White Charleston County Sheriff's Sued for Beating Black Man Stopped for Turn Signal - Facial Reconstructive Surgery Required

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From [HERE] and [HERE] The Charleston County Sheriff's Office has released footage of an encounter between three deputies and a 19-year-old man which has resulted in a lawsuit alleging brutality and injustice. The lawsuit, filed by Attorney Lionel Lofton on behalf of 19-year-old Devante Pittman, alleges three deputies, and one in particular, used excessive force during a traffic stop in West Ashley on Nov. 11.

According to the lawsuit, Pittman was driving his Dodge Charger on Savannah Highway around 11 p.m. when he turned onto Orleans Road and noticed flashing blue lights from two Charleston County Sheriff's Office cruisers behind him. Pittman immediately pulled over near the Monster Music on Orleans Road and began to search for his driver's license and vehicle registration.

At that time, the lawsuit states Deputy Christopher Davis approached the window and told Pittman he was being stopped and ticketed for failure to use his turn signal. The lawsuit states Pittman told Davis he thought he had used his turn signal, which prompted Davis to reach his right hand through the open window on the driver's side and strike Pittman in the face, repeatedly, with a metal flashlight.

Pittman's attorney said two other deputies, James Howard and Gilbert Baldwin, then walked over and helped Davis force Pittman from the vehicle. The lawsuit alleges as Howard and Baldwin restrained Pittman, Davis pulled the back of Pittman's head and repeatedly struck him in the face with his right fist.

The lawsuit states "the force of Davis's blows was so severe that one of [Pittman's] teeth, along with some of the bone attached to the tooth, was knocked out." Attorney Lofton said Pittman suffered significant physical injuries and damages including severe bruising to areas of his face and head and significant damage to his teeth and jaw that will require extensive reconstructive surgery.

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How Many Times Did Cleveland Cops Reload on Unarmed Black Man & Woman? One Officer fired 30 to 40 rounds, another 17

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From [HERE] One of the Cleveland police officers involved in the fatal shooting of two suspects Thursday night fired 30 to 40 rounds, a lawyer representing the officers said Tuesday.

That would mean the officer had to reload his handgun at least once.

Attorney Pat D'Angelo said another officer fired 17 rounds and a third fired 12 times at the end of a high-speed car chase. Some of the officers, he claimed, had been warned that the suspects were armed and were under the perception that shots had been fired at officers. 

"He was fighting for his life and fighting to protect other officers," D'Angelo said of the officer who fired at least 30 rounds into the car the suspects had driven on a 25-minute chase. The Black people killed were unarmed and therefore did not shoot at anyone. 

All told, 47 of the 137 rounds fired by 13 Cleveland officers hit their targets -- 43-year-old Timothy Russell and 30-year-old Malissa Williams, according to the Cuyahoga County medical examiner. Dr. Thomas P. Gilson reported Tuesday that 24 of the rounds riddled the head, neck, body and an arm of Williams, who was a passenger in the Chevrolet Malibu SS, and 23 rounds struck the head, neck and extremities of driver Timothy Russell. 12 of the 13 officers involved were white. 

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Little Rock Police Officer casts doubt on Police account of Eugene Ellison's Death: Officer Shot into Apt. without warning, Unarmed Black Man Posed No Threat

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From [HERE] Ever since Eugene Ellison was shot dead two years ago by an off-duty police officer in his home in Little Rock, Arkansas, his family have tried to convince the authorities to take action. The unarmed 67-year-old African American was killed by Donna Lesher, a white officer, who entered his home with another off-duty officer after spotting that his door was open. She was cleared of any wrongdoing by an internal inquiry.

But the Guardian has learned of new testimony from another police officer who witnessed the shooting, which has cast doubt on Lesher's account and raised important questions over the original police inquiry and the county prosecutor's subsequent decision to rule the shooting justified.

In his testimony to lawyers for Ellison's sons, Vincent Lucio, one of four officers present when Ellison was shot, said he did not believe Ellison posed a deadly threat, according to the documents seen by the Guardian.

