L.I.B. Goddamned!
Oeb11 made it through the weekend.
paging Ecky9.5k .. NO CHARGES .. told ya.
Colorado officers who shot black teenager won’t be charged
https://www.yahoo.com/news/colorado-...004314411.html
FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2019, file photo from police body camera video from the Colorado Springs, Colo., Police Department shows the first in a sequence of photos of a confrontation between officers and De'Von Bailey, 19, center. A grand jury has found that two Colorado police officers were justified when they shot and killed Bailey during a foot chase. KRDO-TV reports El Paso County District Attorney Dan May announced the decision Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, in the Aug. 3 death of Bailey in Colorado Springs. Bailey was shot three times in the back and once in the arm while running from police. (Colorado Springs Police Department via AP, File)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A grand jury found that two Colorado police officers were justified in killing a black teenager who was shot multiple times in the back during a foot chase, the district attorney said Wednesday.
As a result, no criminal charges will be filed against the officers involved in the Aug. 3 death of De'Von Bailey in Colorado Springs, KRDO reported, citing El Paso County District Attorney Dan May.
Bailey, 19, was shot three times in the back and once in the arm.
In Colorado, district attorneys can decide to file charges, send a case to a grand jury or determine police were justified in a shooting.
“For De’Von’s family, the decision was like a kick in the gut, but of course we are not one bit surprised,” family attorney Mari Newman said. “This is the exact result that the system was designed to yield when a tainted investigation is presented by a biased prosecutor. This is precisely why we have been calling for an independent prosecutor and an independent investigation from the beginning.”
Police body camera footage shows officers talking to Bailey and another man in a neighborhood about an armed robbery that was reported nearby. One officer ordered the men to keep their hands up so that another officer could search them for weapons.
Bailey ran as he was about to be searched and was shot after he put his hands near his waistband. The footage shows him falling to the ground and the officers running up to cuff his hands behind his back.
Police said they found a gun hidden in Bailey’s shorts.
The shooting “is something neither police officers nor citizens ever want to experience,” Police Chief Vince Niski said in an open letter to the community Wednesday. “The loss of a son, a friend, a community member, is a devastating event that impacts all of us.”
He also said he “fully trusts and supports” the investigative process, noting that the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office looked into the death before the district attorney handed the case to the grand jury.
Newman, who was joined by Gov. Jared Polis and Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers in calling for an independent investigation, said Wednesday she would pursue additional legal action.
“The criminal justice system, as we see time and time again, is skewed in favor of police,” she said.
law breakers one and all .. law breaker #1
and law breaker #2
which one was the "victim" of racism by the police? answer: NONE
https://www.skyhinews.com/news/regio...n-in-the-back/
Originally Posted by The_Waco_Kid
The platform ignored the interests of black voters, except for a perfunctory sentence about the necessity for anti-lynching legislation. Furthermore, during the campaign Hoover devised a southern strategy against Democratic nominee Al Smith, who Southerners perceived negatively because he was Catholic and was believed to represent ethnic and African-American interests. By courting the racially conservative white vote with tacit support for the segregationist status quo, Hoover fractured the solid South and captured the electoral votes of five southern states: Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, and Texas.
This is a pretty lengthy article. Yeah yeah it's The New Yorker.
break the law pay the price. Originally Posted by The_Waco_Kid
People don’t tend to identify Kagan with any single judicial philosophy or area of the law—and she seems to like it that way. It gives her more freedom to maneuver. This elusiveness distinguishes her from Ginsburg, who has made sexual-discrimination law her legacy, and from Sotomayor, who has a particular concern for the rights of criminal defendants.It also separates Kagan from Thomas—who, now that Scalia is gone, is the main exponent of the view that the Constitution’s exact language should govern the Justices’ interpretations.By Margaret Talbot
Just another day in a scared white cop's life. Shoot first . . . .While the taking of the young man's life is a tragedy for his family, the kid knew he had a gun and was running from the police who had a legitimate reason to be there, and the kid went for his gun.
Originally Posted by eccieuser9500
This is a pretty lengthy article. Yeah yeah it's The New Yorker.
It's still a good piece. As soon as a liberal progressive is being sworn in, the Notorious RBG can finally retire or just pass away with dignity.
By Margaret Talbot
Originally Posted by eccieuser9500
you should post it in its entirety. New yorker has a paywall behind it. not every one can read it.
for a bridge builder, Kagan is an interesting modernist judge. she compromises narrowly with conservative justices when she can or gets them to narrow their ruling in her favor. Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm
you should post it in its entirety. New yorker has a paywall behind it. not every one can read it.I like Kagan. You use compromise. I say she balances. Not so much a hardliner.
I will do that. It's a lot of work on a handheld device. Not so easy to "click, highlight . . . ."
for a bridge builder, Kagan is an interesting modernist judge. she compromises narrowly with conservative justices when she can or gets them to narrow their ruling in her favor. Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm
kagan & ginsburg, they're both jewish? Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm
I like Kagan. You use compromise. I say she balances. Not so much a hardliner.I hope that if Trump gets to nominate someone to replace RBG that person will be more effective and more right wing that Scalia.
Was I dreaming or did I hear or read somewhere that the POTUS will select a liberal judge if RBG "goes"? As a saving grace to his legacy after being impeached, but of course not removed.
My vitriol for him would dramatically decrease if that were true. Watching the coverage of Santa Clarita shooting just takes me back to the thumbs up picture in the El Paso hospital. I need to make sure I know what I'm talking about.
Originally Posted by eccieuser9500