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Albuquerque Police Officers Face Murder Charges

January 12, 2015 Staff, www.inquisitr.com , ,
Two Albuquerque police officers are facing murder charges in the shooting death of a homeless man. Dominique Perez and Keith Sandy are accused of police brutality in the March 2013 death of 38-year-old James Boyd. According to reports, criminal charges will be filed against both Perez and Sandy on Monday. In March 2013, the Albuquerque Police Department responded to reports that a homeless man was camping in a restricted zone. As Boyd refused to leave the area, the officers eventually used a flash-bang grenade and a police dog to force him to comply. As reported by KRQU, Boyd continued to refuse the officers’ demands. Perez and Sandy then opened fire. The Albuquerque police officers shot the homeless man a total of three times. Boyd was transported to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. As one of the officers was wearing a helmet camera, the grisly scene was captured on film. The resulting footage went viral within days.

Cleveland Public Safety Dept Official Resigns Over Tamir Rice Killing

January 11, 2015 Reagan Ali for Counter Current News, www.mintpressnews.com , , , , , ,
In a resignation letter obtained by the Northeast Ohio Media Group, dated December 17th, former fiscal manager Shawn Gidley explained that he once believed that his job “was making the City of Cleveland a better place to live.” The City of Cleveland’s fiscal manager for the Public Safety Department has just issued his resignation, citing his inability to work for a city that refuses to prosecute Officer Timothy Loehmann. Loehmann fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice on November 22nd of last year. Tamir had been “armed” only with a toy BB-gun, and had never aimed it at the officer who virtually shot him on sight, in spite of the 911 caller stating repeatedly that Rice was a juvenile and that the “gun” was likely a toy. In a resignation letter obtained by the Northeast Ohio Media Group, dated December 17th, former fiscal manager Shawn Gidley explained that he once believed that his job “was making the City of Cleveland a better place to live.” Gidley explains that the shooting of Tamir Rice, and the refusal of the City of Cleveland to prosecute him, as well as “years of mismanagement, poor leadership and improper training in the Public Safety Department” led to his disillusionment with the city administration and have “ended with a child paying the ultimate price.”

#CarryTheNames 24 Hour Vigil In Grand Central Station

January 7, 2015 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org , , , , , , ,
Participants called it a "beautiful action" -- a 24 hour vigil in Grand Central Station in New York City where people carried the names of those who have been killed in police violence. "We #CarryTheNames--reading the names and stories of some of the many killed over the years because of racism. Vinie Burrows came and read a Langston Hughes poem. Dragonfly sat in the middle of the signs with all the names and sang. We marched around the information booth singing 'I can hear my brother crying, 'I can't breathe.'" The Village Voice reports on Rev. Billy Talen being arrested after 18 hours of the protest: According to a police spokeswoman, Talen was told to remove signs placed on the floor that could be a hazard to commuters walking by. After an officer tried to take one of the signs, police said, Talen pushed the officer. He was arrested with charges of obstructing governmental administration and disorderly conduct shortly after 12:30 p.m. Talen was the only person at the protest who was arrested. . . The vigil had gone on peacefully for eighteen hours before the arrest, and Savitri said she's glad the arrest didn't stop the protest, which continued until 5 p.m. "This is a First Amendment violation," she says. "And it's terrible, because it keeps us from talking about the lives being taken by police." Talen is expected to spend the night in "The Tombs."