Lucio maintains that all of the officers, including Lesher, were outside Ellison's apartment when she fired inside his apartment at him – in apparent violation of the Little Rock police department's own rules on the use of deadly force.

LRPD general order 303 forbids officers from firing inside a building "unless the officer or someone else is drawing deadly fire and the suspect can be identified and is clearly visible".

Lucio also said that the four officers could have walked away from the scene, but instead Lesher opened fire, without issuing any warning to Ellison that she had a gun and would shoot.

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Black Man Shot in the Back by Dallas Police Officer after Marijuana Traffic Stop: Family Files Suit

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DPD says Dashcam Video Does Not Exist From [HERE] The family of a man who was shot and killed by a Dallas police officer this summer has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the officer and the police department. The grand jury hasn't yet received the case against Officer Leland Limbaugh, who shot John Robert Husband, III. In all police shootings, a grand jury decides if the force was justified or not.

Still, a lawsuit filed in state court last week claims Husband's civil rights were violated and that Officer Limbaugh used excessive force. His family claims eyewitness accounts of the shooting contradict Limbaugh's statements about what happened. Police said the officer stopped Husband with two passengers following an illegal turn. The officer said he smelled marijuana, asked if there were weapons in the car and instructed Husband to exit the vehicle.

When he got out, Limbaugh said he saw a weapon in Husband's waistband, told him not to reach for it and attempted to handcuff him. According to police the men struggled. Limbaugh said Husband reached for his gun. Fearing for his life, he fired. Husband was shot in the back near the left shoulder blade.

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Autopsy: Plainclothes Border Patrol agent fired gun 10 times at Unarmed Latino Woman

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From [HERE] A Border Patrol agent in Southern California who shot and killed a Latino mother of five after she allegedly hit him with her vehicle fired his gun 10 times from the hood of her car as he tried to get the woman to stop, according to an autopsy report released Thursday.

Valeria "Munique" Tachiquin Alvarado, 32, suffered 14 gunshot wounds to her upper body, the San Diego County Medical Examiner said. Some bullets may have caused more than one wound. The autopsy determined the Sept. 28 death was a homicide and lists multiple gunshot wounds as the cause.

Alvarado left a friend's apartment in Chula Vista when agents came with an arrest warrant for someone else, according to the autopsy, mirroring previous statements from police.  At the time she left the apartment she had not committed any crime, she was not the subject of the warrant, not under investigation and there was otherwise no legal basis for police to stop, detain or block her in. As such, she was within her rights to leave. 

According to police, who are investigating themselves about the incident, a group of plainclothes agents went to an apartment on Moss Street near Oaklawn Avenue shortly before 1 p.m. with an arrest warrant for a felon who had been previously deported and had a history of drug charges. Alvarado was one of several people inside the apartment when four of the agents approached and identified themselves as law enforcement, Wedge said.

She replied that the man they wanted was in the shower in back, then she brushed past the agents and walked toward her car, Wedge said. The agents alerted two other agents who were guarding the perimeter of the apartment, and they tried to stop her (for what lawful purpose?) as she got into her Honda. She allegedly struck one of them with the car as she started to pull away, police said. 

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White Ohio Attorney General Confused About Whether Cleveland Police Used Excessive Force when they Shot Unarmed Black Man & Woman 137 Times

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From [HERE] Ohio Attorney General Mike Dewine (white man in photo) is asking for the public’s help in the investigation involving 13 Cleveland police officers who fired 137 rounds into a car driven by Timothy Russell last week.

Russell, 43 yr. old Black man, was killed along with Malissa Williams, 30 yr. old Black woman, after the two lead police on a nearly 25-minute chase from Cleveland to East Cleveland. An officer along with another woman claimed they heard a shot being fired and believed it came from the car Russell was driving. The car had a bad muffler. 

“Our BCI experts will aggressively and fairly piece together the facts from the evidence," DeWine said. “Some of those facts may come from witnesses who haven't yet come forward to share what they know. I encourage anyone who thinks they might have some information that could help call the Attorney General's BCI."

