US: Torture by Taser
by Peter Gorman, Fort Worth
Weekly
June 24th, 2005
Robert Guerrero may have died
because he wouldn’t come out of a
closet.
The small-time crook had been
looking to steal some electricity.
When he tried to illegally
reconnect a neighbor’s electrical
meter at the North View apartment
complex near the Fort Worth
Stockyards last November,
someone called the cops. And
when the officers arrived,
someone else pointed them to the
closet in Apartment M where he
was hiding.
Guerrero, 21, wasn’t a violent
criminal. His rap sheet was littered
with convictions for things like
misdemeanor theft and burglary of
a coin-operated machine. Normally,
theft of electricity won’t even get
you arrested — just reported to
the electric company. But when
Fort Worth police arrived at the
apartment on Clinton Street that
afternoon, they treated Guerrero
like a dangerous character.
Two officers entered the
apartment and pulled open the
door to the closet, where Guerrero
was hiding under a black plastic
trash bag. Officer P.R. Genualdo, a
six-year veteran, told him to step
out of the closet. When the 143-
pound Guerrero refused,
Genualdo unholstered his Taser
and shot him in the chest, sending
electricity through Guerrero’s
body. A police report of the
incident indicated that Genualdo
held the Taser’s trigger down for
10 seconds — double the normal
length of time. Worse, in the next
minute he jolted Guerrero three
more times with five-second blasts
before pulling him from the closet
floor.
A few minutes after the officers
pulled him from the closet,
Guerrero stopped breathing.
Neither the officers nor
paramedics could get his heart
started again, and Guerrero was
declared dead when an ambulance
got him to John Peter Smith
Hospital a short while later. Read
Full Story click here!
by Peter Gorman, Fort Worth
Weekly
June 24th, 2005
Robert Guerrero may have died
because he wouldn’t come out of a
closet.
The small-time crook had been
looking to steal some electricity.
When he tried to illegally
reconnect a neighbor’s electrical
meter at the North View apartment
complex near the Fort Worth
Stockyards last November,
someone called the cops. And
when the officers arrived,
someone else pointed them to the
closet in Apartment M where he
was hiding.
Guerrero, 21, wasn’t a violent
criminal. His rap sheet was littered
with convictions for things like
misdemeanor theft and burglary of
a coin-operated machine. Normally,
theft of electricity won’t even get
you arrested — just reported to
the electric company. But when
Fort Worth police arrived at the
apartment on Clinton Street that
afternoon, they treated Guerrero
like a dangerous character.
Two officers entered the
apartment and pulled open the
door to the closet, where Guerrero
was hiding under a black plastic
trash bag. Officer P.R. Genualdo, a
six-year veteran, told him to step
out of the closet. When the 143-
pound Guerrero refused,
Genualdo unholstered his Taser
and shot him in the chest, sending
electricity through Guerrero’s
body. A police report of the
incident indicated that Genualdo
held the Taser’s trigger down for
10 seconds — double the normal
length of time. Worse, in the next
minute he jolted Guerrero three
more times with five-second blasts
before pulling him from the closet
floor.
A few minutes after the officers
pulled him from the closet,
Guerrero stopped breathing.
Neither the officers nor
paramedics could get his heart
started again, and Guerrero was
declared dead when an ambulance
got him to John Peter Smith
Hospital a short while later. Read
Full Story click here!
How to stop police
brutality -
includes 12 steps to
solving problem of police
brutality
It took the unimpeachable
"eyewitness" account of a video
camera to make the nation see and
believe what Blacks--especially
poor Blacks--have known all along:
Some cops are a far cry from the
kindhearted protectors of the weak
and helpless TV makes them out to
be in such popular cops and
robbers fare as Barney Miller and
Hill Street Blues. Instead, too many
of American cities' "finest" are
unfeeling bullies who take ou their
frustration, racial hatred and
contempt for society's less
fortunate on defenseless citizens
who, for one reason or another, rub
them the wrong way.
The repeated airing on national
television of the now historic
videotapes, which showed several
White Los Angeles policemen
takign turns clubbing and kicking a
prone, nonresisting Black motorist
while 12 of their fellow officers
watched, unleashed and a national
outcry for drastic police reforms
and for the removal of L.A. Police
Chief Daryl Gates. While Gates
dismissed his men's rampage as an
"aberration," disclosure of huge
damage payments awarded last
year to victims of L.A. police
brutality, recorded racist telephone
banter by L.A. cops following the
incident, and mounting reports of
new cases of police excesses from
around the country indicate that the
problem is not only widespread but
deeply entrenche
Some of the criticism leveled at
police conduct came from the
police's own top brass. At a hastily
convened police brutality summit in
New York City, from which Los
Angeles' Chief Gates was
conspicuously absent, police chiefs
from a dozen cities unanimously
condemned abuse by police, such
as the beating of Rodney King.
Calling on the federal government
to set up a system for gathering
information on the use of
excessive police force, they
concluded that "the police cannot
violate the law in order to enforce
it."
