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

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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

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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

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(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

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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

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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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Feds: No charges in Eutawville Police shooting of Unarmed Black Man after traffic stop

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From [HERE] Federal investigators will not indict the former Eutawville police chief in the shooting death of 54-year-old Bernard Bailey. S.C. First Circuit Solicitor David Pascoe said he was informed earlier this month that the Department of Justice has concluded its investigation into the fatal 2011 shooting.

Pascoe said the conclusion of the federal investigation will not end the matter, however, as his office will conduct its own investigation while poring over the 500-page federal case file. That file has not been released. A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed for the shooting death that involved Eutawville's former police chief. Bernard Bailey's widow filed the suit for the death that took place back on May 2 of 2011.

The top prosecutor for the circuit said he has fewer resources than the federal government, but the investigation won’t take nearly as long. “It’s going to be much sooner than later,” he said. “I’m aware that the investigation has taken almost two years and it’s going to be expedited.”

As to why the federal authorities took so long, Pascoe declined to say. [victim is Black. Cop is white. Proseuctors are white, media is white = white supremacy.]

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White NYPD Deputy Inspector Recorded Telling Officer to Target Young Black Men Wearing Dark Clothing

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From [HERE] and [HERE]  During the NYPD stop & frisk trial yesterday officer Pedro Serrano testified that he was told by superiors to target young black men between the ages of 14 and 21.

To substantiate his claim he presented the Court a recording of a converation between himself and his commanding officer, Deputy Inspector Christopher McCormack, a racist suspect. Serrano, who is Latino, recorded the conversation and played it back in open court during his testimony. Both offiers are from the 40th Precinct in the South Bronx, a command that recorded the highest number of police stops in the Bronx in 2011.

Deputy Inspector McCormack, urged the officer to be more active, emphasizing the need to conduct more street stops. “We go out there and we summons people,” Inspector McCormack said. The way to suppress violent crime, he said, was for officers to stop, question and, if necessary, frisk “the right people at the right time, the right location.”

“The problem was, what, male blacks,” Inspector McCormack said. “And I told you at roll call, and I have no problem telling you this, male blacks 14 to 20, 21.”

On the recording he is ordering Officer Pedro Serrano to target non-white males who wear dark clothing. Listen for yourself. [What is the counter-racist response to this information? Don't wear dark clothing, that is what they are looking for. To the extent that racist/white supremacist police officers are involved you are a mark, a public enemy, especially if you wear black. Play defense and wear something else.] 

According to NYPD records, police made 685,724 stops as part of the policy in 2011 alone. In total, they have made over 5 million stops, and 85 percent of those stopped were black or Latino.

This has Happened Before. In other words, here is more evidence that the NYPD has ordered its overseers (officers) to violate the Constitutional rights of non-whites as a matter of policy. This of course is of no moment for many white people or their media, who seem supportive or indifferent to such practices of white supremacy (like ID "Papers Please" laws).

Similarly, during Nazi Germany prior to the Holocaust, a substantial part of the population considered it desirable, acceptable or unavoidable that certain "other" people would be isolated, persecuted and killed. [MORE] Such attitudes were a necessary precondition for the Genocide of Jews or more specifically, Semites (as persons who were referred to in Germany and throughout Europe as Semites, the Jews were not considered to be white people or aryans. Semites were considered to have their genetic roots amongst Africans - Black people on the continent of Africa [MORE]). 

As the number of semites rose in Nazi Germany, various movement regulations and identification measures were undertaken by the Government. Semitesfelt the effects of many decrees and regulations that restricted all aspects of their public and private lives. [MORE] and [MORE] Similar demographic changes are taking place in the US.

4th Amendment Not Real for Non-Whites. The 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, although only one sentence long, protects people against unjustified detentions by the government. It reads: 

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

In order for the police to stop you the Supreme Court has ruled that police must have reasonable articulable suspicion that there is criminal activity afoot and the person detained is involved in the activity.

