Anathema For Peaceful Protests
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Killed at Home: Legal Battle Reopened over 2011 Police Shooting of Elderly Black Ex-Marine in NY: Killed at Home: Legal Battle Reopened over 2011 Police Shooting of Elderly Black Ex-Marine in NY | Democracy Now!
Hosts: Amy Goodman and Juan González.
Guests: Kenneth Chamberlain Jr - the son of the man shot dead by White Plains police
Mayo bartlett - attorney for the Kenneth Chamberlain family
Amy Goodman: "We look at a major development in the case of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., a Black man killed in his own apartment in White Plains, New York, during a police confrontation in 2011, after he accidentally triggered his medical alert pendant. On June 1 2020, the 2nd Circuit of Appeals ruled a federal judge was wrong to dismiss parts of a lawsuit against the police for excessive use of force." The court overturned the November 2016 decision that had thrown out the lawsuit Kenneth Chamberlain Jr filed in July 2012.
“My family and I are extremely overjoyed that the original ruling was vacated,” said Kenneth Chamberlain Jr. “I think that people are now coming together, and they’re saying that extrajudicial killings and summary executions of unarmed Black men, women and children is no longer going to be tolerated...and we look forward to our day in court. And hopefully, this time around, we will get a fair trial."
"Most people would be able to agree that when you’re at home sleeping and you haven’t committed any crime, that you wouldn’t expect that the police are going to break your door down and kill you — in particular if they’re responding for a medical call where you think that they’re there to help you,” said the family attorney, Mayo Bartlett.
JUAN GONZÁLEZ: And, Mayo Bartlett, I wanted to ask you - what is qualified immunity, and how does it affect this particular case?
MAYO BARTLETT: Qualified immunity is a doctrine which the Supreme Court actually created, which gives police an extraordinary shield for their conduct. And it’s a shielding that no other person in the country has, says that unless we can find, basically, that no other reasonable officer anywhere could have done what this officer did, that person is going to be found to be exonerated. You’re going to say that their conduct is absolved. And it requires a tremendous burden on the part of people trying to bring these cases.
The other thing that it does is it deters lots of lawyers from taking these cases, because you dedicate a lot of time and a lot of money into these cases - in our case, we’re here nine years, almost 10 years later, without having a resolution. And sometimes these qualified immunity decisions don’t come until fairly late in the game, after you’ve already invested a lot of time and money. So it’s a deterrent for people.
AMY GOODMAN: And again, no officer was charged in this case? I mean, there were many officers, including Officer Hart, who shot Kenneth Chamberlain dead, undisputed?
MAYO BARTLETT: Absolutely. And one of the things we’ve asked for from the beginning is for an independent investigator. And, in these cases, there should also, in my estimation, be a change in the grand jury system. The grand jury should not be an arm of the prosecutor. It should be independent, equally accessible from the defense as well as civil sides and also for the prosecutor, should not be on the third or fourth floor of a DA’s office. And you should be able to see what happened in a grand jury. It shouldn’t be secret. If there is a need, then you can make an application to a court for a protective order. But we believe that needs to change, as well as the disciplinary procedures against police. Where there’s been a finding of misconduct, that also should be public and readily available. You should not have to go to the police department to find out what misconduct your officers may have engaged in.
Killed at Home: Legal Battle Reopened over 2011 Police Shooting of Elderly Black Ex-Marine in NY: Killed at Home: Legal Battle Reopened over 2011 Police Shooting of Elderly Black Ex-Marine in NY | Democracy Now!
Hosts: Amy Goodman and Juan González.
Guests: Kenneth Chamberlain Jr - the son of the man shot dead by White Plains police
Mayo bartlett - attorney for the Kenneth Chamberlain family
Amy Goodman: "We look at a major development in the case of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., a Black man killed in his own apartment in White Plains, New York, during a police confrontation in 2011, after he accidentally triggered his medical alert pendant. On June 1 2020, the 2nd Circuit of Appeals ruled a federal judge was wrong to dismiss parts of a lawsuit against the police for excessive use of force." The court overturned the November 2016 decision that had thrown out the lawsuit Kenneth Chamberlain Jr filed in July 2012.
