http://www.salon.com/2014/01/28/%E2%80%9Cwe_called_for_help_and_they_killed_our_son%E2%80%9D_out_of_control_police_overreach_meets_extreme_secrecy/
On January 4 in Boiling Spring Lakes, North Carolina, Mark Wilsey called 911 because his stepson Keith Vidal, 18, was threatening his mother with a small screwdriver. Vidal, a schizophrenic, had no history of violence, but in this case his family needed help.Two police officers used a taser to subdue Vidal, who weighed 90 pounds. The situation, says Wilsey, was under control. But a third officer, Bryon Vassey, showed up and quickly—within 70 seconds—shot him. “We called for help and they killed our son,” said Wilsey.The killing recalls last month’s killing of Dixon Rodriguez, a mentally ill man whose mother had called 911 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. In recent months, the police have injured or killed a notable number of people.Some were suspects; others posed an alleged threat to police. Some were armed; others weren’t. Only a few hours into 2014, Chicago police had shot four in two different incidents.On January 7th in Philadelphia, Darrin Manning, a 16-year old black boy, had emergency surgery for a ruptured testicle after a stop-and-frisk by two white officers: Thomas Purcell and a woman the department hasn’t identified.If it seems to you that the police are becoming more violent, you may be right. In 2011, Los Angeles County police shot to death 54 people, some 70 percent more than in 2010. Between 2008 and 2013, the number of people shot by Massachusetts police increased every year.
is it the police gone rogue or is it that lax laws that some states have that favors the cop over the accused. some of those acts are only attributable to cops who get a buzz behind exerting their "legal" option to brutalize. you would think after Rodney King they would be more aware of where they are and the possibility of a lone phone camera person.
That’s because many of the country’s 17,000 police departments don’t release information on use of force by police, and the federal government makes no serious effort to collect it. While the government gathers and releases extensive information about violence by citizens, it conceals information about violence by police.“Excessive force by police is one of the big problems,” says Brigitt Keller, executive director of the National Police Accountability Project, who cites as causes the militarization of the police, persistent impunity, and a mythology that exaggerates the dangers police face and deters public officials from challenging them. “I believe the problem is getting worse,” Keller says, “but it’s hard to say for sure without comprehensive information.”
aren't you sick of gov'ts that allow one thing of less relevance to influence non action on something that does. like leaving corp welfare and subsidies in place and cancel food stamps, you can't feed your kids because EXXON needs more money.
our fed gov't can't get anything done because part of it chooses to deny 2/3 of the rest and what happens they get elected again by those who their inaction impacts the most, the majority of food stamp recipients,
they have fooled some into thinking it's Black people but it's not it's their voters they are shaming and telling them they are doing it to us. dim wit means not enough light shed on something to determine if it's favorable or harmful.
accepting it on face value as not harmful is extremely harmful, you relinquish any control or say over your existence, so when you find out the truth it's too late you bought tha pig in that poke and they didn't even put lipstick on it.
