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What makes a police officer powerless? When citizens know their rights!
Police officers hate to hear these words:
“Am I free to go?”
“I’m going to remain silent.”
“I don’t consent to a search.”What makes a police officer powerless? When citizens know their rights!
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Some 7,000 police officers are required to participate in the strict security measures are in Athens, the anniversary of the Polytechnic.Some 7,000 police officers are required to participate in the strict security measures... more
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"Issue 2 was defeated by a nearly whopping 23-point margin. Regardless of the margin, last night was historic as no Governor of Ohio has ever seen voters repeal any portion of their agenda within the first year in office...is itself incredibly rare...this is the only time it worked. So even a one-vote victory...would have been historic. A twenty-point margin, by comparison, just looked like overkill.”
http://veracitystew.com/2011/11/09/voters-kick-kasich-its-clear-the-people-have-spoken-video/"Issue 2 was defeated by a nearly whopping 23-point margin. Regardless of the... more
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After the arrests of several protesters for dancing at the Jefferson Memorial Saturday was caught on video, the U.S. Park Police has launched an inquiry into the conduct of the arresting officers, according to an NBC4 report.
The U.S. Park Police department has launched an inquiry into the actions of several officers during the arrests of several protesters May 28.
Courtesy of: NBC4
The protesters were reportedly protesting a recent appeals court decision that bans dancing at Washington's memorials. Video shot at the scene and posted to Youtube shows protesters on the ground with park police officers on top of them, and one protester being thrown to the ground by an officer.
A Park Police spokesperson told NBC4 that the chief of the park police has asked the agency's office of professional responsibility to "initiate an inquiry into the activities of these officers."
"It's going to be an all-encompassing inquiry, and so anyone that was involved, that can be identified in the video is going to be part of the inquiry," according to the spokesperson.
A News 4 photographer was also escorted off the grounds of the memorial during the protest, according to the NBC report.
http://wamu.org/news/11/05/30/after_dancing_arrests_park_police_launch_inquiry.phpAfter the arrests of several protesters for dancing at the Jefferson Memorial Saturday... more
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Birmingham Mayor William Bell has asked Police Chief A.C. Roper to investigate an alleged incident in which a security guard was beaten by police officers when he had had his hands in the air.
The incident outside of a downtown Birmingham nightclub was caught on the club's video made public Wednesday by the man's lawyer, Charles Salvagio. The Birmingham police headquarters was visible in the background.
Salvagio said the man -- first struck repeatedly in the back of the head by one officer and kicked by others once on the ground -- is Travarious Daniel, a 29-year-old security guard at a downtown nightclub where the video was shot on March 20 at 1:30 a.m. Bell summoned Roper and the leadership of the Police Department to his office for a meeting this afternoon.
The police leaders emerged from the mayor's office and left City Hall without comment. Bell said he had not seen the video and had little information.
"At the end of the day, facts are what we are looking for," Bell said. "It is hard to gather up information when the only source of information are the rumor mills."
He has asked Roper to conduct an investigation including the date and location. The mayor also said he wants to secure a copy of the video.
"I am giving the chief directions, and I expect him to carry out the directions," Bell said.
In 2009, the Police Department fired five officers in connection with another beating that was caught on video.
Two of those officers faced federal indictments and were exonerated. Three of those officers were never charged of criminal wrongdoing.
On Wednesday, a Jefferson County Personnel Board hearing officer recommended that those officers get their jobs back. The three-member personnel board will vote next month on that recommendation.
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/03/birmingham_mayor_william_bell_18.htmlBIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Birmingham Mayor William Bell has asked Police Chief A.C. Roper... more
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the french wrestler living in Toronto is declaring his total respect and admiration for Toronto Police as he wanted to become one but was turned down in Ottawa for failing tests repeatedly!the french wrestler living in Toronto is declaring his total respect and admiration... more
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"Though I didn’t agree or consent to it (it) was not rape." Does that sentence make sense to you? It shouldn't. If you don't agree or consent to sexual intercourse, that's called rape. But a South Carolina rape survivor reports that she was forced to write this statement by Marion police after being assaulted by one of their own.
