From [HERE] and [HERE] A grand jury will begin hearing evidence next week in the fatal police shooting of an unarmed National Guardsman who was pulled over on the Grand Central Parkway in Queens last October.
Starting on Tuesday, a 23-member panel in Queens will be asked to determine if Det. Hassan Hamdy, a veteran Emergency Services Unit cop, should face a criminal charge after he fired through the window of Noel Polanco’s car, killing him.
Hamdy is expected to testify during the month-long presentation of evidence that Polanco, who police said was driving drunk that fateful night, suddenly reached down toward the floor, prompting Hamdy to fear Polanco was reaching for a gun and forcing the detective to fire a single fatal.
A grand jury would likely pit Det. Hamdy's word against that of Ms. Deferrari, as their versions of events clash sharply and the incident wasn't witnessed directly by anyone else (a curious statement from the WSJ- other cops were present but they refuse to snitch, as there were two police vans carrying a "group of other officers." Killer cop Hamdy drove one of the vans and the witness said an "army of officers" swarmed the car". In fact the other passenger in Polanco's car was an off-duty NYPD officer Vanessa Rodriguez, who claims she slept through the entire thing. [MORE] White media supporting the actions of white police= white supremacy).
From [HERE] In November 2012, Filipino-American Marine AJ DeVillena was shot dead by Palm Springs police officers when he reportedly struck an officer with his vehicle and disobeyed orders to pull over.
Palm Springs Police Department said in a statement that DeVillena repeatedly disobeyed orders to stop his vehicle when bike patrol officers approached him around 2am, Saturday, November 10.
According to initial reports, patrolmen on the scene fired at AJ when he refused to obey their orders and struck one of the officers with his vehicle. The 22-year-old DeVillena died on the scene, while the other passenger – another Marine – was left unhurt.
Authorities said that they recovered a reportedly stolen ATM card, other identification cards and a mobile phone inside DeVillena’s vehicle.
According to Balitang America, the DeVillenas intend to push through with a wrongful death lawsuit. They have also called on the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the US Marines to further intensify their probes into the DeVillena shooting.
A Seattle police officer under investigation for allegedly using excessive force on a man arrested at the scene of a disturbance call in August made a threatening move toward him a short time later as the man sat handcuffed in a holding cell, newly released video shows.
Officer Clayton Powell can be seen leaning forward, putting his face close to the man, cocking his arm and balling his hand into a fist before pulling back and leaving the cell.
The video, captured by an in-house camera in the South Precinct, was released Thursday under a public-disclosure request by the Seattle City Attorney's Office, which is reviewing the entire episode to determine if Powell should be criminally charged.
Powell and other officers were called to the 3700 block of South Othello Street about 8:40 p.m. on Aug. 2 to investigate a report of a drive-by shooting involving a pellet gun.
A video later posted on YouTube showed a heated argument between Powell and a man at the scene.
Police said Powell, 51, who joined the Police Department in 1993, was baited into a physical confrontation with the man, who allegedly spit in the officer's face.
Powell initially pushed the man after the spitting, which would not be considered a criminal act because it could be viewed as self-defense, according to a law-enforcement source familiar with the investigation.
But Powell is then alleged to have physically contacted the man after he was placed in handcuffs, making the officer subject to a potential assault charge, the source said.
It is not clear on the YouTube video exactly what happened.
After being arrested, the man who allegedly spit on Powell was taken to the South Precinct and put in a cell in handcuffs.
The video, which does not have an audio track, shows Powell initially opening the cell door and repeatedly pointing at the man from the entry area while apparently saying something to him.
About 6 minutes later, Powell returned to the cell, again appearing to say something and this time making a threatening gesture with his hand.
He then followed with the punching motion and left the cell.
No criminal case against the arrested man was referred to the City Attorney's Office by the Police Department, said Kimberly Mills, spokeswoman for the office.
The holding-cell video could be used as supplemental evidence to bolster an assault charge against Powell, according to the law-enforcement source.
Police initially said that other officers who responded to the shooting call reported that Powell had used excessive force and engaged in unprofessional conduct at the scene.
But police later revised their account, saying no other officer reported the conduct. Rather, a sergeant who routinely screened the arrest learned of it when he asked Powell's partner what had happened.
The partner told the sergeant to ask Powell, and when he did, Powell explained what had happened, police said.
Powell was placed on paid administrative leave after the incident and has since been put on non-patrol duty in the South Precinct, a police spokesman said.
The case initially was referred to the Police Department's Office of Professional Accountability for an internal investigation. But that inquiry was suspended when the criminal review began and won't resume until the criminal aspect is completed.
The incident occurred just days after the Police Department and the Department of Justice signed a landmark settlement agreement in U.S. District Court intended to address a pattern of unconstitutional use-of-force within the department, which the Justice Department found was partly from lack of adequate training and supervision of officers.
In early 2012, when four local policemen were arrested by the FBI accused of being "bullies with badges," East Haven Mayor Maturo, a white man, said, "I don't believe these charges at all," and "I stand by these officers."The day of the arrests, when asked by a reporter what he was planning to do for the Latino community that night, he replied, "I might have tacos when I go home." [MORE] In photo, a New Haven-based immigrant advocacy group, Reform Immigration for America, delivered hundreds of tacos to the office of Mayor.
From [HERE] The government is seeking a two-year prison sentence for former police Officer Jason Zullo, saying he acted in a “criminal, racist and unethical manner” and violated civil rights, while his attorney is asking the “court do justice” with his sentence.
