Police Misconduct: The BART Killing

     An unarmed civilian on the Oakland subway was shot purposly by who is now a former police officer. As well as the officer helping another officer who was seen mistreating a group  of  men who they thought was fighting on the train. The officer who was later udentified as Johannes  Mehserle age 28 was charged with the Murder in the New Year's Day  2009 shooting of the innocent Oscar J. Grant III. His killing cause a lot of people to turn to violence in Oakland,California.
     Also said in court by David R. Stein that minutes before the shooting there was a problem where Mehserle's fellow officers shouted a racial slur at Grant. They said that it wasn't needed because Grant and his friend were already on the floor being detained. So do to this and his killing the Menhserle and the other officers were sentenced to two years.

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/11/local/la-me-bart-shooting-20100611

Video :
http://www.latimes.com/videobeta/38a831b6-447f-466e-96d3-2f2512df581f/News/Murder-convictions-for-cops-rare

Police Brutality: How To Go About Dealing With Police Brutality

Over the course of years the stats on Police Brutality had risen to an all time high. So when you come into a problem such as Police Brutality you should remember your rights. You can also ask for resistance when or if you are being detained, handcuffed or dealing with any sort of police matter. You are then able to to contact your lawyer and bring up charges against the Police department. Don't be afraid with doing these simple things you are lowering the number of police brutality cases.

http://www.phillipsinjurylawyers.com/topics/policebrutality.html

Police Brutality Statistics

As we all know police may be known for "Defending" the people. Is this true? well from the looks of the chart there is more incidents with the police not doing their duties. Showing in the chart there are more cases with the police brutalizing civilians. As you look at the chart you decide exactly what you think the cops actually do more. All that can be said is that the police take their positions and abuse them. They are suppose to have the duty to serve the people but yet they are beating, killing and treating them wrongfully. What do you think?

Police Brutality

On November 8th, 2010 a man by the name of Derrick Jones was gun down by an officer while down on the floor. It was said that the officers only fired because they thought that Jones was reaching for a weapon. After investigation it was found out that Jones was not armed and did not commit any crimes. Due to the death of Mr. Jones a protest was held November 11,2010 at 3 p.m. with a rally in front of Jone's barbershop on Bancroft Avenue, in Oakland. As many people began to gather the first hundred people gathered to hear speakers, the mood of the crowd the mood of the crowd began to get worst.



http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/11/11/18664000.php

 

 

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi is a pro-democracy opposition leader in Myanmar. Which was formally known as Burma. Aung was under the detention center for almost two decades straight. She was under house arrest  until 2002 and was then arrested again a year later. She was known for gathering crowds everywhere she went. Then in August 2009 she was later convicted of violating the terms of her house arrest after a crazy event in which an American man swam across a lake and spent at least one night on the grounds of her home. She was arrested on numerous occasions due to crowds gathering to celebrate her accomplishments.

http://www.nytimes.com/info/daw-aung-san-suu-kyi/

Freedom 2 Lead:
We need freedom
That is all i fight for
I have been under detention for 10 years and more
They don't understand why I fight for this
I am just here to fufill my wish
Which is to fight for freedom
Freedom 2 Lead is me
Im Aung San Suu Kyi and I say it proudly
They can't stop my drive
They can't kill my strive
Because
We Need freedom

By:Keelah Collymore For Aung San Suu Kyi

Why Do Police Abuse Their Authority?

There is No actual answer to why they do it. But what can be said is that many civilians are tired of it and want it to stop. Many civilians came out to rally against the Kentucy Police Department after they shot and killed an African American male by the name of James Taylor. He was shot 11 times while he was in handcuffs in February 2003. Police tend to get away with things such as this because those who are apart of the government is to weak to take a stand. There are many cases where Police Officers have shot and killed innocent people and are easily acquitted. So There is the answer I guess. They abuse their authority because there isn't anyone powerful enough to convict them.

http://www.louisvillepeace.org/CAPA/police_abuse.html

Police Misconduct # 4

http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/d/amadou_diallo/index.html

Amadou Diallo was a West African Immaigrant who was killed by four NYC police on Feb.5,1999.

Police Misconduct Pt.4

Rodney King is one of the most famous cases of police Brutality and Misconduct. Rodney was quickly taken to the hospital after the Los Angeles Police brutaly beat him to a pulp. He suffered from facial fractured due to numerous amounts of cops repeatedly beating him with the batons. As this accured other cops watched in enjoyment as Rodney is curled up on the floor being beaten for no reason. In this case four of the cops were taken to trial and was later aquitted, Meaning they got off. But later the case was taken back to federal court where two officers were sentenced to jail time as the other two were aquitted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=1344797n

Police Misconduct pt.3

The Sean Bell Case was one of the most famous Cases for Police Conduct. On the morning of November 6,2006 Sean Bell and two of his friends were gun down by uniformed and cops without uniform one. They fired 50 shots killing on of the men on the morning of his Bachelor Party. That man that was killed was later found out to be Sean Bell. As the other two men, they were heavely wounded. There was know actual reason for opening fire,out of those cops who opened fire five of them were taken to trial for reckless endangerment and manslaughter they were found not guilty on any of the charges. Do you think this was fair?

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/09/08/2010-09-08_nicole_paultre_bells_running_for_council_i_want_to_stand_up_for_those_who_stood_.html

Police Misconduct

1. Why do police think they can abuse their authority?
2. What makes cops break the laws that they seem to always want to enforce?
3. To what extent does Police officers have the right to enforce the law?
4. Do you think that those cops who abuse their authority can have a fire arm?
5. What do you think the officers punishment should be?
6. When is it okay for an officer to use extreme force on a civilian?
7. Do you think that as a civlian you should be able to protect yourself in a case in which an officer is abusing their authority?
8. At what point do we as the people have the right to rebel against the whole Police department?
9. Do you think that the same way that we can change our government we should be able to change the officers that so call protect us?

Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman was the Moses of her people. She guided various numbers of slaves to the North while using a trail that was named the Underground RailRoad. There were numerous stops before they arrived in the North. The North was a against slavery and everyone was free in the North. Harriet Tubman many many tribes back and forth from the South to the North to help slaves get to freedom. The trip would go on for days but that never stopped her.

What is "Police Misconduct"?

I'm intrested in this topic because there are a lot of corruption going on surrounding the cops and i think that it is unjust to the people that those who are suppose to be protecting us are the one who are harming us.

Police misconduct refers to inappropriate actions taken by police officers in connection with their official duties. Police misconduct can lead to a miscarriage of justice and sometimes involves discrimination. In an effort to control police misconduct, there is an accelerating trend for civilian agencies to go beyond review to engage directly in investigations and to have much greater input into disciplinary decisions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_misconduct


Police Misconduct is refered to when police officers abuse there rights as cops. They also refer to this as inappropriate behavior from the cops that are suppose to protect the people. Cops normally put shame on the justice system as well as the police force. As civilians Police Misconduct causes riots, seperation of civilians and the justice system. It also cause The people to not trust the justice system or look to them for help.