On that, the chiefs get no argument
from Black urban America where
demands are growing that
something must be done to put the
violent cop jinni back into the
bottle. But the question is what?
Standing in the way of easy
solutions is the fact that at a time
when the Black community's
respect for police is at an all-time
low, the need for police protection
from increasingly violent,
drug-related crime is at an all-time
high. Some people see a serious
dilemma in the public's demands for
better police protection and, at the
same time, for the drastic
curtailment of police power. Not
Congresswoman Maxine Waters
(D-Calif.), on whose turf the Rodney
King beating took place and who
says that she called for the
resignation of Police Chief Gates as
early as ten years ago. "People
want police protection and crime
prevention," she says, "and people
have a right to expect that they will
get good police work without
having their rights violated. The
police want us to open the door
and give them the right to do
whatever they want to do, and
we've done just that. We've gone
that route in Los Angeles. Daryl
Gates used it as an opportunity to
run roughshod over the community.
He ordered a battering ram that's
like a tank. He went through this
public relations effort of knocking
down the doors of crack houses. It
didn't do anything to reduce the
number of crack houses. He did
sweeps of gangs and rounded them
up in great public relations displays.
"It's time for a revolution in
management in police departments
around this country," the
congresswoman exhorts. "The old
approach has long ago outlived its
usefulness and the business of
trying to rule the streets with the
billy club and the gun is over. The
police institution has not gone
through a revitalization in my
lifetime and in most people's
lifetime. It's an antiquated
operations. They [the police] are
not prepared to deal with new
attitudes, new diversity, and that's
the main problem in the cities.
They're now dealing with Asians
and Mexican-Americans and
African-Americans who come from a
new generation of people, who look
different, dress differently, whose
ideas about freedom are different.
Some of these young
African-Americans are not going to
kowtow to these officers and treat
them as though they are something
special."
Some law enforcement experts
warn against the temptation of
further eroding the public's respect
for police officers, and thus their
effectiveness, by characterizing all
cops as mean and unprofessional.
Most cops on the beat, they
maintain, are dedicated public
servants who day after day put their
own lives on the line in order to
protect the rest of us. All that's
necessary, they say, is to identify
and get rid of the few rotten apples.
But others see the "few rotten
apples" theory as a simplistic one,
insisting that the problem of police
brutality goes much deeper and
thus calls for much more
far-reaching measures to correct.
Above all, they say, it calls for a
thorough understanding of the
psychological dynamics that turn
some policemen into cruel,
unfeeling brutes on the job
although they are known as loving
and gentle family men at home.
brutality -
includes 12 steps to
solving problem of police
brutality
It took the unimpeachable
"eyewitness" account of a video
camera to make the nation see and
believe what Blacks--especially
poor Blacks--have known all along:
Some cops are a far cry from the
kindhearted protectors of the weak
and helpless TV makes them out to
be in such popular cops and
robbers fare as Barney Miller and
Hill Street Blues. Instead, too many
of American cities' "finest" are
unfeeling bullies who take ou their
frustration, racial hatred and
contempt for society's less
fortunate on defenseless citizens
who, for one reason or another, rub
them the wrong way.
The repeated airing on national
television of the now historic
videotapes, which showed several
White Los Angeles policemen
takign turns clubbing and kicking a
prone, nonresisting Black motorist
while 12 of their fellow officers
watched, unleashed and a national
outcry for drastic police reforms
and for the removal of L.A. Police
Chief Daryl Gates. While Gates
dismissed his men's rampage as an
"aberration," disclosure of huge
damage payments awarded last
year to victims of L.A. police
brutality, recorded racist telephone
banter by L.A. cops following the
incident, and mounting reports of
new cases of police excesses from
around the country indicate that the
problem is not only widespread but
deeply entrenche
Some of the criticism leveled at
police conduct came from the
police's own top brass. At a hastily
convened police brutality summit in
New York City, from which Los
Angeles' Chief Gates was
conspicuously absent, police chiefs
from a dozen cities unanimously
condemned abuse by police, such
as the beating of Rodney King.
Calling on the federal government
to set up a system for gathering
information on the use of
excessive police force, they
concluded that "the police cannot
violate the law in order to enforce
it."
On that, the chiefs get no argument
from Black urban America where
demands are growing that
something must be done to put the
violent cop jinni back into the
bottle. But the question is what?
Standing in the way of easy
solutions is the fact that at a time
when the Black community's
respect for police is at an all-time
low, the need for police protection
from increasingly violent,
drug-related crime is at an all-time
high. Some people see a serious
dilemma in the public's demands for
better police protection and, at the
same time, for the drastic
curtailment of police power. Not
Congresswoman Maxine Waters
(D-Calif.), on whose turf the Rodney
King beating took place and who
says that she called for the
resignation of Police Chief Gates as
early as ten years ago. "People
want police protection and crime
prevention," she says, "and people
have a right to expect that they will
get good police work without
having their rights violated. The
police want us to open the door
and give them the right to do
whatever they want to do, and
we've done just that. We've gone
that route in Los Angeles. Daryl
Gates used it as an opportunity to
run roughshod over the community.
