Showing posts with label Deadly Force. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Deadly Force. Show all posts

December 22, 2014

List of NYPD Police Killed On Duty





[From article]
the sad history of police partners being assassinated in uniform. It’s happened seven times since 1971, Bratton said. In some instances, the officer was alone, when he was targeted for wearing blue.
[. . .]
The Black Liberation Army fatally targeted 16 law enforcement officers around the nation, over the course of more than a decade.
[. . .]
Edward Byrne was a rookie, just 22 years old, and on the job six months.
He was guarding the home of a drug witness on Inwood Street, when four hired guns snuck up to his patrol car and one distracted him.
[. . .]
Cobb told investigators his team was paid $8,000 to carry out the hit by a jailed drug enforcer, Howard “Pappy” Mason.

http://pix11.com/2014/12/20/targeted-for-their-badge-the-disturbing-43-year-history-of-assassinations-of-nypd-cops/

Targeted by their uniform: The disturbing 43-year history of assassinations of NYPD cops
POSTED 10:34 PM, DECEMBER 20, 2014,
BY MARY MURPHY,
UPDATED AT 11:45PM, DECEMBER 20, 2014

November 4, 2013

NC Police Shoot Dead Unarmed Man Seeking Help After Car Accident, Officer Charged

Posted September 16, 2013 7:52 PM ET; Last updated November 4, 2013 8:45 PM ET



Charged: Officer Randall Kerrick, above, has been charged with voluntary manslaughter after shooting ex-FAMU football player Jonathan Ferrell, 24, below.



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2421635/Jonathan-Ferrell-Unarmed-football-player-shot-dead-police-went-help-upscale-community.html

Unarmed ex-football player had just got ENGAGED and was working two jobs when he was shot dead by police at upscale community as he 'sought help after crash'
Jonathan Ferrell, 24, crashed his car in the early hours of Saturday morning and walked half a mile to knock on a door for help
Arrived at the upscale North Carolina community of Bradfield Fams 17 miles east of Charlotte
The homeowner called 911 and police shot Ferrell when a Taser failed to stop him from approaching them
North Carolina cop Randall Kerrick has been charged with voluntary manslaughter
Ferrell played football for Florida A&M University in 2009 and 2010
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER and AP REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 20:10 EST, 15 September 2013 | UPDATED: 22:08 EST, 15 September 2013

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2484431/Toxicology-report-confirms-Jonathan-Ferrell-wasnt-drunk-police-shot-him.html

Toxicology report confirms ex-college player wasn't drunk the night a police officer shot him TEN TIMES when he tried to get help after crashing his car
Jonathan Ferrell, 24, was neither drunk or under the influence of drugs the night he crashed his car in Charlotte, North Carolina
A homeowner called 911 when he knocked on her door asking for help with his broken car
Officer Randall Kerrick responded to the report of a break in and shot Ferrell ten times when he was approached by the man in the neighborhood
The officer has been charged with voluntary manslaughter
The former FAMU footballer had moved to the state to be with his fiancee
Ferrell's mother said she forgives her son's shooter but prays that he is removed from the police force
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER and AP REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 10:43 EST, 2 November 2013 | UPDATED: 11:41 EST, 2 November 2013

October 6, 2013

Use of Deadly Force Will Be Studied in DC After Two Police Killings in Three Weeks




[From article]
"I think the question we have to ask is, `What threat did she cause?" said Geoffrey Alpert, an expert on police use of force at the University of South Carolina. "What threat was she to the officers, to the public, to the politicians?"
[. . .]
A federal law enforcement official said Friday that her mental health appeared to be deteriorating in the last year and that she was apparently under the delusion the president was communicating with her. The official was briefed on the investigation but not authorized to discuss it publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

An anonymous "federal official" (who may him or herself be delusional) accused the woman of being delusional. And the responsible journalist (who may also be delusional) reported what the anonymous "federal official" said. Nice. Are the readers who believe this nonsense delusional too? In this case did the guns do the killing? Or was it the police officers? Where are the delusional gun control advocates when you need them? And where are Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton? 

