Murder Trial Delayed: White Del City Police Captain Shot Black Teen in the Back - "Unarmed, Not Posing a Threat"

From [HERE] The manslaughter trial of a white Del City police captain accused in the shooting death of a black teenager has been postponed.

Randy Harrison was scheduled for trial Monday for the March 14, 2012, death of 18-year-old Dane Scott Jr. On Thursday, Oklahoma County District Judge Donald Deason granted a defense motion to postpone Harrison's trial until Nov. 18.

According to a police affidavit filed in the case, "Scott was unarmed and was not posing a threat of death of great bodily harm to the officers or any other person."

In the affidavit, Del City police Capt. Jody Suit said Harrison took a gun away from Scott during a struggle before Scott ran off, the affidavit shows. Officer Steve Robinson, one of the officers at the scene, testified that he didn't see anything in Scott's hands after the teen scuffled with Harrison. Robinson said he fired his stun gun at Scott. "He didn't make a move or turn toward me," Robinson said.

A utility worker also testified that he saw a police officer wrestle the gun away from Scott and saw Scott run before he was shot by the officer. As Scott ran away, Harrison fired three times and missed, but a fourth shot struck Scott in the back according to court documents. Witnesses to the shooting claim Scott Jr. was running away from police officers with his hands in the air when police fired at the teen. A clerk at a nearby convenience store reports hearing “about 4, 5, 6” shots. The clerk states, “It was like being on a firing range.” [MORE] and [MORE]

“The boy didn’t have no gun. He had his hands, like this, in the air,” one witness said. [MORE]

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White Winter Park Overseer (officer) resigns, accused of racist remarks about killing Black children during Trayvon Martin meeting

From [HERE] A white Winter Park police officer resigned Thursday after derogatory remarks colleagues said he made about African-Americans prompted an internal investigation. Lt. Ron Johnson's notice of retirement was one sentence long and made no mention of a derogatory remark his colleagues said he made about African-Americans, during a shift meeting about the anniversary of Trayvon Martin's death.

The investigation began with a complaint from a union leader and officer who said that during discussion about potential protests surrounding Martin's death anniversary, Johnson said, "This is why they should be drowned at birth."

The complaint said the comment was "clearly understood to be racially derogatory." Officials said it happened in the presence of at least one African-American officer who said she was offended, but was not the person who made the complaint.

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White Springfield Cops Assault and Use Taser on Black Woman, 8 Months Pregnant - on video

(In their relations with non-white people, white supremacists function as psychopaths. The psychopath is an individual who is constantly in conflict with other persons or groups.  He is unable to experience guilt, is completely selfish and callous, and has a total disregard for the rights of others. [MORE]) From [HERE] An unarmed Black woman 8 months pregnant was tased by Springfield police after she reported a car accident in the parking lot of Best Buy on Saturday. The woman in question is 29-year-old Lucinda White. Her boyfriend, 31-year-old Frederic Thomas was also tased and taken to jail for assaulting a police officer. Thomas and White were released from the Sangamon County Jail on Sunday evening.

Springfield police claim the couple's behavior warranted officer restraint. "She was, her and her boyfriend were both actively fighting with an officer and they used the force that was necessary to affect the arrest," said D.C. Cliff Buscher with the Springfield Police Department.

The incident unfolded in front of a reporter, Paul Newton, from ABC NewsChannel 20. "They told her get down on the ground face down, and she's trying to plead with them 'I can't get on the ground, I'm pregnant. I can't do that,' and they told her once again. And she, she's just trying to plead with them and then right away they hit her with the taser," said Newton.

