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But the body camera video shows him repeatedly tellling newspaper staffers that he is investigating how it and Herbel obtained information about the owner of two local restaurants, Kari Newell.

"It grew into a monster, and it's got your name on it," Cody told Record reporter Phyllis Zorn, who had verified information about Newell online, after reading Zorn her rights, one video shows.
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So, I am watching the First 48 Spin Off based in Atlanta. The 6th episode has a detective interviewing a suspect/witness. She asked him, how does his brother know the victim had a weapon. She went around and round with him for a few minutes. I'm wondering if that same energy is given to officers who shoot unarmed individuals.
 
When Arnitra Hollman got a call from her father on Aug. 10, she didn’t know she was listening to his last words.
Earlier that night, Johnny Hollman Sr., a 62-year-old church deacon in Atlanta, had gotten into a minor car crash. He’d already called his daughter twice to update her as he waited for police to arrive.


After an officer arrived, he tried to give Hollman a traffic citation, a move he disagreed with, Atlanta police said. The situation escalated, police said, as Hollman resisted arrest, and the officer used his Taser on Hollman before placing him in handcuffs.

Arnitra Hollman, who’d answered another phone call from her father at 11:57 p.m., said she heard much of the altercation.

During that call, she said she heard her father ask the officer if he was really going to treat an “old man” this way. Then, she heard her father say he couldn’t breathe.
She kept listening as she told her brother, who was living with her at the time, what was happening. They drove together to the scene of the crash, the call still going.


But during the approximately 17-minute drive, Arnitra Hollman felt in her chest that her father was already gone, she said. She couldn’t hear his voice on the phone anymore.


When she got to the scene, she saw her father was not moving. After he was Tasered and handcuffed, Hollman had become unresponsive and was pronounced dead at a hospital, police said.


His death in Atlanta — where tensions between residents and law enforcement were already high — sparked calls for the police department to take disciplinary action against the arresting officer, release body-camera video of the incident and revamp its policies for traffic citations.

On Tuesday, two months after Hollman’s death, Police Chief Darin Schierbaum announced that the arresting officer, Kiran Kimbrough, had been fired for “failing to follow the department’s standard operating procedures.”

The termination comes after Hollman’s death was ruled a homicide by the Fulton County medical examiner in an autopsy report late last month. The electrical shock during the arrest and his existing heart disease contributed to his death, according to the autopsy report.


Lance LoRusso, an attorney representing Kimbrough, said the officer “vehemently denies any wrongdoing or policy violations” and plans to appeal his termination……..

 
Optimus Prime said:
On 24 August 2019, Elijah McClainwas walking home from a convenience store, listening to music and wearing a ski mask, in Aurora, Colorado when a 911 caller reported him as “looking sketchy” — a call that would lead to the death of the 23-year-old and a social uprising against how race plays a role in policing.

Police spotted McClain — who was not armed and had not committed any crime — and put him in a neck hold. Paramedics then arrived at the scene and injected the young man with ketamine.

He died three days later.

Now, just over four years after the incident, jury selection began on Friday for the trial of two Aurora police officers — Randy Roedema and Jason Rosenblatt — who had interacted with McClain.

The trials of a third officer and the two paramedics are also expected to happen later this year……..



www.independent.co.uk

Elijah McClain: Everything we know as paramedics convicted in Colorado man’s death

Described by one friend as ‘the sweetest, purest person I have ever met’, Elijah McClain lost his life after encountering three police officers and two paramedics while walking home. Kelly Rissman reports
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BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Jurors convicted a Denver-area police officer Thursday of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault and acquitted another in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became a rallying cry in protests over racial injustice in policing.

Aurora police officer Randy Roedema was found guilty by the 12-person jury, and officer Jason Rosenblatt was found not guilty.

McClain died after being put in a neck hold by a third officer and pinned to the ground, then injected by paramedics with an overdose of ketamine. The third officer and two paramedics are awaiting trial.

The case initially did not receive widespread attention, but protests over the killing of George Floyd the following year sparked outrage over McClain’s death. His pleading words captured on body camera footage, “I’m an introvert and I’m different,” struck a chord.

