Family of Kiwi man killed by police in US get $30 million settlement
(and comprehensive agreements to improve police training and procedures etc)

this young man called police for help after his vehicle got stuck,
instead , they terrorised him ,
and then shot him dead in his vehicle , pumping five rounds into him

you can easily find the whole story if interested

 

'Nobody did their job': Man's death after cops failed to give him heart meds exposes 'major flaw'

Maya Boddie, Alternet
June 3, 2023, 6:32 PM ET



Family photo


Dexter Barry succumbed to cardiac arrest just three days after his release from a Florida jail, and his family believes his death could have been prevented had the jail staff adhered to his cry for help, NPR reports.

Per NPR, Barry's death, "which was first reported by The Tributary, has sparked major questions about the quality of health care overseen by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office."

In addition to the late 54-year-old's family, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Florida also told NPR, "Dexter Barry's disturbing, preventable death from medical neglect highlights a major flaw in how America treats its carceral system. We urge state officials to investigate Mr. Barry's killing and pursue justice for his loved ones."

Florida pathologist Dr. Jose SuarezHoyos, "who conducted a private autopsy of Barry on behalf of Barry's family, told NPR," the 54-year-old "died from cardiac arrest that was caused by an acute rejection of the heart."

In body camera footage obtained by NPR, in his cry for help, Barry said, "I take rejection medicine for my heart transplant. I can't miss those doses."

NPR reports:

After experiencing a near-stroke in 2008, Barry waited for a new heart for 12 years, and even moved to Florida to increase his chances of getting the procedure, King said. Barry was determined to receive the treatment because he wanted to watch his son's children grow up, as well as see King have a child of her own. In 2020, the opportunity to possibly live a longer, healthier life came true.

Janelle King, Barry's daughter said, "The officer, the judge, the jail, the nurses, the medical team, nobody did their job. As a result, my father who waited 12 years for a transplant is not here."

Andrew Bonderud, the Barry family's attorney told NPR the family will "file a lawsuit against the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office soon," adding, "There were so many people who could have prevented Dexter Barry's death. It seems to me that one phone call to the right person from the right person would've made a difference."



https://www.rawstory.com/nobody-did...ses-major-flaw-in-carceral-system-2660873187/

 

West Virginia police officer shot and killed, suspect in custody after intense manhunt | Fox News

WEST VIRGINIA

Published June 3, 2023 8:20pm EDT
West Virginia police officer shot and killed, suspect in custody after intense manhunt
West Virginia State Police officer Cory Maynard was shot and killed

By Adam Sabes | Fox News
Florida woman was shoplifting when car with two children inside bursts into flames, police say

Alicia Moore was stealing from an Orlando department store when two children were left alone in her car, police said. (City of Orlando)

A West Virginia State Police officer was killed while responding to a complaint of a shooting on Friday.

Sgt. Cory Maynard as well as two other officers initially responded to a complaint of a shooting at a home on Friday in Mingo County, West Virginia when Timothy Kennedy, 29, allegedly began firing his weapon. Maynard was shot and taken to a local hospital, where he later died.

Kennedy is being charged with first-degree murder.

He fled the scene after the alleged incident, triggering what turned into an hours-long manhunt which ended up postponing a graduation ceremony on Friday night, with residents in the area being told to stay inside.

Kennedy was taken into custody on Friday night in a stolen vehicle which was stopped at a law enforcement checkpoint.

MISSISSIPPI POLICE OFFICER KILLED WHILE RESPONDING TO HOSTAGE SITUATION, ANOTHER INJURED


Sgt. Cory Maynard (L) as well as two other officers initially responded to a complaint of a shooting at a home on Friday in Mingo County, West Virginia when Timothy Kennedy (R), 29, allegedly began firing his weapon. Maynard was shot and taken to a local hospital, where he later died. (West Virginia State Police via AP)

He's being held without bond.

Maynard was previously awarded in 2015 by the state police after administering first aid to a man who was involved in a pursuit and crashed into his vehicle, then stabbing himself in the neck.

Benjamin Adam Baldwin, 39, was also injured during the shooting. He was taken to a local hospital and was in serious but stable condition.

