Loop area until organizers announced shortly before 9 p.m. that the event was over and most of the couple of thousand protesters went home.
Around 100 to 150 didn’t, continued to march, and some eventually began confronting police. It wasn’t clear what set off the anger, but police in riot gear began to line the streets and some people tossed rocks, trash cans and other things at them.
Butler said police should target the agitators and allow others to continue demonstrating. He protested Friday, and after that said police have been doing a poor job of identifying bad actors amid crowds of other protesters.
“There’s not been any learning from Ferguson,” Butler said.
Stockley shot Smith after Smith led from Stockley and his partner on a high-speed chase as they tried to arrest him for a suspected drug deal.
Stockley, 36, testified that he felt he was in danger because he saw Smith holding a silver revolver when Smith backed his car toward the officers and sped away.
Prosecutors said Stockley planted a gun in Smith’s car after the shooting. The officer’s DNA was on the weapon but Smith’s wasn’t. Dashcam video from Stockley’s cruiser recorded him saying he was “going to kill this (expletive).” Less than a minute later, he shot Smith five times.
Stockley’s lawyer dismissed the comment as “human emotions” during a dangerous pursuit. St. Louis Circuit Judge Timothy Wilson, who said prosecutors didn’t prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Stockley murdered Smith, said the statement could be ambiguous.
Arrests during 3rd night of protests over acquittal of St. Louis cop | World | N
Hey there....and here is a good reason why cops trweat the public like unstable sticks of dynamite:
Here is an article illustrating just why it is that so many cops think we are mostly dangerous loons! With some comments of my own in brackets):
Dad accidentally shot daughter to death while showing her his gun: Police
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. FIRST POSTED: MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2017 10:17 AM EDT | UPDATED: MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2017 07:30 PM EDT. Trina Orlando .
HOBART, Ind. — Prosecutors have filed neglect and reckless homicide charges against the father of a nine-year-old northwestern Indiana girl shot to death when his firearm accidentally discharged.
The Lake County Prosecutor’s Office said Monday that Eric Scott Hummel of Hobart also is charged with battery in the fatal shooting of Olivia Hummel.
The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports family members told police the father was showing a firearm to Olivia and her brothers Saturday afternoon when it discharged, striking the girl in the head.
(This story is another fine example of why cops think any civilian with a gun in hand is DANGEROUS! Its nice that Dad is bonding with the kids and showing them his gun- but really- would you not think some quite elementary safety training should have been in play? How careless must you be to shoot one of your own kids? And should we not ask if it is this reason- being utterly and idiot careless- that gets so many people shot by cops? How are cops supposed to respond sensibly to such idiocy- in a situation where their lives may be in danger?)
The father was being held at the Lake County Jail in Crown Point, about 40 miles southeast of Chicago.
9-year old Olivia Hummel died in an accidental shooting over the weekend. Details here: 9-Year-Old Girl Fatally Shot as Father Showed Gun to Kids: Police - NBC Chicago …
11:04 PM - Jun 11, 2017
Police, union stand behind officer appearing to punch woman in video
By David Larkins, Winnipeg Sun
First posted: Monday, September 18, 2017 07:01 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, September 18, 2017 07:53 PM EDT
The Winnipeg Police Service and the union that represents its members are standing behind the actions of an officer who appears to punch a woman in a video obtained by the Winnipeg Sun.
In the video, two women are in a shoving match in the middle of Manitoba Avenue when one WPS officer walks over to break them up. While the three are engaged in a skirmish, a woman is thrown to the ground – although it’s unclear by whom – while a second woman appears to deliver a punch to the fallen woman. At that point the officer swings his right hand and connects with the head of the second woman.
A number of observers then converge on the officer and one can be heard yelling “Are you serious?” in response to the officer’s swing. The woman who was hit by the officer appears to attempt to retaliate while friends try to push her away. Twenty-seven seconds into the 54-second clip, the officer aggressively pushes the woman away, possibly even slapping her, while she flails her arms in his direction. As she is being pulled away by friends, the woman’s wrist is being held by the officer, who then charges towards her, puts her in a headlock and forcefully takes her to the ground. A second officer, who observed the entire sequence, then steps in and yells “Get in your house”.
Winnipeg police confirmed they were called to the 600 block of Manitoba around 6:45 p.m., on Sept. 12 for reports of “a number of intoxicated neighbours fighting”. Police said “at least 20 people” were involved and four calls were placed to 911 in the lead-up.
In an email response, Winnipeg police spokesperson Const. Jay Murray said the video only shows the “tail-end” of the incident and “given the totality” of the situation believes the officer made “an appropriate decision”.
“An officer perceived that if he didn’t intervene and stop these individuals from fighting, a serious injury could have occurred,” Murray said. “The officer chose to use a hard empty-hand control technique in the midst of a chaotic situation in an attempt to gain control and prevent the groups from further physically fighting.”
Winnipeg Police Association president Maurice Sabourin agreed.
“When the one female comes at him aggressively, we are allowed to use force that is reasonable to prevent an assault or prevent an attack,” Sabourin said. “... (Encountering an incident) We don’t know whether there’s a knife or a gun. When somebody comes at you aggressively and you’re trying to place a person under control, I would say that’s justified especially when your personal safety is at stake.”
A spokeswoman from the Independent Investigation of Manitoba said police would be obligated to inform the IIU if a person filed a complaint with the WPS, but declined comment on the video itself.
Corey Shefman, a Toronto-based lawyer who continues to practise in Winnipeg and handles human rights files, argued use of force should be applied to protect an officer or to effect an arrest.
“The fact that an arrest was not made in this situation suggests to me that the use of force was not justified,” Shefman said.
“... From what we’ve seen, it looks to me like one of the officers took a woman to the ground, threw a woman to the ground, and then sort of just walked away.”
Shefman also takes issue with the second officer, who observes most of the incident without stepping in.
“You have the main officer who’s right in the thick of things, getting involved and the second officer just sort of standing back and watching, not trying to de-escalate the situation,” Shefman said. “Neither of them are trying to de-escalate the situation and that’s another concern.”
An adult male was the lone arrest made, police said.
dlarkins@postmedia.com
Twitter: @LarkinsWSun
Incident underscores need for police body cams
A video showing Winnipeg police trying to contain a large fight in a city street is further evidence of the need for police body cameras, a human-rights lawyer says.
Corey Shefman, who is now based in Toronto but continues to practise in Manitoba, said a 54-second clip of an altercation between residents and police doesn’t provide enough information to adequately judge the actions of two officers, and argues body cameras would provide greater context.
“It might be that in the context of the whole encounter that the officer’s behaviour here was reasonable. It doesn’t look like it, but we don’t know and that’s really the point,” Shefman said. “Body cameras are good for citizens but, frankly, they’re also good for police. And if there’s one lesson to come out of this video it’s that body cameras are needed in this situation.”
The Winnipeg Police Board approved a body cameras pilot project in February 2015, but budget constraints meant that was scrapped before it could ever got off the ground.
Shefman argues citizens who want to pursue a complaint against police “don’t have a lot of options.”
“This is one of many situations where it’s their word against citizens,” he said. “Citizens are often left without recourse because it is very difficult to hold somebody accountable when there isn’t a recording and we were lucky in this case there was a recording.
“... Information is power and body cameras would have made a big difference in this situation.”
Police, union stand behind officer appearing to punch woman in video | Canada |
Officer in nurse arrest was reprimanded for sex harassment
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Monday, September 18, 2017 03:21 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, September 18, 2017 03:26 PM EDT
SALT LAKE CITY — Police documents show a Utah officer caught on video dragging a nurse from a hospital and putting her in handcuffs had previously been reprimanded for sexually harassing a female co-worker.
The records say Salt Lake City police internal affairs confirmed allegations that Detective Jeff Payne harassed a department employee in a “severe and persistent” way in 2013.
Payne’s lawyer, Greg Skordas, said Monday that while the reprimand is a problem, it’s only one part of a decorated 27-year record.
Payne’s discipline history was released in response to a public-records request from The Associated Press and other media outlets as multiple investigations into the arrest of nurse Alex Wubbels play out.
Payne handcuffed Wubbels after she refused to allow a blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient, citing hospital policy.
Officer in nurse arrest was reprimanded for sex harassment | Home | Toronto Sun
'Police owned' St. Louis: Riot cops arrest more than 80
Jim Salter and Summer Ballentine, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Sunday, September 17, 2017 10:56 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, September 18, 2017 08:25 AM EDT
ST. LOUIS — Hundreds of riot police mobilized in downtown St. Louis overnight, arresting more than 80 people and seizing weapons amid reports of property damage and vandalism following another day of peaceful protests over a former police officer’s acquittal in the killing of a black man.
The arrests late Sunday came after demonstrators ignored orders to disperse, police said.
“I’m proud to tell you the city of St. Louis is safe and the police owned tonight,” Interim Police Chief Lawrence O’Toole said at a news conference early Monday.
A judge ruled Friday that Jason Stockley, who left the police department and moved to Houston three years ago, was not guilty in the 2011 death of Anthony Lamar Smith. The ruling set off raucous protests throughout the weekend. Another peaceful demonstration was expected Monday.
On Sunday, more than 1,000 people gathered at police headquarters then marched without trouble through downtown St. Louis, the posh Central West End, and the trendy Delmar Loop area of nearby University City. Protesters also marched through two shopping malls in a wealthy area of St. Louis County.
By nightfall, most had gone home. The 100 or so people who remained grew increasingly agitated as they marched back toward downtown. Along the way, they knocked over planters, broke windows at a few shops and hotels, and scattered plastic chairs at an outdoor venue.
According to police, the demonstrators then sprayed bottles with an unknown substance on officers.
One officer suffered a leg injury and was taken to a hospital. His condition wasn’t known.
Soon afterward, buses brought in additional officers in riot gear, and police scoured downtown deep into the night, making arrests and seizing at least five weapons, according to O’Toole. Later, officers in riot gear gathered alongside a city boulevard chanting “whose street, our street” — a common refrain used by the protesters — after clearing the street of demonstrators and onlookers.
“We’re in control. This is our city and we’re going to protect it,” O’Toole said.
