Autopsy Expected Next Week in Baltimore Police Killing of Anthony Anderson: Witnesses say Plainclothes Officer Slammed Black Man Down on his Head

From [HERE] and [HERE] Anthony Anderson is laid to rest days after his mysterious death. Now, people in his East Baltimore neighborhood are rallying for a thorough investigation and justice. Police say the 46-year-old died during a routine drug arrest, but witnesses say his death came as a result of injuries during what they call a violent arrest.

Late night on September 21, Baltimore City police say Anthony Anderson was stopped on suspicion of drug possession. During the arrest, they say he tried to get rid of the pills. “The officers indicated they witnessed him putting what they belief to be drugs in his mouth during that time,” Anthony Guglielmi, spokesman for the Baltimore Police Department, said.

Police claim Anthony Anderson choked. But witnesses who saw the arrest, including family members, say that’s not how it happened. “Picked him up and slammed him on his head,” one witness explained. “Guy never looked back or anything. He didn’t even see the police coming,” Keith Johnson, who witnessed the arrest, said.  Last Friday afternoon, witnesses say Anderson was leaving a bar on Biddle Street, walking across the lot when he was confronted by plainclothes police.

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Pleasantville (NY) Officers Contradicting Themselves in Police Shooting of Black College Student: Officer Not Struck by Henry's Car, Jumped on Hood & Started Firing

Originally, authorities had said Mount Pleasant police officer Ronald Beckley fired at Henry's car after it hit Pleasantville officer Aaron Hess and headed toward Beckley.

But in Beckley's deposition, taken Tuesday and released by Sussman, he said he heard gunshots at the Thornwood Shopping Center that night and fired at Hess, not at Henry's car. Beckley said he did not realize Hess was a police officer because the area was dimly lit.

Henry, who had been in the bar earlier, was sitting behind the wheel of his Nissan in a parking lot fire lane when Hess knocked on the driver's-side window, prosecutors have said. Police said Henry sped off; his family contends that he drove away at reasonable speed, believing the officer was telling him to move. Officer Hess has alleged that he was struck by the car and thrown on to the hood, suffering a broken knee cap in the process.

Beckley said in his deposition that he was about 30 feet away from Hess. He heard the first shot, saw Hess mount the car and saw the gun in Hess' hand. He then heard three or four shots and fired at Hess, and believed he had struck Hess' knee, he testified. The car then careened past Beckley and came to a stop.

"The vehicle came to a rest. The person on the hood rolled off and came to rest at a curb ... he was in a foetal position, holding his knee," Beckley testified, according to the deposition. "And Officer Hess said his knee was shot." Sussman said Mount Pleasant officials' statements after the shooting presented a "radically different story" than the events of that night.

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Witnesses say Border Patrol Agent Gunned Down Unarmed Latino Woman, Car was in Reverse

From [HERE] and [HERE] Some eyewitnesses to a shooting Friday by a plainclothes Border Patrol agent, who claims he was forced to open fire on Valeria Alvarado (aka Valeria Tachiquin), 32, behind the wheel of her car, are contradicting the federal officials' version of events. Border Patrol authorities said that the woman rammed a U.S. Border Patrol agent with a car Friday on a residential South Bay road, hurling him onto the hood of the vehicle and prompting him to fatally shoot her through the windshield in self-defense, authorities reported.

The lawman was in southwestern Chula Vista with other undercover personnel to serve a felony arrest warrant when the dark-green Honda Accord struck him in the 600 block of Moss Street about 1 p.m., according to police and federal officials. Alvarado was not the subject of the warrant.

"The agent ... was hit by the vehicle and carried several hundred yards on the hood before, fearing for his life, (he) did discharge his weapon to get the vehicle to stop," Border Patrol Deputy Chief Rodney Scott told reporters. The suspect was armed with a vehicle, and literally ran our agent down."

Some eyewitnesses to the incident have contradicted the Border Patrol's account of the shooting. Witnesses said they saw Alvarado slowly driving in reverse as the agent opened fire on her at least six times.

"As the car was backing up the officer was in the street walking toward the car, and discharging. The officer never got struck by the vehicle," recalled witness Prince Watson.

"The vehicle was actually moving in reverse." Area resident Hector Salazar told NBC 7 San Diego "I just saw an agent with a gun walking toward the car and yelling," he said. "But the person inside didn't respond."

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White Prosecutors Believe Fantastic Story by Orange County Sheriff's Deputy in Senseless Fatal Shooting of Unarmed Black Marine

Black Man Murdered by Cops in Front of his Kids. Police Refuse to Release Dashcam Video(s). From [HERE] and [HERE] An Orange County sheriff's deputy has been cleared in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Black Marine Corps. Sergeant who'd crashed his car at San Clemente High School earlier this year.

