Police Kill Unarmed Teen In Ferguson, Missouri

WOW,

that was extremely deep stuff

man, i knew it was bad, but this bad though?

some very heavy triple life sentences should be thrown around at a couple individuals in MO

this is truly unacceptable.
 
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Black people suffered over five times as many nonfatal injuries from law enforcement as white people did from 2001-2012.

Disturbing video evidence surfaced in July that shows a California Highway Patrol officer aggressively and repeatedly striking the sides of 51-year-old  Marlene Pinnock’s head. The officer reported that Pinnock, a homeless African American woman who had to be hospitalized after the incident, became “physically combative” after attempting to walk into rush-hour traffic, despite a  civil rights lawsuit against the officer  that claims otherwise.

While the incident involving Pinnock is alarming, it is not unique. Every year, tens of thousands of people are injured by law enforcement in events that rarely stir the same  viral outrage. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regularly collect data about these incidents, which are classified as nonfatal injuries by law enforcement, from hospital emergency department records.

The data reveal not only a racial disparity in the number of nonfatal injuries caused by law enforcement but also an upward trend in their frequency over the last decade. And in the wake of  Michael Brown's killing by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo. last month, a national conversation has begun in force about police brutality disproportionately affecting non-whites throughout the country. This data can contribute directly to that conversation and help people who are seeking solutions to the problem.

Using the available data, a comparison of estimates obtained from the CDC’s  Web-Based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System  (WISQARS) to national census population counts shows that black people suffered over five times as many nonfatal injuries per capita from law enforcement as white people did cumulatively over the years 2001-2012.

And while the rates of nonfatal injuries to women when compared to men are generally significantly lower, the racial trends hold even within this subset. Using the same injury estimate to population count methodology yields nearly identical comparisons between black women and white women, where black women receive five times the rate of nonfatal injuries caused by law enforcement when compared to white women.

It is important to note that  approximately 17 percent  of the injury data collected by the CDC has no race or ethnicity assigned to the victims. However, even in the case that all unassigned victims of legal intervention injuries were white, the rate of nonfatal injuries to black people by law enforcement would still be over three times higher than that of white people.

The  Police-Public Contact Survey, a population survey released by the Bureau of Justice statistics and conducted in 2008, reveals racial discrepancies in people’s experience with law enforcement consistent with CDC data. The survey shows that the percentage of black people who reported experiencing the use or threat of force during their most recent contact with police was nearly three times that of white people.

Even if the assault on Pinnock was an isolated incident, the data point to what could be considered a constant struggle for racial equality in interactions with law enforcement — a struggle that, based on trends, does not appear to be getting any easier for minorities in the last decade. While conclusions drawn from the available information should be scrutinized, access to it may shine light on issues that, without any documentation, would prove difficult to analyze at all.

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Black people suffered over five times as many nonfatal injuries from law enforcement as white people did from 2001-2012.

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Disturbing video evidence surfaced in July that shows a California Highway Patrol officer aggressively and repeatedly striking the sides of 51-year-old Marlene Pinnock’s head. The officer reported that Pinnock, a homeless African American woman who had to be hospitalized after the incident, became “physically combative” after attempting to walk into rush-hour traffic, despite a civil rights lawsuit against the officer that claims otherwise.



While the incident involving Pinnock is alarming, it is not unique. Every year, tens of thousands of people are injured by law enforcement in events that rarely stir the same viral outrage. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regularly collect data about these incidents, which are classified as nonfatal injuries by law enforcement, from hospital emergency department records.



The data reveal not only a racial disparity in the number of nonfatal injuries caused by law enforcement but also an upward trend in their frequency over the last decade. And in the wake of Michael Brown's killing by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo. last month, a national conversation has begun in force about police brutality disproportionately affecting non-whites throughout the country. This data can contribute directly to that conversation and help people who are seeking solutions to the problem.



Using the available data, a comparison of estimates obtained from the CDC’s Web-Based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) to national census population counts shows that black people suffered over five times as many nonfatal injuries per capita from law enforcement as white people did cumulatively over the years 2001-2012.



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And while the rates of nonfatal injuries to women when compared to men are generally significantly lower, the racial trends hold even within this subset. Using the same injury estimate to population count methodology yields nearly identical comparisons between black women and white women, where black women receive five times the rate of nonfatal injuries caused by law enforcement when compared to white women.



It is important to note that approximately 17 percent of the injury data collected by the CDC has no race or ethnicity assigned to the victims. However, even in the case that all unassigned victims of legal intervention injuries were white, the rate of nonfatal injuries to black people by law enforcement would still be over three times higher than that of white people.



