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Arizona Cop Recalls “Terrifying” Experience as He Shot and Killed Unarmed Daniel Shaver as New Crime Scene Photos Surface and Body Cam Video Expected to be Released Today

Arizona police officer Philip “Mitch” Brailsford, a bespectacled Ramboesque nerd of a cop, was one of six Mesa police officers who had their guns drawn on Daniel Shaver after they ordered him out of his hotel room last January.

Show us your hands, they first shouted. Place your hands behind your head, they then ordered. Place your hands on the floor and come crawling to use, they then commanded.

Shaver, a 26-year-old man who only moments earlier was showing his pellet gun to a couple of new acquaintances he had met in the hotel, began crawling towards the cops.

At one point, it appeared as if his shorts began slipping off and he instinctively reached back to pull them up, but a Mesa police sergeant told him not to do it again because it can be perceived as a threat.

“Please don’t shoot me,” Shaver begged as he kept crawling.

But his shorts kept slipping, so he reached back again to pull them up and that was when Brailsford fired five rounds from his personal AR-15 rifle with the words “You’re Fucked” inscribed on it, killing Shaver instantly.

One bullet struck Shaver in the back of the head. Another stuck him in the upper back. Another ripped into his upper chest. Another tore into his lower leg. And another grazed his cheek.

The autopsy report indicates that Shaver had his head down on the carpet for those two bullets to enter the back of his head and upper back.

Brailsford would later tell investigators that watching Shaver crawl towards him wearing nothing but a t-shirt and shorts was a “terrifying” experience each time he reached back to pull up his shorts, which you can see in the photo above, were not tightly fastened.

But his body cam footage convinced Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery that there was no need to kill Shaver – which is why the other five cops held their fire – and charged him with second-degree murder.

Today, Brailsford is due in court for a preliminary hearing where a judge will determine if second-degree murder is the appropriate charge, for which he has already pleaded not guilty.

Shaver’s widow, Laney Sweet, said in March that they plan to offer him a plea deal that would reduce the charge to negligent homicide, which would not be the appropriate charge considering it is geared towards individuals who accidentally kill another person through negligence.

Brailsford meant to kill Shaver. That’s what cops are trained to do. And that is what Brailsford apparently could not wait to do, carrying his personal AR-15 even though he had a loaded Glock in his holster.

A personal AR-15 with the words “You’re Fucked” inscribed on the side. He wanted to send a message. That much is clear.

But he is the son of a longtime internal affairs officer from the Mesa Police Department and we know how the justice system works, which is why it would not be surprising if he is offered the negligent homicide charge, which could leave him with a light probation sentence.

Mesa police are already claiming Shaver was highly intoxicated. And his autopsy states he had a blood alcohol content of .29, which is more than three times the legal limit – a figure the local media ran with.

However, the autopsy was not conducted until four days after the shooting, which means the figure could be a “false positive” because alcohol can continue fermenting in the body post mortem.

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In fact, numerous studies can be found on the internet determining that alcohol readings on bodies can only be trusted within 48 hours of death.

According to Atlanta attorney Ken Shigley, who simplified it best:

As discussed in a recent article by forensic scientist Jim Wigmore, over half of postmortem blood is not sterile, and contains bacteria, yeast or fungi. In addition, postmortem blood sugar (glucose) concentration can be 7 to 10 times greater than blood before death.

Fermentation is the formation of alcohol from sugar.  Yeasts can convert 100 milligrams of glucose into approximately 40 to 50 milligrams of alcohol.  Bacteria and fungi generally can convert 100 milligrams of sugar into 10 – 20 milligrams of alcohol.

During fermentation other volatile compounds such as acetaldehyde and n-propanol are produced and may assist in the determination of elevated blood alcohol scores due to fermentation or putrefaction.

It has been well established for many years that:

Blood alcohol levels at autopsy are valid up to 48 hours after death when solid protocols are observed in the collection and storage of samples.

Alcohol levels in samples of blood taken from the intact heart are as significant as levels of blood from the femoral veins.

 False blood alcohol levels greater than 0.200% can be generated in autopsy blood samples which are not correctly stored.

 High blood alcohol levels may develop during putrefaction and levels up to 0.200% do not necessarily indicate that alcohol was imbibed before death.

Significant false high blood alcohol levels do not develop during incineration in absence of putrefaction.

However, the man and the woman who were with Shaver in the hotel room in the moments leading up to his death said that he was very drunk. In fact, they did not even know him until he met them in the elevator and invited them to his room for a shot of Bacardi.

That was when he showed them his pellet guns, which he uses to shoot birds that fly into Walmart. A specialized job that took him from Texas to Arizona.

In the room, Shaver and the other man were pointing the weapon out the window, checking out the scopes, which led to a couple downstairs to call the front desk, who in turn, called police.

But Arizona is an open carry state and guns are common, so it does seem like it was an overreaction just based on something somebody saw through a window.

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery has refused to release the body cam footage, but Sweet’s attorney, Ben Meiselas, said it should be released today, so stay tuned.

Below is a video from Laney Sweet where she talks about her frustrations about not being allowed to see the body cam footage, which includes a secret recording she made of the prosecutor, which is legal in Arizona.

https://photographyisnotacrime.com/2016/05/arizona-cop-recalls-terrifying-experience-shot-killed-unarmed-daniel-shaver-new-crime-scene-photos-surface-body-cam-video-expected-released-today/

(link includes several graphic crime scene photos)

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Innocent Woman Beaten by Maniac Cop for Filming Him Accuse Her of Stealing Her Own Car

Reading, PA – Caught on video punching an innocent woman in the face and destroying her cell phone for recording him, a Pennsylvania police officer faces criminal charges after allegedly falsifying reports and blatantly abusing his authority. Although the deceitful cop initially accused the woman of punching him, several videos of the incident revealed that he lied in order to justify the beating and false arrests.

At 12:24 p.m. on April 5, Reading Police Officer Jesus Santiago-DeJesus pulled over Marcelina Cintron-Garcia and her boyfriend for not using a turn signal before parking despite the fact that surveillance video revealed she actually did use her turn signal.

“The vehicle comes back to a Mitsubishi. You’re driving a Honda,” Santiago-DeJesus falsely accused the couple, who had been driving a Mitsubishi Mirage.

After Santiago-DeJesus accused them of driving with a license plate belonging to a Mitsubishi instead of a Honda, Cintron-Garcia walked over to the front emblem to show the moronic cop that the car she was driving is a Mitsubishi. But he was having nothing of it.

According to the initial police report, Cintron-Garcia suddenly pulled away before punching Officer Santiago-DeJesus. But according to five videos that recorded the incident, Santiago-DeJesus falsified the reason for pulling her over and falsely accused her of driving a stolen car before resorting to violence for no reason.

While complying with the officer’s orders, Cintron-Garcia began recording the incident on her cell phone when Santiago-DeJesus abruptly attempted to grab the phone from her hand. As Cintron-Garcia refused to hand over her phone, two mindless cops aggressively grabbed her boyfriend and threw him against the sidewalk even though he did not pose an immediate threat.

After snatching the phone from her hand, Santiago-DeJesus violently smashed it against the ground in an impulsive act of cowardice before shoving Cintron-Garcia and punching her in the face for no apparent reason. According to police, Cintron-Garcia required staples in her scalp after Santiago-DeJesus hit her head against an exposed metal pipe.

“I cried for three days in jail thinking about my kids,” Cintron-Garcia told WGAL.

