The neighborhood watchman has struck again.  But this time the mainstream media has opted to not report this one.  For those that not privy to the story, 39 Year Old Chad Copley has been charged with First Degree Murder after the executing unarmed 20 Year Old Kouren-Rodney Bernard Thomas on August 7th.  Now labeled under the moniker "George Zimmerman 2.0,” Copley called 911 complaining about “hoodlums” in his Raleigh, North Carolina neighborhood.  Kouren-Rodney Bernard Thomas, and a few of his friends, had been in the area attending a party a couple of houses away from Copley's.  On the 911 call, Copley tells dispatchers that “I’m on neighborhood watch. I am going to have the neighborhood meet these hoodlums out here racing up and down the street. It’s 1 in the morning. There’s some devil in them. They have firearms and we’re going to secure our neighborhood. If I was you, I would send PD out here as quickly as possible.”  He would go on to say "I’m Locked & Loaded & I’m Going to Secure My Neighborhood."  Secure it from What???!!!  According to police, would then leave his garage (with his shotgun) and fatally shoot young Mr. Thomas.  Copley would call back to 911 dispatchers, claiming to have fired a "Warning Shot" and that he was now somehow under attack.
“We have a lot of people outside our house, yelling and shouting profanities. I yelled at them, ‘Please leave the premises.’ They were showing a firearm, so I fired a warning shot and, uh, we got somebody that got hit...I fired my warning shot like I’m supposed to by law. They do have firearms, and I’m trying to protect myself and my family...Ma’am, I don’t know who they are. There’s frigging black males outside my frigging house with firearms. Please send PD."
no one was armed, except Mr. Copley.  And according to all reports, not only was Copley not under any assignment as neighborhood watch, he was never under any imminent threat.  Chad Copley has been charged with first-degree murder, and held without bond.  Experts say that he will have trouble advancing with any type of self-defense claim.  Whether Copley ends up spending 1 day or 1000 years in jail, WE must begin the push to hold ALL FORMS OF MASS MEDIA accountable for how The Black & Brown are portrayed in the media. The cold-blooded murder of Kouren-Rodney Bernard Thomas is a MAJOR story.  But it has received little to no coverage outside of Raleigh, North Carolina.  More importantly, we have to boycott those media channels that chose to only present shows, movies, and music that overly dramatic/aggressive and prone to violence Black Men, Women & Child day in and day out.  We make excuses and justify it as "just entertainment;" but these are the images in the heads of so-called law enforcement when they engage us-and in the minds of the jurors that let them walk free.  Change the paradigm.  #ReversePolarity    

http://heavy.com/news/2016/08/chad-cameron-copley-kouren-rodney-bernard-thomas-raleigh-north-carolina-shooting-911-calls-audio-video-photos/

​http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article94904167.html

ter·ror·ism (terəˌrizəm) -the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.
For the last 15 or so years, we've seen the word terrorism used and manipulated for political gains with an amazing increase in frequency.  Under Bush the label was used to topple regimes that America did not see/no longer sees as an ally.  And under Obama/Clinton, the label has been used to assassinate any foes left over from the Reagan/Bush years and nowadays to target exiled political prisoners like Assata Shakur.  But today no nation exemplifies the true definitions of terrorism (and tyranny for that matter) like The State Of Israel.  The Non-Israeli inhabitants of these long disputed lands live in constant fear as they are subjected to every sort of human rights abuse imaginable.  But yet few dare to speak out.  
Just last week, settlers of a long disputed village in the deserts of Israel woke up to bulldozers.  The entire village of Araqib was demolished, for what its now former occupants say to be the "hundredth time."  The people of Araqib Village have laid claim to this land since the days of The Ottoman Empire; but the land was "appropriated" in 1953, and the people were evicted from the land.  Since 2010, the longtime owners of the land returned to reclaim their their past; and have been denied vital services such as water, electricity, and sewage systems.  There are no schools.  There is no health care.  The residents are not allowed to vote.  And this most recent assault on their village came during the Holy Month Of Ramadan.  In similar fashion, Israeli authorities cut off and/or limited access to clean drinking water for Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank Area.  According to The Palestinian Hydrology Group, some areas have been without water for more than 40 days.  Even worse, Israel has spent the entire Holy Month Of Ramadan raiding Palestinian villages-arresting more than 300 Palestinians inside of 20 days, and untold numbers since then.  The arrests were allegedly targeting activists, after a shooting that injured four Israelis; but more than 30 children were detained in the process?  Did the kids shoot anyone?  Did 330 people shoot these four people?  But yet the same tired excuse of having the right to protect Israeli interests continues to make the wholesale oppression of the people whose land they stole away inexplicably okay.  According to Al Jazeera, there are currently more than 400 children languishing inside Israeli prisons-and an estimated 500-700 are prosecuted in military courts each year.  For the past few years, Israel Military and Police forces have enforced edicts to take back lands provisioned to The Palestinians under prior agreed upon peace accords-and then locking up all who protest their actions.  Aren't these the types of human rights violations American and European Nations identify as reasons to invade and/or destabilize other nations?  But yet Israel quietly gets a 60+ years pass.  I guess democracy is only meant for some; and not for others.