A local prosecutor in 2019 decided against criminal charges because the coroner’s office could not determine exactly how the 23-year-old massage therapist died. But Colorado Gov. Jared Polis ordered state Attorney General Phil Weiser’s office to take another look at the case in 2020, and the officers and paramedics were indicted in 2021 by a grand jury.



The killings of McClain, Floyd and others triggered a wave of legislation that put limits on the use of neck holds in more than two dozen states. Colorado now tells paramedics not to give ketamine to people suspected of having a controversial condition known as excited delirium, which has symptoms including increased strength that has been associated with racial bias against Black men.

Roedema and Rosenblatt did not testify in their defense at trial. Their attorneys blamed McClain’s death on the paramedics for injecting him with ketamine, which doctors said is what ultimately killed him……

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1 officer convicted, 1 acquitted in death of Elijah McClain

Jurors Thursday convicted a Denver-area police officer of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault and acquitted another in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became a rallying cry in protests over racial injustice in policing.
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AURORA, Colo. — A federal civil rights lawsuit was filed Thursday against the City of Aurora and a former Aurora Police Department officer accused of assaulting a woman with a disability while she was walking her dog earlier this year.

Officer Douglas Harroun is also facing assault charges in connection with the incident, which happened Jan. 11.

“There has been no end to the repercussions I have suffered from this incident,” Wyoma Martinez, the victim, wrote in a statement. “This man assaulted me for simply walking my dog too slow.”

A car crash caused Martinez to develop a condition that caused pain on her entire left side and made it difficult to walk. She was walking her dog in the street to avoid slick ice and snow on the sidewalk, the lawsuit says. Harroun wanted her to move faster.

When she didn’t, the lawsuit said, he nearly hit her with his car, yelled at her and assaulted her.…..


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Lawsuit filed against former Aurora officer accused of punching disabled woman

The lawsuit was filed Thursday against Douglas Harroun, who also faces criminal charges and has resigned from the Aurora Police Department.
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Jackson, Miss. — The Mississippi sheriff who leads the department where former deputies pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for the torture of two Black men has asked a federal court to dismiss a civil lawsuit against him.

Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker were abused in a case of extrajudicial violence that even the sheriff they're suing called the worst case of police brutality he had ever seen.

But Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey's attorney argues Jenkins and Parker's $400 million lawsuit against Bailey should be dismissed because the sheriff is entitled to "qualified immunity," a legal concept that often shields police officers from civil penalties for alleged abuses………

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After "Goon Squad" torture of 2 Black men, Mississippi sheriff trying to escape liability

Prosecutors say some of the officers nicknamed themselves the "Goon Squad" because of their willingness to use excessive force and cover up attacks.
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Nearly two years ago, Maurice Monk, unable to afford his $2,500 bond, sat in a California jail for 34 days. He had missed a court appearance following an argument with a bus driver.

Before he entered Santa Rita jail in Alameda county, Monk had regularly taken prescription medication for high blood pressure, diabetes and schizophrenia. During a previous time at Santa Rita months before his death, he had received his prescriptions as usual.

During this stint in November 2021, however, Monk lay face-down unattended for three days after staff at the jail allegedly failed to give him his prescription medication.

Despite the escalating medical emergency, jail and medical staff allegedly noticed Monk in his bunk surrounded by unopened meals, water, medication, urine and feces and did not act.

In those final days, as the ink from his attire stained the mattress beneath him, Monk experienced what his family called a “slow, torturous death”.

Earlier this month, Monk’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court against the Alameda county sheriff’s office, 15 sheriff’s deputy employees and Santa Rita jail workers, and Wellpath Community Care, a for-profit company that provides medical care to dozens of California jails and has been the subject of lawsuits and federal investigations for providing substandard care.

The family’s lawsuit alleged that the father of two’s death at the notorious facility, one of the largest jails in the country, represented an “unconscionable failure of the entire Santa Rita Jail staff, from law enforcement supervisors to medical staff to deputy and sergeant sheriffs”.