The Police-Public Contact Survey, a population survey released by the Bureau of Justice statistics and conducted in 2008, reveals racial discrepancies in people’s experience with law enforcement consistent with CDC data. The survey shows that the percentage of black people who reported experiencing the use or threat of force during their most recent contact with police was nearly three times that of white people.



Even if the assault on Pinnock was an isolated incident, the data point to what could be considered a constant struggle for racial equality in interactions with law enforcement — a struggle that, based on trends, does not appear to be getting any easier for minorities in the last decade. While conclusions drawn from the available information should be scrutinized, access to it may shine light on issues that, without any documentation, would prove difficult to analyze at all.


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CDC Stats! wow man. And people really believe in this post racial america
 
[h1]New Michael Brown Shooting Witness Comes Forward[/h1] 
The witness, who spoke to the Post-Dispatch under the condition of anonymity, was working on a building in the neighborhood and wasn't from Ferguson. He told the Post-Dispatch that he could not tell whether or not there had been a struggle between Officer Darren Wilson and Brown, but that he saw Wilson chasing Brown and shooting him while Brown had his hands up.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/06/michael-brown-shooting-wi_n_5776906.html
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http://news.yahoo.com/attorney-ferg...pect-231634921.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory


A suspected drug dealer alleges that the Ferguson, Mo., policeman who killed Michael Brown used excessive force against him last year in an arrest that earned him commendation from the police department, the man’s attorney told Yahoo News.
Officer Darren Wilson arrested Christopher Brooks on Feb. 28, 2013, after catching him and another man allegedly packaging marijuana to sell while sitting in a car in Brooks’ grandmother’s driveway.

Yahoo News obtained the full police report from Brooks’ lawyer, Nick Zotos, after the Ferguson department refused to release an un-redacted version.

According to the report, the men exited the car but Brooks wouldn’t give up his keys so the officer could search the locked PT Cruiser.

“Brooks slapped my hand away,” Wilson wrote. “Brooks was consistently yelling for his cousin, who was now on the front porch, to help him and asking him to ‘get me.’ ”

The officer took control of Brooks’ wrist and arm, but he “was resisting all control and refused to follow all commands given,” Wilson wrote. The officer called for backup because he said the situation was “growing increasing hostile.”


Zotos, a veteran St. Louis defense attorney, says his client remembers it a different way.

“The officer was physical with him, roughed him up,” Zotos told Yahoo News. “[Brooks] would not consent to a search of his vehicle, so [Wilson] forcibly took his keys from him.”

Wilson became a national figure after he fatally shot Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old, in broad daylight in the middle of a residential street, on Aug. 9.

On Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department launched a widespread probe of the predominantly white Ferguson Police Department. In a statement, the City of Ferguson said it welcomes the investigation, which will look for patterns of discrimination and review how officers use force, search and arrest suspects, and treat inmates at the city jail.

The officer, his family nor his attorney has spoken publicly about Brown’s death. Wilson is on paid leave while state and federal investigations are underway.

Ferguson police have revealed few details about the shooting or Wilson's time with the department. It wasn’t until Yahoo News discovered a post on Wilson’s father’s Facebook page that the department acknowledged the officer had earned a commendation earlier this year. Officials have repeatedly declined to offer few details about the achievement outside of what Chief Thomas Jackson said in presenting the award.

“In recognition of outstanding police work while investigating a suspicious vehicle call,” Jackson told a packed city council chamber seven months ago. “Acting alone you struggled with one subject and was able to gain control of the subject and his car keys until assistance arrived.”

Through Missouri's open records laws, Yahoo News obtained a heavily-edited police report of an arrest which the department said gave rise to Wilson's award. The suspect's name is redacted, but on Friday Zotos confirmed that Brooks' arrest was the impetus for the accolade.

“I can't explain what the commendation was about,” Zotos said. “That he fell into a couple of guys and he found some weed? Ok. I guess you give out commendations for doing your job?”

Neither Chief Jackson nor a department spokesperson returned an email seeking comment for this story.

Details from Zotos' unredacted copy of the report such as the arrest location and report number match Yahoo News' incomplete version. After three weeks of repeated requests, Ferguson refuses to identify the person Wilson arrested to on Feb. 28, 2013.


Zotos said even his copy that he has had for months left him questioning the events of the case. Wilson begins his narrative of the offense by simply stating he went to the arrest location after receiving a call about 1:20 p.m.