Spending three days in jail, Cintron-Garcia was charged with assault, harassment, and resisting arrest. Although her boyfriend did not appear to commit any crimes on the videos of the incident, Joel Rodriguez was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

Withdrawing the charges against Cintron-Garcia and her boyfriend, Berks County District Attorney John Adams announced Wednesday criminal charges against Santiago-DeJesus for official oppression, tampering with evidence, false reports, and criminal mischief. Pending an investigation into Santiago-DeJesus’ overzealous actions, the department has placed him on paid administrative leave.

None of the officers who assisted Santiago-DeJesus in his unjustified assault currently face any criminal charges.

Below is the full video of the incident.

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/video-cop-arrested-punching-innocent-woman-smashing-cell-phone-recording/

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Florida Cops Beat Innocent Man who Walked in Store During Drug Bust

Florida cops were in the midst of conducting a drug bust at a Jacksonville convenience store when they pounced on a man who entered the store – who had nothing to do with the drug suspects – and slammed him against a shelf, then grabbed him and forced him into a back room where they repeatedly punched him.

Jacksonville sheriff’s officers then charged Demarcus Brown with trespassing and resisting arrest with violence.

However, surveillance video shows the cops were the only ones who were violent.

The incident took place Monday as Brown was sitting in his car outside the store waiting for his father who was inside buying a drink.

Brown noticed cops entering the store and decided to walk inside to make sure his father was all right.

A video from an outside surveillance video shows a cop pointing at Brown as he walks in, apparently talking to him, but Brown doesn’t seem to hear or see him.

But that is what prompted the cop on the outside to run after Brown after he had stepped inside and grab him from behind, shoving him against a counter, then throwing him against a shelf, causing food items to spill.

That, of course, prompts other cops to jump in and grab him in a headlock where they force him into a back room – perhaps thinking there would be no camera there – where they proceed to repeatedly punch him.

It’s almost like a scene out of Goodfellas except the thugs are the ones wearing badges.

News4Jax, which broke the story, blurred out the faces of the cops, even though their names and faces should be made public.

This is what Brown told reporters:

“I’m trying to cover my face so they won’t hit me in my face. Then they pushed me in the back room and get me on the ground, get me in a choke hold. I tell them, ‘I can’t breathe. I can’t breathe.’ I said like three or four times,” Brown said. “Finally they let go, then another officer hit me in the head twice.”

News4Jax also resorted to former cop Gil Smith, who is their in-house police apologist, who said Brown erred when he failed to heed the police order not to go inside, even though we are not even sure it was much of a command considering Brown doesn’t appear to hear it.

“He sees a bunch of police run in there with guns in their hands. Even though he may have been warned, he wants to go and check on his father. So I can understand someone wanting to do that. But still, you have to obey what police are saying,” Smith said.

The article states that internal affairs is reviewing the footage, which will determine if the cops were out of line.

But it is clear they did considering Brown was never a threat to anybody, no matter how hard they will try to spin the truth and tell us he was a threat.

The video cannot be embedded, so click here to watch it.

https://photographyisnotacrime.com/2016/05/florida-cops-beat-innocent-man-who-walked-in-store-during-drug-bust-in-store/

http://www.news4jax.com/news/investigations/video-captures-officer-punching-man

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Los Angeles Deputies Convicted for Beating Schizophrenic Man in Jail, Marking 21 Convictions in Federal Investigation

Two Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies were convicted this week for beating a mentally ill male inmate to “teach him a lesson” after he had mouthed off to jailers in March 2010.

Bryan Brunsting, 31, and Jason Branum, 35, were both convicted on counts of conspiracy, falsifying records and violating the inmate’s civil rights, marking a total of 21 Los Angeles sheriffs deputies to have been convicted of crimes since the federal government began investigating the largest jail system in the country in 2011.

The mayhem all started at The Twin Towers Correctional Facility when Philip Jones left his jail cell without permission and mouthed off to guards when confronted, according to the Los Angeles Times.

It was then that the deputies led Jones down a hallway off the security camera grid. They then beat Jones in order to “teach him a lesson”, court documents note.

Jones is schizophrenic.

Brunsting and Branum decided that the beating was a great on the job learning opportunity for rookie Deputy Josh Sather. At the commands of Brunsting and Branum, Sather participated in the beating , but backed out once he saw the inmate was not resisting. Sather was not charged in the case because of his cooperation with prosecutors as a key witness.

And if beating the inmate wasn’t enough, Brunsting and Branum also pepper sprayed him. In a final act of recklessness,  Brunsting and Branum capped off the beat down by spreading open the inmates legs and kicking him in the genitals.

Upon the beating the deputies convened to come up with a trumped up story on justification for the beating; which they eventually put in official reports to superiors. The falsified reports indicated that Jones threw punches at the deputies, which prompted them to restrain Jones.

“The civil rights in the Constitution are guaranteed to everyone in the United States, even those who are being held in jail, “The victim was tackled. Brunsting and Branum then beat the victim with fists, kicked him in the genitals and sprayed him in the eyes with pepper spray,” United States Attorney Eileen M. Decker said.

A defense attorney for the defendants noted that his clients used reasonable force on Jones.

The sentencing is scheduled for August, both Brunsting and Branum face up to 40 years in prison each. Brunsting is the subject of a civil lawsuit in a separate civil rights case.

https://photographyisnotacrime.com/2016/05/la-deputies-convicted-beating-schizophrenic-man-jail/

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Los Angeles Deputies Convicted for Beating Schizophrenic Man in Jail, Marking 21 Convictions in Federal Investigation


And if beating the inmate wasn’t enough, Brunsting and Branum also pepper sprayed him. In a final act of recklessness,  Brunsting and Branum capped off the beat down by spreading open the inmates legs and kicking him in the genitals.



A defense attorney for the defendants noted that his clients used reasonable force on Jones.

The sentencing is scheduled for August, both Brunsting and Branum face up to 40 years in prison each. Brunsting is the subject of a civil lawsuit in a separate civil rights case.





Yet more Scumbag Big Tough Cops.
At least 1 out of the 3 is half decent.

We can but hope they get a lengthy prison sentence
And are Poked in the eyes & Kicked in the Bollocks Every Single Day.

And That Stupid Defence attorney -- May they also be Subjected to the
Reasonable force dished out by the 2 Scumbags & See what they have to
Say about their brush with reasonable Force..

[Skeletor]

What these Cops Did Would Have Gotten a Citizen Killed — Instead they Were Let Go

Fairlawn, OH – While driving more than twice the speed limit in a failed attempt to evade fellow officers, an Ohio cop was caught on police dash cam and body cam videos leading officers in a high-speed chase to capture him. Although his fellow officers immediately released the reckless cop after catching and recognizing him, prosecutors eventually decided to charge the officer over two weeks after the incident.

Around 1:44 a.m. on May 7, Fairlawn officers noticed an SUV driving 77 mph in a 35-mph-zone. As the pursuing patrol car turned on its lights and siren, the SUV attempted to flee by turning down several streets before blindly running into a blocked residential driveway.

“I have a silver SUV coming westbound on Market, and it is flying!” an officer could be heard exclaiming over the police radio moments before the fleeing vehicle was trapped inside a driveway.

According to police dash cam video, officers exited their patrol car with guns drawn while the SUV rolled backwards and forwards in a failed attempt to escape before finally parking. After realizing that the vehicle was occupied by two off-duty Fairlawn officers, an on-duty officer could be heard in the video informing the criminal cops, “Well, that was fucking stupid!”