The victim had been in a car accident earlier that day, so when the responding officer showed up at her door, she did what any normal person would do: she let him in. That's when he raped her. When her boyfriend called the police to report the assault, the responding officers, Lt. Farmer Blue and Lt. Betty Gause, treated her like a criminal, reading her Miranda rights and threatening to have her arrested if she didn't recant her charge. They told her she could land in jail for five years otherwise and wouldn't it be hard to be away from her four-year-old daughter for that long.
Refusing to say she had given consent, the victim was nonetheless pressured into writing that the incident was not rape, resulting in the nonsensical sentence quoted above. The written statement seems to make it clear that the Marion police officers were looking to protect one of their own, and figured coercing the victim into denying the assault was rape, even when she continued to insist that the act was nonconsensual, would be enough to get him off.
Tyrone Reed, the officer accused of rape, is on unpaid leave during the investigation into the assault. But the responding officers who intimidated the victim into given them a written statement denying the rape are also guilty of a gross act of police misconduct, and should also be suspended without pay while an investigation looks into their response. Instead, ironically, Blue was the officer providing information to a South Carolina newspaper about Reed's status.
Authorities admit that Blue and Gause did not follow department protocol, which says that Marion police should not be involved with an incident regarding one of their own, and that the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) should have been called immediately.
Blue and Gause were also quoted by the victim as telling her that she didn't "look like a rape victim," and "you don't have a case because rape victims be balled up in a corner or scared to talk." Lisa Hyatt of the Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Assault, who actually knows what she's talking about, says that they have worked with the victim since the attack and that she shows classic post-traumatic symptoms associate with a rape.
Please tell Marion Chief of Police Willie Smith to immediately suspend Officers Blue and Gause pending the results of an investigation into their inappropriate and unlawful treatment of a women reporting a rape.
Read More: http://globalpoliticalawakening.blogspot.com/2010/11/tell-marion-police-chief-to-suspend.html"Though I didn’t agree or consent to it (it) was not rape." Does that... more
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I was at the beach at lake Temescal in Oakland, California, with my 3 children peacefully enjoying myself. 3 policemen showed up and gave me a citation for nudity even though I was wearing 2 sweaters and a bikini bottom (not a thong). They justified their actions with East Bay Parks regulations that say that you are not allowed to show buttocks at the beach. I was showing buttocks and was in violation according to their rules.
Ordinance 38/Section 405.
NUDITY. No person shall appear, swim, bathe, sunbathe, walk or be in any of the parks, lands, beaches, waters or any place owned, managed, controlled or otherwise under the jurisdiction of the East Bay Regional Park District, in such a manner that the genitals, vulva, pubis, symphysis, pubic hair, buttocks, and cleft, perineum, anus, anal region, or pubic hair region of any person, or any portion of the breast at or below the upper edge of the areola thereof of any female person, is exposed to public view or is not covered by an opaque covering. This subdivision shall not apply to children under the age of 5 years.
This citation was a result of sexual harassment and retaliation by one of the park rangers. Ranger Vernon Jones had previously asked me out and was turned down and 2 days prior to the incident I filed a complaint about him driving too fast in his personal vehicle down a pedestrian path. He called the police on me in retaliation. The policemen kept insisting that it was a member of the public and not a ranger who called them.
A couple weeks later I was given another citation for swimming while the beach was officially closed even though none of the police saw me swim. It was another ranger Cliff Rocha - agianst whom I had also complained in the past - who called the police and convinced them to give me a ticket. Officer Torres insisted on giving me a citation against the will of the other police officers who were present. Officer Torres said the ranger would sign the citation. This citation was so illegal that 5 days later I received a letter from the Alameda County DA saying that my citation was not going to be filed and that there was no need to go to court nor pay the fine.