In order to frisk you the Supreme Court has ruled that the police must have independent reasonable articulable suspicion that the person is armed and dangerous before they may touch you (a cursory patdown for weapons). Police may not act on on the basis of an inchoate and unparticularized suspicion or a hunch - there must be some specific articulable facts along with reasonable inferences from those facts to justify the intrusion. Clearly, these rules are only intended for white people. [MORE] and [MORE]

keep your protest signs. it will happen again. If you don't understand White Supremacy you will only be confused by the NYPD killing of Kimani Gray

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"You Should expect to be killed in the name of racism anytime, any place. You have been marked as an enemy because you are Black. Keep your protest signs because this will happen again" - Nelly Fuller on the radio 12/12/12. 

Please don't expect justice from the NYPD, Bloomberg or white NYC prosecutors. Expect racism from white people everyday. If they are not racist to you then be pleasantly surprised [the Dorner rule]. 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). 

Police brutality against non-whites is white supremacy all the way live. White supremacy is a war against non-white people in general and against non-white males in particular, as embodied in such tactics and strategies as "justifible homicide."

White people are playing a survival game with non-white people, engaging in behaviors—in economics, education, entertainment, labor, law, politics, religion, sex and more—in order for them to survive on the planet, by any means necessary. Created for their survival, the operating system of white supremacy controls everything non-white people have or need. How will you react to it? 

From [HERE] and [HERE] Black sixteen-year-old Kimani Gray was shot to death by two plainclothes white police officers on the night of March 9 on East 52nd Street in East Flatbush. Gray was shot seven times—in both the front and the back.

Police claim they shot Gray, after repeatedly telling him to freeze, as he pointed a gun at them later recovered with four bullets in it. This version is repeated as fact by the New York Post and New York Times. Or there's the version of witnesses: There never was a gun; Gray was running for his life when he was shot in the back; he was backing up, with his hands down in an unthreatening gesture; the police never told him to freeze; shot and bleeding out on the sidewalk, he pleaded with the police not to kill him.

An eyewitness came forward to say Gray was unarmed. Police countered that she told them she couldn't see the boy from her angle. She gave a second interview, telling the Voice she saw one officer standing over Gray's collapsed body, shooting. [MORE]

"Black people are going to have to stop thinking that rhyme and rhetoric will solve problems. Black people are going to have to stop finger-popping and singing. Black people are going to have to stop dancing and clowning. Black people are going to have to stop laughing and listening to loud radios. All of these behaviors, and many more, have absolutely nothing to do with addressing the challenges and conditions of the open warfare continuously being waged against the Black collective" - Cress Welsing [MORE]. 

White Prosecutor says White Anaheim Police were Defending themselves when they Killed Unarmed Latino Man = white supremacy

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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] and [HERE] The Orange County District Attorney announced Wednesday that police in Anaheim were justified in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Latino man last July. OC DA Tony Rackauckas (in photo) said officer Nick "Buckshot" Bennallack (in photo below) was justified when he fatally shot 25-year-old suspect Manuel Diaz in the 600 block of North Anna Drive on July 21. Diaz was shot in the back and when he fell to his knees he was shot in the back of the head. Rackauckas and Bennallack are both white men. 

Diaz's family has filed a $50 million wrongful death suit against the city of Anaheim and Bennallack. His family attorney insists Diaz was targeted because of his race and was wrongfully shot. They contend the shooting is part of a pattern of abuse by Anaheim police against Latinos.

Bennallack returned to duty within two weeks of the shooting.

Authorities said Diaz and two companions ran when they were approached by officers. Police also claimed Diaz was a known gang member. His family denies Diaz was in a gang. The DA called the case one of “self defense” although no weapons were found on or near Diaz.