Eighteen BCI staff members, including 16 agents, have been dedicated solely to this case. The AG's office said witnesses are being interviewed; they are reviewing video camera footage, and processing evidence. The information, when complete, will be turned into newly-elected Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty's office.

New video released from the day of the shooting does not show much. It was taped sometime between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. Nov. 29. It shows an officer pulling up on in front of a building on St. Clair Avenue and talking with someone. Moments later the officer is seen rushing to his cruiser then pulling a U-turn. East Cleveland police said there was not a gun in Russell’s car. They also did not find any shell cases.

Gun-shot residue tests have not been released. DeWine's office would not say if the test was completed.

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Chief Judge may Appoint an Attorney in Civil Case to Represent Black Man Suing West Lafayette Police

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From [HERE] The benefit of a court-appointed attorney is typically reserved for criminal defendants who have no assets, source of income or family willing to front the money for private counsel — and not plaintiffs who want to sue another person, the government or a business. But one could be granted to 23-year-old Brandon M. Winters, a convicted felon from Lafayette, in a civil lawsuit he has filed against the city of West Lafayette and the police officer who shot him during a robbery investigation three years ago.

In an order signed Nov. 27, Chief Judge Philip P. Simon of U.S. District Court in Hammond wrote that the unusual move might be necessary to even simply decide whether the lawsuit should proceed to trial.

“... It has become apparent to me that there is an official capacity claim against the city and that Winters is not capable of adequately proceeding pro se on this claim, which he asserts he does not understand,” Simon wrote.

“To prove this claim, or even obtain the facts necessary for me to determine if it is a valid claim that deserves to go to trial, will require discovery and analysis that appears to be beyond Winters’ abilities.”

The judge stayed the case for 90 days, during which he plans to attempt to find Winters someone to represent him, court records show. The Nov. 27 ruling reverses a prior order he issued that denied Winters’ request for a court-appointed attorney, since “there is no constitutional or statutory right to counsel in a civil case,” Simon wrote in June.

The change of heart came while Simon was reviewing a request by attorneys for the city of West Lafayette and patrolman David Smith (in photo) to dismiss the lawsuit because Winters missed a deadline to hand over discovery.

Simon denied the defendants’ request on grounds that the missed deadline — medical records from Winters’ stay at an Indianapolis hospital were among the documents that the defendants asked for — was due to Winters’ lack of legal comprehension and not from bad faith. Winters’ lawsuit alleges that Smith used excessive force and violated Winters’ rights against unreasonable searches and to due process — as guaranteed by the Fourth and 14th amendments — when he shot Winters on Sept. 17, 2009.

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Cleveland Police Shoot Unarmed Black Man & Woman 137 Times - Officers Claim they heard a gunshot - No Guns Found

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In photo, racist suspect Jeffery Follmer, Cleveland police union president, speaks to media at the CPPA hall, in response to the police chase and shooting that killed 2 Black people, Saturday, December 1, 2012. [MORE]  From [HERE] and [HERE] One mysterious gunshot adds up to more than 137 bullets fired and two Black people dead. Dash camera video released to shows East Cleveland Police fired on the suspects for longer than 20 seconds.

The Black people killed by the police are Timothy Ray Russell, 43, of Maple Heights, who was driving, and Malissa Williams, 30,  who was the passenger. Russell's family members held a news conference this afternoon and called for a federal investigation into the shooting.

Russell and Willims were killed after they led the police on a chase that began about 10:30 p.m. on Thursday outside the Justice Center. A police official said two Cleveland officers heard a gunshot and believed it came from a 1979 Chevrolet Malibu that Russell owned. David Russell Jr. said he gave the car involved in the chase to his brother, and that it had a bad muffler -  which could account for the sound. Then the car sped away and the officers chased them.