Protest For Akai Gurley Held In Brooklyn

December 28, 2014 M.L. Nestel, www.thedailybeast.com , , ,
The protesters were remembering Michael Brown, Eric Garner and, this time, Akai Gurley: all unarmed black men killed by white police officers who have so far faced no punishment. The police departments say procedures were followed, and grand juries have listened. No indictments have been handed down against the police officers in question. But members of the black community say the cops are, at best, enjoying a culture of impunity and, at worst, getting away with murder. Today, however, standing three stories on a rooftop with the Stars and Stripes waving behind him at half-mast, one cop grinned and others puffed stogies as the protesters filed past. The whir of the circling NYPD helicopter muffled their chants calling for unity and calling out police brutality. They seemed to sense that the mood of the city, which once had sympathized with the protesters and Mayor Bill De Blasio, had shifted to support the police after the murders of Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu on Dec. 20 by a deranged Ismaaiyl Brinsley. Protesters waved at the smiling officers standing on the roof of the 75th Precinct and then responded by belting: “They think it’s a game. They think it’s a joke.” Gurley's widow, Kimberly Ballinger, was at first speechless when asked about the 75 Precinct reception. She took a beat. Then sighed, “It’s disrespectful,” she told The Daily Beast

Day Of Officer’s Funeral, Calls For Justice

December 28, 2014 Deirdre Fulton, www.commondreams.org , , ,
On the same day as tens of thousands of police officers from across the country joined the New York Police Department in honoring Officer Rafael Ramos, who was killed on December 20 along with his partner, Officer Wenjian Liu, demonstrations took place in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles protesting police violence and racial injustice. According to the Times, "on the streets around the church, scores of New York City police officers used the occasion to once again make a statement about what they feel is a lack of support from City Hall—turning their backs when Mayor Bill de Blasio delivered his remarks." Hours later, protesters employed similar symbolism when they turned their backs on the 75th Precinct in Brooklyn, NY, near the Pink Houses complex where Akai Gurley was shot and killed by an NYPD officer in November. One demonstrator held a sign that read: "When a cop dies a nation cries. When Black youth die, the Black community cries alone." In Chicago, relatives and other supporters of Dontre Hamilton, who was shot and killed by a police officer in Milwaukee in April, gathered for a rally at the headquarters of Jesse Jackson. Last week, Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm announced his decision not to file charges against Christopher Manney, saying the officer acted in self-defense. The #MillionsMarchLA event, organized by a collective of college students, local residents, and community leaders, began with community discussions and a rally at noon, followed by a march scheduled to begin at 2 pm PST.

Protests Break Out For Dontre Hamilton In Milwaukee

December 23, 2014 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org , , , ,
Filled with frustration and resolve, a coalition of religious and civil rights leaders joined the family of Dontre Hamilton on Monday in demanding that a federal investigation into his fatal shooting move forward, along with a broader review of Milwaukee Police Department cases involving excessive force. U.S. Attorney James Santelle issued a statement saying the U.S. Department of Justice would review the Hamilton case individually to determine whether federal civil rights laws were violated. Santelle did not address the issue of a larger "pattern-and-practice" investigation that would examine the entire department. In 2011, federal officials began a preliminary review of whether the U.S. Department of Justice should sue the Milwaukee Police Department for a series of possible civil rights violations. Racial profiling, searches and seizures without probable cause, the targeting of minority populations for harassment, a poor citizen complaint process, excessive use of force, or excessive use of weapons or Tasers, all could warrant federal intervention.

Garner Protesters Hold Candlelight Vigil For Slain Officers

December 23, 2014 Carly Schwartz, Alana Horowitz and Sebastian Murdock, www.huffingtonpost.com , , , , ,
At a candlelit gathering in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, a half-mile from where officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were shot to death execution-style by Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, on Saturday, several dozen people held makeshift lanterns made of Dixie cups as they marched from Herbert Von King Park to St. Philips Church in silence. The attendees, including many who have spent the past month protesting the police killings of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, said they came to honor the officers who were killed and those who have been killed by officers. "Tonight is an opportunity to come together for a moment of reflection," Michael Premo, 32, a freelance journalist and Bedford-Stuyvesant resident who helped organize the vigil, told The Huffington Post. "There's a lot of confusion, a lot of pain. ... The loss of these officers is absolutely tragic. Any loss of life is tragic." At the Bedford-Stuyvesant vigil, 25-year-old Darius Gordon dismissed recent remarks by NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton that linked recent protests against police brutality in New York City to the murders of Liu and Ramos. "It's not comparable," Gordon said. Brinsley "shot his girlfriend before coming here from Baltimore. It's not related at all.