Anaheim Police Officer Nick Bennallack said he feared for his life of and the life of his partner. Bennallack fired his weapon as he appeared to start turning around toward them. [MORE]

"He was shot in the back of the leg area, brought to his knees before being shot in the head ... it was an execution-style shot," said attorney Diana Lopez. "There is no evidence of any kind of weapon. ... You can see the two officers walking around looking for something instead of attending to the young man who is near to his last breath," she said referring to a bystander's video that captured the post-shooting scene [MORE]. 

[Acording to Anon, a non-white person in a conflict with a white person or white system cannot be the victim in a white supremacy system.  The non-white individual is always at fault, regardless of who initiated the conflict, or what facts or evidence are present."]

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After Mostly White Jury Ignores Evidence that White Fresno Cops Beat, Shot & Turned Dog Loose on Unarmed Latino Man - Feds to Retry Case

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From [HERE] Federal prosecutors say they plan to retry a white Fresno police sergeant and three former white officers on brutality and obstruction of justice charges in the brutal beating case of Rolando Celdon. While on the ground he was punched, kicked, bit by a police dog, shot with a stun gun and blasted several times with a bean-bag shotgun in October 2005. Celdon was shot in the testicles by the white cops at close range. He was unarmed. He did not testify as he was deported as a result of the underlying criminal case. 

A federal jury was pronounced hung in the case last month. The jury was mostly white - as it appeared to have only one non-white person on it. [MORE] In the video below a white juror complains that a new trial is an unnecessary use of taxpayer dollars. To the contrary, white supremacy is a colossal waste of money, resources & life. 

Prosecutors say Officers Manfredi and Plymale concealed the excessive force used on Rolando Celdon by Officers Coleman and Van Dalen. All four officers were also charged with falsifying a report.

Both sides agreed that during the early hours of Oct. 10, 2005, Celdon broke into his girlfriend's southeast Fresno apartment, threatened her life and hit her in front of her young son. Celdon left before police arrived. A short time later, Plymale and his police dog, Tymo, confronted Celdon a few blocks from the girlfriend's home.

Hardin testified he rolled up to the scene shortly after 2 a.m. and saw Plymale standing on the opposite side of a 6-foot fence topped with barbed wire checking Tymo for injuries -- 5 to 10 feet from Celdon who was lying in the dirt in pain from being bitten.

Hardin said he didn't know at the time that Tymo had clamped onto Celdon's ankle and that Celdon had taken the 70-pound dog over the fence. Hardin said he noticed Coleman holding a shotgun that fires beanbags filled with pellets. He said he saw three or four spent shell casings on the ground and Van Overbeek standing next to Coleman.

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South Africa police chief stands by statement: Officers who killed 34 miners were doing job

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From [HERE] South Africa's police chief stands by her statement that officers involved in the shooting deaths of 34 striking miners were just doing their job. Evidence before the judicial commission questioning her Tuesday has indicated some miners were shot in the back as they tried to flee and others were killed when they already were wounded and no threat.

Gen. Riah Phiyega said "I stand by statement," repeating that after a commissioner asked her if she might feel differently given other evidence that has come to light.

Police said they opened fire after striking miners attacked them. No police were hurt in the Aug. 16 incident at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana, northwest of Johannesburg, that shocked the nation with its echoes of police brutality under apartheid.

Earlier this month Nine South African police officers pleaded not guilty to charges of killing a man who died after being dragged behind their police van - after police tied him to it.

Witnesses say that some of the 34 striking miners who South African police shot and killed last month were trying to surrender.

The Legal Resource Center (LRC) human rights group told Al Jazeera that several witnesses said police shot and killed protesters who were trying to escape. Some of them were trying to hide behind rocks and some attempted to surrender to authorities. The LRC also said it has forensic evidence that suggests a police cover-up of the killings. 

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do not expect justice in NYPD Stop & Frisk Trial: Officer testifies he was forced by superior to meet quota on arrests, street stops

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The courtroom "fight" officially began yesterday over whether New York City police violate the U.S. Constitution by stopping, questioning and frisking hundreds of thousands of non-white people every year without reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. In photo, Southern District Judge Shira Scheindlin. [MORE] 

From [HERE] Police brass in the Bronx were not concerned with whether patrol officers were saving lives or helping people, they were focused on one thing: numbers, said a New York City police officer testifying in a federal challenge to some street stops.