He ordered a battering ram that's
like a tank. He went through this
public relations effort of knocking
down the doors of crack houses. It
didn't do anything to reduce the
number of crack houses. He did
sweeps of gangs and rounded them
up in great public relations displays.
"It's time for a revolution in
management in police departments
around this country," the
congresswoman exhorts. "The old
approach has long ago outlived its
usefulness and the business of
trying to rule the streets with the
billy club and the gun is over. The
police institution has not gone
through a revitalization in my
lifetime and in most people's
lifetime. It's an antiquated
operations. They [the police] are
not prepared to deal with new
attitudes, new diversity, and that's
the main problem in the cities.
They're now dealing with Asians
and Mexican-Americans and
African-Americans who come from a
new generation of people, who look
different, dress differently, whose
ideas about freedom are different.
Some of these young
African-Americans are not going to
kowtow to these officers and treat
them as though they are something
special."
Some law enforcement experts
warn against the temptation of
further eroding the public's respect
for police officers, and thus their
effectiveness, by characterizing all
cops as mean and unprofessional.
Most cops on the beat, they
maintain, are dedicated public
servants who day after day put their
own lives on the line in order to
protect the rest of us. All that's
necessary, they say, is to identify
and get rid of the few rotten apples.
But others see the "few rotten
apples" theory as a simplistic one,
insisting that the problem of police
brutality goes much deeper and
thus calls for much more
far-reaching measures to correct.
Above all, they say, it calls for a
thorough understanding of the
psychological dynamics that turn
some policemen into cruel,
unfeeling brutes on the job
although they are known as loving
and gentle family men at home.
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22, 2005 at 04:30 AM
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22, 2005 at 04:30 AM
Testimony of Police Brutality Across
the Nation
Police brutality is rampant across
the country, especially against
minorites and working-class people
the Nation
Police brutality is rampant across
the country, especially against
minorites and working-class people
Shielded from Justice
Police Brutality and Accountability
in the United States
Police Brutality and Accountability
in the United States
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Police abuse remains
one of the most serious and
divisive human rights violations in
the United States. The excessive
use of force by police officers,
including unjustified shootings,
severe beatings, fatal chokings,
and rough treatment, persists
because overwhelming barriers to
accountability make it possible for
officers who commit human rights
violations to escape due
punishment and often to repeat
their offenses
one of the most serious and
divisive human rights violations in
the United States. The excessive
use of force by police officers,
including unjustified shootings,
severe beatings, fatal chokings,
and rough treatment, persists
because overwhelming barriers to
accountability make it possible for
officers who commit human rights
violations to escape due
punishment and often to repeat
their offenses
Article:
In 1968, Chicago became a symbol
of police brutality as overzealous
police officers attacked protesters
outside the Democratic National
Convention while a national
television audience watched. There
was no repeat of that level of
violence against protesters during
the 1996 Democratic National
Convention, but in the intervening
years Chicago's police have
reportedly committed serious
abuses, including torture. In
November 1997, police
Superintendent Matt Rodriguez
resigned after reports surfaced
that he had maintained a close
friendship with a convicted felon, in
violation of department policy.1 A
new chief, twenty-nine-year veteran
Terry Hillard, was named in
February 1998; he told reporters
that "misconduct, corruption and
brutality will not be tolerated
In 1968, Chicago became a symbol
of police brutality as overzealous
police officers attacked protesters
outside the Democratic National
Convention while a national
television audience watched. There
was no repeat of that level of
violence against protesters during
the 1996 Democratic National
Convention, but in the intervening
years Chicago's police have
reportedly committed serious
abuses, including torture. In
November 1997, police
Superintendent Matt Rodriguez
resigned after reports surfaced
that he had maintained a close
friendship with a convicted felon, in
violation of department policy.1 A
new chief, twenty-nine-year veteran
Terry Hillard, was named in
February 1998; he told reporters
that "misconduct, corruption and
brutality will not be tolerated
Article:
On March 1, 2000, unarmed Malcolm
Ferguson was shot and killed by
police and became one of
thousands of Stolen Lives
documented in the Stolen Lives
Project*, days after taking part in
protests against the not guilty
verdict for the cops who killed
Amadou Diallo, and only blocks from
Amadou Diallo's home.
Juanita Young, Malcolm's mother,
and other members of Malcolm's
family have since then dared to
fight for justice, for Malcolm, and
against police brutality in general.
Juanita has joined the community of
parents of Stolen Lives who have
courageously stood up for justice,
through threats, harassment and
attacks from media and authorities,
including police and mayors. She
works with the October 22
Coalition, Parents Against Police
Brutality, and the Justice
Committee. Juanita Young, like
these other parents, are living
indictments of the national
epidemic of police brutality that is
stealing the lives of our youth.
More on this story click here!
On March 1, 2000, unarmed Malcolm
Ferguson was shot and killed by
police and became one of
thousands of Stolen Lives
documented in the Stolen Lives
Project*, days after taking part in
protests against the not guilty
verdict for the cops who killed
Amadou Diallo, and only blocks from
Amadou Diallo's home.
