Steven Gaal Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 Yes, It's Legal To Film The Cops -- And What's Been Filmed In Recent Months Is Appalling NEW YORK -- It's becoming clearer and clearer that smartphones have ushered in a new era of police accountability. Since mid-July, when a bystander on Staten Island filmed the death of Eric Garner in a prohibited police chokehold, at least eight other unsettling videos, most of them captured by smartphone, have emerged showing instances of apparent excessive force by NYPD officers. Four such videos have appeared this month alone. Although police might intimidate bystanders into thinking otherwise, it's perfectly legal to film the cops -- not only in New York, but everywhere in the U.S. -- as long as you don't get in their way. Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, encourages people to keep using their phones to film troubling police incidents. The more people who post these videos online, she said, the more likely it is that other people will reach for their own phones when they see cops doing something questionable. "When police wrongdoing is captured on videotape, it makes the public understand what has happened and why we need to hold the police accountable, and that we need changes in the way police do business," Lieberman told The Huffington Post. "Nobody would have believed what happened to Rodney King if it hadn't been caught on videotape," she added, == more @ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/13/film-the-cops_n_5967008.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Gaal Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 Still No Charges 3 Months After Eric Garner's Chokehold Death Chokeholds are dangerous and prohibited by the New York City Police Department. Yet on July 17, Officer Daniel Pantaleo wrapped his arm around the neck of Eric Garner, who had resisted arrest for selling untaxed cigarettes on Staten Island. In a viral video of the encounter, Garner can be heard repeatedly screaming, “I can’t breathe!” before his body goes still. The medical examiner ruled the death a homicide, and “I can’t breathe!” became a rallying cry at a massive protest against police brutality in Tompkinsville, the neighborhood where Garner -- who’d been caught on multiple occasions selling cigarettes illegally -- was arrested for the last time. Friday marks three months since the death of Garner, a 43-year-old father of six. For his family, it's another milestone in justice that has been delayed. SEE POST ABOVE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Gaal Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 Police officers acknowledge that they are aware of the law and are actively breaking it and make it clear that they don't care. Why should anyone else? VIDEO ############################################################## Federal Lawsuit: Man Says Police Raided Wrong Home, Tied Him Up, Mocked for Being Gay ############################################################## County justifies warrantless raids because cannabis plants are an ‘immediate danger’Hundreds of individuals in the county have come forward in a joint lawsuit alleging that police conducted warrantless searches and seizures of their property because of the suspicion of unregulated plant growth. ############################################################## Missouri deputy arrested for stealing $26,000 in cash from woman's house Smith said he was at the woman's home following up a call from the previous night ################################################################ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Steven Gaal Posted October 18, 2014 Author Share Posted October 18, 2014 (edited) . SEE POST ABOVE 19-Year-Old Dies Naked On Cell Floor Of Gangrene; Lawsuits Target Deaths In Madison County Jail By Challen StephensHUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Three times last year Madison County jailers watched small-time criminals die before their eyes, according to a series of three lawsuits filed in federal court.Each argues that Madison County withholds the most basic medical care in order to save money, banking on the insurance of the medical contractor to cover any resulting lawsuits.The lawsuits are filled with maladies long ago conquered by modern medicine. Death by gangrene, from broken bones, from constipation.Deundrez Woods, a 19-year-old from Huntsville, was arrested for shoplifting Star Wars DVDs at Wal-Mart in June of 2013 and then for passing a phony $100 bill in July. He was sent to jail, the suit asserts, where a wound in his foot became infected and he died.At first, he behaved normally. The suit states as gangrene took hold, he suffered a "severe and sudden change in mental functioning," began hallucinating and could no longer communicate."Woods' mental status change was due to that infection, and he ultimately died from a blood clot that originated in his gangrenous foot," reads the complaint filed in U.S. District Court on Tuesday.Instead of receiving treatment, the suit states, Woods was placed in a "medical observation cell" on Aug. 6, 2013. He had no access to water after Aug. 12. There is no record of him eating after Aug. 14. No nurses visited him after Aug. 14.The suit contends that as his rotting foot began to stink, guards dragged him from the cell on Aug. 17, sprayed him down with water and placed him in a new cell."Still, no correction officer or ACH nurse did anything to even check Woods, let alone help him," reads the complaint. The suit contends that jail records show no one took his temperature, checked his blood sugar or assessed his