Please post all of the completely insane COPWATCH stories here

[RabidSheep]

 

I do not even know how to comment on this. 

[PullMyFinger]

LOS ANGELES/EWORLDWIRE/July 30, 2010 --- National Coalition For Men (NCFM) attorney Marc E. Angelucci reports that on July 28, 2010, the California Supreme Court declined to review a Court of Appeal decision that forced Hari Wilburn, a homeless man, to pay tens of thousands of dollars in child support for a child even though DNA excludes him as the dad and he never acted as the dad.

On August 17, the probate court in San Diego will hear the mother's request to intercept Wilburn's inheritance from his deceased mother in order to pay the child support order.

Wilburn was represented at the appellate level by Angelucci. NCFM is a nonprofit organization that addresses how sex discrimination affects men and boys and that helped change California law in 2005 to help protect men from false paternity claims.

In 1991, Cathy Tate named Wilburn as the father of her five-year-old child Alexis in a restraining order proceeding. Wilburn, who was homeless, was never personally served, and there is no record of any service except by mail to Wilburn's mother's address, which is not legally proper. Nonetheless, the court found Wilburn was served, issued a restraining order and ordered Wilburn to pay child support. Wilburn was not present.

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http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/211794

I don't understand what part of not the child's father the judge isn't understanding but I do know why mom is puruing this and think it's disgusting.Poor man

[charrington]

The scary part is once this gets known - you can expect it to happen again and again, maybe to one of us even.

[charrington]

It had been an interesting experience, from which I developed a much greater practical knowledge than I had ever had before of those who had drawn a short straw from the system; of the realities of street level American race relations; of the pathology of incorrigible criminals; and of the wasted opportunities for the reintegration of many of these people into society. I saw at close range the failure of the U.S. War on Drugs, with absurd sentences, (including 20 years for marijuana offences, although 42% of Americans have used marijuana and it is the greatest cash crop in California.) A trillion dollars have been spent, a million easily replaceable small fry are in prison, and the targeted substances are more available and of better quality than ever, while producing countries such as Colombia and Mexico are in a state of civil war.

I had seen at close range the injustice of sentences one hundred times more severe for crack cocaine than for powder cocaine, a straight act of discrimination against African-Americans, that even the first black president and attorney general have only ameliorated with tepid support for a measure, still being debated, to reduce the disparity of sentence from 100 to one to 18 to one.

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http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/07/31/conrad-black-my-prison-education/

[charrington]

Too many laws, too many prisoners
Never in the civilised world have so many been locked up for so little

THREE pickup trucks pulled up outside George Norris’s home in Spring, Texas. Six armed police in flak jackets jumped out. Thinking they must have come to the wrong place, Mr Norris opened his front door, and was startled to be shoved against a wall and frisked for weapons. He was forced into a chair for four hours while officers ransacked his house. They pulled out drawers, rifled through papers, dumped things on the floor and eventually loaded 37 boxes of Mr Norris’s possessions onto their pickups. They refused to tell him what he had done wrong. “It wasn’t fun, I can tell you that,” he recalls.

Mr Norris was 65 years old at the time, and a collector of orchids. He eventually discovered that he was suspected of smuggling the flowers into America, an offence under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. This came as a shock. He did indeed import flowers and sell them to other orchid-lovers. And it was true that his suppliers in Latin America were sometimes sloppy about their paperwork. In a shipment of many similar-looking plants, it was rare for each permit to match each orchid precisely.

In March 2004, five months after the raid, Mr Norris was indicted, handcuffed and thrown into a cell with a suspected murderer and two suspected drug-dealers. When told why he was there, “they thought it hilarious.” One asked: “What do you do with these things? Smoke ’em?”

Prosecutors described Mr Norris as the “kingpin” of an international smuggling ring. He was dumbfounded: his annual profits were never more than about $20,000. When prosecutors suggested that he should inform on other smugglers in return for a lighter sentence, he refused, insisting he knew nothing beyond hearsay.