Mayor Lyda Krewson said at the same Monday news conference that “the days have been calm and the nights have been destructive” and that “destruction cannot be tolerated.”
The recent St. Louis protests follow a pattern seen since the August 2014 killing of Michael Brown in nearby Ferguson: The majority of demonstrators, though angry, are law-abiding. But as the night wears on, a subsection emerges, a different crowd more willing to confront police, sometimes to the point of clashes.
Protest organizer Anthony Bell said he understands why some act out: While change can come through peaceful protests, such as those led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., years of oppression has caused some to turn violent.
“I do not say the (violent) demonstrators are wrong, but I believe peaceful demonstrations are the best,” Bell said.
State Rep. Bruce Franks, a Democrat who has participated in the peaceful protests, said those behind the violence “are not protesters.”
The late night unrest since the verdict was issued has led to destruction across the St. Louis area. It was after nightfall Friday that people shattered a window at the home of Mayor Lynda Krewson, smashed about two dozen windows and threw trash cans and rocks at police in University City on Saturday, and knocked out windows downtown on Sunday.
Many protesters believe police provoked demonstrators by showing up in riot gear and armoured vehicles; police said they had no choice but to protect themselves once protesters started throwing things at them.
Democratic Rep. Michael Butler said police should target the agitators and allow others to continue demonstrating. He protested Friday, and after that said police have been doing a poor job of identifying bad actors in the crowds.
“There’s not been any learning from Ferguson,” Butler said.
Stockley shot Smith after high-speed chase as officers tried to arrest Smith and his partner in a suspected drug deal.
Stockley, 36, testified he felt endangered because he saw Smith holding a silver revolver when Smith backed his car toward the officers and sped away.
Prosecutors said Stockley planted a gun in Smith’s car after the shooting. The officer’s DNA was on the weapon but Smith’s wasn’t. Dashcam video from Stockley’s cruiser recorded him saying he was “going to kill this (expletive).” Less than a minute later, he shot Smith five times.
Stockley’s lawyer dismissed the comment as “human emotions” during a dangerous pursuit. St. Louis Circuit Judge Timothy Wilson, who said prosecutors didn’t prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Stockley murdered Smith, said the statement could be ambiguous.
'Police owned' St. Louis: Riot cops arrest more than 80 | World | News | Toronto
By David Larkins, Winnipeg Sun
First posted: Monday, September 18, 2017 07:01 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, September 18, 2017 07:53 PM EDT
The Winnipeg Police Service and the union that represents its members are standing behind the actions of an officer who appears to punch a woman in a video obtained by the Winnipeg Sun.
In the video, two women are in a shoving match in the middle of Manitoba Avenue when one WPS officer walks over to break them up. While the three are engaged in a skirmish, a woman is thrown to the ground – although it’s unclear by whom – while a second woman appears to deliver a punch to the fallen woman. At that point the officer swings his right hand and connects with the head of the second woman.
A number of observers then converge on the officer and one can be heard yelling “Are you serious?” in response to the officer’s swing. The woman who was hit by the officer appears to attempt to retaliate while friends try to push her away. Twenty-seven seconds into the 54-second clip, the officer aggressively pushes the woman away, possibly even slapping her, while she flails her arms in his direction. As she is being pulled away by friends, the woman’s wrist is being held by the officer, who then charges towards her, puts her in a headlock and forcefully takes her to the ground. A second officer, who observed the entire sequence, then steps in and yells “Get in your house”.
Winnipeg police confirmed they were called to the 600 block of Manitoba around 6:45 p.m., on Sept. 12 for reports of “a number of intoxicated neighbours fighting”. Police said “at least 20 people” were involved and four calls were placed to 911 in the lead-up.
In an email response, Winnipeg police spokesperson Const. Jay Murray said the video only shows the “tail-end” of the incident and “given the totality” of the situation believes the officer made “an appropriate decision”.
“An officer perceived that if he didn’t intervene and stop these individuals from fighting, a serious injury could have occurred,” Murray said. “The officer chose to use a hard empty-hand control technique in the midst of a chaotic situation in an attempt to gain control and prevent the groups from further physically fighting.”
Winnipeg Police Association president Maurice Sabourin agreed.
“When the one female comes at him aggressively, we are allowed to use force that is reasonable to prevent an assault or prevent an attack,” Sabourin said. “... (Encountering an incident) We don’t know whether there’s a knife or a gun. When somebody comes at you aggressively and you’re trying to place a person under control, I would say that’s justified especially when your personal safety is at stake.”
A spokeswoman from the Independent Investigation of Manitoba said police would be obligated to inform the IIU if a person filed a complaint with the WPS, but declined comment on the video itself.
Corey Shefman, a Toronto-based lawyer who continues to practise in Winnipeg and handles human rights files, argued use of force should be applied to protect an officer or to effect an arrest.
“The fact that an arrest was not made in this situation suggests to me that the use of force was not justified,” Shefman said.
“... From what we’ve seen, it looks to me like one of the officers took a woman to the ground, threw a woman to the ground, and then sort of just walked away.”
Shefman also takes issue with the second officer, who observes most of the incident without stepping in.
“You have the main officer who’s right in the thick of things, getting involved and the second officer just sort of standing back and watching, not trying to de-escalate the situation,” Shefman said. “Neither of them are trying to de-escalate the situation and that’s another concern.”
An adult male was the lone arrest made, police said.
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Incident underscores need for police body cams
A video showing Winnipeg police trying to contain a large fight in a city street is further evidence of the need for police body cameras, a human-rights lawyer says.
Corey Shefman, who is now based in Toronto but continues to practise in Manitoba, said a 54-second clip of an altercation between residents and police doesn’t provide enough information to adequately judge the actions of two officers, and argues body cameras would provide greater context.
“It might be that in the context of the whole encounter that the officer’s behaviour here was reasonable. It doesn’t look like it, but we don’t know and that’s really the point,” Shefman said. “Body cameras are good for citizens but, frankly, they’re also good for police. And if there’s one lesson to come out of this video it’s that body cameras are needed in this situation.”
The Winnipeg Police Board approved a body cameras pilot project in February 2015, but budget constraints meant that was scrapped before it could ever got off the ground.
Shefman argues citizens who want to pursue a complaint against police “don’t have a lot of options.”
“This is one of many situations where it’s their word against citizens,” he said. “Citizens are often left without recourse because it is very difficult to hold somebody accountable when there isn’t a recording and we were lucky in this case there was a recording.
“... Information is power and body cameras would have made a big difference in this situation.”
Police, union stand behind officer appearing to punch woman in video | Canada |
Officer in nurse arrest was reprimanded for sex harassment
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Monday, September 18, 2017 03:21 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, September 18, 2017 03:26 PM EDT
SALT LAKE CITY — Police documents show a Utah officer caught on video dragging a nurse from a hospital and putting her in handcuffs had previously been reprimanded for sexually harassing a female co-worker.
The records say Salt Lake City police internal affairs confirmed allegations that Detective Jeff Payne harassed a department employee in a “severe and persistent” way in 2013.
Payne’s lawyer, Greg Skordas, said Monday that while the reprimand is a problem, it’s only one part of a decorated 27-year record.
Payne’s discipline history was released in response to a public-records request from The Associated Press and other media outlets as multiple investigations into the arrest of nurse Alex Wubbels play out.
Payne handcuffed Wubbels after she refused to allow a blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient, citing hospital policy.
Officer in nurse arrest was reprimanded for sex harassment | Home | Toronto Sun
'Police owned' St. Louis: Riot cops arrest more than 80
Jim Salter and Summer Ballentine, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Sunday, September 17, 2017 10:56 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, September 18, 2017 08:25 AM EDT
ST. LOUIS — Hundreds of riot police mobilized in downtown St. Louis overnight, arresting more than 80 people and seizing weapons amid reports of property damage and vandalism following another day of peaceful protests over a former police officer’s acquittal in the killing of a black man.
The arrests late Sunday came after demonstrators ignored orders to disperse, police said.
“I’m proud to tell you the city of St. Louis is safe and the police owned tonight,” Interim Police Chief Lawrence O’Toole said at a news conference early Monday.
A judge ruled Friday that Jason Stockley, who left the police department and moved to Houston three years ago, was not guilty in the 2011 death of Anthony Lamar Smith. The ruling set off raucous protests throughout the weekend. Another peaceful demonstration was expected Monday.
On Sunday, more than 1,000 people gathered at police headquarters then marched without trouble through downtown St. Louis, the posh Central West End, and the trendy Delmar Loop area of nearby University City. Protesters also marched through two shopping malls in a wealthy area of St. Louis County.
By nightfall, most had gone home. The 100 or so people who remained grew increasingly agitated as they marched back toward downtown. Along the way, they knocked over planters, broke windows at a few shops and hotels, and scattered plastic chairs at an outdoor venue.
According to police, the demonstrators then sprayed bottles with an unknown substance on officers.
One officer suffered a leg injury and was taken to a hospital. His condition wasn’t known.
Soon afterward, buses brought in additional officers in riot gear, and police scoured downtown deep into the night, making arrests and seizing at least five weapons, according to O’Toole. Later, officers in riot gear gathered alongside a city boulevard chanting “whose street, our street” — a common refrain used by the protesters — after clearing the street of demonstrators and onlookers.
“We’re in control. This is our city and we’re going to protect it,” O’Toole said.
Mayor Lyda Krewson said at the same Monday news conference that “the days have been calm and the nights have been destructive” and that “destruction cannot be tolerated.”
The recent St. Louis protests follow a pattern seen since the August 2014 killing of Michael Brown in nearby Ferguson: The majority of demonstrators, though angry, are law-abiding. But as the night wears on, a subsection emerges, a different crowd more willing to confront police, sometimes to the point of clashes.
Protest organizer Anthony Bell said he understands why some act out: While change can come through peaceful protests, such as those led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., years of oppression has caused some to turn violent.
“I do not say the (violent) demonstrators are wrong, but I believe peaceful demonstrations are the best,” Bell said.
State Rep. Bruce Franks, a Democrat who has participated in the peaceful protests, said those behind the violence “are not protesters.”
