The Shooting Gallery: Police Violence MEGATHREAD

[DontSayBanana]

Man 2?

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/02/us/freddie-gray-autopsy-report-given-to-baltimore-prosecutors.html

They're pretty much all being charged with official misconduct and manslaughter; a couple are being charged with false imprisonment, and one's being charged with homicide.

[Razgovory]

That is why I have my loot bags ready at all times.

If a black cop shoots a white perp I'm looting the hell out of a Bass Pro.

We'll you would be only one dumb enough to try to loot a store where the people there have rifles.

[Eddie Teach]

Shotguns work too.

[Razgovory]

Things you don't loot:

Stores carrying guns
Military installations
shops owned by Koreans
Your own damn home

[Darth Wagtaros]

Things you don't loot:

Your own damn home

It would be the perfect crime.

[DontSayBanana]

Things you don't loot:

...
Your own damn home

Given how frequently my porn stash was confiscated by my father, teenage me totally would have.

[jimmy olsen]

Man 2?

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/02/us/freddie-gray-autopsy-report-given-to-baltimore-prosecutors.html

They're pretty much all being charged with official misconduct and manslaughter; a couple are being charged with false imprisonment, and one's being charged with homicide.

Good news.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Man 2?

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/02/us/freddie-gray-autopsy-report-given-to-baltimore-prosecutors.html

They're pretty much all being charged with official misconduct and manslaughter; a couple are being charged with false imprisonment, and one's being charged with homicide.

Good news.

Is it? Either they are guilty and a trial will prove it or they are guilty and a trial will let them off (as so often happens) or they are not guilty and the politicians needed to make an example out of someone.

[jimmy olsen]

You can see the State Attorney's press conference here

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/baltimore-unrest/freddie-gray-n351881

[jimmy olsen]

What a load of horseshit. The intern who wrote this is tripping over himself so much to make it seem like the cops were justified that he can't even speak intellible English. A shoot out with a cuffed woman in the back of a police car? Really?

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/woman-killed-in-shootout-with-atlanta-police-ident/nk65N/

A woman killed in a Thursday afternoon shootout with police near Underground Atlanta was a 26-year-old mother of two with a long police record that includes eight arrests in Fulton County dating back to 2006.

The Fulton Medical Examiner's office Friday identified the woman as Alexia Christian.

According to county jail records, Christian was most recently arrested by East Point police in March for selling marijuana, and by Atlanta police in January for shoplifting. Three of her prior arrests involved charges of auto theft. In two of those arrests, she was also charged with obstructing officers, jail records show.
Police investigate how handcuffed woman fired gun at officers gallery
Police investigate how handcuffed woman fired gun at officers

Steps away from the Underground Atlanta police precinct, and within a block of the Fulton County courthouse and administration building where Brian Nichols killed three people just over 10 years ago, officers shot and killed Christian after she allegedly fired shots from the backseat of a patrol car about 5 p.m.

It all began when Christian, who police believed had stolen a car, was put into the back of a patrol car, Atlanta police said Thursday night. But somehow, and it wasn't known how, Christian had a gun and fired shots at two officers, Major Darin Schierbaum said. Officers returned fire, striking Christian at least twice, Schierbaum said. No officers were injured.

The sound of gunshots was startling to those near the  downtown intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Pryor Street just as the afternoon rush hour was beginning.

Valencia Riden said she heard six or seven shots as she approached the intersection, but wasn't sure where the shots were fired. And she didn't stop to ask.

As some witnesses took cover, others downtown found themselves stranded as officers quickly closed roads in the area and an Underground parking deck. Most had no idea what had happened, but there was no mistaken what they'd heard.

"We heard three shots," said Tressa Madden, who was trying to cross the street at the time. "We heard three more shots and everybody ran back across the street."

Madden saw an officer fire a shot, but she wasn't sure at whom he was firing.

Witnesses watched as officers pulled Christian from the patrol car and administered CPR. The woman was then loaded into the back of an ambulance and driven to Grady Memorial Hospital, where she later died.

Officers surrounded the patrol car, its windows shattered, where gunfire was exchanged for the investigation into what happened.

At a time when the use of deadly force by police is facing increasing scrutiny, Atlanta police began releasing details about the incident within the hour, leading up to a news conference shortly before 7 p.m.

"Atlanta police commanders wanted to release information as quickly as it could be confirmed," police spokesman Sgt. Greg Lyon said. "We owe it to the people we serve to be as transparent as we can in these types of situations."

Schierbaum said he also couldn't confirm whether the woman was searched and handcuffed prior to being put in the back of the patrol car. The patrol car's front and back windshields had gaping holes from gunshots while officers investigated the shooting.

Some roads in the area were temporarily closed during the investigation to give officers space. A parking deck near Underground was also temporary closed. Later Thursday evening, officers cleared the scene, re-opening roads and the parking deck.

The names of the officers involved were not released.

Police officials have also not said if Christian was under arrest when the incident occurred or if she was frisked before being put in the back of the patrol car. However, Channel 2 reported that Christian was handcuffed before she was placed in the vehicle.

"At this time," Atlanta police Sgt. Greg Lyon told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Friday morning, "we are not releasing additional info about the incident."

Chief George Turner is scheduled to discuss the fatal shooting at a 2:30 p.m. press conference at police headquarters, Lyon said.

The incident was the department's second officer-involved shooting this year.

Yuric J. Ussery, 22, was shot and wounded while fleeing police April 8 after two officers, who were part of a crime-suppression unit, tried to stop him for jaywalking in the Mechanicsville neighborhood. Instead, Ussery fled and the pursing officers said they shot him after he pointed a gun at them.

There were nine shootings involving Atlanta police officers in 2014, department spokeswoman Elizabeth Espy said.

— Staff writers Ty Tagami, Rhonda Cook and David Wickert contributed to this article.

[Eddie Teach]

It could happen.

[Admiral Yi]

If cops said it it must be a lie.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Seems like there would be better ways to do it if they really wanted to off this person.  Like...pretty much anything that doesn't involve shooting her while she's still in their car.

[jimmy olsen]

It could happen.

Yes, it could happen. However, I'm no longer inclined to give the police the benefit of the doubt.

[crazy canuck]

Seems like there would be better ways to do it if they really wanted to off this person.  Like...pretty much anything that doesn't involve shooting her while she's still in their car.

If police officers always did the smartest thing things would be a lot better.