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http://www.economist.com/node/16636027?story_id=16636027

[charrington]

Stunned dog owners and residents of a Severn neighborhood are shocked that authorities won't be charging a federal police officer who shot and killed a Siberian husky Monday night at a community dog park.

Bear-Bear, a brown and white husky that was about 3 years old, was playing in the Quail Run dog park at about 6:30 p.m., running off leash inside the fenced-in area, when the officer and his wife arrived with a German shepherd, who was kept on a leash. When the dogs began to play roughly, the federal officer asked Bear-Bear's guardian, his owner's brother, to call off the dog. But before he could do anything, the officer pulled out a gun and shot Bear-Bear, according to the husky's owner.


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http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/anne-arundel/bs-md-ar-dog-fight-shooting-20100803,0,7786058.story

[phosphene]

The dog was clearly a Russian spy. after all, it has "Siberia" in its' name. Whuddya think the feds were doing there in the first place?

[Catfish Bob]

Cops Run Over Black kid And Plant Gun on Him at Arrest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-cocJBxLVg&playnext=1&videos=G7ajRi2VZxo

[lamourlady]

Even if the kid had a gun that doesn't give him the right to run him over.  The cop sounds like he got a big ego burn when the youth wouldn't recognize his authority.  You can almost hear it in his voice and see it in the way he started driving his car.  Big time power trip.  Would love to know if the youth is okay and to hear the end of the commentary.

[charrington]

Mr. Whatley's story is a case of he-said/he-said, so while on the face of it this looks like a clear cut case of police overreaction it's hard to make a clear judgment. Here's what we do know: The elderly Whatley was stopped for not wearing his seatbelt and, after a brief exchange with officers, he drove off thinking everything was sorted out (he did need to get home to take his heart medication though, as he'd explained to officers). The police claim Whatley struck an officer as he was leaving, a claim Whatley denies.

So officers then pursue the old fellow, who never broke the posted speed limit and claims he thought the police were escorting him home to his medication. After the slow 17-minute pursuit Whatley decided there might be something wrong and pulled over to the side of the road, at which point one officer started smashing his window with a baton while another jumped up on the hood and started kicking in the windshield. To subdue an old man. Who'd been driving the speed limit. Who needed his heart medication.

It's hard not to make a snap judgment based on the ridiculous dash-cam video, but we're many times removed from the situation. All we know is if it looks like police abuse and sounds like police abuse.

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http://jalopnik.com/5605439/british-cops-go-postal-on-70+year+olds-car

[charrington]

Jackson denied accusations that he mishandled a July 2008 raid where deputies kicked in a door and shot two dogs while seizing a package of marijuana at the home of Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo, who police later deemed an innocent victim in a drug-delivery scheme.

"We've apologized for the incident, but we will never apologize for taking drugs off our streets," Jackson said. "Quite frankly, we'd do it again. Tonight."

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http://www.gazette.net/stories/08052010/prinnew160645_32538.php

[charrington]

Even if the kid had a gun that doesn't give him the right to run him over.  The cop sounds like he got a big ego burn when the youth wouldn't recognize his authority.  You can almost hear it in his voice and see it in the way he started driving his car.  Big time power trip.  Would love to know if the youth is okay and to hear the end of the commentary.

The kid died.

http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2010/08/taser_kills_kid_on_a_bike.php

[charrington]

NEPHI -- A Provo police officer has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman at the scene of a traffic accident. Investigators say he was on duty at the time.

Jeffery Westerman, 33, was arrested and booked into the Juab County jail Tuesday night. A judge set his bail Wednesday morning at $10,000 bond or $1,000 cash.

Investigators with the Utah County Sheriff's Office, who handled the case as an outside department, say that on July 22, Westerman responded to a car accident along 300 South in Provo.

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http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=11856858&hl=9

[charrington]

A 28-year-old woman arrested in March for prostitution has asked the Houston Police Department to investigate two officers she says took nude photographs of her with a cell phone while she was being arrested.