I made a video about the incident and uploaded it here.
I host a naked TV show where I interview people in the nude. I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to make a nude interview about this incident. I did an interview with one of the women who go to lake Temescal to swim, Cara Judea Alhadeff. This interview is currently airing on Public Access channels in SanFrancisco and Berkeley, California, and it is posted on line at www.MyNakedTruth.TV
Gypsy Taub
www.MyNakedTruth.TVI was at the beach at lake Temescal in Oakland, California, with my 3 children... more
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Reports and images from the G20 protests mainly showed the tragic moment when a police officer struck or pushed Ian Tomlinson who collapsed and died afterwards. Tomlinson was caught up in the event when he was walking home.
Today, it was announced there would be no prosecution into the death because of disagreement between medical experts and three post mortems into the cause of Tomlinsons death. Tomlinsons' son called the outcome 'outrageous'.
"Lawyers have examined the video footage as well as CCTV images, photographs and witness statements. [...] The first found the father of nine died of natural causes, the second of internal bleeding and the results of the third, conducted on behalf of the officer, were not made public."-BBCReports and images from the G20 protests mainly showed the tragic moment when a police... more
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Pot smoking marijuana legalization show with an editorial on stoner stereotypes, and comments on cannabis message boards. Plus information about a woman stripped naked by police officers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVVh0esD3OUPot smoking marijuana legalization show with an editorial on stoner stereotypes, and... more
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Police patrol up until community policing reform was pretty much entirely reactionary. Police would sit in patrol cars and rapidly respond to calls for service. After responding and doing their thing, they would then leave. Proponents of community-oriented reform (mostly from the criminal justice/criminology research community, though also some police chiefs and politicians) believed that the professional model of policing (highly bureaucratic, centralized, using police cars, little community contact in order to avoid graft) was damaging communities.Police patrol up until community policing reform was pretty much entirely reactionary.... more
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Police patrol up until community policing reform was pretty much entirely reactionary. Police would sit in patrol cars and rapidly respond to calls for service. After responding and doing their thing, they would then leave. Proponents of community-oriented reform (mostly from the criminal justice/criminology research community, though also some police chiefs and politicians) believed that the professional model of policing (highly bureaucratic, centralized, using police cars, little community contact in order to avoid graft) was damaging communities.Police patrol up until community policing reform was pretty much entirely reactionary.... more
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Last Friday night, California's Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team entered editor Jason Chen's home without him present, seizing four computers and two servers. They did so using a warrant by Judge of Superior Court of San Mateo. According to Gaby Darbyshire, COO of Gawker Media LLC, the search warrant to remove these computers was invalid under section 1524(g) of the California Penal Code.
Here is all the documentation (Jason Chen's personal details are pixelated).
[Jason Chen's account of the events]
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/04/chen_account.pngLast Friday night, California's Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team entered... more
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Villaraigosa says all L.A. employees -- even police and firefighters -- should take pay cuts to help cut deficit
February 19, 2010 | 3:54 pm
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Friday called on all city employees to take pay cuts, including police officers and firefighters, saying it would be the only substantive way to alleviate the need to slash 4,000 city jobs.
Villaraigosa also moved forward with plans to eliminate the departments of Environmental Services and Human Services, transferring their essential duties to other agencies and reaping $3.2 million in savings.
He warned that “there will be more" agencies cut as part of his upcoming 2010-11 budget.
The mayor’s actions come a day after the City Council voted to eliminate 3,000 jobs by July 1 to help close the city’s $212-million deficit and larger shortfalls forecast for the years ahead. Those jobs are in addition to the 1,000 positions already being cut, and the 2,400 city workers leaving through an early retirement program.
Villaraigosa said the total number of job cuts could be softened if city unions agree to make major salary concessions. He said a 5% pay cut among all city employees would save $150 million.