OFF-DUTY CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER SHOT AFTER MOVING GARBAGE CANS BLOCKING ALLEYWAY


This jail booking photo provided by West Virginia State Police shows Timothy Kennedy, who was arraigned Saturday, June 3, 2023, on a first-degree murder charge in the death of a West Virginia state police officer. Sgt. Cory Maynard was shot Friday, June 2, in the Mingo County community of Beech Creek. (West Virginia State Police via AP)


Timothy Kennedy is shown in this undated photo sent by West Virginia State Police. State Police identified, Kennedy, 29, of Beech Creek, West Virginia, as a suspect in the fatal shooting Friday, June 2, 2023, of a West Virginia State Police sergeant. Kennedy was being sought. (West Virginia State Police via AP)

A motive for the shooting is under investigation.

In a statement posted to Twitter, Republican Governor Jim Justice said that he's "absolutely heartbroken."

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This undated photo provided by West Virginia State Police shows State Police Sgt. Cory Maynard. Maynard was fatally shot Friday, June 2, 2023, in the Mingo County community of Beech Creek. A suspect was arraigned Saturday, June 3. (Courtesy of West Virginia State Police via AP)

"The brave men and women of law enforcement, and all first responders who put their lives on the line every day to keep us safe, are an inspiration to us all," Justice said. "I again ask all West Virginians to join Cathy and I in embracing Trooper Maynard’s family, loved ones, and all of our courageous West Virginians in uniform during this incredibly difficult time."

 

911 what is your emergency?

My husband has been kidnapped and is in in danger.

911--Oh please we don't have time for this N word shit. We are too busy not enforcing red flag laws. Go look for himself.


Wife of Slain Man Says Police Didn't Respond to Her 911 Report That He Had Been Taken Hostage
A woman who received a desperate text from her husband indicating he had been taken hostage says she called 911 but that police didn't respond until about an hour later, by which time he had been shot and killed


By Associated Press
|
June 6, 2023, at 6:01 p.m.




DENVER (AP) — A woman who received a desperate text from her husband indicating he had been taken hostage said Tuesday that she called 911 but that police did not respond until about an hour later, by which time he had been shot and killed.

On its online police blotter, the Colorado Springs Police Department said it found two deceased adult males on Friday at the location that Talija Campbell said she feared her husband Qualin Campbell was being held by another man. It said the officers responded to a report of a shooting there at 2:09 p.m.

Talija Campbell said she called 911 just after 1 p.m. when her husband, a father of two, l texted his location and a photo of a man sitting next to him in his car. Then he sent messages saying “911" and "Send Please!” She called the emergency number.

Campbell said she told one dispatcher that she believed her husband had been taken hostage, described his car and his location, which was about a mile away from the headquarters of the Colorado Springs Police Department. She was then transferred to a dispatcher responsible for taking Colorado Springs calls. The first dispatcher briefed the second dispatcher on what Campbell reported, she said, before Campbell said she explained what she knew again to the second dispatcher. The dispatcher said an officer would check it out and get back to her but there was no sense of urgency, Campbell said, so she drove to the location herself.

When she arrived Campbell said she immediately recognized her husband's company car in a parking lot. She said when she saw her husband slumped over inside the car alongside another man, she fell to her knees and started screaming. As other people gathered around, they debated whether they should open the car door after seeing a gun on the lap of the other man, who appeared to be unconscious but did not have any visible injuries, she said.

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Campbell said she decided to open the door to try to save her husband, who had been bleeding, but found no pulse on his neck or wrist.

“I shouldn’t have been the one there, the first person to respond,” she said.

She said her husband's uncle, who also went to the scene, called police to report that Qualin Campbell was dead.

When asked about Campbell's 911 call and the police response to it, police spokesman Robert Tornabene said he couldn't comment because there was an “open and active criminal investigation” into the deaths.


Campbell's lawyer, Harry Daniels, said she wants answers from the department about why it did not respond to her call, saying Qualin Campbell might still be alive if they had.

“I can’t think of anything that could take higher precedence than a hostage situation, except maybe an active shooter,” he said.

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...her-911-report-that-he-had-been-taken-hostage

 

Police ID man accused of killing Scott County deputy Caleb Conley (cincinnati.com)

Police ID man accused of fatal shooting of Scott County deputy Caleb Conley
Erin CouchCameron Knight
Cincinnati Enquirer
according to Maj. Matt LeMonds, spokesperson for the Lexington Division of Community Corrections.