Charges against the woman were dismissed on Wednesday. The woman said she filed a formal complaint with HPD about the incident.

According to the woman's attorney, Windi Akins Pastorini, the Katy resident was working at a Galleria-area strip club when she was approached by an undercover vice officer who took her to a downtown hotel in a limousine. Pastorini said that in the hotel room, the woman and the police officer undressed and he gave her money to engage in "sexual conduct."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7139698.html

[charrington]

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors today approved a $2.2 million settlement in a lawsuit brought by a man shot by a sheriff's deputy in Compton and left a paraplegic.

Deputies saw Daniel Martinez and another man "acting suspiciously" in front of a restaurant about 1:22 a.m. on May 24, 2009, according to documentation provided to the board by county counsel. The deputies said they thought Martinez was a lookout and the two men were about to commit a robbery.

The deputies got out of their black-and-white in the 600 block of West Rosecrans Avenue and ordered Martinez to show his hands, but he ran.

As he fled, he pulled a "dark-colored object" from his rear pants pocket, which at least one of the deputies thought was a gun. A deputy fired two rounds at Martinez, severely wounding him and ultimately leaving his lower body paralyzed.


http://www.presstelegram.com/breakingnews/ci_15668098

[charrington]

Cop kills Bear-Bear at Arundel dog park: Justified?

Here's the full story of Bear-Bear that I wrote with Sun reporter Brent Jones, online now and set to appear in tomorrow's Sun, print edition. It's been getting a lot of attention online. Lots of folks appalled not only that this dog was shot in a dog park, but that police aren't going to charge the cop that shot him -- or even let the public known his name. Please share what you think:

Stunned dog owners and residents of a Severn neighborhood are shocked that authorities won’t be charging a federal police officer who shot and killed a Siberian Husky Monday night at a community dog park.

Bear-Bear, a brown and white Husky that’s about three years old, was playing in the Quail Run dog park at about 6:30 p.m., running off leash inside the fenced-in area, when the officer and his wife arrived with a German Shepherd, who was kept on a leash. When the dogs began to play roughly — the federal officer asked Bear-Bear’s guardian, his owner’s brother, to call off the dog. But before he could do anything, the officer pulled out a gun and shot Bear-Bear.


Bear-Bear, who belongs to Rachel Rettaliata, died of his injuries a few hours later.

“I’ve been bawling my eyes out since 7 p.m. last night,” Rettaliata said. “It’s grief mixed with anger. We’re so angry this guy was able to take our animal for what we feel was no reason at all.

“We still don’t believe that he’s gone. We just want so badly to be diligent about this. [The officer] has to pay some sort of consequence for his foolishness.”

A spokesman for Anne Arundel County Police Department said no charges will be filed and investigators found no evidence of criminal activity.

Rettaliata adopted Bear-Bear about two years ago from a Husky rescue. He’d been seized from a Delaware home where people had tied him up outside, largely leaving him to fend for himself in the elements.

Tiffany Greco, who fostered the young Bear-Bear and placed him with the Rettaliala family, said the Husky had led a hard-knock life, starved and neglected, with mats in his long fur the size of softballs. But even though he was mistreated, she said he never became aggressive around people or dogs.


http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/features/mutts/blog/2010/08/cop_kills_bearbear_at_arundel.html

[charrington]

The issue of Papuan independence has been thrown into the spotlight with the controversial death of an activist.

Graphic mobile phone footage of Yawan Wayeni's final moments is being circulated on the internet.


http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/08/201083213426470365.html

[charrington]

When a deputy sheriff began questioning Melissa Greenfield's boyfriend at a Delaware County truck stop, she began recording video with her cell phone.

She never thought that she, or her phone, could be viewed as a danger as she documented the activities of public employees in a public place.

"I'm a 115-pound, 20-year-old girl wearing a cervical collar with nothing but a cell phone. I was not going to harm any officer," Greenfield said yesterday.