Juanita Young, Malcolm's mother,
and other members of Malcolm's
family have since then dared to
fight for justice, for Malcolm, and
against police brutality in general.
Juanita has joined the community of
parents of Stolen Lives who have
courageously stood up for justice,
through threats, harassment and
attacks from media and authorities,
including police and mayors. She
works with the October 22
Coalition, Parents Against Police
Brutality, and the Justice
Committee. Juanita Young, like
these other parents, are living
indictments of the national
epidemic of police brutality that is
stealing the lives of our youth.
More on this story click here!
Taser Abuse
Article:
Article:
Abuse by law enforcement
officers in the United States
is one of the most serious and
divisive human rights violations in
the country. The violations persist
nationwide, in rural, suburban, and
urban areas of the country,
committed by various law
enforcement personnel including
local and state police, sheriff's
departments, and federal agents.
Police have engaged in unjustified
shootings, severe beatings, fatal
chokings, and unnecessarily rough
treatment. While the proportion of
repeatedly abusive officers on any
force is generally small,
responsible authorities— including
law enforcement supervisors, as
well as local and federal
government leadership—often fail
to act decisively to restrain or
penalize such acts.
Read More
Abuse by law enforcement
officers in the United States
is one of the most serious and
divisive human rights violations in
the country. The violations persist
nationwide, in rural, suburban, and
urban areas of the country,
committed by various law
enforcement personnel including
local and state police, sheriff's
departments, and federal agents.
Police have engaged in unjustified
shootings, severe beatings, fatal
chokings, and unnecessarily rough
treatment. While the proportion of
repeatedly abusive officers on any
force is generally small,
responsible authorities— including
law enforcement supervisors, as
well as local and federal
government leadership—often fail
to act decisively to restrain or
penalize such acts.
Read More
Article:
Police Brutality:
A License to Maul
by James Bovard,
The Founding Fathers sought to
create a "government of laws, not
of men." A key principle of this
doctrine is that no person is above
the law — that every government
employee must obey the same laws
that government imposes on
private citizens. Unfortunately,
when it comes to police brutality,
politicians, judges, and police
bureaucrats have often miserably
failed to protect the American
public.
While many police are bravely and
steadfastly serving and protecting
their fellow citizens, too many
others are acting like public
enemies:
Continue Reading story
Police Brutality:
A License to Maul
by James Bovard,
The Founding Fathers sought to
create a "government of laws, not
of men." A key principle of this
doctrine is that no person is above
the law — that every government
employee must obey the same laws
that government imposes on
private citizens. Unfortunately,
when it comes to police brutality,
politicians, judges, and police
bureaucrats have often miserably
failed to protect the American
public.
While many police are bravely and
steadfastly serving and protecting
their fellow citizens, too many
others are acting like public
enemies:
Continue Reading story
Article:
Epidemic Of Police Brutality
& Harassment
Sweeps America & UK
An epidemic of violence and
harassment is sweeping the
country. Police are being trained
that the general public are the
enemy and that they can engage in
outright brutality without recourse.
Taser deaths are skyrocketing
because the police have been
ordered to use "pain compliance",
otherwise known as torture, to
subdue and oppress the citizenry.
Police are also increasingly
completely unaware of the laws
they are supposed to enforce and
have resolved to invent offences
out of thin air as an excuse to
harass people. It is time for police
to remember that their duty is to
protect the general public from
criminals and not act as enforcers
for a tyrannical police state.
Read More! @ Prison Planet . com
Epidemic Of Police Brutality
& Harassment
Sweeps America & UK
An epidemic of violence and
harassment is sweeping the
country. Police are being trained
that the general public are the
enemy and that they can engage in
outright brutality without recourse.
Taser deaths are skyrocketing
because the police have been
ordered to use "pain compliance",
otherwise known as torture, to
subdue and oppress the citizenry.
Police are also increasingly
completely unaware of the laws
they are supposed to enforce and
have resolved to invent offences
out of thin air as an excuse to
harass people. It is time for police
to remember that their duty is to
protect the general public from
criminals and not act as enforcers
for a tyrannical police state.
Read More! @ Prison Planet . com
Article:
America’s Police Brutality
Pandemic
by Paul Craig Roberts
Bush’s "war on terror" quickly
became Bush’s war on Iraqi
civilians. So far over one million
Iraqi civilians have lost their lives
because of Bush’s invasion, and
four million have been displaced.
Iraq’s infrastructure is in ruins.
Disease is rampart. Normal life has
disappeared.
Self-righteous Americans justify
these monstrous crimes as
necessary to ensure their own
safety from terrorist attack. Yet,
Americans are in far greater danger
from their own police forces than
they are from foreign terrorists.
Ironically, Bush’s "war on terror"
has made Americans less safe at
home by diminishing US civil liberty
and turning an epidemic of US
police brutality into a pandemic.