“My family and I are extremely overjoyed that the original ruling was vacated,” said Kenneth Chamberlain Jr. “I think that people are now coming together, and they’re saying that extrajudicial killings and summary executions of unarmed Black men, women and children is no longer going to be tolerated...and we look forward to our day in court. And hopefully, this time around, we will get a fair trial."
"Most people would be able to agree that when you’re at home sleeping and you haven’t committed any crime, that you wouldn’t expect that the police are going to break your door down and kill you — in particular if they’re responding for a medical call where you think that they’re there to help you,” said the family attorney, Mayo Bartlett.
JUAN GONZÁLEZ: And, Mayo Bartlett, I wanted to ask you - what is qualified immunity, and how does it affect this particular case?
MAYO BARTLETT: Qualified immunity is a doctrine which the Supreme Court actually created, which gives police an extraordinary shield for their conduct. And it’s a shielding that no other person in the country has, says that unless we can find, basically, that no other reasonable officer anywhere could have done what this officer did, that person is going to be found to be exonerated. You’re going to say that their conduct is absolved. And it requires a tremendous burden on the part of people trying to bring these cases.
The other thing that it does is it deters lots of lawyers from taking these cases, because you dedicate a lot of time and a lot of money into these cases - in our case, we’re here nine years, almost 10 years later, without having a resolution. And sometimes these qualified immunity decisions don’t come until fairly late in the game, after you’ve already invested a lot of time and money. So it’s a deterrent for people.
AMY GOODMAN: And again, no officer was charged in this case? I mean, there were many officers, including Officer Hart, who shot Kenneth Chamberlain dead, undisputed?
MAYO BARTLETT: Absolutely. And one of the things we’ve asked for from the beginning is for an independent investigator. And, in these cases, there should also, in my estimation, be a change in the grand jury system. The grand jury should not be an arm of the prosecutor. It should be independent, equally accessible from the defense as well as civil sides and also for the prosecutor, should not be on the third or fourth floor of a DA’s office. And you should be able to see what happened in a grand jury. It shouldn’t be secret. If there is a need, then you can make an application to a court for a protective order. But we believe that needs to change, as well as the disciplinary procedures against police. Where there’s been a finding of misconduct, that also should be public and readily available. You should not have to go to the police department to find out what misconduct your officers may have engaged in.
June 15, 2020:The "Qualified Immunity" Verdict is In:
Supreme Court Will Not Reexamine Doctrine That Shields Police In Misconduct Suits
Supreme Court Will Not Reexamine Doctrine That Shields Police In Misconduct Suits
Amid the tumult over police brutality allegations across the country, the U.S. Supreme Court, on June 15, 2020, refused to reexamine the much-criticized, modern-day legal doctrine created by judges that has shielded police and other government officials from lawsuits over their conduct.
In an unsigned order, the court declined to hear cases seeking reexamination of the doctrine of "qualified immunity."
Several recent studies, including one conducted by Reuters, have found that dozens of cases involving horrific acts, some just as bad as those involving George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky., were thrown out of court on the grounds that there was no "clearly established" court precedent forbidding the conduct.
Supreme Court Will Not Reexamine Doctrine That Shields Police In Misconduct Suits
Supreme Court Will Not Reexamine Doctrine That Shields Police In Misconduct Suits
Amid the tumult over police brutality allegations across the country, the U.S. Supreme Court, on June 15, 2020, refused to reexamine the much-criticized, modern-day legal doctrine created by judges that has shielded police and other government officials from lawsuits over their conduct.
In an unsigned order, the court declined to hear cases seeking reexamination of the doctrine of "qualified immunity."
Several recent studies, including one conducted by Reuters, have found that dozens of cases involving horrific acts, some just as bad as those involving George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky., were thrown out of court on the grounds that there was no "clearly established" court precedent forbidding the conduct.
https://www.npr.org/sections/live-u...-calls-for-violence-to-end-after-child-killed
So much for peaceful protests.
https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/07/06/887602301/enough-is-enough-atlanta-mayor-calls-for-violence-to-end-after-child-killed
According to Atlanta's interim police chief, Rodney Bryant, a man driving with Turner and her daughter attempted to pull into a parking lot on Saturday evening "when he was confronted by a group of armed individuals who had blocked the entrance."
"At some point," the chief continued, "someone in the group opened fire on the vehicle, striking it multiple times, striking the child who was inside."