The late night unrest since the verdict was issued has led to destruction across the St. Louis area. It was after nightfall Friday that people shattered a window at the home of Mayor Lynda Krewson, smashed about two dozen windows and threw trash cans and rocks at police in University City on Saturday, and knocked out windows downtown on Sunday.
Many protesters believe police provoked demonstrators by showing up in riot gear and armoured vehicles; police said they had no choice but to protect themselves once protesters started throwing things at them.
Democratic Rep. Michael Butler said police should target the agitators and allow others to continue demonstrating. He protested Friday, and after that said police have been doing a poor job of identifying bad actors in the crowds.
“There’s not been any learning from Ferguson,” Butler said.
Stockley shot Smith after high-speed chase as officers tried to arrest Smith and his partner in a suspected drug deal.
Stockley, 36, testified he felt endangered because he saw Smith holding a silver revolver when Smith backed his car toward the officers and sped away.
Prosecutors said Stockley planted a gun in Smith’s car after the shooting. The officer’s DNA was on the weapon but Smith’s wasn’t. Dashcam video from Stockley’s cruiser recorded him saying he was “going to kill this (expletive).” Less than a minute later, he shot Smith five times.
Stockley’s lawyer dismissed the comment as “human emotions” during a dangerous pursuit. St. Louis Circuit Judge Timothy Wilson, who said prosecutors didn’t prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Stockley murdered Smith, said the statement could be ambiguous.
'Police owned' St. Louis: Riot cops arrest more than 80 | World | News | Toronto
OH MY GOD!!!!
A bunch of probably drunken GOOFS who WANTED to fight........GOT TO FIGHT! With a COP! Its an out of control situation with a bunch of goofs milling around trading punches.....and some LIE-beral thinks it is a bad thing that the cops smacked some sense into
every one of them that raised a hand instead of backing off?????
HAHAHAHAHA!!!! LIE-beral GOOFS!
And here is another little story about why cops think we are all insane and likely to explode at any moment- espeicialy after some damned LIE-beral has "explained" our rights to us!
It is a sad fact that LIE-berals are responsible for the creation of the odious Black Lives Matter political action group which is promoting reverse discrimination as a solution to all the troubles facing a MINORITY of black people. The fact is the majority of black people live quiet and sensible lives but it is a radical idiot minority that is doing all the shouting and complaining here in Canada!
Lie-berals are so desperate to get and to keep power that they will let any politically correct jackass into the country...just so long as they vote Lie-beral! Lie-berals are so desperate for power and votes that they will allow people- who ought to have their citizenship REVOKED and be THROWN OUT of the country IMMEDIATELY for committing some offence-to stay here on `compassionate` grounds......just so long as they remember it is Lie-berals who `love` them.
Lie-berals will pervert the course of justice by using `hug a thug` tactics to `win` support from politically correct mutton heads-many of whom have connections to criminal groups. Lie-berals will practice `catch and release` of criminals to gain further support from the social engineers and religious wackos who want to forgive and forget.....forgiveness is a virtue isn`t it? No matter how vicious the crime or how hardened the criminal? Showing understanding and forgiveness earns points in Heaven...even if your neighbour ends up being a victim of some clown who should have been behind bars for previous outrages!
And Lie-berals are also willing to let people out of jail VERY swiftly on any pretext- to save tax payers money of course....but NOT to curry favour with certain ethnic groups? Oh sure....we believe THAT! Lie-berals....they are NOT here for decent people! With Lie-berals, if it didn’t happen to them then it either DIDN’T happen at all or it ISN’T IMPORTANT!
Lie-berals are so arrogant that they assume that if you become a victim of crime it is because you are a lazy dumb-ass who lives in a crap neighbourhood and thus deserve what happens to you. And the cost of crime? If you think its high, LIE-berals figure you must be a dumb-ass to and too stupid to make a `proper` living and pay for `good` insurance!
So, lets talk about Crime and Bullshit! Figures don’t lie but liars figure. Crime statistics are down in this country because crime is evolving and it simply LOOKS like crime is reduced. During his last term in office prime minister Pierre Trudeau and his Lie-beral hug a thug friends CHANGED how crime statistics were compiled-at the time Conservatives complained that the change would make it harder to compare crime statistics from different decades-an obvious point now proven.
Lie-berals will deny this in every way. They will INSIST that “no fundamental changes have been made to the system” and of course we recognize the weasel words “:no fundamental changes”.....meaning THEY don’t think its important but anybody who has been robbed or victimized in some way and then watched as Lie-beral appointed `hug a thug` judges give out minor slaps on the criminal wrist DOES think it’s a BIG DEAL!
If you argue these points, Lie-berals will send you links to out of date and irrelevant Stats/Canada publications to `prove` their point using papers and publications that don’t address the issues. They will also try to distract by discussing the Young Offenders Act rather than looking at the issues involving adult career criminals which is what I am trying to illustrate here. In short, they will prove once again why we call them LIE-berals!
Under the old system there was one crime if you `possessed` burglar tools and planned to break into a home while the family was away some place, A second crime if you actually broke into the house, A third crime (theft over $5000.00) occurred when you found the keys to a vehicle in the garage and decided to load it up with the stuff you stole from the house and use it as a getaway vehicle. A fourth crime occurred when you found a gun cabinet and broke it open and took possession of and loaded a shotgun for which you have no license. The family comes home unexpectedly and you take them hostage using your stolen shotgun and that’s the fifth and six crimes-kidnaping and misuse of a firearm. A neighbour sees you waving the gun and phones the cops who arrive on the scene and you fire the shotgun out a window a couple of times to keep them back while you consider your options and thus produce crime seven ( assault with a deadly weapon) and crime eight which is resisting arrest. Prior to Trudeau each of these crimes would be listed separately and would be relatively easy to track in appropriate categories-firearm offenses, burglary, theft etc. But now these eight crimes are lumped together as ONE CRIME SCENE and its now MUCH HARDER to track individual crimes since they are no longer listed in such an easy to access and read fashion.
Further, as of 20 years ago about 80% of criminals had their cases `plea bargained` and now we can only guess (Lie-berals don’t like to talk about this stuff and hide the details where possible and they certainly don’t want to admit that they are practicing `catch and release` with dangerous criminals) that today virtually ALL criminals cut endless deals during which major crimes become minor crimes and minor crimes become small misdemeanors or are easily forgotten entirely....except by the victims. Why bother trying the guy for possession of stolen property when you already have him for stabbing somebody? Crimes are `lost`, forgotten, dismissed, not needed, just plain GONE so the statistics are now useless for getting a real view of crime in Canada.
Further, the evolution of technology is encouraging crime itself to evolve. Why bother getting a gun and a stolen getaway car and robbing a store when you can get a bunch of forged credit cards from your neighbours in organized crime and go on a spending spree with no consequences to speak of? Why bother getting out of your comfortable arm chair and going out into the dark and cold to vandalize the house of a neighbour you don’t like when its so much easier just to lounge in your pajamas in front of a computer screen and send the jerk a virus? And maybe hack his credit cards and online banking information as well? As we know, cops don’t even bother looking for those who spread viruses and hackers are mostly ignored as well....UNLESS there is a really HUGE internet disruption.
The computer is good for all sorts of things like selling stuff online that you have stolen or forged-no need to show yourself and your ID to a pawn shop owner or `fence` who may turn fink on you if the cops get to him. Much better to meet the suckers at a coffee shop or at a friends place and later (if there is any trouble) the friend covers for you and denies any involvement since the sucker never saw the friend when the purchase was made and the person who sold the fraud item doesn’t live at the address where it was sold-it’s a double blind cutout.
There is also the political action of thugs and gang members. Thugs have figured out that there is safety in numbers-each gang banger and his girlfriend and mother providing an alibi for the others which makes conviction much harder due to less evidence and the few potential witnesses available to speak having been intimidated by strangers-read other gang members.
The thugs also are putting pressure on loonie leftist Lie-beral politicians to rein in `racist` cops and end their alleged brutality. A while back the Lie-beral loving Toronto (Red) Star did an article on how much crime has dropped in 2014 and how quiet it has become in Youth Court rooms across Toronto......the article being presented as if meant cops had somehow decided to stop picking on poor innocent kids.......buried in the article was an admission that in response to `public`(read Black Lives Matter) pressure, cops had drastically cut back on their use of `carding`....that is....stopping and questioning known gang members and their friends who were trespassing and such.....No Contact EQUALS No Problem! No more guns and knives being confiscated, no more stashes of drugs found, no more stolen property found in cars, no more ability to track gang members as they move about the city conducting their `business`! Get the cops to stop looking for crime and the crime `statistics` start to look pretty good!
If you start talking tough on crime then certain ethnic voters scream `white racist` at you....while ignoring the Russian mobster in King City with the fine mansion and the high end BMW with all the frills....and the stash of 800 forged credit cards and the computer with enough stolen personal information to make 4000 MORE cards....which he is selling to gang members and the dork is out on parole for PREVIOUS credit card fraud. And NOBODY is counting the bribery, intimidation and outright extortion needed to get such personal information!
Or the Portuguese guy who was late for his court date to deal with his TENTH arrest for causing an auto smash up while driving drunk-this count does NOT include the other times he was arrested before he hit anything.
Or the guy who extorted 30 MILLION DOLLARS here in Ontari-owe a year back and the McWynnty government cut him a deal: he KEEPS ALL the money and promises to leave Ontari-owe forever and the charge will be dropped....Ontari-owe is so BROKE they don’t have the court and legal resources to deal with such a clever swindler within a sensible time frame! Only a Lie-beral would consider any of this a victory!
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Cops who mocked Francie disappoint again
By Michele Mandel, Toronto Sun
First posted: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 12:15 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 02:24 PM EDT
TORONTO - The two Toronto Police officers accused of mocking a woman with Down syndrome failed to show at their disciplinary hearing Tuesday morning, when Francie Munoz and her parents had expected them to be entering a plea.
To the family, it was yet another sign of disrespect and delay.
The tribunal hearing for Const. Sasa Sljivo and Const. Matthew Saris was put over until Oct. 18.
“We were told a plea was forthcoming. That did not happen,” Francie’s mother, Pamela Munoz, told reporters.