SOURCES:

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/04/rise-palestinian-children-held-israel-alarming-160424081159486.html

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/06/palestine-hundreds-detained-ramadan-160626084302084.html

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/07/israel-destroys-palestinian-village-100th-time-160703091747401.html

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/06/israel-cuts-water-supplies-west-bank-ramadan-160614205022059.html

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/06/israelis-mark-annexation-east-jerusalem-160605141135181.html

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2016/06/vanishing-palestine-making-israel-occupation-160605090749034.html

back in April of last year I posted about the execution of #Ericharris in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  For those that didn't know or may not remember, Eric Harris was killed while being arrested for allegedly selling a firearm to an undercover Task Force Agent.  Upon realizing that he had been caught up in a sting operation, Mr. Harris took off running.  Agents chased him, and eventually tackled him to the ground.  Seconds later he would be shot and killed by a 73 Year Old CEO of an Insurance company, who had enlisted as a VOLUNTEER/RESERVE SHERIFF'S DEPUTY!!!  Robert bates used his personal weapon, and fired it into Harris's Back, claiming that he THOUGHT HE WAS USING HIS TASER!!!  Pictures & video refutes Bate's police report claims that Harris was struggling with the officers (look closely at the positioning of his hands & shoulders in the pictures).  Bates would also be quoted as explaining that he thought Eric Harris had a gun, because of the manner in which he was running.
"I noticed that Harris was running in an unusual way because as he ran he repeatedly touched his right hand to his waistband," he wrote. "Based on my past experience, primarily with the task force, and my past training, I believed that Harris might be carrying a gun."
After news of the murder broke, questions arose as to why a volunteer deputy would be utilized on a Tulsa Sheriff's Department Violent Crimes Task Force operation and evidence pointed per the usual to money.  Bates is now confirmed to have donated cars, video equipment, and other items to the Tulsa Sheriff's Department over the years.  He also donated at least $2,500 toward Sheriff Stanley Glanz's Re-Election Campaign.  Robert Bates now faces 2nd Degree Manslaughter charges, and jury selection began earlier this week.  There have already been several moments of controversy in the weeks and months leading up to jury selection.  

• Judge James Caputo, who was originally assigned to oversee the trial, has been removed after it was discovered that he was also a reserve deputy.  Caputo himself had not disclosed his position with the department.  In addition, He had served as personal attorney for Lance Ramsey (the undercover officer in the video below) in two separate divorces prior to becoming a judge.  
• Bates defense team has come under scrutiny after it was found that an altered Smith & Wesson .357 revolver was included on the list of exhibits to be presented at trial.  The weapon was a duplicate of the gun Bates used to EXECUTE Eric Harris; and had been modified from the standard trigger function to a "hair trigger."  based on statements in a court affidavit, made by former gun store employee Michael Hardison, it is suspected that the defense planned to confuse the jurors into believing that it would have been easy for Bates to have mistaken his handgun for a taser.  Hardison also stated that he quit his job after being asked to modify the gun for the trial.  

It has also come to light that the defense team plans to introduce so-called "expert witness" testimony implying that Eric Harris died due to a heart condition caused by methamphetamine use and not from the actual gunshot wound.  As usual, it is not enough for a man to die & his child to have grow up without his Father.  The operatives of the American Police State have to routinely dehumanize the victim in the aftermath.  STAY TUNED...