So much for peaceful protests.
https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/07/06/887602301/enough-is-enough-atlanta-mayor-calls-for-violence-to-end-after-child-killed
According to Atlanta's interim police chief, Rodney Bryant, a man driving with Turner and her daughter attempted to pull into a parking lot on Saturday evening "when he was confronted by a group of armed individuals who had blocked the entrance."
"At some point," the chief continued, "someone in the group opened fire on the vehicle, striking it multiple times, striking the child who was inside."
Violent Counter-Protester Vechicular Attacks : Article Excerpt:
Headlines for July 08, 2020 | Democracy Now!
"Black Lives Matter protesters continue to come under attack at demonstrations. On the evening of July 7, 2020 an SUV driver sped through a peaceful protest march in Times Square, narrowly missing several people. In Bloomington, Indiana, two people were injured July 6, 2020 when a driver rammed a peaceful march demanding justice for a Black activist who survived an attempted lynching. And in Long Island, New York, police arrested a man July 6, 2020 after he allegedly plowed his SUV into a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters, injuring two people.
Researchers at the University of Chicago have documented over 50 such attacks since protests erupted in May, warning right-wing extremists are turning vehicles into weapons."
Headlines for July 08, 2020 | Democracy Now!
"Black Lives Matter protesters continue to come under attack at demonstrations. On the evening of July 7, 2020 an SUV driver sped through a peaceful protest march in Times Square, narrowly missing several people. In Bloomington, Indiana, two people were injured July 6, 2020 when a driver rammed a peaceful march demanding justice for a Black activist who survived an attempted lynching. And in Long Island, New York, police arrested a man July 6, 2020 after he allegedly plowed his SUV into a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters, injuring two people.
Researchers at the University of Chicago have documented over 50 such attacks since protests erupted in May, warning right-wing extremists are turning vehicles into weapons."
Although those officers were dismissed from the police force, those unknown persons still exist - adding to the number of organized white supremacist extremists and the domestic terrorist threat that they pose.
The Rise of Far-Right Extremism in the United States
Nov. 7, 2018 The Rise of Far-Right Extremism in the United States
White Supremacists Infiltration of US Police Forces: "It's more than a few bad apples":
White Supremacist Infiltration of US Police Forces: Fact-Checking National Security Advisor O’Brien
June 1, 2020 Article Excerpts:
In 2009, the Department of Homeland Security issued a report on right-wing extremism and its relationship to “violent radicalization” in the United States. The report’s principle researcher on the subject, Daryl Johnson, told The Intercept:
“Federal law enforcement agencies in general — the FBI, the Marshals, the ATF — are aware that extremists have infiltrated state and local law enforcement agencies and that there are people in law enforcement agencies that may be sympathetic to these groups.”...
An investigation published in 2019 by the Center for Investigative Reporting found that hundreds of active-duty and retired law enforcement officers are members of Confederate-sympathizing, anti-Islam, or anti-government militia groups on Facebook. Within these private groups, members often are openly racist. Police officers have also been linked to groups like the Oath Keepers and Three Percenters, who believe in defending white Americans from “enslavement” and are actively hostile to immigrants. The investigation identified active-duty and retired police officers as active members in explicitly racist Facebook groups such as “Veterans Against islamic Filth” (the group deliberately lowercases “Islamic” in its name) and “PURGE WORLDWIDE (The Cure for the Islamic disease in your country).”
The leader of the Oath Keepers movement, Stewart Rhodes, bragged in 2009 that his anti-government group includes “thousands of retired and active law enforcement officers.” On May 30, during protests in New York City, a New York Police Department (NYPD) officer appears to have made a hand gesture that has been linked to white supremacist groups, which the New York Attorney General asked to be reported to her office.
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If only all the protesters were “peaceful”. . . . .but alas they’re not.