“They are telling us you don’t need to come to the next one and your supporters don’t need to be here,” she added. “They very obviously want to push it, discourage people from coming, and they just want people to forget about it and us to forget about it and sweep it under the rug.
“We’re very disappointed.”
The family announced that they are launching a complaint about the incident to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.
On Nov. 5, 2016, Pamela Munoz was driving with Francie when she was ticketed for allegedly turning left on a red light. During the stop, the officers were recorded on their dashboard camera laughingly describing 29-year-old Francie, who was sitting in the backseat of her mom’s jeep, as “a little disfigured” and “half” a person.
As part of the Crown’s disclosure in her case, Pamela Munoz was given the tape of the officers’ dashcam six months later. Shocked on hearing the comments made about her daughter, she went public.
The two officers were later charged with misconduct under the Police Act.
In a July letter to her and her parents, the pair apologized for their “inexcusable remarks” that were “inappropriate, disrespectful and unprofessional” and said they were “truly sorry and hope that you will accept our apology.”
Francie Munoz said she is still seeking a public apology.
“They laugh at me and hurt many people,” she said, reading from a statement. “People should not talk (like that) about people.”
mmandel@postmedia.com
Cops who mocked Francie disappoint again | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto Sun
By Michele Mandel, Toronto Sun
First posted: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 12:15 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 02:24 PM EDT
TORONTO - The two Toronto Police officers accused of mocking a woman with Down syndrome failed to show at their disciplinary hearing Tuesday morning, when Francie Munoz and her parents had expected them to be entering a plea.
To the family, it was yet another sign of disrespect and delay.
The tribunal hearing for Const. Sasa Sljivo and Const. Matthew Saris was put over until Oct. 18.
“We were told a plea was forthcoming. That did not happen,” Francie’s mother, Pamela Munoz, told reporters.
“They are telling us you don’t need to come to the next one and your supporters don’t need to be here,” she added. “They very obviously want to push it, discourage people from coming, and they just want people to forget about it and us to forget about it and sweep it under the rug.
“We’re very disappointed.”
The family announced that they are launching a complaint about the incident to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.
On Nov. 5, 2016, Pamela Munoz was driving with Francie when she was ticketed for allegedly turning left on a red light. During the stop, the officers were recorded on their dashboard camera laughingly describing 29-year-old Francie, who was sitting in the backseat of her mom’s jeep, as “a little disfigured” and “half” a person.
As part of the Crown’s disclosure in her case, Pamela Munoz was given the tape of the officers’ dashcam six months later. Shocked on hearing the comments made about her daughter, she went public.
The two officers were later charged with misconduct under the Police Act.
In a July letter to her and her parents, the pair apologized for their “inexcusable remarks” that were “inappropriate, disrespectful and unprofessional” and said they were “truly sorry and hope that you will accept our apology.”
Francie Munoz said she is still seeking a public apology.
“They laugh at me and hurt many people,” she said, reading from a statement. “People should not talk (like that) about people.”
mmandel@postmedia.com
Cops who mocked Francie disappoint again | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto Sun
OH MY God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They have already apoligized for making remarksc they never dreamed would ever be heard by anybody but themselves!
And.....a NO SHOW for a court date???? What IS the worl.d coming to? I mean just because LIE-beral hug a thug judges are so damned lazy and LIE-berals suck up to CONVICTS so relentlessly that LIE-berals RELEASED SEVEN- YES SEVEN accused murderers because all the courts were tied up and they KILLERS could not get a trial in proper time! Surely we have plenty of time to whine over some stupid remarks that the girl NEVER HEARD......until her idiot mother decided to argue over getting a ticket for running a red light?
And lets go back to that......they were stopped because the mother apparently is not fully conversant with the rules of the road and resents having her ignorance exposed!
This case is NOT about civil rights- its about stupid behaviour by ALL parties and its about vengeance by COP HATERS who are so full of hate they would not thank a cop for pulling them out of a burning building!
LIE-berals do not mind holding off court cases for things like rape, armed robbery and attempted murder- and I cvan say this with certainty because a kid in our neighbourhood was working in a local big box store when 3 black thugs tried to rob the place- and the ringleader was OUT ON BAIL for armed robbery, rape and attempted murder!
Considering how LIE-berals have messed up the legal system with catch and release and hug a thug tactics, NO LIE-BERAL has any right to complain about delays in the legal system!
Police terrorists kill another innocent victim:
https://www.rt.com/usa/403991-oklahoma-city-police-shoot-man/
Despite people screaming to the stupid cops that their victim was unable to hear, the brainless buffoons shot and killed him. Wouldn't surprise me if they win a medal for doing so.
It's time to employ the 2d Amendment to protect innocents from government tyranny. All forum CONservatives should readily agree.
https://www.rt.com/usa/403991-oklahoma-city-police-shoot-man/
Despite people screaming to the stupid cops that their victim was unable to hear, the brainless buffoons shot and killed him. Wouldn't surprise me if they win a medal for doing so.
It's time to employ the 2d Amendment to protect innocents from government tyranny. All forum CONservatives should readily agree.
Ex-Mountie headed to U.S. prison for smuggling narwhal tusks
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 03:31 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 03:37 PM EDT
BANGOR, Maine — A retired Mountie accused of smuggling narwhal tusks was sentenced Wednesday to five years and two months in a U.S. prison for related money-laundering counts.
Gregory Logan, 60, of Saint John, N.B., smuggled about 300 tusks valued at US$1.5 million to US$3 million into Maine in false compartments in his vehicle, U.S. prosecutors said. They were shipped from a post office box in Ellsworth, Maine, to buyers across the U.S.
Narwhals, protected in the United States and Canada, are known for their spiral tusks that can grow longer than eight feet and are valued for their use in carvings and jewelry-making.
According to the indictment, Logan was working as a Mountie when he began bringing narwhal tusks across the border into the U.S. in 2000. He retired from the police force in 2003.
Prosecutors said he asked his U.S. co-conspirators what they wanted in terms of size and quantity, and then contacted “Inuit co-operatives” in the Canadian north for the tusks.
“Unlawful wildlife trade like this undermines efforts by federal, state, and foreign governments to protect and restore populations of species like the narwhal, a majestic creature of the sea,” said acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey H. Wood of the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division.
Logan was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge John A. Woodcock on money-laundering and conspiracy counts to which he pleaded guilty under an agreement in which smuggling charges were dropped.
He has already served four months of home detention and paid a $350,000 fine in Canada after pleading guilty to a related wildlife-smuggling crime.
Logan was charged along with two U.S. residents. Andrew Zarauskas, of Union, New Jersey, was convicted and sentenced to 33 months. Charges against a Tennessee man were dismissed.
Prosecutors said Logan was the “organizer of this enterprise.”
“He directed and organized the way in which the tusks were smuggled and shipped as well as the ways in which the proceeds would ultimately be laundered into Canada. In sum, (Logan) was the ‘hub’ without whom the ‘spokes’ could not have succeeded in their joint criminal enterprise,” they said in court documents.
Logan has spent 18 months in custody in the U.S after being extradited from Canada in March 2016. The extradition agreement with Canada limited the charges to the money-laundering counts.
A press release from the U.S. Department of Justice detailed how the scheme worked:
“Logan knew that his customers would re-sell the tusks for a profit and in an attempt to increase that re-sale price, Logan would occasionally provide fraudulent documentation claiming that the tusks had originally belonged to a private collector in Maine who had acquired them legally,” it said.
“In addition to shipping the tusks from Maine, Logan maintained a post office box in the Ellsworth shipping store as well as an account at a bank in Bangor. Logan instructed his customers to send payment in the form of cheques to the post office box, or wire money directly to his Maine bank account.
“Logan then transported the money to Canada by having the shipping store forward his mail to him in Canada, and by using an ATM card to withdraw money from his Maine bank account at Canadian ATM machines. At times, Logan also directed his customers to send funds directly to him in Canada.”
Ex-Mountie headed to U.S. prison for smuggling narwhal tusks | Home | Toronto Su
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 03:31 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 03:37 PM EDT
BANGOR, Maine — A retired Mountie accused of smuggling narwhal tusks was sentenced Wednesday to five years and two months in a U.S. prison for related money-laundering counts.
Gregory Logan, 60, of Saint John, N.B., smuggled about 300 tusks valued at US$1.5 million to US$3 million into Maine in false compartments in his vehicle, U.S. prosecutors said. They were shipped from a post office box in Ellsworth, Maine, to buyers across the U.S.
Narwhals, protected in the United States and Canada, are known for their spiral tusks that can grow longer than eight feet and are valued for their use in carvings and jewelry-making.
According to the indictment, Logan was working as a Mountie when he began bringing narwhal tusks across the border into the U.S. in 2000. He retired from the police force in 2003.
Prosecutors said he asked his U.S. co-conspirators what they wanted in terms of size and quantity, and then contacted “Inuit co-operatives” in the Canadian north for the tusks.
“Unlawful wildlife trade like this undermines efforts by federal, state, and foreign governments to protect and restore populations of species like the narwhal, a majestic creature of the sea,” said acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey H. Wood of the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division.
Logan was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge John A. Woodcock on money-laundering and conspiracy counts to which he pleaded guilty under an agreement in which smuggling charges were dropped.
He has already served four months of home detention and paid a $350,000 fine in Canada after pleading guilty to a related wildlife-smuggling crime.
Logan was charged along with two U.S. residents. Andrew Zarauskas, of Union, New Jersey, was convicted and sentenced to 33 months. Charges against a Tennessee man were dismissed.
Prosecutors said Logan was the “organizer of this enterprise.”
“He directed and organized the way in which the tusks were smuggled and shipped as well as the ways in which the proceeds would ultimately be laundered into Canada. In sum, (Logan) was the ‘hub’ without whom the ‘spokes’ could not have succeeded in their joint criminal enterprise,” they said in court documents.
Logan has spent 18 months in custody in the U.S after being extradited from Canada in March 2016. The extradition agreement with Canada limited the charges to the money-laundering counts.
A press release from the U.S. Department of Justice detailed how the scheme worked:
“Logan knew that his customers would re-sell the tusks for a profit and in an attempt to increase that re-sale price, Logan would occasionally provide fraudulent documentation claiming that the tusks had originally belonged to a private collector in Maine who had acquired them legally,” it said.
