Dallas cop caught on video shooting mentally ill man

The Dallas Police Department has announced that the officer who shot a mentally ill man, an event that was caught on video, has lost his job and it will be up to a grand jury to decide whether he is charged with a felony.

Officer Cardan Spencer claimed last week that he shot Bobby Gerald Bennett, a 52-year-old man suffering from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, only when Bennett made an effort to attack Spencer and another officer with a knife. Yet video captured by a neighbor’s surveillance camera clearly shows that Bennett was standing yards away from the police when Spencer opened fire, hitting the man in the abdomen.

Police Chief David Brown said in a press conference Thursday that Spencer had been fired, an announcement that came after video of the October 14 incident played throughout US media outlets. Brown also said that Spencer would be charged with felony aggravated assault, but was forced to retract that claim when a federal judge refused to sign an arrest warrant.

Bennett survived the incident but remains hospitalized and in stable condition more than a week later. His family said he was off his medication and pacing in the street, so they called police in an attempt to resolve the situation.

“I had a conversation with him, told him to chill out and be cool,” neighbor Maurice Bunch told CBS of his conversation with Bennett before the police arrived. “Out of nowhere they just opened fire on him. I’ve never seen anything like it in my life. He never approached them, he never came at them in any threatening manner.”

Bennett himself was originally charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on a public servant but the police have said that charge will be dropped.

Despite Brown’s highly publicized announcement Thursday, Spencer’s attorney said that his client has yet to be arrested or charged at all.

Dallas Police association President Ron Pinkston said a district judge refused to sign the arrest warrant charging Spencer with aggravated assault, which could be punishable with a 20 year prison term.

“It tells me that there’s questions about this investigation,” Pinkston told the Dallas News. “Anybody involved knows (this investigation) was pushed through for political and media reasons… How come all investigations aren’t done in nine days?”

Spencer’s partner Christopher Watson wrote in the police report after the incident that Bennett yelled, “You all are gonna need more officers than this!” He also claimed the situation “escalated, which led an officer to fire his weapon upon the individual,” a claim that seems to be contradicted by the video.

At least four shots were fired, and Bennett’s mother told reporters she was under the impression that experienced mental health professionals would respond to her call. Yet Spencer’s lawyer told WFAA-TV in Dallas that his client was guilty of no wrongdoing.

“The facts and circumstances known to Officer Spencer at the time completely justify his actions,” attorney Robert Rogers said. “Obviously there is much more to this situation than that video.”

The uncertainty seems unlikely to calm a community outraged by the video and perception of police malfeasance.

“What happened 10 days ago should have never happened in the first place, and I want to make sure it never happens again,” Bennett family attorney George Miler. “I don’t see how [Spencer] could not be charged with a crime,” adding that the police shot Bennett in “cold blood.”

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Not that i agree with tasers but i thought it was situations like the one above that they were designed for?

wake_up_bomb wrote:
That's just blatantly unfair.... unless all blokes are issued with tasers.

Corrupt detective pretended to be hitman threatening to have himself killed

A CORRUPT detective who offered to plant a shotgun in someone's car, faked a legal form and sparked a major alert by pretending to be a hitman and threatening to have himself killed has been jailed for four years.

Ex-cop Daniel Withnell, aged 31, cried as he was jailed today for a catalogue of crimes he committed while employed by Greater Manchester Police.
His crimes included sending an anonymous text message to a colleague pretending to be a hitman who was threatening to have him killed.

He also drafted a false legal document which he e-mailed to a man being investigated by police in an attempt to get money out of him.

Barbara Webster, prosecuting, told Manchester Crown Court that he received £19,000 from Claire Smethurst, an escort, on the understanding he would plant a shotgun in her ex-partner’s car.

He received the money in October last year.

Smethurst had a change of heart the following day and told Withnell, of Cranark Close, Heaton, that she did not want to go through with the arrangement.

She also told a police officer, who then informed his superiors.

When he was arrested weeks later he denied any involvement, claiming he had met with her to discuss the selling of a tanning salon.

The cash was later returned by Withnell.

His actions were said to be "fantasy" and would not have been carried out.