Identifying the reckless driver as off-duty Fairlawn Police Officer Justin Herstich and his passenger as off-duty Fairlawn Police Officer Brandon Foster, Fairlawn police immediately released both cops without a citation or field sobriety test despite the fact that Herstich was captured on video driving over twice the speed limit.

When asked why his cops were caught running, Fairlawn Police Chief Ken Walsh absently responded, “Don’t know what was on their mind. They should’ve pulled over. They didn’t.”

Sixteen days after the initial incident, the Akron Prosecutor’s Office finally decided to charge Herstich with failure to comply, reckless operation, and speeding. Although reckless operation and speeding are minor misdemeanors, failure to comply is a first-degree misdemeanor that carries up to six months in jail.

Herstich’s passenger, Officer Foster, currently does not face any charges.

“They made a bad judgment in what they did there,” Chief Walsh tried to rationalize the criminal actions of his off-duty officers. “We place a lot of trust in them prior to that and we’re shocked. We’re surprised. I don’t know what word to use on it.”

Had Herstich and Foster been civilians instead of off-duty cops, the system would not have allowed them to escape criminal charges that night. And, as we’ve seen time and again, they could have even been killed. But according to Akron Deputy Chief Prosecutor Craig Morgan, Herstich was not charged with a felony because no one was wounded, traffic was light, and the chase was relatively short.

While denying allegations of preferential treatment for police officers who regularly work with the prosecutor’s office, Morgan unconvincingly stated, “We look at it just as we would anybody else.”

Both officers currently remain on the force.

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cop-finally-prosecuted-leading-police-chase-speed-limit-released-charges/

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Arizona Judge Releases Body Cam Footage from Daniel Shaver Shooting Death

An Arizona judge finally released body cam footage from the shooting death of Daniel Shaver, which led to murder charges against Mesa police officer Philip “Mitch” Brailsford.

However, the videos are edited, removing the actual shooting of the unarmed man who died begging for his life.

But we already know Brailsford shot and killed Shaver after he was ordered to crawl towards police on his hands and knees.

And we already know that Brailsford was the only officer out of six that felt compelled to shoot.

Brailsford later told investigators that it was a “terrifying” experience for him as he watched the unarmed man crawling towards him  – essentially saying he was in fear for his life.

But it was Shaver who was in fear for his life.

“Please don’t shoot me,” Shaver said according to a witness, who was also ordered to crawl towards police.

But Mesa Police Sergeant Charles Langley never gave him that assurance.

“There is a very severe possibility that if you make another mistake you are going to get shot,” Langley said according to prosecutor Susie Charbel as she read the transcript of the body cam footage in court.

Shaver then tried to ask a question.

“Shut up. I’m not here to be tactful and diplomatic with you. You listen, you obey.”

The incident took place on January 18, 2016 inside a fifth-floor hotel room where Shaver was showing his pellet guns to two acquaintances.

Mesa Police Officer Brailsford kneeling down in hallway niche with his AR-15 Rifle

People downstairs saw a man through the window appearing to be pointing a gun from inside and called the front desk, who in turn, called police.

After police ordered them out the room, they issued several commands to Shaver, telling him to show his hands, then place his hands on his head, then come crawling towards them.

As he was crawling towards them, his shorts kept slipping off, so he reached back to pull them back up, only to be threatened with death by one officer, which was when Shaver begged them not to shoot him.

However, his shorts slipped off again, prompting him to pull them up again, which was when Bailsford fired five times, killing the 26-year-old man instantly.

Two videos were released, the first one showing officers arriving to the hotel, the second one showing officers standing in the fifth-floor hallway, ordering Shaver and his acquaintance to step outside.

“Listen to my instructions or it’s going to be very uncomfortable for you,” one cop yells.

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The video then cuts to a clip showing the woman asking the officers if Shaver is dead, telling them she is very scared.

“It is unfortunate that the Mesa PD coverup continues,” said Shaver’s widow, Laney Sweet, in an email to Photography is Not a Crime.

“My husband was brutally murdered while he begged for his life. Redacting the evidence won’t change the facts.”

Brailsford has pleaded not guilty to the murder charges.

His next court date is June 30. Read the transcript of the incident here.

(The judge ordered the part of the actual shooting to be redacted)

https://photographyisnotacrime.com/2016/05/arizona-judge-releases-body-cam-footage-from-daniel-shaver-shooting-death/

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Colorado Cop who Fabricated Shooting on Himself Receives Probation

Trying to capitalize on the fabricated War on Cops, a Colorado cop fabricated a shooting on himself last year, prompting a statewide manhunt that ended up costing $38,000 in taxpayer money.

Commerce City police officer Kevin Lord even pointed out a suspect in a photo lineup, telling investigators that he was 90 percent sure it was the man in the photo, encouraging officers to arrest him.

A $20,000 reward was offered for the capture of the suspect while Commerce City police issued the following statement after the November 5, 2015 incident:

“Words cannot begin to express the outpouring of love, prayers and support we have felt from the law enforcement community and the community at large. Kevin is a fighter and our family is focused on his recovery. At this time, we ask the media and public to respect our privacy and focus on the one thing that matters: catching the suspect and bringing him to justice.”

But five days later, Commerce City police arrested Lord after he confessed to lying about the incident, using his back-up gun to shoot into his bulletproof vest.

The 52-year-old cop was charged with one felony count of attempting to influence a public official and one misdemeanor count of false reporting in the incident.

Even though he had confessed after police found multiple discrepancies in his story, he pleaded not guilty to those charges in March.

He then accepted a plea deal where he pleaded guilty to one count of  felony tampering with evidence and a misdemeanor charge of false reporting – claiming he fabricated the attack because he suffered from post traumatic stress disorder.

The judge sentenced him to 36 months of probation and 500 hours of community service.

In 2013, he was suspected of staging another attack on himself, which did not stop him from receiving a Purple Heart award.

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And there may have been another incident in 2014, according to CBS Denver:

Records show that in 2013 Commerce City then paid Lord $10,864.53 for 38 days he was on injury leave, presumably related to the Purple Heart incident.

In 2014 the department paid Lord for another 17 days he was on injury leave. That total was $4,888.70. The nature of the 2014 injury was not specified in the records released to CBS4 on Tuesday.

The judge also ordered him to undergo a mental health evaluation. And the sentence also forbids him from ever being a cop again.

https://photographyisnotacrime.com/2016/05/colorado-cop-fabricated-shooting-receives-probation/

[Deacon Jeschin]

“Officer of the Year” Sentenced to Life in Prison for Horrifying Child Porn and Abuse



Fort Pierce, FL — In an unprecedented sentence for a police officer, a former cop with the Fort Pierce and Port St. Lucie police departments, was sentenced to life in prison Monday after being convicted of child exploitation.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Micheal Edwin Harding pleaded guilty in February to possession and distribution of material involving sexual exploitation of minors, attempting to coerce and enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity and production of child pornography.

This hero cop was named Officer of the Year in 2011, when he was an officer at the Fort Pierce Police Department. Shortly after he was given the award, Harding left the Fort Pierce Department to join Port St. Lucie in 2012.

The reason for leaving Fort Pierce, was due to the fact that he was found to have been viewing and posting child porn online while sitting in his patrol car during his midnight shifts.

According to court documents, Harding posted multiple images and videos to a chat room on a popular social media application between July 23 and Aug. 4, 2015. The images — later found to be on Harding’s phone — depicted children engaging in sexually explicit acts, according to the Palm Beach Post.

