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LKLK (0)
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Cop who shot and killed a black man on Sunday (April 11, 2021) is innocent. The cop did not mean to shoot the black man. The cop thought he was drawing his Taser, not a handgun. So when the cop shot the black man dead, it was an accident. If the cop had drawn his Taser, it would have been ok. Instead, the cop drew his handgun by mistake, and shooting the black man was an accident. Police Chief Tim Gannon described the shooting as “an accidental discharge.” The black man died because he was in front of a bullet that came out of handgun. Do not put yourself in front of a speeding bullet, or you might get hurt. You could even die, if you're not wearing bullet-proof protection. And bullet-proof protection might be criminal. The black man was stopped for a traffic violation: He was driving with air fresheners hanging from his rear-view mirror, which is illegal in Minnesota. So the black man was a criminal. A criminal who put himself in front of a speeding bullet. Support your local police. Guns kill people. Not cops. So the cop should be given further training, to help him know the difference between a Taser and a handgun. -------- -------- News conference on fatal police shooting in Minnesota Police: Minnesota officer meant to draw Taser, not handgun AOL Associated Press MOHAMED IBRAHIM April 12, 2021, 1:21 PM Scroll back up to restore default view. BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — Police in a Minneapolis suburb where a Black man was fatally shot during a traffic stop say the officer who fired intended to use a Taser, not a handgun. Police Chief Tim Gannon described the shooting as “an accidental discharge.” The man identified by relatives as 20-year-old Daunte Wright died Sunday in Brooklyn Center, a city of about 30,000 people on the northwest border of Minneapolis. His death sparked violent protests, with officers in riot gear clashing with demonstrators into Monday morning. The Minneapolis area was already on edge because of the trial of the first of four police officers charged in George Floyd’s death. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A Black man died after being shot by police during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb, sparking violent protests that lasted into Monday as officers in riot gear clashed with demonstrators and the man’s mother called for calm. The man was identified by family as 20-year-old Daunte Wright, who died Sunday in a metropolitan area that was already on edge because of the trial of the first of four police officers charged in George Floyd’s death. The judge in that case refused Monday to sequester the jury after a defense attorney argued that the panel could be influenced by the prospect of what might happen as a result of their verdict. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz tweeted that he was praying for Wright’s family “as our state mourns another life of a Black man taken by law enforcement.” Speaking before the unrest, Wright's mother, Katie Wright, urged protesters to stay peaceful and focused on the loss of her son. “All the violence, if it keeps going, it’s only going to be about the violence. We need it to be about why my son got shot for no reason,” she said to a crowd near the shooting scene in Brooklyn Center, a city of about 30,000 people on the northwest border of Minneapolis. “We need to make sure it’s about him and not about smashing police cars, because that’s not going to bring my son back.” Protesters who gathered near the scene waved flags and signs reading “Black Lives Matter.” Others walked peacefully with their hands held up. On one street, someone wrote in multi-colored chalk: “Justice for Daunte Wright.” Officers stopped a motorist shortly before 2 p.m. Sunday for an unspecified traffic violation, police said in a statement. Authorities planned to provide an update later Monday. Katie Wright said her son called her as he was getting pulled over. “All he did was have air fresheners in the car, and they told him to get out of the car,” Wright said. During the call, she said she heard scuffling and then someone saying “Daunte, don’t run” before the call ended. When she called back, her son’s girlfriend answered and said he had been shot. After determining the driver had an outstanding warrant, police said they tried to arrest him. Then the driver reentered the vehicle, and an officer fired, striking him, police said. The vehicle traveled several blocks before striking another vehicle. Wright’s family offered a different account, with Katie Wright saying her son was shot before getting back into the car. A female passenger sustained non-life-threatening injuries during the crash, authorities said. Katie Wright said that passenger was her son’s girlfriend. Court records show Wright was being sought after failing to appear in court on charges that he fled from officers and possessed a gun without a permit during an encounter with Minneapolis police