Deputy Caleb Conley was shot at the traffic stop on southbound Interstate 75, just before 5 p.m. Monday near mile marker 127 near Georgetown, the Scott County Sheriff's Department said. Sheangshang fled from the scene, deputies said.`

Scott County Sheriff Tony Hampton said Conley had been a member of the force for four years and in the military for eight years prior to that.

He was described as an excellent asset to the staff. The sheriff said Conley was “a damn good deputy, took his job seriously. He was a go-getter who loved his job. And he was so good at it."

Kentucky State Police reported its critical incident response team is investigating the shooting.

The officer was hailed as a hero by Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear.

 

A GOP Governor May Be On The Verge Of Pardoning A Cop Who Killed A Black Man

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Phillip Jackson
Wed, June 14, 2023 at 1:19 PM MDT



In this Aug. 28, 2020 photo, Laurie Bey, right, whose son Cameron Lamb was shot and killed by Kansas City police in 2019, stands with Merlon Ragland, Cameron's aunt, as demonstrators gather at the Lincoln Memorial as final preparations are made for the March on Washington in Washington. The family of Lamb is suing Kansas City police and the officer. The Kansas City Star reports that the lawsuit was filed Monday, June 28, 2021, in federal court on behalf of 26-year-old Cameron Lamb's four minor children.

The Republican governor of Missouri may be on the verge of issuing an extraordinary pardon to a police officer who killed a Black man in 2019 ― and a county prosecutor is urging him not to do it.

Jean Peters Baker, the top prosecutor in Jackson County, wrote a letter to Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday asking him not to pardon former Kansas City police officer Eric DeValkenaere. The prosecutor’s office secured a second-degree involuntary manslaughter conviction against DeValkenaere, and he was sentenced to six years in jail in March 2022. But his attorneys filed to appeal his sentencing within days. DeValkenaere was allowed to remain on bond while he appealed his conviction. Cameron Lamb’s family, the man who was killed, filed a wrongful death lawsuit two years later.


Kansas City community leaders urged Parson not to pardon DeValkenaere, who has not served any time in jail since he filed an appeal of his conviction. The Missouri Attorney General’s office is handling the appeals process in the case.

Baker noted in her letter that if Parson chooses to pardon DeValkenaere, it will cause further division between the Kansas City police and residents in the city.

“I am aware that you have been lobbied to pardon this officer, even before his trial. I imagine you might view a pardon as a way to support police. But I expect this extreme action for the only KCPD officer convicted of fatally shooting a Black man will ignite distrust, protests, and public safety concerns for citizens and for police,” Baker wrote to the governor.

In a statement, Parson responded, accusing the prosecutor of trying to cause division.

“It’s disappointing that the Jackson County Prosecutor would play political games when Governor Parson has a proven, bipartisan record of working to improve the criminal justice system as a whole. While the prosecutor tries to earn political points for her re-election bid, Governor Parson will continue working every day to support people across the state who are affected by crime,” Parson wrote.

Parson further attempted to tout other people he has pardoned, pointing to “20 commutations and 538 pardons he has granted out of the 3,700 requested applications,” he said in the statement.

“Every application goes through a thorough and thoughtful review before any decision is made. Eric DeValkenaere’s will be treated the exact same if he applies.”

On Dec. 3, 2019, Kansas City police officers spotted Lamb, 26, chasing another vehicle. They did not engage him but did follow him back to his house.

Two officers entered the property without a warrant, permission from the property owner or any probable cause. One officer, Troy Schwalm, confronted Lamb. DeValkenaere came from the other side of the home and knocked down a fence to get into the backyard. He fired his gun at Lamb, fatally wounded him, and later said he saw Lamb raise a gun and point it at Schwalm.

A judge ruled the officers followed Lamb illegally. They had a duty to fall back since Lamb did not present an obvious threat, and the two were the aggressors during the encounter. Schwalm was never charged but testified during the trial.

Baker described the governor’s possible decision as a “political action over the legal process.” She encouraged the governor to reach out to Lamb’s family before his office makes any legal decisions, which the Jackson County prosecutor noted his office had not done yet.

