Police Brutality, Insensitivity and Militarism/Robotism is all the Rage Now!

[David Guyatt]

This is just so plain awful and rotten. It clearly and irrevocably demonstrates that the police and prosecuting authorities in the US are now way out of order and control and have zero moral compass these days. There can be no lawful reason for this, and the decision to do it is blackmail him to plead guilty or otherwise they will publicly denigrate the kid.

Is there no one in the US who will stop this and numerous other abuses?

US teenager may be forced to produce 'pictures of his erect penis' as part of 'sexting' case



Critics have called prosecutor's demands 'child abuse'

IAN JOHNSTON

Thursday 10 July 2014

A 17-year-old boy in the US could be forced to have an erection to enable prosecutors bringing a "sexting" case against him to compare his penis with one in a sexually explicit video, his lawyers reportedly claim.

The youth, from Manassas City, Virginia, is alleged to have sent the video to his 15-year-old girlfriend after she sent photographs to him.
The boy faces charges of manufacturing child sex abuse and possession of child sex abuse and, in addition to a prison sentence, could spend the rest of his life on the sex offenders' database.
His lawyer, Jessica Harbeson Foster, said she was told by a prosecutor that the youth would have to plead guilty or police would seek a search warrant "for pictures of his erect penis" to compare it with the video, according to the Washington Post. When she asked how this would be achieved, she said she was told "we just take him down to the hospital, give him a shot and then take the pictures that we need."
Ms Foster said her client "goes to school every day, plays football, has never been in trouble with the law before".
"Now he's saddled with two felonies and the implication that he's a sexual predator," she said.
"My goal is to stop the search warrant. I don't want him to go through that. Taking him down to the hospital so he can get an erection in front of all those cops, that's traumatizing."
The prosecution began after the girl's mother made a complaint about the video and the 17-year-old eventually arrested.
He was taken to a jail for juveniles, where Ms Foster said officials took photographs of his genitals without his consent.
Carlos Flores Laboy, a guardian appointed for the youth by the court, said he was horrified by the prosecutor's suggestion.
"As a parent myself, I was floored. It's child abuse," he said.

[Lauren Johnson]

Hey, a cop said he was sorry for the wife's loss. Relax. It was an unfortunate outcome.

A 400-pound asthmatic Staten Island dad died Thursday after a cop put him in a chokehold and other officers appeared to slam his head against the sidewalk, video of the incident shows.
"I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" Eric Garner, 43, repeatedly screamed after at least five NYPD officers took him down in front of a Tompkinsville beauty supply store when he balked at being handcuffed.
Within moments Garner, a married father of six children with two grandchildren, stopped struggling and appeared to be unconscious as police called paramedics to the scene. An angry crowd gathered, some recording with smartphones.
"When I kissed my husband this morning, I never thought it would be for the last time," Garner's wife, Esaw, told the Daily News.
She got no details from police until after she had gone to the hospital to identify his body, she said.

[David Guyatt]

Hey, a cop said he was sorry for the wife's loss. Relax. It was an unfortunate outcome.

A 400-pound asthmatic Staten Island dad died Thursday after a cop put him in a chokehold and other officers appeared to slam his head against the sidewalk, video of the incident shows.
"I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" Eric Garner, 43, repeatedly screamed after at least five NYPD officers took him down in front of a Tompkinsville beauty supply store when he balked at being handcuffed.
Within moments Garner, a married father of six children with two grandchildren, stopped struggling and appeared to be unconscious as police called paramedics to the scene. An angry crowd gathered, some recording with smartphones.
"When I kissed my husband this morning, I never thought it would be for the last time," Garner's wife, Esaw, told the Daily News.
She got no details from police until after she had gone to the hospital to identify his body, she said.

I managed to find a Youtube clip of this below. I just don't get it. They stand around waiting for reinforcements then leap upon him - he's not being physical at all, simply stating his innocence. Awful.

[Peter Lemkin]

Marlene Pinnock Files Civil Rights Lawsuit Following Pummeling by LA Highway Patrolman

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by: Tami Abdollah Associated Press(AP Photo/Nick Ut)Jul 17, 2014

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Maisha Allums, left, daughter of Marlene Pinnock, the woman punched by a California Highway patrolman, stands with her attorney Caree Harper before a news conference outside court in Los Angeles Thursday, July 17, 2014. A civil rights lawsuit was filed Thursday in federal court on behalf of Pinnock, a homeless woman seen in a video being pummeled by a California Highway Patrol officer alongside a Los Angeles freeway.