NOPD Assures Public - 'Racial Targeting by Police definitely, definitely not happening'

The above video was released last month showing a gang of white plainclothes overseers (officers) attacking two Black teenagers. Officers assaulted the youths because "they appeared to be in violation of curfew" during Mardi Gras. The video, which lacks audio, shows 17-year-old Sidney Newman and 18-year-old Ferdinand Hunt standing against a wall. The officers approach quickly as the boys appear to have their backs turned to the white men.  All the officers are wearing jeans and other casual attire - one has on a backwards baseball cap, another has beads around his neck. The officers tackle the teenagers to the ground and then pounce on them. [MORE] 

From [HERE] The New Orleans Police Department continues to address concerns about racial profiling, as it works to satisfy terms of a federal consent decree. New Orleans Police Chief Ronal Serpas, in photo below, today on WWL said allegations of racial profiling may be the toughest to handle. "Racial profiling is one of the most important issues of our day.  I would never say that I think it doesn't exist," the chief told WWL's Garland Robinette.

Serpas says cops aren't trained to view potential suspects along racial lines.  Raymond Burkart, lawyer for the Police Association of New Orleans, says better record keeping could help the department rebut those claims when raised by the public. "We've got to do a better job making sure that we have accurate data to insure that racial profiling doesn't exist," Burkart said.

Chief said it's not racial profiling to go look for specific suspects that match the descriptions given by crime victims.  He said in seven out of ten crimes not involving drugs or guns, the victims are African-American, "and nine out of ten times, they described their perpetrator as an African-American male."

Burkart says that's the kind of thing the department needs to keep better records on: "I do know from speaking to officers that they're not looking for specific people of specific races just to stop people for no reason," he said.  "That's not the case at all."

"Police State" in Hill County, TX. White Sheriffs Detained Latino Men for 39 days in Jail Without Charge, Probable Cause

From [HERE] and [HERE] Two Latino men are suing a Texas police department they say locked them in jail for 39 days “with no charges, no hearing, and no probable cause” after a March 2011 traffic stop. They also claim cops seized $14,000 in cash they had saved to buy a car.

Roberto Moreno-Gutierrez and Jaime Moreno-Gutierrez are suing Hill County, the Hill County Sheriff’s Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety in federal court. Their complaint states that the two men were en route from their home in Killeen, Texas to a car dealership in Plano, Texas to purchase a used hybrid electric car, AlterNet reports.

At that point they were pulled over and detained by Texas State Trooper Carl. R. Clary, who was driving with a K-9 unit. Troop Clary was not, however, identified as a party to the complaint that has been filed since

“The trooper provided no traffic violation or reason for the stop to the plaintiffs,” the complaint states. “The trooper requested driver licenses from both plaintiffs, which he then took to his patrol unit. Upon returning, he requested to search the vehicle. Consent was given, and he then brought out his dog. After a search, the dog was put in its kennel. No drugs or drug paraphernalia were found in the vehicle or on the plaintiffs."

“The officer used a translator apparatus to translate his questions but did not translate the Spanish responses into English,” the suit continues. “He inquired as to the money and the plaintiffs explained where it came from and why they had legal possession."

“There was simply no indication of wrongdoing. Nevertheless, Trooper Clary seized the money and waited for backup. After 20 minutes, the plaintiffs were taken to another squad car and were told they were going to be interviewed where it was quiet. Even though there was no sign from the K-9 and, therefore, no probable cause, the arriving officers tore apart the vehicle for money or drugs that did not exist.”

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Williams case should have gone to a jury- White Milwaukee Cops Ignored Handcuffed Black who Suffocated to Death - on Video

"Sir I Can't Breathe." graphic video. no sound for first minute. From [HERE] The family of Derek Williams is still looking for justice after a decision last week by special prosecutor John Franke, a white man, not to charge Milwaukee police officers in Williams' death. The young man died in the back of a squad car in July 2011 while pleading for assistance with a breathing problem. Franke wrote Friday to District Attorney John Chisholm that "there is no reasonable likelihood of obtaining a conviction in this case."

But that flies in the face of the opinion of an inquest jury, which unanimously recommended that three officers be charged with failure to render aid by law enforcement, a misdemeanor. We think Franke should have taken what he had to court.