SOURCES:

http://ktul.com/news/local/bates-attorney-admits-to-altering-sample-gun-in-criminal-case

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/courts/judge-rules-against-delay-in-robert-bates-manslaughter-trial/article_c8fdfef8-c8a2-5f68-8ce1-95662f279f86.html

​http://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/tulsa-county-judge-james-caputo-recuses-himself-in-robert-bates-case

Seemingly not content with blaming Tamir Rice for his own EXECUTION BY COP, The City of Cleveland has this week sent a bill totaling $500.00 for the first responders that were called to the scene after cops shot him.  
For those that don't remember, 12 Year Old Tamir Rice was murdered by two Cleveland Police Overseers (Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback) while playing alone with a toy pellet gun in a local park.  responding to a 911 call, one of the officers fired on young Tamir within TWO SECONDS of parking the patrol car.  No warnings, no call for backup, no aiming for an arm or leg-just kill shots.  According to reports, Loehmann and Garmback stood over Rice's body for at least four minutes without even attempting to administer any type of aid.  Only after an FBI Agent showed up, was there any attempt made to save Tamir's life.  The officers reported out the same "I Feared For My Life" excuses, and the city  spent the next 13 months trying to figure out how they would justify not charging the officers.  In the end, the officers walked away free.  In response to a lawsuit filed by Tamir Rice's mother Samaria Rice, Cleveland Officials blamed Tamir for his own death-stating that he failed "to exercise due care to avoid injury."  And now in one final insult to his memory, they file papers in Probate Court demanding that the family pay for the failed emergency care.  The true definition of foulness.  

SOURCES:
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2016/02/cleveland_wants_tamir_rice_est.html
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2015/06/fbi_agent_who_gave_first_aid_t.html
​https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2709353/Tamir-Rice-Creditor-s-Claim.pdf

In January, and again in April, of every year the world pauses to honor the memory of the one & only Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  But what is his true legacy?  If you let corporate media, politicians, or the school system tell his story, you get just a really watered-down version that really loses relevancy with each passing year.  If you rely on those vessels for information, as far too many do, then Dr. King Led a few marches, Had "a Dream," Went To "The Mountaintop," and then was snuffed out by some Crazy Lone White Assassin's Bullet.  How many even know that in 1999 The U.S. Federal government was found Guilty as a Co-Conspirator in the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King?  Yes.  So while the narrative of James Earl Ray continues to go on, the FACT is that it has been CONFIRMED that members of U.S. Military Intelligence and Sniper Groups were in the immediate vicinity of Dr. King's Motel-and all police protection was REMOVED within an hour of his execution (check the links below for more information).  
Anyway, back to the point...
Starting around 1967, or some evidence would suggest even 1965, Dr. King's message and overall demeanor began to change/gain a stronger sense of urgency.  Dr. King's message began to shift away from a loving message of integration-to a stance against Institutionalized Racism.  Dr. King began to call out the government for the hypocrisy of spending hundreds of millions of dollars toward wars to control other sovereign nations, and at the same time, loudly proclaiming the intention to fight harder for God-Given Rights.  Dr. King railed against Racism practiced via Housing Discrimination, Employment discrimination, discrimination in Federal Funding and Grants, Violence against Non-Whites, and the overall lack of morality in  the actions of Government & society. 
“We have waited for more than three hundred and forty years for our constitutional and God-given rights. The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jet-like speed toward gaining political independence, but we still creep at horse and buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.”  Missing from the pages of history is the reality that many of his allies turned on him during those latter days of his life.  He was no longer welcome in Lyndon B. Johnson's White House.  Many spoke out against him.  His change in focus, and willingness to criticize The Federal Government, put him on an island by himself.  And much like Malcolm, it got him killed.  Do note that on April 4th 1967 (EXACTLY ONE YEAR PRIOR TO HIS ASSASSINATION) Dr. King called the U.S. government "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today."  Most of those that walked with him prior to that time began to go into business for themselves, and Dr. King knew it.  Once he was gone, they all got rich-and today they continue to bask in his light, while never doing anything more than SYMBOLIC acts that remain in the vein of a strategy that he had moved away from.  
  “We have waited for more than three hundred and forty years for our constitutional and God-given rights. The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jet-like speed toward gaining political independence, but we still creep at horse and buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.”  
In an encounter just days before the execution of Dr. King, Harry Belafonte Jr. described the demeanor of Brother mLK:
"I remember the last time we were together, at my home, shortly before he was murdered. He seemed quite agitated and preoccupied, and I asked him what the problem was. "I've come upon something that disturbs me deeply," he said. "We have fought hard and long for integration, as I believe we should have, and I know that we will win. But I've come to believe we're integrating into a burning house."  That statement took me aback.  It was the last thing I would have expected to hear, considering the nature of our struggle, and I asked him what he meant.  "I'm afraid that America may be losing what moral vision she may have had," he answered.  "And I'm afraid that even as we integrate, we are walking into a place that does not understand that this nation needs to be deeply concerned with the plight of the poor and disenfranchised. Until we commit ourselves to ensuring that the underclass is given justice and opportunity, we will continue to perpetuate the anger and violence that tears at the soul of this nation."