condition. "The gangrenous wound on top of his right foot was clearly visible had anyone bothered to look.""Woods went from normal, to aggressive and disruptive, to barely responsive, to all but dead as correction and medical staff watched."Read More ##################### ##################### Juvenile Detainees Locked in Controversial Device 'When Verbal Deescalation is Not Working posted 10/17/2014, 12:48 AM (Police State USA) [Category: Tyranny/Police State]Scott Tanner, Juvenile Detention Ombudsman, experiences the WRAP restraint system in the Yell County Juvenile Detention Center in Danville, AR. (Photos obtained via Freedom of Information Act.) ARKANSAS — Juvenile detention facilities across the state are coming under fire for using a disturbing restraint device that some are calling “torture.” The device is known as the “WRAP” system. According to state officials, the device is used to restrain minor deta... (more) Woman Sentenced to Jail Time for Having a Messy Yard posted 10/17/2014, 12:48 AM (The Free Thought Project) [Category: Tyranny/Police State]Lenoir City, TN — Karen Holloway and her husband have two kids and both work full-time, with only one vehicle, they are trying their best to just get by. Over the summer, the city sent Holloway a citation because her yard wasn’t properly maintained. Unable to trim the over grown shrubs because of their hectic schedule, the city enforced this citation the only way the state knows how, with force. Last week, Judge Terry Vann handed down a 5 day prison sentence for poo... (more) Edited October 18, 2014 by Steven Gaal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Gaal Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) Video: Cop Arrests Subway Performer For Singing, Despite Cop Reading Aloud Rule Saying It's Permitted Chris | InformationLiberationhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEBZReXChoA&feature=player_embeddedA New York subway performer was arrested and violently assaulted by a NYPD officer for the crime of inadvertently making the officer look like a fool. Street performer Andrew Kalleen, 30, was arrested Friday of last week after explaining to the officer he was allowed to sing in the New York City subway the officer was patrolling, pointing to Section 1050.6c of the MTA's transit rules, which specifically says "artistic performances, including the acceptance of donations" are permitted so long as they don't impede transit activities.Here's the relevant part of the code so you can read it for yourself. Except as expressly permitted in this subdivision, no person shall engage in any nontransit uses upon any facility or conveyance. Nontransit uses are noncommercial activities that are not directly related to the use of a facility or conveyance for transportation. The following nontransit uses are permitted by the Authority, provided they do not impede transit activities and they are conducted in accordance with these rules: public speaking; campaigning; leafletting or distribution of written noncommercial materials; activities intended to encourage and facilitate voter registration; artistic performances, including the acceptance of donations; solicitation for religious or political causes[...] While the officer brings the code up on his phone, he reads it out loud in front of a newly gathering crowd all filming with their phones. When he reads the part showing artistic performance is permitted, the crowd goes wild, yet the officer evidently shows he's one of the cops hired specifically for his low IQ, as he says the code actually says his performance is not "permitted" and instead requires a permit!As everyone around him knows he's in the right, Kalleen starts to defiantly play his guitar and performs Pink Floyd's "Wish you were here."The cop, unsure of what to do, decides to violently assault Kalleen by placing his hands on him and tearing his hand away from his guitar. The cop orders him to stop and takes his guitar off and puts it on the ground next to him. Standing up for himself, Kalleen picks his guitar back up and continues to perform, to which the cop responds by again violently assaulting him, ripping his guitar off him once more, then arresting him to boos and "f*ck the police" chants of a now large crowd of onlookers.The NYPD told The Gothamist after his arrest Kalleen was later charged with loitering, and they say he does require a permit for his performance as he is a "transit recidivist" which The Gothamist says may be "someone having an open ticket or warrant, perhaps related to turnstile jumping or a similar offense."Of course, all this is is evidence cops can manufacture any reason to charge anyone with anything long after the fact, as it's clear from the video he arrested him based off his misreading of the transit rules._Chris runs the website InformationLiberation.com, you can read more of his articles here. Follow infolib on twitter. Edited October 20, 2014 by Steven Gaal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Gaal Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 (edited) Kentucky police call killing man with no gun in hail of bullets a 'shoot out,' refuse to answer questions or name the killer cops. (CLICK LINK) ############################# ############################# NYPD Cops threatened with involuntary detainment in "psychiatric emergency departments" if they became whistle-blowers. (CLICK LINK) Edited October 22, 2014 by Steven Gaal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Colby Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Loathe as I am to agree with Gaal, he of course has a point, abusive and often criminal behavior by