While Withnell was on bail, Det Sgt Graham Cummings raised the alarm after receiving an anonymous text message claiming Withnell would be shot in Cawdor Street, Farnworth, on March 16 at 10pm.

Ms Webster said the threat was believed to be genuine and police drafted out three sergeants, 20 police officers and two armed response vehicles to "flood" Cawdor Street.

Withnell was tracked by worried officers and issued with a "threat to life warning" and offered help.

Within days it became clear the text message had been sent by the defendant because CCTV captured him buying a phone that was later used to send the text message.

He was arrested and confessed to sending the text, claiming he feared for his life.

Withnell was also found to be accessing police databases to get information about a man called Robert Sandford.

Mr Sandford had been arrested after cash totalling £495,000 was found in his Bolton home.

Withnell then drafted a false legal form claiming Mr Sandford was under suspicion of possessing class A drugs, rather than the more serious money laundering and drug offences for which he was actually being investigated.

Withnell then e-mailed the document to Matthew Cumberbatch, an associate of Mr Sandford.

Ms Watson said: "He wanted to demonstrate to Mr Cumberbatch that he had the ability to maintain intelligence and he hoped he would help him with his debts."

A statement from Det Insp Maddox, a GMP detective, said the defendant's corruption had a detrimental impact on the police and "eroded" public confidence.

Alex Leach, defending, said: "Out of pride and shame he concealed his financial difficulties and aspects of his personal life until he became completely isolated to those around him.

“He started to take decisions that were totally out of character.

"He didn't stop for thought — he carried on in a downward spiral."

His father, a former police officer, said his son became "vacant, withdrawn and illogical".

Withnell has children and has been finding his time in custody on remand for seven months "frightening", the court heard. He served in the police for 12 years.

Sentencing him, Judge Michael Henshell said: "Offences like this shatter police confidence.

"Your personal life was out of control. You made extremely unwise relationships for a police officer.

“The fact is you were crippled with debt — you saw the opportunity to obtain money from Smethurst and you did.”

He said his actions were "corrupt false patter similar to a corrupt false salesman".

Speaking about the false text message, he added: "Police should have been on other duties but you were trying to make some defence to act under duress.

"It was an enormous waste of police time."

Withnell admitted all the charges.

www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/10794444.Co...have_himself_killed/

Just when you think they can't get any lower....
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Fucking bastards! I sincerely hope they reap what they sew.

Fucking idiots:

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/14/...rsity-secret-footage

www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/08/nypd-s...frisk_n_4066335.html

How could this possibly go to court this number of times and and at least one officer not end up in cuffs?

Florida Cops Arrest African American Employee For ‘Trespassing’ At His Job



It seems that the stories of racism, police brutality, and injustice just don’t end in the state of Florida lately. Most recently, a Quickstop employee in Miami Gardens, Florida was harassed and arrested for “trespassing”. The problem is that he was “trespassing” at his place of employment. This didn’t stop the local police who regularly harass the primarily poor, African American employees and customers alike.

Earl Sampson, 28, found himself detained by police 258 times in four years and arrested 62 times for trespassing. Almost without exception, all of these citations were issued at the 207 Quickstop where he is employed.

The owner of the store, Alex Saleh, had no part in these arrests and citations. He says that he is utterly confused by the situation. As he trusted his employee, who he knew well, he decided to install a security camera to capture the rogue cops’ harassment. As a result, the owner filed an internal affairs complaint about the arrests.

“I just kept thinking police can’t do this,’’ Saleh said.

In Miami Gardens, former police officer and consultant Chuck Drago said “The real problem here is the police department does not have a relationship with its community — black or white. When they make these kinds of stops for minor offenses, it only re-enforces the mistrust.’’

“I just kept thinking police can’t do this,’’

It never fucking ends, does it!

Cops Spray Woman’s Vagina With Mace To “Punish” Her After Drug Arrest
November 26, 2013

Source: Kristin Tate


Cops in New Mexico repeatedly sprayed a woman’s vagina with mace after she was arrested for drugs. They allegedly did this to “punish” her.