“I would urge you to immediately speak with the victim’s family. No one from your office or the Attorney General’s Office has spoken with these victims, and they deserve better,” Baker wrote. “Secondly, I urge you to speak with this community. Convene a public meeting in Kansas City regarding your proposed actions. Kansas Citians deserve to be heard.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-governor-may-verge-pardoning-191940442.html

 

Just a couple of headlines because I am really busy today.

Minneapolis cop used excessive force even with a DOJ investigator watching: DOJ report
https://www.rawstory.com/minneapolis-police-doj-report/


Detroit cop named in $10 million lawsuit never fired despite history of racism, drunk driving and domestic abuse

https://www.rawstory.com/detroit-police/

 

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Well at least they didn't just shoot him 30 or 40 times.


Ohio police officer lets K9 attack Black suspect who was surrendering with hands up, reports say

• Published: Jul. 24, 2023, 4:54 a.m.

By

• Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com

CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — A video shows a police officer allow his K9 to attack a Black suspect who was surrendering with his hands in the air following a traffic pursuit, despite repeated orders from State Highway Patrol troopers to hold the dog back, reports say.


The incident on the Fourth of July in Circleville has led to an investigation as to why the officer allowed the K9 to attack Jadarrius Rose, 23, following a “lengthy” pursuit involving a tractor-trailer, Reuters reports.



According to NBC News, the chase started Ohio 35 when Rose refused to stop his tractor-trailer for a Motor Carrier Enforcement inspector. The tractor-trailer rose was driving was missing a mudflap, reports say.



State Highway Patrol troopers were called in to help and stop-sticks were used twice on Ohio 23 to end the chase, NBC News reports. Authorities say Rose initially refused to get out of the truck. He eventually got out of the driver’s side door, but then ignore orders to get on the ground, reports say.



Video from a body camera shows an officer with the Circleville Police Department holding back the K9 as troopers yell for Rose to get on the ground with his hands up. Rose eventually does get on his knees with his hands in the air.



A trooper then can be heard repeatedly yelling at the Circleville officer “Do not release the dog with his hands up!” However, the officer lets the dog go and it can be seen in the video attacking Rose. The trooper can be heard yelling repeatedly, “Get the dog off of him!” Rose also can be heard screaming in pain and yelling “Get it off of me!”



ABC News reports Rose was taken to a hospital for dog bites before being charged with failure to comply. Authorities say it remains unclear why he refused to stop for the inspector and troopers.



Meanwhile, NBC News reports that it’s unknown why the Circleville officer let the dog attack Rose and whether the officer has been disciplined by the department. A representative with the police union tells WSYX Channel 6 that “everyone reserve judgement until that time” during the investigation into the incident.



But Nana Watson, president of the NAACP Columbus chapter, says the video was disturbing.



“I was traumatized because it brought back memories from the 1960s,” Watson tells WSYX. “I was afraid for him. I was fearful for him. I was taken aback when he had his hands up and they unleashed the dog on him.”



https://www.cleveland.com/nation/20...s-surrendering-with-hands-up-reports-say.html

 

Self-Described ‘Goon Squad’ Cops Plead Guilty to Racist Torture Session

Six former Mississippi police officers pleaded guilty Monday to state charges related to torture that involved waterboarding, tasing, sexually abusing and using racial slurs on two Black men. Former Rankin County Sheriff’s Office deputies Hunter Elward, Christian Dedmon, Brett McAlpin, Jeffrey Middleton, and Daniel Opdyk, and former Richland Police Department investigator Joshua Hartfield—who called themselves the “Goon Squad”—busted down the door to Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker’s apartment without a warrant before assaulting the men for 90 minutes in January. They then planted drugs and a gun, leading to false charges against one of the men, but their cover-up fell apart when one of the officers came clean. The group were charged with aggravated assault, home invasion, obstruction of justice and hindering prosecution in the first degree, and conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice and hinder prosecution. The men previously admitted guilt in a federal suit filed by Jenkins and Parker.