He was accused of bashing a prisoner's head against a cellblock wall among other civil rights offenses was released from custody Thursday after posting bond. Zullo was charged with participating in the conspiracy to violate civil rights and for using excessive force, mainly against Latino members of the East Haven community over the past five years. Zullo is a white man (in photo -right)
According to the federal indictment, Zullo assaulted a suspect inside the East Haven police department, allegedly striking the man's head against a wall. He then assaulted the suspect a second time inside a station cellblock, the indictment alleges, among other acts.
According to court documents and statements made in court, on October 18, 2008, he struck a motorcycle carrying two individuals with his police car at least twice during a chase. The motorcycle subsequently crashed and the two victims were thrown to the ground. On October 22, 2008, Zullo prepared and filed a police report that omitted the fact that he struck the motorcycle during the chase. Although ZULLO contends that he unintentionally collided with the motorcycle, he admitted today that he omitted facts and in his police report of the incident in order to obstruct any potential investigation of criminal excessive force. [MORE]
Entire incident recorded. Non-white victim with valid permit, registration and insurance detained, arrested, searched and & beaten by a gang of white Seattle Police Officers for a non-arrestable offense. He is unarmed, non-threatening and attempting moral suasion with white psychopaths who are armed. Don't try it yall. [MORE] Sound starts after a few minutes. View for yourself.
From [HERE] The Seattle Police Department opened an internal investigation Friday into the 2010 arrest of a 20-year-old man who was punched by an officer after police stopped to question him about leaving his car running outside a store.
Sgt. Sean Whitcomb said the department already has reviewed the incident twice, with the officer's commanders and an assistant chief concluding no violations of law or department policy occurred when four officers took Isaac Ocak to the pavement after learning he had a prior felony conviction and had been tagged in the department's computer as being "assaultive to officers." However, the department could not provide an incident in which Ocak had ever been so.
At the time, Ocak was being questioned and was not under arrest, according to police Sgt. Sean Whitcomb. The incident escalated when Ocak resisted the officers' attempts to handcuff him for flight and officer-safety reasons, Whitcomb said. Whitcomb said Ocak had left his car running while parked outside a store — a common ploy used by shoplifters. He had a receipt that he showed the cops.
What does the Evidence Show? On Interacting with Police: 'just Comply.Non-White People are Prisoners of War. Act Like One. Don't Play Like You Have a Secret Army. You are alone.' 99% of the time you will lose [MORE] Neely Fuller on video.
From [HERE] and [HERE] The day after prosecutors cleared a police officer for shooting a man eleven times and killing him, attorneys representing the victim released a graphic video showing the shooting. The San Joaquin County district attorney’s office concluded that California Police Officer James Moody had been legally justified in shooting 34-year-old Ernesto Duenez Jr., but the video might bring the case back to court.
On June 8, 2011, the officer ordered Duenez to get out of his pickup truck, which was parked in the driveway of his house. When he complied and exited his vehicle, Officer Moody immediately opened fire, shooting 13 times and riddling the man with 11 bullets in 4.2 seconds as he rolled on the ground.
Eleven bullets hit him - once in the head, eight times in the body and twice in the extremities - and four while he was already on the ground. He died of gunshot wounds to his chest and abdomen.
His wife, Whitney Duenez, is seen running out of the home, heartbroken and screaming at the police officer, who tells her to stay back. She rushes to her husband's side as her husband rolls over clutching his chest.
According to the Manteca Bulletin, it wasn't until more officers arrived that they realized Duenez's foot was caught in his seatbelt.
Moody claims he shot the victim because he saw Duenez holding a knife. An 8-inch knife with a 4-inch blade was later found in the bed of the truck, but Duenez was not carrying it at the time of the shooting. The footage also shows the victim’s foot getting stuck in the seatbelt while he was trying to exit the vehicle. (in other words the officer lied.)
On about Nov. 27 or 29, 2010, Woodson experienced problems with his blood sugar and called out to his wife. He was confused and disoriented due to his unstable blood sugar, according to the lawsuit.
Family members could not help Woodson with his blood sugar that day, so they called paramedics at about 8 p.m. The lawsuit states that four medical personnel responded in 12 minutes. An estimated nine Alabaster police officers also arrived. Medical personnel administered intravenous fluids to Woodson, who was slamming his hands down on a kitchen table during his disorientation and confusion, according to the lawsuit.
The complaint alleges that Snead and Lee tried to place Woodson under arrest for resisting arrest during the medical treatment.
"As this was happening, Mr. Woodson's family and the paramedics told the police that he was having a diabetic fit," according to the lawsuit. "Mr. Woodson was having a medical emergency and was not resisting arrest."
The complaint claims that Snead told one of Woodson's granddaughters to get back or he would use a Taser on her.
"Mr. Woodson, while handcuffed, stood up from the kitchen table and Officer Snead and Officer Lee violently slammed Mr. Woodson to the ground" and caused "substantial pain" to him, according to the lawsuit.
"Mr. Woodson's head hit the floor so hard that Mr. Woodson could hear something crack," the lawsuit states. "Blood shot from Mr. Woodson's mouth."
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From [HERE] and [HERE] A grand jury will begin hearing evidence next week in the fatal police shooting of an unarmed National Guardsman who was pulled over on the Grand Central Parkway in Queens last October.