in June. In that case, a statement of probable cause said police got a call about a man waving a gun who was later identified as Wright.” Shortly after the shooting, demonstrators began to gather, with some jumping atop police cars. Marchers also descended on the Brooklyn Center Police Department, where rocks and other objects were thrown at officers, authorities said. The protesters had largely dispersed by 1:15 a.m. Monday. President Joe Biden was briefed on the shooting, and the White House has been in touch with the governor, mayor and local law enforcement, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said. “We were incredibly saddened to hear about the loss of life at the hands of law enforcement in Minnesota yesterday,” she said. National Guard troops and law enforcement officers continued to guard the front of the police department on Monday morning. Police were erecting a concrete barrier as Minnesota State Patrol officers joined the line in front of the precinct. Several people and reporters watched from across the street as traffic returned to normal on the street where protesters were met with tear gas the night before. One man yelled at the officers using a megaphone as others flew Black Lives Matter flags. About 20 businesses were broken into at the city’s Shingle Creek shopping center, Minnesota Department of Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington said at a news conference. The National Guard was activated, and Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott announced a curfew that expired shortly before daybreak. Police said Brooklyn Center officers wear body cameras, which they believe were activated during the traffic stop. The department said it has asked the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to investigate. The trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis officer charged in Floyd’s death, continued Monday. Floyd, a Black man, died May 25 after Chauvin, who is white, pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck. Prosecutors say Floyd was pinned for 9 minutes, 29 seconds. More National Guard members and state law enforcement personnel were to be deployed around the Twin Cities and in Brooklyn Center in addition to teams already in place for Chauvin’s trial at the Hennepin County courthouse in Minneapolis, Harrington said. There was no visible increase in the already high security presence on Monday morning outside the courthouse, which was fortified ahead of Chauvin’s trial with tall fencing topped with barbed wire and coils of razor wire between the fences and concrete barriers. National Guard troops with military vehicles, sheriff’s deputies and county security guards continued to stand watch. Meanwhile, all Brooklyn Center students were to attend online classes Monday because school buildings were closed, Superintendent Carly Baker said. ___ Mohamed Ibrahim is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. | |
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| 04-12-21 03:47pm - 1350 days | #2 | |
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If I am correct then the officer is a female and while it's true that the reason for stopping the vehicle was less than ideal. It would appear that There was a warrant out for Mr Wright but none of these things change the fact that another black man was shot for a dubious reason. Long live the Brown Coats. | |
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| 04-12-21 06:00pm - 1349 days | #3 | |
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LKLK (0)
Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
Man's truck was seized by cops and held for 2+ years. The reason the truck was seized: the truck was guilty of transporting munitions of war. The munitions were 5 rounds of ammunition, but no gun. However, the criminal (the driver of the truck) might have had a confederate who had a gun, but he was not found or apprehended. You can't trust criminals who are transporting munitions of war. They might start a revolution. Or hurt someone. The Biden administration is urging the federal court system to dismiss the case brought by the criminal (the owner of the truck), since the cops returned the truck 2 years after they took it. And if the truck owner hadn't sued the federal government, the federal government could have kept the truck, since the owner had apparently abandoned the truck. I mean, he walked away from the truck, leaving it in the care of the federal government. Also, the driver/truck owner is a Republican. When he asked the cops how he was supposed to get home without his truck, the cops told him, (since the driver is a Republican), Republicans are smart and self-sufficient, so he should be able to figure out on his own how to get home. If the driver had been a Democrat, the cops might have been more sympathetic, since everyone knows that Democrats are idiots who need all the help they can get. Biden is a Democrat. That's why he believes that since the feds gave back the guy's truck, the driver should be