The woman, Marlene Tapia, was taken to the Metropolitan Detention Center after her arrest. Next, officers stripped her to search for drugs. They made her bend over and then claimed she had a plastic bag containing drugs in her vagina.

Officers should have subsequently had medical staff remove the bag from Tapia — but they did not do this.

Instead, officers “punished” the woman by spraying her vagina with mace. They allegedly did this several times in a row.

Tapia is being represented by an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

Peter Simonson, the Executive Director of New Mexico’s ACLU branch, is disgusted by what happened. He said, “It’s tantamount to torture. It’s just the maliciousness, the wanton disregard, wanton maliciousness that the corrections officer demonstrated.”

After being sprayed, Tapia suffered from immense pain and severely swollen genitals.

The officer who sprayed Tapia has been punished. The ACLU is bringing their lawsuit is to “ensure that these sorts of things don’t happen to another person.”

www.blacklistednews.com/Cops_Spray_Woman...30639/0/0/0/Y/M.html

I bet the psycho wasn't punished with mace repeatedly applied to the genitals.

What a fucking mess that blokes leg was in

I really shouldn't watch these things.

CUNTS

Quality

Police violence against an old homeless man for sitting in front of a luxury shop in Paris.

German police officer arrested in alleged cannibalism case

Texas boy tasered by officer after breaking up school fight, remains in a coma
Published time: November 29, 2013 21:39 Get short URL

high school student suffered a brain injury and remains in a medically-induced coma after a Texas sheriff’s deputy tasered him without cause following a skirmish in a school hallway, the boy’s mother claims in court.

Maria Acosta has sued Bastrop County, its school district and Randy McMillan, a Bastrop County sheriff’s officer and school resource officer, according to Courthouse News.

Noe Nino de Rivera, Acosta’s son, suffered a “severe brain hemorrhage” when McMillan Tasered him after the boy, known as N.N., had intervened to halt a fight between two females at Cedar Creek High School on Wednesday, November 20, Acosta claims in a federal lawsuit.

"I'm called to the school and they say you have to get to the hospital," Acosta told KXAN last week. "(They said) your son is alive. I say, 'what do you mean he's alive?'"

Her son “stepped in to break up the fight” before police could arrive, Acosta says in the suit.

McMillan and another security officer arrived to break up the fight upon being called by school officials. Acosta says her son “diffused the situation” by the time they arrived on the scene.

McMillan told N.N. to step away, and he did so with his hands raised, but McMillan tasered him nevertheless, Acosta alleges.

Immobilized by the Taser, N.N. fell and struck his head on the floor, at which point McMillan handcuffed the unconscious boy, 17.

Acosta says school officials initially “delayed in calling for medical assistance even though N.N. was in an obvious emergency medical situation.

"Eventually, school officials called for EMS and N.N. was airlifted to St. David's Medical Center, where he immediately underwent surgery to repair a severe brain hemorrhage and was placed in a medically induced coma."

The lawsuit claims that "N.N. remains in a coma, and has not been able to communicate with his family since his hospitalization."

The Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office says N.N. made aggressive moves, leading to the tasering.

Acosta is alleging overreaction and abuse. One student echoed that sentiment to KXAN.

"There was a crowd watching and the kid was just trying to get the officers to listen to him," said the student. "When he shot the Taser, there was a crowd, and others could have been hit."

Acosta says the deputy officer was never in harm, and that the defendants allowed him to work at Cedar Creek High School even after he Tasered another student a year ago. That history created a “foreseeable danger” that led to N.N.’s injuries, she says.

According to the Sheriff's Office, McMillan has never received complaints for using excessive force, and he's never been disciplined for using excessive force.

Acosta is seeking medical expenses and damages for use of excessive force, failure to train and discipline and civil rights and education code violations.

KXAN reports an investigation is underway, and that McMillan has been placed on patrol as it progresses.

Acosta said N.N. had expressed interested in joining the Marines. He may still face charges once the investigation is final.

Cop breaks 84 year old veteran's neck for touching him - vet is charged with battery on a police officer.

An older story that has made it to the courts.



www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-kel....story#axzz2maWq6yeo

I'm no longer surprised at the levels of violence being dealt out by these fat fucks.

Ukraine riot cops
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