“Every employee, from the mayor on down ought to take a cut," Villaraigosa said. “And that means police, that means fire, that means sanitation, that means every single employee."
The council did not exempt police officers and firefighters from the new round of job cuts, but Villaraigosa said he would oppose any effort to shrink the police force.
--Phil Willon at Los Angeles City Hall
http://www.insidesocal.com/click/antonio.jpgVillaraigosa says all L.A. employees -- even police and firefighters -- should take... more
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Here's a clip where I get attacked by canine police. This was nominated for an Emmy (Best on Screen Talent.)
The video was on a report about police dogs.
And why is there so much screaming? It's to simulate an actual attack. The dogs are trained with people screaming so when they're actually attacking a human, they're not shocked by the human's natural reaction.Here's a clip where I get attacked by canine police. This was nominated for an... more
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There have been several stories in the press over the last week or two showing that Britain's children are being caught in the increasingly wide-flung net of our state and its justice system, in fast-growing numbers and at ever younger ages.
The Register had the headline UK.gov hoovers up data on five-year-olds. A questionnaire given to parents of school starters in Lincolnshire has been found intrusive and intimidating by many of those parents.
The government obsession with collecting data has now extended to five-year-olds, as local Community Health Services get ready to arm-twist parents into revealing the most intimate details of their own and their child's personal, behavioural and eating habits.
The questionnaire - or "School Entry Wellbeing Review" - is a four-page tick-box opus, at present being piloted in Lincolnshire, requiring parents to supply over 100 different data points about their own and their offspring's health. Previously, parents received a "Health Record" on the birth of a child, which contained around eight questions which needed to be answered when that child started school.
http://policestate.co.uk/articles/47
and a nice little video to boot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I70ikOzeW-0There have been several stories in the press over the last week or two showing that... more
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/30/washington.police.shooting/index.html?iref=24hours
Seattle, Washington (CNN) -- A suspect in the shooting deaths of four police officers was not found in an east Seattle home where authorities had tracked him, police said Monday.
Following a standoff that stretched to nearly 12 hours, Maurice Clemmons was not found in the home in the Leschi neighborhood, Seattle police spokesman Jeff Kappel told reporters. There is evidence that Clemmons was outside the home Sunday night, but apparently fled the area, he said.
Clemmons is sought in connection with what police called an "ambush" Sunday morning at a coffee shop near Tacoma in Pierce County. Four Lakewood police officers -- three men and a woman -- were shot to death.
Authorities identified the victims as Sgt. Mark Renninger, 39; Officer Ronald Owens, 37; Officer Tina Griswold, 40; and Officer Greg Richards, 42. All four had been with the department since its inception, and all of them were parents.
Authorities were summoned to the Leschi area about 8:45 p.m. Sunday after a tip that Clemmons was dropped off in the area, Kappel said. Police surrounded the home, blocked off the streets, and asked residents to lock their doors and stay inside. Paramedics were on standby to treat Clemmons, because witnesses to the shooting told police he was shot in the leg during the incident.
Police searched homes in the Leschi neighborhood, and believed Clemmons was holed up in the final residence they got to, Kappel said. Numerous attempts to raise him using a bullhorn and various noise devices were unsuccessful.
A robot was deployed to survey and scan, and a partial entry was made into the house with no response, he said. A SWAT team moved in and cleared the residence, but Clemmons was not found, Kappel said.
Early Monday, authorities started identifying Clemmons as a suspect, rather than as someone wanted for questioning.
Police were not looking for anyone else, but had arrested several people who had "helped" Clemmons, said Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer.
The night before the shootings, Clemmons had threatened to kill police officers, but witnesses did not report those threats till after the slayings, Troyer told "Good Morning America."
Clemmons is a convicted criminal with a long rap sheet who was given a 95-year prison sentence in 1989 for a host of charges, including robberies, burglaries, thefts and bringing a gun to school.