The only terrorist most Americans
will ever encounter is a policeman
with a badge, nightstick, mace and
Taser. A Google search for "police
brutality videos" turns up 2,210,000
entries. Some entries are foreign
and some are probably
duplications, but the number is so
large that a person could do
nothing but watch police brutality
videos for the rest of his life. A
search on "You Tube" alone turned
up 2,280 police brutality videos.
PrisonPlanet has a selection of the
most outrageous recent cases.
Continue Reading Story
America’s Police Brutality
Pandemic
by Paul Craig Roberts
Bush’s "war on terror" quickly
became Bush’s war on Iraqi
civilians. So far over one million
Iraqi civilians have lost their lives
because of Bush’s invasion, and
four million have been displaced.
Iraq’s infrastructure is in ruins.
Disease is rampart. Normal life has
disappeared.
Self-righteous Americans justify
these monstrous crimes as
necessary to ensure their own
safety from terrorist attack. Yet,
Americans are in far greater danger
from their own police forces than
they are from foreign terrorists.
Ironically, Bush’s "war on terror"
has made Americans less safe at
home by diminishing US civil liberty
and turning an epidemic of US
police brutality into a pandemic.
The only terrorist most Americans
will ever encounter is a policeman
with a badge, nightstick, mace and
Taser. A Google search for "police
brutality videos" turns up 2,210,000
entries. Some entries are foreign
and some are probably
duplications, but the number is so
large that a person could do
nothing but watch police brutality
videos for the rest of his life. A
search on "You Tube" alone turned
up 2,280 police brutality videos.
PrisonPlanet has a selection of the
most outrageous recent cases.
Continue Reading Story
Article:
Welcome, Mom, to the Neo-
Fascist, Imperialist,
Police State
I talked at length with my mother
the other night, and in an unusual
turn of conversation, we ended up
chatting for nearly two hours about
politics, the world, the war, the
economy, and life for our loved
ones long after we’re gone.
Mom mused over world events
and the possible outcomes of the
war on Iraq. She hinted that she
felt like she was living under some
sort of Communist regime, where
the State was all-powerful and its
subjects were at the whim and
decrees of their appointed
masters. She worried that her
grandson could grow up in an
environment where his every
movement and action is monitored
under an Orwellian state of affairs.
Read more
Welcome, Mom, to the Neo-
Fascist, Imperialist,
Police State
I talked at length with my mother
the other night, and in an unusual
turn of conversation, we ended up
chatting for nearly two hours about
politics, the world, the war, the
economy, and life for our loved
ones long after we’re gone.
Mom mused over world events
and the possible outcomes of the
war on Iraq. She hinted that she
felt like she was living under some
sort of Communist regime, where
the State was all-powerful and its
subjects were at the whim and
decrees of their appointed
masters. She worried that her
grandson could grow up in an
environment where his every
movement and action is monitored
under an Orwellian state of affairs.
Read more
More Links:
Article:
We expect police to work hard
preventing crime and keeping us
safe. To be sure, the vast majority
of police officers are dedicated to
protecting the public. We are
immensely grateful to these law
enforcement professionals.
However, there are law
enforcement officials who ignore
their sworn duty and violate the
rights of law-abiding citizens. In
these situations, the innocent
victim of police brutality may have
the right to make a legal claim
against the abusive officers and
the police department where they
work. If you or a loved one was
injured by federal, state, county, or
local law enforcement officers, and
you believe that your injury
resulted from their excessive force
or abuse of authority, it is important
to talk with a police brutality lawyer
with experience in your state's and
federal police brutality and civil
rights laws. More Info Here!
We expect police to work hard
preventing crime and keeping us
safe. To be sure, the vast majority
of police officers are dedicated to
protecting the public. We are
immensely grateful to these law
enforcement professionals.
However, there are law
enforcement officials who ignore
their sworn duty and violate the
rights of law-abiding citizens. In
these situations, the innocent
victim of police brutality may have
the right to make a legal claim
against the abusive officers and
the police department where they
work. If you or a loved one was
injured by federal, state, county, or
local law enforcement officers, and
you believe that your injury
resulted from their excessive force
or abuse of authority, it is important
to talk with a police brutality lawyer
with experience in your state's and
federal police brutality and civil
rights laws. More Info Here!
Article:
NYC Shows Outrage Against
Police Terrorism
Undaunted by heavy rain, several
hundred protesters gathered in
front of Madison Square Garden in
midtown Manhattan for “A Day of
Outrage against Police Terrorism”
on the sixth anniversary of the 2001
World Trade Center terrorist attack.
Organizers, led by the black human
rights defenders of the December
12th Movement, dared to expand
the definition of terrorism to
include systemic police violence in
black and Latino communities
throughout the United States.
Protesters held placards displaying
many of the victims of police terror
in New York City and across the
United states and demanded the
immediate termination of NYC
Police Commissioner Raymond
Kelly.