LOS ANGELES (AP) A woman seen in a video being pummeled by a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer alongside a Los Angeles freeway filed a civil rights lawsuit Thursday.
The lawsuit that attorney Caree Harper filed in federal court on behalf of Marlene Pinnock names the commissioner of the CHP, the unidentified officer in the July 1 video and other officers as defendants.
The now-viral video recorded by a passing driver shows Pinnock, 51, being repeatedly punched as she's straddled by the officer.
The lawsuit claims excessive force, assault, battery and a violation of Pinnock's due process rights. It states that Pinnock "suffered great mental and physical pain, suffering, anguish, fright, nervousness, anxiety, grief shock, humiliation, indignity, and embarrassment" and seeks monetary damages to be determined at trial.
CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow told The Associated Press that he had not yet seen the lawsuit and the agency doesn't comment on pending litigation. He has met with community and civil rights leaders in Los Angeles multiple times since the incident and has pledged that the agency's internal investigation will conclude in weeks rather than the usual months.
"We do have a good history at taking a look at our processes, procedures and conduct of our employees," Farrow said. "That's never been questioned until today."
The CHP has said Pinnock was walking on Interstate 10 west of downtown Los Angeles, endangering herself and motorists, and the officer was trying to restrain her. Pinnock had begun walking off the freeway but returned when the confrontation occurred.
Harper said Pinnock remains hospitalized with head injuries. The CHP hasn't released the identity of the officer, who had been on the job for 1 1/2 years; he's on desk duty pending completion of the internal investigation.
Nine drivers called 911 to report Pinnock before the beating, according to recordings the CHP released Thursday in response to a public records request by The Associated Press. The callers worriedly told operators the woman was barefoot on the shoulder or attempting to cross lanes of traffic.
One caller said she appeared high or drunk. Another said she appeared "loaded."
Earlier this week, CHP investigators seized Pinnock's medical records and the clothing she was wearing during the incident. She claims in the lawsuit that the CHP's actions were an effort to shift blame to Pinnock by "misusing the criminal justice system to obtain privileged and private information to discredit (Pinnock) … or circumvent the discovery rules in civil rights violation matters."
Farrow couldn't confirm the search warrant Wednesday but told the AP: "I don't think the CHP is trying to put her on trial or make it an issue about her. What I'm looking at is entirely about the circumstances, we all saw what happened. Our job is to find out the why and the how."
The incident has drawn outrage from U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, who called it police brutality and demanded the officer be fired, and civil rights groups including the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California.


- See more at: http://www.afro.com/marlene-pinnock-file...7yi61.dpuf

[Peter Lemkin]

Hey, a cop said he was sorry for the wife's loss. Relax. It was an unfortunate outcome.

A 400-pound asthmatic Staten Island dad died Thursday after a cop put him in a chokehold and other officers appeared to slam his head against the sidewalk, video of the incident shows.
"I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" Eric Garner, 43, repeatedly screamed after at least five NYPD officers took him down in front of a Tompkinsville beauty supply store when he balked at being handcuffed.
Within moments Garner, a married father of six children with two grandchildren, stopped struggling and appeared to be unconscious as police called paramedics to the scene. An angry crowd gathered, some recording with smartphones.
"When I kissed my husband this morning, I never thought it would be for the last time," Garner's wife, Esaw, told the Daily News.
She got no details from police until after she had gone to the hospital to identify his body, she said.

The man who filmed on his phone the event was just arrested on what I think is either a trumped-up charge and definitely revenge from the police - some moral nation of law - we don't have!!! America is really frightening. The police can kill with impunity anyone anytime - as can the intelligence agencies.

[David Guyatt]

Watch and weep...

[Magda Hassan]

All this military hardware they have been doling out to the police these last few years and it seems the police are far from ready professionally or mentally and emotionally to use them. They can't even seem to keep their own handguns under control. Or their racism. Or should I say extreme prejudice.

[Albert Doyle]

This was a bad shoot. I'm not sure Michael Brown's friend is telling the whole truth. I think he omitted a punch to the face by Brown on the cop while "trying to get away". The cops say officer Wilson warned them not to walk in the street and then pulled away. They say Wilson then heard the description of the 711 robbery and realized Brown, who was carrying stolen cigars, fit the description and backed up. They are trying to say this all happened while Brown was being arrested for the robbery.

Wilson was trying to describe Brown as acting like he was loco on angel dust and charged him with gun drawn. More likely this was a contest of who had power on the street with one side having a license to kill. You don't execute an adolescent for stealing a box of cigars.

[Michael Barwell]

All this military hardware they have been doling out to the police these last few years and it seems the police are far from ready professionally or mentally and emotionally to use them. They can't even seem to keep their own handguns under control. Or their racism. Or should I say extreme prejudice.

US polizei are funny, all swagger, piss 'n' vinegar, like they're extras in a fantasy Currahee moovie, willing self-inflicted victims of their own mission fulfillment delusions. At least UK police're subtle when they murder people. As I've always said, there's nothing quite like British justice - or British injustice, for that matter.

[Drew Phipps]

I don't believe the friend's tale entirely, either. It has gaps in the narrative, and seems curiously sanitized. I'm guessing there was a fair bit of insolent street talk. The idea that the officer reached out of the car window (while sitting down) and grabbed Brown by the throat and choked him seems unlikely as well. The friend denies either he or Brown was armed, and I believe that.

I also wouldn't trust the cop's version. He apparently denies knowing anything about the shooting (?) when asked by the dispatcher, who is relaying information already learned by local news. Also, where's the gun Brown "charged him" with?

The people that run this county, and have armed the cops with military surplus gear, and are calling out the riot guys in response to this sort of community demonstration, better look at the negative publicity the US is getting overseas. Do you guys really want to sink our international reputation to the level of some third world banana dictatorship?