The Day Ferguson Cops Were Caught in a Bloody Lie

Woman Calls Police to Report Assault, Cop Shows Up, Holds Her for 7 Hours as He Demands Sex Acts
Source: alternet

— A Portland police officer, Jeromie Palaoro, who has a history of misconduct, is on paid vacation, pending the outcome of a criminal investigation.

Roni Reid-James was in Portland earlier this month on a trip to visit her boyfriend. Reid-James called the police after she said her boyfriend attacked her at her mother’s house.

Palaoro was one of the officers who showed up to the call on July 4, to investigate the alleged assault by the boyfriend.


According to Reid-James, on July 5 at 3:30 am, Palaoro came to her hotel room, wearing street clothes, but still carrying a gun, to “talk to her about the alleged assault.”

When he came into her room, Reid-James says Palaoro pulled out the gun and set it on the table. He then took off all of his clothes and demanded that she perform sexual acts on him.

According to Reid-James, this sexual assault lasted for 7-hours.

Read more: http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/woman-calls-police-report-assault-cop-shows-holds-her-7-hours-he-demands-sex-acts

Police in the UK have killed 52 people in the last 115 years.
Police in the U.S. have killed 369 people in the last 115 days.

Shocking. Truly shocking number.

LOL and how many police officers had been killed in the line of duty in either time periods in the UK and the US?

Sorry we do not have the same situation in the UK compare to the US so a simple comparison is meaningless between the two countries.

In the US we have around 300 millions firearms in private hands and in the UK you have limits on how powerful BB guns can be for example.

I guess that is a concession that more guns doesn't mean less crime.

Careful. That appears to be sound logic

Last I looked (which I admit was quite awhile ago), the UK had a far greater crime rate (and violent crime rate) than the US.

You're merely experiencing your usual aversion to facts.

Oh?

There seems more then enough studies that had shown that the more guns in the hands of honest citizens does mean less crime in the US and the highest gun crime rates happen to be found in the states with the most restricted guns laws.

Not as many as they've killed, twit.

How many cops died like this??


Police Told Native American Woman To ‘Quit Faking’ As She Died In Jail Cell

Witnesses say that deputies told her to “quit faking” and yelled at her to “knock it off” before finally dragging her to the cell where she spend the last moments of her life.
By M. David for Counter Current News | July 30, 2015

On July 6, 24-year-old Sarah Lee Circle Bear of Clairmont, South Dakota, was found unconscious in a holding cell in Brown County Jail in Aberdeen. Circle Bear, a Lakota, was jailed on a bond violation. Photo courtesy Terrance Circle Bear Sr.

On July 6, 24-year-old Sarah Lee Circle Bear of Clairmont, South Dakota, was found unconscious in a holding cell in Brown County Jail in Aberdeen. Circle Bear, a Lakota, was jailed on a bond violation. Photo courtesy Terrance Circle Bear Sr.

Earlier this month, a 24-year-old Native American, Lakota woman named Sarah Lee Circle Bear was found dead in a jail cell after a minor arrest.

Sarah was from Clairmont, South Dakota, and was jailed on a bond violation at the Brown County Jail in Aberdeen.

Back on Sunday, July 6th, Sarah was found unresponsive in a jail cell, following her arrest. But unlike Sandra Bland and others, the police are not saying that she committed suicide.

Local KELO, says that she was taken to a nearby hospital and died later that day, but witnesses say if police would have been doing their jobs, she never would have died.

According to those witnesses, Circle Bear was transferred to the holding cell and shortly thereafter told guards that she was experiencing severe pain.

But witnesses say that deputies told her to “quit faking” and yelled at her to “knock it off” before finally dragging her to the cell where she spend the last moments of her life.

Sarah Sunshine Manning, with Indian Country Today, reports, “I recently learned about Sarah Lee Circle Bear while attending a family ceremonial gathering. A relative set out a memorial chair for Sarah, a tradition of the Dakota and Lakota people. Sarah’s story was shared, and the circle prayed for her and her family for four days.”

Manning adds that, “When any person is taken into custody and under the care of law enforcement, it is their right to receive appropriate medical attention and just treatment. This does not appear to be the case with Sarah Lee Circle Bear, and in the state of South Dakota where Native Americans are the largest minority and hate crimes are reported at high levels, it is time to demand a thorough investigation into her neglect and her death. It is time to demand better treatment of Native women, and justice for Sarah.”