Officers from Bratenahl, East Cleveland, the State Highway Patrol and the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office joined in the pursuit. It ended on a dead-end access street in East Cleveland, near Heritage Middle School, where police claim Russell “violently rammed a police car and almost struck an officer,” Follmer said.

The chase continued for 25 minutes, reaching speeds of 120 miles-per-hour, before ending in the parking lot of Heritage Middle School. Russell ended up on a dead-end access road to an East Cleveland middle school. There approximately 25 polcie officers converged on the Black man's car. They surrounded the Malibu, and some officers were out of their cars when Russell rammed another police car, Gardner said. Officers then unloaded on the car firing at least 137 shots in about 20 seconds. 

In photo, mostly white Cleveland police officers listen to their union president Jeffery Follmer speak to media at the CPPA hall on December 1, 2012. [MORE] 

During the chase on the highway, an officer reported also seeing something in the passenger’s hands, Gardner said. (what amazing eyesight to see objects through car doors at 100 mph!) No weapon was found in the vehicle. No shell casings were found in the car, and police did not find a gun or bullet or shell casings near the Justice Center. Investigators are, however, searching (planting evidence) the chase route to see if they can locate any evidence that may have been thrown from the vehicle.

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Prosecutor says No Reason to Have a Trial for Marta Officer Accused of Shooting Unarmed Black Man with his Hands Up

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From [HERE] Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard (a Black man or victim of white supremacy who works for racist suspects in photo) announced Monday that his office had concluded a white MARTA police officer was justified in shooting a Black man he believed was armed following a massive street brawl outside a rail station last year.

Former MARTA Officer Robert Waldo (in photo below), 31, killed 19-year-old Joetavius Stafford when he shot him three times nearly 14 months ago. Some witnesses said Stafford was unarmed and surrendering. Howard contended Waldo was pursuing an armed felon and shot Stafford because he believed he was going to shoot him, both of which would make the shooting lawful. Rodney Stafford, who witnessed the shooting, said that Waldo shot his brother while he was on the ground. “Intense interviews of several witnesses established that was simply untrue,” Howard said in a prepared statement.

"I witnessed that he was shot in the back," Rodney Stafford said. "My little brother had his hands up, and they shot him in the back." He said the officer shot his brother in the back two more times when he was on the ground. [MORE]

Howard said he hired an expert to reconstruct the shooting who found that the angles of the bullets were consistent with Stafford being upright when he was shot. The reconstruction contended Stafford was shot first in the chest and then twice in the back when his body spun around, Howard said. Stafford family attorney Gregory Feagle said Howard had selected facts to justify the shooting while ignoring other witness accounts, some of which were independent of Stafford’s family and friends.

“Certain conclusions of the district attorney are presented as established fact when in reality there are contradictory witness statements,” said Feagle, who represents the Stafford family in a wrongful death lawsuit against MARTA. “He was perceived as a threat when in fact he was not, and the district attorney appears to be resolving factual disputes. “We believe the evidence will show that Joetavius was attempting to surrender with his hands up when he was shot.”

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Dashcam video shows White Seminole County Deputies Pull ShotGun Out, Taser Black Man: "Suspected of Not Wearing Seatbelt"

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From [HERE] A Black man who was held at gunpoint and then shocked with a Taser by two Seminole County deputies is now filing a civil lawsuit against the Sheriff's Office, claiming the deputies violated his civil rights.

Deputies Erik Ducharme and Chris Clutter have since been fired over the incident, but both are petitioning to get their jobs back. Robert Wilds was driving a black vehicle with tinted windows when he was pulled over in Sanford because the deputies suspected he was not wearing a seat belt.

Dashboard videos from the deputies' patrol car show both deputies immediately jump out of their squad cars with guns drawn. Clutter grabs a shotgun from the trunk and points it at Wilds as Ducharme drags Wilds from the car. Video then shows Clutter pointing the shotgun at Wilds as Wilds was being shot with a Taser.

"(They) had no rights at the time, whatsoever," Wilds said. "Might as well had been a stray dog on the streets that the dog catchers just got." Wilds was initially charged with resisting arrest with violence, but prosecutors dropped the charges after they saw the video.