The squad car video that shows Williams gasping for air and begging for help is troubling. Officers are required to "continually monitor and remain cognizant of the condition of a person in custody, especially when he/she is in restraints," according to MPD's Standard Operating Procedures. We think the video plainly shows that they didn't do that.

The officers involved earlier were cleared by Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and their own department. And the medical examiner's office originally ruled that Williams died of natural causes. But after the Journal Sentinel brought new evidence to the attention of that office, including the video, the ruling was changed. Now, the medical examiner's office believes Williams' death was a homicide.

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(genocide watch) NYPD Boss said stop-and-frisk designed to 'instill fear' in Non-Whites - Senator's testimony

If You Attempt to Understand Stop & Frisk without understanding White Supremacy you will only be Confused. White Supremacy/Racism is carried out through indirect or direct violence and/or deception. Similar to the increasingly meaningless 4th Amendment rights of non-whites in the U.S., during Nazi Germany, various resident/movement regulations and identification measures were undertaken by the Government as preconditions to genocide.

As the number of Jews or more specifically, Semites (non-white people) rose in Nazi Germany, Jews felt the effects of many decrees and regulations that restricted all aspects of their public and private lives. Identification measures requiring Semites to wear a yellow star for instance enabled the police to pick up any Jew, anywhere, anytime. In the U.S. no such star is necessary - it is your skin color that identifies you as a target.  

From [HERE] A New York State Senator testified in federal court Monday that New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly (racist suspect in photo below) explained the city’s controversial stop-and-frisk program as a means of instilling fear in young African American and Hispanic men.

Twenty-two year NYPD veteran and State Senator Eric Adams told the court that in 2010 he traveled to Albany to voice his support to a bill that would forbid the NYPD from keeping a database of information pulled from stop-and-frisks that did not lead to an arrest. That bill would ultimately pass, but Adams testified on Monday that, upon telling Kelly the program disproportionately targeted young black and Latino men, the commissioner was far from concerned.

The new testimony follows evidence from more than one New York cop indicating that the department has set, officially or unofficially, quotas for stop-and-frisks. There has also been recent testimony from those officers that the program specifically targets people of color.

Kelly “stated that he targeted and focused on that group because he wanted to instill fear in them that every time they left their homes they could be targeted by police,” Adams said.

He said Kelly justified his reasoning by asking, “How else would we get rid of guns?”

“I was amazed,” Adams said in court. “I told him that was illegal.”

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Snitching is the Crime - a deception tool of the white supremacy system

Listen to BBC audio [HERE] Informants or ‘snitches’ have always been part of the US criminal justice system. But there’s been an explosion in the number of informants over the last few decades. That’s because snitching on others is often the only way for defendants to escape tough minimum sentences introduced for drug crimes in the 1980s.

Some law enforcement agencies use informants in as many as 90% of drug cases. But there are surprisingly few regulations about how police recruit and use snitches. Critics say this can lead to unfair convictions and in some cases is putting informants themselves at risk. [MORE]

A major goal of the white supremacy system is the greater confinement of large numbers of non-white people. According to Neely Fuller, "the Racists make certain that non-white people exist under conditions that will most likely cause them to do things that will give the Racists an "excuse" to put them in Greater Confinement. 

White supremacy is carried out through deception. To snitch is to willfully volunteer information about a person with the specific intention of gaining direct or indirect personal favors and or praise from Racists. [theCode]

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Apartheid or Not, White Supremacy Intact: South Africa Cops Face Murder charges after video of Black Man being dragged to his death

"In any socioeconomic material system dominated by Racism (White Supremacy) the victims of Racism (non-white people) are neither "separate" from the racists, nor are they "integrated" with the racists. Therefore under this condition, the victims of Racism have only two choices: 1) act in support of the practice of racism, or 2) act to eliminate the practice of racism" - the Code

From [HERE] Eight police officers have been charged with murder for the death of a taxi driver dragged by a police van. The video, showing police officers strap Mido Macia to their vehicle then drive away, has become a symbol of police brutality in South Africa.