“In addition to shipping the tusks from Maine, Logan maintained a post office box in the Ellsworth shipping store as well as an account at a bank in Bangor. Logan instructed his customers to send payment in the form of cheques to the post office box, or wire money directly to his Maine bank account.
“Logan then transported the money to Canada by having the shipping store forward his mail to him in Canada, and by using an ATM card to withdraw money from his Maine bank account at Canadian ATM machines. At times, Logan also directed his customers to send funds directly to him in Canada.”
Ex-Mountie headed to U.S. prison for smuggling narwhal tusks | Home | Toronto Su
Here is another article about a “devil” baby and it goes to show that LIE-berals are utterly clueless about what manner of lunatics that cops must deal with daily! It illustrates yet again that it is not the cops that are the problem it is the lunatics rthey deal with so often that make them fearful and willing to shoot first! With some comments of my own in brackets):
Woman claims newborn made by 'the devil'; stabs baby, father.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. FIRST POSTED: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 09:53 AM EDT | UPDATED: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 10:00 AM EDT
PITTSBURGH — A suburban Pittsburgh woman is accused of stabbing her 8-day-old son and the baby’s father, and police say she told them God made her do it because the baby was created “by the devil.”
(Gosh, its tough being a baby in this modern world- I have already commented on the other mother who wanted doctors to remove the aliens from her stomach- AFTER she had killed her daughter with a shotgun to protect her from the aliens. And then there was the Muslim girl who adopted a few too many western ways and became pregnant and managed to hide it from her ultra strict Muslim father until after she secretly gave birth- and as we know- any Muslim girl who acts like a western style SLUT may be killed to preserve the honour of the family- so the girl is in her room in an apt holding the baby after giving birth ,when father knocked on the door- being in a panic- the girl threw the baby out the window- from the eighth floor- with people on the ground floor screaming for the cops when the bloody baby mess hits the pavement! I am thinking that the honour of that Muslim family is GONE! Dead and buried just like the baby!. Then there was that other woman who called cops because she was robbed and when they got there she attacked them with a knife and they shot her to keep her from carving them up- with all this bloodshed playing out in front of her kids. But my favorite “what were they thinking” story is the one about the newly married bride whose day did not go quite as smoothly as planned and so she pulled her 9mm Glock pistol and threatened hubby- and he didn’t take her so seriously- no doubt still a little giddy about the impending honeymoon- so she fired a warning shot into the ceiling which had hotel staff screaming for the cops!)
WPXI-TV reports police arrested Tanishia Fielder on Friday on charges of attempted homicide, aggravated assault, terroristic threats and other charges.
The baby was stabbed near the eye. The baby’s condition and that of his father weren’t known.
(With a name like Tanisha, its fairly safe to assume that she is NOT a nordic blonde type and why is it that when I see a name like Tanisha I immediately think of a black woman in a church reading WAY MORE into the sermon than the preacher ever intended? Shall we assume that the stress of being black is making some people CRAZY? And should we ask why LIE-berals see no reason to treat any of these people? Shall we say it is simply GREED that lets LIE-berals ignore the kooks and leaves it to cops to “wack them and stack them” as the CHEAP way to ensure LIE-berals will not have to spend THEIR gravy on lunatics?)
Police found a knife hidden beneath a garbage bin behind Fielder’s apartment. Witnesses who tried to help the man and baby before Fielder chased them away told police she was wielding a knife that matched the one under the bin.
The baby’s father told police he and Fielder had argued earlier in the day.
(Yeah- I will bet that`s right- how else would you deal with a hubby who has spawned your devil child? Its bound to cause some heated debate if your wife decides you are a minion of the Devil sleeping in her bed?)
Tecumsehsbones; said:
It's time for the CON-selfservatives to stop kissing culo and to either put up or shut up in regards to 2d Amendment rights.
Woman with Down syndrome files human rights complaint over cops’ comments
Two officers were filmed mocking the woman, who has Down Syndrome
THE CANADIAN PRESS
First posted: Thursday, September 21, 2017 10:38 AM EDT | Updated: Thursday, September 21, 2017 10:43 AM EDT
TORONTO - A 29-year-old woman with Down syndrome has filed a complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario after two Toronto police officers were recorded mocking her during a traffic stop.
Francie Munoz argues the behaviour displayed by Const. Sasa Sljivo and Const. Matthew Saris on Nov. 5, 2016 amounts to discrimination on the grounds of disability.
She says in the complaint that she has suffered emotional trauma as a result of the incident, and that it has undermined her trust in law enforcement.
Sljivo and Saris are facing a disciplinary hearing on charges under the Police Services Act, with the next hearing scheduled for Oct. 18.
Police documents show Sljivo is charged with misconduct related to the use of profane, abusive or insulting language, while Saris is charged with misconduct related to the failure to report Sljivo’s comments.
The officers have not said how they will plead, though they have issued a written apology for the incident, calling it a “lapse in judgment.”
Munoz’s family has consistently asked for a public apology — a request repeated in the human rights complaint.
In the document, Munoz says the officers offered through their union to apologize privately but have balked at doing so publicly. Their behaviour while appearing before the disciplinary hearing only compounded the issue, she alleges.
“At no point did the officers greet or look at the applicant, let alone make any effort to say words of apology or regret. Being ignored by the officers when they had the opportunity to say or do something deepened the applicant’s feeling of injury,” the complaint says.
The officers’ lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Munoz asks for an order to make Toronto’s police chief publicly apologize and express his commitment to ensure that all officers in the force undergo human rights training on working with people with disabilities.
She also asks that the force be ordered to implement a more rigorous screening process for new officers “to identify pre-existing biases or prejudices, especially in regards to those with disabilities.”
The complaint says the comments were made inside a police cruiser after the officers pulled over Munoz’s mother, Pamela Munoz, on allegations that she had run a red light. Francie Munoz was a passenger in the back seat.
While preparing to fight the $325 ticket months later, Munoz’s mother requested the evidence against her and obtained an audio recording of the officers’ conversation.
Sljivo can be heard describing Munoz as “disfigured” and a “half-person,” while Saris is heard laughing and agreeing, the complaint says.
Munoz “was inconsolable for days after learning about the officers’ remarks and became anxious and withdrawn in the presence of first responders and other uniformed personnel,” it says.
“As time passes, it has also become clear that Francie’s self-esteem, confidence and sense of self-worth have all been undermined by the derogatory comments directed at her by persons in a position of power and authority in society, whom she previously looked up to and viewed with respect.”
Munoz is also seeking $25,000 in damages for harm to dignity and sense of self-worth, as well as $5,000 to cover her legal expenses.
A hearing over her mother’s ticket has been pushed back to December, the complaint says.
Woman with Down syndrome files human rights complaint over cops
Two officers were filmed mocking the woman, who has Down Syndrome
THE CANADIAN PRESS
First posted: Thursday, September 21, 2017 10:38 AM EDT | Updated: Thursday, September 21, 2017 10:43 AM EDT
TORONTO - A 29-year-old woman with Down syndrome has filed a complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario after two Toronto police officers were recorded mocking her during a traffic stop.
Francie Munoz argues the behaviour displayed by Const. Sasa Sljivo and Const. Matthew Saris on Nov. 5, 2016 amounts to discrimination on the grounds of disability.
She says in the complaint that she has suffered emotional trauma as a result of the incident, and that it has undermined her trust in law enforcement.
Sljivo and Saris are facing a disciplinary hearing on charges under the Police Services Act, with the next hearing scheduled for Oct. 18.
Police documents show Sljivo is charged with misconduct related to the use of profane, abusive or insulting language, while Saris is charged with misconduct related to the failure to report Sljivo’s comments.
The officers have not said how they will plead, though they have issued a written apology for the incident, calling it a “lapse in judgment.”
Munoz’s family has consistently asked for a public apology — a request repeated in the human rights complaint.
In the document, Munoz says the officers offered through their union to apologize privately but have balked at doing so publicly. Their behaviour while appearing before the disciplinary hearing only compounded the issue, she alleges.
“At no point did the officers greet or look at the applicant, let alone make any effort to say words of apology or regret. Being ignored by the officers when they had the opportunity to say or do something deepened the applicant’s feeling of injury,” the complaint says.
The officers’ lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Munoz asks for an order to make Toronto’s police chief publicly apologize and express his commitment to ensure that all officers in the force undergo human rights training on working with people with disabilities.
She also asks that the force be ordered to implement a more rigorous screening process for new officers “to identify pre-existing biases or prejudices, especially in regards to those with disabilities.”
The complaint says the comments were made inside a police cruiser after the officers pulled over Munoz’s mother, Pamela Munoz, on allegations that she had run a red light. Francie Munoz was a passenger in the back seat.
While preparing to fight the $325 ticket months later, Munoz’s mother requested the evidence against her and obtained an audio recording of the officers’ conversation.
Sljivo can be heard describing Munoz as “disfigured” and a “half-person,” while Saris is heard laughing and agreeing, the complaint says.
Munoz “was inconsolable for days after learning about the officers’ remarks and became anxious and withdrawn in the presence of first responders and other uniformed personnel,” it says.
“As time passes, it has also become clear that Francie’s self-esteem, confidence and sense of self-worth have all been undermined by the derogatory comments directed at her by persons in a position of power and authority in society, whom she previously looked up to and viewed with respect.”
Munoz is also seeking $25,000 in damages for harm to dignity and sense of self-worth, as well as $5,000 to cover her legal expenses.
A hearing over her mother’s ticket has been pushed back to December, the complaint says.
Woman with Down syndrome files human rights complaint over cops
Quebec cop guilty of manslaughter in 2014 shooting death of teen
THE CANADIAN PRESS
First posted: Friday, September 22, 2017 06:54 PM EDT | Updated: Friday, September 22, 2017 07:01 PM EDT
MONTREAL — A Quebec court judge convicted a provincial police officer Friday of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a teenager in 2014.
The ruling triggered a strongly worded condemnation from the union representing provincial police officers, who called the decision “incomprehensible and unacceptable.”