thankful, and not sue the government for keeping the guy's truck for over 2 years. ------- ------- Man's truck seized for 2 years over 'munitions of war,' 5 forgotten bullets Supreme Court could take up case challenging civil forfeitures Associated Press Apr 12th 2021 at 10:13AM WASHINGTON — Gerardo Serrano ticked off the border crossing agents by taking some photos on his phone. So they took his pickup truck and held onto it for more than two years. Only after Serrano filed a federal lawsuit did he get back his Ford F-250. Now he wants the Supreme Court to step in and require a prompt court hearing as a matter of constitutional fairness whenever federal officials take someone's property under civil forfeiture law. The justices could consider his case when they meet privately on Friday. It's a corner of the larger forfeiture issue, when federal, state or local officials take someone's property, without ever having to prove that it has been used for illicit purposes. Since 2000, governments have acquired at least $68.8 billion in forfeited property, according to the Institute for Justice, a libertarian public interest law firm that represents Serrano and tracks seizures. The group says the number “drastically underestimates forfeiture’s true scope” because not all states provide data. Serrano's troubles stemmed from some pictures he took along the way of a long trip from his home in Tyner, Kentucky, to visit relatives, including a dying aunt, in Zaragosa, Mexico. The photo-taking attracted the attention of U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in Eagle Pass, Texas. When Serrano refused to hand over the password to his phone, the agents went through the 2014 silver pickup truck in great detail. They justified its seizure by saying they found “munitions of war” inside — five forgotten rounds of ammunition, though no gun. Serrano, 62, initially took a gun, for which he has a permit, but a Mexican cousin warned him not to bring it into Mexico. He ditched the weapon, but forgot about the ammo the agents eventually found. A one-time Republican candidate for Congress, Serrano recalled being surprised at his treatment at the border in September 2015. “I deleted the photos, but I'm not giving you my phone," Serrano said. Told to park the truck, he said, he complained a bit before one agent reached into the pickup, opened the door, unfastened Serrano's seatbelt and yanked him out of the vehicle. “I got rights, I got constitutional rights and he snaps back at me, ‘You don’t have no rights here. I’m sick and tired of hearing about your rights.’ That took me aback,” Serrano said. He was handcuffed and held for several hours, refusing to unlock the phone or answer any questions. Eventually, he was told he could go, but without his truck. “I said, ‘How am I going to get home?’ There's this smirk I can't forget. ‘We don’t care how you get home,’” Serrano said. He left the border station on foot, called a relative who lived nearby and hung around the area for several weeks, hoping to reclaim the pickup. Serrano finally rented a car and returned home. He continued to make $673 monthly payments on the seized truck. Serrano might get some support from at least one justice. While an appeals court judge in New York, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote an opinion requiring New York City to hold prompt hearings when police seized cars. “It is this intermediate deprivation, lasting months or sometimes years without any prompt hearing before a neutral fact-finder, that we deem constitutionally infirm," Sotomayor wrote in 2002. The Supreme Court took up the issue of whether governments must hold a reasonably quick hearing following a seizure once before, in a case from Chicago in 2009. But the court dismissed the case because the seized vehicles all had been returned by the time the case was argued. The Biden administration is urging the court to reject the case, saying there was nothing wrong with the initial seizure of the pickup and arguing that Serrano's claims ended when the vehicle was returned to him. But Serrano's lawyers contend that the court should confront the issue because otherwise governments will continue to hold property for long periods and return it only to evade a judge's review. “The rampant due process violations associated with modern civil forfeiture warrant review,” they said in a high-court filing. Serrano did get to see his aunt on the 2015 trip. Cousins drove across the border and took him to her. “When I went back home, three days later they called me and said she died,” he said. | |
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| 04-13-21 02:35am - 1349 days | #4 | |
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LKLK (0)
Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