police is a serious problem compounded by prosecutors, the PDs etc. tendency to protect rather than punish such misdeeds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Gaal Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 Woman "Robbed 3 times", once during Break-in, Twice By St. Louis PD (click link) By: 1newsjunkie-If there is one place you’d think something recovered by the police would be safe it would at the police station ############################################# LAPD officer accused of beating, kicking restrained suspect in the head (click link)############################################## Overzealous NYPD Officer Mistakes Fellow Cop for Suspect, Proceeds to Kick Him in the Head (click link)Video footage obtained by DNAinfo shows an NYPD officer so eager to inflict pain that he kicked a fellow officer in the head after mistaking him for a suspect. ########################################## Video Released In Alleged Police Brutality Suit « CBS Baltimore baltimore.cbslocal.com/.../10588493-video-released-in-alleged-police-brutality-suit/ A man claims he was beaten by a Baltimore city police officer and nowsurveillance footage is released. Alex DeMetrick reports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Gaal Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 (edited) Four NJ Police Officers Indicted for Plotting Revenge Against A Fifth Officer A North Brunswick police officer arrested an Edison police officer for DUI. The Edison police officer then conspired with four of his Edison police pals to plot revenge against the North Brunswick officer who arrested him. The Edison officer was then found to be an all around dirtbag, engaging in vandalism, having drugs and drug paraphernalia, having illegal weapons, and was also charged with attempted murder after setting fire to the home of his superior officer. When they will conspire to harm one of their own, they won't even hesitate to ruin your life. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Former cop headed to trial for child rape charges Sexually assaulting a teenage girl while other officers stood by and watched Mata is accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl back in 2013. According to a lawsuit filed by the girl's family, “other Pharr police officers would stand watch while the sexual assault was being committed.” A Hidalgo County grand jury handed down a criminal indictment after Texas Rangers investigated the case and turned their evidence over to prosecutors. =================================================================================== Can Authorities Cut Off Utilities And Pose As Repairmen To Search A Home? Some legal cases do more than raise eyebrows — they push the legal envelope to change the law. Such is a federal case in Las Vegas now working its way through the courts. The question is whether federal agents can disrupt service to a house and then, masquerading as helpful technicians, gain entry to covertly search the premises in hopes of finding evidence that might later justify a search warrant. The defendants in this case are not your everyday Americans. They are, in fact, Chinese gamblers who were staying in Las Vegas at Caesar's Palace earlier this year. Caesar's, and other gambling casinos, thrive on these high-rollers and provide them with free villas, butlers and other services. But in this case, at least one of the high-rollers had been tossed out of Macau for running an illegal sportsbooking operation. That fact made the Nevada Gaming Commission and the FBI suspicious that the high-rollers were doing the same thing here. Suspicions, however, aren't enough for a search warrant. So, according to court papers filed by defense lawyers late Tuesday, the FBI came up with a plan: Working with a computer contractor for Caesar's Palace, the agents first tried to get into the villas by delivering laptops and asking to come in to make sure the connections worked. The butler, however, wouldn't let them in. Tape from the secret cameras worn by the agents clearly shows the butler blocking their way. "I just want to make sure they can connect before I leave. Can we just make sure they can connect, OK?" the agent asks. "The thing is, you can't go in there right now," replies the butler. When that ploy failed, the agents came up with "another trick," according to defense lawyer Tom Goldstein: "We'll dress up as technicians, we'll come inside, we'll claim to be fixing the Internet connection — even though we can't, 'cause we broke it from outside — and then we'll just look around and see what we see." == Read more: http://www.npr.org/2014/10/29/359725475/can-authorities-cut-off-utilitie... Edited October 29, 2014 by Steven Gaal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Gaal Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 (edited) Miami Cop Arrested For Helping, Protecting Drug Dealers (CLICK LINK) ########################### NYPD arrests, ‘brutalizes’ peace activist McGovern ahead of Petraeus speech (click link) The New York Police Department has detained prominent peace activist and former CIA agent Ray McGovern, with witnesses saying he was “yelling in pain” during arrest. McGovern was detained ahead of a David Petraeus speech that he planned to attend. #################################################### Maryland Teen Tased By Police 5 Times While In Hospital Dies of ‘Natural Causes’ (Click link)############################## Man Handcuffed for 1 Hour for Giving Coins to Homeless Man (click link)###################################################### Cop created false police reports to get his mistress’s husband thrown in jail (CLICK