Rellen na dood zwarte jongen VS #5 Met een liegende prosecutor

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Op woensdag 24 december 2014 13:40 schreef Morendo het volgende:
Vreemd, je zou juist denken dat na alle ophef zwarte jongeren zich minder aanstootgevend zouden gedragen.

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Op woensdag 24 december 2014 13:51 schreef Jibberism_ het volgende:

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Over simplisme gesproken.

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Earlier this month Staten Island's Eric Garner died while being arrested for allegedly selling untaxed cigarettes.


Police officers arrested a construction worker on a weapon charge because he had a painting knife, which was covered in paint, sticking out of his pocket. He now has a criminal record.

Police officers arrested a Chinese woman who has a license to sell flowers because she had two artificial flowers on her cart for decorative purposes.

A police officer arrested a young man for using his girlfriend’s MetroCard.

A police officer arrested a young man for having his backpack on the seat next to him.

A police officer arrested a 16-year-old Latino boy on two different occasions for trespass while the boy was standing in the hallway of the building he lives in.

Two police officers arrested a Latino veteran in the Times Square area on the charge of aggressive begging on eight separate occasions. In one instance, his lawyer has found an exculpatory video that shows him behaving politely and not pressuring walkers-by. The man refused to plead and is taking the case to trial.

Two police officers stopped and questioned a black fourteen-year-old girl while she was on her way to school—she was only one block away. When she protested, the officers arrested her and charged her with truancy. She understood, as many people in her community who are treated similarly do, that her real offense was “insisting on her rights.”

On a Saturday night in May, a Legal Aid lawyer in the Manhattan arraignment part represented four defendants in a row who had been arrested for having a foot up on a subway seat. One case stood out for the attorney: a twenty-two-year-old black male college student with a part-time job, an appropriate ID, and no criminal record, had to spend well over 24 hours in jail. A police officer arrested him when the train was only four stops away from his house.

A 50-year-old man was caught up in a “lucky bag” sting. He picked up a handbag left on a bench in Sara Roosevelt Park in Manhattan. The handbag contained a wallet with $3.00 and when the man brought it to an officer, the officer arrested him on the charge of possession of stolen property.

A police officer arrested and gave a DAT to a middle-aged Chinese woman for putting vegetables in her handbag as she was shopping in Whole Foods. She had only been living in the U.S. for four months, so she explained to the officer that she was following the custom in her home country. Obviously frail and disoriented in the courtroom, she reported having a kind of nervous breakdown after the incident, having spent two months in bed before appearing before the judge who then dismissed the case.

A twenty-seven year old man has worked as a pedicab driver for three years. He has never been arrested but has been ticketed for moving violations including, for example, driving in the bike lane. Once, when he was taking a break, he was ticketed for “smoking and drinking coffee” which was the actual language used as the charge on the summons. Once, when given a ticket, the officer reassured him that “it’ll get dismissed.”

An officer stopped a woman walking on her way to the subway in Brownsville, Brooklyn. She had gone through the well-lit side of a park because she thought it was safer. The officer charged her with being in the park after dusk. The woman pointed out that the park closes at 9 PM and that it was 8:49 PM at the time. The officer stalled her for 11 minutes before issuing her the summons. The officer also told the woman not to worry about the ticket because it would be dismissed.

A police officer arrested an undocumented Mexican immigrant on an open alcohol container charge. There was a warrant out on him for failure to appear for a summons, which was also for an open alcohol container. The young man was then deported.

A man and his nine-year-old daughter entered a Brooklyn subway station. He accidentally swiped her school-pass MetroCard and she swiped his. The police arrested the man, charging him with theft of services for using his child’s card.

A police officer arrested an African-American woman in her mid-60s for the first time in her life for smoking a joint on her stoop. When the case was brought to night court in Manhattan, an angry Legal Aid lawyer confronted the officer who explained that fifteen years ago his sergeant would’ve punched him out for making such an arrest, but now it’s expected of him.

http://gothamist.com/2014(...)_higher_under_de.php

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A police officer arrested and gave a DAT to a middle-aged Chinese woman for putting vegetables in her handbag as she was shopping in Whole Foods. She had only been living in the U.S. for four months, so she explained to the officer that she was following the custom in her home country. Obviously frail and disoriented in the courtroom, she reported having a kind of nervous breakdown after the incident, having spent two months in bed before appearing before the judge who then dismissed the case.