President Biden calls for peace after black man dies. The black man died because he was shot by a cop. Cops are trained to shoot to kill. They are not trained to shoot to wound. That's factual. Not TV or movie bullshit. And when a cop doesn't know the difference between a taser and a handgun, it's only an "accident" if a cop kills you. The Police Chief said it was an accident. The cop who shot the black man thought she was using a taser instead of a handgun. So who's responsible? Or do we slough it off as accidental death, with no one responsible? How about the Police Chief, who, after viewing the body camera video of the incident, said the cop who did the shooting thought she was using a taser instead of gun. So is the Police Chief, who is defending the cop who shot the black man, responsible for the shooting? It happened under his watch. His command. His authority. And the Police Chief seems willing to excuse the cop shooting by saying it's only a mistake. So is the Police Chief guilty of sweeping the death under the rug by saying it's an accidental death? Is the cop who shot the black man guilty of murder, since she fired the gun that killed the black man? Let us have a moment of peace and calm, like Biden says. Shed a tear for the black man, and get on with our lives. Our lives are more important than the black man who died. It was only an accident, after all. Also, Biden doesn't have the time to call the family of the black man who died. Biden wants people to remain peaceful and calm. And let the law handle the situation. The law that has already called the killing an accident. Even though Biden doesn't have the time to call the family of the black man who died, his thoughts are with the family. So Biden has a great brain: it can think of the family that is probably in pain, and he can speak in a news conference about the death, but if the family wants to know what our dear President is thinking, they can watch the news, instead of speaking to the President himself. The President has better, more important things to do: like telling people to remain calm and peaceful, and let the law handle the death. Because the death could have been an accident, after all. And cops shouldn't play with guns. Guns can go off. And people can die. But don't worry, because cops have almost unlimited immunity. Especially when the Police Chief says a shooting was only accidental. ------- ------- Biden calls for 'peace and calm' in wake of Daunte Wright's shooting in Minnesota NBC Universal Dareh Gregorian and Emma Thorne April 12, 2021, 5:39 PM President Joe Biden called for "peace and calm" Monday in the wake of the "tragic" fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright in Minnesota. "I haven't called Daunte Wright's family, but my prayers are with the family. It's really a tragic thing that happened," Biden told reporters in the Oval Office about Wright's death Sunday. "The question is was it an accident? Was it intentional? That remains to be determined by a full-blown investigation," he said, describing the body camera video of the shooting as "fairly graphic." Wright, 20, was shot and killed by a police officer Sunday after he was pulled over in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center. According to Wright's mother, who had spoken to her son before the shooting, he was pulled over for having an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror, which is illegal in Minnesota. Police said Monday that he was stopped for a traffic violation. Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon said he believes, based on the body camera video, that the officer who shot Wright mistakenly believed she was firing a Taser and not her gun. Wright was shot about 14 miles north of where George Floyd was killed last year; former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin is on trial charged with second- and third-degree murder. Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes. Biden called for any protests to remain 'peaceful' Floyd's death set off a wave of protests across the country last year. Some led to rioting and looting, but most were largely peaceful. Biden called for any protests against Wright's shooting to remain "peaceful," echoing a plea from Wright's mother. "There is absolutely no justification, none, for looting, no justification for violence. Peaceful protests, understandable, and the fact is that, you know, we do know that the anger, pain and trauma that exists in the Black community in that environment is real, it's serious and it's consequential. But it will not justify violence and/or looting," he said. "And we should listen to Daunte's mom, who is calling for peace and calm," he said. Asked whether he would deploy federal resources to help keep the peace, Biden noted that he had already done so because of Chauvin's trial. "There are already federal resources," Biden said. "There will not be a lack of help and support from the federal government if the local authorities believe it's needed." Biden said later on Twitter, "While we await a full investigation, we know what we need to do to move forward: rebuild trust and ensure accountability so no one is above the law." | |
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| 04-13-21 11:49am - 1349 days | #5 | |