Officers seemed unconcerned about the crowd that watched in horror as Mr Macia was dragged off in Daveyton, near ­Johannesburg.Some shouted that they were filming and one yelled: “What’s he done?”

Two cops knocked him off his feet as the van drove away to stop him trying to run behind it. He had been arrested because his cab was allegedly obstructing traffic and died in a cell two hours after the incident on Tuesday.

A postmortem found Mr Macia, 27, from Mozambique, died of head injuries and internal bleeding. Eight policemen from Daveyton have today been charged with murder.

In a statement, South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma said that the “visuals of the incident are horrific, disturbing and unacceptable.” “No human being should be treated in that manner,” he added. South Africa's police chief Gen Riah Phiyega said she shared "the extreme shock and outrage" over the video evidence of abuse of Macia by police officers and said his rights were "violated in the most extreme form."

Today his friends and relatives of gathered around a simple wooden table in the poor township of Daveyton to mourn his death.

Family claims Officers Beat Black Man to Death in Walker County Jail, Denied Medical Help for Six Days

From [HERE] A Birmingham family claims suspicious circumstances, a flawed autopsy, and unexplained injuries in the death of their 21 year old son at the Walker County Jail. CBS42 News has been investigating their claims for over a month. This week we learned the FBI is opening an investigation into the October 2009 death of Vincent Rowell. Their findings will be turned over to the Justice Department.

"To know he was tortured like that. I can't imagine what he endured, the stuff they did to him," says Linda Rowell of Birmingham. She claims her son received a brutal beating and jail authorities refused to get him medical help. She claims he was left to die on the floor of his jail cell begging for help. "I don't know how they go home each night and not have any sympathy or compassion."

Rowell tells CBS42 News the funeral home was so alarmed by the condition of her son's body that they recorded a videotape. The video shows multiple injuries including a large bruised area on his pelvis and hip.

In photo, Walker County Sheriff John Mark Tirey is quoted as saying there were "no visible signs of trauma or injuries."  The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences ruled the death an accident from "Injuries in Automobile Crash." But there is no evidence of the dump truck Rowell was in actually crashing. Video of the dump truck obtained by CBS42 News from the City of Birmingham only showed flat tires. So where did Rowell's injuries come from?

The chain of events that lead to Rowell's death began when he stole a Birmingham city dump truck in September of  2009. He took it across the state line to visit friends. Driving back through Sumiton in Walker County an officer became suspicious and a chase began with multiple agencies. Sumiton police officer Clint McKinney writes in part in his report:

"The suspect jumped out of the truck and hit the ground running." "I don't know what happened in those woods."  "One of the Marion County guys did advise me that they had to taser him."

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Judge says Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office engaged in 'Fraud on the Court": withheld truth about White Deputy who Killed Latino Man

Racism is the COLLECTIVE behaviors of a group. A white individual within a system of racism/white supremacy has the implicit or explicit support of that system IF they choose to practice racism. For example, when a white policeman shoots an unarmed Latino man -his fellow officers, the police chief, internal affairs, the union, the media, and the prosecutor will support, defend, and finance that white police officer’s “right” to shoot (murder) an unarmed non-white person. That is white collective power. [MORE]

From [HERE] It was June 7th, 2012. By 5:11 that morning 26-year-old Victor Arango became the third person in three weeks shot and killed by a Palm Beach County deputy. “He was just trying to protect his girlfriend, he got shot and killed over it,” said one witness at the scene.

Within just a few hours of the shooting, Sheriff Ric Bradshaw was on the record. "Here we go again, armed suspect going to shoot one of the deputy's and then we had to take the action we had.  We don’t ask people to draw guns on us and try to kill us," he told reporters that morning.

