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A police department in Texas has admitted it did not act on key evidence in a 2019 murder case, with the suspect then going on to allegedly commit at least one other murder before his arrest in 2023.

Raul Meza Jr, 63, allegedly admitted to killing Gloria Lofton, after calling the Austin Police Department last May and confessing to killing his roommate Jesse Fraga that month.

Lofton was found strangled at her home on 9 May 2019, but Mr Meza wasn’t caught despite a reported DNA match in 2020. A note at the house in her handwriting, mentioning him by name, also allegedly went overlooked by investigators.


In a recent interview with NBC News, Lofton’s daughter Christina Fultz said she was furious to learn that APD did not act on key evidence which could have potentially prevented Fraga’s death.…..

www.independent.co.uk

Police department admits it didn’t act on key evidence in 2019 Texas murder case

Officers found a DNA match for suspect Raul Meza Jr in 2020, but he wasn’t arrested until 2023
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Semper said:
230 grains moving at about 800fps is all he deserves. I often wonder if killing someone like this is a sin. Would God forgive a person? If this is your child or grand child does God even exist to you now?

Honestly I am tired of hearing these stories. When do we as a society say fork it and show up at the jail with torches and a rope?

There is no reason these people should be walking earth.
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How does this help?

You are tired? Try living it for 50 years while everyone else gets to pretend it doesn't exist until something like this pops up and then they want to put a bullet in this one guy and act like it's fixed. The truth is you can't handle the reality of how bad it is. Why face facts when we can use a bullet and call it good.

You want to fix it, then you want billions of funding for expert childhood development workers regularly interacting with kids to identify the ones in need of help. Letting them develop until they abuse and then executing is useless as a fix. That's going to take a lot more than simply calling for an execution on a message board.

Are you really fed up enough to fix it still?
 
Tapxe said:
How does this help?

You are tired? Try living it for 50 years while everyone else gets to pretend it doesn't exist until something like this pops up and then they want to put a bullet in this one guy and act like it's fixed. The truth is you can't handle the reality of how bad it is. Why face facts when we can use a bullet and call it good.

You want to fix it, then you want billions of funding for expert childhood development workers regularly interacting with kids to identify the ones in need of help. Letting them develop until they abuse and then executing is useless as a fix. That's going to take a lot more than simply calling for an execution on a message board.

Are you really fed up enough to fix it still?
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Well I was abused as a child so I feel like there should be consequences. Heee I will meet you in the middle. Let’s do both, invest in the stuff you said and the 45 acp ammo I said. I will tell ya I am 54 years old and have lived most of my life with this sheet. I rarely trust anyone. I am close to my kids my wife and my brother and mom. It has affected relationships because of the trust issues.
 
Tapxe said:
How does this help?

You are tired? Try living it for 50 years while everyone else gets to pretend it doesn't exist until something like this pops up and then they want to put a bullet in this one guy and act like it's fixed. The truth is you can't handle the reality of how bad it is. Why face facts when we can use a bullet and call it good.

You want to fix it, then you want billions of funding for expert childhood development workers regularly interacting with kids to identify the ones in need of help. Letting them develop until they abuse and then executing is useless as a fix. That's going to take a lot more than simply calling for an execution on a message board.

Are you really fed up enough to fix it still?
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Better than using it to kill brown people. I'm in.
 
Optimus Prime said:
A California city has agreed to pay $11m to the family of a man who was killed by police in 2021 when officers restrained him in a prone positionfor five minutes as he struggled to breathe.

The city of Alameda, just outside of San Francisco, announced on Thursday that it had settled the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of Mario Gonzalez, a 26-year-old who was killed in a similar manner to George Floyd in a case that led to protests and national outrage. The city said it was paying $11m to Gonzalez’s seven-year-old son and $350,000 to Gonzalez’s mother.

The police encounter, which was captured on body-camera footage, raised concerns about deadly restraint tactics and led to scrutiny of local officials who initially said Gonzalez had a “medical emergency” without disclosing the use of force and then blamed the death on drug use.

On 19 April 2021, Alameda police encountered Gonzalez in a park after two residents called police to report a man talking to himself. One 911 caller said, “He’s not doing anything wrong. He’s just scaring my wife.” A second caller said he had alcohol bottles.

The first officer who arrived spoke for several minutes with Gonzalez, who appeared dazed and disoriented, but was speaking calmly. The officer called for backup and when a second officer arrived, they grabbed him to handcuff him behind his back and forced him to the ground. A third officer showed up and three of them held him face-down with their bodyweight on top of him, including for three minutes and 45 seconds after he was already handcuffed, the family’s lawyers said.

Footage captured Gonzalez gasping for air and saying, “I didn’t do nothing.”