Adhyl Polanco said his superiors told him that he needed 20 summonses, five street stops and one arrest per month. It didn’t matter whether the stops were done properly, he said Tuesday.

“They will never question the quality. They will question the quantity,” Polanco said.

His testimony, which will continue Wednesday, was one of three department whistleblowers expected to discuss a culture that revolved around numbers and less around actual policing — and what lawyers said is leading to tens of thousands of wrongful stops of black and Hispanic men by the police.

The class-action lawsuit in federal court challenges the constitutionality of some of the stops. There have been about 5 million stops made by police in the past decade. White City attorneys said officers operate within the law and do not target people solely because of their race. Police go where the crime is — and crime is overwhelmingly in minority neighborhoods, they said.

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Question: "Why are they [non-white immigrants] detained at all?" Answer: White Supremacy

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Due to white people's numerical inadequacy, the system of white supremacy (racism) system requires population control and the greater confinement of substantial numbers of non-white people. [more] ICE holds over 400,000 people in detention annually. Most are non-white immigrants. Immigration violations are non-violent offenses that are victim-less. Have you noticed that White immigrants are never mentioned in this so-called debate.

From [HERE] In a heated House Judiciary Committee hearing this afternoon, Alabama Republican Rep. Spencer Bachus, a conservative, said that the Obama administration is detaining too many people in immigration detention.

"Are you overusing detention?" Bachus asked Immigration and Customs Enforcement chief John Morton. Bachus said under the Obama administration, "It looks to me maybe there's an overuse of detention by this administration."

Morton was called before the committee to answer questions on recent news that ICE opened detention doors for over 2000 immigrant detainees. Most are now tracked through supervised release programs.

House Judiciary Committee chair Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), and the chair of the immigration subcommittee, Rep. Trey Gawdy (R-SC), challenged Morton to defend the recent detainee releases. At points in questioning, Gawdy raised his voice in apparent anger.

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Provocative Cops Ignite Brooklyn: Autopsy Shows Plainclothes NYPD Shot Black Teen 3 Times in the Back

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Dead Wrong. A third night of protest Wednesday night, after which, the police said, someone hit an officer in the face with a brick, another brick was thrown through the window of a police van, and there were 46 arrests — mostly for disorderly conduct. Two officers suffered minor injuries. 

From [HERE] and [HERE] An autopsy on the 16-year-old Black boy killed by New York City police this week found he was hit by seven bullets, including three in the back side of his body, authorities said Wednesday. The Saturday night shooting of Kimani Gray in Brooklyn’s Flatbush neighborhood has heightened tensions between police and residents, leading to violent protests and a dispute between Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and City Councilman Jumanne Williams, who represents the area.

Kelly, said Tuesday that the police had interviewed three witnesses, “two of which say that the officers said, ‘Don’t move.’ ” “Another witness said an officer says, ‘Freeze,’ ” he said. The officers then fired 11 shots, the police said.

There are no witnesses who saw Gray with a gun. When asked if there are any witnesses in the case who ‘specifically say they don’t see a gun,’ Commissioner Kelly said, ‘No.’ [MORE]

The only civilian eyewitness to come forward said that the youth did not have a gun in his hand. Tishana King claims to have watched the entire scene unfold from her window. She told the Daily News she is "certain [Gray] didn't have anything in his hands" when he was shot.

King says Gray was backing up when the officers began shooting. "Kimani started backing up," she said. "The cop took out his gun and started firing at Kimani."

"His [Gray's] hands were down," she said. "I couldn't believe he let off [fired] his gun. There was no reason. No false move." [MORE]

But a police spokesman said the witness told detectives she couldn’t see the incident clearly “from the angle I was at.” 