"They unlawfully arrested me, unlawfully stopped me, and the force they use, can I say back in the 60s, 70s, police brutality, isn't necessary," said Wilds. Wilds' attorney, Shayan Modarres, believes what happened to his client might have gone unnoticed if it weren't for the dashcam video.

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Robert Ramirez Death Ruled a Homicide: Witnesses say Oxnard Police Surrounded & Beat Overdosed, Handcuffed Latino Man

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From [HERE] The death of a Latino man who was restrained by Oxnard Police officers five months ago was ruled a homicide last week by the Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office.

On June 23, Robert Ramirez, 26, died in police custody while reportedly overdosing on methamphetamine. His family has said police beat him before he died.

Coroner's officials found Ramirez died of asphyxia from active prone restraint. Toxicology reports showed he had an "extremely high level" of methamphetamine in his blood and a much higher level in his stomach. Officials also found Ramirez suffered cardiac complications of restraint-related stress.

According to a coroner's news release provided to The Star on Monday, police responded to a 911 call from Ramirez's friend, who thought Ramirez was overdosing. Police tried to get Ramirez to cooperate with them, and a decision was made to handcuff Ramirez so they could force him to receive medical attention.

A struggle between officers and Ramirez "became a situation of prone restraint during a struggle with application of compression force, handcuffs and leg restraints that eventuated in loss of consciousness and a cardiopulmonary arrest that was not able to be revised medically," the news release said.

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Fed Court says White Cincinnati Police Officers Acted Reasonably when they Beat & Suffocated Black Man to Death - on video

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From [HERE] A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of Cincinnati police in a fatal struggle that gained national attention and helped push the city to buy Tasers for police to subdue unruly (Black & Brown) suspects.

Six white police officers in the 2003 incident acted reasonably and therefore are immune from being sued, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled. In a decision released Thursday, a day before the ninth anniversary of the death of Nathaniel Jones, the appeals court said a videotape of the fatal encounter outside a North Avondale White Castle restaurant showed the 348-pound man behaving “aggressively” with police as he grabbed one officer’s neck and another one’s baton.

Jones, 41, died Nov. 30 shortly after a confrontation with police in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant. Video from restaurant surveillance cameras and a police cruiser showed that Jones knocked over one officer before others jabbed or struck him more than 24 times with nightsticks. The officers pile on top of him as he screams for air. The 350-pound Jones stopped breathing shortly after he was handcuffed.

But the court said, “Under the rapidly evolving circumstances of that morning, an objectively reasonable officer could not have discerned whether Jones resisted (arrest) in an attempt to breathe or in defiance of commands.” 

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Arlington Police Investigate themselves: White Officer who body slammed Black Girl (15) & Scraped face on pavement acted reasonably

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From [HERE] The Arlington Police Department determined Wednesday that force used by an Arlington officer to subdue a teen in August was consistent with the department's training and policies.

The administrative review was initiated after a cell phone video posted to YouTube went viral on Aug. 9.  The incident happened in a parking lot. The video shows the officer forcing the girl to the ground - by picking her up a foot of the ground from behind and violently bodyslamming her down on her back. The officer then scrapes her face on the pavement and pepper sprays her face at close range - which caused pain in her open wounds, her parent's lawsuit says.

The officer outweighs the girl by nearly 100 pounds. [MORE] 

Police had to break up several fights that flared outside of the facility following a teen party. The 15-year-old girl was one of five arrested and ticketed that night for fighting in public. She plead not guilty to the charge in Arlington Municipal court in September. 

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White Prosecutor Declines to File Charges Against White St. Paul Police Officers on Video Kicking Unarmed Black Man

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From [HERE] Two white St. Paul police officers will not be charged with felony assault after an arrest captured on video shows one of them kicking a Black man, a prosecutor said Thursday.