“There's never an explanation on where the call comes from, if in fact there is a call,” Zotos said. “It's not attributed to anybody — FBI, a 911 call, a neighborhood watch call. Anybody in the neighborhood would obviously know the car belongs at that place.”

Brooks, 28, was initially arrested on four misdemeanor and three felony charges related to assaulting an officer, resisting arrest, failing to obey orders and possessing drugs with intent to distribute. However, he has only been prosecuted on the distribution charge.

Zotos said his client never received summonses related to the charges of disobeying and resisting Wilson.

“Which is kind of a surprise, because it is something Ferguson would do to get the fine money if they could,” said Zotos, adding that the statute of limitations has now expired.

Brooks faces five to 15 years if convicted on the intent to distribute charge. A probable cause hearing is scheduled for later this month, but Zotos said he doesn’t expect Wilson — who went into hiding when Brown’s death sparked riots — to appear.

“He won't appear and I'll request to dismiss for failure to prosecute,” Zotos said.


Messages left for Brooks were not returned. His attorney said he has asked him not to speak publicly about Wilson.

“I want the dismissal to go smoothly and be done,” said Zotos, who also advised Brooks not to file a complaint with authorities until his criminal case is resolved.

A search of public records reveals Brooks has prior offenses for driving without a license and no auto insurance.

“Traffic arrests to me are inconsequential,” Zotos said. “He has no prior criminal record.”

According to the full police report, Brooks was interviewed by a separate detective the day after his arrest and admitted to having approximately six or seven ounces of marijuana. “He sells marijuana for $5 to $10 a bag to help support his family,” the detective wrote Brooks told him.

Angela Jackson, who lives across the street from Brooks’ grandmother, said everyone in the neighborhood knows him as a good person. She had heard of his arrest, but was surprised to learn Wilson was the officer and earned an award.

“Are you serious?” Jackson said. “I mean, Sir, you are really serious? Oh my goodness. This is too much going on in Ferguson.”
 
lamekilla said:
The pig is still in the wild
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America hates black people. Simple as that.
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AEA18 said:
But its not about race guys
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Lets not forget how a lot of the current "upper class" made their inherited money.

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The dehumanization started with the slave trade.  

That mentality of an inferior race is still relevant in the South.  Segregation is very true.  Just go into any jail/courhouse.  Most of the inmates are blacks and most of the judges are white.  Go into any top restaurants, mostly white.  go into any private school, mostly white...

The media fools everyone by disguising americas class issues with religion, sex, income, profession etc.

The truth is the white man who capitalized off of the black people still wants to capitalize off the black people.  Its that simple.  If you disagree with that you probably believe that marijuana is a gateway drug and that Santa Clause is the jolliest man of all.  
 
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Lets not forget how a lot of the current "upper class" made their inherited money.

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The dehumanization started with the slave trade.  

That mentality of an inferior race is still relevant in the South.  Segregation is very true.  Just go into any jail/courhouse.  Most of the inmates are blacks and most of the judges are white.  Go into any top restaurants, mostly white.  go into any private school, mostly white...


The media fools everyone by disguising americas class issues with religion, sex, income, profession etc.


The truth is the white man who capitalized off of the black people still wants to capitalize off the black people.  Its that simple.  If you disagree with that you probably believe that marijuana is a gateway drug and that Santa Clause is the jolliest man of all.  
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Slavery NEVER ended. It's still alive today, they just changed the name of it. It's even written in the 13th amendment:

"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, EXCEPT as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
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People act like the police don't know this. Nah... they know WE don't know this. It's written as plain as day for everyone to see. :smh:

According to the Department of Justice ONE IN THREE black men will see time in prison. That does not include juvenile offenders or those that do no prison time for lesser offences but are still convicted of a crime. What does that tell you?

Slavery never ended.
 
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See so much like the gif posted above, one almost becomes desensitized to it. For all the folks speaking on police brutality, why don't you join your local police department? They say change starts with the man in the mirror.There needs to be more representation of our people in government and in uniform
 
Did some research and found some sources for what that Shaun King guy was tweeting incase anyone is curious. Important parts are bold. Bout to go buy a pack of blacks after reading all this, haven't smoked in forever but I'm just so done right now bruhs. :smh:

Jeff Roorda, current State Rep in Missouri was fired in 2001 from the police force after multiple incidents of misconduct. He then became a police chief and is currently on the Missouri Safety and Review Board.
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/mo-court-of-appeals/1333908.html

Prosecutor Bob McCollouch is no stranger to controversy either...
"In 2001, two undercover drug officers from Dellwood shot and killed two men on the parking lot of a Jack in the Box in north St. Louis County. The officers said the suspects, who had prior felony convictions for drug and assault offenses, tried to escape arrest and then drove toward the officers.