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LKLK (0)
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Brooklyn Center police chief and officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright resign Yahoo News Christopher Wilson April 13, 2021, 11:08 AM Kimberly Potter, the Minnesota police officer who shot and killed Duante Wright announced Tuesday that she had resigned from the force. “I have loved every minute of being a police officer and serving this community to the best of my ability, but I believe it is the best interest of the community, the department, and my fellow officers if I resign immediately,” Potter said in a letter to Brooklyn Center officials. Brooklyn Center Police Chief Terry Gannon also resigned Tuesday. Police officials said that Wright, 20, was pulled over Sunday afternoon for an expired registration when officers noted he also had an object hanging from his rear-view mirror. When police ran Wright’s name, they noted he had outstanding warrants and started to take him into custody. When Wright attempted to get back into his vehicle, Potter shot him. Later, Potter said she had meant to fire her taser at Wright, but had accidentally grabbed her revolver instead. Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott had called for Potter to lose her job on Monday. Gannon said at the same press conference he wanted an investigation but “for all intents and purposes, I think we can look at the video and ascertain whether or not she’ll be returned.” At a Tuesday afternoon press conference, Elliot confirmed both resignations and said the city would be appointing two senior commanders into acting leadership roles. Elliott also noted that he had not asked Potter to resign but they were working through the process of firing her. “We were informed less than an hour ago about the change in status,” said Tony Gruenig, a 19-year veteran who was appointed as acting chief. “There’s a lot of chaos going on right now, we’re just trying to wrap our heads around the situation and create some calm.” Potter, 48, is a 26-year veteran of the force who had been placed on administrative leave. Brian Peters, executive director of the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association, did not respond to an interview request from Yahoo News but told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune that Potter was working with a new officer Sunday as a field training officer. Elliott was unsure if the resignation would allow her to keep her pension. The Hennepin County medical examiner stated Monday that Wright “died of a gunshot wound of the chest and manner of death is homicide.” Gannon said he believed that Potter meant to use her taser on Wright but accidentally shot him. The incident occurred just miles from the trial of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer charged in last year’s killing of George Floyd. The warrant for Wright’s arrest had been issued earlier this month after he missed a court appearance for two misdemeanor charges filed last year, carrying a pistol without a permit and running from officers. Potter has previously served as the president of the Brooklyn Center police union and was on the scene in 2019 when police shot and killed Kobe Dimock-Heisler, an autistic man who was allegedly threatening them with a knife. According to a report from the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, Potter was one of the first to arrive on the scene and instructed the officers who shot “to exit the residence, get into separate squad cars, turn off their body worn cameras, and to not talk to each other.” Potter was present for subsequent interviews of both officers and no charges were filed in the case. According to multiple reports, Potter is now being represented by long-time defense attorney Earl Gray. Gray also represents Thomas Lane, one of the three officers who were on the scene and stood by last year as Chauvin kneeled on Floyd. In a combative June 2020 interview, Lane told CNN it was unfair to blame his client for Floyd’s death when the public was standing by as well. “If all these people say, ‘why didn’t my client intercede,’ well, if the public is there and they’re so in an uproar about this, they didn’t intercede either,” Gray said. | |
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| 04-13-21 12:02pm - 1349 days | #6 | |
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LKLK (0)
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Long-time defense attorney Earl Gray is representing Kimberly Potter, the Minnesota police officer who shot and killed Duante Wright. Kimberly Potter announced Tuesday (April 13, 2021) that she had resigned from the force. Earl Gray, the defense attorney, also represents Thomas Lane, one of the three officers who were on the scene and stood by last year as Chauvin kneeled on Floyd. In a combative June 2020 interview, Lane told CNN it was unfair to blame his client(Thomas Lane) for Floyd’s death when the public was standing by as well. “If all these people say, ‘why didn’t my client intercede,’ well, if the public is there and they’re so in an uproar about this, they didn’t intercede either,” Gray said. The defense attorney is full of shit. The attorney is blaming the public for standing by watching a cop kill a man. Any member of the public who interferes with a cop who is killing a man is: 1. putting his life and liberty into danger. 2. can be arrested, or legally beaten, or even shot and killed, by any cop claiming self-protection, since the member of the public is interfering with a cop in the performance of his duty. | |