Judge Joelle Roy said in his ruling that officer Eric Deslauriers was guilty of manslaughter for intentionally discharging a firearm without regard to the life or safety of others.
The charge goes back to January 2014, when Deslauriers stopped 17-year-old David-Hughes Lacour in a parking lot after a short car chase in the town of Sainte-Adele Que., about 80 kilometres north of Montreal. Lacour had been driving a stolen vehicle.
Deslauriers testified Lacour hit him with his car and, fearing for his life, he discharged his weapon. But Roy found that video evidence proved the car never struck the officer.
“The young man had nothing in his hands and the accused had no information that could lead him to believe the teenager was dangerous,” Roy wrote in his ruling.
“Was it necessary to shoot twice? The court does not believe so,” he continued. “Video (evidence) is unambiguous ... the car did not touch the accused.”
The provincial police union released a statement saying its members and the police community were “dumbfounded that a decision like this could be rendered.”
It said the “excellent” officer acted in good faith, and he had “barely a few seconds to react.”
“It is foreseeable that this event will cause a deep uneasiness in the police community,” the statement continued. “And is likely to provoke in some a disengagement of their professional actions in order to protect themselves from similar circumstances.”
Deslauriers is due back in court in January for sentencing arguments and faces a minimum term of four years in prison, but could face the maximum sentence of life in prison.
His lawyer said she will contest the constitutionality of the four-year minimum sentence.
Quebec cop guilty of manslaughter in 2014 shooting death of teen | Canada | News
THE CANADIAN PRESS
First posted: Friday, September 22, 2017 06:54 PM EDT | Updated: Friday, September 22, 2017 07:01 PM EDT
MONTREAL — A Quebec court judge convicted a provincial police officer Friday of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a teenager in 2014.
The ruling triggered a strongly worded condemnation from the union representing provincial police officers, who called the decision “incomprehensible and unacceptable.”
Judge Joelle Roy said in his ruling that officer Eric Deslauriers was guilty of manslaughter for intentionally discharging a firearm without regard to the life or safety of others.
The charge goes back to January 2014, when Deslauriers stopped 17-year-old David-Hughes Lacour in a parking lot after a short car chase in the town of Sainte-Adele Que., about 80 kilometres north of Montreal. Lacour had been driving a stolen vehicle.
Deslauriers testified Lacour hit him with his car and, fearing for his life, he discharged his weapon. But Roy found that video evidence proved the car never struck the officer.
“The young man had nothing in his hands and the accused had no information that could lead him to believe the teenager was dangerous,” Roy wrote in his ruling.
“Was it necessary to shoot twice? The court does not believe so,” he continued. “Video (evidence) is unambiguous ... the car did not touch the accused.”
The provincial police union released a statement saying its members and the police community were “dumbfounded that a decision like this could be rendered.”
It said the “excellent” officer acted in good faith, and he had “barely a few seconds to react.”
“It is foreseeable that this event will cause a deep uneasiness in the police community,” the statement continued. “And is likely to provoke in some a disengagement of their professional actions in order to protect themselves from similar circumstances.”
Deslauriers is due back in court in January for sentencing arguments and faces a minimum term of four years in prison, but could face the maximum sentence of life in prison.
His lawyer said she will contest the constitutionality of the four-year minimum sentence.
Quebec cop guilty of manslaughter in 2014 shooting death of teen | Canada | News
Ex-cop arrested near White House with arsenal of weapons
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Monday, September 25, 2017 06:42 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 07:23 AM EDT
WASHINGTON — A man arrested near the White House Sunday morning is a former Memphis police officer who had an arsenal of weapons in his car and believed the CIA had implanted a chip in his head, according to court documents.
Timothy J. Bates, 37, of Collierville, Tenn. appeared in a District of Columbia court Monday morning on charges of illegally carrying a rifle or shotgun.
According to court documents, Bates was approached by uniformed members of the Secret Service Sunday at the corner of 17th Street NW and Pennsylvania Avenue as he appeared to be publicly urinating. He told the officers that he was trying to reach Defence Secretary Gen. James Mattis or NSA Director Adm. Mike Rogers “for advice on missing paychecks and how to get the dog chip out of my head.”
Bates gave officers permission to search his illegally parked car and they discovered nine firearms including a Bushmaster assault rifle and a loaded AK-47.
According to testimony by the arresting officers detailed in the court documents, Bates told the Secret Service officers that he had been offered $28.7 million by the Department of Homeland Security and the state of Tennessee to participate in the CIA’s “MK Ultra” program and that he had a chip planted in his head that was causing him “severe headaches, shaking and convulsions.”
Bates told the officers that he had driven from Tennessee to seek advice from Mattis and Rogers on how to remove the chip and recover the promised payment.
The court documents state that Bates is a former police officer who was “medically retired” in 2013 and that he was “involuntarily committed for mental health reasons” in February 2017.
It was not immediately clear if Bates had his own defence attorney.
The charge of illegally carrying a rifle is a felony offence with a statutory maximum of five years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000. The court documents state that Bates had been placed under observation for mental illness.
Ex-cop arrested near White House with arsenal of weapons | World | News | Toront
Police union blasts handling of Utah nurse arrest probe
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Monday, September 25, 2017 10:49 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, September 25, 2017 10:55 PM EDT
SALT LAKE CITY — Two officers under investigation in the rough arrest of a nurse have been unfairly made into pariahs after body-camera footage got widespread attention online, a Utah police union said Monday.
The Salt Lake Police Association said in a letter to the mayor and police chief that it is “extremely concerned and dismayed” about handling that has “corrupted” the high-profile investigation, The Deseret News reported.
“The premature release of body cam footage is particularly demoralizing as it allows the public who have not trained as police officers to make what often amounts to biased and ill-informed judgments of the police,” association president Stephen Hartney said in a letter.
The mayor and police chief have apologized to nurse Alex Wubbels, who was handcuffed and dragged from a hospital after she explained she couldn’t allow a blood draw on an unconscious patient under hospital policy.
Dramatic body-camera video of the July 26 incident made it a flashpoint in a national debate on police use of force. The video was released by Wubbels and her lawyer, who obtained it through a public records request
Police Chief Mike Brown declined comment on the letter, though spokeswoman Christina Judd told The Associated Press that Brown recognizes the union works diligently on behalf of officers.
Brown is weighing possible discipline for the officers that could include firing.
Mayor Jackie Biskupski continues to believe that the police behaviour shown in the video was unacceptable, but she’s carefully avoided influencing the outcome of the investigation in the extraordinary situation, spokesman Matthew Rojas said.
Detective Jeff Payne and his supervisor Lt. James Tracy were placed on paid leave after the video drew condemnation and prosecutors opened a criminal probe of their actions.
In an unusual step aimed at repairing what Biskupski called a rift in public trust, she spoke publicly about an internal investigation that found evidence policies were violated in the arrest.
A civilian review board report found Payne apparently lost control of his emotions after a long wait to draw blood from the patient, who had been injured in a July 26 car accident and wasn’t suspected of wrongdoing.
Payne was backed by Tracy, a supervisor who told Wubbels she could be arrested if she didn’t allow the blood draw. The dispute ended with Payne dragging the nurse outside as she screamed she’d done nothing wrong.
Police union blasts handling of Utah nurse arrest probe | World | News | Toronto
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Monday, September 25, 2017 06:42 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 07:23 AM EDT
WASHINGTON — A man arrested near the White House Sunday morning is a former Memphis police officer who had an arsenal of weapons in his car and believed the CIA had implanted a chip in his head, according to court documents.
Timothy J. Bates, 37, of Collierville, Tenn. appeared in a District of Columbia court Monday morning on charges of illegally carrying a rifle or shotgun.
According to court documents, Bates was approached by uniformed members of the Secret Service Sunday at the corner of 17th Street NW and Pennsylvania Avenue as he appeared to be publicly urinating. He told the officers that he was trying to reach Defence Secretary Gen. James Mattis or NSA Director Adm. Mike Rogers “for advice on missing paychecks and how to get the dog chip out of my head.”
Bates gave officers permission to search his illegally parked car and they discovered nine firearms including a Bushmaster assault rifle and a loaded AK-47.
According to testimony by the arresting officers detailed in the court documents, Bates told the Secret Service officers that he had been offered $28.7 million by the Department of Homeland Security and the state of Tennessee to participate in the CIA’s “MK Ultra” program and that he had a chip planted in his head that was causing him “severe headaches, shaking and convulsions.”
Bates told the officers that he had driven from Tennessee to seek advice from Mattis and Rogers on how to remove the chip and recover the promised payment.
The court documents state that Bates is a former police officer who was “medically retired” in 2013 and that he was “involuntarily committed for mental health reasons” in February 2017.
It was not immediately clear if Bates had his own defence attorney.
The charge of illegally carrying a rifle is a felony offence with a statutory maximum of five years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000. The court documents state that Bates had been placed under observation for mental illness.
Ex-cop arrested near White House with arsenal of weapons | World | News | Toront
Police union blasts handling of Utah nurse arrest probe
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Monday, September 25, 2017 10:49 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, September 25, 2017 10:55 PM EDT
SALT LAKE CITY — Two officers under investigation in the rough arrest of a nurse have been unfairly made into pariahs after body-camera footage got widespread attention online, a Utah police union said Monday.
The Salt Lake Police Association said in a letter to the mayor and police chief that it is “extremely concerned and dismayed” about handling that has “corrupted” the high-profile investigation, The Deseret News reported.
“The premature release of body cam footage is particularly demoralizing as it allows the public who have not trained as police officers to make what often amounts to biased and ill-informed judgments of the police,” association president Stephen Hartney said in a letter.
The mayor and police chief have apologized to nurse Alex Wubbels, who was handcuffed and dragged from a hospital after she explained she couldn’t allow a blood draw on an unconscious patient under hospital policy.
Dramatic body-camera video of the July 26 incident made it a flashpoint in a national debate on police use of force. The video was released by Wubbels and her lawyer, who obtained it through a public records request
Police Chief Mike Brown declined comment on the letter, though spokeswoman Christina Judd told The Associated Press that Brown recognizes the union works diligently on behalf of officers.