A subsequent federal investigation showed that the men were unarmed and that their car had not moved forward when the officers fired 21 shots and killed the suspects, Earl Murray and Ronald Beasley. The probe, however, also concluded that because the officers feared for their safety, the shootings were justified.

McCulloch didn’t prosecute the officers. He specifically drew the ire of defense lawyers and protesters, who had been holding demonstrations and threatened to block Highway 40,when he said of Murray and Beasley, “These guys were bums.”

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_cdd4c104-6086-506e-9ee8-aa957a31fee5.html

Now back to Jeff Roorda....

"The page "Support Officer Wilson," which raised $197,620, is run by a St. Louis police charity called "Shield of Hope," which has been certified by GoFundMe as a valid donation recipient.... The three officers listed on Shield of Hope's state nonprofit records are Joseph Eagan, Timothy Zoll and Jeffrey Roorda. Zoll is a public information officer for the Ferguson Police Department, Eagan is a city council member for nearby Florissant, and Roorda is a Democratic member of the Missouri House of Representatives who is running for state Senate. He is also a former police officer.

Roorda sponsored a bill in January that would keep police officers’ names secret if they were involved in a shooting unless they were criminally charged. That bill went nowhere.

"Roorda was fired from the police force of Arnold, a St. Louis exurb, in 2001. His superiors accused him of filing a false statement against a suspect in 1997 and against his own police chief when the chief declined to give Roorda paid paternity leave, according to Missouri court records.

Roorda responded at the time that he’d been unjustly fired, but he lost his appeals. He later became police chief of Kimmswick, another St. Louis exurb, and a business manager for the St. Louis Police Officers Assn. He now sits on the Missouri House’s public safety committee."

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-ferguson-officer-fundraisers-20140831-story.html


"Jeff Roorda as the business manager for the St. Louis Police Officers’ Association, has opposed police dashboard cameras, police body cameras, and civilian oversight commissions."

"St. Louis police officer Dustin Ries had previously had a long series of excessive force lawsuits that were quietly settled out of court. On New Year’s Day 2011 while working off-duty as a security guard, Officer Ries pulled William Ginger out of his car. Officer Ries beat William Ginger with a nightstick and peppersprayed him. A video of the beating was uploaded to Youtube. There were conflicting accounts as to whether William Ginger was trying to grab at Officer Ries’ ankles or not. William Ginger was charged with misdemeanor assault; Officer Ries was never charged. Jeff Roorda came to Officer Ries’ defense and criticized the police department’s internal affairs office for even investigating the incident. Jeff Roorda criticized the internal affairs investigation into the beating in a press release he wrote for the St. Louis Police Officers’ Association."

"In 2012, St. Louis police officer Rory Bruce beat a teenager who was in handcuffs. The police department fired Officer Bruce and handed the case over to prosecutors to criminally charge Officer Bruce for beating the teenager. The judge refused to see the video of the beating and threw out the case against Officer Bruce. Jeff Roorda defended Officer Bruce’s actions and tried to help Officer Bruce get his job back with the police department. Jeff Roorda said that video evidence should only be used to exonerate police officers, and Roorda insinuated that video evidence should never be used to prosecute police officers."

"In 2005, as a legislator in the Missouri House of Representatives, Jeff Roorda sponsored a bill that would have allowed the police to collect evidence, declare the evidence as “hazardous”, destroy “hazardous” evidence without court approval, and still admit the evidence in criminal trials. The bill would have basically given the police a free pass destroy evidence before outside experts could examine it.

Currently, Jeff Roorda is trying to exempt many types of police records from the Missouri Sunshine Act. The Missouri Sunshine Act allows anyone to file a request for the government to release records. Jeff Roorda is sponsoring bill HB1466. HB1466 would make many records, including complaints against police officers and records regarding police shootings, exempt from the Missouri Sunshine Act. HB1446 would prohibit police departments from releasing the name of police officers involved in shootings unless the officer has been criminally charged."

"A facebook event on August 25, 2012 shows that Missouri Governor Jay Nixon attended Jeff Roorda’s campaign office grand opening. A March 7, 2014 article in the Missouri Times quotes Jeff Roorda stating, “I’ve had the support of Ryan [McKenna] and I’ve enjoyed support from Governor Nixon every time I’ve run. That support has been very important to my success, and I anticipate I’ll continue to enjoy their support moving forward.”

http://revolution-news.com/ferguson-governor-close-ties-fundraiser-michael-browns-killer/
 
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