Garner’s Daughter Visits Memorial For Slain Police

December 22, 2014 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org , , ,
Emerald Snipes-Garner, the 22 year old daughter of Eric Garner visited the memorial for the two police officers killed over the weekend. She is the youngest daughter of Eric Garner Snipes said she was moved by the comments of 13-year-old Jaden Ramos, the son of Officer Rafael Ramos, who said, ‘Today I had to say bye to my dad.’ She said of his comment “It hit my heart because I know what it feels like, with this upcoming season and you don’t have your father around, I know firsthand what you’re feeling.” She told the NY Post that she had earlier visited the family of one of the slain cops, Officer Rafael Ramos. Snipes laid flowers and placed a candle at the memorial site. She said her father would not have wanted violence: "And I just want everyone to know that we have to pray for the mental health of the activists and people. … And you know, I want to let everyone know that we have to be peaceful. My father wasn’t a violent man. He was very peaceful. There are ways that you can do things without letting tragedies happen."

Murder Of New York Police: Violence Will Not Reduce Violence

December 21, 2014 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org , , ,
Popular Resistance joins with #BlackLivesMatter and Ferguson Action in being shocked and saddened by the deaths of two police officers in New York. We extend our sympathy to the families, friends and colleagues of the people killed by an obviously troubled person. Civilian violence is not the solution to police violence, indeed it will lead to an escalation of violence. We need to de-escalate violence between police and the people and not want to do anything to encourage its escalation. It is important to emphasize that these murders were not connected to the movement against police abuse, brutality and racism. The three murders by a troubled man, two police officers and his former girlfriend, are not acts of protest but of someone who needed mental health treatment. Organizers of these nationwide protests have consistently emphasized nonviolence. Peaceful protests across the country have begun to move the issues surrounding the re-making of the relationship between police and the people. Popular Resistance does not want to see that progress undermined by violence, especially the killing of anyone -- civilian or police.

3,000 Rally at Mall of America, Police Shut Down Mall for Hours

December 21, 2014 Black Lives Matter Minneapolis, www.facebook.com , , ,
On December 20, 2014, 3,000 community members including families, clergy, and youth peacefully gathered today at the Mall of America rotunda to sing songs and chant demanding an end to police brutality and the racial inequities people of color face. “Today’s protest was our biggest success yet,” said Mica Grimm an organizer with Black Lives Matter Minneapolis. “Thousands of people stood together, refused to be intimidated, and disrupted business as usual on the busiest shopping day of the year at the biggest mall in the country. As long as innocent Black and brown lives are disrupted by police without consequence, we cannot go about business as usual.” Police and security decided to shut down stores and entrances across the entire mall for hours in response, and as the singing ended and participants began to exit, police in full riot gear confronted the crowd. Entire groups of workers left their stores to join the demonstration standing outside of their stores with hands raised until police ordered them back inside. “In this season which is supposed be about love and peace, it felt like holy work to join such a well organized and peaceful demonstration to demand justice and honor Black lives,” said Rev. Justin Schroeder, Senior Minister at First Universalist Church of Minneapolis, “I stood with my wife and six year old son and dozens of clergy and many people of faith. I was disappointed to see the police meeting peaceful protesters in full riot gear. For my family showing up at this protest was the most important thing we could do this holiday season.”

Oakland Activists Blockade Police Station 4 Hours & 28 Minutes

December 16, 2014 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org , , , ,
In an impressive multi-layered blockade of the Oakland police headquarters, activists made clear points about the police brutality and abuse they have experienced in Oakland and many have experienced throughout the country. The blockade included a combination of blockading tactics, activists linking arms or using lock boxes, blockading four doors of the police station, blockading roadways and sidewalks. They successfully held the space for more than four hours singing songs about justice and chanting about racism and solidarity. One person climbed a flagpole and flew a flag with the faces of African Americans killed in police violence which remembered the lives of Oscar Grant, Eric Garner, Alex Nieto, Renisha McBride, and Michael Brown. They showed exceptional solidarity and coordination of activities. At the same time other activists blockaded other roadways and the entrance to a highway.

