call city manager Arndt and ask him to fire Police Chiwf Roach
for failing to fire the offending police officers
Manager - Douglas C. Arndt - 412/655-7735
https://m.yahoo.com/w/legobpengine/fron ... s&.lang=en" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Man gets traffic ticket for running stop sign when video shows he clearly stopped
Randy Kratofil was driving through Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania when he came to a stop sign at an intersection. After coming to a complete stop, Mr. Kratofil continued through the intersection – but he didn’t make it very far. As KDKA CBS Pittsburgh reports, the Clairton, Pennsylvania resident was pulled over by Jefferson Hills Police officers. They told him he was being given a ticket for not stopping. This shocked Mr. Kratofil, but fortunately, he happened to have evidence that would refute the police officers’ claims.
Mr. Kratofil happened to have a dashboard camera recording as he was driving through Jefferson Hills. In the video, you can see that he comes to a complete stop. KDKA even brought the video to driving instructor Jim Clair, who confirmed that Mr. Kratofil hadn’t rolled through the intersection.
When the station brought the video to Jefferson Hills Police Chief Gene Roach, he viewed it and decided to ask the police officer responsible for writing the ticket to withdraw it. However, KDKA notes that Chief Roach did defend his officers
POLICING BY CONSENT
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Cops arresting Cops
another reason I pay taxes
Ex-cop, child rapist nabbed after 20 years of living under dead relative’s name
Joseph Keenan May has been wanted since 1991 on child rape charges. He was just busted in Alaska living under his dead stepbrother’s name.
Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Richard WebsterDomestic Crimes Examiner
June 22, 2014
Joseph Keenan May, 60, a former cop from Florida who’s been wanted by authorities since being accused of raping a six-year-girl in Bradenton, Fla. in 1991, was arrested by the FBI at his Eagle River, Ala. home on June 22. May had been living under an assumed identity – that of a dead stepbrother, Michael Camp, who died when he was a teen in the 1970s
2nd read
see link for full story CNN exclusive: FBI misconduct reveals sex, lies and videotape By Scott Zamost and Kyra Phillips, CNN Special Investigations Unit January 27, 2011 Washington (CNN) -- An FBI employee shared confidential information with his girlfriend, who was a news reporter, then later threatened to release a sex tape the two had made. A supervisor watched pornographic videos in his office during work hours while "satisfying himself." And an employee in a "leadership position" misused a government database to check on two friends who were exotic dancers and allowed them into an FBI office after hours. These are among confidential summaries of FBI disciplinary reports obtained by CNN, which describe misconduct by agency supervisors, agents and other employees over the last three years http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/27/siu.fb ... index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Read the FBI documents obtained by CNN -- An employee had "a sexual relationship with a source" over seven months. The punishment was a 40-day suspension. -- The supervisor who viewed "pornographic movies in the office while sexually satisfying himself" during work hours received a 35-day suspension. -- The employee in a "leadership position" who misused a "government database to conduct name checks on two friends who were foreign nationals employed as exotic dancers" and "brought the two friends into FBI space after-hours without proper authorization" received a 23-day suspension. The same employee had been previously suspended for misusing a government database. -- An employee who was drunk "exploited his FBI employment at a strip club," falsely claiming he was "conducting an official investigation." His punishment was a 30-day suspension. -- And an employee conducted "unauthorized searches on FBI databases" for "information on public celebrities the employee thought were 'hot'" received a 30-day suspension. see link for full story http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... alers.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; February 22, 2013 FBI agents caught sexting and dating drug dealers Dating drug dealers, harassing ex-boyfriends with naked pictures, and pointing guns at pet dogs: these were just a few of the offences committed recently by serving FBI agents, according to internal documents. The US provided officers from the Egyptian secret police with training at the FBI, despite allegations that they routinely tortured detainees and suppressed political opposition. Disciplinary files from the Bureau's Office of Professional Responsibility record an extraordinary range of transgressions that reveal the chaotic personal lives of some of America's top law enforcers. One male agent was sacked after police were called to his mistress's house following reports of domestic incident. When officers arrived they found the agent "drunk and uncooperative" and eventually had to physically subdue him and wrestle away his loaded gun. A woman e-mailed a "nude photograph of herself to her ex-boyfriend's wife" and then continued to harass the couple despite two warnings from senior officials. The Bureau concluded she was suffering from depression related to the break-up and allowed her to return to work after 10 days. see link for full story http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/192104 ... ent-Busted" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Buffalo FBI Agent Busted Dec 10, 2012 BUFFALO, NY - A Special Agent working in the Buffalo office of the FBI is due in Eden Town Court later this month, after being arrested by New York State Police last Friday night, charged with exposing himself to a fellow motorist on the New York State Thruway. State Police Lt. David Denz confirmed for WGRZ-TV that John A. Yervelli Jr., 48, of Lakeview, was charged with Public Lewdness, a class B misdemeanor, punishable by up to 90 days in jail. According to Denz, a truck driver from central New York was traveling in the right lane while east bound on the Thruway near mile marker 442, between Exits 57 and 57A, when he noticed a grey minivan pull alongside him in the passing lane. The trucker told police that when he looked down, he noticed the driver of the other vehicle (who had turned his dome light on) was not wearing pants. "At that point the complainant stated that the driver of the minivan was exposing himself and making lewd gestures," Denz told 2 On Your Side. Denz says the trucker called police, who then intercepted the minivan at the Hamburg toll plaza, where the trucker also went to identify Yervelli. Denz said it appeared Yervelli was wearing pants when he was pulled over. "He denied exposing himself," Denz told Channel 2, but added that "inconsistencies" in the account given by Agent Yervelli lead State Police to file charges. A source says Yervelli insisted to the trooper who pulled him over that he was attempting to relieve himself into a bottle while he was driving. However, the location where he said that occurred was within a few miles (or minutes) of the exit he was headed to, and even closer to a Thruway rest stop. "I don't want to give you too many specifics as far as what he stated, but he made statements that would lead you to believe that the truck driver's story was credible," Denz said. Child Porn Probe Leads To FBI Headquarters Target claims inquiry is just a “misunderstanding” http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/ ... adquarters" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; JANUARY 5 2011--The government’s pursuit of suspects trafficking in child pornography recently led federal agents to a familiar address--the FBI’s Washington, D.C. headquarters, where a bureau official is the subject of an ongoing criminal probe, The Smoking Gun has learned. The investigation by the Department of Justice’s inspector general is focusing on FBI employee Joseph Bonsuk’s receipt of nearly 80 illicit images that were e-mailed to him by an Illinois sex offender whose rap sheet includes felony convictions for bank robbery and solicitation of a minor. Prosecutors move to dismiss charges against former Scout leader January 3, 2007 NEW HAVEN, Conn. --Federal prosecutors have moved to dismiss charges against a retired FBI agent who was indicted on child sex charges dating back more than a decade when he was a Boy Scout leader, in response to the death of his accuser. William Hutton, 63, of Killingworth, was arrested in February on charges he enticed a member of his Scout troop to Maine for the purpose of sexual activity in 1994 and 1995. http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Form ... -86217.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Former Scout leader, FBI agent indicted on child sex charges News-Times, The (Danbury, CT) Saturday, February 4, 2006 NEW HAVEN (AP) - A retired FBI agent was indicted Friday on federal child sex charges dating back more than a decade when he was a Boy Scout leader. William Hutton, 63, of Killingworth, was arrested Friday. The federal grand jury indictment accuses Hutton of enticing a member of his Scout troop to Maine for the purpose of sexual activity in 1994 and 1995. "It's obviously devastating. He was an FBI agent in this district and was reputed in this district," defense attorney Hugh Keefe said. "The people who worked with him in the U.S. attorney's office and FBI respected him." Keefe said the investigation has been going on for years. He would not discuss the details of the case or how the allegations surfaced. Investigators asked anyone who knows anything about the case to call the FBI. U.S. Attorney Kevin O'Connor said that's standard practice whenever there might be more victims. "In any case that's a concern," O'Connor said. "Whether that's the situation here I can't say." If convicted on all four charges, Hutton faces up to 30 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines. Hutton was released on a $200,00 bond. He may not own any firearms or have any unsupervised contact with children. He was also ordered to stay away from playgrounds, schools, arcades or anywhere children congregate.
Cops arresting Cops
another reason I pay taxes
Ex-cop, child rapist nabbed after 20 years of living under dead relative’s name
Joseph Keenan May has been wanted since 1991 on child rape charges. He was just busted in Alaska living under his dead stepbrother’s name.
Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Richard WebsterDomestic Crimes Examiner
June 22, 2014
Joseph Keenan May, 60, a former cop from Florida who’s been wanted by authorities since being accused of raping a six-year-girl in Bradenton, Fla. in 1991, was arrested by the FBI at his Eagle River, Ala. home on June 22. May had been living under an assumed identity – that of a dead stepbrother, Michael Camp, who died when he was a teen in the 1970s
2nd read
see link for full story CNN exclusive: FBI misconduct reveals sex, lies and videotape By Scott Zamost and Kyra Phillips, CNN Special Investigations Unit January 27, 2011 Washington (CNN) -- An FBI employee shared confidential information with his girlfriend, who was a news reporter, then later threatened to release a sex tape the two had made. A supervisor watched pornographic videos in his office during work hours while "satisfying himself." And an employee in a "leadership position" misused a government database to check on two friends who were exotic dancers and allowed them into an FBI office after hours. These are among confidential summaries of FBI disciplinary reports obtained by CNN, which describe misconduct by agency supervisors, agents and other employees over the last three years http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/27/siu.fb ... index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Read the FBI documents obtained by CNN -- An employee had "a sexual relationship with a source" over seven months. The punishment was a 40-day suspension. -- The supervisor who viewed "pornographic movies in the office while sexually satisfying himself" during work hours received a 35-day suspension. -- The employee in a "leadership position" who misused a "government database to conduct name checks on two friends who were foreign nationals employed as exotic dancers" and "brought the two friends into FBI space after-hours without proper authorization" received a 23-day suspension. The same employee had been previously suspended for misusing a government database. -- An employee who was drunk "exploited his FBI employment at a strip club," falsely claiming he was "conducting an official investigation." His punishment was a 30-day suspension. -- And an employee conducted "unauthorized searches on FBI databases" for "information on public celebrities the employee thought were 'hot'" received a 30-day suspension. see link for full story http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... alers.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; February 22, 2013 FBI agents caught sexting and dating drug dealers Dating drug dealers, harassing ex-boyfriends with naked pictures, and pointing guns at pet dogs: these were just a few of the offences committed recently by serving FBI agents, according to internal documents. The US provided officers from the Egyptian secret police with training at the FBI, despite allegations that they routinely tortured detainees and suppressed political opposition. Disciplinary files from the Bureau's Office of Professional Responsibility record an extraordinary range of transgressions that reveal the chaotic personal lives of some of America's top law enforcers. One male agent was sacked after police were called to his mistress's house following reports of domestic incident. When officers arrived they found the agent "drunk and uncooperative" and eventually had to physically subdue him and wrestle away his loaded gun. A woman e-mailed a "nude photograph of herself to her ex-boyfriend's wife" and then continued to harass the couple despite two warnings from senior officials. The Bureau concluded she was suffering from depression related to the break-up and allowed her to return to work after 10 days. see link for full story http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/192104 ... ent-Busted" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Buffalo FBI Agent Busted Dec 10, 2012 BUFFALO, NY - A Special Agent working in the Buffalo office of the FBI is due in Eden Town Court later this month, after being arrested by New York State Police last Friday night, charged with exposing himself to a fellow motorist on the New York State Thruway. State Police Lt. David Denz confirmed for WGRZ-TV that John A. Yervelli Jr., 48, of Lakeview, was charged with Public Lewdness, a class B misdemeanor, punishable by up to 90 days in jail. According to Denz, a truck driver from central New York was traveling in the right lane while east bound on the Thruway near mile marker 442, between Exits 57 and 57A, when he noticed a grey minivan pull alongside him in the passing lane. The trucker told police that when he looked down, he noticed the driver of the other vehicle (who had turned his dome light on) was not wearing pants. "At that point the complainant stated that the driver of the minivan was exposing himself and making lewd gestures," Denz told 2 On Your Side. Denz says the trucker called police, who then intercepted the minivan at the Hamburg toll plaza, where the trucker also went to identify Yervelli. Denz said it appeared Yervelli was wearing pants when he was pulled over. "He denied exposing himself," Denz told Channel 2, but added that "inconsistencies" in the account given by Agent Yervelli lead State Police to file charges. A source says Yervelli insisted to the trooper who pulled him over that he was attempting to relieve himself into a bottle while he was driving. However, the location where he said that occurred was within a few miles (or minutes) of the exit he was headed to, and even closer to a Thruway rest stop. "I don't want to give you too many specifics as far as what he stated, but he made statements that would lead you to believe that the truck driver's story was credible," Denz said. Child Porn Probe Leads To FBI Headquarters Target claims inquiry is just a “misunderstanding” http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/ ... adquarters" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; JANUARY 5 2011--The government’s pursuit of suspects trafficking in child pornography recently led federal agents to a familiar address--the FBI’s Washington, D.C. headquarters, where a bureau official is the subject of an ongoing criminal probe, The Smoking Gun has learned. The investigation by the Department of Justice’s inspector general is focusing on FBI employee Joseph Bonsuk’s receipt of nearly 80 illicit images that were e-mailed to him by an Illinois sex offender whose rap sheet includes felony convictions for bank robbery and solicitation of a minor. Prosecutors move to dismiss charges against former Scout leader January 3, 2007 NEW HAVEN, Conn. --Federal prosecutors have moved to dismiss charges against a retired FBI agent who was indicted on child sex charges dating back more than a decade when he was a Boy Scout leader, in response to the death of his accuser. William Hutton, 63, of Killingworth, was arrested in February on charges he enticed a member of his Scout troop to Maine for the purpose of sexual activity in 1994 and 1995. http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Form ... -86217.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Former Scout leader, FBI agent indicted on child sex charges News-Times, The (Danbury, CT) Saturday, February 4, 2006 NEW HAVEN (AP) - A retired FBI agent was indicted Friday on federal child sex charges dating back more than a decade when he was a Boy Scout leader. William Hutton, 63, of Killingworth, was arrested Friday. The federal grand jury indictment accuses Hutton of enticing a member of his Scout troop to Maine for the purpose of sexual activity in 1994 and 1995. "It's obviously devastating. He was an FBI agent in this district and was reputed in this district," defense attorney Hugh Keefe said. "The people who worked with him in the U.S. attorney's office and FBI respected him." Keefe said the investigation has been going on for years. He would not discuss the details of the case or how the allegations surfaced. Investigators asked anyone who knows anything about the case to call the FBI. U.S. Attorney Kevin O'Connor said that's standard practice whenever there might be more victims. "In any case that's a concern," O'Connor said. "Whether that's the situation here I can't say." If convicted on all four charges, Hutton faces up to 30 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines. Hutton was released on a $200,00 bond. He may not own any firearms or have any unsupervised contact with children. He was also ordered to stay away from playgrounds, schools, arcades or anywhere children congregate.