In a 13-page letter to Sheriff Sandra Hutchens released Friday, prosecutors said Deputy Darren Sandberg, a 15-year veteran of the department, acted reasonably and with sufficient force given the circumstances of the predawn incident in which Manuel Loggins Jr., 31, was shot in a school parking lot after he refused to follow Sandberg's orders. "Consequently, although this incident ended tragically, and in hindsight may have been preventable, we find there is insufficient evidence to prove that Deputy Sandberg's conduct violated criminal law," the prosecutors wrote.

It was an early February morning when Loggins drove with his two young daughters to the high school for a workout on the track and bible study. Driving his Chevy SUV he crashed through the school fence. He exited the car while his two daughters remained inside. He then walked onto the athletic field. He returned within minutes and walked to his car.

When the deputy approached Loggins, he saw something in his hand he couldn’t make out. When Sandberg asked Loggins to put his hands up Loggins ignored him, and then tried to drive away. He shifted the vehicle into drive, whereupon the deputy fired three shots at him. The deputy stated he was in fear for the girls' lives, thinking Loggins would flee recklessly. His daughters 9 and 14, were in the backseat. They were not shot.  A toxicology report done on Loggins after his death found no drugs or alcohol in his system. That object that Loggins was holding in his hand turned out not to be a weapon. It was a bible.

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Officer identified in Death of Justin Thompson: Memphis Police Refuse to Release Details in Shooting of 15 Yr old Boy

From [HERE] and [HERE] and [HERE] The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has released the identity of a Memphis Police officer who reportedly shot and killed 15 year old Justin Thompson on Monday night. The TBI says 28-year-old Terrance Shaw is on paid leave while it investigates the shooting

Police Director Toney Armstrong asked the TBI to take over the investigation since an officer was involved, and all they’ve released is one statement saying Officer Terrance Shaw was at the scene when Thompson was shot.  The Mayor`s office says Shaw was the apparent victim of a robbery and the TBI is looking over evidence to see if the two knew each other or had ever talked before.  Other than that we know nothing about the crime. 

Apparently Thompson was chased and shot to death by Officer Shaw. Police have refused to provide details of the shooting to the public. A neighbor said that before the boy collapsed in her yard he stopped running and asked her to call an ambulance for help because he had been shot. Witnesses said they saw Justin get into a black car minutes before they heard the gunshots. They said Justin was running through their yards telling them to call an ambulance.

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Medical Examiner Revises Derrick Williams' Death Ruling to Homicide: Milwaukee Police Crushed Black Man during Arrest - White Officers Do Nothing as Handcuffed Black Man said he Could Not Breathe for 15 Minutes - on Video

graphic video: Psychopathic Police Refuse Medical Care

From [HERE] and [HERE] The Milwaukee County medical examiner's office has revised its ruling on the death of Derek Williams, who died in Milwaukee police custody in July 2011, from natural to homicide, according to the district attorney's office.

The decision came after the Journal Sentinel alerted an assistant medical examiner to newly released records - including a video of a suffocating Williams pleading for help from the back of a squad car - and also made him aware of a national expert who said Williams, 22, did not die naturally of sickle cell crisis.

In making his initial determination of natural death more than a year ago, Assistant Medical Examiner Christopher Poulos did not review all of the police reports or a squad video recently obtained by the newspaper. The video shows a handcuffed Williams, his eyes rolled back, gasping for breath and begging for help in the back seat of a Milwaukee police car as officers ignore his pleas. The police reports include key details about Williams' arrest that the medical examiner didn't know.

During the arrest Officer Ticcioni "ended up on top of Williams with the suspect facing down," according to a police report. Williams, first made the complaint that he could not breath as he lay facedown, Ticcioni pressing a knee across his back. "As soon as he released pressure, Williams began squirming, as if trying to break free, and reached around his right side to his right waistband (while still in handcuffs)," according to the report. Ticcioni worried that Williams was trying to grab a gun and "reapplied pressure with his right knee to prevent any further movement from the suspect," the report says.

They got him to his feet, and "Williams immediately went limp," the report says. Ticcioni "laid him on the ground on his back and observed that he was breathing hard." "He felt Williams was playing games and directed him to stop messing around," the report says.

A few minutes later, as officers Ticcioni and Coe were helping Williams walk toward the car, Coe left Williams' side to move a "for sale" sign that was blocking the sidewalk. When he did, Williams "pulled forward and fell face forward into the grass," the report says. Ticcioni believed Williams was dragging his feet to make it difficult for the officers to get him to the waiting squad car, the report says. He was then placed in the police car and the video begins  - full version is here.