Between October and November 2021, Monk’s sister Elvira Monk, who feared that her brother’s health would “rapidly decline” if not given his prescriptions, “repeatedly contacted” Santa Rita jail to tell them about Monk’s medication needs.

They “rejected” her efforts and sent her through a “series of frustrating bureaucratic processes that led to no results”, the family’s lawsuit noted.……

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Family sues jail for man’s death after staff allegedly failed to give medication

Lawsuit claims Maurice Monk’s death represents ‘unconscionable failure’ of staff at Santa Rita jail, one of the largest jails in country
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We’ll see if there is body cam footage or more info on this
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KINGSLAND, Ga. (AP) — A Black man who spent more than 16 years imprisoned in Florida on a wrongful conviction was fatally shot Monday by a sheriff’s deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop, authorities said.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which is reviewing the shooting, identified the man as Leonard Allen Cure, 53.

Cure had been represented in his exoneration case by the Innocence Project of Florida. The group’s executive director, Seth Miller, said he was devastated by news of the death, which he heard from Cure’s family.

“I can only imagine what it’s like to know your son is innocent and watch him be sentenced to life in prison, to be exonerated and ... then be told that once he’s been freed, he’s been shot dead,” Miller said.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said a Camden County deputy pulled over Cure as he drove along Interstate 95 near the Georgia-Florida line. He got out of the car at the deputy’s request and cooperated at first but became violent after he was told he was being arrested, a GBI news release said.

The agency said preliminary information shows the deputy shocked Cure with a stun gun when he failed to obey commands, and Cure began assaulting the deputy.

The GBI said the deputy again tried using the stun gun and a baton to subdue him, then drew his gun and shot Cure when he continued to resist.

The agency didn’t say what prompted the deputy to pull over Cure’s vehicle……

Miller couldn’t comment specifically on Cure but said he has represented dozens of people convicted of crimes who were later exonerated.

“Even when they’re free, they always struggled with the concern, the fear that they’ll be convicted and incarcerated again for something they didn’t do,” he said.

Cure was convicted of the 2003 armed robbery of a drug store in Florida’s Dania Beach. His conviction came from a second jury after the first one deadlocked. Cure was sentenced to life in prison because he had previous convictions for robbery and other crimes.

In 2020, the Broward State Attorney’s Office new Conviction Review Unit asked a judge to release Cure from prison. Broward’s conviction review team said it found “troubling” revelations that Cure had solid alibis that were previously disregarded and no physical evidence or solid witnesses to put him at the scene.…….





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Georgia deputy shoots, kills Black man who spent 16 years in prison on wrongful conviction

A Black man who spent more than 16 years in prison in Florida on a wrongful conviction has been fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop.
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A police officer was moved departments to work with domestic violence victims despite being under criminal investigation for a “cruel” four-year campaign of abuse against her partner, The Independent can reveal.

Abigail Barlow was accused of beating, kicking and strangling Katie Barron, leaving her with black and bleeding eyes, a bruised neck and chest pain, according to a witness statement given in court.

At times, she would “scowl” and shout “where’s your Fork**** evidence?”, the statement seen by The Independent claims, before reminding her victim she was a police officer. She also threatened to tell people Ms Barron was “mad, suicidal and not Fork**** stable” if she told anyone about the abuse.

Despite the severity of the allegations, the 32-year-old was not suspended by her own employer Greater Manchester Police while the investigation was ongoing. She was even moved from her response role to work on a unit which handles the most vulnerable domestic abuse victims.

Barlow continued working freely for more than two years after the allegations were made and was only put on restricted duties — stopping her from dealing with members of the public — after she admitted controlling and coercive behaviour in court.

Her ex-partner Ms Barron told The Independent: “It was the decision of Greater Manchester Police to move her there ... while they were fully aware of the investigation against her.…….

www.independent.co.uk

Police officer put on domestic violence unit despite probe into abusing partner

Exclusive: Abigail Barlow was accused of beating, kicking and strangling her partner Katie Barron, leaving her with black and bleeding eyes, a bruised neck and chest pain – but was not suspended for two years
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