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yea yea. tell me about it.How quick you forget how the German cops rounded up the Jews, wait maybe it was theTurkish cops rounding up the Armenians nah my money is with the American cops who wear blue
to work and white sheets and hoods at night. Boo! did I scare you?
see link for story about your bodyguards who are freshly minted serial killers who practiced their art in Iraq and Afghanistan
How are those moonbat politicians working out for you?
couple of reads
1st read
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massac ... _sub_image" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
ACLU Sues Regional Police Group for SWAT Records
A BearCat vehicle used by the North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council. This image was posted to Pinterest by the Burlington Police Department. A BearCat vehicle used by the North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council. This image was posted to Pinterest by the Burlington Police Department.Credit: Burlington Police Department
June 24, 2014 6:21 PM
The ACLU of Massachusetts has sued a regional law enforcement council for records pertaining to the group’s SWAT team.
The North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council, the target of the lawsuit, is comprised of officers from 58 municipal police and sheriff departments in Middlesex and Essex counties.
“The lawsuit is about public accountability,” ALCU attorney Laura Rotolo told Boston.com. “We have been trying to document the militarization of police departments around the country.”
According to the lawsuit filed Tuesday in Suffolk Superior Court, the ACLU asked NEMLEC and other regional law enforcement councils in the state for records pertaining to procurement, training and use of both the SWAT and Rapid Response Team.
As part of an effort to document regional policing operations, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Massachusetts (“ACLUM”) requested documents concerning NEMLEC’s SWAT Team and RRT in July 2012. The request sought NEMLEC’s training materials, incident reports, deployment statistics, guidelines, procurement records, budgets, agreements with other agencies and documents relating to the structure of the SWAT team and RRT.
NEMLEC refused to provide the documents, saying it was a private, nonprofit organization and not subject to the state’s public record law.
“NEMLEC itself may be a private organization, but it puts itself out there as a law enforcement agency,” said Rotolo. “It serves warrants, it enters houses without consent, they are experts in hostage situations and negotiations. They are acting like a law enforcement agency.”
Rotolo said many of the weapons and equipment NEMLEC uses can only be bought and used by law enforcement agencies. She pointed to the BearCat as an example.
A BearCat is an armored vehicle used by many police departments and SWAT teams, she said.
“Only law enforcement agencies can purchase these and NEMLEC has one,” she said.
It’s unclear whether NEMLEC as an entity purchases the equipment or if local police and sheriff departments does the procurement. Rotolo said getting NEMLEC’s records would help clear that up
2nd read
Here in Maine down in the whisper stream they call it rape
using the threat of harm.
see links for full stories
Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Rape
http://www.ussc.gov/guidelines-manual/2010/2010-2a31" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Officer sentenced for deprivation of civil rights and making a false statement
http://www.krtv.com/news/officer-senten ... e-on-duty/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
GREAT FALLS -- Michael Connelly, Sr., of Browning, a Blackfeet law enforcement officer, was sentenced in federal court in Great Falls on Monday to 24 months in prison and three years of supervised release.
The U.S. Attorney's Office says that the victim reported that Connelly took her to a secluded place on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in September 2012, and threatened her with jail if she did not perform oral sex.
Court documents state that after driving to Depot Coulee, Connelly unzipped his pants, pulled his penis out of the pants, and told her "you're gonna do this or go to jail" (perform oral sex).
Connelly said he took the victim to the Depot Coulee area because he knew it was secluded and quiet.
Connelly, 57 years old, was charged with three crimes: sexual abuse; deprivation of civil rights; and making a false statement.
During the trial, Connelly acknowledged that the sexual encounter occurred but maintained that it was consensual.
The victim testified that Connelly threatened to take her to jail if she did not comply with his demand for oral sex.
After a two-day trial, Connelly was acquitted of the sexual abuse charge and convicted of the civil rights and false statement charges.
When interviewed about the encounter, Connelly lied to the FBI, telling agents that he never told the victim that she could either provide oral sex or go to jail.
In a second interview, however, Connelly admitted that he did make such a statement.
to work and white sheets and hoods at night. Boo! did I scare you?
see link for story about your bodyguards who are freshly minted serial killers who practiced their art in Iraq and Afghanistan
How are those moonbat politicians working out for you?
couple of reads
1st read
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massac ... _sub_image" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
ACLU Sues Regional Police Group for SWAT Records
A BearCat vehicle used by the North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council. This image was posted to Pinterest by the Burlington Police Department. A BearCat vehicle used by the North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council. This image was posted to Pinterest by the Burlington Police Department.Credit: Burlington Police Department
June 24, 2014 6:21 PM
The ACLU of Massachusetts has sued a regional law enforcement council for records pertaining to the group’s SWAT team.
The North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council, the target of the lawsuit, is comprised of officers from 58 municipal police and sheriff departments in Middlesex and Essex counties.
“The lawsuit is about public accountability,” ALCU attorney Laura Rotolo told Boston.com. “We have been trying to document the militarization of police departments around the country.”
According to the lawsuit filed Tuesday in Suffolk Superior Court, the ACLU asked NEMLEC and other regional law enforcement councils in the state for records pertaining to procurement, training and use of both the SWAT and Rapid Response Team.
As part of an effort to document regional policing operations, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Massachusetts (“ACLUM”) requested documents concerning NEMLEC’s SWAT Team and RRT in July 2012. The request sought NEMLEC’s training materials, incident reports, deployment statistics, guidelines, procurement records, budgets, agreements with other agencies and documents relating to the structure of the SWAT team and RRT.
NEMLEC refused to provide the documents, saying it was a private, nonprofit organization and not subject to the state’s public record law.
“NEMLEC itself may be a private organization, but it puts itself out there as a law enforcement agency,” said Rotolo. “It serves warrants, it enters houses without consent, they are experts in hostage situations and negotiations. They are acting like a law enforcement agency.”
Rotolo said many of the weapons and equipment NEMLEC uses can only be bought and used by law enforcement agencies. She pointed to the BearCat as an example.
A BearCat is an armored vehicle used by many police departments and SWAT teams, she said.
“Only law enforcement agencies can purchase these and NEMLEC has one,” she said.
It’s unclear whether NEMLEC as an entity purchases the equipment or if local police and sheriff departments does the procurement. Rotolo said getting NEMLEC’s records would help clear that up
2nd read
Here in Maine down in the whisper stream they call it rape
using the threat of harm.
see links for full stories
Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Rape
http://www.ussc.gov/guidelines-manual/2010/2010-2a31" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Officer sentenced for deprivation of civil rights and making a false statement
http://www.krtv.com/news/officer-senten ... e-on-duty/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
GREAT FALLS -- Michael Connelly, Sr., of Browning, a Blackfeet law enforcement officer, was sentenced in federal court in Great Falls on Monday to 24 months in prison and three years of supervised release.
The U.S. Attorney's Office says that the victim reported that Connelly took her to a secluded place on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in September 2012, and threatened her with jail if she did not perform oral sex.
Court documents state that after driving to Depot Coulee, Connelly unzipped his pants, pulled his penis out of the pants, and told her "you're gonna do this or go to jail" (perform oral sex).
Connelly said he took the victim to the Depot Coulee area because he knew it was secluded and quiet.
Connelly, 57 years old, was charged with three crimes: sexual abuse; deprivation of civil rights; and making a false statement.
During the trial, Connelly acknowledged that the sexual encounter occurred but maintained that it was consensual.
The victim testified that Connelly threatened to take her to jail if she did not comply with his demand for oral sex.
After a two-day trial, Connelly was acquitted of the sexual abuse charge and convicted of the civil rights and false statement charges.
When interviewed about the encounter, Connelly lied to the FBI, telling agents that he never told the victim that she could either provide oral sex or go to jail.
In a second interview, however, Connelly admitted that he did make such a statement.
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msfreeh
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Taxpayer funded Law Enforcement /police in Salt Lake City
consider forming SWAT team to go after Goldman Sachs crime family.
Really? nah, just yanking your psychological chain.eh?
in other news
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Drx_zH-oGaU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
consider forming SWAT team to go after Goldman Sachs crime family.
