I know folks talk about Cops, but we really really need to bring up how the prosecution is just as guilty.
If not worse, they will do anything for a conviction.
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I know folks talk about Cops, but we really really need to bring up how the prosecution is just as guilty.
If not worse, they will do anything for a conviction.
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Bounty Hunter Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Kidnapping Woman
Bounty hunters with the fbi in the right
Crazy
Bounty hunters with the fbi in the right
Crazy
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Sentenced to Life for an Accident Miles Away
A draconian legal doctrine called felony murder has put thousands of Americans—disproportionately young and Black—in prison.
Don't commit crimesSentenced to Life for an Accident Miles Away
A draconian legal doctrine called felony murder has put thousands of Americans—disproportionately young and Black—in prison.www.newyorker.com
. If they weren't getting into people's cars stealing those people would have been alive and not killed why his partner fled.
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ugh did he die?
Crazy how Adams has enabled the police to this extent after everything that's happened the last few years
Suspect appears to have seizure after being kicked in head by NYPD officer, viral video shows
by: Matthew Euzarraga, Nicole JohnsonPosted: Feb 16, 2024 / 07:17 PM EST
Updated: Feb 16, 2024 / 07:32 PM EST
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) – A man was taken to a local hospital on Thursday after being kicked in the head by an NYPD officer, video posted by NYC Scoop shows.
The dramatic video posted on Instagram features graphic language and images. It shows the moments after a high-speed car chase ended in Lower Manhattan. One person was taken into police custody and the driver was taken to a local hospital.
The driver, identified as 25-year-old Bronx resident Brain Marchany, had allegedly swallowed narcotics prior to his arrest, police said. The video posted on Instagram does not show the man ingesting any drugs.
Instead, it shows the suspect appearing to suffer a seizure after receiving a blow to his head. The video shows the suspect coming out of the car with his hands up, and in seconds, an officer punches the suspect.
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The man falls to the ground immediately. Two officers then attempt to cuff the suspect but struggle to place his hands behind his back. A third officer standing in front of the suspect’s head kicks him and then steps back, video shows.
One officer can be seen with his knee on the suspect’s neck and then a few seconds later is hovering over the suspect’s head between his knees.
Bystanders can be heard commenting on the incident. One person states, “It looks like he is drunk, I am not going to lie.”
Moments later, another person says, “He is shaking,” to which another voice says, “Yeah they stomped his head, they hit him.”
Moments later, someone says, “He is leaking, he is bleeding, he is having a seizure.” The suspect can then be seen shaking on the ground before the video ends.
NYPD officials said officers gave the suspect Narcan before he was taken to the hospital.
The 25-year-old is facing charges of criminal possession of a controlled substance, fleeing officers in a motor vehicle, tampering with physical evidence, resisting arrest, and a slew of other charges, according to officials.
A female passenger, Tiffany Victor, was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, police said.
One of the officers involved in the incident is currently modified, and the incident is under internal review, NYPD officials said.
Matthew Euzarraga is a multimedia journalist from El Paso, Texas. He has covered local news and LGBTQIA topics in the New York City Metro area since 2021. He joined the PIX11 Digital team in 2023. You can see more of his work here.
Tennessee governor signs bill to undo Memphis traffic stop reforms after Tyre Nichols death
Story by JONATHAN MATTISE, Associated Press• 2h • 3 min read
Rodney and RowVaughn Wells, the parents of Tyre Nichols, attend a House session of the state legislature Monday, March 4, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. Nichols was beaten by five Memphis police officers during a traffic stop and died of his injuries in January 2023. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)© Provided by The Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed off on the repeal of police traffic stop reforms made in Memphis after the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers in January 2023, despite pleas from Nichols’ parents to GOP lawmakers and the governor to give them a chance to find compromise.
The Republican governor’s signature means the law immediately renders some of Memphis’ ordinances null and void, including one that outlawed so-called pretextual traffic stops, such as for a broken taillight and other minor violations. Lee echoed arguments from Republican lawmakers who argued Nichols’ death needed to result in accountability for officers who abuse power, not new limits on how authorities conduct traffic stops.
FILE - Candles spell out the name of Tyre Nichols during a candlelight vigil for Nichols on the anniversary of his death, Jan. 7, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. A judge on Friday, March 8, 2024, indefinitely postponed the state court trial of four former Memphis officers charged with second-degree murder in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols until after the conclusion of a federal court trial on civil rights violations. (AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht, file)© Provided by The Associated Press
“I think what’s most important for us to remember is that we can give law enforcement tools, but we’ve got to hold law enforcement to a standard of using those tools appropriately, where there’s an appropriate interaction with the public,” Lee told reporters Friday, earlier this month of his decision to sign the bill. “That’s not what we understand has happened all the time, and certainly their family would attest to that.”