The day started in struggle as NYPD
officials, citing the sound permit
limitations, set up steel cage
barricades on the northeast corner
of 33rd St and 8th Ave and tried to
entice organizers to herd the
people gathering across the street
into them. December 12th security
forces politely refused. Police then
moved the barricades across the
street to surround them. Security
forces then positioned the people
in a military formation marched
them out of the barricaded area to
the sound permit area and held the
initial rally.
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NYC Shows Outrage Against
Police Terrorism
Undaunted by heavy rain, several
hundred protesters gathered in
front of Madison Square Garden in
midtown Manhattan for “A Day of
Outrage against Police Terrorism”
on the sixth anniversary of the 2001
World Trade Center terrorist attack.
Organizers, led by the black human
rights defenders of the December
12th Movement, dared to expand
the definition of terrorism to
include systemic police violence in
black and Latino communities
throughout the United States.
Protesters held placards displaying
many of the victims of police terror
in New York City and across the
United states and demanded the
immediate termination of NYC
Police Commissioner Raymond
Kelly.
The day started in struggle as NYPD
officials, citing the sound permit
limitations, set up steel cage
barricades on the northeast corner
of 33rd St and 8th Ave and tried to
entice organizers to herd the
people gathering across the street
into them. December 12th security
forces politely refused. Police then
moved the barricades across the
street to surround them. Security
forces then positioned the people
in a military formation marched
them out of the barricaded area to
the sound permit area and held the
initial rally.
Continue Reading Story
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PHOTOGRAPHER /
COMMUNITY LEADER,
BENNETT HALL DRAGGED
OFF CURB AND ARRESTED
FOR TAKING PICTURES
Photographer and community
Leader, Bennett Hall was arrested
and charged with battery on a
police officer. The officer alleges
Hall battered him with his $4,000
camera Friday July 25th, at 7:30 p.m.
at Powell and Market, while Hall was
taking pictures of the Critical Mass
ride.
Witnesses report however, that
Hall, often referred to as the
"Mayor of Powell Street", was
intentionally assaulted by Tactical
squad Officer Cardenas, who
dragged Hall into the street off the
curb. As the crowd shouted, "Let
him [Hall] Go!", Hall alleges
Cardenas threatened to break his
arm if he didn't give him the
camera. Facing this threat, Hall
gave Cardenas the camera,
cautioning him of its value.
Witnesses reported Cardenas then
recklessly threw the camera inside
his patrol car. Thirty seconds later,
Amber Colliton, concerned for Hall
and the cameras' safety, jumped
from the crowd, pulled the camera
from the squad car and threw it into
the crowd shouting, "Get it [the
camera] to the Chronicle." As the
crowd echoed Colliton's cry, the
"flying" camera first hit police
reporter, Rodney Foo of the San
Jose Mercury, in the chest causing
him minor injuries. Then, Eugene
Hill, 47, a bystander, picked up the
camera and attempted to leave the
scene to go to the Chronicle.
Another Tactical Squad officer then
tackled, clubbed, kicked and
pepper sprayed Hill, causing him
severe injuries. Immediately after
this incident, numerous other
cyclist were attacked and arrested
by police in a melee sparked by the
crowds outrage at Hall's arrest and
Hill's beating. Later, Hill, in agony
and handcuffs at Southern Station,
was demeaned by officers and
paramedics and denied proper
medical care for his injuries, said
witnesses. Hall, who has led a
volunteer effort, dramatically
improving public safety at Powell &
Market, working with SFPD and the
business community for over five
years, questions how SFPD could
allow this travesty of justice to
occur.
Continue Reading Story.
PHOTOGRAPHER /
COMMUNITY LEADER,
BENNETT HALL DRAGGED
OFF CURB AND ARRESTED
FOR TAKING PICTURES
Photographer and community
Leader, Bennett Hall was arrested
and charged with battery on a
police officer. The officer alleges
Hall battered him with his $4,000
camera Friday July 25th, at 7:30 p.m.
at Powell and Market, while Hall was
taking pictures of the Critical Mass
ride.
Witnesses report however, that
Hall, often referred to as the
"Mayor of Powell Street", was
intentionally assaulted by Tactical
squad Officer Cardenas, who
dragged Hall into the street off the
curb. As the crowd shouted, "Let
him [Hall] Go!", Hall alleges
Cardenas threatened to break his
arm if he didn't give him the
camera. Facing this threat, Hall
gave Cardenas the camera,
cautioning him of its value.
Witnesses reported Cardenas then
recklessly threw the camera inside
his patrol car. Thirty seconds later,
Amber Colliton, concerned for Hall
and the cameras' safety, jumped
from the crowd, pulled the camera
from the squad car and threw it into
the crowd shouting, "Get it [the
camera] to the Chronicle." As the
crowd echoed Colliton's cry, the
"flying" camera first hit police
reporter, Rodney Foo of the San
Jose Mercury, in the chest causing
him minor injuries. Then, Eugene
Hill, 47, a bystander, picked up the
camera and attempted to leave the
scene to go to the Chronicle.
