#contempt of cop

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IT IS CALLED CONTEMPT OF COP (VIDEO)

IT IS CALLED CONTEMPT OF COP (VIDEO)

Police Officer Suspended After Handcuffing EMT In Emergency Room A New York police officer has been placed on paid suspension after handcuffing a Black EMT worker who was trying to get a patient into the hospital. According to WHEC, the incident started when Monroe Ambulance EMT Lekia Smith hit a Rochester police investigator’s car with her vehicle’s door while unloading a patient in Strong…

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Contempt of cop - Why people say F*$K the police!

I had some drive time so I went on a rant about the cop that killed a man with a taser, the cop that cried at the drive-through, and a few other really interesting observations about law enforcement, peacekeepers, and society.

Contempt of cop is law enforcement jargon in the United States for behavior by people toward law enforcement officers that the officers perceive as disrespectful or insufficiently deferential to their authority. It is a play on the phrase contempt of court and not an actual offense.

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Leon Valley continues to be a Police State where the First Amendment, the Constitution  and freedom in general will NOT be tolerated under Police Chief Joe Salvaggio.

Acts by this chief are why the www.aclu.org are so necessary because this police chief HATES your rights.

https://newsmaven.io/pinacnews/citizen-journalism/texas-cops-arrest-woman-for-holding-sign-on-sidewalk-saying-f-ck-the-police-PSiZ8W8pcEaO3FyVKoSHcA/

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THE 1ST AMMENDMENT IS ALIVE AND WELL?

THE 1ST AMMENDMENT IS ALIVE AND WELL?

HE WASARRESESTED, HE CLAIMS, AFTER YELLING AT A POLICE CAR THAT ALMOST HIT HIM

HERE IS THE PRESS CONFERENCE

IS THIS CONTEMPT OF COP OR??? YOU TELL ME……..

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Questions arise over force in St. Paul teen's arrest

Some members of a church are concerned about what they describe as the forceful arrest of a St. Paul teen, who said he was standing up for his mother. The incident began when police responded about 12:20 p.m. Sunday to a report of a 14-year-old being assaulted by four other juveniles with sticks, Linders said. An officer cited an 11-year-old for assault and was going to release him to his mother, when his older brother began yelling and swearing at the officer, Linders said. The officer regarded the boy's actions as disorderly conduct and was arresting him for that offense, Linders said.

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Now, it’s illegal to be a punk rocker | Belt with fake bullets leads to arrest in Boston

Luckily, he wasn’t in possession of Dukes of Hazzard toys, or one Boston-area man might really be in trouble! What 26-year-old Kevin Young of Watertown failed to recognize is just how quickly times are changing, as it’s now no longer okay to be an ordinary punk rocker. Not only was his “replica ammunition” belt enough to incite “panic” on a bus Friday afternoon, but police noted he was “wearing what was described as spiked fighting gloves and spiked leather bracelets,” according to the Boston Police Department’s official website.

Feel safer now?

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The Washington Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a citizen has the First Amendment right to call police abusive names and yell profanity while they're investigating a crime.The court threw out the conviction of a juvenile, identified only by the initials E.J.J., who yelled at officers while they tried to take his intoxicated sister into custody. “While E.J.J.’s words may have been disrespectful, discourteous and annoying, they are nonetheless constitutionally protected,” Associate Chief Justice Charles Johnson wrote for the six-justice majority. When citizens exercise their right to criticize “how the police are handling a situation, they cannot be concerned about risking a criminal conviction for obstruction.” Chief Justice Barbara Madsen concurred with that ruling, but said the conviction should be dismissed on different grounds. She said obstruction charges are “used disproportionately to arrest people of color,” so the court should add a common law requirement that says if the officer’s conduct substantially contributes to the escalation of the situation, the obstruction charge should be dismissed.

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New Post has been published on http://dcnitelife.com/contempt-of-cop-deadly-force/

CONTEMPT OF COP & DEADLY FORCE

Beatriz Paez is just one of the many recent victims of what I like to refer to as “Contempt of Cop”.  Fortunately for Paez , she lived to talk about her encounter.

Ms. Paez witnessed plain clothes officers detaining several individuals at gunpoint and decided to record the incident on her cell phone. One of the officers, a U.S. Marshal, told Paez to stop recording and when she failed to obey his order the unidentified marshal charged towards her; snatched her phone out of her hand and hurled it to the ground.  But he wasn’t done – the marshal then stomped on the phone and punted it down the sidewalk.  Luckily, Paez had someone else recording her as she recorded the officers.

As a retired twenty year veteran sergeant of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)  I understand that some police officers have an absolute expectation that if they tell you to do something – you better.  When you don’t sometimes there is a price to pay.

Police officers have tremendous power. That small group of officers who have garnered so much of the public’s attention lately, have the ability to take hours out of your life   as in  an unlawful detention  on a Friday followed by a  weekend in jail if the individual does not have the financial wherewithal to make bail. An errant officer could cost someone hundreds or maybe thousands of dollars by issuing a traffic citation and towing your vehicle. An over-zealous officer can stop you, drag you out of your car, beat you requiring expensive follow-up medical treatment once released from jail on that bogus “resisting” arrest and battery on a police officer charge or you just may lose your life.