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/0...ge-protests-new-york-city-nypd-police-reform/
3 Arrested, Charged With Assaulting Police Officers After Cops, Counter-Protesters Clash On Brooklyn Bridge
Mayor de Blasio slams protesters who attacked cops on Brooklyn Bridge: ‘Anyone who does that will suffer the consequences’
Violent Clashes in Pro-Police Protest Lead to Two Arrests in Brooklyn
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/0...ge-protests-new-york-city-nypd-police-reform/
3 Arrested, Charged With Assaulting Police Officers After Cops, Counter-Protesters Clash On Brooklyn Bridge
Mayor de Blasio slams protesters who attacked cops on Brooklyn Bridge: ‘Anyone who does that will suffer the consequences’
Violent Clashes in Pro-Police Protest Lead to Two Arrests in Brooklyn
NYPD Clears Occupy City Hall Encampment, Mayor Says ‘Health And Safety Issues Were Growing’
Time for the “peaceful” protested to move on. . . In fact, the encampment of protesters, which included homeless, has been there since June protesting police defunding. That issue is done, yet the “peaceful” protesters refused to leave. The police moved in taking the group by surprise at 3 am, resulting in some limited scuffles, one police officer was injured, but the city hall area has been retaken. Several bricks were collected from the “peaceful” protesters. The news reported it will take the city several weeks to clean the area and remove the grafitti, which included some vulgar slogans that could not be repeated on air.
Time for the “peaceful” protested to move on. . . In fact, the encampment of protesters, which included homeless, has been there since June protesting police defunding. That issue is done, yet the “peaceful” protesters refused to leave. The police moved in taking the group by surprise at 3 am, resulting in some limited scuffles, one police officer was injured, but the city hall area has been retaken. Several bricks were collected from the “peaceful” protesters. The news reported it will take the city several weeks to clean the area and remove the grafitti, which included some vulgar slogans that could not be repeated on air.
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Oh my, vulgar slogans......
Yet, if they were white, armed to the teeth and sitting on Federal land they would walk away with Trump and your endorsement. Does the name Amon Bundy ring a bell? Funny how the perspective changes with the race. Amazing, Your fig leaf isn't covering.
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Why didn't the Feds rush in and arrest all the armed white men that stormed the Michigan State House over covid rules?
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I guess the true answer is because they were white and white people are allowed to brandish military style assault weapons anywhere they want.
. . . and then there’s Portland. 55 days of anarchy.
Portland Protests: Democratic Authorities Tacitly Endorse Violent Riots | National Review
Ben Domenech calls out mainstream media's 'absurd' narrative on Portland violence
Portland Protests: Democratic Authorities Tacitly Endorse Violent Riots | National Review
Ben Domenech calls out mainstream media's 'absurd' narrative on Portland violence
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Trump’s Portland crackdown is controversial. The man spearheading it might be doing so illegally.
Tom Ridge, who served as the first Homeland Security secretary under George W. Bush, said Tuesday that DHS “was not established to be the president’s personal militia,” and added, “It would be a cold day in hell before I would consent to a unilateral, uninvited intervention into one of my cities.” Former DHS official Paul Rosenzweig called the operation, which has come to be known as Operation Legend, “lawful but awful.”
What’s also problematic here — and perhaps even illegal — is the man calling the shots. This controversial effort is being spearheaded not by a duly confirmed DHS secretary, but by acting secretary Chad Wolf, whose long-running service in that role runs afoul of the law, according to experts.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...pearheading-them-might-be-doing-so-illegally/
^ It wouldn’t be controversial if the mayors of Portland, Chicago and NYC hadn’t lost control of their cities. How long does this go on before someone says enough, and brings back law and order? The mayors of these cities have allowed them to be overrun, torched, looted, and become canvasses for graffiti, all at the citizens’ expense.
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Yeah ... living in an authoritarian regime will be fucking awesome! LAW AND ORDER? It's fucking bullshit!
Personally I don't care for fascism.
Personally I don't care for fascism.
Meh. If the mayors had maintained true peace, control, and safety over their cities, with respect for all its citizens and not pandering to the “peaceful” protesters, we wouldn’t be having this conversation. But they didn’t. They only have themselves to blame for losing control, and not knowing how to bring it back.
Even Lightfoot realizes she f*$&ed up big time, and is now backpedaling. High time. How comical.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot says Chicago expects influx of federal agents to help city fight violence, ‘but we do not welcome dictatorship’
Even Lightfoot realizes she f*$&ed up big time, and is now backpedaling. High time. How comical.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot says Chicago expects influx of federal agents to help city fight violence, ‘but we do not welcome dictatorship’