Harding, who is married with three children, would spend his shifts posting child porn with an app called Kik messenger that allowed him to access a chat room called #toddlerfuck, where child porn was viewed and exchanged, according to a report by PINAC.

The nature of the videos investigators found Harding in possession of, is nothing short of horrifying. According to court documents, the videos depicted children as young as 6-years-old being raped by adults.

Officers of the year, as the Free Thought Project has pointed out time and again, raping, murdering, and molesting, is nothing new. However, being given a life sentence is incredibly rare.

Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/officer-year-sentenced-life-prison-unspeakable-crimes-children/#fVizxCGrH0ye0dIv.99

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Sickening. This criminal gang still lurks out there.


Chilling Transcript and More Video Released from Arizona Police Shooting Death of Daniel Shaver

In the moments before he was shot and killed, Daniel Shaver was trying his best to comply with orders from Mesa police, specifically Sergeant Charles Langley, who was berating and threatening to kill him while barking out a series of confusing orders, according to a chilling transcript from an officer’s body camera released today.

“Occupants of Room 502, this is the Mesa Police. Listen to my instructions or it’s going to become very uncomfortable for you. The female is to step outside of the  room,” Langley ordered while Shaver was still inside the room with Monique Portillo, a woman he had met with another man earlier that evening before inviting them both back to his room for drinks.

Mesa police had been called to the hotel after people downstairs reported seeing a man holding a gun through a fifth-floor window, which was just a pellet gun Shaver was showing to his two new friends, one he used for his pest control job.

The man, Luis Nunez, had stepped out to call his wife, however, so it was only Shaver and Portillo inside the room when six Mesa police officers stood in the hallway with their guns drawn, ordering them out.

The transcripts shows that Mesa police officer Philip “Mitch” Brailsford asked another officer for another magazine to keep in his pocket.

Brailsford ended up shooting and killing Shaver with an AR-15 rifle that had the words “You’re Fucked” inscribed on it.

“Stop. Stop. Get on the ground. Both of you lay down on the ground,” ordered Langley seconds after they both stepped out.

“Fuck,” says Shaver, a 26-year-old man in town from Texas for a pest control job.

“Lay down on the ground,” Langley orders again.

“I did. I did,” Shaver responds.

“Who else is in the room?” Langley asks.

“Nobody,” responds Shaver.

“You’re positive?” Langley asks.

“I’m absolutely positive,” Shaver responds.

While Shaver appears to be understanding and responding to the questions, Langley begins berating him for not following instructions.

“Okay, since apparently we have a failure to comprehend simple instructions, I’m going to go over some of them again, okay,” Langley says.

“Can you both hear and understand me?” Langley asks.

“Yes,” Portilla responds.

“All right, if you make a mistake, another mistake, there’s a severe possibility that you’re both going to get shot. Do you understand that?” Langley says.

“Yes,” says Shaver, who was married with two children.

“I do,” Portilla says.

“Yes,” Shaver repeats. “What the ….”

“This is … shut up, I’m not here to be tactful and diplomatic with you,” Langley says. “You listen. You obey.”

“For one thing, did I tell you to move, young man? Did I tell you ….” Langley asks.

“No, sir. No, sir. No, sir. No, sir,” Shaver responds.

“Put both of your hands …” Langley orders.

“No, sir. No, sir,” Shaver continues.

“Put both of your hands at the top of your head and interlace your fingers,” Langley orders. “Take your feet and cross your left foot over your right foot.”

Langley again asks if anybody else is in the room an Shaver again reassures him nobody is in the room.

Portillo asks if she can go to her room.

“No, you’re not going to do anything but come towards us,” Langley responds.

“Young man, you are not to move,” Langley says to Shaver. “You are to put your eyes down and look down at  the carpet. You are to keep your fingers interlaced behind your  head. You are to keep your feet crossed. If you move, we’ re going to consider that a threat and we are going to deal with it and you  may not survive it.

“Do you understand me?” Langley asks.

“Yes, sir,” Shaver responds.

“Just let me go,” Portillo says.

“Young lady, just shut up and listen,” Langley responds.

“Okay,” she says.

“All right, you are to keep your feet crossed,” Langley orders, apparently talking to Portilla.

“Take both of your hands, place them flat in front of you. You are to push yourself up to kneeling position. Now put both hands in the air. Okay, crawl towards us.”

“I’m so sorry,” Shaver says, apologizing for something that is not clear in the transcript.

Portilla apparently complies with the orders and she is cuffed and frisked.

Langley then turns his attention to Shaver.

“Okay, young man, listen to my instructions and do not make a mistake,” Langley says.

“You are to keep your legs crossed, do you understand me?” Langley asks.

“Yes, sir,” Shaver responds.

“You are to put both of your hands on down straight out in front  of you. Push yourself up to a kneeling position. I said keep your legs crossed.”

“I’m sorry. I just pushed my …” Shaver tries to explain.

“I didn’ t say this was a conversation,” Langley responds. “Put your hands up in the air. Hands up in the air. You do that again and we’re shooting you.”

“No, please do not shoot me,” Shaver pleads.

“Then listen to my instruction,” Langley says.

“Okay, I’m trying to do what you …” Shaver says.

“Don’t talk, listen,” Langley orders.

“Hands straight up in the air. Do not put your hands down for any reason. If you think you’ re going to fall, you’re going to fall on  your face. If your hands go back into the small of your back or  down, we are going to shoot you.

“Do you understand me?”

“Yes, sir,” Shaver says.

“Crawl towards me,” Langley orders. “Crawl towards me.”

“Yes, sir, please ….” Shaver says.

“Don’t …” Langley orders before Mesa police officer Philip “Mitch” Brailsford opens fire five times, killing Shaver.Brailsford later told investigators he found it to be a “terrifying” experience watching Shaver crawl towards him, even though he was standing behind a wall in a door well, which led to second-degree murder charges filed against him.

None of the officers expressed any shock or regret in that Shaver was now dead, mostly being concerned with getting Portillo out of there, then going into Shaver’s room.

But not before turning off the body camera. Footage from the camera was released Tuesday, but the actual shooting was redacted.

Brailsford later told investigators he found it to be a “terrifying” experience watching Shaver crawl towards him, even though he was standing behind a wall in a door well, which led to second-degree murder charges filed against him.

None of the officers expressed any shock or regret in that Shaver was now dead, mostly being concerned with getting Portillo out of there, then going into Shaver’s room.

But not before turning off the body camera. Footage from the camera was released Tuesday, but the actual shooting was redacted.

Full transcript: https://photographyisnotacrime.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Daniel-Shaver-transcript.pdf

https://photographyisnotacrime.com/2016/05/chilling-transcript-released-from-arizona-police-shooting-death-of-daniel-shaver/

[Skeletor]

Some interesting information regarding the Daniel Shaver execution:

Brailsford's father was previously a Mesa Officer. For over 20 years he worked with their PD and was even the head of internal investigations. Tell me why on earth he was granted access to the scene?

I find it very "convenient" that the bodycams get turned off shortly after the shooting and before they enter Daniel's room. Reports released from Mesa PD are already conflicting about things like if the window was open or not... Some clearly state it was closed, while later on there's pictures of it wide open.

Brailsford was given the opportunity to sit down and watch the video with his father and then given a private moment to talk BEFORE his recorded interview with Detective Sipe.