Video from last night posted by AnarchoQueer, who said the NYPD has declared a portion of Flatbush a “Frozen Zone”, meaning media are not allowed in and people can be subjected to arrest for not following police orders. It basically means the area is under temporary martial law. [MORE]

A woman who lives across the street from the shooting scene said that after the shots were fired, she saw two men, whom she believed to be plainclothes officers, standing over Mr. Gray, who was prone on the sidewalk, clutching his stomach.

“He said, ‘Please don’t let me die,’ ” said the woman, 46, who gave her name only as Vanessa. One of the officers, she said, replied: “Stay down, or we’ll shoot you again.” [MORE]

Police in an unmarked patrol car say they came across a group of young Black men and saw Gray acting suspiciously, walking away from his friends when he saw the officers approach.

A young Black man being forced to protect & serve NYPD overseers (officers) last night. 

A witness said the boy was merely afraid and running for his life. On camera Camille Johnson said: "He was running for his life, telling the cops stop. [MORE] 

Seven bullets hit Mr. Gray, including three that entered his body from the rear, according to the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The autopsy did not establish the order in which the bullets struck Mr. Gray, or determine the path of the bullets, which might make clearer if Mr. Gray had his back to the officers when he was shot, or if he had twisted away after being struck from the front.

The police have not questioned the officers involved since the shooting occured. “When asked how many witnesses saw Gray with a gun or pointing a gun, Commissioner Kelly first said that, ‘We are not speaking to the shooting officers because of an agreement that we have with the district attorney.’ The commissioner explained that speaking to the officers could give them immunity; ‘So we don’t have direct information from the officers themselves.’” [Villiage Voice, 3/13/13]

burning & looting does not solve problems Racist white people are the most provocative people on the planet, do not react to their conduct or statements by doing anything that could lead to "greater confinement." [MORE] Victims of white supremacy must once & for all be conscious that anti-racism is not counter-racism. Anti-racism is a blind reaction to stress, anger and fear caused by racism. Activities such as singing, clapping hands, complaining & attacking cops do not solve the problems posed by white supremacy. [theCODE] 

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"One Nation Under Guard": NYPD Set to Hit White Supremacy Landmark for Stop & Frisks Today

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From [HERE] The New York Police Department is on track to make its 5 millionth stop-and-frisk today, according to the New York Civil Liberties Union. The controversial program, which directs police to stop suspicious-looking people on the street and frisk them for weapons or drugs, has come under fire for disproportionately targeting minorities, while showing little discernible impact on crime.

Since Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office in 2002, NYPD officers have stopped 4.4 million innocent people, the vast majority of whom were black or Latino:

About 4.4 million of the stop-and-frisk encounters, or 88 percent, were of innocent people as they did not result in an arrest or summons. More than 86 percent of people stopped were black or Latino.

At 5 million, the NYPD has stopped more than the combined populations of Baltimore, Boston, Denver, Detroit, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington DC. The racial bias is glaringly obvious; in 2011, the police stopped young black men more times than the total number of young black men in New York City.

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NYPD program patrols inside private buildings; Targets Non-whites

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"Operation Clean Halls" would never exist in a white neighborhood. And most white folks probably see nothing wrong with it and consider the unlawful search & seizures of non-whites to be normal - such is the nature of the operating system of white supremacy.

Similarly, during Nazi Germany, a substantial part of the population had to be ready to consider it desirable, acceptable or unavoidable that certain "other" people would be isolated, persecuted and killed. [MORE] Various 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.

From [HERE] and [HERE] New York Police Department officers are patrolling inside private apartment buildings in a program known as Operation Clean Halls. The program has been lauded by some residents who say they feel safer but vilified by others who say they're being harassed at home. Many complain they're illegally stopped and arrested. More than two dozen people who say they were wrongly stopped have filed a federal lawsuit.