Brown is weighing possible discipline for the officers that could include firing.
Mayor Jackie Biskupski continues to believe that the police behaviour shown in the video was unacceptable, but she’s carefully avoided influencing the outcome of the investigation in the extraordinary situation, spokesman Matthew Rojas said.
Detective Jeff Payne and his supervisor Lt. James Tracy were placed on paid leave after the video drew condemnation and prosecutors opened a criminal probe of their actions.
In an unusual step aimed at repairing what Biskupski called a rift in public trust, she spoke publicly about an internal investigation that found evidence policies were violated in the arrest.
A civilian review board report found Payne apparently lost control of his emotions after a long wait to draw blood from the patient, who had been injured in a July 26 car accident and wasn’t suspected of wrongdoing.
Payne was backed by Tracy, a supervisor who told Wubbels she could be arrested if she didn’t allow the blood draw. The dispute ended with Payne dragging the nurse outside as she screamed she’d done nothing wrong.
Police union blasts handling of Utah nurse arrest probe | World | News | Toronto
Disciplinary hearing for Toronto cop who stomped on, Tasered suspect
The Canadian Press
First posted: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 01:07 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 01:15 PM EDT
TORONTO - A Toronto Police sergeant who stomped on and repeatedly Tasered a man during arrest has made his first appearance at a disciplinary hearing.
Sgt. Eduardo Miranda was charged with unlawful or unnecessary use of authority and discreditable conduct under the Police Services Act after a civilian police oversight agency investigation.
He did not enter a plea nor was the January incident that led to the charges described at the hearing.
However, the Office of the Independent Police Review Director laid out details of the allegations in a report last month.
The agency found Miranda unjustified in deploying his stun gun six times on a man who was handcuffed and lying on the ground.
It also said the sergeant should not have directed other officers at the scene to interfere with a witness recording the arrest on his phone.
The witness, Waseem Khan, filed a complaint with the OIPRD, prompting the investigation.
Miranda told the agency that the man was acting aggressively, which warranted the use of the stun gun and blows, according to the report. He also denied trying to intimidate Khan, it said.
Khan was not present at Tuesday’s hearing but his lawyer, Selwyn Pieters, said the Toronto man wants “some form of accountability for the officer.”
Pieters said the case illustrates the importance of allowing the public to record police behaviour.
“Any claim that the person who was on the ground was resisting arrest or assaultive to the police officers is completely obviated by what we saw in the video,” he said outside police headquarters.
“Had there not been that video that Mr. Khan took, these police officers’ word would have been against (that of) a homeless person, and unfortunately the court more likely would have believed the officers.”
The lawyer said his client would prefer to have the case heard by a civilian judge rather than a senior police officer, and noted he may request to have someone else oversee it.
The video Khan shot on his cellphone shows several officers standing by a man lying face down on the street. Khan can be heard saying an officer used a stun gun on the man. The video appears to show the same officer stomping on the back of the man’s leg.
The video then shows the same officer looking in Khan’s direction and asking his colleagues to “get that guy out of my face, please.”
Khan is heard saying that he is a witness and not obstructing the arrest, then a female officer walks toward him and says they will be seizing his phone.
A male officer also approaches Khan, looks at the camera and says, “He’s going to spit in your face; you’re going to get AIDS.”
Toronto police apologized for the AIDS comment after the video surfaced.
The OIRPD also said those two officers appeared to engage in misconduct in trying to intimidate Khan, but their offences did not meet the threshold for a disciplinary hearing.
Disciplinary hearing for Toronto cop who stomped on, Tasered suspect | Toronto &
The Canadian Press
First posted: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 01:07 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 01:15 PM EDT
TORONTO - A Toronto Police sergeant who stomped on and repeatedly Tasered a man during arrest has made his first appearance at a disciplinary hearing.
Sgt. Eduardo Miranda was charged with unlawful or unnecessary use of authority and discreditable conduct under the Police Services Act after a civilian police oversight agency investigation.
He did not enter a plea nor was the January incident that led to the charges described at the hearing.
However, the Office of the Independent Police Review Director laid out details of the allegations in a report last month.
The agency found Miranda unjustified in deploying his stun gun six times on a man who was handcuffed and lying on the ground.
It also said the sergeant should not have directed other officers at the scene to interfere with a witness recording the arrest on his phone.
The witness, Waseem Khan, filed a complaint with the OIPRD, prompting the investigation.
Miranda told the agency that the man was acting aggressively, which warranted the use of the stun gun and blows, according to the report. He also denied trying to intimidate Khan, it said.
Khan was not present at Tuesday’s hearing but his lawyer, Selwyn Pieters, said the Toronto man wants “some form of accountability for the officer.”
Pieters said the case illustrates the importance of allowing the public to record police behaviour.
“Any claim that the person who was on the ground was resisting arrest or assaultive to the police officers is completely obviated by what we saw in the video,” he said outside police headquarters.
“Had there not been that video that Mr. Khan took, these police officers’ word would have been against (that of) a homeless person, and unfortunately the court more likely would have believed the officers.”
The lawyer said his client would prefer to have the case heard by a civilian judge rather than a senior police officer, and noted he may request to have someone else oversee it.
The video Khan shot on his cellphone shows several officers standing by a man lying face down on the street. Khan can be heard saying an officer used a stun gun on the man. The video appears to show the same officer stomping on the back of the man’s leg.
The video then shows the same officer looking in Khan’s direction and asking his colleagues to “get that guy out of my face, please.”
Khan is heard saying that he is a witness and not obstructing the arrest, then a female officer walks toward him and says they will be seizing his phone.
A male officer also approaches Khan, looks at the camera and says, “He’s going to spit in your face; you’re going to get AIDS.”
Toronto police apologized for the AIDS comment after the video surfaced.
The OIRPD also said those two officers appeared to engage in misconduct in trying to intimidate Khan, but their offences did not meet the threshold for a disciplinary hearing.
Disciplinary hearing for Toronto cop who stomped on, Tasered suspect | Toronto &
Here is an article illustrating how society is being polarized acording to how we make our money- with the offer of govt money swaying the thinking of those who have major economic influence. With some comments of my own in brackets):
Good riddance to spineless CEOs.
By Michelle Malkin. First posted: Thursday, August 17, 2017 05:40 PM EDT | Updated: Thursday, August 17, 2017 06:00 PM EDT
Liberal business executives are leaping like lemmings from President Donald Trump’s manufacturing advisory council. Good riddance.
These string-spined CEOs have sided with social justice agitators, Beltway media enablers and Democratic resistance knuckleheads who believe Trump was wrong to condemn violence and hatred on all sides of the political spectrum.
(Extreme positions are to be abhorred by all right thinking people- too bad LIE-berals are enabling the most extreme left wing views- those espoused by reverse racists of groups like Black Lives Matter! In the aftermath of the violence in Virginia, Cdn news media showed film of right wing white people chanting “Jews will not replace us” and my head just spun in bewilderment! The Trump program is to protect Yankees from Muslim terror by limiting their access to the Yankee public by walling out Muslims.....so WHY are white knuckleheads chanting anything about Jews? Are the white supremacists NUTS? Or are we being fed MORE FAKE NEWS by LIE-beral friendly news media who will stop at nothing to hurt Trump- in this case by poisoning his message condemning ALL extremists on both sides of the fray?)
Never mind that of the four people arrested after the violent outbreak in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend, two were identified with the white nationalist movement and the other two were left-wing “antifa” counterprotesters.
(How sad that LIE-beral friendly media think that right wing is more dangerous than left wing! When it is extreme views on BOTH sides that are dangerous!)
But since that doesn't fit the national media narrative, mum’s the word from corporate media executives and preening CEOs.
(Clearly mixing business and politics is not wise! The ceo`s have made a BUSINESS CHOICE regarding who to condemn rather than making an honest and LEGAL choice about threats from both sides! AND THERE IS THE KEY! TRUMP CONDEMNED VIOLENCE ON BOTH SIDES- and got roasted for itb by letf wing loons who are so arrogant they would argue the fact that their s++t stinks just as bad as the right wing kind)!
Merck CEO Kenneth C. Frazier claimed he stepped down from the Trump business panel because he felt “a responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism.”
But Frazier, who served on President Obama's Export Council, felt no equivalent responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism when the White House invited leaders from the violence-inciting Black Lives Matter movement for a forum on policing in July, 2016.
(Its all about numbers- white supremacists will still buy from an anonymous and basically faceless corporation- ones with no values on display. But groups like Black Lives Matter seek out, condemn and boycott politicians and corporations with values they don’t like and they are not shy about making a mountain out of a mole hill either! In our country it is now more publicly acceptable to have modestly left wing views than to have modestly right wing views- so the LIE-beral media wants us to believe! Most of us feel sorry for minorities and recognize that they do face difficulties- its just not politically acceptable to state that many of their difficulties are of their own making- thanks to the careful editing of news by LIE-beral friendly media!)
(Black Lives Matter and their Cdn native equivalent Idle No More are trying to defend the indefensible! There is no way to make a black guy with outstanding warrants look like a victim of police harassment when they arrest him for drug dealing or operating a vehicle without proper documentation such as insurance and valid license- that the rest of us DO have! Just as there is no way to make natives look vulnerable and innocent when they waste multi millions of tax payers dollars on drugs and alcohol and trips to the Carribean etc! Or when they defraud the govt selling un taxed cigarettes to white people. Tobacco is a native cultural staple but cigarettes and excise taxes are creations of white govt and natives MUST play and PAY the game or face jail time!)
The invitation was a grievous affront to law enforcement officers and their families outraged at the deadly ambushes committed against cops in Dallas and Baton Rouge that summer, along with several other cop-killings fueled by BLM-linked hate.
(The biggest problem faced by groups such as BLM is that the cops ARE acting in as fair and logical way by shooting black criminals who act aggressively against cops who are enforcing the orderly and logical will of the majority of citizens!)
Who remembers the slaying of Kentucky state trooper Joseph Ponder by BLM marcher and “Hands up, don't shoot” slogan-spreader Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks in September, 2015?
At least 11 police have been shot dead and at least nine more wounded by BLM protesters, activists and/or supporters.
