Rise of the Warrior Cop

[Grizzly]

NYPD fires officer in Eric Garner murder? Fired? Why... shouldn't they charge that dood, with MURDER?

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A White Texas Cop Killed a Black Woman Inside Her Own Home Because Her Door Was Open
Daniel PolitiOct 13, 201910:07 AM

Police tape is stretched across a street near a residence during a shooting on August 14, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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A white police officer in Fort Worth, Texas killed a black woman inside her own home after a neighbor called police because her front door was open. The neighbor, James Smith, called a non-emergency number for police early Saturday morning when he became concerned after he saw the doors to Atatiana Jefferson’s home were open and the lights were on. He knew 28-year-old Jefferson was home with her 8-year-old nephew and the whole thing struck him as unusual. Police responded to the call at 2:25 a.m., parked around the corner and began searching the perimeter of the house.

Body camera footage of the incident shows an officer seeing a door open in the home and then going around the house with a colleague. The officer then opens a gate and holds a flashlight as he walks into the yard of the house. The officer then looks thorugh a window and he appears to see a person through a window and quickly yells out: “Put your hands up! Show me your hands!” Without ever identifying himself as a police officer, the officer fired a single shot through the window that killed Jefferson. The whole sequence took less than four seconds.

Jefferson was inside her home playing video games with her nephew when they heard noises outside. When she went to the window to see what was going on, she was shot, according to S. Lee Merritt, a lawyer who handles civil rights cases and is representing the family.


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A North Texas cop just murdered another law abiding citizen in their home. Her name was #AtatianaJefferson “Tay”. She was playing video games with her 8y/o nephew, when they heard a noise in the backyard. When Tay went to investigate, she was shot to death.
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Smith talked to reporters later on Saturday and was struggling with guilt over his decision to make the call. “If I had never dialed the police department, she’d still be alive,” Smith said. He took part of the blame for Jefferson’s death and said it made him feel like never calling the police again: “If you don’t feel safe with the police department, then who do you feel safe with? Do you just ignore crime or ignore something that’s not right?”


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Here's Smith describing why he decided to call a non-emergency police number around 2 a.m. Saturday:
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He said: “If you don’t feel safe with the police department, then who do you feel safe with? Do you just ignore crime or ignore something that’s not right?"
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Police have not named the officer involved in the shooting but said he joined the department in April 2018. “Perceiving a threat, the officer drew his duty weapon and fired one shot striking the person inside the residence,” the department said in a news release. “Officers entered the residence locating the individual and a firearm and began providing emergency medical care.” Police also released photos of a gun they said was inside the bedroom of the house but did not say whether Jefferson was holding, or even near, the weapon when she was killed.


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The shooting immediately brought to mind Amber Guyger, a former police officer in Dallas who was recently sentenced to 10 years in prison for fatally shooting her unarmed neighbor in his apartment. It also marked the seventh time since June 1 that a Fort Worth police officer shot a civilian, six of whom died.
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[Cordelia]

Prince George’s officer charged in fatal shooting of handcuffed suspect

By Rachel Chason, Dan Morse and Justin Jouvenal

Jan. 28, 2020 at 6:58 p.m. EST

Prince George’s County police charged an officer with murder Tuesday, saying he fired seven shots at a man who was cuffed in the front seat of a cruiser with his hands behind his back.

Police Chief Hank Stawinski announced the charges less than a day after the incident, following the department’s investigation. Stawinski said bringing such serious charges against an officer within 24 hours of an incident is “unprecedented” for the department.

“I am unable to come to our community this evening and offer you a reasonable explanation for the events that occurred last night,” said Stawinski, who called the moment the most difficult of his tenure as police chief in the Washington suburb. “I have concluded that what happened last night is a crime.”

He identified the victim as William Green, 43, of Southeast Washington. Green was killed while sitting in the passenger side of a police cruiser in the Temple Hills area.

The details Stawinski presented Tuesday altered the narrative previously shared by police after the shooting Monday night. Police initially reported Green may have been under the influence of PCP, a hallucinogenic that has been associated with violent behavior, and that there was a struggle inside the cruiser before Green’s death.

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The details Stawinski presented Tuesday altered the narrative previously shared by police after the shooting Monday night. Police initially reported Green may have been under the influence of PCP, a hallucinogenic that has been associated with violent behavior, and that there was a struggle inside the cruiser before Green’s death.

^^^ PCP: Police Con Preference.




(For a couple of years during another lifetime, I supported myself as a huckster (a licensed huckster) and drove predawn to load my truck with stock from a large wholesale market in PG County. I never felt unsafe except for one morning when the market was swarming w/PG cops, called in for some incident. Nothing happened but PGPD was notorious for corruption and acting out misconduct w/impunity --a notoriety now shared w/Baltimore and of course countless other police departments.)

[Laodicean]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqpmbTJHiis

Firefighters clash with riot police in France protests

[Grizzly]

Why are they wearing jokers paint?

[Laodicean]

Why are they wearing jokers paint?

http://rigorousintuition.ca/board2/view ... 08#p682808

Seriously?

[Grizzly]

Still don't get it... Laodicean. Can you be any clearer?

[Cordelia]

^^^
I wondered too Grizzly. Haven't seen the film, but here's explanation:

Some firefighters even wore ‘Joker‘ face paint–referring to the Blockbuster sensation whose final scene was a riot inspired by the actions of the eponymous protagonist.

The Joker has become a symbol of international protest, making appearances in Hong Kong and Lebanon among other countries.

https://nationalfile.com/video-fight-be ... in-france/

Chile



Hong Kong


Lebanon

[Grizzly]

Thanks, Cordelia ... I have seen it, just didn't register, I GUESS.