Quote:Virginia ex-cop gets 2-1/2 year sentence for black teen’s shooting death

Quote:A former Portsmouth, Virginia, police officer was sentenced on Wednesday to 2-1/2 years in prison for the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager last year, a court spokesman said.

The ex-officer, Stephen Rankin, 36, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in August for shooting William Chapman II, 18, while investigating a shoplifting report at a Walmart store.

(October 12, 2016 at 12:33 am)Minimalist Wrote: Fucking juries....

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/12/us/mis...ss&emc=rss

Quote:Mistrial for 2 Ex-Officers in Albuquerque Killing of Mentally Ill Man

Quote:ALBUQUERQUE — After two full days of deliberations, a jury here announced on Tuesday that it had failed to reach a verdict in the murder trial of two former police officers for the 2014 shooting death of a homeless man with paranoid schizophrenia.

And why did they blow him away?

Quote:He told Ms. McGinn that he never saw Mr. Boyd lunge toward the officers but that he “had a feeling he was going to lunge forward.”

And apparently that was good enough for some of the assholes on the jury.

(October 19, 2016 at 12:21 am)Minimalist Wrote: He's very lucky, BQ.  They usually shoot black people for obstructing traffic.... even if there is no traffic!

I'm sure the cops think they showed admirable restraint.




{Where's that fucking sarcasm smile?}

Quote:Police Cite Self-Defense as Sergeant Fatally Shoots Bronx Woman, 66

Quote:A police sergeant responding to a call about a 66-year-old woman acting irrationally in a Bronx apartment fatally shot her after she tried to hit him with a baseball bat on Tuesday, the police said.

Quote:The chief said there had been “several incidents involving this individual with similar types of calls” in the past, but he did not have details of the previous calls.

Quote:Jamar Clark death: No police disciplinary proceedings

Quote:Police said the suspect was not handcuffed and they were forced to shoot in self-defence. Their version of events has been supported by the Minnesota state Department of Criminal Apprehension.

But witnesses insisted he was handcuffed and did not struggle with the officers.

Quote:A former police superintendent has been found guilty of four child sex abuse charges after decades protesting his innocence.

Gordon Anglesea, 79, who had a long police career in North Wales, abused his position to sexually assault vulnerable young boys around Wrexham in the 1980s.

Two victims described in court how Anglesea had abused them as teenagers.

One said he had been handed around "like a handbag" by a paedophile ring that preyed on children in the care system in north Wales.

Now, a third victim has told Sky News how Anglesea's brutal offending went even further than was outlined in court.

Quote:Pregnant Washington woman shot and killed by deputies during ‘wellness check’ on tribal land

Quote:“It’s really upsetting because it was a wellness check,” said Bargala, who is a Seattle University law student. “Obviously, she didn’t come out of it well.”