Really? nah, just yanking your psychological chain.eh?
in other news
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Drx_zH-oGaU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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msfreeh
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Re: POLICING BY CONSENT
if link fails Google copblock. org
http://www.copblock.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.copblock.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: POLICING BY CONSENT
http://www.latimes.com/local/cityhall/l ... tml#page=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
notice the corporate media title/spin
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck regains footing after troubles in spring
Chief Charlie Beck
In his first term, Chief Charlie Beck established himself as a capable leader, overseeing continued declines in crime, according to department statistics
Charlie Beck received a blunt message from one of his civilian bosses as he prepared to request a second term as chief of the Los Angeles Police Department: He was no longer a shoo-in for the job.
notice the corporate media title/spin
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck regains footing after troubles in spring
Chief Charlie Beck
In his first term, Chief Charlie Beck established himself as a capable leader, overseeing continued declines in crime, according to department statistics
Charlie Beck received a blunt message from one of his civilian bosses as he prepared to request a second term as chief of the Los Angeles Police Department: He was no longer a shoo-in for the job.
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msfreeh
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Re: POLICING BY CONSENT
if the voters and taxpayers had a volunteer civilian review police board with subpoena powers the board would set and enforce standards.
2. reads about your bodyguards
1st read
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-m ... story.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Deputy who shot and killed boy carrying replica rifle bb gun not charged; protests held
2nd read
for the uneducated and the uneducable
high school dropout can't find work so he joins the Marines to Semper Fi
and collect some money.
High school dropout is sent to Paris Island to be all he can be. He is trained to kill women and children and a occasional freedom fighter trying to protect his wife from being raped by Mr Semper Fi.
High school dropout ships out to invade Iraq for USEmpire and US oil companies.
American oil companies are struggling with the problem of Peak Oil.
Peak oil means we no longer have a infinite supply of oil.Maybe you saw the documentary film END OF SUBURBIA see
http://www.endofsuburbia.com/previews.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
high school drop out didn't because his high school teachers were too busy DUMBING him down
see
http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
High School dropout manges to kill a couple hundred women and children while throwing in a occasional rape. Mr Sempi Fi has now been transformed into Mr serial killer.
Mr high school dropout/serial killer now begins to experience extreme depression from his actions. Mental Wealth workers call it Post Traumatic
Stress Syndrome. But the only people who experience traumatic stress in Iraq are the Iraqi women being raped by Semper Fi's before they shot and killed them.
Good thing serial killer/high school dropout has never read the research
of Ian Stevenson MD whose groundbreaking study of 3,000 children who remember previous lives provides the science for the existence of reincarnation. see
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... enson.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
What this means for high school dropout is that he will be coming back
again for another life . Of course so will the people he murdered , so for practical purposes he has another couple hundred lives he has to live getting "wacked" by the life forms he semper fi'd.
The difference this time is the raped and murdered have had some time to ponder while they wait for him to pass over, how they will "do" Mr Semper Fi- the high school drop out serial killer.
Mr high school dropout comes back from Iraq out of work unless he re-enlists. There are not to many job openings for serial killers until he lands a job working with his be all you can be buddies at the local Salt Lake City police department or the FBI.
2. reads about your bodyguards
1st read
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-m ... story.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Deputy who shot and killed boy carrying replica rifle bb gun not charged; protests held
2nd read
for the uneducated and the uneducable
high school dropout can't find work so he joins the Marines to Semper Fi
and collect some money.
High school dropout is sent to Paris Island to be all he can be. He is trained to kill women and children and a occasional freedom fighter trying to protect his wife from being raped by Mr Semper Fi.
High school dropout ships out to invade Iraq for USEmpire and US oil companies.
American oil companies are struggling with the problem of Peak Oil.
Peak oil means we no longer have a infinite supply of oil.Maybe you saw the documentary film END OF SUBURBIA see
http://www.endofsuburbia.com/previews.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
high school drop out didn't because his high school teachers were too busy DUMBING him down
see
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High School dropout manges to kill a couple hundred women and children while throwing in a occasional rape. Mr Sempi Fi has now been transformed into Mr serial killer.
Mr high school dropout/serial killer now begins to experience extreme depression from his actions. Mental Wealth workers call it Post Traumatic
Stress Syndrome. But the only people who experience traumatic stress in Iraq are the Iraqi women being raped by Semper Fi's before they shot and killed them.
Good thing serial killer/high school dropout has never read the research
of Ian Stevenson MD whose groundbreaking study of 3,000 children who remember previous lives provides the science for the existence of reincarnation. see
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... enson.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
What this means for high school dropout is that he will be coming back
again for another life . Of course so will the people he murdered , so for practical purposes he has another couple hundred lives he has to live getting "wacked" by the life forms he semper fi'd.
The difference this time is the raped and murdered have had some time to ponder while they wait for him to pass over, how they will "do" Mr Semper Fi- the high school drop out serial killer.
Mr high school dropout comes back from Iraq out of work unless he re-enlists. There are not to many job openings for serial killers until he lands a job working with his be all you can be buddies at the local Salt Lake City police department or the FBI.
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Verizon On Pace to Get 300,000 Customer-Information Requests From Gov’t This Year
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Verizon is keeping busy responding to requests from the government for its customers’ information.
During the first six months of 2014, the telecommunications giant received 148,903 requests for customer information from local, state or federal law enforcement in the United States, according to Verizon’s second transparency report. That puts the company on pace to receive nearly 300,000 requests this year from the government, roughly on part with last year when Big Red received 321,545 law enforcement demands for customer data.
“We do not release customer information unless authorized by law, such as a valid law enforcement demand or an appropriate request in an emergency involving the danger of death or serious physical injury," the New York-based company explains.
During the first half of the year, Verizon received 37,302 court orders, which compelled the company to disclose information to the government. Only roughly 4,000 of the orders required the company to furnish access to data in real-time, including 714 wiretap orders. Verizon also reported being in receipt of 14,977 warrants and 24,257 emergency requests from law enforcement.
Finally, Verizon received 72,342 subpoenas, which requested information concerning 132,499 so-called information points, such as a phone number. The phone giant rejected roughly 3 percent of the subpoenas, deeming them invalid. Verizon said law enforcement generally issues the subpoenas in order to obtain subscriber data or the type of information that appears on a customer’s phone bill.
The subpoenas sought information relating to only roughly one-tenth of 1 percent of Verizon’s U.S. customers, Randal Milch, Verizon general counsel and executive vice president-public policy, law & security, wrote in a blog.
Milch said Verizon has taken a number of steps to protect the privacy of its customers, including expressing its support for legislation (USA Freedom Act) that will amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which will end bulk gathering of communications data.
Only a few months ago, AT&T and Verizon published annual transparency reports about information requested from
Verizon On Pace to Get 300,000 Customer-Information Requests From Gov’t This Year
4 hours ago By Josh Long 0 Comments
Posted in News, the Americas, United States, Tier 1, Finance & Regulatory, Privacy, FCC
Verizon is keeping busy responding to requests from the government for its customers’ information.
During the first six months of 2014, the telecommunications giant received 148,903 requests for customer information from local, state or federal law enforcement in the United States, according to Verizon’s second transparency report. That puts the company on pace to receive nearly 300,000 requests this year from the government, roughly on part with last year when Big Red received 321,545 law enforcement demands for customer data.
“We do not release customer information unless authorized by law, such as a valid law enforcement demand or an appropriate request in an emergency involving the danger of death or serious physical injury," the New York-based company explains.
During the first half of the year, Verizon received 37,302 court orders, which compelled the company to disclose information to the government. Only roughly 4,000 of the orders required the company to furnish access to data in real-time, including 714 wiretap orders. Verizon also reported being in receipt of 14,977 warrants and 24,257 emergency requests from law enforcement.
Finally, Verizon received 72,342 subpoenas, which requested information concerning 132,499 so-called information points, such as a phone number. The phone giant rejected roughly 3 percent of the subpoenas, deeming them invalid. Verizon said law enforcement generally issues the subpoenas in order to obtain subscriber data or the type of information that appears on a customer’s phone bill.
The subpoenas sought information relating to only roughly one-tenth of 1 percent of Verizon’s U.S. customers, Randal Milch, Verizon general counsel and executive vice president-public policy, law & security, wrote in a blog.
Milch said Verizon has taken a number of steps to protect the privacy of its customers, including expressing its support for legislation (USA Freedom Act) that will amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which will end bulk gathering of communications data.
Only a few months ago, AT&T and Verizon published annual transparency reports about information requested from
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Sensenbrenner is right: It's time to dissolve the ATF
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) questions Thomas Brandon, deputy director of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, on the use of storefront operations during a February hearing of a judiciary subcommittee.
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Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) questions Thomas Brandon, deputy director of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, on the use of storefront operations during a February hearing of a judiciary subcommittee.
July 10, 2014 5:52 p.m.
It's time to dissolve the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. In fact, it should have been dissolved years ago. It has disparate missions that overlap with other agencies' responsibilities. It has been micromanaged by Congress and mismanaged by its leaders. It serves no useful purpose that can't be met by other government bodies. It needs to go.
U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) is working on a bill that would do just that, and we hope this effort is successful.
"By absorbing the ATF into existing law enforcement entities, we can preserve the areas where the ATF adds value for substantially less taxpayer money," Sensenbrenner said. "While searching for its mission, the ATF has been plagued by decades of high-profile blunders...We cannot afford to ignore clear changes that will greatly enhance the government's efficiency."
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's recent "Backfire" Watchdog Reports investigation uncovered a series of botched undercover storefront stings across the nation. The investigation found that the agency used people with mental disabilities to promote operations and then arrested them; opened storefronts near schools and churches, boosting their arrest numbers and penalties; attracted juveniles with free video games and alcohol; paid inflated prices for guns, prompting people to buy new guns and quickly sell them to agents for a profit; allowed armed felons to leave their fake stores; and openly bought stolen goods, spurring burglaries in surrounding neighborhoods.
The Journal Sentinel also reported that in Milwaukee, the ATF operation was burglarized, four of the wrong people were arrested and an agent's machine gun was stolen. It has not been recovered. That investigation led to a bipartisan call in Congress for accountability.
And accountability in this case should mean eliminating the agency.
While the bungled operations may be new, this is not the first time there has been a call for dissolving the ATF. It was considered for elimination during both former President Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton's terms but was saved, in part, because gun rights groups didn't want its duties moving to another agency, such as the FBI, which might have done a better job of enforcing gun laws.
In 1993, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) introduced a bill to eliminate the ATF, but it didn't pass. About a decade later, a group studying federal law enforcement found that in trying to meet its dual responsibilities, the ATF's missions to collect taxes and regulate private industry "did not contribute to effective enforcement of the nation's gun and explosives laws."
And a decade after that, not much has changed; in fact, the agency may be more dysfunctional now than it has ever been. A new Government Accountability Office report on the ATF released Wednesday found an agency trying to redefine itself while struggling with high personnel turnover and problems tracking its own criminal investigations, the Journal Sentinel reported.
The ATF became a separate entity in 1968. In that same year, an executive order called for better coordination among law enforcement agencies under the attorney general.
It's time to take that executive order to heart and eliminate a redundant agency that contributes little to making the nation safer.
Our View | ATF
Sensenbrenner is right: It's time to dissolve the ATF
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) questions Thomas Brandon, deputy director of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, on the use of storefront operations during a February hearing of a judiciary subcommittee.
McClathchy Tribune
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) questions Thomas Brandon, deputy director of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, on the use of storefront operations during a February hearing of a judiciary subcommittee.
July 10, 2014 5:52 p.m.
It's time to dissolve the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. In fact, it should have been dissolved years ago. It has disparate missions that overlap with other agencies' responsibilities. It has been micromanaged by Congress and mismanaged by its leaders. It serves no useful purpose that can't be met by other government bodies. It needs to go.
U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) is working on a bill that would do just that, and we hope this effort is successful.
"By absorbing the ATF into existing law enforcement entities, we can preserve the areas where the ATF adds value for substantially less taxpayer money," Sensenbrenner said. "While searching for its mission, the ATF has been plagued by decades of high-profile blunders...We cannot afford to ignore clear changes that will greatly enhance the government's efficiency."