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| 04-13-21 12:28pm - 1349 days | #7 | |
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LKLK (0)
Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
There are some good results that a black man was shot and killed for hanging an air freshener in his rearview mirror. My brother hung a air freshener from my rearview mirror one time. I took it down, because the air freshener didn't smell very good to me. Was my brother setting me up for murder? Did my brother secretly want to get rid of me? Enquiring minds want to know: How many laws are there that we should know about? I live in California, and I looked it up on the internet: it's illegal to drive with an air freshener on your rearview mirror in California (and in a few other states). ------ ------ In some states, police can pull you over for hanging an air freshener from your rearview mirror. Moments before police fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop Sunday in a Minneapolis suburb, he called his mother and told her he'd been pulled over for hanging air fresheners from his rearview mirror. It's not clear how much of a role the air fresheners played in the traffic stop. Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon told reporters Monday that Wright was originally pulled over for an expired tag and that when officers approached his car, they saw an item hanging from the rearview mirror. Officers ran Wright's name and found a gross misdemeanor warrant, Gannon said, without providing additional details on the dangling item or the warrant. He said the shooting appeared to be "accidental." But Minnesota is one of at least several states with laws that prohibit hanging items from a vehicle's rearview mirror or affixing them to the windshield on the grounds that they could obstruct the driver's vision. "A person shall not drive or operate any motor vehicle with ... any objects suspended between the driver and the windshield, other than: sun visors; rearview mirrors; driver feedback and safety monitoring equipment when mounted immediately behind, slightly above, or slightly below the rearview mirror," Minnesota's law states. Such minor infractions have been questioned by Black motorists and others who view them as a pretext for racially motivated traffic stops. "We have concerns that police appear to have used dangling air fresheners as an excuse for making a pretextual stop, something police do too often to target Black people," the ACLU of Minnesota said Sunday. It called for an independent investigation into the shooting. Wright's death has sparked protests and further inflamed tensions in a city already on edge over the police killing of another Black man. Testimony continued Monday in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged in the May 2020 death of George Floyd. Air fresheners in cars have led to legal challenges Police traffic stops because of dangling air fresheners have already led to several court challenges. In September 2018, police pulled over two Black men in Chicago for having an air freshener hanging from a rearview mirror. During the stop officers found weapons in the vehicle, and the men were each charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. The men did not allege they were racially profiled. But they moved to suppress the evidence, arguing that the air freshener was not sufficient probable cause for the officers to pull them over. Last year a federal appeals court ruled that the stop was legitimate, saying police had "reasonable suspicion" to believe that the tree-shaped air freshener obstructed the driver's view. Both men were sentenced to prison. In October 2012 WNBA star Seimone Augustus, then a player with the Minnesota Lynx, complained on Twitter that she had been pulled over at a mall in Roseville, a Minneapolis suburb, for having an air freshener in her car. She said the officer then questioned her about her out-of-state license plates and other crimes in the area. "Supposedly he stop me for an air freshener hanging in my window, but then went on talking about theft at the mall," tweeted Augustus, who is Black. "And the fact that my car was at the mall with out of town plates ... I thought this was a free country." A Roseville police spokesman told ESPN the traffic stop had nothing to do with race and that Augustus was only issued a warning. Several other states, including California, Pennsylvania and Arizona, prohibit drivers from hanging