Another Tactical Squad officer then
tackled, clubbed, kicked and
pepper sprayed Hill, causing him
severe injuries. Immediately after
this incident, numerous other
cyclist were attacked and arrested
by police in a melee sparked by the
crowds outrage at Hall's arrest and
Hill's beating. Later, Hill, in agony
and handcuffs at Southern Station,
was demeaned by officers and
paramedics and denied proper
medical care for his injuries, said
witnesses. Hall, who has led a
volunteer effort, dramatically
improving public safety at Powell &
Market, working with SFPD and the
business community for over five
years, questions how SFPD could
allow this travesty of justice to
occur.
Continue Reading Story.
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Article+ Video:
We Don't Live In A
Democracy
We live in a racist police state.
Case in point, the fake furor over
the tasered student at a John Kerry
speech at the University of Florida.
While I won’t defend the obnoxious
conduct of this kid that provoked a
physical confrontation, it didn’t
ever merit him being tasered while
Senator Kerry told them to leave
him be. Acting like they didn’t know
how to put the boy out the room
without looking like a trailer park
trained gestapo, doesn’t wash with
me.
Last week, a minister, the Rev.
Lennox Yearwood, was attacked on
Capitol Hill by the notoriously racist
Capitol Hill Police force before the
General Petraus hearings. Not a
peep was heard even though the
widely read Firedoglake blog
posted the video.
Watch Video Here!
We Don't Live In A
Democracy
We live in a racist police state.
Case in point, the fake furor over
the tasered student at a John Kerry
speech at the University of Florida.
While I won’t defend the obnoxious
conduct of this kid that provoked a
physical confrontation, it didn’t
ever merit him being tasered while
Senator Kerry told them to leave
him be. Acting like they didn’t know
how to put the boy out the room
without looking like a trailer park
trained gestapo, doesn’t wash with
me.
Last week, a minister, the Rev.
Lennox Yearwood, was attacked on
Capitol Hill by the notoriously racist
Capitol Hill Police force before the
General Petraus hearings. Not a
peep was heard even though the
widely read Firedoglake blog
posted the video.
Watch Video Here!
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
Watch this Video:
Cop Watch:
A documentary about an
organization called Cop Watch. Cop
Watch is dedicated to monitoring
police activity and reporting any
police misconduct and civil rights
violations.
Cop Watch educates intercity
citizens on there rights and how to
protect your self against police
abuse,profiling, harassment, and
bullying,. Cop Watch also organizes
communities to watch and video
tape police activities
Learn More Watch this video!
Visit / Cop Watch Web Site @
CopWatch.com
Watch this Video:
Cop Watch:
A documentary about an
organization called Cop Watch. Cop
Watch is dedicated to monitoring
police activity and reporting any
police misconduct and civil rights
violations.
Cop Watch educates intercity
citizens on there rights and how to
protect your self against police
abuse,profiling, harassment, and
bullying,. Cop Watch also organizes
communities to watch and video
tape police activities
Learn More Watch this video!
Visit / Cop Watch Web Site @
CopWatch.com
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Article;
Ohio cop on leave after
video shows woman being
hit by stun gun
Warren City police are investigating
a September 2 incident in which the
officer repeatedly used a Taser to
control the woman, who police
allege was wildly out of control
after being forced from a bar.
According to Officer Rich Kovach's
own police report, he shocked
Heidi Gill, 38, seven times -- twice
after she had been handcuffed
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Ohio cop on leave after
video shows woman being
hit by stun gun
Warren City police are investigating
a September 2 incident in which the
officer repeatedly used a Taser to
control the woman, who police
allege was wildly out of control
after being forced from a bar.
According to Officer Rich Kovach's
own police report, he shocked
Heidi Gill, 38, seven times -- twice
after she had been handcuffed
Read Full Story
Article;
Cops Kill Man, Raid
Wrong House
By Vicki Brown
Associated Press Writer
Oct. 6, 2000;
LEBANON, Tenn. –– A 61-year-old
man was shot to death by police
while his wife was handcuffed in
another room during a drug raid on
the wrong house.
Police admitted their mistake,
saying faulty information from a
drug informant contributed to the
death of John Adams Wednesday
night. They intended to raid the
home next door.
The two officers, 25-year-old Kyle
Shedran and 24-year-old Greg Day,
were placed on administrative
leave with pay.
"They need to get rid of those men,
boys with toys," said Adams' 70-year-
old widow, Loraine.
John Adams was watching
television when his wife heard
pounding on the door. Police claim
they identified themselves and
wore police jackets. Loraine Adams
said she had no indication the men
were police.
"I thought it was a home invasion. I
said 'Baby, get your gun!," she said,
sitting amid friends and relatives
gathered at her home to cook and
prepare for Sunday's funeral.
Police say her husband fired first
with a sawed-off shotgun and they
responded. He was shot at least
three times and died later at
Vanderbilt University Medical
Center in Nashville.
Loraine Adams said she was
handcuffed and thrown to her
knees in another room when the
shooting began.
"I said, 'Y'all have got the wrong
person, you've got the wrong place.
What are you looking for?'"