One of the surviving policemen in the Baton Rouge massacre filed suit last month against BLM and laid out the case against its leaders.
The lawsuit argues they, "not only, incited the violence against police in retaliation for the death of black men shot by police, but also did nothing to dissuade the ongoing violence and injury to police. In fact, they justified the violence as necessary to the movement and war."
(The ugly truth that BLM denies is that the guy whose death prompted those “I cannot breath” chants was set upon by FOUR cops because he was so tough he could outfight any TWO OR EVEN THREE COPS! And the four cops who tried to arrest him were almost not enough! Black Lives Matter reverse racists do themselves no favours by defending an armed robber and all round thug!)
(And how sad is it that Yankee professor Gates- the black author of the book the Classic Slave Narratives should be defended by president Obama after he got arrested while trying to break into a house! And yes- the house belonged to Gates- he had gone out for mail and the door blew shut and there he was- locked out and trying to break in- and when the cops showed up and asked the agitated black guy what he was doing he blew them off rudely- so they arrested him so they could identify him and find out why he was messing with that house- and somehow cops are in the wrong for defending private property against some random goof trying to break in? Is it racist of cops to defend all private property regardless of who owns it?)
The permanently disabled cop's lawsuit recounts escalating riots, arson and plundering after the police-involved deaths of Michael Brown and Freddie Gray in Ferguson, Missouri, through the ambushes in Dallas and Baton Rouge, up to the Obama administration's embrace of BLM leaders.
After the meeting, BLM leader DeRay McKesson responded to questions about his movement's culpability for inciting violence by asserting that his “people take to the streets as a last resort. ... So when I think about anything that happens when people are in the street, I always start by saying, 'People should not have had to have been there in the first place.'"
Instead of recriminations, the militants of BLM enjoy continued praise and coddling from corporate America.
Business execs have been coughing up untold hundreds of millions of dollars to BLM and related causes, funnelled through left-wing nonprofit foundations.
(Shades of that nasty satire “Bonfire of the Vanities”! HYPOCRISY RULES! And profit before morals!)
On Tuesday, Walmart executive Doug McMillon wagged his finger at Trump, urging “elected officials to do their part to promote a more just, tolerant and diverse society.”
This from the head of a retail giant that only recently stopped selling racially divisive, anti-cop taunting, violence-glamorizing T-shirts that bragged: “Bulletproof: Black Lives Matter.”
And the disavowal double standards beat goes on.
Editor’s note: Trump has now disbanded two of the business advisory councils from which CEOs resigned.
Malkin is host of "Michelle Malkin Investigates" on CRTV.com
York cop gets conditional discharge in K9 siccing
The Canadian Press
First posted: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 12:02 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 07:24 PM EDT
TORONTO - An York Regional Police officer who pleaded guilty to assault after siccing his K9 unit dog on a compliant suspect was granted conditional discharge on Wednesday, as the judge blamed the incident on an “impulsive error in judgment.”
Justice Harvey Brownstone said the officer had taken responsibility for his excessive use of force and had expressed remorse for his actions.
“It is abundantly clear that this offence was an isolated incident that arose from an impulsive error in judgment and not by a premeditated act or loss of temper or a personality disorder,” Brownstone said as he delivered the sentence in a Toronto courtroom.
Earlier this month, York regional police Const. Michael Partridge admitted his role in the assault on March 30, 2016, that left a man with minor injuries.
Partridge was originally charged with assault and assault with a weapon — the weapon being the dog — but he pleaded guilty to one count of assault on the day his trial was scheduled to begin.
The Crown had been seeking a conditional three-month sentence with house arrest, while the defence sought a conditional discharge.
A surveillance video that captured the incident became a key piece of evidence in the case. The video shows Partridge kicking and punching the suspect while the dog he had released bit and clamped down on the man’s arm.
Crown lawyer Peter Scrutton told court the assault lasted for 30 seconds.
“It’s just due to luck that this dog bite didn’t cause real injury,” he said.
York police had been investigating break-and-enters in the Toronto area and wanted to arrest three men following one alleged break-in at a home in Brampton, Ont.
They followed the men to downtown Toronto and were met by city police.
Around 3:30 p.m., one of the suspects was arrested after he walked out of a condominium and a subsequent search revealed a baggy with loose ammunition.
Partridge was there with his police dog, Lex, to help if needed. Officers spotted two other suspects, who bolted with police following, court heard.
One officer ran after one of the suspects who eventually stopped running and lay face down in an alley. Partridge and his dog were well behind in the chase.
The suspect, Median Jackson, is seen in surveillance video lying on the ground for about two minutes as an officer stands nearby waiting for someone to arrive with handcuffs, court heard.
Partridge did not know the suspect was on the ground obeying the officer’s orders when he yelled out “Police, K9, you’re under arrest, come out,” court heard.
Almost immediately, Partridge released the dog before he knew Jackson’s whereabouts. The dog bit down on Jackson’s arm and began thrashing its head back and forth, video evidence showed.
“He was too hasty in siccing the dog on the suspect,” the judge said.
Court heard Wednesday that it was the first time Partridge had released his dog during his nine months in the K9 unit.
“Clearly this incident indicates a need for more thorough and intensive training in the use of police dogs in such circumstances as well as in the procedures that officers should resort to when pursuing and apprehending suspects resisting arrest,” Brownstone said.
“It is hoped all police officers can learn from this incident in order to prevent recurrence.”
York police did not agree with the judge.
“In our respectful opinion, Const. Partridge engaged in a course of conduct that was contrary to the training he received as a member of York Regional Police,” said Const. Laura Nicolle, a spokeswoman for the force.
Toronto police opened an investigation into the arrest and eventually laid the charges late last year.
Police charged Jackson with one count of break and enter and breach of probation, but both were later dropped due to Partridge’s actions.
Partridge still faces three allegations of misconduct under the Police Services Act and remains suspended with pay until the case is heard.
The judge ordered Partridge 12 months probation and to participate in training programs. He will not have a criminal record.
Outside court, Partridge’s lawyer, William MacKenzie, said his client feels bad about the incident, but wants to return to the force and continue his career.
“With the benefit of hindsight, it was unnecessary, but certainly in the circumstances it was, from my perspective, understandable,” he said.
York cop gets conditional discharge in K9 siccing | Toronto & GTA | News | Toron
The Canadian Press
First posted: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 12:02 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 07:24 PM EDT
TORONTO - An York Regional Police officer who pleaded guilty to assault after siccing his K9 unit dog on a compliant suspect was granted conditional discharge on Wednesday, as the judge blamed the incident on an “impulsive error in judgment.”
Justice Harvey Brownstone said the officer had taken responsibility for his excessive use of force and had expressed remorse for his actions.
“It is abundantly clear that this offence was an isolated incident that arose from an impulsive error in judgment and not by a premeditated act or loss of temper or a personality disorder,” Brownstone said as he delivered the sentence in a Toronto courtroom.
Earlier this month, York regional police Const. Michael Partridge admitted his role in the assault on March 30, 2016, that left a man with minor injuries.
Partridge was originally charged with assault and assault with a weapon — the weapon being the dog — but he pleaded guilty to one count of assault on the day his trial was scheduled to begin.
The Crown had been seeking a conditional three-month sentence with house arrest, while the defence sought a conditional discharge.
A surveillance video that captured the incident became a key piece of evidence in the case. The video shows Partridge kicking and punching the suspect while the dog he had released bit and clamped down on the man’s arm.
Crown lawyer Peter Scrutton told court the assault lasted for 30 seconds.
“It’s just due to luck that this dog bite didn’t cause real injury,” he said.
York police had been investigating break-and-enters in the Toronto area and wanted to arrest three men following one alleged break-in at a home in Brampton, Ont.
They followed the men to downtown Toronto and were met by city police.
Around 3:30 p.m., one of the suspects was arrested after he walked out of a condominium and a subsequent search revealed a baggy with loose ammunition.
Partridge was there with his police dog, Lex, to help if needed. Officers spotted two other suspects, who bolted with police following, court heard.
One officer ran after one of the suspects who eventually stopped running and lay face down in an alley. Partridge and his dog were well behind in the chase.
The suspect, Median Jackson, is seen in surveillance video lying on the ground for about two minutes as an officer stands nearby waiting for someone to arrive with handcuffs, court heard.
Partridge did not know the suspect was on the ground obeying the officer’s orders when he yelled out “Police, K9, you’re under arrest, come out,” court heard.
Almost immediately, Partridge released the dog before he knew Jackson’s whereabouts. The dog bit down on Jackson’s arm and began thrashing its head back and forth, video evidence showed.
“He was too hasty in siccing the dog on the suspect,” the judge said.
Court heard Wednesday that it was the first time Partridge had released his dog during his nine months in the K9 unit.
“Clearly this incident indicates a need for more thorough and intensive training in the use of police dogs in such circumstances as well as in the procedures that officers should resort to when pursuing and apprehending suspects resisting arrest,” Brownstone said.
“It is hoped all police officers can learn from this incident in order to prevent recurrence.”
York police did not agree with the judge.
“In our respectful opinion, Const. Partridge engaged in a course of conduct that was contrary to the training he received as a member of York Regional Police,” said Const. Laura Nicolle, a spokeswoman for the force.
Toronto police opened an investigation into the arrest and eventually laid the charges late last year.
Police charged Jackson with one count of break and enter and breach of probation, but both were later dropped due to Partridge’s actions.
Partridge still faces three allegations of misconduct under the Police Services Act and remains suspended with pay until the case is heard.
The judge ordered Partridge 12 months probation and to participate in training programs. He will not have a criminal record.
Outside court, Partridge’s lawyer, William MacKenzie, said his client feels bad about the incident, but wants to return to the force and continue his career.
“With the benefit of hindsight, it was unnecessary, but certainly in the circumstances it was, from my perspective, understandable,” he said.
York cop gets conditional discharge in K9 siccing | Toronto & GTA | News | Toron
The problem here is the discharge means he gets to keep his job. How can any judge deem someone convicted of assault is still a viable candidate for a police force. The judge should be locked up
No, the cop should be locked up. The judge should be removed.
I shoulda been a cop. Where else does "I was excited" get you off on an assault with a weapon rap?