However, a sheriff's sergeant saw the situation differently after Greenfield announced that she was recording video "for legal purposes and our own safety."

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http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/07/30/deputy-confiscates-womans-cell-phone.html

[MonkeyPuppet]

"Foolishness" is hardly an appropriate description for the officer's CRIMINAL behavior.  The use of deadly force was not justified.

Bear-Bear was a loved canine member of a human family.  It is a shame that so little value is placed on their significance as a matter of law.

I can't imagine, and hope I'm never face with, the anger and sadness I would feel if an animal member of my family were gunned down by a douchebag like this "fed" prick.

[MonkeyPuppet]

"Cellphone gun" .... I'm sure there's an app for that.

[Tsul777]

Wouldn't leave home without it 

[Nailer]

I was reading ome of the comments and can not believe the amount of sheeple responses  of  do what ever the officer says.

Hmmmm, she supposedly had a cell phone gun and the officer tells her to put it back in her pocket, instead of following procedure and pulling his side arm and ordering the woman to lay the " weapon " on the ground.

cell phone video deleted ( evidence poof gone )..

[Nailer]

Even if the kid had a gun that doesn't give him the right to run him over.  The cop sounds like he got a big ego burn when the youth wouldn't recognize his authority.  You can almost hear it in his voice and see it in the way he started driving his car.  Big time power trip.  Would love to know if the youth is okay and to hear the end of the commentary.

I read the article on this not long ago. the gun had no finger prints on it and the kid died.

http://www.newsherald.com/articles/pensacola-78192-teen-death.html

[Nailer]

"Foolishness" is hardly an appropriate description for the officer's CRIMINAL behavior.  The use of deadly force was not justified.

Bear-Bear was a loved canine member of a human family.  It is a shame that so little value is placed on their significance as a matter of law.

I can't imagine, and hope I'm never face with, the anger and sadness I would feel if an animal member of my family were gunned down by a douchebag like this "fed" prick.

The cop will have to pay  his dues one day and it will not be pretty..

[tjw3128]

they will all be judged b4 it all ends

[wvoutlaw2002]

And of course PETA is nowhere to be found. 

[Georgiacopguy]

So they delete the file, along with other videos, (interference with electronic data/ networks, maybe destruction of personal property depending on how that state views data, but certainly destruction of data on a computer network) when a simple detention would have calmed their concerns, they chose to over react, make baseless claims, and arrest without probable cause. They arrested her on mere suspicion, and when they got their hands on the phone, and saw it was not a gun, they continued with the arrest. False arrest. She needs a lawyer.

[charrington]

But there is a petition - "Justice for bear - bear" 1916 people so far.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/justice-foe-bear-bear

[kushfiend]

I would like to make an oath right now that if a demonic federal agent decides to plug either of my 2 dogs because he/she is feeling "saucy" then that sane federal agent/cop/brown shirt is going to have to plug me and send me to my maker because I'm just not gonna stop clawing out the Feds eyeballs until I'm dead. 

This is beyond bull and needs to be stopped now. FYI just picked up a new ak-47, come and get some you CIA/FBI pricks!!!!!!!!

No justice no peace

[worcesteradam]

Al-Qaeda dog

Thats the third reported sighting of such a creature by an officer of the law.
Encounters always end in doggy execution

[NoNeutral]

The owners are lucky the cop didn't murder them then plant guns and drugs on them. And Qurans. And Gadsen Flags.

[charrington]

The owners are lucky the cop didn't murder them then plant guns and drugs on them. And Qurans. And Gadsen Flags.

very good point.

[charrington]

Pittsboro - An Indianapolis Metro Police officer was arrested Thursday after authorities say he pulled a handgun on a woman during a fight inside his squad car. That woman has a message to the officer's wife.

