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Attorneys for a Black U.S. military veteran who was brutally beaten by police during a pretextual traffic stop in Colorado are making graphic photos from the incident public and calling for a criminal investigation.
Dalvin Gadson, who served in the Army National Guard as a helicopter mechanic, claims he was racially profiled and subjected to a brutal attack by multiple police officers in Colorado Springs while others looked on and didn’t intervene after he was pulled over for his car failing to display its tags in October.
One of the photos taken in the aftermath of the beating shows an officer smiling while displaying what appears to be a bruised knuckle, presumably from the police violence...............
Dalvin Gadson, who served in the Army National Guard as a helicopter mechanic, claims he was racially profiled and subjected to a brutal attack by multiple police officers in Colorado Springs while others looked on and didn’t intervene after he was pulled over for his car failing to display its tags in October.
One of the photos taken in the aftermath of the beating shows an officer smiling while displaying what appears to be a bruised knuckle, presumably from the police violence...............
Graphic Police Brutality Photos Show Cop Smiling After Beating Black Veteran Bloody In Colorado
Dalvin Gadson claims he was racially profiled and the victim of police brutality in Colorado Springs, and he has graphic photos to prove it.
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The prison staff didn’t know much about the new acting warden. Then, they say, he made a bizarre and startling confession: Years ago, he beat inmates — and got away with it.
Thomas Ray Hinkle, a high-ranking federal Bureau of Prisons official, was sent to restore order and trust at a women’s prison wracked by a deplorable scandal. Instead, workers say, he left the federal lockup in Dublin, California, even more broken.
Staff saw Hinkle as a bully and regarded his presence there — just after allegations that the previous warden and other employees sexually assaulted inmates — as hypocrisy from an agency that was publicly pledging to end its abusive, corrupt culture.
So at a staff meeting in March, they confronted the then-director of the Bureau of Prisons and asked: Why, instead of firing Hinkle years ago, was the agency keen to keep promoting him?
“That’s something we’ve got to look into,” Michael Carvajal responded, according to people in the room.
Three months later, the Bureau of Prisons promoted Hinkle again, putting him in charge of 20 federal prisons and 21,000 inmates from Utah to Hawaii as acting western regional director. Among them: Dublin.
An Associated Press investigation has found that the Bureau of Prisons has repeatedly promoted Hinkle despite numerous red flags, rewarding him again and again over a three-decade career while others who assaulted inmates lost their jobs and went to prison.
The agency’s new leader defends Hinkle, saying he’s a changed man and a model employee — standing by him even as she promises to work with the Justice Department and Congress to root out staff misconduct. And Hinkle, responding to questions from the AP, acknowledged that he assaulted inmates in the 1990s but said he regrets that behavior and now speaks openly about it “to teach others how to avoid making the same mistakes.”
Among the AP’s findings:
— At least three inmates, all Black, have accused Hinkle of beating them while he was a correctional officer at a Florence, Colorado federal penitentiary in 1995 and 1996. The allegations were documented in court documents and formal complaints to prison officials. In recent years, colleagues say, Hinkle has talked about beating inmates while a member of a violent, racist gang of guards called “The Cowboys.”
— One inmate said he felt terrified as Hinkle and another guard dragged him up a stairway and slammed him into walls. Another said Hinkle was among guards who threw him to a concrete floor, spat on him and used racist language toward him. A third said Hinkle slapped him and held him down while another guard sexually assaulted him................
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Thomas Ray Hinkle, a high-ranking federal Bureau of Prisons official, was sent to restore order and trust at a women’s prison wracked by a deplorable scandal. Instead, workers say, he left the federal lockup in Dublin, California, even more broken.
Staff saw Hinkle as a bully and regarded his presence there — just after allegations that the previous warden and other employees sexually assaulted inmates — as hypocrisy from an agency that was publicly pledging to end its abusive, corrupt culture.
So at a staff meeting in March, they confronted the then-director of the Bureau of Prisons and asked: Why, instead of firing Hinkle years ago, was the agency keen to keep promoting him?
“That’s something we’ve got to look into,” Michael Carvajal responded, according to people in the room.
Three months later, the Bureau of Prisons promoted Hinkle again, putting him in charge of 20 federal prisons and 21,000 inmates from Utah to Hawaii as acting western regional director. Among them: Dublin.
An Associated Press investigation has found that the Bureau of Prisons has repeatedly promoted Hinkle despite numerous red flags, rewarding him again and again over a three-decade career while others who assaulted inmates lost their jobs and went to prison.
The agency’s new leader defends Hinkle, saying he’s a changed man and a model employee — standing by him even as she promises to work with the Justice Department and Congress to root out staff misconduct. And Hinkle, responding to questions from the AP, acknowledged that he assaulted inmates in the 1990s but said he regrets that behavior and now speaks openly about it “to teach others how to avoid making the same mistakes.”