Has anyone noticed how this was originally written up by the officer in charge? They wrote it up as if Daniel Shaver committed Agg. Assault of a police officer. He never assaulted anyone!!!!

https://www.facebook.com/JusticeForDaniel/

[Skeletor]

You hardly see the "lower the taxes" folks complain when they have to pay out of their own pockets for the crimes of this organized gang.

Washington Cops Settle Suit for Tasering, Siccing Dog on Non-Resisting Man

The city of Tukwila in Washington agreed to settle a lawsuit for $100,000 plus attorney’s fee after officers punched a restrained man in the face and head, shocking him with taser darts and then siccing a police dog on him in what the department calls “pain compliance” – a use of force tactic they say falls “within policy.”

The lawsuit not only alleged officers used excessive force, it also challenged the city’s de facto policy allowing dogs to bite suspects as a “pain compliance” technique.

A police dog bite is “the most severe force authorized short of deadly force,” according to the 9th Circuit of Appeals.

On August 22, 2014, Tukwila police officers Brent Frank and Mike Boehmer were dispatched to the city’s United Parcel Service freight facility in response to a call about a man dancing, yelling and walking around the freight yard.

When the officers arrived, they saw Linson Tara standing with freight yard workers with a hand on his hip.

Dashcam video shows Frank approach and then grab Tara’s left arm in a two-handed hold while walking him to the front of the police cruiser. That’s when Boehmer arrives on the scene and takes control of Tara’s left arm while Frank grabs Tara by the neck and bends him over backward onto the hood of the police car.

Boehmer then grabs his taser while Frank lifts Tara off the hood and slams him to the pavement. Frank then begins punching Tara in the head and face while holding him down with his knee.

As Frank punches Tara, Boehmer shoots taser darts in his abdomen and leg, shocking him several times.

Frank then releases a police dog named “Ace” from the patrol car that begins biting the man’s legs. While sitting on top of Tara, Frank repositions the dog to an exposed section of his legs making it easier for it to bite him.

As the dog continues to bite Tara’s leg, Tukwila police officer Don Ames, who was not named in the lawsuit, arrives and places Tara in cuffs while holding a knee on his head.

 Officer Frank then returns the dog back to its cage in the patrol car.
While the officers remove taser darts and lift Tara to a kneeling position, Tara appears only semi-conscious in the video, and probably out immediately after the beating.

Tara was then taken to the hospital where he was treated for injuries, including dog bites on his leg and buttocks and then transported to jail where he was charged with three counts of fourth-degree assault that were all later dismissed upon reviewing the video evidence, which doesn’t show an assault.
 

According to the lawsuit, Frank sicced the dog on Tara “to assist in providing pain compliance” in order to apprehend the dancing man, who the video shows wasn’t violently or forcefully resisting.

Tara’s lawsuit alleges the department’s use of the police dog to bite his legs was “within their own policy” and his attorney, Joseph R. Shaeffer, sought an injunction against the department alleging the “pain compliance” tactic was unconstitutional.

The use of police dogs for “pain compliance” was approved and acknowledged by one or more reviewing supervisors who stated the “use of force appears appropriate” and that it was a policy of the city.

In addition to the $100,000 settlement, the city also agreed to pay an undisclosed amount for Tara’s attorney’s fees.

Nicholas Hogan Indicted by Department of Justice for Excessive Force

In a separate case, a federal grand jury indicted former Tukwila cop Nick Hogan for excessive force after he doused a man strapped to a gurney with pepper spray at the Harborview Medical Center in 2011.

Hogan worked for the Tukwila Police Department from 2009-2012 before he was fired after the city settled for $425,000 in two excessive force claims not related the indictment.

The department’s decision to finally fire Hogan came in 2012 after the department investigated the 2011 incident at the Harborview Medical Center.

He also admitted to using knee-strikes to the back of the handcuffed man’s head while he moved him from the back of the patrol car into the hospital.

Hogan’s fellow cops even complained he was overly-aggressive, especially when it came to dealing with people of color or intoxicated individuals.

In another case settled by the city Hogan remarked, “this one isn’t going to play basketball anymore” after a black man suffered a broken arm while being arrested by Hogan. The city settled that matter for $175,000.

The victim in the Harbourview Medical Center incident was also an intoxicated African American man, according to Tukwila police internal-affairs documents.

Hogan is expected to appear on June 2nd in U.S. District Court for an initial hearing. He has not yet been jailed.

In 2015, a civil rights lawsuit alleging Tukwila police used excessive force to arrest a 60-year-old handcuffed man who they pepper sprayed and slammed on a car at a bus stop in 2011 settled for $300,000.

The Seattle suburb Tukwila covers nine and a half square miles with a population just over 19,000.

Below is the dash cam footage from the freight yard involving Linson Tara and the complaint filed by his attorneys.

https://photographyisnotacrime.com/2016/05/washington-cops-settle-suit-for-tasering-siccing-dog-on-non-resisting-man/

[Skeletor]

Armed gangsters preying on the weak and elderly again.

Innocent Elderly Woman Brutalized By Cops at Church on Her Way to Pray, For Asking them to Move

Los Angeles, CA – Caught on video assaulting an elderly woman in a church parking lot for honking at them, two LAPD officers have recently been named in a lawsuit filed by the innocent 62-year-old woman. No longer able to place her trust in police officers after becoming a victim of excessive force, the traumatized woman has become fearful of interacting with people.

Early on the morning of April 14, a surveillance video captured two LAPD cops in a marked SUV slowly following 62-year-old Ok Jin Jun’s car into a Koreatown church parking lot. According to CBSNews, Jun admitted to honking her car horn about six times because the police vehicle had been blocking the church driveway.

After parking her car, Jun was immediately confronted by the two officers and ordered to show her registration despite the fact that she had not committed a crime. Confused and unable to speak much English, Jun attempted to call her husband and a 911 interpreter from her cell phone.

Suddenly, one of the officers appeared to grab Jun’s arms for no reason before both cops abruptly shoved the elderly woman against her own car. Although Jun did not pose an immediate threat, the officers slammed her onto the pavement before placing her in handcuffs.

“They grabbed her by the wrists, twisted her into a submission position,” Jun’s son, David, told CBSNews.

Shortly after the incident, four more police vehicles arrived to provide backup for the two cowardly LAPD officers arresting an innocent elderly woman. Instead of allowing a 62-year-old to attend morning services, the two cops decided to brutally assault her for simply honking at them.

Taken to the hospital to receive treatment for her wounds, Jun was photographed with a large contusion and laceration on the right side of her face. Psychologically traumatized by the violent experience, Jun said, while using her son as an interpreter, “I’m even fearful of people because police officers are the ones I’m supposed to be able to trust.”

Although the LAPD refused to comment on the incident, a source within the department unofficially told CBSNews that the officers involved are under review for use-of-force and that “mental health” could be a factor. The source did not disclose whether the mental health in question refers to the victim or the aggressive cops who attacked her inside a church parking lot.

Jun recently filed a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles, the LAPD, and the two officers caught assaulting her on surveillance video. No cops currently face criminal charges for attacking the churchgoing woman.
Below is the full video of the assault posted to Facebook by Jun’s son.

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/innocent-elderly-woman-sues-cops-assaulting-church-parking-lot-morning-prayer/

[Soul Crusher]

i will be adding to this too

[Skeletor]

Insane case. Why did the police force this person to forcibly expose his genitals to them and have them photographed? Why are they not being held accountable for their actions?