Olmsted County Attorney Mark Ostrem, a white man, said there was "insufficient proof" the officers used unreasonable force. A video of the August arrest posted by a citizen on YouTube shows Officer Jesse Zilge kicking Eric Hightower as Hightower lay on the ground. Zilge was then able to handcuff Hightower, Ostrem said in a news release. 

The five-minute video starts (in broad daylight) with the beating already in progress, it shows a man, identified in a police report as Eric R. Hightower, 30, lying on his stomach on the sidewalk as an officer stands over him. Hightower yells that he didn't do anything and asks him why the officer has assaulted him. The officer is under no durress and almost appears casual in the scene -  he appears to be in no present danger. At one point, Hightower starts to cough and the officer kicks him in his face or his neck. Several people, including children, who gathered at the scene yelled at the officer. [MORE]

The officer handcuffs the man and with the help of another officer, gets him up and appears to slam his head on the hood of a squad car. An army of other officers then arrive. The voice of the person recording the video says, "He done sprayed him, maced him, tased him."Apparently, the white prosecutor gave little weight to the black witnesses accounts - whatever white police outlaws say is true so why even bother having a trial -bw. 

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Lawsuit claims Seattle Police Chief Concealed Video showing Officers Assaulting Handcuffed Black Man - Now partially Blind

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Video is [HERE] and Post arrest video of racist police is [HERE] From [HERE] Lawyers for a Black man who said Seattle police used excessive force during his arrest are filing a lawsuit against Seattle Police Chief John Diaz, who is accused of concealing police dashboard camera video showing an alleged attack by officers.

Attorney James Egan said Leo Etherly was punched in the eye and choked as he was held down by Seattle police officers on the hood of a Seattle police car Oct. 6. Egan said Etherly was punched in the eye a second time, causing permanent partial blindness in his left eye.

The lawyer said the incident was clearly captured by in-car video from the police car on which Etherly was held down. Two other cameras captured images of the incident or its aftermath. "They socked that man in his nose and his eye," said a woman who recorded the scene after the incident. A camera inside a nearby liquor store showed Leo Etherly in handcuffs.  Etherly said two Seattle police officers held him down while another "strangled" and "punched" him in the face. 

"I was motionless as he was still punching me, and he said something to the effect of, 'You f-ing idiot' as he was punching me," Etherly said.

But it's the video you are not able to see that led to a lawsuit filed Monday. Etherly's attorney, James Egan, claims he received a copy of the SPD dash-cam video as part of discovery when Etherly was facing criminal charges. Those charges were eventually dismissed.

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'I sure did knee you in the face. You Got in on Tape?' Hurst (TX) Police Officers accused of Excessive Force in arresting Latino Teen, 17

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From [HERE] A North Texas mother is accusing a Hurst police officer of using excessive force while arresting her 17-year-old son Andrew Rodriguez. A video of the incident shot by Rodriguez's friend has gone viral. 

Rodriguez was questioned along with two others at Bellaire Park because police thought they looked suspicious, CBS DFW reports. The officer on scene got the names of the three teenagers and discovered Rodriguez had an open warrant. Rodriguez's mother, Kelly Pope, said the warrant was from a ticket her son had received four years ago for trespassing on school property after hours.

Police Chief Steve Moore says Rodriguez started to walk away and ignore the officer and that is when he attempted to take Rodriguez into custody. Rodriguez's friend, Jordan Rojas, who recorded the incident on his phone, told CBS DFW that when Rodriguez learned he was being arrested, he began to call his mother.

"The officer asked him to get off the phone and he continued to call his mom because he was already on it and that's when the officer tackled him," Rojas said. "That's when I started recording."

In the video the officer is seen subduing Rodriguez, who is arguing with the officer, saying he can't breathe - the officer was telling him that he could breathe. Seconds later, a second officer runs in as a backup and allegedly knees Rodriguez while he was subdued. Upon his arrival that officer announces "Move and Die!" After the arrest Rodriguez says to the officers, "you kneed me in the face." The officer responds, "I sure did. Did you get that on tape."