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Op zondag 28 december 2014 02:39 schreef SuperHarregarre het volgende:

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Dat heb ik hier in China dus nog nooit gezien. Van open markt tot supermarkt stop je hier gewoon alles in een plastic zakje van de verkoper.

Nu is het achterover drukken van een paar wortelen nu ook weer niet zo erg dat je gelijk naar de rechter moet maar het blijft stelen.

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Op zondag 28 december 2014 03:48 schreef WammesWaggel het volgende:

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Zolang zij nog niet langs de kassa is.. Is het naar mijn mening geen diefstal.

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Op zondag 28 december 2014 03:48 schreef WammesWaggel het volgende:

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Zolang zij nog niet langs de kassa is.. Is het naar mijn mening geen diefstal.

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Op zondag 28 december 2014 04:33 schreef SuperHarregarre het volgende:

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Technisch gezien niet nee maar als jij in Nederland spullen in je tas stopt dan krijg je ook problemen voordat je de winkel uit bent gelopen. Zeker als het gaat om spullen waarbij een alarmsysteem niet werkt. Daar moet je tegen optreden op 't moment dat je 't ziet.

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Op zondag 28 december 2014 09:53 schreef Happel het volgende:

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Nee, gebeurd tegenwoordig vrij veel dat mensen spullen in hun tas stoppen tijdens het doen van de boodschappen. Zeker met de zelfscansystemen die in veel supermarkten te vinden zijn.

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Op zondag 28 december 2014 02:39 schreef SuperHarregarre het volgende:

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Dat heb ik hier in China dus nog nooit gezien. Van open markt tot supermarkt stop je hier gewoon alles in een plastic zakje van de verkoper.

Nu is het achterover drukken van een paar wortelen nu ook weer niet zo erg dat je gelijk naar de rechter moet maar het blijft stelen.

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Op zondag 28 december 2014 10:50 schreef Twiitch het volgende:

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Dat is een trucje dat wel meer ouderen gebruiken, ook in Nederland. Wat spullen in de tas doen en die 1 op de 10 keer dat ze dan betrapt worden: "ohhhh wat erg die ben ik helemaal vergeten, ik ben al wat ouder hé? hihi"

Toen ik nog in een supermarkt werkte waren de winkeldieven meestal al een jaartje ouder.

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Op zondag 28 december 2014 12:38 schreef beantherio het volgende:
Een database van alle politie-agenten die in de VS omgekomen zijn: http://www.odmp.org/search/year

Voor dit jaar staat de teller al op 115. Ik vind dat best wel veel moet ik zeggen.

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Op zondag 28 december 2014 12:55 schreef ..-._---_-.- het volgende:

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Dat is grofweg 0,01% van alle agenten. Bij die 115 zitten ook auto- en motorongelukken, hartaanvallen etc.

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Police are seeking a man in connection with an unprovoked attack on an interracial couple outside a Pasadena coffee shop, which authorities are investigating as a hate crime, officials said.
A 29-year-old black woman and a 36-year-old man of Armenian descent, both Glendale residents, were outside a Starbucks at Los Robles Avenue and Colorado Boulevard about 7 p.m. when the attacker confronted them, Pasadena police Lt. John Luna said.
“Without provocation, he made reference to the race of both victims,” Luna said. “The suspect spat on the female victim and punched the male victim.”
The male victim sought his own medical treatment for a cut to his lower lip, the lieutenant said. The woman wasn’t hurt. The couple did not report the crime to police until several hours later.
Luna said the suspect apparently objected to the fact the man and woman were of different races.
“Based on the fact that race was the provocation, we’re investigating it as a hate crime,” he said.
Police described the suspect as a black man in his 20s, about 6 feet 2 inches tall and 190 pounds, with his hair in dreadlocks. He wore a red jacket and blue jeans.

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Op zondag 28 december 2014 16:39 schreef OMG het volgende:
En die dader was een agent? Buurtwacht? Wat is het punt van je gequote artikel precies?

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Op zondag 28 december 2014 16:19 schreef SuperHarregarre het volgende:
http://www.insidesocal.co(...)asadena-coffee-shop/

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Police described the suspect as a black man in his 20s, about 6 feet 2 inches tall and 190 pounds, with his hair in dreadlocks. He wore a red jacket and blue jeans.