At one point, an officer said, “Think we can roll him on his side?” and another responded, “I don’t want to lose what I got.” Once Gonzalez appeared to lose consciousness, the officers then rolled him over. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The Alameda county coroner’s office, which is part of the sheriff’s department, ruled the case a homicide, but said the cause of death was “toxic effects of methamphetamine”. The coroner also said “physiologic stress of altercation and restraint”, obesity and alcoholism contributed to his death.…….

www.theguardian.com

California city to pay $11m to family of man killed by police in asphyxia case

Officers restrained Mario Gonzalez in a prone position as he struggled to breathe and blamed his death on drug use
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California officers charged in killing of man held face-down for five minutes

Three police officers charged with involuntary manslaughter in death of Mario Gonzalez, whom they held down on the ground
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A second former Arkansas law enforcement officer has pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of a man he repeatedly punched during a violent arrest in 2022 that was caught on video and shared widely.

Former Crawford County sheriff's deputy Levi White changed his plea during a hearing in federal court on Friday, according to court documents. White pleaded guilty to a felony count of deprivation of rights under color of law during the Aug. 21, 2022, arrest of Randal Worcester outside a convenience store.

White and another former deputy, Zackary King, were charged by federal prosecutors last year for the arrest. A bystander used a cellphone to record the arrest in the small town of Mulberry, about 140 miles (220 kilometers) northwest of Little Rock, near the border with Oklahoma. King on Monday pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of deprivation of rights under color of law.

A third officer caught in the video, Mulberry Police Officer Thell Riddle, was not charged in the federal case. King and White were fired by the Crawford County sheriff. The video depicted King and White striking Worcester as Riddle held him down. White also slammed Worcester's head onto the pavement.

A trial had been scheduled next month for White and King before the two changed their pleas. Sentencing hearings will be held later. White faces up to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000...............


 
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A fired Philadelphia police officer pleaded guilty Friday to murder in the shooting of a fleeing 12-year-old boy, who prosecutors have said was on the ground and unarmed when the officer fired the fatal shot.

Edsaul Mendoza also pleaded guilty to possession of an instrument of crime as part of a plea deal with the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. A sentencing date has not been disclosed.

The Associated Press left a voicemail message for Mendoza’s lawyer seeking comment Friday.

Mendoza had been charged with first- and third-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter in the shooting of Thomas “T.J.” Siderio in March 2022, with the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office saying at the time that video contradicted the officer’s version of events. Police have said the boy had first fired a shot at an unmarked police car, injuring one of four plainclothes officers inside...........

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Ex-Philadelphia police officer pleads guilty in shooting death of 12-year-old boy

A fired Philadelphia police officer has pleaded guilty to murder in the shooting of a fleeing 12-year-old boy.
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1. Constitutional rights are clearly not being emphasized and taught in police academies.
2. Terry v Ohio needs to be overturned. That alone would cut down all these unnecessary "respek my authoritah" interactions with the psychopathic narcissists on the force.
 
I’m still not clear on why some were found guilty and some not now this guilty but no jail time
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A former Colorado paramedic has avoided a prison sentence, instead sentenced on Friday to probation following his criminally negligent homicide conviction in connection with the 2019 death of Elijah McClain – whose heart stopped after he was injected with ketamine during a police stop.

Jeremy Cooper was an Aurora Fire Rescue EMT responding to the scene on 24 August 2019 after a 911 call reporting someone “looking sketchy” in a ski mask.

That person was 32-year-old McClain, later described by a friend as “the sweetest, purest person I have ever met,” who was walking home from a convenience store after buying an iced tea.

Almost immediately upon the officers’ arrival, McClain, an unarmed Black man, was violently arrested, placed in a chokehold and later injected with ketamine – after which he went into cardiac arrest, dying days later.

Cooper’s sentencing brought to a close a number of trials stretching over seven months, leading to the convictions of a police officer and two paramedics – the latter of which rarely face charges in police proceedings.

Former paramedic Peter Cichuniec was sentenced in March to five years in prison for criminally negligent homicide and second-degree assault. Officer Randy Roedema was sentenced in January to 14 months in jail for criminally negligent homicide and misdemeanor assault.

Former Aurora cop Jason Rosenblatt was found not guilty in October of manslaughter and assault. Officer Nathan Woodyard – who prosecutors argued placed McClain in a chokehold within seconds of his arrival on scene – was found not guilty in November of criminally negligent homicide and manslaughter.

He had been suspended from the department until the acquittal and briefly returned to work before resigning two months later in January……

www.independent.co.uk

Paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with ketamine avoids prison

Paramedic Jeremy Cooper, who injected Elijah McClain with ketamine during an August 2019 police stop that led to the 23-year-old’s death, was sentenced on Friday to probation – marking the end to a series of trials and sentencings for officers and EMTs involved
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