Howard University Law Students Open Letter On Policing

December 14, 2014 Staff, www.law.howard.edu , , , ,
As Howard University School of Law students, we stand on the shoulders of change agents like Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and Charles Hamilton Houston. In our halls each day, we are reminded of their extraordinary impact on our country and their desire to make it clear that all lives matter and should be treated equally. In our classes, we learn about the various standards of proof involved in courtroom proceedings. We often hear about the magnitude of the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard of proof that is placed on the state during criminal trials. We also learn about the standard of proof for grand juries: probable cause to believe a crime has been committed by a criminal suspect. This is a very low bar. It means that in order to indict a criminal suspect, the grand jury has to find that there was probable cause for ANY of the charges suggested; charges ranging from firstdegree murder to involuntary manslaughter. Probable cause does not require the grand jury to find that the suspect is clearly guilty or even that the suspect more than likely committed the crime. Notwithstanding, on November 24, 2014, the grand jury in Ferguson found that there was no probable cause to believe that Officer Wilson committed a crime when he shot and killed Mike Brown. On December 3, 2014, the grand jury in Staten Island found that there was no probable cause to believe Officer Pantaleo committed a crime when he placed Eric Garner in a chokehold, which contributed to his death. What happens now? How is faith restored in the criminal justice system for people of color?

#DayOfResistance Covers The Nation In Protest

December 13, 2014 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org , , ,
The #DayOfResistance covered the nation in protest with major events in Washington, DC and New York City as well as many cities across the country. Among the cities represented below are Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Miami, Portland, OR, Oakland, San Francisco, San Antonio, Seattle, St. Louis and Los Angeles. The protests are a new crescendo in the escalation that has been growing since the grand jury decided in Ferguson, MO not to indict the officer who killed Michael Brown. They escalated again with the decision of a Staten Island grand jury not to indict the officer who killed Eric Garner. And, throughout this time there were additional killings of African Americans in other cities. All of this has led to an awakening of a culture of resistance throughout the nation against police abuse and the killing of African Americans across the nation. The failure of government to adequately respond ensures these protests will continue.

Erica Garner Stages Die-In Where Her Father Was Killed

December 12, 2014 Amanda Holpuch, www.theguardian.com , , , ,
Just outside a Staten Island storefront on Thursday night, Erica Garner laid down on the sidewalk where her father collapsed after being put in a chokehold by aNew York police officer. Garner led a group of protesters on a march to a memorial for her father, Eric Garner, who died shortly after the incident. The group staged a “die-in” next to the makeshift memorial, with people lying in the streets on a nearly freezing cold night in the New York City borough. Garner said she will continue to lead protests in Staten Island twice a week in memory of her father, who died at age 43 after NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo put him in the chokehold. Garner’s last words – “I can’t breathe. I can’t breathe” – have become a rallying cry for protesters across the US since a grand jury decided not to indict Pantaleo last month.

In DC: Join Mothers Who Have Lost Children To Police Violence

December 7, 2014 Nathan Sherd, www.codepink.org , , , ,
Voices of Grief and Struggle: Mothers Come to Washington DC to Demand Police Accountability. Hosted by Mothers Against Police Brutality, CODEPINK, National Congress of Black Women and Hands Up DC Coalition, mothers who have lost their children to police brutality will travel to Washington DC from December 9-11 to call for police accountability, policy reform and justice for victims’ families. The group will also pave the way for a larger gathering in Washington DC on Mothers Day. The women will come to Washington to advocate for changing existing laws that leave families vulnerable to police brutality and accountability loopholes. The changes they’d like to see include effective civilian reviews of police misconduct; transparency in investigations of police officers; a comprehensive, public national-level database of police shootings; and significant reforms to the 1033 program and other federal programs that equip police departments with military gear.
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