SOURCES: 
https://legacy.scu.edu/ethics/architects-of-peace/Belafonte/essay.html
http://www.democracynow.org/2013/1/21/dr_martin_luther_king_in_1967
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-martin-luther-king/2016/01/15/4094b44a-ba62-11e5-829c-26ffb874a18d_story.html?tid=sm_fb
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/01/martin-luther-king-assassinated-us-govt-king-family-civil-trial-verdict.html
http://www.thekingcenter.org/sites/default/files/KING%20FAMILY%20TRIAL%20TRANSCRIPT.pdf

On December 12 1963, Kenya was declared Independent from British Colonial Rule.  Kenya's struggle for freedom is said to have begun in 1942, when members of the Kikuyu, Embu, Meru and Kamba tribes took United to fight back against the Oppressive & Exploitative Rule of British Occupation.  Matters shifted into high gear in the early 1950's, with the beginning of The Mau Mau Rebellion.  The Mau Mau was a Mobilized Force of mostly Kikuyu Tribe Revolutionaries who embarked on a secret campaign of Guerrilla against British Agencies & White settlers in Kenya.  Known for their effective use of the machete, The Mau Mau struck terror in the hearts of their oppressors in both the hillsides & urban areas.  In 1952 a State of emergency was declared, and those suspected as being part of the campaign became targets for arrest and/or execution.  In 1953, Kenya's future leader Jomo Kenyatta was arrested and sentenced to seven years in prison.  In 1956, Dedan Kimathi would be arrested and put to death by hanging.  Many suspected Mau Mau were locked up in detention camps as the State of Emergency would remain in effect until sometime in 1959.  In the midst of conflict, political gains were being made however & Kenyan Representatives would soon become a dominant force in The Kenya Legislative Council.  By 1962 The Kenya people had forced Jomo Kenyatta's release from imprisonment, and a year later he would be elected Prime Minister.  Kenya would finally be declared an Independent Republic on December 12, 1963, and Jomo Kenyatta would serve as its first President. 
       Many atrocities were committed during Colonial rule, and especially during the period between 1952 to 1962.  Tens of thousands of Kenyans were killed simply for being suspected Mau Mau.  In 2011, four Kenyan survivors were granted the right to sue the British government for the abuses they were forced to endure during the conflict.  Of course the history books will tell a different story, but it OUR duty to research & Report the Truth of what happened to US & OUR Land during the course of the European Occupation and Exploitation of Africa & Its Diaspora.

SOURCES:
http://www.kenyarep-jp.com/kenya/history_e.html​
http://www.blackpast.org/gah/mau-mau-1952-1960
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/dec-12-1963-kenya-gains-independence/?_r=0

November 15th 1884 marks the date in which then German Chancellor Otto von Bismark called together representatives of 14 European nations to negotiate what would ultimately culminate into the rape, plunder & destruction of The Continent of Africa.  Up to that point European countries had only gained territorial claims over approximately 20% of the continent, which was mostly on the coastal areas; but now their sights were set to gain control over the vast resources that lay in the interior of Africa.  Borders were realigned and 50 new territories were created to divide, exploit and create conflict between the different cultural & ethnic groups that they sought to conquer.  Colonial rule was established and control over the Resources of each region (Gold, Oil, Diamonds, Copper, zinc, etc) were now stripped away to enrich the nations of Europe.  Millions of Africans were slaughtered, and even more were Raped, Mutilated & Tortured in order to maintain control over the oppressed people of The Largest Continent In The world.  While many African Nations were able to gain their independence, during the rebellions of the 1950's & 1960's, many European Nations continued to maintain direct or indirect control over the Mineral Riches of Africa right up to this day.  Some of the worst atrocities occurred in what would become known as The Belgian Congo.  Under the reign of Belgium's King Leopold II, more than half of the population of that area died.  Every year school children read "Heart Of Darkness," as a great piece of literature; but fail to recognize that this is an account of one sick man's prospective on the Enslavement & genocide of African People.
   