Read it at CNN


https://www.thedailybeast.com/goon-...y-to-racist-torture-session?ref=home?ref=home

 

Another Cop Mistakes A Random Object for a Weapon
Kalyn Womack
Tue, August 15, 2023 at 11:10 AM MDT·2 min read
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Brandon Cole is the latest Black man to die at the hands of a police officer who mistook a random object for a weapon. We’ve seen police shootings result from police mistaking phones, wallets and even a Subway sandwich for a gun. This time, the “weapon” was really a coloring marker.

Earlier this month, a neighbor called 911 to report a domestic dispute between Cole, his wife and young son. According to The Denver Post, the caller claimed that a woman was possibly pushed out of a wheelchair and Cole was trying to attack his son. Body camera footage released Monday shows the officers arriving at the scene, spotting a woman sitting on the curb next to a wheelchair.



“Don’t, don’t pull your gun out on my husband, please,” she’s heard telling the cops.

The woman then asked for an ambulance but was interrupted by Cole erratically shouting in the middle of the street. He then retrieved an item from his vehicle: a marker. However, one officer told a dispatcher that Cole was wielding a knife.

Cole then “took an aggressive stance” holding the marker in a “threatening manner,” as described by Cmdr. Matt Clark. Moments later, the situation escalated.

Read more from The Denver Post:

“Let’s go,” he shouted. He walked toward one officer, who retreated and then fired a Taser at him. Police believe only one probe of the Taser struck the man, and so the less-lethal weapon did not stop him.

Cole then turned and charged at the other officer, who shot him. His wife’s screams are heard on the body-worn camera footage.

Clark said Monday that the officer feared Cole would overtake her and stab her. She shot him when he was steps away; a young child and an adult stood immediately behind Cole.

The officer in question hasn’t been identified by the department but according to the video, the cop appears to be a woman. The department has a few things to look over it seems - the killing itself and whether there was truly a domestic concern before they arrived, the report says. The Denver District Attorney’s Office will decide after the investigation whether the officer should face charges in the killing.

The deputy who killed Frederick Cox after falsely claiming he had a firearm faced no charges. The officer who killed Stephon Clark after mistaking his phone for a gun faced no charges. Let’s see how this incident unfolds.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/another-cop-mistakes-random-object-171000878.html

 

Well?
Lets see the video
What're you afraid of stumbler?
Cause your post failed to mention how close the guy came to the cop, and how aggressively, before he was shot. And still we can't tell what he has in his hand except that he's holding it like a knife.

Know what Shooter sees is wrong with this? The little kid and woman standing on the sidewalk in the line of fire. Don't see that the cop had much choice, but if that had been Shooter he'd be having nightmares about that kid and woman. A bad situation all around.

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The rule we were taught was 10 feet.
If the bad guy is closer than 10 feet and comes at you with a knife you're already cut.

 

Man killed by Philadelphia police never got out of his car, didn’t ‘lunge’ with a knife, police say in new narrative



New questions have emerged about the fatal police shooting of 27-year-old Eddie Irizarry in North Philadelphia this week after the Police Department changed its narrative of the events leading up to his death.

At the scene of the shooting Monday, police first said Irizarry emerged from his car after a traffic stop with a knife in his hand and “lunged” at police, before an officer shot him multiple times, killing him.

But on Tuesday night, the department offered a new and different account of the shooting, saying Irizarry did not flee the traffic stop, never lunged at officers with a weapon, and was seated in his car when they shot him.

Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said at a news conference Wednesday morning that the initial information shared was “generated internally,” and that officials are “backtracking” to find out how the details came together. She said they did not learn of the inaccuracies until they reviewed the officers’ body camera footage.

“Obviously it was different than what we were led to believe when we got to the scene,” said Deputy Police Commissioner Christine Coulter.

Outlaw vowed transparency as the department continues to investigate, and said the District Attorney’s Office was heading an independent investigation.

Still, she declined to answer many questions about the events leading up to Irizarry’s death, citing the ongoing inquiries. She would not say whether Irizarry was holding a knife when the officer shot him or if the officer provided any verbal warning before firing.

The encounter began around 12:30 p.m. Monday, when two uniformed officers with the 24th Police District said they saw Irizarry “driving erratically” near B Street and Erie Avenue in North Philadelphia, according to Cpl. Jasmine Reilly, a department spokesperson.

