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A lawsuit filed by The Los Angeles Times, in association with The AP & Bloomberg News, has led to the release of previously suppressed video of Gardenia California Police Officers Christopher Mendez, Christopher Sanderson and Matthew Toda shoot three unarmed men. The incident occurred on June 2, 2013, and resulted in the death of 34 Year Old Ricardo Diaz-Zeferino. Police Officials were initially successful in burying away the dash-cam footage, but Federal Judge Stephen V. Wilson stepped in to ensure that the world sees this horrific use of Unnecessary & Excessive Force! Unfortunately the officers involved were NEVER disciplined, and are still on the force right to this very day. Their excuse was of course that they thought that Ricardo Diaz-Zeferino was going for a weapon. Furthermore, they blamed the 911 Dispatcher for allegedly reporting that a robbery had occurred. The men involved were actually looking for a bike that had been stolen from Ricardo Diaz-Zeferino's younger brother, but instead they became the suspects. Admittedly drunk, and dealing with a language barrier, still should never result in anyone's death by supposedly trained professionals. The video posted below clearly shows that none of the men were defiant or aggressive in any way. However you can see one of the officers cock back his weapon just prior to opening fire. The City of Gardenia agreed to pay out a settlement of $4.7 million dollars to Ricardo Diaz-Zeferino's Family-plus another bystander who was also shot. But still, some agent for The White Supremacist Power Structure will argue that these men somehow deserved to be shot at, and Our President will say little to nothing of substance in regard to these happenings... #FTP http://heavy.com/news/2015/07/ricardo-diaz-zeferino-video-shot-killed-gardena-california-police-shooting-victim-2013-unarmed-officers-lawsuit-judge-release-dash-camera-footage-mendez-cuff-sanderson-toda/
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Just shortly after midnight, on March 3, 1991, George Holliday woke up to the sounds of police helicopters and squad car sirens. Upon getting up to see what was going on, Holliday unwittingly found himself walking into history. What he saw was a group of Los Angeles Police Officers savagely beatings a Black Man that would later be revealed to be Rodney King. Presumably shocked, George Holliday pulled out his recently purchased camcorder and began filming what he saw. According to multiple sources, Holliday called the police seeking information as to what crime Rodney King could have committed, to warrant such treatment, but was given nothing. Sometime shortly thereafter he advised a local television station of what he had on tape, but was advised to just leave his tape and he would call him later. That evening the video was aired, and rocked the entire world. FINALLY, there was PROOF of the shear Brutality and Misconduct that Black & Brown People had been suffering from all over the country!!! We all know what happened from there. A rigged Simi Valley (the trial was moved from L.A.) jury failed to convict Stacey Koon, Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind, Theodore Briseno & the 1992 L.A. Riots were sparked. Eventually Officer Laurence Powell and Sergeant Stacey Koon would spend a few minutes in jail on Federal charges. The other two pigs were acquitted. The city would agree to pay out a $3.8 million dollar settlement to Rodney King. Rodney King died in 2012, from what I believe to be shady circumstances. George Holliday was never paid one dime for his video. Without him possibly no one else thinks to press record & document what happened to Oscar Grant, Eric Garner, walter scott, or the many other incidents caught on camera since 1992. #salute “You rape our women, and you’re taking over our country.” Upon first reading some of the quotes that came from Dylann Roof, as to why he attacked The Historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, south Carolina, I first thought of how his words followed the usual routine of rhetoric used by White supremacist hate Groups to rile up their most ignorant followers. After that I realized just how close his words followed the explanations of Racism/White supremacy provided by the Genius that is Dr. Frances Cress Welsing. But this morning a friend threw in yet another way of looking at this when she spoke to the reality of how white men are always accusing Black Men of being after their women; but have been actually been after Our's for Centuries! Be it the rape of millions of Black Women during Slavery & Colonization, or the more recent trend of linking up with the SiStars today, and everything in between, our women have been a commodity always in need of protection from those same people that would be quick to target the life of a Black man that was just simply rumored to have even looked a white woman too long. While at the end of the day, the actions of most white supremacists are motivated by a fear of the genetically-superior Black, Brown & Yellow worldwide Majority, one with a knowledge of history must never allow the well-documented history of White aggression be minimized or put in any other context besides what it truly is. Aggression & savagery. No nation on this earth has been immune to the rape, murder, pillaging & psychological warfare against all that is important in those places. Make no mistake about it, every incursion into