Participating countries included:
•    Great Britain (Egypt, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Ghana & More...)
•    France (Large Parts of West Africa-including Mauritania to Chad, Algeria and Gabon)
•    Germany (Namibia and Tanzania)
•    Belgium (The Congo and parts of Central Africa)
•    The United States
•    Spain (Guinea)
•    Portugal (Mozambique, Angola & More...)
•    Russia
•    Austria-Hungary
•    Italy (Somalia and Ethiopia)
•    Turkey
•    Denmark
•    The Netherlands
•    Sweden-Norway
France, Great Britain, Germany and Portugal were the major principles involved, as they held the largest territorial claims at the time.  The Berlin Conference continued on well into 1885, and many of the agreed upon territorial divisions would be the subject of additional land-grabs during World Wars I & II.  Many of the civil wars and conflicts that we hear about today in Africa are directly related to the psychological impact of hundreds of years of Mental, Physical & Emotional Warfare waged against the People of Africa by these European Nations.  The ONLY way to keep control of these people, and Their Land, is to Control their Minds.  Warfare & Brutality will only take things so far-but if you can convince a nation of people to Mistrust, Devalue The Lives Of & Fight Their Own, they will be too preoccupied to fight their Own Common Enemy. Sound Familiar???

Sources:
http://geography.about.com/cs/politicalgeog/a/berlinconferenc.htm
http://www.africafederation.net/Berlin_1885.htm​

Last year, The Wandering Eyes Blog posted a story about Oklahoma City Police Officer Daniel Holtzclaw who had been arrested & charged with 36 Crimes including First-Degree Rape, Forced Oral Sodomy, Sexual Battery, Indecent Exposure, Rape By Instrumentation, Felony Stalking and Burglary.  Holtzclaw was accused of having targeted at least 12 women & one 17 Year Old, while working late night shifts, of whom he would force to have varying degrees of sexual intercourse with or face arrest. Officer Holtzclaw was arrested after one of his victims reported his actions to police.  More victims began to come forward, and investigators used GPS Tracking to confirm Daniel Holtzclaw's whereabouts in connection to the various victim's allegations.  Some of the women were assaulted in secluded lots, fields & driveways-while others were taken to their homes to be raped.  Some allege that he showed up multiple other times to either rape them again, or intimidate them against any ideas of reporting what had happened to them.  
On November 3rd 2015 an ALL-WHITE JURY of Eight Men & Four Women had been seated, and the trial was set to begin.  Every Black potential juror got struck from the list-even excluded from being alternates.  In advance of the inevitable character assassination that will be waged against the victims, the prosecution has already acknowledged that some of the victims have criminal histories-possibly even some history of drug addiction.  Prosecutors also note the intimidation factor that Holtzclaw possesses over these women, as he is a well-built 6'1" 260 pound former Eastern Michigan football star & NFL Prospect.  Officer Daniel Holtzclaw is charged with 36 different crimes including 1st Degree Rape, Sexual Battery, Forced Oral Sodomy, Rape By Instrumentation, Felony Stalking, Burglary, Indecent Exposure and more.  IF convicted, he faces Life in Prison.  Ask your "Trusted" News Provider why they are not covering this story?  force them to present Real Stories, "Fair & Balanced..."    