Teen in Manassas City ‘sexting’ case sues Prince William prosecutor, detective for civil rights violations

The investigation of a “sexting” case involving a Prince William County teenager, and the desire by prosecutors and police to repeatedly obtain photos of his genitalia, sparked a national uproar in the summer of 2014. Authorities backed down from their second search warrant for explicit photos, and the teen was placed on probation. The case took a further turn last December when the detective, David E. Abbott Jr., was accused of molesting two young boys and killed himself as police moved to arrest him at his Gainesville townhouse.

[...]

In June 2014, Abbott did get a search warrant and photograph Sims with a cell phone, which attorney Victor M. Glasberg alleged was manufacturing child pornography. When Abbott and Richardson obtained a second search warrant, for photos of Sims erect, reports in The Washington Post “prompted a firestorm of public protest,” Glasberg wrote, causing Richardson and Abbott to withdraw the warrant.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2016/05/26/teen-in-manassas-city-sexting-case-sues-prince-william-authorities-for-civil-rights-violations/

[Soul Crusher]

http://www.sbnation.com/longform/2014/3/12/5496096/james-scott-jailhouse-boxer-profile

[Skeletor]

Federal Judge Allows Plaintiff to Sue Officers After He Was Detained for Videoing a Police Station

An Austin federal judge has ruled that an amateur photographer can pursue a civil rights case against four police officers after they detained and handcuffed him for filming the Round Rock Police Department building.

The background to the recent decision in Turner v. City of Round Rock is as follows. Phillip Turner sued the officers and the City of Round Rock in a U.S. District Court last year under U.S.C. § 1983, alleging the defendants deprived him of his rights under the First, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

Turner is a student and part-time employee whose hobbies include photography and filming police for public viewing on his website.

Turner alleges in his suit that he was approached by an officer in 2014 while he was filming the front of the Round Rock police department and the activity outside the building. He was not armed and was only carrying a video camera.

Turner told officers he was taking pictures of the building. He also refused to show the police his identification. After the officers insisted he identify himself, Turner asked officers if taking pictures of a public building was illegal. They told him it was not.

When Turner asked if he was free to go, the officers told him he was not. Turner replied that he would identify himself if the officers were accusing him of a crime. The officer then grabbed Turner's arm and handcuffed him. Three other officers later arrived and continued to question him while in handcuffs until he provided his name and date of birth. He was later released.

After Turner filed his suit against the defendants, both the officers and the City of Round Rock filed separate motions to dismiss the claims.

In his May 26 ruling, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman refused to dismiss a majority of claims filed against the officers who alleged they had qualified governmental immunity from Turner's First, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment claims.

Pitman concluded that Turner had sufficiently plead that his Fourth and Fourteenth amendment rights had been violated by the detention. He noted that the Fourth Amendment accommodates the temporary detention of a person as long as they have reasonable suspicion of criminal activity.

"However, defendants never articulate what sort of 'criminal activity' they reasonably suspected," Pitman wrote. "The officers' argument is circular—they suspected Turner of being suspicious; he confirmed their suspicion by behaving suspiciously."

Pitman also ruled that Turner had sufficiently pled that his First Amendment rights had been violated after officers detained him after photographing the police building. Noting that the U.S. Fifth Circuit has not yet considered whether citizens have a right to film police officers, he ruled that Turner established that it was a violation of his free speech rights to be detained for photographing the police.

"The court finds that the right to film or photograph police in public, without interfering with police business and subject to reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions, is clearly established," Pitman wrote.
Pitman has yet to rule on the City of Round Rock's motion to dismiss Turner's claims.

Kervyn Altaffer, a partner in Dallas' Altaffer & Chen who represents Turner, said the ruling made it clear that the police detained his client for something that isn't against the law.

http://www.texaslawyer.com/id=1202758743915/Federal-Judge-Allows-Plaintiff-to-Sue-Officers-After-He-Was-Detained-for-Videoing-a-Police-Station

[illuminati]

“Officer of the Year” Sentenced to Life in Prison for Horrifying Child Porn and Abuse



Fort Pierce, FL — In an unprecedented sentence for a police officer, a former cop with the Fort Pierce and Port St. Lucie police departments, was sentenced to life in prison Monday after being convicted of child exploitation.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Micheal Edwin Harding pleaded guilty in February to possession and distribution of material involving sexual exploitation of minors, attempting to coerce and enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity and production of child pornography.

This hero cop was named Officer of the Year in 2011, when he was an officer at the Fort Pierce Police Department. Shortly after he was given the award, Harding left the Fort Pierce Department to join Port St. Lucie in 2012.

The reason for leaving Fort Pierce, was due to the fact that he was found to have been viewing and posting child porn online while sitting in his patrol car during his midnight shifts.

According to court documents, Harding posted multiple images and videos to a chat room on a popular social media application between July 23 and Aug. 4, 2015. The images — later found to be on Harding’s phone — depicted children engaging in sexually explicit acts, according to the Palm Beach Post.

Harding, who is married with three children, would spend his shifts posting child porn with an app called Kik messenger that allowed him to access a chat room called #toddlerfuck, where child porn was viewed and exchanged, according to a report by PINAC.

The nature of the videos investigators found Harding in possession of, is nothing short of horrifying. According to court documents, the videos depicted children as young as 6-years-old being raped by adults.

Officers of the year, as the Free Thought Project has pointed out time and again, raping, murdering, and molesting, is nothing new. However, being given a life sentence is incredibly rare.

Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/officer-year-sentenced-life-prison-unspeakable-crimes-children/#fVizxCGrH0ye0dIv.99

Well for once The Fcuking Scumbag Cop Got A Proper Sentence
Let's hope he gets Raped everyday.
The perverted Bastard.

[Skeletor]

Body Cam Catches Cops Make Up Charges to Arrest Innocent Man Who Helped Them

Chandler, AZ — In May 2014, Luke Hein was arrested after officers accused him of interfering with an officer’s investigation. However, recently released body camera footage shows that Hein was asked by police for help, gave them help, and was then assaulted and charges fabricated against him.

The incident began after Hein’s ex-girlfriend, Zoe Shunick, had crashed a car into a tree at the couple’s apartment complex while driving drunk. Shunick was uncooperative with police and refused to exit her vehicle. At this point, Hein, who was inside his apartment, had come outside to see what was happening.

As Hein talked to police, they asked him to help talk Shunick out from the car. After successfully calming her down and getting her out of the vehicle, one officer who apparently couldn’t wait to escalate the situation, shoved Shunick.

Seeing a cop brutalize a woman like this prompted Hein to say, “Hey.”

When the cop’s violence was questioned, the situation became even more chaotic. As the body cam shows, officer Brian Hawkins, then grabs Hein, slams him into the hood of the car and chokes him — for helping them.

Quickly realizing that his temper got the best of him, Hawkins immediately said, “I apologize things went the way they did.” Shortly after, he said, “I’m not charging you with any crime.”

After Hein is told that he will not be charged with a crime, several more officers arrive on scene, one of whom is Sgt. William Nocella.

ABC 15 reports what happened next as Nocella discusses falsifying charges against Hein:

"When getting briefed from Officer Hawkins about what happened, Sgt. Nocella said, “So he can go ahead and head to jail, right?”

As Hawkins responds by saying he doesn’t have a problem with letting Hein go, Nocella interrupts and said, “Once the handcuffs go on, he goes to jail.”

Nocella continues, “If you date an animal, this type of (expletive) happens. So if he decides to help an animal and not act like a law-abiding citizen, his sorry (expletive) goes to jail.”

“Hindering?” asks Officer Hawkins, regarding what charge they should place on Hein.