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's recent "Backfire" Watchdog Reports investigation uncovered a series of botched undercover storefront stings across the nation. The investigation found that the agency used people with mental disabilities to promote operations and then arrested them; opened storefronts near schools and churches, boosting their arrest numbers and penalties; attracted juveniles with free video games and alcohol; paid inflated prices for guns, prompting people to buy new guns and quickly sell them to agents for a profit; allowed armed felons to leave their fake stores; and openly bought stolen goods, spurring burglaries in surrounding neighborhoods.
The Journal Sentinel also reported that in Milwaukee, the ATF operation was burglarized, four of the wrong people were arrested and an agent's machine gun was stolen. It has not been recovered. That investigation led to a bipartisan call in Congress for accountability.
And accountability in this case should mean eliminating the agency.
While the bungled operations may be new, this is not the first time there has been a call for dissolving the ATF. It was considered for elimination during both former President Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton's terms but was saved, in part, because gun rights groups didn't want its duties moving to another agency, such as the FBI, which might have done a better job of enforcing gun laws.
In 1993, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) introduced a bill to eliminate the ATF, but it didn't pass. About a decade later, a group studying federal law enforcement found that in trying to meet its dual responsibilities, the ATF's missions to collect taxes and regulate private industry "did not contribute to effective enforcement of the nation's gun and explosives laws."
And a decade after that, not much has changed; in fact, the agency may be more dysfunctional now than it has ever been. A new Government Accountability Office report on the ATF released Wednesday found an agency trying to redefine itself while struggling with high personnel turnover and problems tracking its own criminal investigations, the Journal Sentinel reported.
The ATF became a separate entity in 1968. In that same year, an executive order called for better coordination among law enforcement agencies under the attorney general.
It's time to take that executive order to heart and eliminate a redundant agency that contributes little to making the nation safer.
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Woman in Beating Video Still Hospitalized
Jul 11, 2014,
A lawyer representing the family of a woman who was repeatedly punched by a California Highway Patrol officer on video says the woman is still hospitalized but she's no longer under mandatory mental evaluation.
Caree Harper says 51-year-old Marlene Pinnock is being treated for head injuries and emotional trauma from the July 1 confrontation. A trust fund has been set up to help pay for treatment.
Woman in Beating Video Still Hospitalized
Jul 11, 2014,
A lawyer representing the family of a woman who was repeatedly punched by a California Highway Patrol officer on video says the woman is still hospitalized but she's no longer under mandatory mental evaluation.
Caree Harper says 51-year-old Marlene Pinnock is being treated for head injuries and emotional trauma from the July 1 confrontation. A trust fund has been set up to help pay for treatment.
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2008 Obama Would Have Slammed 2014 Obama for This Government Secrecy Case
The Obama administration uses a Bush-era tactic the president once decried to squelch a lawsuit.
—By Nick Baumann
| Mon Jul. 14, 2014 6:00 AM EDT
President-elect Barack Obama with President George W. Bush at the White House on January 7, 2009 Pete Souza/Flickr
During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama hammered George W. Bush for expanding government secrecy. Obama promised that his would be the most transparent and open administration ever. In particular, Obama criticized the Bush administration's use of a legal loophole known as the state secrets privilege. Citing this privilege, government lawyers can keep evidence and testimony from being introduced in court that would reveal government secrets. That means that if someone sues the government for wrongdoing—say, a plaintiff claims that he or she was illegally spied on or tortured at the behest of the US government—the Justice Department can claim key pieces of evidence will expose national security secrets and prevent this material from being used in court. Doing so would hinder or outright squash the person's case.
In 2008, Obama griped that the Bush administration invoked the state secrets privilege "more than any other previous administration" and used it to get entire lawsuits thrown out of court. Critics noted that deploying the state secrets privilege allowed the Bush administration to shut down cases that might have revealed government misconduct or caused embarrassment, including those regarding constitutionally dubious warrantless wiretapping and the CIA's kidnapping and torture of Khaled el-Masri, a German car salesman the government had mistaken for an alleged Al Qaeda leader with the same name. After Obama took office, his attorney general, Eric Holder, promised to significantly limit the use of this controversial legal doctrine. Holder vowed never to use it to "conceal violations of the law, inefficiency, or administrative error" or "prevent embarrassment to a person, organization, or agency of the United States Government."
Despite this promise, Obama continued to assert the privilege to squelch cases about Bush-era abuses. In one instance, the Justice Department scuttled a lawsuit brought by a man who claimed he had been kidnapped by the CIA and had his penis and testicles cut with a scalpel in a Moroccan prison. And now Obama is broadening the use of this legal maneuver: In the past 18 months, the Obama administration has twice cited state secrets to prevent federal courts from considering lawsuits challenging its use of the no-fly list.
The roots of one of these cases stretch back to early 2011, when then-19-year-old Gulet Mohamed called the New York Times from Kuwait with a wild story. Mohamed claimed he had been snatched by Kuwaiti secret police at Kuwait's airport and beaten and interrogated in a secret Kuwaiti prison. Now, he told the Times, he was locked up in a Kuwaiti deportation facility, where he had acquired a cellphone from another inmate. He alleged the US government was behind his detention. He claimed that FBI agents were questioning him in Kuwaiti custody, denying him access to a lawyer, and telling him he was on the no-fly list and wouldn't be released unless he cooperated. After his plight made national news, Kuwaiti officials took him to the airport, where he was able to board a flight back to the United States. (The no-fly list is an ever-changing registry that affords authorities discretion. So if he was on the list, a decision was made to allow him to make this trip.) When Mohamed returned to the United States, he was interrogated—again without being given access to a lawyer—at Dulles International Airport. He was never charged with a crime.
Mohamed wanted to get off the no-fly list. The trouble, explains Ben Wizner, an attorney at the ACLU, is that the Obama administration's "no-fly list policy rests on the idea that the government will never confirm or deny whether you're on the list." Mohamed couldn't confirm whether he was still on the list, let alone get his name removed from it. "They won't tell you whether you're on the list, they won't tell you why you're on the list if you are, and they won't tell you what they suspect," Wizner says. (Of course, when you're denied boarding at the airport, you're effectively being told you're on the no-fly list.) So Mohamed sued the government, alleging that Obama administration officials had violated his constitutional rights both by refusing to confirm whether he was on the no-fly list and by refusing to allow him to challenge his placement on the list (if he were on it). In the case, Mohamed argued that being placed on the no-fly list was a government punishment, yet this had happened (if he were on the list) without due process.
In January, after three years of litigation, a federal court in Virginia declined the Justice Department's request to dismiss Mohamed's case on procedural grounds. That's when the Obama administration turned to what Mohamed's lawyer, Gadeir Abbas of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, called "the litigation equivalent of the nuclear option"—the state secrets privilege. In a document filed with the court in late May, Holder argued that Mohamed's case should be thrown out entirely because continuing the case would expose US government secrets.
"The FBI isn't the secret police, or at least it isn't supposed to be," says Mike German, a former FBI agent who's now a fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University. "Such excessive secrecy demands, especially where an American is alleging a violation of his civil rights, undermines the rule of law the FBI and Justice Department are supposed to be defending."
Abbas filed his response to the government's state secrets claim last week. "It is unconscionable that the government places people on the no-fly list and invokes the state secrets privilege to shield from those people, courts, and the public the reasons why," he says. "The state secrets privilege was never intended to facilitate a federal government program of meting out extrajudicial punishment."
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2008 Obama Would Have Slammed 2014 Obama for This Government Secrecy Case
The Obama administration uses a Bush-era tactic the president once decried to squelch a lawsuit.
—By Nick Baumann
| Mon Jul. 14, 2014 6:00 AM EDT
President-elect Barack Obama with President George W. Bush at the White House on January 7, 2009 Pete Souza/Flickr
During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama hammered George W. Bush for expanding government secrecy. Obama promised that his would be the most transparent and open administration ever. In particular, Obama criticized the Bush administration's use of a legal loophole known as the state secrets privilege. Citing this privilege, government lawyers can keep evidence and testimony from being introduced in court that would reveal government secrets. That means that if someone sues the government for wrongdoing—say, a plaintiff claims that he or she was illegally spied on or tortured at the behest of the US government—the Justice Department can claim key pieces of evidence will expose national security secrets and prevent this material from being used in court. Doing so would hinder or outright squash the person's case.
In 2008, Obama griped that the Bush administration invoked the state secrets privilege "more than any other previous administration" and used it to get entire lawsuits thrown out of court. Critics noted that deploying the state secrets privilege allowed the Bush administration to shut down cases that might have revealed government misconduct or caused embarrassment, including those regarding constitutionally dubious warrantless wiretapping and the CIA's kidnapping and torture of Khaled el-Masri, a German car salesman the government had mistaken for an alleged Al Qaeda leader with the same name. After Obama took office, his attorney general, Eric Holder, promised to significantly limit the use of this controversial legal doctrine. Holder vowed never to use it to "conceal violations of the law, inefficiency, or administrative error" or "prevent embarrassment to a person, organization, or agency of the United States Government."
Despite this promise, Obama continued to assert the privilege to squelch cases about Bush-era abuses. In one instance, the Justice Department scuttled a lawsuit brought by a man who claimed he had been kidnapped by the CIA and had his penis and testicles cut with a scalpel in a Moroccan prison. And now Obama is broadening the use of this legal maneuver: In the past 18 months, the Obama administration has twice cited state secrets to prevent federal courts from considering lawsuits challenging its use of the no-fly list.
The roots of one of these cases stretch back to early 2011, when then-19-year-old Gulet Mohamed called the New York Times from Kuwait with a wild story. Mohamed claimed he had been snatched by Kuwaiti secret police at Kuwait's airport and beaten and interrogated in a secret Kuwaiti prison. Now, he told the Times, he was locked up in a Kuwaiti deportation facility, where he had acquired a cellphone from another inmate. He alleged the US government was behind his detention. He claimed that FBI agents were questioning him in Kuwaiti custody, denying him access to a lawyer, and telling him he was on the no-fly list and wouldn't be released unless he cooperated. After his plight made national news, Kuwaiti officials took him to the airport, where he was able to board a flight back to the United States. (The no-fly list is an ever-changing registry that affords authorities discretion. So if he was on the list, a decision was made to allow him to make this trip.) When Mohamed returned to the United States, he was interrogated—again without being given access to a lawyer—at Dulles International Airport. He was never charged with a crime.
Mohamed wanted to get off the no-fly list. The trouble, explains Ben Wizner, an attorney at the ACLU, is that the Obama administration's "no-fly list policy rests on the idea that the government will never confirm or deny whether you're on the list." Mohamed couldn't confirm whether he was still on the list, let alone get his name removed from it. "They won't tell you whether you're on the list, they won't tell you why you're on the list if you are, and they won't tell you what they suspect," Wizner says. (Of course, when you're denied boarding at the airport, you're effectively being told you're on the no-fly list.) So Mohamed sued the government, alleging that Obama administration officials had violated his constitutional rights both by refusing to confirm whether he was on the no-fly list and by refusing to allow him to challenge his placement on the list (if he were on it). In the case, Mohamed argued that being placed on the no-fly list was a government punishment, yet this had happened (if he were on the list) without due process.
In January, after three years of litigation, a federal court in Virginia declined the Justice Department's request to dismiss Mohamed's case on procedural grounds. That's when the Obama administration turned to what Mohamed's lawyer, Gadeir Abbas of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, called "the litigation equivalent of the nuclear option"—the state secrets privilege. In a document filed with the court in late May, Holder argued that Mohamed's case should be thrown out entirely because continuing the case would expose US government secrets.
"The FBI isn't the secret police, or at least it isn't supposed to be," says Mike German, a former FBI agent who's now a fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University. "Such excessive secrecy demands, especially where an American is alleging a violation of his civil rights, undermines the rule of law the FBI and Justice Department are supposed to be defending."
