There is no doubt that this should never have happened, particularly in this city.

So why were the police called? If the mom said she needed mental health professionals, why was there a police response?

Rochester, NY is a medium size community in Western NY state, it is and has been a city with Democrat mayors , in a state run by Democrats for decades. Why is it not prepared for crises like this? Who is at fault?

If you look at many of the claims of police brutality, they are from similarly governed cities, why is that? If the Democrats have the answers, why are they failing to correct these repeated problems?

 

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Buffalo Cops Who Shoved 75-Year-Old Protester


Buffalo Police with man bleeding from the Ear (Screen Capture)


https://www.thedailybeast.com/grand...-75-year-old-protester-martin-gugino?ref=home

 

Again, this is a staunch Democrat city, and again in NYS the strong hold of Cuomo and his cronies. Why did this happen? Does this mean that it’s not Trump’s or his deplorables fault. What say ye liberals?

 

Now see, there you go again with inconvenient facts, @tenguy.
Swear to God, you trigger a despicable .........

 

New Rochester Body-Cam Footage Shows Cop Told Pepper-Sprayed Black Girl, 9, ‘You Did It to Yourself, Hon’

https://www.thedailybeast.com/roche...ck-girl-9-you-did-it-to-yourself-hon?ref=home

 

With crap like this happening, why on earth would anyone want to be a police officer? It seems that your either going to be placed in an untenable situation or painted as abusive by default.

Should a nine year old child be handcuffed and pepper sprayed? Hell no! Should police officers be expected to handle such domestic matters? Again hell no.

What would the righteous critics’ reaction be if the child killed her mother because the police officers did nothing?

 

It doesn't really matter where it is the real problem is the ideology of policing over the past few decades has changed from protect and serve to nuke a puke. Police became militarized and came to see the public they are supposed to serve as the enemy. Especially if they are Black or Brown. They have come to relish brutality and enjoy incredible protection from police unions and even the courts. They also don't give a shit how many times they get sued because its the tax payers who pay the costs. And if they are fired from one police department they can just go to another department and get hired. US police have become infiltrated with white supremacist and far right extremists. And the only way to deal with that is massive police reform.

Muslim-bashing Ohio deputy faces new troubles after posting Three Percenter militia flag on Facebook


Hamilton County Deputy Michael Stemmerding. (Screen cap via WCPO)

https://www.rawstory.com/michael-stemmerding/

 

Come on @stumbler , what's your end game?
We all understand you hate America, you know, the "shithole country" as you constantly called it.
We know your idol country is Iran, cause you push their America hating propaganda at every opportunity.
We know you are dancing in the moonlight over the Trump impeachment, even though everyone already knows its just a despicable circus.
And your attacks on law enforcement are legendary, well, except for the political mileage you've gotten out of the capitol police who were injured and killed.
And even though you wore out your "ILLEGAL migrant kids ripped from their mothers arms and locked in cages" propaganda, you still enjoy posting your lies about that at every opportunity.

But what's your endgame?
A Moslem government?
A communist America?
Maybe a one party America?

 

Wyoming's first Black sheriff: 'Here to keep the peace'

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-...ts-first-black-sheriff-here-to-keep-the-peace

 

Bronx DA Investigating Possible False Confessions in 31 Murder Cases

https://www.thedailybeast.com/bronx...false-confessions-in-31-murder-cases?ref=home

 

Police absolutely do not give a shit. They are rarely held to account for their brutality and the taxpayers pay for it.


Elderly Buffalo Man Brutally Shoved by Police Sues Department, City

https://www.thedailybeast.com/elder...hoved-by-police-sues-department-city?ref=home

 

So the police in Buffalo are corrupt and brutal, is that what you’ve driving at, and now the Grand Jury is also complicit?

So the guy who is mayor Byron Brown since 2005 must be complicit as well, even though he is a Democrat and black.

Better retune your sensors stumbles you’re hunting in the wrong field here.

 

Hey stumbler, how do you suppose your hero would have been treated in your holy land, Iran?
He'd probably have been shot right on the spot.