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Fayetteville Police Claim Unarmed Black Man Slipped & Fell - Causing Bruises all over his body, Paralysis and Stroke - Refuse to Release Video

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From [HERE] A Fayetteville family claims the city's police department is to blame for their brother's life-threatening injuries. Police say 55-year-old Gregory Lee-Bey, a Black man, tripped and fell, but the family says excessive force landed him in the hospital. Lee's injuries are so severe that he was recently airlifted to UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. He is now on life support after suffering a stroke.

Donald Lee says he is speaking out for his brother because he can't do it himself. "He can't respond, he can't move his right side. His right side is paralyzed. He has bruises and contusions all over his body," Lee said. "They had to remove part of his skull because his brain had swollen."

The family alleges the officer beat Lee-Bey during an arrest at a bar on Bragg Boulevard nearly two weeks ago.

Police responded to an active alarm at the bar. According to police, before Lee-Bey was arrested, he tried to runaway and tripped and fell, hitting his head. Police admit some sort of force was used during the arrest, and it is now the focus of an internal investigation. Still, the family says much more happened than a simple trip and fall. "It's not even plausible or even feasible anyone would have fallen unless they fell from the Eiffel Tower and may have suffered that kind of injury," Lee said.

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War on Drugs is a War on Non-White People: Black DEA Agent Says he was Told Not to Enforce Drug Laws in White Areas

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From [ColorLines] Meet Matthew Fogg, a former U.S. Marshal whose exploits led him to be nicknamed “Batman.” When he noticed that all of his team’s drug raids were in black areas, he suggested doing the same in the suburbs.

Last month, white billionare Sir Richard Branson described the war on drugs as follows, “the fundamental difference in America, is that it is a war against black people in America. It's black people ... 85 percent of people who go to prison for drug use in America are black people. They don't take more drugs, but it's a racist law against black people in America,” he said. [MORE] 

Unmanned Drone Police Cars will be in use by 2025 in Ca, Tx and Wash

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From [HERE] Law enforcement agencies across the US are lining up to be among the first to use drones to serve and protect, but unmanned vehicles are likely to replace the traditional cop cruiser in just a few short years.

In places like California, Texas and Washington State, police officers in recent weeks have intensified their demands for surveillance drones, a necessary addition they say to their arsenal of tools to help thwart crime. The Federal Aviation Administration has yet to finalize plans to put drones in US airspace, but by the end of the decade as many as 30,000 UAVs are expected to be soaring through the sky.

By 2025, those drones are predicted to take the place of the police patrol car as unmanned vehicles operated by cops are being considered a likely inclusion on our roads of tomorrow.

Leading up to this year’s Los Angeles Auto Show, carmakers were asked to put together prototypes showing what they envision highway patrol vehicles to look like in the year 2025. The entries, from big manufacturers like BWM and Honda, are largely based on the still primitive drone technology that is used in military and surveillance missions overseas.

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Racism is Expensive: Jury Finds LA County Sheriff's Deputies Negligent - $9 Million Awarded to Family of Latino Man Shot @ 61 Times in "Contagious Fire" by Cops

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On Tuesday, more than three years later after police gunned down Alfredo Montalvo, 29, a Compton jury awarded Annette Montalvo and their two children nearly $9 million in a wrongful-death civil case.

The April 2009 incident began when deputies thought they saw Alfredo Montalvo driving drunk on his way out of a parking lot. Deputies began trailing Montalvo in an unmarked sheriff's car, said John C. Taylor, the family's attorney.

Montalvo eventually crashed into two parked cars, his vehicle wedged between them. To handle the DUI stop more than a dozen (12) deputies who were called for backup surrounded his car, the attorney said, but Montalvo went in reverse at least once and struck the unmarked sheriff's car.

Deputies fired 61 shots, Taylor said, in what he described as "contagious fire."

"There's a real problem with the sheriff in terms of using deadly force when it's not called for," Taylor said. Montalvo, he said, was unarmed, and an autopsy later determined he was not drunk.

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