tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post4743751631308316918..comments2024-03-22T20:34:13.792-05:00Comments on Indomitable | The online home of Chauncey DeVega: Is This a Video of Ferguson Police Thug Darren Wilson? And Would You Trust Him to Not Shoot You Without Cause?Lady Zora, Chauncey DeVega, and Gordon Gartrellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09138154899923808806noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-68518241944168899742014-11-16T10:14:22.249-06:002014-11-16T10:14:22.249-06:00Lawlz. You people will kill more of your own then ...Lawlz. You people will kill more of your own then the police ever will. Get over it.e9imc3k5fijjght5xnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-33012252576519711702014-11-15T18:54:57.114-06:002014-11-15T18:54:57.114-06:00There's no denying that there's something ...There's no denying that there's something pathological among our police force. I think it was recently estimated that nation-wide, police have had to budget $3 billion a year in misconduct/wrongful death suits. $700 million of that was the NYPD alone. In fact, police departments are getting dumped by their liability insurers for being too big a risk.<br /><br />In Florida, a grandmother called the police to help her give her grandson his medication (anti-psychotics, I would guess), which she had done several times before. Sometimes they'd have to take him to a local mental hospital for treatment. The cop comes alone, tazes the 24 year old, immediately drags him into the bathroom alone, and shoots him dead. Never calls for backup, never seems to think he needed help controlling the situation until he deemed murder necessary. <br /><br />He was, of course, Black. <br /><br />You can keep up to date on the story here: http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/Man-Shot-Killed-by-Gretna-Police-Officer-280660612.htmlJustin M. Whitehttp://www.justinmwhite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-59220181657335016672014-11-15T16:16:15.943-06:002014-11-15T16:16:15.943-06:00This is a cover up done in plain sight. Any person...This is a cover up done in plain sight. Any person of conscience should be disgusted.chauncey devegahttp://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-65793608628303114642014-11-15T16:01:40.541-06:002014-11-15T16:01:40.541-06:00From NBC news:
The family of Michael Brown, the u...<i>From NBC news:</i><br /><br />The family of Michael Brown, the unarmed teenager whose death at the hands of a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer touched off weeks of protests and international outcry, is criticizing the police department after a newspaper published video showing Officer Darren Wilson hours after he shot the 18-year-old.<br /><br />"From the very beginning, the Ferguson Police Dept. has followed what is now seemingly standard operating procedure for police departments around the country: to vilify the victim and put the shooter on a pedestal," Brown’s family said Saturday in a statement released by their attorneys.<br /><br />The statement referred to information leaked from law enforcement sources in the shooting’s aftermath that claimed Wilson was beaten and suffered injuries to his face. "From the video released today it would appear the initial descriptions of his injuries were exaggerated," the statement read.Buddy Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-37635492164495573162014-11-15T12:46:48.112-06:002014-11-15T12:46:48.112-06:00In this case, the man being harassed--I believe is...In this case, the man being harassed--I believe is white--but the broader point holds about his demeanor and thug cop persona.chauncey devegahttp://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-24966513922705975782014-11-15T11:00:09.182-06:002014-11-15T11:00:09.182-06:00Hard to tell if that's Wilson, but in any case...Hard to tell if that's Wilson, but in any case it does provide evidence of the intentional practice of the Ferguson PD arresting blacks for reasons that police typically would not bother with. Many police officers avoid such petty arrests due to the paperwork involved, especially if the person the police encounters is not engaged in any outward illegal activity. And given the cost of processing, the police officer's time and the likely outcome of such cases, to prosecute these cases in court is just not worth the trouble.<br /><br /><br />The police officer in this video is acting in ways that suggest he knows its his job to get an arrest for any excuse he can gin up, even "disobeying a police officer." He also knows, as Wilson apparently did, that no action, not even murder, as was the case with Brown, would not be supported in pursuit of these fees, particularly against a black resident.<br /><br />In Ferguson, apparently, the calculation is different. The city generates approximately 13% of its budget through such petty arrests and usurious fees and fines as a result. These arrests are a revenue stream, and wherein some courts would realize the costly calculation of it, Ferguson courts have apparently looked at the cost-benefit, and made the cost of these fines beneficial (hence the usurious fees and fines) and thus the arrests make sense from that standpoint.<br /><br /><br /><br />The first remedy for this is obvious. In the last election, its estimated that 6% of eligible black voters voted in the election. The direction and policies of city departments are then made by people who want to ensure that the burden is not on them, and who better to put it on, than those who have chosen not to have a voice in government.Gable1111noreply@blogger.com