“Hindering, uh, not following or obeying, whatever,” Nocella answers. “You were here. If you can make a stretch, if he raises his voice above what mine is now, he goes for (disorderly conduct). But he goes in a patrol car going to jail in the next five (minutes).”

Hein was subsequently arrested and charged with a crime that he never committed.

It took months for the department to complete their “investigation,” and once the video was finally shown to prosecutors all charges against Hein were dropped.

For lying on video and falsely accusing a man of a crime, Nocella was given a single day of suspension. However, as police records indicate, falsifying charges was only the tip of the iceberg.

As the body cam footage later revealed, the police report was entirely false. According to their report, Shunick “charged” officers prompting the attack, but the footage shows that never happened.

Also, after the footage was released, an investigation revealed that Nocella approached the two officers and reprimanded them for wearing body cameras.

In an interview with internal investigators, Hawkins said Nocella “pressured” him to stop wearing it.

“He told me that these cameras will never help us they will only hurt us,” Hawkins said.

As for Nocella, ABC15 asked Chandler Police if Hawkins’ claims against Nocella were investigated further. A spokesman said, “There has not been a subsequent investigation; it is closed.”

Nocella remains on the job and a danger to public safety — entirely financed by the citizens of Chandler.

Below is a perfect example of why there is a growing mistrust of police in America.

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/body-cam-catches-cops-charges-arrest-innocent-man-helped/



http://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/investigations/unlawful-arrest-body-camera-video-now-the-focus-of-federal-lawsuit-against-chandler-police

However, Hein said it took months for officials to release the video. Before they did, they continually tried to get him to take a plea deal, records show.

[Skeletor]

Happy Memorial Day.

VA Cops Attack 71-Year-Old Vietnam Veteran for Walking Through Metal Detector Without Showing ID

Video surfaced this Memorial Day weekend showing police officers wrapping their arms around the neck of a 71-year-old Vietnam veteran and tackling him to the ground before handcuffing him inside a Veterans Administration clinic in El Paso.

His crime: He allegedly walked through a metal detector without first showing identification while having something on (or in) him that set the alarm off.

However, Jose Oliva said he placed his identification into the bucket with the rest of his belongings that were in his pocket to be screened.

And even if he didn’t, there was no need to abuse him as they did.

However, the VA police officers were found to have done nothing wrong, according to the Office of Security and Law Enforcement (OS&LE) and Law Enforcement Training Center, which oversees VA police.

But the video does not lie. Oliva did nothing to deserve the violent treatment he received from police, who ended up dragging him into a back room and citing him for disorderly conduct.

The incident took place in February but Oliva, who has filed a lawsuit, just obtained the video and shared it with KVIA-TV, which stated the following:

Oliva says he was stunned, he was scared and hurt. The guards, employed by the VA and considered the clinic’s police, cuff him, and take him to a side room where questioning continues. All the while, Oliva says he doesn’t understand why he’s being treated so aggressively in the very place where he seeks care.

“I’ve seen my psychiatrist three times, and he told me my PTSD treatment that he started with me over a year ago just got shot,” Oliva said.

The VA guards ended up giving Oliva a citation for disorderly conduct. ABC-7 reached out to the VA for their side of the story. They tell us:

“After the incident on February 16, 2016, the officers involved were interviewed and videotapes of the incident were reviewed by representatives from the Office of Security and Law Enforcement (OS&LE) and Law Enforcement Training Center….The investigators found that the charge of excessive use of force leveled by the Veteran could not be substantiated. Our Police Service takes seriously its role to safeguard our Veterans, family members, volunteers and employees while they are on our campus. Our officers’ focus is to promote a safe and secure environment and prevent criminal activity.”

The VA says it requires all its officers to go through eight weeks of training to prepare them to deal with any situation that may arise.

https://photographyisnotacrime.com/2016/05/va-cops-attack-71-year-old-veteran-for-walking-through-metal-detector-without-showing-id/

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Federal Judge Allows Plaintiff to Sue Officers After He Was Detained for Videoing a Police Station

An Austin federal judge has ruled that an amateur photographer can pursue a civil rights case against four police officers after they detained and handcuffed him for filming the Round Rock Police Department building.

The background to the recent decision in Turner v. City of Round Rock is as follows. Phillip Turner sued the officers and the City of Round Rock in a U.S. District Court last year under U.S.C. § 1983, alleging the defendants deprived him of his rights under the First, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

Turner is a student and part-time employee whose hobbies include photography and filming police for public viewing on his website.

Turner alleges in his suit that he was approached by an officer in 2014 while he was filming the front of the Round Rock police department and the activity outside the building. He was not armed and was only carrying a video camera.

Turner told officers he was taking pictures of the building. He also refused to show the police his identification. After the officers insisted he identify himself, Turner asked officers if taking pictures of a public building was illegal. They told him it was not.

When Turner asked if he was free to go, the officers told him he was not. Turner replied that he would identify himself if the officers were accusing him of a crime. The officer then grabbed Turner's arm and handcuffed him. Three other officers later arrived and continued to question him while in handcuffs until he provided his name and date of birth. He was later released.

After Turner filed his suit against the defendants, both the officers and the City of Round Rock filed separate motions to dismiss the claims.

In his May 26 ruling, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman refused to dismiss a majority of claims filed against the officers who alleged they had qualified governmental immunity from Turner's First, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment claims.

Pitman concluded that Turner had sufficiently plead that his Fourth and Fourteenth amendment rights had been violated by the detention. He noted that the Fourth Amendment accommodates the temporary detention of a person as long as they have reasonable suspicion of criminal activity.

"However, defendants never articulate what sort of 'criminal activity' they reasonably suspected," Pitman wrote. "The officers' argument is circular—they suspected Turner of being suspicious; he confirmed their suspicion by behaving suspiciously."

Pitman also ruled that Turner had sufficiently pled that his First Amendment rights had been violated after officers detained him after photographing the police building. Noting that the U.S. Fifth Circuit has not yet considered whether citizens have a right to film police officers, he ruled that Turner established that it was a violation of his free speech rights to be detained for photographing the police.

"The court finds that the right to film or photograph police in public, without interfering with police business and subject to reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions, is clearly established," Pitman wrote.
Pitman has yet to rule on the City of Round Rock's motion to dismiss Turner's claims.

Kervyn Altaffer, a partner in Dallas' Altaffer & Chen who represents Turner, said the ruling made it clear that the police detained his client for something that isn't against the law.

http://www.texaslawyer.com/id=1202758743915/Federal-Judge-Allows-Plaintiff-to-Sue-Officers-After-He-Was-Detained-for-Videoing-a-Police-Station

The same dude was photographing and video taping one of our police stations prior to this incident, or shortly thereafter can't remember which. I can see the judge letting it go to court as rights violations are not likely to get dismissed at that level. I would be very surprised if the plaintiff wins though.

 http://www.nationalterroralert.com/suspicious-activity/

[avxo]

The same dude was photographing and video taping one of our police stations prior to this incident, or shortly thereafter can't remember which. I can see the judge letting it go to court as rights violations are not likely to get dismissed at that level. I would be very surprised if the plaintiff wins though.

 http://www.nationalterroralert.com/suspicious-activity/

Oh... well... if some random website says it's suspicious, it must be!

Unless there's a specific and articulable, suspicion of criminal activity, that's reasonable, then the cops have no authority to detain someone (modulo state "stop and identify" statutes that are, by and large, a travesty). And if they have no authority, then the cops should mind their own business and not use the powers of their office to harass citizens.