Among the AP’s findings:
— At least three inmates, all Black, have accused Hinkle of beating them while he was a correctional officer at a Florence, Colorado federal penitentiary in 1995 and 1996. The allegations were documented in court documents and formal complaints to prison officials. In recent years, colleagues say, Hinkle has talked about beating inmates while a member of a violent, racist gang of guards called “The Cowboys.”
— One inmate said he felt terrified as Hinkle and another guard dragged him up a stairway and slammed him into walls. Another said Hinkle was among guards who threw him to a concrete floor, spat on him and used racist language toward him. A third said Hinkle slapped him and held him down while another guard sexually assaulted him................
AP Investigation: Prison boss beat inmates, climbed ranks
The prison staff didn’t know much about the new acting warden. Then, they say, he made a bizarre and startling confession: Years ago, he beat inmates — and got away with it. Thomas Ray Hinkle, a high-ranking federal Bureau of Prisons official, was sent to restore order and trust at a women’s...
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Thats messed up. Poor guy just wanted some beer. What aggrivated me was the guy on the video said, 'must have a guilty conscience because he's putting his hands up'. maybe he's trying to avoid getting police brutality, but they felt the need anyway. we aren't sure if thats him, so we'll just beat his arse and put the dog on him. meanwhile, the purp is home free laughing at the cops..
"just comply".. do people really still believe that nonsense?
"just comply".. do people really still believe that nonsense?
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VALLEJO – The city of Vallejo has agreed to pay $300,000 to local filmmaker and U.S. Marines veteran Adrian Burrell, who filed an excessive force lawsuit against the city after he was tackled by a Vallejo police officer while filming a traffic stop in 2019, according to the settlement obtained by the Vallejo Sun via a public records request.
The case made national headlines because of Vallejo police Officer David McLaughlin’s apparent attempt to prevent his actions from being recorded. Burrell’s footage shows McLaughlin hold a motorcycle rider at gunpoint in the driveway of Burrell’s home.
Burrell filmed the stop from the front porch of his home about 30 feet away. When McLaughlin saw Burrell, he ordered him to stop filming and go inside. Burrell refused. McLaughlin holstered his weapon and approached Burrell.
Burrell said in his lawsuit that McLaughlin smashed his face into a wall and swung him into a pole. McLaughlin applied the handcuffs so tight it broke the skin on Burrell’s right hand and left his fingers numb, Burrell’s suit alleged.............
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The case made national headlines because of Vallejo police Officer David McLaughlin’s apparent attempt to prevent his actions from being recorded. Burrell’s footage shows McLaughlin hold a motorcycle rider at gunpoint in the driveway of Burrell’s home.
Burrell filmed the stop from the front porch of his home about 30 feet away. When McLaughlin saw Burrell, he ordered him to stop filming and go inside. Burrell refused. McLaughlin holstered his weapon and approached Burrell.
Burrell said in his lawsuit that McLaughlin smashed his face into a wall and swung him into a pole. McLaughlin applied the handcuffs so tight it broke the skin on Burrell’s right hand and left his fingers numb, Burrell’s suit alleged.............
Vallejo to pay $300K to man tackled by police officer while filming 2019 traffic stop
The case made national headlines because of Vallejo police Officer David McLaughlin’s apparent attempt to prevent his actions from being recorded.
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A sheriff in Washington state who was accused of tailing a Black man delivering newspapers and falsely accusing the man of threatening his life has been found not guilty on related charges.
Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer was charged with false reporting and making a false or misleading statement to a public servant after the incident last year.
Following a verbal exchange with the delivery driver, Sedrick Altheimer, at around 2 a.m. on January 27, 2021, Troyer called a 911 “officer line” and told the dispatcher that the driver “knows who I am and he threatened to kill me,” prompting more than 40 law enforcement officers to respond to the scene, according to the Washington State Attorney General’s Office. Troyer later told officers that the driver did not threaten him, according to charging documents.
A jury found Troyer not guilty on Wednesday, according to the attorney general’s office, which filed the charges against Troyer after the case was referred to them by Gov. Jay Inslee............
Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer was charged with false reporting and making a false or misleading statement to a public servant after the incident last year.
Following a verbal exchange with the delivery driver, Sedrick Altheimer, at around 2 a.m. on January 27, 2021, Troyer called a 911 “officer line” and told the dispatcher that the driver “knows who I am and he threatened to kill me,” prompting more than 40 law enforcement officers to respond to the scene, according to the Washington State Attorney General’s Office. Troyer later told officers that the driver did not threaten him, according to charging documents.
A jury found Troyer not guilty on Wednesday, according to the attorney general’s office, which filed the charges against Troyer after the case was referred to them by Gov. Jay Inslee............
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I don't know if there's a separate thread for the Atitiana Jefferson murder in Ft Worth. Today the jury handed down a guilty charge of manslaughter to office Aaron Dean. He faces up to 20 years in prison.
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Aaron Dean Found Guilty of Manslaughter in the Death of Atatiana Jefferson
Former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean was found guilty of manslaughter in the 2019 shooting death of Atatiana Jefferson on Thursday.