Abbas filed his response to the government's state secrets claim last week. "It is unconscionable that the government places people on the no-fly list and invokes the state secrets privilege to shield from those people, courts, and the public the reasons why," he says. "The state secrets privilege was never intended to facilitate a federal government program of meting out extrajudicial punishment."
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Rogers Businessman Sues FBI After Fake Sheik’s $2.5 Million Investment
Posted 5:21 pm, July 15, 2014, by Shain Bergan, Updated at 06:29pm, July 15, 2014
– A Rogers cancer center administrator sentenced to prison is suing the FBI, saying agents entrapped him by using a fake middle-eastern “sheik” in a $2.5 million investment.
James W. Bolt, 61, was sentenced last month to more than eight years in federal prison for his role in a criminal scheme involving wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering. He was also ordered to pay more than $2.5 million in restitution.
But before the suspect’s Situs Cancer Research clinic in Rogers was raided by federal investigators in the summer of 2013, he was one of four defendants in a separate federal fraud case involving the sale of his company through a stockbroker who turned out to be an FBI agent.
Bolt and three other colleagues at Shimoda-Atlantic Oncology in Rogers were acquitted of fraud charges in 2007, and now Bolt is suing the FBI, saying they entrapped him in the case through an elaborate plot involving foreign investors and hidden identities, according to a lawsuit filed by Bolt in U.S. District Court on Monday.
Bolt is seeking compensatory and punitive damages including at least $2.5 million, the lawsuit states.
The lawsuit states Bolt and his colleagues were contacted by a stockbroker named John Firo in late 2004 who offered to pay Bolt’s startup pharmaceutical company some investment money. Bolt later discovered Firo was actually FBI Agent John Osa, court documents state.
Firo in 2005 conducted an on-site inspection, as an investor, of Shimoda-Atlantic with Patrick Lochrie, who Bolt later learned was a witness cooperating with the FBI. Firo introduced Lochri “as someone who spent considerable time in middle-eastern countries and who served as a liaison for a wealthy family there, for whom they annually invested over $100 million,” according to the lawsuit.
The FBI agent and cooperating witness later requested trade secrets and detailed financial information about the company, claiming the original “capital needs” presented by Shimoda-Atlantic “were insufficiently large enough to raise the interest of ‘the sheik,’” court documents state.
The lawsuit states Firo asked Bolt to endorse a plan requiring a minimum of $2.5 million, although federal authorities said Bolt and his colleagues tried to hide kickback money in exchange for buying Firo and Lochrie’s influence with “the sheik”.
Firo, Lochrie and a man identifying himself as “Sheik Mohammed Galani” then traveled to Rogers in 2006 to carry out the $2.5 million investment agreement, the lawsuit states.
The FBI agent had properly registered himself as a securities dealer and was affiliated with a registered brokerage. Lochrie was licensed in various middle-eastern countries as a stockbroker, including Dubai and Saudi Arabia.
In May 2006, “Shek Galani” signed the investment agreement the sides had negotiated.
“The following morning, an FBI agent, Mike Patkus from Little Rock, appeared in Shimoda’s lobby and served me with grand jury subpoenas for Shimoda’s records,” the lawsuit states. “He laughingly advised that ‘the sheik was fake,’ that all concerned ‘were going to go to prison,’” according to the lawsuit.
Bolt and his colleagues were later brought up on federal fraud charges, tried and acquitted in federal court in Arkansas, according to court records.
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Rogers Businessman Sues FBI After Fake Sheik’s $2.5 Million Investment
Posted 5:21 pm, July 15, 2014, by Shain Bergan, Updated at 06:29pm, July 15, 2014
– A Rogers cancer center administrator sentenced to prison is suing the FBI, saying agents entrapped him by using a fake middle-eastern “sheik” in a $2.5 million investment.
James W. Bolt, 61, was sentenced last month to more than eight years in federal prison for his role in a criminal scheme involving wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering. He was also ordered to pay more than $2.5 million in restitution.
But before the suspect’s Situs Cancer Research clinic in Rogers was raided by federal investigators in the summer of 2013, he was one of four defendants in a separate federal fraud case involving the sale of his company through a stockbroker who turned out to be an FBI agent.
Bolt and three other colleagues at Shimoda-Atlantic Oncology in Rogers were acquitted of fraud charges in 2007, and now Bolt is suing the FBI, saying they entrapped him in the case through an elaborate plot involving foreign investors and hidden identities, according to a lawsuit filed by Bolt in U.S. District Court on Monday.
Bolt is seeking compensatory and punitive damages including at least $2.5 million, the lawsuit states.
The lawsuit states Bolt and his colleagues were contacted by a stockbroker named John Firo in late 2004 who offered to pay Bolt’s startup pharmaceutical company some investment money. Bolt later discovered Firo was actually FBI Agent John Osa, court documents state.
Firo in 2005 conducted an on-site inspection, as an investor, of Shimoda-Atlantic with Patrick Lochrie, who Bolt later learned was a witness cooperating with the FBI. Firo introduced Lochri “as someone who spent considerable time in middle-eastern countries and who served as a liaison for a wealthy family there, for whom they annually invested over $100 million,” according to the lawsuit.
The FBI agent and cooperating witness later requested trade secrets and detailed financial information about the company, claiming the original “capital needs” presented by Shimoda-Atlantic “were insufficiently large enough to raise the interest of ‘the sheik,’” court documents state.
The lawsuit states Firo asked Bolt to endorse a plan requiring a minimum of $2.5 million, although federal authorities said Bolt and his colleagues tried to hide kickback money in exchange for buying Firo and Lochrie’s influence with “the sheik”.
Firo, Lochrie and a man identifying himself as “Sheik Mohammed Galani” then traveled to Rogers in 2006 to carry out the $2.5 million investment agreement, the lawsuit states.
The FBI agent had properly registered himself as a securities dealer and was affiliated with a registered brokerage. Lochrie was licensed in various middle-eastern countries as a stockbroker, including Dubai and Saudi Arabia.
In May 2006, “Shek Galani” signed the investment agreement the sides had negotiated.
“The following morning, an FBI agent, Mike Patkus from Little Rock, appeared in Shimoda’s lobby and served me with grand jury subpoenas for Shimoda’s records,” the lawsuit states. “He laughingly advised that ‘the sheik was fake,’ that all concerned ‘were going to go to prison,’” according to the lawsuit.
Bolt and his colleagues were later brought up on federal fraud charges, tried and acquitted in federal court in Arkansas, according to court records.
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Federal judge rules California's death penalty unconstitutional
Bob Egelko
Published 12:42 pm, Wednesday, July 16, 2014
(07-16) 12:40 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge declared California's death penalty unconstitutional Wednesday, saying delays of 25 years or more in deciding appeals and carrying out occasional executions have created an arbitrary and irrational system that serves no legitimate purpose.
For most of the 748 current Death Row inmates, "systemic delay has made their execution so unlikely that the death sentence carefully and deliberately imposed by the jury has been quietly transformed into one no rational jury or legislature cold ever impose: life in prison, with the remote possibility of death," said U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney of Santa Ana.
Out of more than 900 convicted murderers sentenced to death in the state since 1978 under the current system, Carney said, 13 have been executed, 94 have died from illnesses, suicide or other causes, and 39 have had their sentences overturned.
Of the rest, he said, more than 40 percent have been on Death Row for more than 19 years, including Ernest Jones, sentenced to death in 1995 for a rape and murder in Orange County. Jones' lawyers challenged the death penalty system in his appeal.
Executions in California have been on hold since February 2006, when a federal judge in San Jose ruled that flaws in the state's lethal injection procedures and staff training created an undue risk of a botched and agonizingly painful execution.
On Wednesday, Carney overturned only Jones' death sentence, reducing it to life in prison without parole, and did not issue a statewide order. That issue would arise in the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where the state can appeal the ruling. Attorney General Kamala Harris is reviewing Carney's decision, said spokesman Nick Pacilio.
Other courts, including the California Supreme Court, have rejected inmates' claims that long delays in the death penalty review process violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
Federal judge rules California's death penalty unconstitutional
Bob Egelko
Published 12:42 pm, Wednesday, July 16, 2014
(07-16) 12:40 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge declared California's death penalty unconstitutional Wednesday, saying delays of 25 years or more in deciding appeals and carrying out occasional executions have created an arbitrary and irrational system that serves no legitimate purpose.
For most of the 748 current Death Row inmates, "systemic delay has made their execution so unlikely that the death sentence carefully and deliberately imposed by the jury has been quietly transformed into one no rational jury or legislature cold ever impose: life in prison, with the remote possibility of death," said U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney of Santa Ana.
Out of more than 900 convicted murderers sentenced to death in the state since 1978 under the current system, Carney said, 13 have been executed, 94 have died from illnesses, suicide or other causes, and 39 have had their sentences overturned.
Of the rest, he said, more than 40 percent have been on Death Row for more than 19 years, including Ernest Jones, sentenced to death in 1995 for a rape and murder in Orange County. Jones' lawyers challenged the death penalty system in his appeal.
Executions in California have been on hold since February 2006, when a federal judge in San Jose ruled that flaws in the state's lethal injection procedures and staff training created an undue risk of a botched and agonizingly painful execution.
On Wednesday, Carney overturned only Jones' death sentence, reducing it to life in prison without parole, and did not issue a statewide order. That issue would arise in the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where the state can appeal the ruling. Attorney General Kamala Harris is reviewing Carney's decision, said spokesman Nick Pacilio.
Other courts, including the California Supreme Court, have rejected inmates' claims that long delays in the death penalty review process violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
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see link for reasons Congress is afraid to shut down the FBI
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1st read
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F.B.I.'s Chief Says Surveillance Was Justified
Published: February 3, 1988
The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation said today that the bureau began its surveillance of groups opposed to the Reagan Administration's policies in Central America because of information that activists were providing aid to a ''terrorist organization'' in El Salvador.
In his most extensive remarks about the case so far, the Director, William S. Sessions, offered a vigorous defense of what he described as a ''full international terrorism investigation'' from 1983 to 1985. He acknowledged, however, that the inquiry might not have been ''properly directed'' in all instances.
''I think you would have to say that in some instances, had the matter been reviewed at that time and sensed at that time, there might have been direction that would have been different,'' he said. Group Described as Target
At a news conference and in a separate interview with The New York Times, Mr. Sessions said the investigation had been prompted by information from several sources that leaders of one American group, the Committee in Solidarity With the People of El Salvador, were secretly providing money and supplies to a Salvadoran rebel organization, the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, also known as F.M.L.N.
He said the bureau investigation had been aimed only at the committee, also known as Cispes, and had been dropped after investigators determined that ''Cispes was involved in political activities involving First Amendment rights - and not international terrorism.''
''The terrorist activities of F.M.L.N. included bombings, kidnappings, assaults and assassinations,'' Mr. Sessions said in a prepared statement. ''The extent of the F.B.I. investigation was narrow in focus and was limited to those leaders and key members to ascertain if they were involved in the illegal support of the F.M.L.N.''
Documents made public last week show that members of more than 100 other groups came under surveillance because of their ties to Cispes, which has frequently criticized the Administration's policies in Central America and is sympathetic to the goals of the F.M.L.N. Expanded Inquiry Denied
But Mr. Sessions said these other organizations had come under surveillance only as part of a larger effort to track the activities of Cispes.
''Names of other organizations, some of them nationally known, appear in Cispes case documents,'' he said. ''This has given rise to the allegation that the F.B.I. improperly expanded the Cispes case to investigate the other organizations. That is not so.'' He insisted that ''the focus remained on Cispes, not on the other organizations.''
The bureau's files show that as part of the Cispes investigation, F.B.I. agents photographed members of other groups at protest rallies and recorded their automobile license plate numbers. Among the groups mentioned in the files are the Maryknoll Sisters of Chicago and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Atlanta. Inquiry in Rochon Case
In other remarks today, Mr. Sessions promised full investigation of the case of Donald Rochon, a black F.B.I. agent who was the victim of often brutal racial harassment by his colleagues in the bureau's Omaha office in 1983 and 1984.