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CAPITOL_LOCKDOWN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-10-05-23-48-57

Oct 5, 11:48 PM EDT
USE OF FORCE TO BE STUDIED IN DC POLICE CHASE
BY LARRY NEUMEISTER AND ERIC TUCKER 

ASSOCIATED PRESS

October 4, 2013

DC Police Kill Second Black Disabled Person in 3 Weeks





Washington DC Police Surround Vehicle With Unarmed Miriam Carey, 34, and her One-Year-old daughter inside. Police later shot her dead.


Miriam Carey, 34

Washington DC police shot dead a second black American citizen with a disability within three weeks. Both victims allegedly had a history of mental illness. One was a criminal shooting at people and killing government employees who did him no harm. The second shooting victim was a troubled mother who had her one-year-old daughter in her car when she was shot dead by police. ABC News reported she stopped taking her psychiatric drugs. This is a repeating pattern of erratic behavior happening when harmless civilians stop taking the toxic chemicals pushed by drug companies and their venal enablers, the psychiatric industry. The woman had no history of violence. The first police shooting victim had a violent criminal history. But they were treated the same due to the pervasive negative stereotype of persons with disabilities. The Connecticut woman said things that psychiatrists did not like and/or did not understand. What she said was protected speech whether it made any sense or not. Psychiatrists with the police power of the state forced her to take toxic chemicals to stop her inappropriate speech.

Police, the courts, politicians and journalists demonize persons who are accused of mental illness. The psychiatric industry makes up illnesses as fast as they can get an insurance billing number for the DSM. The illnesses are not based on science, but created by consensus. After one hundred years of major media propaganda this fake product industry milks taxpayers for billions each year, abusing humans who have problems. They are treated like criminals and used as fodder for the criminal justice industry and the human services industrial complex.  
Both of these shooting victims were described by journalists as delusional. If you apply the standards used for that designation to ordinary citizens and especially journalists and politicians you may find that a large majority of US residents are delusional. Beginning with the highest ranking politicians in Washington DC the majority leader of the US Senate makes ridiculous claims. Is he intentionally lying to deceive voters? Or is he delusional? Next is the leader of the formerly free world, who makes the same kind of irrational claims with no basis in fact. Is he intentionally lying along with the majority leader? Or is he too delusional? Are the many ordinary voters who believe what these gentle men say, delusional too? As Winston Churchill observed "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."

Is the issue more properly crime, not delusions? If saying inane things with no factual basis were reason to shoot humans dead, most of the US Congress and state legislatures would be police targets. When will police be trained to stop killing law abiding disabled persons? When will they begin targeting violent criminals?

[From article]
The woman who led police on a high-speed chase near the U.S. Capitol before being shot dead had a history of mental illness and believed President Obama was electronically monitoring her Connecticut home in order to broadcast her life on television, sources said.
Sources told ABC News that Connecticut police had twice in 2012 been called by Miriam Carey's boyfriend, who reported the woman was delusional, acting irrationally and putting her infant daughter in danger.
[. . .]
According to sources Carey believed she was the "prophet of Stamford" and was capable of communicating with Obama.
[. . .]
Carey told police President Obama had placed Stamford on lockdown and had arranged to have her home electronically monitored and her life broadcast on television, sources said.
Police handcuffed Carey and remanded her for a mental health evaluation. According to sources, Carey had a family history of schizophrenia and was taking medication for a mental illness.
On Dec. 21, Francis again called police to report his girlfriend was "off her medication" and acting erratically.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/capitol-suspect-miriam-carey-believed-obama-electronically-monitored/story?id=20470498
Capitol Suspect Miriam Carey Believed Obama Electronically Monitored Her
Oct. 4, 2013
By MIKE LEVINE and RUSSELL GOLDMAN
and
[From article]
“They wrapped her in something with straps on the gurney. EMS asked what was happening and [Valarie] whispered in the [EMS] worker’s ear. Miriam was on the gurney kicking and screaming, ‘The world is going to end. We are all going to die. It is going to happen.’”
[. . .]
“Valerie was on the phone complaining about not being able to cope anymore [saying] `I can’t keep dealing with this hearing voices and stuff, this spacing out.’’’
[. . .]
Police found schizophrenia drugs during search of Carey’s Stamford home after the shooting, according to CNN.
http://nypost.com/2013/10/04/capitol-rampage-mom-thought-obama-was-stalking-her/
DC rampage mom was ‘obsessed’ with Obama
By Jamie Schram, Jeane Macintosh and Post Wires
October 4, 2013 | 8:17am
and
[From article]
The Connecticut woman who was shot to death outside the U.S. Capitol after trying to ram her car through a White House barrier had been under the delusion the president was communicating with her, a federal law enforcement official said Friday.
http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/national/2013/10/official_woman_killed_in_dc_chase_was_delusional
Official: Woman killed in DC chase was delusional
Friday, October 4, 2013
By: Associated Press