It's about time cops start to be held accountable for their power-tripping, instead of hiding behind their shield and the checkbook of the taxpayers. And video is making all the difference because the typical cop narrative can now be rebutted by an objective and accurate recording of the incident. Although - wouldn't you know it - the unions and the bootlickers are claiming it doesn't tell the whole story and blah blah blah and difficult job and blah blah blah and life on the line and blah blah blah.

It's simple: if a cop uses his power to detain (or arrest someone) someone without meeting the statutory requirements to detain or arrest, he should be held accountable and if his department won't do it, the Courts should.

[Skeletor]

Oklahoma Reserve Deputy Sentenced to Four Years in “Fuck Your Breath” Slaying

When it came down to it, the pay-for-play cop wannabe was treated nothing like a cop when it came to sentencing.

Instead of the usual probation or slap-on-the-wrist sentencing, Oklahoma reserve deputy Robert Bates was sentenced to four years in prison for shooting a man in the back while trying to taser him – the maximum allowed by law for the charge of second-degree manslaughter, according to News 9.

His mistake: admitting he had made a mistake in the seconds after he shot Eric Harris in the back on April 2, 2015.

“I shot him, I’m sorry,” Bates was recorded saying as he dropped his gun, a man whose training documents were falsified by Tulsa County Sheriff Stanley Glanz, which led to the sheriff’s resignation.

Meanwhile, Tulsa County sheriff’s deputy Joseph Byars offered no apologies in the seconds after Bates fired his gun, killing the unarmed man who had been caught up in a sting operation for illegal gun sales.

“He shot me! He shot me, man. Oh, my god. I’m losing my breath,” Harris said.

“Fuck your breath,” Byars said. “Shut the fuck up!”

Byars, obviously, was the properly trained cop in this case. A man who would not only would never had apologized for shooting a man in the back, a man who would have blamed the victim for causing him to fear for his life.

We know that because we see it almost daily from cops whose training documents were not falsified. They know how to kill and get away with it.

But Bates was nothing more than an insurance salesman. A rich insurance salesman who lavished the sheriff with donations and gifts and vacations.

A Sheriff Sugar Daddy who was unable to buy himself a ticket to freedom even as his attorneys argued that it was “an excusable homicide.”

That, we all know, requires a real badge.

https://photographyisnotacrime.com/2016/05/oklahoma-reserve-deputy-sentenced-to-four-years-in-fuck-your-breath-slaying/

[Skeletor]

South Florida Cop Charged in Shooting Death of Corey Jones Because of Audio Recording

Palm Beach Gardens police officer Nouman Raja had no idea he was being audio recorded when he pulled up to Corey Jones at 3 a.m. on the side of the road last year and killed him.

But it was that audio recording that led to his indictment today where he is now facing life in prison.

And he deserves nothing less.

He not only pulled up to Jones in an unmarked vehicle wearing plainclothes on October 18, 2015, he never identified himself as an officer.

And as we’ve seen so many times before, he rewrote the narrative as to what led to the shooting when he called 911 minutes after killing Jones.

But Jones, a 31-year-old drummer who had broken down on the side of an off-ramp on Interstate 95, was on the phone with a tow truck dispatcher when Raja pulled up.

And we all know those calls are always recorded for “quality assurance.”

But the recording became quality evidence against Raja.

The grand jury indicted Raja on one count of manslaughter by culpable negligence, a second-degree felony that carries a sentence of up to 15 years in prison, as well as one count of attempted first-degree murder with a firearm, which can send him to prison for life.

Perhaps the legal experts will explain how a cold-blooded murder can turn into attempted murder, but if it lands him in prison for life, then it’s all good.

Raja had claimed he was in fear for his life, of course, claiming Jones pulled out a gun on him after he had identified himself as a police officer.

He even said Jones had charged him. Textbook police fiction from the cop with a history of disciplinary problems who was also a certified firearms instructor.

But forensics indicate Jones was running from Raja as he was being shot.

The recording, which became the key piece of evidence against Raja, captured the following exchange, according to the charging documents, which you can read here.

Jones: Huh?

Raja: You good?

Jones: I’m good

Raja: Really?

Special:
Jones: Yeah, I’m good.

Raja: Really?

Jones: Yeah

Raja: Get your fucking hands up! Get your fucking hands up!

Jones: Hold on!

Raja: Get your fucking hands up! Drop!

Raja then fired three time, causing the dispatcher to gasp, “oh my gosh!”

And he fired three more shots ten seconds later.

He then called 911 and before the dispatcher could respond, he said, “drop that fucking gun right now.”

And then he stated the following:

“I came out, I saw him come out with a handgun. I gave him commands, I identified myself, and he turned, pointed the gun at me, and started running. I shot him.”

Raja has been taken into custody.

https://photographyisnotacrime.com/2016/06/south-florida-cop-charged-shooting-death-corey-jones/

[illuminati]

South Florida Cop Charged in Shooting Death of Corey Jones Because of Audio Recording

Palm Beach Gardens police officer Nouman Raja had no idea he was being audio recorded when he pulled up to Corey Jones at 3 a.m. on the side of the road last year and killed him.

But it was that audio recording that led to his indictment today where he is now facing life in prison.

And he deserves nothing less.

He not only pulled up to Jones in an unmarked vehicle wearing plainclothes on October 18, 2015, he never identified himself as an officer.

And as we’ve seen so many times before, he rewrote the narrative as to what led to the shooting when he called 911 minutes after killing Jones.

But Jones, a 31-year-old drummer who had broken down on the side of an off-ramp on Interstate 95, was on the phone with a tow truck dispatcher when Raja pulled up.

And we all know those calls are always recorded for “quality assurance.”

But the recording became quality evidence against Raja.

The grand jury indicted Raja on one count of manslaughter by culpable negligence, a second-degree felony that carries a sentence of up to 15 years in prison, as well as one count of attempted first-degree murder with a firearm, which can send him to prison for life.

Perhaps the legal experts will explain how a cold-blooded murder can turn into attempted murder, but if it lands him in prison for life, then it’s all good.

Raja had claimed he was in fear for his life, of course, claiming Jones pulled out a gun on him after he had identified himself as a police officer.

He even said Jones had charged him. Textbook police fiction from the cop with a history of disciplinary problems who was also a certified firearms instructor.

But forensics indicate Jones was running from Raja as he was being shot.

The recording, which became the key piece of evidence against Raja, captured the following exchange, according to the charging documents, which you can read here.

Jones: Huh?

Raja: You good?

Jones: I’m good

Raja: Really?

Special:
Jones: Yeah, I’m good.

Raja: Really?

Jones: Yeah

Raja: Get your fucking hands up! Get your fucking hands up!

Jones: Hold on!

Raja: Get your fucking hands up! Drop!

Raja then fired three time, causing the dispatcher to gasp, “oh my gosh!”

And he fired three more shots ten seconds later.

He then called 911 and before the dispatcher could respond, he said, “drop that fucking gun right now.”

And then he stated the following:

“I came out, I saw him come out with a handgun. I gave him commands, I identified myself, and he turned, pointed the gun at me, and started running. I shot him.”

Raja has been taken into custody.

https://photographyisnotacrime.com/2016/06/south-florida-cop-charged-shooting-death-corey-jones/

Poor Bloke -- Killed in Cold Blood.

The old 'in fear for his life' Bollocks hopefully won't save Scumbag cop from
The life sentence he deserves.