From their official statement
During Henderson’s arrest, a dog from one of the apartments got loose and tried repeatedly and aggressively to attack the working K9.
While the appearance of the incident is unfortunate, the deputy marshal’s action was not done with malice. It was a last-resort, split-second action taken by a law enforcement officer to control the environment and mitigate a dangerous situation. An uncontrolled, aggressive animal can hinder official duties and threaten safety.
Repeatedly??? Is there nothing small enough that they will not lie about?
The entire legend of Ma Barker was made up to cover the gunning down of a harmless and innocent woman in an FBI raid.
A grand uncle of mine was in the FBI at the time and was involved in the Ma Barker raid.
He passed away in the 1950s when I was about 2 or 3 so I was never in position to ask him questions.
Is that the dog’s name?
Obviously not, it’s the name of the dog’s mom.
That son of a bitch.
I’m going to put this here, though I won’t be surprised if, at some point, we have an omnibus thread for Flock Camera incidents.
Investigators say Ayala searched one victim’s license plate 55 times and a second victim’s plate 124 times while on duty. Each search was reportedly listed as “investigation.”
The complaint states the two victims were previously in a relationship and that Ayala began dating one of them after the relationship ended. Detectives allege Ayala used the Flock system to check their locations for personal reasons, violating department policy that limits the system to bona fide law enforcement purposes.
Various communities in the SF Bay area, although not SF itself, are embroiled in controversy about the expanding use of Flock cameras in those cities. The law and order crowd (i.e. those with the most to risk from theft) are in favor. Most of the opposition seems to be about Big Government knowing everyone’s whereabouts all the time, which seems reasonable in the age of ICE. But the lack of data security seems like a more immediate risk. Not just misuse by those with legitimate access, but also hacking by outsiders. I wonder if a major hacking incident would cool off the ardor to keep installing more of this technology.
A white Connecticut police officer who fatally shot a Black man 30 seconds after arriving at the scene, where three fellow officers had spent several minutes trying to de-escalate the situation, was fired Friday…
Jones’ sister, Audrey Jones, had called 911 seeking help for her brother because he was having a mental health crisis, reporting that he had a knife and had cut himself.
As an old white guy raised on Adam-12, The FBI, SWAT, Hill Street Blues, and other shows to believe that the police were a force for good, my instinct is still to believe they still mostly are.
Then shit like this happens, and I understand my youngest son’s firm belief in ACAB.
Perhaps I’m late to the party but I only yesterday learned that in many states convicts are now being billed for their prison time, and not just in for-profit penitentiaries either. This is utterly insane and unjust.
This is from a few years ago but I just ran across it on imgur. Cop sees a man with a cell phone and attempts to murder him. He missed the guy and hit a passing minivan.
Interestingly, the chief suspended him and is ‘pleased’ with the indictment.
Link to short video of the incident.
Whoever wrote this article feels the prosecutor is being a big meanie for charging him with a crime.
What is most outrageous in this case is the elected prosecutor’s decision to charge Warrington with Attempted Murder, a very serious criminal charge requiring evidence of specific intent to kill, which is very obviously not present. The charge was brought ONLY because Sergeant Warrington is a law enforcement officer and the prosecutor wants to appear to be tough on police.
The prosecutor is Aisha Braveboy. Ms. Braveboy has been associated with George Soros funded organizations promoting “progressive prosecution.” At the time charges were brought against Warrington, Ms. Braveboy was campaigning (successfully) for County Executive.
Nothing like a (cowardly) unattributed article. Certainly got his/her bingo card started with “George Soros”.
I’m all for it, but only for wealthy prisoners. As in, a sliding scale based on the prisoner’s income/assets, etc. Your friendly neighborhood insurance agent who runs a white-collar scam of some kind, maybe charge him (spitballing here) $60k per year of incarceration, pro rata down to the month/day. An insanely wealth billionaire who trafficked underage girls for sex, maybe charge him $100 million per year of incarceration.
Similarly, I support what some Northern European countries do with regard to speeding tickets: base the fine on income. That would compel police to focus on speeders in hella nice cars, because the state will extract more money from them in fines, which will trickle down to their department.
Long story short: It’s time for the law enforcement and justice apparatus in this country to no longer be funded on the backs of the poor.
Aw, c’mon, if he had specific intent to kill, why would he have pulled the trigger? There’s plenty of precedent in this country that conclusively demonstrates that having a gun means you can’t be held guilty for murder.
I think the problem was that he forgot to yell ‘he’s coming right for us’ before firing.
The correct loophole is the officer thought the perp had a gun
The video shows the officer armed with a gun yelling at the teen to get on the ground as he raises the firearm. The officer can be heard telling the teen to drop a gun. The teen keeps running, and then the officer fires.
One of the four bullets struck the teen in the back of the head, killing him, the suit says. In the teen’s pocket was a firearm, but it was disassembled, in multiple pieces, and incapable of being fired, the suit says.