things that would obstruct their vision near the windshield. Under Arizona state law, it's illegal to have an object near the rearview or side mirrors if it "obstructs or reduces" the driver's view. But a sheriff's deputy was fired in Arizona last year after he pulled over a Black man for having an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror, then repeatedly asked him if he had drugs in the car. In Virginia, a "dangling object" near a car's windshield used to be grounds for a valid stop, but a new law that went into effect on March 1 changed things, said Andrew Flusche, a traffic attorney in Stafford, Virginia. "Virginia still penalizes dangling objects, but the police now must have another justification to first stop the vehicle," he said. "Dangling object stops are a classic example of a pretextual stop, where the police are looking for a valid reason to stop a motorist for something else — such as suspicion of DUI or maybe to try to search the vehicle," Flusche said. Police say 'pretext' stops are necessary to fight crime So-called "pretext stops" allow police to use minor traffic infractions or broken taillights as grounds to investigate motorists for more serious crimes. Police have defended the stops as crucial for fighting possession of illegal drugs, weapons possession, human trafficking and drunken driving. But civil rights groups say the tactic unfairly targets Black drivers. In 2018, the American Civil Liberties Union sued the Bakersfield Police Department in California after its officers jailed a Black man who was driving a car that had an air freshener hanging from its rearview mirror. The police also demanded personal information from the man's passengers, the ACLU said. The city of Bakersfield settled the lawsuit in 2019 without admitting any liability. | |
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| 04-13-21 09:01pm - 1348 days | #8 | |
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LKLK (0)
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Defense expert testifies that the cop who killed the black man by kneeling on the black man's neck was acting in a professional manner. The black man was obviously resisting arrest. If the cop has busted a few caps to put the black man into the proper position (a compliant position that allowed the police to arrest the black man), the cop would have done a better job of reducing the aggression of the black man. But the cop was using reduced force to subdue the black man. The cop did not use his gun. The cop only used his knee. And if the black man stopped breathing, that only meant the black man was offering less resitance to the police. The only good black men are dead black men. They won't commit any more crimes. Or fight the police. End of testimony. End of story. Edit: if the criminal is able to speak, that means he's able to breathe. So ignore what the criminal is saying, especially if the criminal is lying by saying he's not able to breathe. You know he's a liar, because he wouldn't be able to complain if he had no breath. Cops are trained to know that criminals lie. Cops are also trained to help people who are having medical problems. But is a black man a people? No. A black man is a criminal, not a people. Anyone who's a cop knows that blacks are not people. And even some peoples are not peoples, but suspects or criminals. Support your cops, who will serve and protect you. Unless you're a suspect or criminal. Edit number 2: A cop told the black man to raise his hands. The black man raised his hands, and said, "Please don't shoot me." The cop told the black man to put his hands on the dashboard of the car. The black man said, "Please don't shoot me." The cop draws his gun, says, "You're not compliant with my orders. I have the right to shoot you." The cop should have busted a few caps into the black man, since the black man, was not only resisting arrest, but also not obeying the cop's commands. But these cops have shown restainst in dealing with blacks. They should be given the Medal of Honor. Maybe Obama or Biden, certainly Trump, can attend the ceremony. God bless Trump, who made America great again. ----- ----- 3 takeaways from the first day of Derek Chauvin’s defense in the killing of George Floyd Yahoo News Crystal Hill April 13, 2021, 5:42 PM Lawyers for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin began their defense Tuesday by calling an expert witness who testified that the force used on George Floyd was “justified.” After the prosecution rested its case earlier in the day, Chauvin’s attorney Eric Nelson called six witnesses, including a now-retired M.P.D. officer who arrested Floyd in 2019. Throughout the first 12 days of the trial, Nelson has argued, through his line of questioning and opening statement, that Floyd was under the influence of narcotics during his arrest on May 25, 2020, and was combative, resisting police. According to Nelson, Chauvin and his three fellow officers, who also face criminal charges, did the best they could during an unpredictable