Palm Beach County Sherrif's deputy Michael Suszczynski cheers on his fellow PBSO employees at Seminole Palm Park in Royal Palm Beach as they play Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue during the the first annual Kickball Fest in 2009. Witnesses say he murdered an unarmed Latino Man. Cleared of all wrongdoing he is out patrolling the streets now so watch your back. 

Eyewitness Kevin Mullan, who is white, told investigators that he saw Suszczynski remove the gun from Arango’s waistband and then “he shot him directly with the gun against his side … I mean he was pretty much trying to kill him.”

In the end, the State Attorney, who is white, agreed with the sheriff, concluding Deputy Michael Suszczynski “reasonably feared… for the safety of others at the scene.”  Thus, concluding his decision to shoot was a "reasonable use of force" or "justifiable homicide."

On video sheriff Bradshaw practices white supremacy with words. "I have nothing at this point in time that leads me to believe that this deputy has acted inappropriately in any way shape or form since I've been here." 

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Genocide Training Day? Albany’s SWAT team Stormed a Public housing complex with Fake Grenades, Ammunition - no notice to residents

From [HERE] and [HERE] The story about the Albany police department's failure to alert residents of a public housing complex about a hostage drill the department was staging at the complex, and the residents' angry reactions, shows the gap between public institutions like police departments and residents of subsidized housing. Apparently, all the residents are all non-white. 

The department claims to have made a couple of token efforts to alert residents before the drill. But given the size and intensity of the drill -- which included squads in full gear, the use of flash grenades and the firing of weapons -- the police should have gone much further to alert people who lived right next door. These are families with kids, and for all they knew, a full-scale police assault was taking place and they were in danger.

Again, Albany Police Department's SWAT team conducted a hostage rescue drill in a vacant apartment at the public housing complex, just a few yards away from occupied homes. Residents heard gunfire, flash grenades and breaking glass, and said they had no idea it was a training exercise.

The department's executives threw out some half-hearted apologies. But can you imagine if such an exercise took place, for example, on Coolidge Street in Glens Falls, in a house that happened to be owned by the city? We'd have such a riot of lawsuits and complaints it would bring down the city administration. And the same thing would happen in Albany, if the drill had been staged in a [white] neighborhood. (Practice racism and then apologize and then practice racism and then apologize. Repeat.)

But the police in Albany believe they can act with impunity in non-white neighborhoods, even to the point of staging mock battles along the same hallways residents (including children) walk to get to their apartments. It's an unmitigated outrage and should have serious consequences. But it won't, because the members of the privileged group in charge of the city's institutions (including the Albany newspaper (indeed, the white media says "some residents might have been frightened" by the grenades, fake blood and gun fire- bw) can't imagine themselves living in such a neighborhood and therefore cannot see how wrong this was. [MORE] - (Such is the nature of white supremacy.

So, intentionally not notifying the residents was not apart of the drill? That is, not notifying the residents about a tactical exercise that used significant resources, manpower and took detailed planning was a simple oversight? If you believe that bullshit then you probably also directly or indirectly support white supremacy. File under Genocide Watch). 

Albany police assistant chief Brendan Cox talks during a discussion at the Arbor Hill Neighborhood Association meeting Monday. Residents Chelsey Morales said police confined her to an apartment and Thurston Gross said police threatened to arrest him for trespassing as he tried to get to his own home. He said, "you can't bring me one person who was notified."

The chief of police in Albany, New York says that his department just wanted a “realistic” setting when it frightened residents in a poor, predominately Black neighborhood with SWAT training exercises that included firing blank ammunition and exploding flash grenades. The public housing complex was scheduled to be demolished.

"It looked like a small military operation complete with fatigues and full gear," said Ida Yarbrough resident Lauren Manning, who said her 4-year-old child is still shaken up. "Children should not be exposed to that, not on television, not on radio and definitely not in real life."