 

Colorado police had no legal basis to stop, frisk or restrain Elijah McClain, report finds

https://www.axios.com/colorado-police-elijah-mcclain-95bc78a9-db20-450f-8184-7e136296f7bd.html

 

Baton Rouge Police Investigating Video of Cop With Arm Around Black 13-Year-Old’s Neck

https://www.thedailybeast.com/baton...h-arm-around-black-13-year-olds-neck?ref=home

 

Ahmaud Arbery’s Estate Alleges DA Personally Intervened to Stop Arrests, ‘Cover Up’ Killing

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ahmau...ainst-georgia-county-police-officers?ref=home

 

No Charges Against Officers Involved In Daniel Prude’s Death
State Attorney General Letitia James, whose office took over the prosecution and impaneled a grand jury, said “the criminal justice system is badly in need of reform.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/daniel-prude-no-charges-officers-rochester_n_60357696c5b656e70b9268fd

 

Justice Department Convenes Grand Jury Investigating Officer Filmed Kneeling on George Floyd

https://www.thedailybeast.com/justi...icer-filmed-kneeling-on-george-floyd?ref=home

 

Family: Navy vet died after police knelt on his neck
OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ
Tue, February 23, 2021, 7:37 PM




SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Navy veteran who was going through an episode of paranoia died after a Northern California police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes, his family said Tuesday.

The family of Angelo Quinto called police on Dec. 23 because the 30-year-old was suffering a mental health crisis and needed help. His family says a responding officer knelt on Quinto’s neck for nearly five minutes while another officer restrained his legs. Quinto lost consciousness and was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he died three days later.

“He said ‘Please don’t kill me. Please don’t kill me,’ as they were putting him on the ground. They handcuffed him and one officer put his knee on the back of his neck the whole time I was in the room," said Quinto’s mother, Cassandra Quinto-Collins.

Quinto-Collins said she had been hugging her son and he was calm when officers arrived at their home in Antioch, 45 miles (70 kilometers) east of San Francisco.

“I trusted the police because I thought they knew what they were doing but he was actually passive and visibly not dangerous or a threat so, it was absolutely unnecessary what they did to him," she said.

A video recorded by Quinto-Collins shows her son listless, with a bloodied face and his hands cuffed behind his back. She said she began recording after seeing her son's eyes were rolled up in his head.

The family filed a legal claim against the Antioch Police Department last week, which gives the department 45 days to respond. After that time has elapsed, the family will file a federal lawsuit, said John Burris, the Quintos’ attorney.

“I refer to it as the George Floyd technique, that’s what snuffed the life out of him and that cannot be a lawful technique," Burris said. “We see not only violations of his civil rights but also violations against the rights of his mother and sister's, who saw what happened to him.”

Floyd, a Black man, died May 25 in Minneapolis after a police officer pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck while he was handcuffed and saying he couldn’t breathe.

Burris said there were other issues with the officers' response, including how they didn’t try to de-escalate and first talk to Quinto, and how they failed to turn on their body cameras and the camera in their patrol car.

A cause of death has not been released by authorities and an independent autopsy is pending, Burris said.

The Antioch Police Department didn’t respond Tuesday to a request for comment from The Associated Press.

The department didn't inform the public of Quinto’s death until Jan. 25 when it answered inquiries made by East Bay Times.

After the legal claim was filed Thursday, Antioch Police Lt. Tarra Mendes told the newspaper that “the investigation is still ongoing. We want it to be completed. As soon as it is completed, we will be able to provide the public with more information.”

Quinto, who was born in the Philippines, was honorably discharged from the Navy in 2019 because of a food allergy, said his sister, Bella Collins.

He suffered from depression most of his life, but his behavior changed after an apparent assault in early 2020, when he woke up in a hospital not remembering what had happened and with stitches and serious injuries. After that, he began having episodes of paranoia and anxiety, she said.

Collins, 18, said she now regrets calling the police after worrying her brother, who before police arrived was tightly hugging her and their mom, could hurt their mother.

“I asked the detectives if there another number I should have called, and they told me that there wasn’t and that I did the right thing. But right now I can tell you that the right thing would not have killed my brother,” she said.

 

How does someone speak if their airway is blocked? Serious question.