"We did the best surveillance we
could do, and a mistake was made,"
Lebanon Police Chief Billy Weeks
said. "It's a very severe mistake, a
costly mistake. It makes us look at
our own policies and procedures to
make sure this never occurs
again." He said, however, the two
policemen were not at fault.
The Tennessee Bureau of
Investigation is investigating.
NAACP officials said they are
monitoring the case. Adams was
black. The two policemen are white.
Family members did not consider
race a factor and Weeks agreed,
but said the shooting will be "a
major setback" for police relations
with the black community.
"We know that, we hope to do
everything we can to heal it,"
Weeks said.
Johnny Crudup, a local NAACP
official, said the organization
wanted to make sure and would
investigate on its own.
Weeks said he has turned the
search warrant and all other
evidence over to the bureau of
investigation and District Attorney
General Tommy Thompson. A
command officer must now review
all search warrants.
Cops Kill Man, Raid
Wrong House
By Vicki Brown
Associated Press Writer
Oct. 6, 2000;
LEBANON, Tenn. –– A 61-year-old
man was shot to death by police
while his wife was handcuffed in
another room during a drug raid on
the wrong house.
Police admitted their mistake,
saying faulty information from a
drug informant contributed to the
death of John Adams Wednesday
night. They intended to raid the
home next door.
The two officers, 25-year-old Kyle
Shedran and 24-year-old Greg Day,
were placed on administrative
leave with pay.
"They need to get rid of those men,
boys with toys," said Adams' 70-year-
old widow, Loraine.
John Adams was watching
television when his wife heard
pounding on the door. Police claim
they identified themselves and
wore police jackets. Loraine Adams
said she had no indication the men
were police.
"I thought it was a home invasion. I
said 'Baby, get your gun!," she said,
sitting amid friends and relatives
gathered at her home to cook and
prepare for Sunday's funeral.
Police say her husband fired first
with a sawed-off shotgun and they
responded. He was shot at least
three times and died later at
Vanderbilt University Medical
Center in Nashville.
Loraine Adams said she was
handcuffed and thrown to her
knees in another room when the
shooting began.
"I said, 'Y'all have got the wrong
person, you've got the wrong place.
What are you looking for?'"
"We did the best surveillance we
could do, and a mistake was made,"
Lebanon Police Chief Billy Weeks
said. "It's a very severe mistake, a
costly mistake. It makes us look at
our own policies and procedures to
make sure this never occurs
again." He said, however, the two
policemen were not at fault.
The Tennessee Bureau of
Investigation is investigating.
NAACP officials said they are
monitoring the case. Adams was
black. The two policemen are white.
Family members did not consider
race a factor and Weeks agreed,
but said the shooting will be "a
major setback" for police relations
with the black community.
"We know that, we hope to do
everything we can to heal it,"
Weeks said.
Johnny Crudup, a local NAACP
official, said the organization
wanted to make sure and would
investigate on its own.
Weeks said he has turned the
search warrant and all other
evidence over to the bureau of
investigation and District Attorney
General Tommy Thompson. A
command officer must now review
all search warrants.
THUG COP ASSAULTS 13 YEAR OLD
KIDS FOR SKATEBOARDING.
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KIDS FOR SKATEBOARDING.
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Article;
Thug Cop Beats Up
Defenseless Handcuffed
Woman
Claims victim who ended up with
two black eyes in a pool of her own
blood "fell over"
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Shocking police station video of an
argumentative woman who ended
up unconscious in a pool of her
own blood with two black eyes, a
broken nose and broken teeth did
not lead to criminal charges against
the cop after officials claimed the
woman "fell over."
Quite how Angela Garbarino
received two black eyes, a broken
nose, broken teeth and blood
pouring from her head after a "slip
and fall" is not quite explained by
officials or ABC News, who ran with
the headline Police Brutality or Slip
and Fall?
Below is a low quality You Tube
version, the high quality ABC News
version can be watched here.
Story continues here!
Thug Cop Beats Up
Defenseless Handcuffed
Woman
Claims victim who ended up with
two black eyes in a pool of her own
blood "fell over"
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Shocking police station video of an
argumentative woman who ended
up unconscious in a pool of her
own blood with two black eyes, a
broken nose and broken teeth did
not lead to criminal charges against
the cop after officials claimed the
woman "fell over."
Quite how Angela Garbarino
received two black eyes, a broken
nose, broken teeth and blood
pouring from her head after a "slip
and fall" is not quite explained by
officials or ABC News, who ran with
the headline Police Brutality or Slip
and Fall?
Below is a low quality You Tube
version, the high quality ABC News
version can be watched here.
Story continues here!
After a death, use of police Taser in
Canada is debated
Another Meaningless Taser Death:
Police Use Of Stun Guns Out Of
Control
70 Deaths After Use Of Stun Gun
Lead To Questions Over Its Safety
Taser Watch
Canada is debated
Another Meaningless Taser Death:
Police Use Of Stun Guns Out Of
Control
70 Deaths After Use Of Stun Gun
Lead To Questions Over Its Safety
Taser Watch