March 30, 2013

Technology Run Amok




TASERs were promoted as an alternative to deadly force for police. But now police often use TASERs to stop fleeing suspects and when civilians disobey a police officer, neither situation permits use of deadly force. Occasionally the victims of police TASER abuse die due to illnesses which are not apparent to the police. But here is a serious down side of technology. Every new toy, tool, weapon created for public safety is also available to criminals for evil purposes. Drones will soon be used by criminals to wreak havoc on law abiding citizens. 

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/woman_foils_stun_gun_sex_fiend_in_Cah4Ur1MIIr8q9l9bIbrcM

Woman foils stun-gun sex fiend in Queens
By REBECCA HARSHBARGER
New York Post
Last Updated: 3:56 PM, March 30, 2013
Posted: 3:41 PM, March 30, 2013

June 12, 2012

IN Passes Law Allowing Civilians To Shoot Police

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-05/nra-backed-law-spells-out-when-indianans-may-open-fire-on-police.html

NRA-Backed Law Spells Out When Indianans May Open Fire On Police
By Mark Niquette
Jun 5, 2012 12:01 AM ET

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[From article]
Police officers in Indiana are upset over a new law allowing residents to use deadly force against public servants, including law enforcement officers, who unlawfully enter their homes. It was signed by Republican Governor Mitch Daniels in March.

http://www.allgov.com/Top_Stories/ViewNews/Indiana_First_State_to_Allow_Citizens_to_Shoot_Law_Enforcement_Officers_120611

Indiana First State to Allow Citizens to Shoot Law Enforcement Officers
Monday, June 11, 2012

February 5, 2012

Police Use Stun Guns On Woman Accused of Trespass

Here's the problem with giving government especially police any more power. The argument made by the founders of TASER Corporation is that their TASER (stun gun) is a humane alternative to deadly force. It is a rational argument. But when police, who claim to be human, get a new source of force they can use on civilians they use it whenever they get the chance. Hey, if it don't kill why not? Look at how much fun it is. But it does kill. for people, with weak cardio pulmonary systems. Beyond that potential where is the need for deadly force for a woman who acts belligerently and is accused of trespass? That is the argument against stun guns. They are one more piece of equipment that police can abuse having fun watching people twist and turn on the ground. This abuse must end.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/cops_use_stun_gun_on_woman_blocking_ZySYjgUMSDFrx14nY7ekaN

Cops use stun gun on woman blocking McD's drive-thru
AP
Last Updated: 12:36 PM, February 5, 2012

June 1, 2010

Alaska Paper Informs Writer of Deadly Force Law

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20006392-503544.html

May 31, 2010 2:31 PM

Wasilla Paper Warns Palin Author of Deadly Force Law

CBS News
Posted by Scott Conroy

October 29, 2009

Speedy Justice in Patient Killing


Two days after a licensed gunman shot dead a person with a disability the DA says it was lawful. Why does it take two years or more to decide the guilt of an ordinary person? Did Langone get preferential treatment? Is he connected politically? Journalists continue to demonize the murder victim. The killing may be technically legal. It is offensively immoral. Why do laws allow loaded weapons by private persons in a treatment facility? Why do police vigorously support this killing? In enlightened jurisdictions violent persons can be disarmed with proper training. Langone was trained in firearms. Was he trained to deal with disturbed persons without deadly force?

http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1208261

DA: Guard acted ‘lawfully’ in MGH shooting
By Jessica Van Sack, Marie Szaniszlo & Joe Dwinell
Boston Herald
Thursday, October 29, 2009