The lawsuit is one of three pending federal cases that involve the New York Police Department’s stop, question and frisk practice, championed by police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and Mayor Michael Bloomberg - who are both white. 

The program is the only one like it in a major U.S. city. It started in the 1990s, when crime was at all-time highs. Now, there are more than 3,000 buildings around the city enrolled, mostly in "higher-crime areas." To enroll, a building owner or manager signs paperwork allowing police to enter and arrest people found to be committing crimes. It gives police standing permission to roam the halls of private buildings.

Edifices citywide are dotted with small white square signs alerting residents that their homes are patrolled by police. Some are huge complexes, others are small brownstones. Officers have conducted hundreds of thousands of patrols up and down stairwells and even more outside. The NYPD claims they catch drug transactions, shoo away loiterers and break up fights. But really, they seem to just round up Black & Brown people. 

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More Apologies for Racism: Miami-Dade Mayor Sorry White Officer Snatched 82-year-old Black woman off Train

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From [HERE] Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez issued an apology Thursday to an 82-year old Black woman who was pulled from a Metrorail train in Miami last month. The incident happened on Feb. 20, when Emma Anderson was asked by a security guard to stop singing while on the train, according to her son Donald Anderson.

When she refused to stop, the guard started asking her to leave, but she refused. Video of the incident showed that the guard then grabbed her belongings, he and Anderson started struggling, and he pulled her so hard out of the train that she fell.

“We are sorry that this incident occurred and apologize to Mrs. Anderson. The situation should have been handled with more care and common sense,” Gimenez said in a statement. “We have made it clear to all County employees and contractors that our patrons must be treated with dignity and respect. We are in the process of reviewing our policies and procedures to ensure special consideration is taken when dealing with the elderly and people with special needs.” What would happen if a Black cop threw a white woman off a train? -BW

 

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White Alton School officials and White Alton Police stand by Decision to Shackle Hands, Legs & Waist of 7 year old Black girl

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From [HERE] and [HERE] A Illinois police department is standing behind its decision to arrest an 8-year-old Black learning disabled student. The girl was handcuffed at her Alton school on Tuesday. Her guardian says he’s outraged his daughter was treated like a criminal. 8-year-old Jmiyha Rickman was hauled off in the back of a police car from school to the Alton Police Department and was held for nearly two hours.

Police say they had no choice after Rickman took a swing at a school resource officer and tore up two classrooms. She appears to weigh less than 70lbs. 

Nehemiah Keeton, Rickman’s uncle and guardian, says she is autistic and suffers from separation anxiety and depression. Apparently then she is a student with a disability within the meaning of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Under this law she is entitled a number of rights and procedural protections that may have been violated by police and the school. For one thing, under the Act a student should not be punished for behavior that is linked to her disability. [MORE]  

Such rights are a bump in the road for racist/white supremacist police officers and school administrators who have the goal of seeking the greater confinement of non-white children. [MORE] and [MORE]. At any rate, among other things, the school & police may be also subject to liability under 42 USC 1983 for violating her IDEA rights. 

On Tuesday morning, he got a phone call from Love Joy Elementary School in Alton to pick her up because she was having a tantrum.  He says this has happened several times before. Keeton was on his way to the school when he got a phone call from police saying Rickman was in custody. Rickman says her hands and feet were handcuffed and had a belt around her waist.

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Brooklyn Calm like a Bomb after mini-riot: NYPD Shoot Black Teen 11 times - Witnesses Question Racist Suspect Cops Story

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An orderly protest over the death of an allegedly armed 16-year-old Black boy turned into a "riot" in Brooklyn tonight after young people started lashing out at NYPD officers. Between 60 and 100 rioters gathered around Church and Snyder Ave. in East Flatbush and threw bottles and other debris at police following a vigil. [MORE]

Counter-racism should not be confused with anti-racism, which is a blind reaction to stress, anger and fear caused by racism. Other unintelligent reactions (non-constructive practices that have not lead to justice) to white supremacy/racism are 'complaining, crying, protesting (poking holes in the air with signs), marches/parades, clapping hands and singing "We shall Overcome" when confronted with the death-causing, life-stultifying problems posed by white supremacy.' [more] None of these activities solve problems. [MORE]

From [HERE] On Saturday night Kimani Gray, 16, was shot eleven times by plainclothes NYPD after police said he pulled out a .357 revolver in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Mr. Gray did not fire the handgun, which was recovered at the scene. Paul J. Browne, the chief spokesman for the Police Department, said the six-shot revolver was loaded with four live rounds.