situation. Chauvin, 45, is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s death. Here are some key moments from the first day of the defense’s case Use-of-force expert: Chauvin’s restraint on Floyd was reasonable Barry Vance Brodd, a use-of-force expert, testified Tuesday that, based on his review of video footage and the department’s use-of-force policies, he believed Chauvin had acted in a reasonable manner when pinning Floyd to the pavement with his knee. “I felt that Derek Chauvin was justified and was acting with objective reasonableness, following Minneapolis police department policy, and current standards of law enforcement, in his interactions with Mr. Floyd,” Brodd said. Brodd’s assessment was in stark contrast to multiple state witnesses, including M.P.D. Chief Medaria Arradondo and use-of-force expert Seth Stoughton, who testified that Chauvin’s actions were contrary to department policy and were not appropriate. “That level of force to a person handcuffed behind their back ... that in no way, shape or form is anything that’s by policy,” Arradondo testified on April 5. Brodd told the jury that Floyd’s resistance continued when officers pinned him to the ground, thus justifying their decision to remain on Floyd, who was handcuffed, as he cried out that he could not breathe. “I certainly don't have medical degrees,” Brodd said, “but I was always trained and feel it’s a reasonable assumption that if somebody says ‘I'm choking, I'm choking,’ — well you're not choking because you can breathe. If somebody is saying they can't breathe, [and] it appears to me [that] they're taking full breaths and they're shouting — to me, the lay person, they can breathe.” But under cross-examination from the prosecution, Brodd acknowledged that positional asphyxia — which was defined earlier by a medical expert as a lack of oxygen in the body — was a concern. “And the greater the pressure being exerted,” prosecuting attorney Steve Schleicher asked, “the more of a potential danger of positional asphyxia. Fair?” “Yes,” Brodd said. Witness described Floyd as ‘happy’ and ‘alert’ before he ‘suddenly fell asleep’ Shawanda Hill, a witness and friend of Floyd’s who was with him at the Cup Foods convenience store said Floyd’s behavior was “normal” prior to his encounter with police. “Happy. Normal. Talking. Alert,” she said, under questioning from Nelson. Hill said she was in Floyd’s vehicle with him after he left Cup Foods and that he “suddenly fell asleep.” He was still asleep when Cup Foods employees approached the vehicle and confronted Floyd about a counterfeit bill he had used to purchase cigarettes. They were not able to wake him, Hill said. It wasn’t until police officers approached the car that Floyd woke up, she said. After Hill testified, body camera footage taken by city parks officer Peter Chang was played for the jury which showed Hill standing across the street from the store as police engaged Floyd. In the footage, Hill does not seem to know what’s happening — and Chang prevents her from getting closer to the scene until an ambulance arrives. An officer is heard in the body camera footage telling Hill that Floyd is “gone. He’s in the hospital.” Jurors hear about Floyd’s 2019 arrest Nelson’s first witness was Scott Creighton, a now-retired Minneapolis police officer, who pulled over a vehicle on May 6, 2019 in which Floyd was a passenger. Creighton said he conducted the traffic stop around 5 p.m. and gave commands to a person in the passenger seat, who was later identified in body camera footage as Floyd. Creighton testified that Floyd was “non-compliant to my commands. I then had to physically reach in because I wanted to see his hands...I couldn’t see his hands,” he said. Creighton removed Floyd from the vehicle and handcuffed him. “Did you make any observations as to the passenger's behavior?” Nelson asked. “In my mind his behavior was very nervous, anxious,” Creighton said. Nelson introduced into evidence Creighton’s body camera footage of the encounter. The footage showed Creighton approaching the passenger’s side, telling Floyd to undo his seatbelt and to keep his hands where he can see them. “Please don’t shoot me,” Floyd is heard saying in response. “I don’t plan on shooting you,” Creighton replied. “Relax, just undo your seatbelt.” Floyd’s hands are raised but he did not put them on the dash when Creighton asked him to. Creighton then began to yell at Floyd. “Put your hands on the dash, [this is] the last time I’m going to tell you,” Creighton said, appearing to draw his gun. Prosecuting attorney Erin Eldridge asked Creighton whether he had his gun drawn as he approached Floyd. “Yes,” Creighton said. “And when you approached Mr. Floyd, he said ‘Don’t shoot me, man. I don’t want to get shot.’ Right?” Eldridge asked. “Right. Something like that.” Chauvin’s defense has argued that the prior arrest — which prosecutors sought to have excluded — is relevant because, as with the May 25,2020, arrest, drugs were found in the car. | |
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