Mr. Sessions ruled out use of outside investigators for the Rochon case, arguing that the F.B.I. could conduct a fair investigation of its own agents. ''The system works,'' he said. ''It may work extremely slowly, but it works.''
He said he believed Mr. Rochon's case was highly unusual and did not reflect ''systemic'' racism within the F.B.I. Cispes 'Outraged'
In a statement today, Cispes said its members were ''outraged'' by Mr. Sessions's comments on the F.B.I.'s investigation of the group. ''Nothing in his statement today justifies the nationwide probe that included the use of paid informers, surveillance and harassment of our members,'' the group said.
Asked about a 1983 memorandum made public last week in which the F.B.I.'s New Orleans office urged creation of a ''plan of attack'' against Cispes, Mr. Sessions said the investigation ''was not out of control, but as to that particular facet it was not properly directed.''
Mr. Sessions said his review of the Cispes investigation showed that F.B.I. headquarters in Washington had ''explicitly instructed our field agents that the investigation must not interfere with the First Amendment rights of those Cispes members who politically opposed U.S. policy in Central America.'' Effort Originated in 1981
Mr. Sessions became Director of the F.B.I. last year. The Cispes investigation was directed by his predecessor, William H. Webster, who is now Director of Central Intelligence.
According to Federal law-enforcement officials, the inquiry into Cispes's activities began in 1981, after allegations that the group was acting as an illegal foreign agent for Salvadoran rebels; it became a counterterrorism investigation in 1983.
The F.M.L.N. is a leftist rebel group that has acknowledged its involvement in several violent attacks against the American-backed Government in El Salvador. One unit of the group, the Popular Liberation Forces, took responsibility for the May 1983 assassination of Lieut. Comdr. Albert A. Schaufelberger 3d, an American military attache stationed in El Salvador.
Mr. Sessions said that F.B.I. informers had provided information indicating that ''certain leaders of Cispes were involved in covertly furnishing funds and materials'' to the rebels.
He would not be specific about the information offered by the informers, but said it had involved possible violations of Federal laws on sedition, arms exports and immigration control. Civil Liberties Groups Critical
Some civil liberties groups today expressed dissatisfaction with Mr. Sessions's remarks. One of these groups, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the New York-based lawyers' organization that obtained the F.B.I. documents made public last week, said that the ''F.B.I.'s assertion that the investigation of Cispes was legitimate is belied by its very length and breadth.''
Mr. Sessions was questioned about the investigation in a secret hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence today. The panel's chairman, David L. Boren, Democrat of Oklahoma, said he did not want to prejudge the F.B.I.'s actions but added, ''We do intend to take as much time as is necessary to determine if funds and resources of the bureau were improperly used to hinder the activities of legitimate politically active groups in this country.''
2. reads
1st read
google blackmailing the president Mondale YouTube if link fails
I tested it and it works
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lFBxvpmzkfQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
2nd read
http://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/03/us/fb ... ified.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
F.B.I.'s Chief Says Surveillance Was Justified
Published: February 3, 1988
The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation said today that the bureau began its surveillance of groups opposed to the Reagan Administration's policies in Central America because of information that activists were providing aid to a ''terrorist organization'' in El Salvador.
In his most extensive remarks about the case so far, the Director, William S. Sessions, offered a vigorous defense of what he described as a ''full international terrorism investigation'' from 1983 to 1985. He acknowledged, however, that the inquiry might not have been ''properly directed'' in all instances.
''I think you would have to say that in some instances, had the matter been reviewed at that time and sensed at that time, there might have been direction that would have been different,'' he said. Group Described as Target
At a news conference and in a separate interview with The New York Times, Mr. Sessions said the investigation had been prompted by information from several sources that leaders of one American group, the Committee in Solidarity With the People of El Salvador, were secretly providing money and supplies to a Salvadoran rebel organization, the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, also known as F.M.L.N.
He said the bureau investigation had been aimed only at the committee, also known as Cispes, and had been dropped after investigators determined that ''Cispes was involved in political activities involving First Amendment rights - and not international terrorism.''
''The terrorist activities of F.M.L.N. included bombings, kidnappings, assaults and assassinations,'' Mr. Sessions said in a prepared statement. ''The extent of the F.B.I. investigation was narrow in focus and was limited to those leaders and key members to ascertain if they were involved in the illegal support of the F.M.L.N.''
Documents made public last week show that members of more than 100 other groups came under surveillance because of their ties to Cispes, which has frequently criticized the Administration's policies in Central America and is sympathetic to the goals of the F.M.L.N. Expanded Inquiry Denied
But Mr. Sessions said these other organizations had come under surveillance only as part of a larger effort to track the activities of Cispes.
''Names of other organizations, some of them nationally known, appear in Cispes case documents,'' he said. ''This has given rise to the allegation that the F.B.I. improperly expanded the Cispes case to investigate the other organizations. That is not so.'' He insisted that ''the focus remained on Cispes, not on the other organizations.''
The bureau's files show that as part of the Cispes investigation, F.B.I. agents photographed members of other groups at protest rallies and recorded their automobile license plate numbers. Among the groups mentioned in the files are the Maryknoll Sisters of Chicago and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Atlanta. Inquiry in Rochon Case
In other remarks today, Mr. Sessions promised full investigation of the case of Donald Rochon, a black F.B.I. agent who was the victim of often brutal racial harassment by his colleagues in the bureau's Omaha office in 1983 and 1984.
Mr. Sessions ruled out use of outside investigators for the Rochon case, arguing that the F.B.I. could conduct a fair investigation of its own agents. ''The system works,'' he said. ''It may work extremely slowly, but it works.''
He said he believed Mr. Rochon's case was highly unusual and did not reflect ''systemic'' racism within the F.B.I. Cispes 'Outraged'
In a statement today, Cispes said its members were ''outraged'' by Mr. Sessions's comments on the F.B.I.'s investigation of the group. ''Nothing in his statement today justifies the nationwide probe that included the use of paid informers, surveillance and harassment of our members,'' the group said.
Asked about a 1983 memorandum made public last week in which the F.B.I.'s New Orleans office urged creation of a ''plan of attack'' against Cispes, Mr. Sessions said the investigation ''was not out of control, but as to that particular facet it was not properly directed.''
Mr. Sessions said his review of the Cispes investigation showed that F.B.I. headquarters in Washington had ''explicitly instructed our field agents that the investigation must not interfere with the First Amendment rights of those Cispes members who politically opposed U.S. policy in Central America.'' Effort Originated in 1981
Mr. Sessions became Director of the F.B.I. last year. The Cispes investigation was directed by his predecessor, William H. Webster, who is now Director of Central Intelligence.
According to Federal law-enforcement officials, the inquiry into Cispes's activities began in 1981, after allegations that the group was acting as an illegal foreign agent for Salvadoran rebels; it became a counterterrorism investigation in 1983.
The F.M.L.N. is a leftist rebel group that has acknowledged its involvement in several violent attacks against the American-backed Government in El Salvador. One unit of the group, the Popular Liberation Forces, took responsibility for the May 1983 assassination of Lieut. Comdr. Albert A. Schaufelberger 3d, an American military attache stationed in El Salvador.
Mr. Sessions said that F.B.I. informers had provided information indicating that ''certain leaders of Cispes were involved in covertly furnishing funds and materials'' to the rebels.
He would not be specific about the information offered by the informers, but said it had involved possible violations of Federal laws on sedition, arms exports and immigration control. Civil Liberties Groups Critical
Some civil liberties groups today expressed dissatisfaction with Mr. Sessions's remarks. One of these groups, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the New York-based lawyers' organization that obtained the F.B.I. documents made public last week, said that the ''F.B.I.'s assertion that the investigation of Cispes was legitimate is belied by its very length and breadth.''
Mr. Sessions was questioned about the investigation in a secret hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence today. The panel's chairman, David L. Boren, Democrat of Oklahoma, said he did not want to prejudge the F.B.I.'s actions but added, ''We do intend to take as much time as is necessary to determine if funds and resources of the bureau were improperly used to hinder the activities of legitimate politically active groups in this country.''
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Former County Bailiff Charged with Bank Robbery
Former County Bailiff Charged with Bank Robbery
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anyone want to check the law and see what this very very special FBI agent should be charged with?
nah didn't think so.
a liberal is someone who walks out of the room when an argument turns into a fight
a conservative is a liberal who has been mugged
see link for partial story
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Missouri FBI agent faces misdemeanor charge
0:21 a.m. CDT July 25, 2014
FULTON, Mo. - A Fulton man who is an FBI agent will appear in court next week on a misdemeanor assault charge alleging that he put a teenager in a choke hold and caused the boy to temporarily lose consciousness.
Thirty-seven-year-old Scott A. Armstrong was charged with misdemeanor third-degree assault after the March 1 incident. He pleaded not guilty on June 24.
A hearing in the case is scheduled for Tuesday in Callaway County Court.
The Fulton Sun reports a probable cause statement says Armstrong admitted to placing his arm around the teen's neck and that the boy lost consciousness. The statement did not explain why Armstrong used the chokehold on the teenager.
nah didn't think so.
a liberal is someone who walks out of the room when an argument turns into a fight
a conservative is a liberal who has been mugged
see link for partial story
http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/local/20 ... /13155481/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Missouri FBI agent faces misdemeanor charge
0:21 a.m. CDT July 25, 2014
FULTON, Mo. - A Fulton man who is an FBI agent will appear in court next week on a misdemeanor assault charge alleging that he put a teenager in a choke hold and caused the boy to temporarily lose consciousness.
Thirty-seven-year-old Scott A. Armstrong was charged with misdemeanor third-degree assault after the March 1 incident. He pleaded not guilty on June 24.
A hearing in the case is scheduled for Tuesday in Callaway County Court.
The Fulton Sun reports a probable cause statement says Armstrong admitted to placing his arm around the teen's neck and that the boy lost consciousness. The statement did not explain why Armstrong used the chokehold on the teenager.
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Military Weapon Deployment
A LRAD (Long Range Acoustic Device) was used to disperse a rally at Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit on Friday, July 18, 2014 at 2:43pm. There has been previous use of an LRAD in Detroit on May 1, 2012 when Occupy Detroit gathered on the public sidewalk outside Grand Circus Park after park closing hours of 10pm. The use in 2012 was as a public address. The use in 2014 was to cause distress to those hearing the sound.
You can hear the sound emitted in the video footage at 50 minutes into this clip (the final minute of the clip). Those who were on the platform to speak felt vibration throughout their body and some clutched at their chest during the deployment which last about 2 minutes.
Military Weapon Deployment
A LRAD (Long Range Acoustic Device) was used to disperse a rally at Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit on Friday, July 18, 2014 at 2:43pm. There has been previous use of an LRAD in Detroit on May 1, 2012 when Occupy Detroit gathered on the public sidewalk outside Grand Circus Park after park closing hours of 10pm. The use in 2012 was as a public address. The use in 2014 was to cause distress to those hearing the sound.
You can hear the sound emitted in the video footage at 50 minutes into this clip (the final minute of the clip). Those who were on the platform to speak felt vibration throughout their body and some clutched at their chest during the deployment which last about 2 minutes.
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How much of your tax dime is spent by cops arresting cops?
Hey, they are your bodyguards, eh?
Don't really care do you?
Boo! scared you again
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/crim ... /13319237/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Indiana sheriff indicted in prostitution probe
July 29. 2014
Clark County Sheriff Danny Rodden at a 2011 press conference.
NEW ALBANY, Ind. -- Clark County Sheriff Danny Rodden has been indicted by a federal grand jury in New Albany on charges of counseling the destruction of evidence in a federal investigation and seven counts of making false statements following a 2013 encounter at a Louisville hotel where Rodden allegedly paid a prostitute $300 for oral sex.