Reilly initially said that when the officers attempted to pull him over, Irizarry fled in his gold Toyota Corolla. They followed him south until he stopped on East Willard Street. As officers approached the stopped car, police initially said Irizarry stepped out with a knife. The officers gave “multiple commands” for him to drop the weapon, Reilly had said, but he did not. He then “lunged” at the officers, she said, and one officer shot him multiple times.

But on Tuesday night, police revised that narrative, saying Irizarry did not flee and was seated in his car when the officer shot him.

According to the new statement, the officers observed Irizarry “driving erratically” but did not attempt to pull him over, and instead followed him as he drove south. Irizarry then pulled the wrong way onto the 100 block of East Willard Street, and parked his car.

Here’s what happened next, according to the new statement:

The officers got out of their patrol car and approached Irizarry’s car from both sides. As one officer approached the driver’s side of the car, the second attempted to open the passenger side door. One officer then alerted his partner that “the male had a weapon.”

As Irizarry turned toward the officer on the driver’s side, that officer shot Irizarry multiple times. The statement said that “two knives were observed inside the vehicle.”

The officers then carried Irizarry to their cruiser and rushed him to Temple University Hospital, where he died shortly after, at 12:48 p.m.

Video posted on Instagram of the moments immediately after the shooting appeared to show the officers pulling Irizarry out of the driver’s side of the Toyota, and there appeared to be a bullet hole in the car’s windshield.

Police said they recovered a kitchen knife and a folded serrated knife inside the car. But Outlaw declined to say whether Irizarry was holding the knife or had threatened police with it. She also declined to share the length of the interaction or to say whether the officer ordered Irizarry to drop the weapon before firing. She said Irizarry was shot “several” times but declined to specify the number of shots fired or how many times he was struck.

Irizarry’s family said the revised story confirmed the skepticism they’d felt toward the police narrative since Monday afternoon.

“My nephew was no harm to anyone,” Zoradia Garcia, Irizarry’s aunt said in an interview Wednesday. “Never been incarcerated. Don’t even have a traffic stop ticket in his record.”

Irizarry, who moved to Philadelphia from Puerto Rico about seven years ago, did not speak or understand English, Garcia said. She wondered aloud whether a language barrier might have created confusion in the chaotic moments that preceded his death.

”If the officer was saying anything to him in English, I’m quite sure that he didn’t even understood what was going on,” she said.

She said the family has faced near complete silence from police. And they have been unable to see Irizarry’s body, she said, noting that an officer had turned the family away at Temple University Hospital, citing an “ongoing investigation.”

At the scene of the shooting Monday, police provided Irizarry’s relatives with little information, Garcia said. At the hospital, she said, doctors told them Irizarry had been shot six times and died, but provided no additional details.

”We’re just frustrated, really frustrated,” she said. “Especially to find out that it was an officer. It’s just sad because we expect them to pretty much protect us from a lot of stuff that’s going on out here.”

On Wednesday morning, Garcia said, the family was making funeral arrangements for her nephew. Then, she said, they would focus on seeking justice.

”We need answers,” she said. “We just need answers.”

Coulter said the officer — a five-year veteran of the department whose name will be released Thursday — has not yet been interviewed. It is standard protocol, she said, that officers involved in shootings receive 72 hours to retain counsel before being interviewed.

Outlaw acknowledged the family and community’s frustration.

“Sometimes I feel like we take 20 steps forward, and it just takes one incident and we take 50 steps backward,” she said. “I understand the reticence, I understand folks not really being sure whether or not they should even trust what we are saying today because of what we said initially. But I’m hoping that they see this is a genuine effort to do everything we can to share what we know when we have it.”

Still, of the outstanding questions, she said: “It is our duty to protect the integrity of the investigation.”


The scene on the 100 block of East Willard Street in North Philadelphia, where a Philadelphia Police officer fatally shot Eddie Irizarry on Aug. 14, 2023. - Tom Gralish/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS



https://nordot.app/1064616341718286768?c=592622757532812385

 

‘I Heard My Daddy… Begging Them’: 62-Year-Old Atlanta Man Tries to Dispute Traffic Ticket After Accident, Ends Up Arrested, Dead After Cop Lets Loose Taser
John Caesar
Mon, August 21, 2023 at 10:00 AM MDT·2 min read
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A 62-year-old Black man died after getting into an argument with an Atlanta police officer over a minor traffic accident this month, and now his family wants answers.