“After the anti-crime sergeant and police officer told the suspect to show his hands, which was heard by witnesses, Gray produced a revolver and pointed it at the officers, who fired a total of 11 rounds, striking Gray several times,” Mr. Browne said.

Mr. Gray’s sister, Mahnefah Gray, 19, said that a witness to the shooting told her that her brother had been fixing his belt when he was shot. She, among others who knew Mr. Gray, said they had never known him to have a gun. Even if he had one on Saturday night, he would not have pointed it at police officers, Ms. Gray said. “He has common sense,” she said.

Photo distributed by the NYC Police Department shows the gun recovered from the scene of a shooting.

A woman who lives across the street from the shooting scene said that after the shots were fired, she saw two men, whom she believed to be plainclothes officers, standing over Mr. Gray, who was prone on the sidewalk, clutching his stomach.

“He said, ‘Please don’t let me die,’ ” said the woman, 46, who gave her name only as Vanessa. One of the officers, she said, replied: “Stay down, or we’ll shoot you again.” [MORE]

Police in an unmarked patrol car say they came across a group of young Black men and saw Gray acting suspiciously, walking away from his friends when he saw the officers approach.

But witnesses witnesses say the boy was merely afraid and running for his life. On camera Camille Johnson said: "He was running for his life, telling the cops stop. These cops is ridiculous. They really are, seriously, walking around, shooting little kids. They was just beating up somebody on 51st, now they came down here and shot somebody’s child."

Unless it is not in your best interest to do so, just comply with police. To the extent that a white supremacust/racist officer has anything to do with your detention - you are a target, an enemy.

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Judge Dismisses Case Against Black Man Savagely Beaten by White Chattanooga Overseers (officers) - $50M suit filed

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"Please Don't Do Me Like that." From [HERE] and [court order] Adam Tatum clutched a cane in his shackled hands as he shuffled into a Hamilton County General Sessions courtroom on Monday morning. The cane is a reminder of the leg injuries he suffered when Chattanooga police officers savagely beat him June 14 when they responded to a disorder call at the Salvation Army halfway house where Tatum was an inmate.

A video shows two large white officers beat Mr. Tatum, a Black man, so forcefully that they broke both of his legs in multiple places.  There was no indication that he was resisting arrest or causing harm to himself or others. Nevertheless, the officers overreacted by grabbing him from behind in a choke hold and then hitting him mercilessly no less than 60 times while he sat helplessly on the ground. Then a gang of other officers, all white join in on the pouncing. [MORE]

Tatum, 37, appeared before Judge Christine Sell to have three of his assault convictions overturned. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of simple assault after he brandished a knife on a fellow inmate, Adrian McGhee. Tatum was sentenced to six months with credit for time served.

"I appreciate it," Tatum said in a soft voice as he turned and shook his attorney's hand.

Robin Flores, Tatum's attorney, filed a petition for post-conviction relief, which was granted Monday morning by Criminal Court Judge Barry Steelman.

Steelman returned the case to Sessions Court after Hamilton County Executive Assistant District Attorney Neal Pinkston and Flores agreed it was unclear that Tatum knew what he was pleading to.

 "The District Attorney's Office concedes the post-conviction petition should be granted because the petitioner's plea was unknowingly and involuntary. This concession is based upon apparent inadequate notice to the petitioner as to the identity of the victims he was pleading guilty to assaulting," the order states.

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