Asia, Africa, The Middle East, and The Americas included the outright rape of the female inhabitants-both past & PRESENT!!! With that said, said behaviors will always breed varying degrees of subconscious guilt and/or paranoia of eventual backlash. And any move that looks like the current ruling class's position in life may be threatening will always see a surge in violence toward the Black, Brown & Yellow masses. Study your history, it's all documented (from Reconstruction, to post WW I & WW II Eras, to 9/11, to the election of President Barack Obama). The propaganda begins, and the violence follows. Learn & Understand. Teach Others & Reverse the Trend. Everything begins with a thought. P.E.A.C.E. so as the Ultra-Conservative (and in some cases outright racist) Media reach for anything that can to somehow spin McKinney Texas Corporal Eric Casebolt's actions to appear more heroic than demonic, I thought it would be a good idea to put the focus back on the core moments of fuckery that actually went down & the people involved. For those that missed it, earlier today Fox News's Sean Hannity made the claim that Officer Casebolt was "Preventing Himself From Being Shanked by Black Teens." Not sure where he got that assessment from; but sadly thousands will believe it to be true. Even worse, the internet has been set on fire with the so-called "Full Story" of what happened & why. There are headlines galore talking about "Mobs" and "Hero Cop Protects Texas From Black Teenagers At Pool Party;" and there's even a story seeking to shame young Tatyana Rhodes and her mother as out of control-of not whorish. Problem is, the article features pictures and info based on a girl named "Tatiana" that looks nothing like the girl we saw in the video. Not sure if the writers at "The Conservative Tree House" think we all look alike, or if they just know that the ignorant masses will justly blindly accept it because it's what they want to hear. Now before getting to what we do know to be true about this horrible incident, I do have a few questions...
Now what we do know is that:
"He clearly has no self-discipline. He lost control of his temper. Nothing good can happen at that point. Thankfully he didn’t shoot somebody,” -former FBI Assistant Director Tom Fuentes talking on CNN It is being reported, as of the evening of June 9th 2015, that Officer Casebolt has resigned. Let's watch closely as the same demons that have tried to defend him will now raise money for him, and push propaganda designed to ensure that he does not see a day in jail. That is assuming that he's ever charged... http://heavy.com/news/2015/06/eric-casebolt-mckinney-texas-police-officer-cop-suspended-black-teens-pool-party-arrest-video-leave-investigation-photo-gun-background-name/ CLEVELAND POLICE OFFICER MICHAEL BRELO FOUND NOT GUILTY AFTER MURDERING AN UNARMED COUPLE IN 2012!!!5/23/2015 Despite evidence that Cleveland Police Officer Michael Brelo jumped on the hood of a car, and fired 15 shots into the windshield, today he has now been acquitted in the charge of voluntary manslaughter. Brelo was also acquitted of felonious assault in the course of executing Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams in November 2012. Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams were executed after Cleveland Police Officers sought to pull them over for an alleged "Turn Signal violation." The driver did not comply, and a chase ensued. During the chase more than 100 gunshots were fired into the car, by a total of 13 different officers. Brelo was the only officer charged-because he reloaded his weapon, jumped on top of the car, and continued firing long after the car had stopped moving. Police allege that the car backfired when taking off, which led them to believe that they had been shot at. No gun was ever found, nor was there any evidence that either person fired anything at any cop. Michael Brelo, who was facing 22 years in prison, was acquitted because his lawyers argued that "other officers fired during the final barrage of bullets and prosecutors couldn't prove when the fatal shots were fired." Judge John P. O'Donnell stated that "the state did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant Michael Brelo knowingly caused the deaths of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams, because the essential element of causation was not proved for both counts...
It was reasonable despite knowing now that there was no gun in the car and he was mistaken about the origin of the gunshots." A total of 137 bullets were fired into the couple's car during the incident, and reports indicate that they were each shot at least 20 times each. The City of Cleveland has a long history of going far beyond the use of excessive force, and still has to address the matter of the officers that executed 12 Year Old Tamir Rice in 2014. That same year year their courts failed to file charges against cops that executed 22 Year Old John Crawford, who was shopping for an air rifle in Wal Mart. Late last year The City of Cleveland agreed to begin implementing reforms, after The U.S. Department of Justice investigated the Cleveland Police department & determined that there was a "Pattern or Practice of Excessive Force" and Violating Civil Rights. The full transcript of the judges decision can be found here: http://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/2015/05/read_the_judges_full_decision.html |
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