Late on the evening of Aug. 10, Officer Kiran Kimbrough responded to the scene of the accident at the intersection of Cunningham Place and Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard late that night. Kimbrough found Johnny Hollman at fault for the incident and started to issue a traffic ticket.


Arnitra Hollman speaks to reporters about her father 62-year-old Johnny Hollman’s death. (Photo: 11 Alive/YouTube screenshot)


The situation escalated when Hollman, according to police, became “agitated and uncooperative.” Kimbrough struggled with Hollman for several minutes before finally using a Taser on him and handcuffing him with the aid of some of the witnesses.

At that point, Hollman became unresponsive, and an ambulance was called to the scene. He was rushed to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

“I heard my daddy asking them, begging them,” said Hollman’s daughter Arnitra Hollman in an interview with local station WSB TV. “He said, ‘This black car just hit me.’ I never hung up.”

Arnitra Hollman was on the phone with her father shortly after the traffic accident to listen in on the police during the exchange.

“Seventeen minutes, I was on the phone with him for 17 minutes from my house to where he was,” Hollman said. “The officer was like, ‘What I say? What I say?’ He was really aggressive.”

Hollman believes that if the officer had just listened to her father, he might still be alive today.

It is still not confirmed what exactly caused Hollman’s death. The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office is conducting an autopsy.


The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the family’s attorney, Mawuli Davis, says his firm has seen video of the encounter recorded by witnesses, although he did not describe what those recordings depicted. Davis is calling for APD to release bodycam footage from the scene.

Davis, who spoke to reporters at a news conference on Friday, Aug. 18, also decried what he called the character assassination of Hollman after police said the church deacon’s impounded truck contained a gun, nine bags of marijuana, and a scale, among other items.

The attorney, who said the truck was shared by family members and none of the contraband belonged to Hollman, said, “Our hope is that he can, like other folks, be a victim and not have to be character assassinated. We need to reach a point in America where Black people can just be victims.”

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating the incident.



https://www.yahoo.com/news/heard-daddy-begging-them-62-160000970.html

 

We love the Monday morning quarterbacks who think they know how police work should be done.
They love to do the "coulda woulda shoulda" routine so they can feel superior to us minions.

Course, the only knowledge they have about police work is what they learned while handcuffed in the back of a police car and drunk.

 

Ta'Kiya Young's family urges officer's arrest after video shows him killing the pregnant Black woman
SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON
Updated Fri, September 1, 2023 at 2:57 PM MDT·6 min read
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio authorities on Friday released bodycam video showing a police officer fatally shooting Ta’Kiya Young in her car in what her family denounced as a “gross misuse of power and authority” against the pregnant Black mother.

Sean Walton, an attorney representing Young's family, said the video clearly shows that the Aug. 24 shooting of the 21-year-old woman was unjustified and he called for the officer to be fired and charged immediately. Walton also criticized police for not releasing the video footage for more than a week after the shooting.

“Ta’Kiya’s family is heartbroken," Walton said in an interview with The Associated Press. “The video did nothing but confirm their fears that Ta’Kiya was murdered unjustifiably ... and it was just heartbreaking for them to see Ta’Kiya having her life taken away under such ridiculous circumstances.”

Young’s death follows a troubling series of fatal shootings of Black adults and children by Ohio police and numerous occurrences of police brutality against Black people across the nation in recent years, events that have prompted widespread protests and demands for police reform.

The officer who shot Young is on paid administrative leave while the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation examines the shooting, which is standard practice. A police union official said calls to charge the officer before an investigation is complete are premature. A second officer who was on the scene has returned to active duty. Their names, races and ranks have not been released.

Blendon Township Police Chief John Belford called the shooting a tragedy.

“Ms. Young’s family is understandably very upset and grieving,” he said in a written statement released Friday morning. "While none of us can fully understand the depths of their pain, all of us can remember them in our prayers and give them the time and space to deal with this heartbreaking turn of events.”

Young’s father, grandmother and other relatives watched the video before its public release and released a statement Friday through Walton.