Clemmons' sentence was commuted in 2000 by then-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, said Troyer.
Huckabee, a Republican presidential candidate in 2008, is considering a run for president in 2012.
"Should [Clemmons] be found responsible for this horrible tragedy, it will be the result of a series of failures in the criminal justice system in both Arkansas and Washington state," Huckabee's office said in a statement Sunday night.
Clemmons, 37, of Pierce County has an "extensive violent criminal history from Arkansas, including aggravated robbery and theft," the sheriff's department said in a statement.
He also was recently charged in Pierce County in the assault of a police officer and rape of a child, according to the statement.http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/30/washington.police.shooting/index.html?iref=24hours... more
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http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=16885535&ch=4226713&src=news
SEATTLE – Police searching for the killer of four officers gunned down in a suburban coffee shop used a loudspeaker and explosions early Monday morning to prod a man apparently holed up in a Seattle house to give himself up.
Police around the region had been searching for Maurice Clemmons, 37, whom they say was near the coffee shop some 30 miles away from the Seattle house.
Officers surrounding the house shone lights on the house and called out to Clemmons by name, saying: "Mr. Clemmons, I'd like to get you out of there safely. I can tell you this, we are not going away."
Any response from inside the house was inaudible from the vantage of a photographer for The Associated Press. But shortly thereafter, police began using sirens outside the house, and there were several loud bangs before the negotiator resumed speaking.
"This is one of the toughest decisions you'll make in your life, but you need to man up."
Seattle Police spokesman Jeff Kappel declined to comment on the ongoing negotiations; earlier he had said officers weren't sure Clemmons was even in the house.
"We're not going to give you a blow-by-blow," Kappel said.
A few minutes later, more bangs were followed by the sound of breaking glass and then a louder explosion.
Clemmons, 37, who had a lengthy prison sentence commuted by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee nearly a decade ago, became the prime target Sunday in the search for the killer of Lakewood Police Sgt. Mark Renninger, 39; and Officers Ronald Owens, 37; Tina Griswold, 40; and Greg Richards 42.
Clemmons is believed to have been in the area around the time of the shooting, but Pierce County Sherriff's spokesman Ed Troyer declined to say what evidence might link him to the shooting.
Investigators say they know of no reason that Clemmons or anyone else might have had to open fire on the four as they sat working on their laptops early Sunday morning, catching up on paperwork at the beginning of their shifts.
"We're going to be surprised if there is a motive worth mentioning," said Troyer, who sketched out a scene of controlled and deliberate carnage that spared the employees and other customers at the coffee shop in suburban Parkland, about 35 miles south of Seattle.
"He was very versed with the weapon," Troyer said. "This wasn't something where the windows were shot up and there bullets sprayed around the place. The bullets hit their targets."
Troyer said teams of investigators were working on various aspects of the case, including tracing Clemmons' finances, looking into his past arrests and other criminal history and canvassing neighborhoods he was known to frequent.
"We've been on his trail and we're still on his trail," Troyer said.
Richards' sister-in-law, Melanie Burwell, called the shooting "senseless."
"He didn't have a mean bone in his body," she said. "If there were more people in the world like Greg, things like this wouldn't happen.
Clemmons has an extensive violent criminal history from Arkansas, including aggravated robbery and theft, the sheriff's office said. He also recently was arrested and charged in Washington state for assaulting a police officer, and second-degree rape of a child. Using a bail bondsman, he posted $150,000 — only $15,000 of his own money — and was released from jail last week.
Documents related to the pending charges in Washington state indicate an unstable and volatile personality. In one instance, he is accused of punching a sheriff's deputy in the face, The Seattle Times reported. In another, he is accused of gathering his wife and young relatives and forcing them to undress, according to a Pierce County sheriff's report.
"The whole time Clemmons kept saying things like trust him, the world is going to end soon, and that he was Jesus," the report said.http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=16885535&ch=4226713... more
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