Update: April 19 2016 A former police officer who shot an unarmed man to death in a darkened stairwell was spared prison time Tuesday, and a judge reduced his manslaughter conviction to a lesser charge in a case that became a flashpoint for police accountability. Peter Liang was sentenced to five years’ probation and 800 … Read more
SOUTH CAROLINA — Officer Sean Groubert has shot an unarmed man after asking the man for his license. Unedited video footage from Officer Groubert’s dashcam clearly shows that 35-yr-old Levar Jones was unarmed and posed no threat to Officer Groubert. It began when Officer Groubert decided to pull Levar over for a “seatbelt violation.” Levar … Read more
CALL THE SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE — GET KILLED BY A SWAT TEAM William Grigg | Lew Rockwell Blog 2014/10/24 A still-unidentified 35-year-old man from Roy, Utah called a suicide prevention hotline at 4:00 a.m. Tuesday morning (October 21). A SWAT team showed up and, according to Roy PD spokesman Matt Gwynn, “negotiated” with the “subject” … Read more
Erin Ivie | Contra Costa Times HALF MOON BAY — The family of a schizophrenic teenage girl fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy in Half Moon Bay filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against San Mateo County, seeking various damages for excessive force and unreasonable due process, court documents reveal. Last month, District Attorney Steve … Read more
SOUTH CAROLINA — A disturbing dashcam video has surfaced showing a cop open fire on a disabled veteran at a traffic stop. Bobby Canipe, 70, was pulled over because his registration tags were expired. He peacefully began an attempt to greet the officer. Because he cannot walk without assistance, he reached for his cane as … Read more
LewRockwell.com | William N. Grigg A North Vegas Police Officer shot and killed a 38-year-old man for the supposed crime of walking away from a cop. David L. Robinson was shot in the head by an unidentified North Las Vegas cop in the backyard of an abandoned home. He had been accosted by the officer while trying to … Read more
WASHINGTON, DC — The United States Government is now equipping police departments across the country with 13,000 high-powered, mine-resistant military units, according to a newly released video report by Blomberg (below). These Mine Resistant Ambush-Protected (MRAP) units were used in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Each MRAP weighs over 20 tons and is designed to protect … Read more
The OP-NAT Eye | Despite near-daily summary executions of unarmed people, assaults and malicious arrests by U.S. police, Americans still love their cops. A Gallup poll from this past June found that white Americans are 60 percent confident in police, while non-whites checked in at 48 percent. But in recent years, public trust in police has slid. A 2009 poll … Read more
EUHARLEE — A teenage boy who was about to graduate highschool to join the Marines has been executed by a female officer. The incident has left the community horrified, with many accusing the officer of incompetence and being “trigger-happy.” The OP-Nat Eye reports that 17-yr-old Christopher Roupe was shot and killed moments after sitting down … Read more
2014/02/17 Guangxi Zhuang, CHINA — It’s actually happening. An officer is being sentenced to death for shooting a pregnant woman and her unborn child to death, and injuring her husband. The husband and wife were enjoying their dinner at a restaurant they owned when a cop came in, began harassing them, and eventually opened fire … Read more
NEW YORK — Noel Polanco was a soldier who wanted to protect his country. That all changed one night as he was driving home. Officer Hassan Hamdy pulled Noel over at a traffic stop. The officer claimed that Noel had been driving “recklessly.” Noel never expected what would happen next. He was shot in the chest … Read more
NORTH CAROLINA — A cop who said “We don’t have time for this” and then killed a 90-lb mentally ill boy has been indicted by a grand jury for voluntary manslaughter. Bryon Vassey entered the home of a family who called 911 for medical help after their schizophrenic child had an episode. Rather than helping … Read more