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Arrests plummet 66% with NYPD in virtual work stoppage

It’s not a slowdown — it’s a virtual work stoppage.

NYPD traffic tickets and summonses for minor offenses have dropped off by a staggering 94 percent following the execution of two cops — as officers feel betrayed by the mayor and fear for their safety, The Post has learned.

The dramatic drop comes as Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and Mayor Bill de Blasio plan to hold an emergency summit on Tuesday with the heads of the five police unions to try to close the widening rift between cops and the administration.

The unprecedented meeting is being held at the new Police Academy in Queens at 2 p.m., sources said.

Angry union leaders have ordered drastic measures for their members since the Dec. 20 assassination of two NYPD cops in a patrol car, including that two units respond to every call.

It has helped contribute to a nose dive in low-level policing, with overall arrests down 66 percent for the week starting Dec. 22 compared with the same period in 2013, stats show.

Citations for traffic violations fell by 94 percent, from 10,069 to 587, during that time frame.

Summonses for low-level offenses like public drinking and urination also plunged 94 percent — from 4,831 to 300.

Even parking violations are way down, dropping by 92 percent, from 14,699 to 1,241.

Drug arrests by cops assigned to the NYPD’s Organized Crime Control Bureau — which are part of the overall number — dropped by 84 percent, from 382 to 63.

The Post obtained the numbers hours after revealing that cops were turning a blind eye to some minor crimes and making arrests only “when they have to” since the execution-style shootings of Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu.

Police sources said Monday that safety concerns were the main reason for the dropoff in police activity, but added that some cops were mounting an undeclared slowdown in protest of de Blasio’s response to the non-indictment in the police chokehold death of Eric Garner.

“The call last week from the PBA is what started it, but this has been simmering for a long time,” one source said.

“This is not a slowdown for slowdown’s sake. Cops are concerned, after the reaction from City Hall on the Garner case, about de Blasio not backing them.”

The Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association has warned its members to put their safety first and not make arrests “unless absolutely necessary.”

Sergeants Benevolent Association President Ed Mullins told The Post he’s glad de Blasio is meeting with the unions, but worries that it’s just a publicity stunt.

“I’m disappointed in the issuance of a press release announcing the meeting, which now raises concerns of sincerity,” he said.

“Is this about politics or is it about working through problems?”

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Grand Juror Sues McCulloch, Says He Mischaracterized The Wilson Case

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A grand juror is suing St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch in an effort to speak out on what happened in the Darren Wilson case. Under typical circumstances, grand jurors are prohibited by law from discussing cases they were involved in.

The grand juror, referred to only as "Grand Juror Doe" in the lawsuit, takes issue with how McCulloch characterized the case. McCulloch released evidence presented to the grand jury and publicly discussed the case after the grand jury decided not to indict Wilson, then a Ferguson police officer, in the shooting death of Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American.

“In [the grand juror]’s view, the current information available about the grand jurors’ views is not entirely accurate — especially the implication that all grand jurors believed that there was no support for any charges,” the lawsuit says. “Moreover, the public characterization of the grand jurors’ view of witnesses and evidence does not accord with [Doe]’s own.”

“From [the grand juror]’s perspective, the investigation of Wilson had a stronger focus on the victim than in other cases presented to the grand jury,” the lawsuit states. Doe also believes the legal standards were conveyed in a “muddled” and “untimely” manner to the grand jury.

In the lawsuit filed Monday in federal court, the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri argues that this case is unique and that the usual reasons for requiring the jurors to maintain secrecy should not apply.

In this specific case, “any interests furthered by maintaining grand jury secrecy are outweighed by the interests secured by the First Amendment,” the lawsuit says, adding that allowing the juror to speak would contribute to a discussion on race in America.

As the grand juror points out in the lawsuit, the Wilson case was handled in a very different manner than other grand juries. Instead of recommending a charge, McCulloch's office presented thousands of pages worth of evidence and testimony before the grand jury. At one point, McCulloch's spokesman characterized the grand jury as co-investigators.

“From [Doe]’s perspective, although the release of a large number of records provides an appearance of transparency, with heavy redactions and the absence of context, those records do not fully portray the proceedings before the grand jury,” the lawsuit says.

McCulloch has done several interviews since the grand jury decision was announced on Nov. 24, but the grand jurors have been prohibited from speaking about the case. The county prosecutor admits that some of the witnesses were lying, but said the grand jurors were aware.