Australia has a lot fewer guns, and a violent crime rate less than half that of the U.S. Wonder how they spin that one?

Police Shoot and Kill Mentally Ill Native American Man
Wednesday, 29 July 2015 00:00 By s.e. smith, Care2 | Report


On July 12 of this year, Denver police shot and killed Paul Castaway, a mentally ill Lakota Sioux man. His case raises awareness of two issues that are flying under the radar in the ongoing national conversation about police shootings: Over half of fatal shootings involve mentally ill people, and Native Americans are statistically more at risk of dying in police shootings than other racial groups. Castaway's traumatic and horrific death is riveting his Denver community, and his last words are a haunting indictment of law enforcement in the United States: "What's wrong with you guys?"

According to family members and witnesses, Castaway's mother Lynn Eagle Feather called the police for help when her son started waving a large knife while he was intoxicated. This is often the first step in fatal incidents involving police officers and mentally ill people - frequently people are off their medications or experiencing breakthrough episodes of breaks with reality and other mental health problems. They may not be fully aware of what they're doing and they pose a greater risk to themselves than others, but family members aren't equipped to provide the help they need. Since few communities have a mental health crisis response unit, families resort to calling police in the hopes that officers can subdue their family members and help them get to treatment.

As is commonly the case, that didn't happen for Castaway. When officers responded, the terrified man ran into a mobile home park around the street, where officers cornered him. Witnesses and family who had access to surveillance tapes claim that he was holding the knife to his neck, while police claim that he was posing a threat to officers, so he was shot four times, later dying at the hospital. Chillingly, witnesses report that he was forced onto his stomach and cuffed after being shot, despite his severe injuries. The much-loved member of the community left behind a son as well as other family members.

Advocates have risen in protest against the shooting - over 100 people rallied in downtown Denver to raise awareness of the shooting and ask for justice. His family is demanding full copies of video related to the shooting, and families of some of the witnesses are asking for counseling as well. Many of those who saw the shooting were children at play who were traumatized by the sight of law enforcement chasing and shooting a man right in front of them, especially when it was followed by brutal handling on the ground as he was put into cuffs. Members of the Colorado Chapter of the American Indian Movement, meanwhile, have rallied in front of the Denver Police Department to ask for answers.

Even when alerted to the fact that a subject is mentally ill - as happened in this case - police officers often respond poorly, illustrating the need for better protocols and training in addition to the long-term development of mental health crisis units. Cuts to mental health support services in the United States have left police forces on the front lines of providing support to the mentally ill community, and sometimes this involves paying a high price. Notably, Native Americans experience mental illnesses at a higher rate than the general population, putting them at greater risk of police interventions gone wrong.

Even without mental illness as a compounding factor, Native Americans frequently die at the hands of U.S. police. Though they account for .8 percent of the population, 1.9 percent of police shootings involve Native Americans. The black community makes up 13 percent of the population and 25 percent of police shootings - a truly shocking statistic - but in terms of death per million people annually, Native Americans rank perturbingly high on the list. While black people between 20 and 24 die at a rate of 7.1 per million, Native Americans between 25 and 34 follow close behind at 6.6, and 35-44 year old Native Americans are the next largest category of those who die in fatal shootings. The horrible statistics on police encounters for the Native community need to be addressed as part of a larger push for reforms in American policing, but the movement to talk about Native deaths hasn't yet expanded nationally. Maybe Castaway's encounter will act as the tipping point, rather than slipping below the surface of his small community.
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Actually, I already know the answer. They'll denigrate the statistics. (Graph is per 100 000 population)

I mourn Australia's loss of freedom.

Don't go projecting your aversion to facts on the rest of us.

And as I recall, when you guys abolished freedom, your armed and unarmed robbery rates skyrocketed as a five-year-long crime spree ensued.

No, it doesn't. It simply reports crime differently.

If you count 1 as enough, Lott's disputed study being the only one. But there seem to be as many if not more studies that show more guns leads to more violence. I wonder why you discount those?
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301409?journalCode=ajph

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hicrc/firearms-research/guns-and-death/