To date, Lee has never vetoed a piece of legislation since taking office nearly seven years ago, only occasionally letting bills become law without signing them to send a message of his concern or disapproval. He rarely bucks his political party’s wishes, and he is notably attempting to push through a contentious universal school voucher bill where he needs Republican support in order for it to pass.
Nichols’ death last January sparked outrage and calls for reforms nationally and locally. Videos showed an almost 3-minute barrage of fists, feet and baton strikes to Nichols’ face, head, front and back, as the 29-year-old Black man yelled for his mother about a block from home.
Nichols’ parents, mother RowVaughn Wells and stepfather Rodney Wells, were among the advocates who drummed up support for the Memphis city council last year to pass ordinance changes.
Many Republican elected officials in Tennessee also joined in the public outcry over Nichols’ death at the time. The month afterward, Lee even mentioned the Nichols family in his annual State of the State speech, saying “their courage, along with the compassion shown by the people of Memphis, is a picture of hope.”
Yet the majority-white Legislature has repeatedly rebuffed many Black leaders' call for police reforms and oversight, and instead have sided with advocates who don’t want new limits on police authority.
In recent years, lawmakers have reacted similarly when they disagree with how Democrat-voting Memphis and Nashville run their cities. They have preempted local power to undo progressive policies, took more authority over local boards, and kept a hardline approach to crime in Memphis.
Nichols’ parents, in this case, said their attempts to get the bill sponsors to commit to finding some middle ground failed, leaving them and supporters in the Memphis community feeling marginalized and discouraged. Nichols’ parents said they felt misled by Rep. John Gillespie, leading them to skip one trip to Nashville when they thought he would delay the bill. Instead, House Republicans passed it without the Nichols’ parents there. Gillespie argued it was a miscommunication.
When they returned another day for the Senate vote, Sen. Brent Taylor denied their pleas to pause the bill and try to find middle ground. RowVaughn Wells was in tears after the exchange, and the couple left before the Senate passed the bill.
They also penned a letter to Lee before he ultimately signed the bill.
“After the death of our son, you generously offered your support in our pursuit of justice,” they wrote, imploring Lee to veto the bill. “This is that moment, Governor. We need your support now, more than ever.”
Five officers, who were also Black, were charged with federal civil rights violations in Nichols’ death, and second-degree murder and other criminal counts in state court. One has pleaded guilty in federal court. The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating how Memphis Police Department officers use force and conduct arrests and whether the department in the majority-Black city engages in racially discriminatory policing.
Democratic lawmakers said the bill is a slap in the face to Nichols’ grieving parents and the government in majority-Black Memphis. Some also were flummoxed that state Republicans were trying to undo changes made in reaction to Nichols’ death even while federal authorities are still broadly investigating policing and race in Memphis.
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Associated Press writers Kimberlee Kruesi and Adrian Sainz contributed to this report.
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Former NYPD officer sentenced to 70 months in prison for assisting gang leader’s flee from the U.S. after committing a murder
Former NYPD officer sentenced to 70 months in prison for assisting gang leader’s flee from the U.S. after committing a murder
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Former NYPD Officer Sentenced To 70 Months In Prison For Assisting Gang Leader’s Flee From The U.S....
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that GINA MESTRE, a former New York City Police (“NYPD”) Officer, was sentenced to 70 months in...
Ex-NYPD cop pleads guilty to tipping off gangster boyfriend about murder probe
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Former NYPD Officer Sentenced To 70 Months In Prison For Assisting Gang Leader’s Flee From The U.S....
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that GINA MESTRE, a former New York City Police (“NYPD”) Officer, was sentenced to 70 months in...
Ex-NYPD cop pleads guilty to tipping off gangster boyfriend about murder probe
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Since February, as NYPD brass has pivoted to a social media style that attacks judges, journalists and electeds they see as having crossed them, I have been asking the department repeatedly what policies govern official Twitter use. The NYPD won't answer. The NYPD Is Posting by the Seat of Its Pants - Hell Gate
Since February, as NYPD brass has pivoted to a social media style that attacks judges, journalists and electeds they see as having crossed them, I have been asking the department repeatedly what policies govern official Twitter use. The NYPD won't answer. The NYPD Is Posting by the Seat of Its Pants - Hell Gate