Hey, they are your bodyguards, eh?
Don't really care do you?
Boo! scared you again
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/crim ... /13319237/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Indiana sheriff indicted in prostitution probe
July 29. 2014
Clark County Sheriff Danny Rodden at a 2011 press conference.
NEW ALBANY, Ind. -- Clark County Sheriff Danny Rodden has been indicted by a federal grand jury in New Albany on charges of counseling the destruction of evidence in a federal investigation and seven counts of making false statements following a 2013 encounter at a Louisville hotel where Rodden allegedly paid a prostitute $300 for oral sex.
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August 1. 2014
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L.A. Now
LAPD searching for shotgun that fell off police motorcycle
LAPD motorcycle officer loses shotgun.
Los Angeles police were searching a South L.A. neighborhood for a shotgun that fell from an officer's motorcycle. (Los Angeles Police Department)
LAPD is searching for a shotgun that fell off a police motorcycle Thursday.
Police have shutdown the immediate area of South Vermont Avenue and West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard as officers search for the shotgun, police said.
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L.A. Now
LAPD searching for shotgun that fell off police motorcycle
LAPD motorcycle officer loses shotgun.
Los Angeles police were searching a South L.A. neighborhood for a shotgun that fell from an officer's motorcycle. (Los Angeles Police Department)
LAPD is searching for a shotgun that fell off a police motorcycle Thursday.
Police have shutdown the immediate area of South Vermont Avenue and West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard as officers search for the shotgun, police said.
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Over 200,000 unsolved murders in the USA since 1988.
WOW! Make that 199,999
How is this bodyguard thing working out for you?
Yes I know, 75% failure rate is OK....
Boo, scared you again, eh?
1st read
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Scripps Howard Investigation Finds Majority of Homicides Remain Unsolved
Published May 25, 2010 3:41 pm
The Scripps Howard News Service spent a year plowing through FBI statistics and learned that in many of America’s cities, fewer than half of all murder cases are solved. At least 6,000 a year go unsolved. It is a long way from what you see on the TV dramas, where the cases are often resolved inside an hour.
Scripps Howard has built a searchable database that allows you to find the murder clearance rate in your state or county over time. You can also see the trends in your county for weapons used, gender, race and ethnicity.
Scripps Howard reported that despite great new laboratory resources, more murders go unsolved than solved in some cities:
“Experts say that murders have become tougher to solve because there are fewer crimes of passion, where the assailant is easier to identify, and more drug- and gang-related killings. Many police chiefs — especially in areas with skyrocketing numbers of unsolved crimes — blame a lack of cooperation by witnesses and even surviving victims of violent crime.
“Still, some police departments routinely solve most of their homicides, even the tough ones, while others are mired in growing stacks of unsolved cases.
“Police solved only 35 percent of the murders in Chicago in 2008, 22 percent in New Orleans and just 21 percent in Detroit. Yet authorities solved 75 percent of the killings that same year in Philadelphia, 92 percent in Denver and 94 percent in San Diego.
” ‘We’ve concluded that the major factor is the amount of resources police departments place on homicide clearances and the priority they give to homicide clearances,’ said University of Maryland criminologist Charles Wellford, who led a landmark study into how police can improve murder investigations.”
I asked Tom Hargrove at Scripps Howard Media Services via e-mail to tell us more about the project and how you might be able to tap into his team’s good work. You can read his edited responses below.
Al Tompkins: What surprised you most when you crunched the numbers?
Tom Hargrove: The astonishing and disturbing pattern in the FBI data set is the variation in how often murders get solved. There are places in America where it is statistically unlikely for a killer to be caught. If you want to get away with murder, go to places like Detroit, Phoenix, Chicago or New Orleans. If you want to get caught, kill somebody in Denver, San Diego or Philadelphia.
When we interviewed police chiefs, some trends become clear. Law enforcement leaders in underperforming departments are not closely monitoring homicide clearance rates and have not made murder investigations a high priority. Chiefs in rapidly improving departments carefully watch their stats and adopt the “best practices” of homicide investigations that are emerging from recent research by criminologists and the FBI.
Police in underperforming departments are likely to say their solution rates are so low because witnesses refuse to cooperate or because they are beset by gang activity. But police in many other cities have learned how to get witnesses to cooperate and how to overcome the gangs.
We’ve found that poor homicide clearance rates usually result from a failure of will by local political leaders — police chiefs, mayors, city councils — to make murder a priority and to insist that they be solved
2nd read
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Cold Case Solved Using Fingerprints
Published on Saturday, 02 August 2014 15:32
Written by FBI
The word "latent" means "hidden" or "invisible." When fingerprints are involved, "latent prints" are those accidentally left behind by criminals during the commission of a crime. The story below, from the files of the FBI, details a cold case recently solved by a Massachusetts State Police Trooper using new database technology and latent fingerprints.
Every year, our Criminal Justice Information Services Division gives its Latent Hit of the Year Award to latent print examiners and/or law enforcement officers who solve a major violent crime using the Bureau's Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System, or IAFIS.
This year, we honor Massachusetts State Police (MSP) Trooper Christopher Dolan, a latent print examiner in the MSP's Crime Scene Services Section, for the role he played in identifying the killer in a 1983 cold case.
The victim, 29-year-old Rodney Wyman, and a co-worker had traveled from Connecticut to Malden, Massachusetts, to install windows at a construction site in the summer of 1983. On the night of August 22, the two men settled down in their motel suite to watch television. They heard a noise in a back room, and Wyman got up to check it out. As he approached the door, a gunman fired a fatal shot into Wyman's chest. The gunman, demanding money from Wyman's co-worker, brutally attacked the man and then began removing valuables from the room. But when he tried lifting the television set, a tamper alarm was activated, and two hotel employees rushed to the room. One of the employees saw a man exit the rear window of the suite and chased him, but the intruder escaped.
The motel room was processed by the MSP's Crime Scene Services Section (CSSS). More than 23 latent prints were recoveredâeveral were deemed of no value, and others were identified as those the deceased victim and employees of the hotel. The remaining prints were searched against the Massachusetts Automated Fingerprint Identification System, which was relatively new at the time. There were no results produced, and eventually, the case went cold
But 27 years later, the MSP. looking to apply newer investigative technologies to cold cases. requested a reassessment of the latent evidence from the Wyman homicide investigation. That task fell to Dolan, who first searched two latent images collected from the television set against the state AFIS, with negative results. He then requested a search of the FBI's IAFIS and, in less than 10 minutes, received a response containing possible candidates for c
Over 200,000 unsolved murders in the USA since 1988.
WOW! Make that 199,999
How is this bodyguard thing working out for you?
Yes I know, 75% failure rate is OK....
Boo, scared you again, eh?
1st read
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Scripps Howard Investigation Finds Majority of Homicides Remain Unsolved
Published May 25, 2010 3:41 pm
The Scripps Howard News Service spent a year plowing through FBI statistics and learned that in many of America’s cities, fewer than half of all murder cases are solved. At least 6,000 a year go unsolved. It is a long way from what you see on the TV dramas, where the cases are often resolved inside an hour.
Scripps Howard has built a searchable database that allows you to find the murder clearance rate in your state or county over time. You can also see the trends in your county for weapons used, gender, race and ethnicity.
Scripps Howard reported that despite great new laboratory resources, more murders go unsolved than solved in some cities:
“Experts say that murders have become tougher to solve because there are fewer crimes of passion, where the assailant is easier to identify, and more drug- and gang-related killings. Many police chiefs — especially in areas with skyrocketing numbers of unsolved crimes — blame a lack of cooperation by witnesses and even surviving victims of violent crime.
“Still, some police departments routinely solve most of their homicides, even the tough ones, while others are mired in growing stacks of unsolved cases.
“Police solved only 35 percent of the murders in Chicago in 2008, 22 percent in New Orleans and just 21 percent in Detroit. Yet authorities solved 75 percent of the killings that same year in Philadelphia, 92 percent in Denver and 94 percent in San Diego.
” ‘We’ve concluded that the major factor is the amount of resources police departments place on homicide clearances and the priority they give to homicide clearances,’ said University of Maryland criminologist Charles Wellford, who led a landmark study into how police can improve murder investigations.”
I asked Tom Hargrove at Scripps Howard Media Services via e-mail to tell us more about the project and how you might be able to tap into his team’s good work. You can read his edited responses below.
Al Tompkins: What surprised you most when you crunched the numbers?
Tom Hargrove: The astonishing and disturbing pattern in the FBI data set is the variation in how often murders get solved. There are places in America where it is statistically unlikely for a killer to be caught. If you want to get away with murder, go to places like Detroit, Phoenix, Chicago or New Orleans. If you want to get caught, kill somebody in Denver, San Diego or Philadelphia.
When we interviewed police chiefs, some trends become clear. Law enforcement leaders in underperforming departments are not closely monitoring homicide clearance rates and have not made murder investigations a high priority. Chiefs in rapidly improving departments carefully watch their stats and adopt the “best practices” of homicide investigations that are emerging from recent research by criminologists and the FBI.
Police in underperforming departments are likely to say their solution rates are so low because witnesses refuse to cooperate or because they are beset by gang activity. But police in many other cities have learned how to get witnesses to cooperate and how to overcome the gangs.
We’ve found that poor homicide clearance rates usually result from a failure of will by local political leaders — police chiefs, mayors, city councils — to make murder a priority and to insist that they be solved
2nd read
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Cold Case Solved Using Fingerprints
Published on Saturday, 02 August 2014 15:32
Written by FBI
The word "latent" means "hidden" or "invisible." When fingerprints are involved, "latent prints" are those accidentally left behind by criminals during the commission of a crime. The story below, from the files of the FBI, details a cold case recently solved by a Massachusetts State Police Trooper using new database technology and latent fingerprints.
Every year, our Criminal Justice Information Services Division gives its Latent Hit of the Year Award to latent print examiners and/or law enforcement officers who solve a major violent crime using the Bureau's Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System, or IAFIS.
This year, we honor Massachusetts State Police (MSP) Trooper Christopher Dolan, a latent print examiner in the MSP's Crime Scene Services Section, for the role he played in identifying the killer in a 1983 cold case.
The victim, 29-year-old Rodney Wyman, and a co-worker had traveled from Connecticut to Malden, Massachusetts, to install windows at a construction site in the summer of 1983. On the night of August 22, the two men settled down in their motel suite to watch television. They heard a noise in a back room, and Wyman got up to check it out. As he approached the door, a gunman fired a fatal shot into Wyman's chest. The gunman, demanding money from Wyman's co-worker, brutally attacked the man and then began removing valuables from the room. But when he tried lifting the television set, a tamper alarm was activated, and two hotel employees rushed to the room. One of the employees saw a man exit the rear window of the suite and chased him, but the intruder escaped.
The motel room was processed by the MSP's Crime Scene Services Section (CSSS). More than 23 latent prints were recoveredâeveral were deemed of no value, and others were identified as those the deceased victim and employees of the hotel. The remaining prints were searched against the Massachusetts Automated Fingerprint Identification System, which was relatively new at the time. There were no results produced, and eventually, the case went cold
But 27 years later, the MSP. looking to apply newer investigative technologies to cold cases. requested a reassessment of the latent evidence from the Wyman homicide investigation. That task fell to Dolan, who first searched two latent images collected from the television set against the state AFIS, with negative results. He then requested a search of the FBI's IAFIS and, in less than 10 minutes, received a response containing possible candidates for c
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New York man who filmed deadly chokehold is arrested on weapons charge
Witness who filmed Eric Garner chokehold arrested on weapons charges
The man who shot cell phone video of Eric Garner's chokehold death was arrested on weapons charges.