Fake blood used by Albany Cops on the sidewalk outside Ida Yarbrough apartments where a police training exercise occurred March 21, 2013. Overseers (officers) used fake blood to make it seem real. If cops knew the blood was fake, then who were they trying to make it seem real to? White supremacy is conducted through violence and/or deception. Wake up. You can be killed in the name of racism anytime, anyplace. Watch your back. 

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A Hostile Work Environment in a White Supremacy System: Jury Finds LAPD Racist. Black Cop Awarded $1.2 Million

(The Dorner Rule: Expect racism from white people everyday. If they are not racist to you then be pleasantly surprised. Having such an expectation will enable you to have an intelligent reaction to racism (play defense) and to constructively solve problems (end racism - survival without justice is meaningless).  This reaction is not shock, outrage, crying, begging, or violent. Such reactions cause stress, anger, misery, strokes, incarceration, or death)

From [HERE] and [HERE] A black Los Angeles police officer was awarded $1.2 million by a jury Tuesday for his racial discrimination and harassment lawsuit against the city and department. The jury deliberated less than a day. Officer Earl Wright, a 23-year veteran on the force, said the department didn't take complaints seriously that dated back to 2009, which caused him to be hospitalized and miss seven months of work because of humiliation, degradation, stress, anxiety and elevated blood pressure. 

A Hostile Evironment in a White Supremacy System:  In photo, racist suspects, Sgt. Peter Foster pretends to use his phone (right) as he is being shielded by LA City Attorney Daniel Aguilera, who defended the City against claims of racsim in the LAPD. Foster was Wright's immediate supervisor and was in charge of the Community Relations Office. Aguilera said the city was very disappointed with the verdict and was examining options to challenge it. The City defended the allegations by arguing that police were only joking with Wright. Perhaps the conduct would be funny - if the operating system of white supremacy did not exist. 

The jury found the LAPD to be racist as a factual matter based on some of the following uncontested facts: 

* Wright approached Foster to request permission to leave work early. Foster, in a very rude and demeaning manner responded, "Why, you gotta go pick watermelons."  

* In November 2009, Sgt. Peter Foster called Wright back from the field to present him with a cake for his 20-year anniversary with the department. The cake was topped with a fried chicken leg and a slice of watermelon.

* In September 2009, photos of Wright and his partner's faces were superimposed on a "Sanford and Son" poster that was plastered around the department and called a family portrait. Specifically, Officer Clinton Pophani also posted the same poster in the records room, locker room, men's bathroom, reporting, writing room and throughout Central Station.  

* On or about October, 2009, a color poster containing two 8 x 11 size pictures of Plaintiff was posted all over Central Station including the locker rooms, watch commander's office, records and reporting room, roll call room and the workout room. Under the pictures were the words "I need your help. I don't know who I want to be for Halloween. Ice Cube from the 90's or Dwayne from What's Happening." The pictures were eventually taken down by Sgt. James T. Willis, after being posted all over the station for several days and viewed by officers, command staff and citizens of Los Angeles.

A text message of a black duckling sent by LAPD supervisors to Wright. (In the absence of white supremacy, niggers would not exist. [MORE])

* On or about October, 2009, Officer Matthew Shaffer, under Foster's direction, downloaded four color pictures of Plaintiff from Plaintiffs facebook account and posted the pictures all over Central Station. Under the first picture was written the words "before yak" - referencing "cognac.  Under the second picture was written "The Lost Jackson" referring to Michael Jackson. Under the third picture was written "Soul Glow." Under the fourth picture was written "keepin it Gangster after a Bottle of Yak." The poster also said "Sup Fool, Lost Member, NWA." The pictures were posted near Wrights desk for everyone to view, including command staff, for approximately 2 months.