“It is undeniable that Ta’Kiya’s death was not only avoidable, but also a gross misuse of power and authority,” the statement said.

While viewing the video, the family felt “a lot of anger, a lot of frustration,” Walton told the AP. “More than anything, there was ... a sense of just devastation, to know that this power system, these police officers, could stop her and so quickly take her life for no justifiable reason.”

The video shows an officer at the driver’s side window telling Young she has been accused of theft and repeatedly demanding that she get out of the car. A second officer is standing in front of the car.

Young protests, and the first officer repeats his demand. Then both officers yell at her to get out. At that point, Young can be heard asking them, “Are you going to shoot me?” seconds before she turns the steering wheel to the right and the car moves toward the officer standing in front of it. The officer fires his gun through the windshield and Young’s sedan drifts into the grocery store’s brick wall.

Officers then break the driver's side window, which Belford said was to get Young out of the car and render medical aid, though footage of medical assistance was not provided.

In his interview with the AP on Friday, Walton denied that Young had stolen anything from the grocery store. He said his firm found a witness who saw Young put down bottles of alcohol as she left the store.

“The bottles were left in the store," he said. "So when she’s in her car denying that, that’s accurate. She did not commit any theft, and so these officers were not even within their right to place her under arrest, let alone take her life.”

Brian Steel, executive vice president of the union representing Blendon Township police, criticized Walton’s characterization of the shooting as murder before all the facts are in. He said an investigation will determine whether the shooting was justified. “The fact is, (the officer) had to make a split-second decision while in front of a moving vehicle, a 2,000-pound weapon,” he said.

Responding to criticism of the delay in releasing the video, Belford said it took time for his small staff to process it and properly redact certain footage, such as officers’ faces and badge numbers, in accordance with Ohio law.

He said the officers’ names cannot be released at this point because they are being treated as assault victims. He said one of the officer’s arms was still partially in the driver’s side window and a second officer was still standing in front of the car when Young moved the car forward.

Young's death is one of numerous deaths of Black adults and children at the hands of police across the nation that have drawn protests and demands for more accountability. Among the most prominent cases was George Floyd's death on May 25, 2020. Floyd died after then-Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, who is white, pressed a knee on his neck for 9 1/2 minutes on the street outside a convenience store where Floyd tried to pass a counterfeit $20 bill. Chauvin was convicted of second-degree murder.

In Ohio, Donovan Lewis was lying on his bed in August 2022 when he was shot by a K-9 officer serving a warrant. Ma’Khia Bryant, a 16-year-old girl in foster care who was accused of swinging at two people with a knife, was fatally shot in April 2021. In December 2020, Casey Goodson Jr., was shot five times in the back by a Franklin County sheriff’s deputy.

Ohio Families Unite for Political Action and Change, a grassroots organization focused on eradicating police brutality, said the footage of Young's shooting shows officers’ conduct was “violent, defenseless, and egregious" and that they acted as “judge, jury and executioner.”

Young was expected to give birth to a daughter in November. Family and friends held a private vigil a day after Young was killed, releasing balloons and lighting candles spelling out “RIP Kiya.” An online effort to pay her funeral expenses has raised over $7,000.

Ta’Kiya’s siblings, cousins, grandmother and father have rallied around her sons, 6-year-old Ja’Kobie and 3-year-old Ja’Kenlie, who don’t yet understand the magnitude of what happened to their mother, Walton said.

“It’s a large family and Ta’Kiya has been snatched away from them,” Walton said. “I think the entire family is still in shock.”

Young's grandmother, Nadine Young, described her granddaughter as a family-oriented prankster who was a loving older sister and mother.

“She was so excited to have this little girl,” the grandmother said at a news conference Wednesday. “She has her two little boys, but she was so fired up to have this girl. She is going to be so missed.”

“I’m a mess because it’s just tragic,” she said, “but it should have never, ever, ever happened.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/video-police-fatally-shooting-pregnant-050840627.html

 

The Monday morning quarterbacks standing on their high moral ground arrogantly declare that an officer should not defend themselves when a suspect tries to run them over.

 

Let me do this and debunk another bullshit post by someone not qualified to spot a lie when the tellers nose grow by a foot.

OOOPS again she caused the incident by being a fucking criminal.