LINK)AUSTIN, TX – Austin police lieutenant Jason Disher was recently suspended for filing false police reports about his girlfriend’s husband and then blocking any other officers from investigating his actions. ************************************************************* Orlando police officer testifies he's 'unaware' of any excessive force complaints against him. Judge calls it perjury, declares mistrial. (CLICK LINK) Edited October 31, 2014 by Steven Gaal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Gaal Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 (edited) Police Cite, Threaten Arrest of 90-Year-Old Volunteer + 2 Reverends For Feeding the Homeless (click link)******************************************************************************************* Police crash Halloween party to ensure no dancing without a permit (Click link) A Halloween-themed private event was targeted by police when there was a suspicion of dancing without a permit. It happened at the 2014 “Monster Mash” dance party, the third annual event of its kind. It was put on by the event promotion company, Heart of Dixie, and held at the Fiesta Fun Center in St. George, Utah (population 75,000). Over 400 guests were enjoying the festivities at the October 31st event, participating in all-night enjoyment of bumper boats, go-karts, mini golf, and music. After 9:30 p.m., St. George police arrived in force to investigate a case of unpermitted dancing. Around 5-6 officers challenged the organizers of the event as not having obtained a proper permit to host the dancing. The venue owner, event promoter, and security coordinator each presented their respective permits, which had been previously approved and issued by the city. +++++++++++++++ Man who received $27k for false arrest and discrimination by Lakewood, WA cop gets another $60k after after it's discovered police destroyed evidence. (click link)==============oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Dog shot in poop dispute: Watch SWAT take out pooping pooch, onlookers enraged (click link) A dog shot in a “poop dispute” has enraged viewers of a SWAT team standoff – when nearly a dozen members of a Wisconsin police SWAT team showed up, stationed themselves behind an armored vehicle, and pumped two rounds into a tiny, tail-wagging dog. The SWAT were called after the dog, who dropped a deuce in the wrong place, started a defecation confrontation between an armed man and his neighbors. Writes the NY Daily News on Nov. 3: “SWAT team sent to handle an alleged neighborhood dispute over dog waste ended up killing the dog, and igniting a firestorm of criticism against the local police force. In dramatic video capturing the end of Saturday's hours-long standoff involving Racine police, a small dog is seen being shot dead by a line of approaching officers moments after being set loose.” ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sandusky Police over stepping their bounds, threatening to take away children on a traffic stop (click link) Edited November 4, 2014 by Steven Gaal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Gaal Posted November 6, 2014 Author Share Posted November 6, 2014 Texas teen arrested, pinned down by cop for refusing to remove ‘gang-related’ rosary (click link) First Amendment violation -- A mother of an Amarillo teen says a police officer used excessive force when arresting her 14-year-old son for refusing to remove a rosary necklace, which local police claim could be construed as a gang symbol. ***************** New York City cops to be charged for beating Brooklyn teenager (click link) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Gaal Posted November 11, 2014 Author Share Posted November 11, 2014 (edited) Civil Forfeiture Seminar Gurus Teach Cops to Dream Big (Click link) Seminars teach cops to "reach for the stars" by stealing your cars - and money. Even the corporate-run media is borrowing the label "policing for profit" to describe the practice of civil asset forfeiture by the police force. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Nov 11 12:47 Hero Cops Assault and Arrest Two Marines Who Were Giving First Aid to an Unconscious Man (CLICK LINK) Edited November 11, 2014 by Steven Gaal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Gaal Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 Epileptic woman calls 9-1-1 for help, beaten when seizures mistaken for ‘resisting arrest’ (click link) A woman was arrested and suffered numerous injuries after she phoned for help during an epileptic episode. She alleges that she was needlessly assaulted after her seizures were interpreted as “resisting arrest.” The incident happened on October 11th, 2014, after Andrea Starr called 9-1-1 because of medical distress. She says that she was on the beach alone, suffering from an epileptic seizure that was exacerbated by consumption of alcohol. She is diagnosed with a condition called Juvenile Myoclonic Syndrome, which is a rare form of generalized epilepsy with retractable seizures that do not respond well to medication. ============= WRH Webmaster's Commentary: You have GOT to love the way American police interpret the phrase "to protect and serve" these days. But if someone has a medical condition that causes any kind of convulsions, spasms, or loss of consciousness, they should probably get a "Medic Alert" bracelet, to speak for them, when they cannot. These are easily available on line, and may, IF first responders are paying attention, clue them in as to what the real problem may be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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