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Lebanan (PA) Police Kill 61 Yr Old Black Man by "Mistake" in Raid on "Wrong" House

Wife Said Police Did Not Knock & Announce that they were Police

From [HERE] A 61-year-old Black man was shot to death by police while his wife was handcuffed in another room during a drug raid on the wrong house.

Police admitted their mistake, saying faulty information from a drug informant contributed to the death of John Adams Wednesday night. They intended to raid the home next door. The two officers, 25-year-old Kyle Shedran and 24-year-old Greg Day, were placed on administrative leave with pay.

“They need to get rid of those men, boys with toys,” said Adams’ 70-year-old widow, Loraine.

John Adams was watching television when his wife heard pounding on the door. Police claim they identified themselves and wore police jackets. Loraine Adams said she had no indication the men were police.

“I thought it was a home invasion. I said ‘Baby, get your gun!,” she said, sitting amid friends and relatives gathered at her home to cook and prepare for Sunday’s funeral. Police say her husband fired first with a sawed-off shotgun and they responded. He was shot at least three times and died later at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.

Loraine Adams said she was handcuffed and thrown to her knees in another room when the shooting began.

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"Do you know who the f--- I am?": Philadelphia Police Officers Attack Pregnant Black Woman, Caused Miscarriage - Suit Filed

From [HERE] A pregnant woman who says she lost her baby after police zapped her with a stun gun seven times outside her North Philadelphia home in 2010 filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit this week against the city and three police officers involved in the incident. Naimah Jones, 35, is suing for assault and battery, false arrest, malicious prosecution and emotional distress.

The incident occurred Nov. 27, 2010, when Jones, en route to her parents' house to celebrate Thanksgiving, stopped home to grab some luggage. With four of her five children asleep in the car, she told her 14-year-old daughter that she'd be back after getting their things. She then locked the car door and went in the house.

Within minutes, she heard someone knocking on the car door outside and spied two men trying to get into the car. From her second-floor window, she yelled at them to get away from her car and then ran outside when they didn't. "Do you know who the f--- I am?" one man shouted before pushing Jones against a fence and choking her, according to the lawsuit. He then identified himself as a police officer, according to the lawsuit.

As Jones repeated "I didn't know you were a police officer," Officer Philip Sprague and his partner Officer Russell Seiberlich threw her to the ground and handcuffed her, according to the lawsuit. Another cop who came as backup, Officer Chris Manigault, then tasered Jones each time she screamed for help - more than seven times - upon Sprague's order, according to the lawsuit. She miscarried a few weeks later, her attorney James E. Lee said. 

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Several Witnesses say New Haven Police Beat Latino man after pursuit: Officer Claimed to "Struggle" with 5 Foot 100lbs man

From [HERE] Witnesses and the family of a man charged with fighting with a police officer during an arrest claim that he wasn’t resisting while being beaten by police.

The family of Luis Rivera, 34, said Thursday they have between 25 and 30 witness accounts contradicting the police account and will file an internal affairs complaint for use of excessive force. “He surrendered, as a lot of witnesses seen,” said Rivera’s girlfriend, Estefania Cruz. “He never assaulted a cop.” Jewu Richardson, a community organizer, said a large number of witness saw Rivera being manhandled and assaulted.

On the ground, the officer repeatedly punched Rivera in the face, she said Thursday, as she stood outside police headquarters with a handful of supporters and Rivera’s sister. Police say Rivera violently struggled with Officer Roy Davis after fleeing from him. At one point during the preceding chase, Rivera allegedly called upon a man on a bike to hit the officer. The cyclist swung at Davis, striking him in the shoulder and knocking him into a chain-link fence.

Police spokesman Officer Dave Hartman said it was the officer “who was assaulted and knocked down,” resulting in a large contusion to his shoulder.  Rivera, who his under 5 feet tall and weighs less than 100 pounds, received more than a dozen stitches, his family said.

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Arizona Latinos Experiencing White Supremacy/Racism with “Show Me Your Papers” in Effect

From [HERE] Members of the Hispanic community in southern Arizona say they have experienced racial profiling by the police after the entry into force of the “show me your papers” provision of the state’s harsh immigration law.

Martha Angel Castillo, a volunteer with the Arizona Human Rights Coalition, said that one of the cases on which she is currently working is that of a women who identified herself only as Maria Estela and who after being subjected to 12 years of domestic violence dared to file a complaint against her husband.

“When the police officer came to her home, her husband (a U.S. citizen) told the officer that Maria Estela was an undocumented immigrant, and the officer called her outside and handcuffed her immediately,” said Angel during a community forum in Tucson.

She said the officer called U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which arrested the immigrant and waited until the following day to take her to a hospital where she received medical attention for the beating she had suffered at the hands of her husband.

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