By Maya Srikrishnan
CrimeStaten Island (New York City)
The New York man who recorded a cellphone video of police placing Eric Garner in a chokehold has been arrested on a weapons charge, police said Sunday.
New York man who filmed deadly chokehold is arrested on weapons charge
Witness who filmed Eric Garner chokehold arrested on weapons charges
The man who shot cell phone video of Eric Garner's chokehold death was arrested on weapons charges.
By Maya Srikrishnan
CrimeStaten Island (New York City)
The New York man who recorded a cellphone video of police placing Eric Garner in a chokehold has been arrested on a weapons charge, police said Sunday.
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LAPD purchase of horse owned by chief's daughter is probed
Chief Charlie Beck's daughter, an officer in the equestrian unit, owned a horse that was purchased by and LAPD foundation for $6,000.
LAPD purchase of horse owned by chief's daughter is probed
Chief Charlie Beck's daughter, an officer in the equestrian unit, owned a horse that was purchased by and LAPD foundation for $6,000.
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Oregon detective accused of misconduct in white supremacist case
David Joseph Pedersen wanted to start a white supremacist revolution, so he came up with a plan to massacre Jews in the Pacific Northwest in hopes of inspiring copycats.
Pedersen got caught before he could carry out such an attack — but not before he and an accomplice killed four people in fall 2011 during a 10-day crime rampage across Washington, Oregon and Northern California.
On Monday, a Portland federal judge sentenced Pedersen, 34, to two life terms without parole.
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Then, in a thundering written opinion, Senior District Judge Ancer L. Haggerty criticized prosecutors for a "disturbing" series of oversights and ethical missteps. The errors were especially disturbing, he said, because officials had considered seeking the death penalty.
Investigators failed to turn over huge swaths of evidence to the defense, and collected and listened to Pedersen's confidential jailhouse phone calls with his attorneys, Haggerty said.
The judge accused the lead investigator, Oregon State Police Det. Dave Steele, of "backdating" evidence reports, reviewing Pedersen's confidential attorney calls and letters, destroying evidence, lying to the U.S. attorney's office and filing a false declaration with the court — a potentially criminal pattern of conduct.
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"Given the breadth of his misconduct in this case, it is not difficult to imagine that he has committed similar misconduct in other cases," the judge wrote, suggesting Steele might be prosecuted.
Pedersen's crime spree began Sept. 26, 2011, with the slayings of his father, David Jones "Red" Pedersen, and stepmother, Leslie Mae "Dee Dee" Pedersen, in Snohomish County, Wash., according to court records.
Officials say that Pedersen shot his father, calling him a child molester, and that his partner in the spree, Holly Ann Grigsby, cut Dee Dee Pedersen's throat.
The pair then traveled to Oregon, where, on Oct. 1, Pedersen shot and killed 19-year-old Cody Myers, stole his car and dumped his body in the woods, according to court records.
Next, they drove to Eureka, Calif., where Pedersen killed Reginald Alan Clark, 53, on Oct. 4.
Given the breadth of his misconduct in this case, it is not difficult to imagine that he has committed similar misconduct in other cases. - Senior District Judge Ancer L. Haggerty, on Oregon State Police Det. Dave Steele
The California Highway Patrol arrested them the next day. Pedersen had his father's wallet, as well as phone numbers and addresses of Jewish organizations in Portland, officials said.
After his arrest, Pedersen wrote a letter to the Oregonian newspaper, saying he hoped his actions "would serve as an example for others to follow."
In March 2012, he pleaded guilty in Snohomish County to Washington state charges of killing his parents. He received life without parole.
In August 2012, he was indicted in Oregon federal court for the entire crime spree. That's when the trouble began.
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Haggerty described a federal-state criminal investigation team spearheaded by the Oregon State Police as overwhelmed by the amount of evidence, to the point that prosecutors didn't know what investigators had collected.
Spokesmen for the U.S. attorney's office in Oregon and the Oregon State Police declined to comment.
The judge believed that prosecutors did not intentionally collect Pedersen's calls with his attorneys, but said the chief investigator, Steele, apparently listened to the recordings.
Steele was suspended in December pending a criminal investigation. At one point, Steele's attorney told the judge the detective would invoke his 5th Amendment right not to incriminate himself if he was asked to testify about the Pedersen investigation.
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The status of the Steele investigation could not be determined. A spokesman for the Oregon State Police said he was still on leave "pending this matter." Neither Steele nor his attorney could be reached for comment.
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Oregon detective accused of misconduct in white supremacist case
David Joseph Pedersen wanted to start a white supremacist revolution, so he came up with a plan to massacre Jews in the Pacific Northwest in hopes of inspiring copycats.
Pedersen got caught before he could carry out such an attack — but not before he and an accomplice killed four people in fall 2011 during a 10-day crime rampage across Washington, Oregon and Northern California.
On Monday, a Portland federal judge sentenced Pedersen, 34, to two life terms without parole.
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Related story: American Ebola patients become serum test subjects
Monte Morin
Then, in a thundering written opinion, Senior District Judge Ancer L. Haggerty criticized prosecutors for a "disturbing" series of oversights and ethical missteps. The errors were especially disturbing, he said, because officials had considered seeking the death penalty.
Investigators failed to turn over huge swaths of evidence to the defense, and collected and listened to Pedersen's confidential jailhouse phone calls with his attorneys, Haggerty said.
The judge accused the lead investigator, Oregon State Police Det. Dave Steele, of "backdating" evidence reports, reviewing Pedersen's confidential attorney calls and letters, destroying evidence, lying to the U.S. attorney's office and filing a false declaration with the court — a potentially criminal pattern of conduct.
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"Given the breadth of his misconduct in this case, it is not difficult to imagine that he has committed similar misconduct in other cases," the judge wrote, suggesting Steele might be prosecuted.
Pedersen's crime spree began Sept. 26, 2011, with the slayings of his father, David Jones "Red" Pedersen, and stepmother, Leslie Mae "Dee Dee" Pedersen, in Snohomish County, Wash., according to court records.
Officials say that Pedersen shot his father, calling him a child molester, and that his partner in the spree, Holly Ann Grigsby, cut Dee Dee Pedersen's throat.
The pair then traveled to Oregon, where, on Oct. 1, Pedersen shot and killed 19-year-old Cody Myers, stole his car and dumped his body in the woods, according to court records.
Next, they drove to Eureka, Calif., where Pedersen killed Reginald Alan Clark, 53, on Oct. 4.
Given the breadth of his misconduct in this case, it is not difficult to imagine that he has committed similar misconduct in other cases. - Senior District Judge Ancer L. Haggerty, on Oregon State Police Det. Dave Steele
The California Highway Patrol arrested them the next day. Pedersen had his father's wallet, as well as phone numbers and addresses of Jewish organizations in Portland, officials said.
After his arrest, Pedersen wrote a letter to the Oregonian newspaper, saying he hoped his actions "would serve as an example for others to follow."
In March 2012, he pleaded guilty in Snohomish County to Washington state charges of killing his parents. He received life without parole.
In August 2012, he was indicted in Oregon federal court for the entire crime spree. That's when the trouble began.
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Haggerty described a federal-state criminal investigation team spearheaded by the Oregon State Police as overwhelmed by the amount of evidence, to the point that prosecutors didn't know what investigators had collected.
Spokesmen for the U.S. attorney's office in Oregon and the Oregon State Police declined to comment.
The judge believed that prosecutors did not intentionally collect Pedersen's calls with his attorneys, but said the chief investigator, Steele, apparently listened to the recordings.
Steele was suspended in December pending a criminal investigation. At one point, Steele's attorney told the judge the detective would invoke his 5th Amendment right not to incriminate himself if he was asked to testify about the Pedersen investigation.
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The status of the Steele investigation could not be determined. A spokesman for the Oregon State Police said he was still on leave "pending this matter." Neither Steele nor his attorney could be reached for comment.
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Trial begins for 2 DeSoto deputies
Jody Holland claims he was beaten at the DeSoto County Jail on three occasions.
: Tuesday, August 5, 2014 at 4:52 p.m.
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FORT MYERS - A former inmate's injuries were self-inflicted, part of a scheme to get out of jail and to sue DeSoto County for millions of dollars, a defense attorney for one of two former jailers charged with violating Jody Holland's civil rights claimed in federal court Tuesday.
The defense team also blamed a DeSoto County sheriff's lieutenant, the FBI and the Herald-Tribune for their clients' legal predicament.
“Never have two sides been so far apart in any case,” said Peter Aiken, who is representing former deputy Steven Rizza. “The evidence will show that once the people at the jail saw the pictures (of Holland's injuries), they threw Rizza under the bus.”
David Joffee, who represents the other former deputy facing federal charges, Jonathan Mause, cited Holland's pending civil suit against DeSoto County.
“Mr. Holland has 3-million-plus reasons to try to spin this case,” Joffee said.
But Assistant U.S. Attorney Jesus Casas, the lead prosecutor, offered the jury a very different take during the first day of the trial, which began this week in U.S. District Court in Fort Myers before Judge Sheri Polster Chappell.
Casas said the case revolved around a “large, extra-cranial, sub-cutaneous hematoma” — a massive head injury caused by blunt-force trauma.
“Mr. Rizza grabbed Mr. Holland by the shirt and smashed Mr. Holland against the wall,” Casas said. “This is a trial about the head injury Jody Holland received. This is a trial about abuse.
“This is a trial about the lies of Rizza and Mause to cover it up.”
chump change for chump voter and taxpayer ,eh?
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Trial begins for 2 DeSoto deputies
Jody Holland claims he was beaten at the DeSoto County Jail on three occasions.
: Tuesday, August 5, 2014 at 4:52 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, August 5, 2014 at 4:52 p.m.
FORT MYERS - A former inmate's injuries were self-inflicted, part of a scheme to get out of jail and to sue DeSoto County for millions of dollars, a defense attorney for one of two former jailers charged with violating Jody Holland's civil rights claimed in federal court Tuesday.
The defense team also blamed a DeSoto County sheriff's lieutenant, the FBI and the Herald-Tribune for their clients' legal predicament.
“Never have two sides been so far apart in any case,” said Peter Aiken, who is representing former deputy Steven Rizza. “The evidence will show that once the people at the jail saw the pictures (of Holland's injuries), they threw Rizza under the bus.”
David Joffee, who represents the other former deputy facing federal charges, Jonathan Mause, cited Holland's pending civil suit against DeSoto County.
“Mr. Holland has 3-million-plus reasons to try to spin this case,” Joffee said.
But Assistant U.S. Attorney Jesus Casas, the lead prosecutor, offered the jury a very different take during the first day of the trial, which began this week in U.S. District Court in Fort Myers before Judge Sheri Polster Chappell.
Casas said the case revolved around a “large, extra-cranial, sub-cutaneous hematoma” — a massive head injury caused by blunt-force trauma.
“Mr. Rizza grabbed Mr. Holland by the shirt and smashed Mr. Holland against the wall,” Casas said. “This is a trial about the head injury Jody Holland received. This is a trial about abuse.
“This is a trial about the lies of Rizza and Mause to cover it up.”
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Dedham police officer charged as accessory in man's kidnapping
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
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Dedham Police Officer Arrested In Connection With Avon Kidnapping
DEDHAM — A Dedham police officer is charged as an accessory in the January disappearance of a man who is presumed dead.
Prosecutors said 40-year-old Michael Schoener allegedly gave his police badge, handcuffs and an empty holster to the man believed to have masterminded the kidnapping of 37-year-old James Robertson.
Dedham police officer charged as accessory in man's kidnapping
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
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Dedham Police Officer Arrested In Connection With Avon Kidnapping
DEDHAM — A Dedham police officer is charged as an accessory in the January disappearance of a man who is presumed dead.
Prosecutors said 40-year-old Michael Schoener allegedly gave his police badge, handcuffs and an empty holster to the man believed to have masterminded the kidnapping of 37-year-old James Robertson.