Contempt of Cop is not real you say?  Ask Floyd Dent of Inkster, Michigan, who was recently exonerated of charges after he had been brutally beaten by [fired] Inkster Police Officer William Melendez aka Robocop after Dent allegedly committed a traffic infraction. Melendez was fired, arrested and charged with two felonies in the Dent assault.  Ask Mario Givens who was yanked from his residence by fired SC Officer Michael Slager who was investigating a burglary at Givens’ home. (The same Slager who killed Walter Scott during a traffic stop.)  Givens was tasered and booked for “resisting” arrest when Slager decided Givens did not live there. The criminal charge against Givens was later   dismissed. The criminal charge against Givens was later  dismissed. Givens filed a personnel complaint against Slager and Slager was found not guilty of wrong doing. Really Chief?

These incidents are sadly commonplace. Some police officers will initiate a traffic stop or their other favorite – an investigative stop; escalate a seemingly benign encounter to a use of force incident and then arrest the citizen for either resisting or battery on a police officer.  Both of these charges are difficult to refute without the benefit of a video recording.

Here are just a few more examples of contempt of cop. Remember Marlene Pinnock, the homeless grandmother walking along the Santa Monica freeway in Los Angeles when former CHP officer Daniel Andrew straddled Pinnock MMA-style and punched her repeatedly in the face and head when she failed to obey his order. CHP settled with Pinnock for $1.5 million dollars.  Then we have San Bernardino County Sheriffs  who chased , tasered and kicked  Francis Pusok as he lay prone on the ground. The San Bernardino Sheriff subsequently  paid  Francis Pusok  $650,000. They were the lucky ones. They lived.

Tragically, 52 yr.-old, Walter Scott,  in North Charleston, South Carolina, during a traffic stop for a broken third tail light exited his car and ran on foot eluding a much younger [fired]officer; Michael Slager.  Scott paid with his life.  Slager must have been pretty upset when he could not catch Scott. So much so that Slager pumped five shots into Scott’s back.  Apparently,  when you run from a police officer (contempt of cop)  and as in this case the officer lacks the physical stamina to catch you – death is the penalty.

Need more proof?  Eric Harris ran from Tulsa City deputy sheriffs during an undercover sting operation and was told as he [Harris] took what were probably his last breaths by one of the deputies, “you f*cking ran“.  So, let’s be clear – if you run from the police there is a price to pay.  Death was Harris’ penalty for contempt of cop. Gun dealer or not – when did police become judge, jury and executioner?

I could go on and on. Contempt of Cop is real.  There does not appear to be any other explanation for the loss of life in these next incidents.   Ezell Ford, a  mentally ill man in Los Angeles who did not want to “talk” with LAPD  gang officers during an “investigative stop” ; Kelly Thomas, another mentally ill man in Fullerton, CA who was beaten by a former Fullerton police officer who was allegedly overheard saying, “I’m gonna f*ck you up” as he placed black leather gloves on his hands; Thomas later died from his injuries and a jury acquitted the officers involved.

Marana, Arizona police officer used his patrol car as a battering ram when an apparent suicidal man, Mario Valencia, refused to drop a shotgun he had been pointing to his head as ordered and was run over by a responding officer.

And most recently  Freddie Gray in Baltimore, described by some as a “career criminal” made eye contact with an officer and then ran. Gray was captured, detained and thrown in a police van as he screamed in obvious pain. Gray later died from a partially severed spine and broken vertebrae. Career criminal or not – you don’t get to kill him officer.

My thoughts: Bad police tactics can lead to bad shootings. Poor planning and a lack of communication between partner officers can lead to excessive or deadly force incidents.  An inability to empathize and relate to the community served can also lead to devaluation of a  human life.

During my twenty year career while working south central Los Angeles, I had my fair share of alleged criminals run from my partner and I.  That’s what criminals do; most don’t want to go back to prison.  So if an officer understands that fleeing suspects are inherent to police work; get ready to exercise officer.  Why would an officer feel justified in shooting someone simply because they ran?  I’ll tell you why – because these officers have been able to get away with murder; literally.  Police Chiefs circle the wagons, the department begins to craft a[fish]  tale and then the victim/suspect is vilified.

Bad guys do bad thing; I get that. Whether a suspect is a so-called “thug”,  a drug user,  a gun seller or just dumb in public [for running]– police officers should not be allowed to shoot and maim or kill them on the spot for a perceived slight.

When police officers become personally involved; when police officers believe the failure to obey an order are a direct affront to them – excessive force and sometimes deadly force follows. Be clear, it’s not about over-coming resistance to effect an arrest – it’s about punishment.

I understand that if sense was common everybody would have it.  I understand that common sense is not something that can be taught.  I understand that compassion and empathy is not a learned behavior.  That’s who you are at your core.  Police officers found wanting in this regard should be plucked from the rank and file and banned from serving on another police department. Recurring and intermittent psychological evaluations might help identify those troubled officers. Let’s start there.

By Cheryl Dorsey

Cheryl Dorsey is a retired LAPD sergeant and much sought after police expert on important issues making national headlines; as such she has appeared as a guest expert on the Dr. Phil Show , and is a frequent commentator on CNN, HLN, MSNBC and KPCC. She is the author of The Creation of a Manifesto, Black & Blue; an autobiography that pulls the covers of the LAPD and provides an unfiltered look into the department’s internal processes. Visit Cheryl’s website www.cheryldorsey.net., listen to her on Soundcloud  follow on Twitter @sgtcheryldorsey and BlackandBlueNews

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