A 911 call in Pittsboro led to an all-night manhunt in Hendricks County. The female victim in this case alleged she was confined in the car of IMPD Sgt. Stephen Blinn, a 24-year veteran on the force.

"Sometime during that he did have a weapon out in his police car. She tried to get out of the vehicle several times but he would not let her. He continued to pull her back in the car," said Lt. Jim Yetter, Hendricks County Sheriff's Department.

When the IMPD cruiser came to a stop it was in front of a Pittsboro home. The victim in this case was finally able to get out of the car and run inside the house. She immediately called 911.

Blinn left his cruiser down the street and departed on foot but the alleged incident occurred in an IMPD squad car and involved a handgun. Police also discovered that Blinn discharged the Glock .40 caliber while driving with his girlfriend in the car.

"There was a brief struggle and the victim was able to get the handgun from him and throw it out the window. We were able to recover that handgun," said Lt. Yetter.

But by the time the officer with the perfect record of 24 years on the force bonded out of the Hendricks County Jail, the damage had already been done.

http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=12929271

[charrington]

A Washington County man who was asleep in the back of a cab claims he was shocked with a Taser because he "shushed" a state trooper when the man tried to wake him.

Phillip S. Chappel, 29, of Washington, filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the state police, as well as Trooper Jeffrey Osrodowski, claiming the officer had no reason to take aggressive action against him.

On Aug. 8, 2008, Mr. Chappel and a friend attended a pre-season Steelers football game, and then they "continued to enjoy a post game celebration."

Early the next morning, the men hired a cab to take them back to Washington, but both men fell asleep during the trip.

According to the lawsuit, the cab driver, presumably, was unable to wake them.

So, he drove them to the state police barracks on Murtland Avenue in Washington, arriving just after 2:20 a.m.

"When the trooper attempted to wake Mr. Chappel, he 'shushed' the trooper and fell back asleep," the lawsuit said.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10218/1078016-58.stm

[charrington]

If you ever needed a reason to slim down a bit, let this shocking story be it.

A Riverdale man is suing the city of Chicago and the police after he was allegedly Tasered several times by officers because he was too big to fit through the cop car's doorway.

Did they think the voltage would make him shrink?

Last August, four police officers responded to a call at Derrick Smith's home, according to WBBM Newsradio. Despite his and his wife's assurances that everything was fine, the police took Smith into custody.

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/Big-Guy-Gets-Big-Shock-Blames-Police-100050659.html

[Viper]

Shooting fish in a barrel ain't it, what are we meant to do, retaliate?

[charrington]

http://forums.officer.com/forums/showthread.php?150407-Things-CIVILIANS-will-never-understand....
http://forums.officer.com/forums/showthread.php?150855-Top-10-Signs-You-re-a-Patriotic-American



http://forums.officer.com/forums/index.php

[charrington]

maybe they thought electrocution would shrink him like "Honey I shrunk the kids" ?

[charrington]

This one takes the cake ---

"Good friend of mine son, 16 years old, shot himself in the noggin with a wingmaster 870. I was working, found one of his eyes impaled on a nail in the garage. Skull all over the place. The garage looked like a war zone, and his head was gone. I spent an hour with the coroner picking up pieces. I have the gun in my bedroom that he killed himself with. I look at it every morning when I get up."

To serve and protect ...

[charrington]

The 53-year-old Chinese man died at Dandenong Hospital about 11.40am on May 13, some 15 hours after being discharged from the police station.

The Age understands homicide squad investigators have seized video footage from outside the station that shows about five police dumping the visibly ill man in a puddle upon his release while the temperature was about 12 degrees and raining.

It shows the officers standing over the man laughing and gloating about the state he was in and some policewomen can also be seen holding their noses because of the stench caused by the man soiling himself while in custody.

One of the officers is believed to have brought a police divvy van from the back of the station so she could sit inside with the heater on and continue watching the man lying on the ground. He died of what is believed to have been hypothermia.

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http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/police-face-criminal-charges-over-death-20100801-111gq.html