Original Story Link: 
http://wanderingeyes.weebly.com/home/protect-serve-oklahoma-city-police-officer-facing-32-counts-of-sexual-assault

Sources:
​http://www.cbsnews.com/news/jurors-hear-testimony-in-trial-of-oklahoma-cop-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-women/
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jtes/daniel-holtzclaw-alleged-sexual-assault-oklahoma-city#.xil40KwBWp
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/11/05/daniel_holtzclaw_former_oklahoma_city_cop_on_trial_for_sexual_assault.html
​http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-accused-raping-black-women-white-jury-article-1.2423160

Somehow lost among countless other cases of American police choosing to EXECUTE Black & Brown Men and Women, for simply being "SUSPECTED" of crimes or "Not Complying" With Overseer's Demands, the story of Jermaine McBean was left among many that never got news coverage.  But with the emergence of photos that contradict official police reports, the door opens for a chance to show the world what is happening far too often in our cities.
​
   On July 31, 2013, Jermaine McBean was walking home with an air rifle he had just purchased from a nearby pawn shop.  Unbeknownst to him, at least three people had called 911 to report varying versions of a guy walking around with a shotgun.  Why this would be such a big deal, in an Open Carry/Pro gun State, eludes any form of common sense.  But in the end a 33-year-old computer engineer lay dead-and yes, IT WAS UNLOADED.  Broward County Sheriff's Deputy Peter Peraza (the shooter) wrote in his report that Jermaine McBean ignored orders to drop the weapon & pointed it at them-giving them no choice but to shoot.  Additionally, officers claimed that deputies screamed numerous times at McBean to drop his weapon, and that it didn't appear as though anything was obstructing his hearing.  investigatiors said that police on the scene reported he wasn't wearing headphones and and said they were found in his pocket and assert that "it was the Jermaine McBean's conduct that is the sole cause of his alleged injuries and damages, if any."  Since then however, photos have been released that clearly show earbuds in the deceased man's ears.  So are you telling me that someone took the earbuds off of a dead man's ears and stuffed them into his pocket???!!!  Oh and Michael Russell McCarthy, who called 911, has confirmed that JERMAINE MCBEAN NEVER POINTED THE AIR RIFLE AT ANYONE-POLICE OR OTHERWISE.
"He [McBean] couldn't have fired that gun from the position he was in. There was no possible way of firing it and at the same time hitting something," McCarthy said. "I kind of blame myself, because if I hadn't called it might not have happened."
Sheriff's Deputy Peter Peraza, and one other officer from the incident would later receive awards for "bravery." Smh.   Sheriff Scott Israel now admits that this was an error, but claims that he doesn't know who signed off on the awards-because the paperwork was "accidentally destroyed."  McBean had both a bachelor's Degree, and a master's Degree in Science from Pace University.  He had NO CRIMINAL RECORD.  A federal lawsuit has been filed.  Hopefully a criminal charge & ACTUAL CONVICTION will follow soon.  Dylann Roof killed nine people, and got Burger King; but WE get shot on sight!  #FTP

Sureshbahi Patel had just moved to America in January, to help care for his 2 Year Old Grandson.  But by February he lay paralyzed in an Alabama hospital, and the center of an international outcry against how American Police Officers treat people of color.  Patel had simply went for a morning walk, when Madison Police allegedly got a call about someone "Suspicious" in the area.  From there, and per the usual, Officer Eric Parker skipped straight into Excessive Aggression mode toward this 58 Year Old Grandfather and slammed him to the ground causing sever injuries that Mr. Patel will reportedly never completely recover from.  According to the testimony of one officer, the takedown move used by Officer Parker was designed for use against "combative" suspects, and that Mr. Patel was not combative at all.  Today Sureshbahi Patel requires assistance to walk, has over $200,000 in medical bills, and has a metal plate in his neck.  But still a jury couldn't unite around the simple assertion that a human being has the right to certain human dignities when approached by a police officer sworn to "Serve and Protect."  Ask yourself America, how often do you see or hear about this happening to the Caucasian populace of this country?  Could the officers have not just attempted to question this man, or take time to investigate whether or not he had actually done anything wrong?  Is the inference that a dark-skinned man was in the area, or in this case that the 911 Caller claimed he feared something might happen to his wife (age old theme here) enough to justify senseless violence against anyone???  Eric Parker was recommended for termination from the Madison Police Department, and could still go on trial for the misdemeanor assault charge originally levied against him.  but if a federal jury wouldn't convict him, then there is little reason to believe a state court will do so.  even if fired, he will likely re-appear somewhere else as if this never happened (as seen in so many other cases of police misconduct).  #FTP 

     http://whnt.com/2015/09/02/madison-police-officers-trial-begins-with-several-witnesses-including-sureshbhai-patel-the-injured-man/