* On or about August 29,2010, Wright attended a carnival that was organized by the Senior Lead Officers. At the carnival, Chamberlain stated to Wright that he did not think that a complaint should have been filed against Foster. Chamberlain warned him that he would not be treated well when he returned back to the station because of the complaint he made against Foster. Chamberlain's demeanor was such as to intimidate Wright and make him fearful of further harassment and possible retaliation. [more: PDF of complaint] 

Army of Over 20 Omaha Cops (all white) Terrorize Black Men after Traffic Stop

From [HERE] Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer (in photo below) on Friday temporarily reassigned an officer involved in the arrest of three men whose relatives allege the use of excessive force by police. Schmaderer, who also ordered an internal investigation, and other police officials watched a video of the arrest posted on YouTube, according to a police statement issued Friday.

Nearly 50 supporters chanting “No justice, no peace,” accompanied Sharee Johnson into Omaha Police Headquarters on Sunday afternoon as she obtained a form to report officer misconduct.  Johnson is alleging police brutality in the arrests of her sons Octavious Johnson, 28, Juaquez Johnson, 23, and Demetrius Johnson, 22, on Thursday near 33rd and Seward Streets.

She said she already has been interviewed by detectives from the internal affairs unit, and they advised her to file a formal complaint.  “I want you to have an encounter with police where you feel like justice is served. I want you to have an encounter that does not look like you might die.” Johnson said. 

Sharee Johnson and members of the Omaha Justice Alliance said they were outraged by a video of the arrests taken by a neighbor and posted on YouTube. The video shows Octavious Johnson being taken down, handcuffed and apparently punched several times by an officer.

Police say Octavious Johnson became combative after his car screeched to a halt in front of officers who were investigating cars with expired license plates that were parked on the street. But the video speaks for itself. As police are arresting him he is compliant. As he places his hands on the back of the police cruiser an officer bodyslams him to the ground.

Officers can be heard on the video yelling at Juaquez Johnson, who was on the sidewalk videotaping the incident. More than 20 officers and at least 12-15 police cruisers descend upon the street - Matrix style, blocking off the street for the minor offense. At least 15 officers are seen on video chasing Juaquez Johnson into his house.

Although he had a warrant, he had not committed any offense (in most jurisdictions discordely conduct requires a breach of the peace. Here, no one else appears to be present or otherwise bothered by his conduct of asking the police to stop assaulting his brother.) As such, it appears the police had no legal basis to enter his family's home and no basis to detain or arrest. 

Sharon Johnson, 45, who uses a wheelchair, said as one officer ran onto the front porch he knocked into her. She said the wheelchair fell backward, and she hit her head.

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$600,000 Settlement to Family of Latino Man Killed by Imperial City Police - Handcuffed, Beaten & Tased to Death by Cops after parking infraction

From [HERE] A $600,000 out-of-court settlement has been reached in the federal wrongful death lawsuit between the family of Edmund “Bubba” Gutierrez and the city of Imperial. The case could be officially dismissed within days, but for all intents and purposes the suit was settled Tuesday in an official record of action in U.S. District Court.

The family was seeking in excess of $1 million in damages for the alleged wrongful death, personal injury and rights violations of Gutierrez at the hands of Imperial police Officer Eric Granado and now-retired Officer Joe Garibaldi and the city of Imperial. In essence, the suit claimed police brutality, with “unwanted and unwarranted” excessive force by Granado and Garibaldi during a traffic stop that escalated July 5, 2010, which resulted in Bubba’s death.

The ordeal that led to Gutierrez’s death began when Granado noticed Gutierrez’s vehicle parked on the wrong side of the street in a residential neighborhood. Gutierrez reportedly tried to run and a scuffle ensued between he and Granado. Garibaldi was called in for backup. Police caught him and then handcuffed him.

According to police, as Gutierrez was being escorted back to the patrol car when he broke away from Granado and fell face-first to the ground. He was hit with a Taser stun gun twice, pepper-sprayed in the face and had multiple abrasions and cuts on his body, including marks from being hit in the legs with a police baton, according to the autopsy reports from the Imperial County Coroner’s Office. [MORE]

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