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Grand jury indicts 5 law enforcement officers in deadly arrest of Ronald Greene
Five Louisiana law enforcement officers were charged with state crimes Thursday in the deadly 2019 arrest of motorist Ronald Greene.
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A small Iowa town of 800 residents likely has no need for a police force armed with 90 machine guns to keep the peace.
That, at least, is the view of federal prosecutors, who on Wednesday announced the indictment of Adair Chief of Police Bradley Wendt on charges of making false statements to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to obtain numerous machine guns over a four-year period on behalf of the Adair Police Department, which during Wendt's tenure has never had more than three officers.
Instead, according to prosecutors, weapons would be resold for profit through Wendt's private gun store or another store owned by a friend who also is facing charges.
According to court filings and the press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Wendt used his position as police chief to obtain 10 machine guns for the official use of the police department, but later resold at least six of those weapons for "significant profit.".............
That, at least, is the view of federal prosecutors, who on Wednesday announced the indictment of Adair Chief of Police Bradley Wendt on charges of making false statements to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to obtain numerous machine guns over a four-year period on behalf of the Adair Police Department, which during Wendt's tenure has never had more than three officers.
Instead, according to prosecutors, weapons would be resold for profit through Wendt's private gun store or another store owned by a friend who also is facing charges.
According to court filings and the press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Wendt used his position as police chief to obtain 10 machine guns for the official use of the police department, but later resold at least six of those weapons for "significant profit.".............
Iowa police chief charged with lying to ATF to obtain machine guns for resale
Bradley Wendt and a gun store owner friend sought or obtained nearly 90 machine guns, purportedly to equip the three-officer Adair police department.
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For years, Sgt. Charlotte Djossou was one of the public faces of Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department. She was on the fast track to become a detective sergeant within her narcotics unit. Then she noticed a problem. Djossou could stay quiet. Or she could confront the issues head-on. She felt she had no choice.
Djossou never expected the other supervisors would be happy about her exposing them. Still, what happened next shocked her. Djossou’s experience is a stark contrast from how city leaders say they treat women at MPD. But Djossou’s Black female colleagues say she’s far from alone.
A dozen of them last year decided to pursue the first ever class action lawsuit by Black female law enforcement officers against a U.S. law enforcement agency.
Earlier this year, Djossou and 10 of her fellow officers spoke with USA TODAY reporters about their experiences. Their stories portray MPD as a place where Black women at every level have been ignored, marginalized or pushed out.
As a result, the women, many of them highly decorated officers, saw damage not just to their careers, but to their lives.
Djossou was the first of the group to sue MPD in 2020. Her attorney, Lynne Bernabei, provided USA TODAY with a recorded interview of another officer who described receiving similar retaliation and harassment from some of the same supervisors Djossou said targeted her. That officer has since retired. Djossou, however, has continued working with the same supervisors she exposed.
Felicia Carson had retired and returned as a senior officer in internal affairs. She plowed through case after case in 2018 using the same investigative methods that earned her nearly three decades of stellar performance reviews.
Then she got the case of a police officer accused of roughing up a Black teenager outside an apartment building. After she reviewed a video of the officer grabbing the teen by his neck and falsely arresting him, she wanted to pursue harsh discipline against the officer. But she claims her supervisor told her that Assistant Chief Wilfredo Manlapaz, the head of MPD’s internal affairs unit, wanted to give the officer a break...........
Djossou never expected the other supervisors would be happy about her exposing them. Still, what happened next shocked her. Djossou’s experience is a stark contrast from how city leaders say they treat women at MPD. But Djossou’s Black female colleagues say she’s far from alone.
A dozen of them last year decided to pursue the first ever class action lawsuit by Black female law enforcement officers against a U.S. law enforcement agency.
Earlier this year, Djossou and 10 of her fellow officers spoke with USA TODAY reporters about their experiences. Their stories portray MPD as a place where Black women at every level have been ignored, marginalized or pushed out.
As a result, the women, many of them highly decorated officers, saw damage not just to their careers, but to their lives.
Djossou was the first of the group to sue MPD in 2020. Her attorney, Lynne Bernabei, provided USA TODAY with a recorded interview of another officer who described receiving similar retaliation and harassment from some of the same supervisors Djossou said targeted her. That officer has since retired. Djossou, however, has continued working with the same supervisors she exposed.
Felicia Carson had retired and returned as a senior officer in internal affairs. She plowed through case after case in 2018 using the same investigative methods that earned her nearly three decades of stellar performance reviews.
Then she got the case of a police officer accused of roughing up a Black teenager outside an apartment building. After she reviewed a video of the officer grabbing the teen by his neck and falsely arresting him, she wanted to pursue harsh discipline against the officer. But she claims her supervisor told her that Assistant Chief Wilfredo Manlapaz, the head of MPD’s internal affairs unit, wanted to give the officer a break...........
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