Top photo, the injuries of Officer Ramos who had described his altercation with Kelly Thomas as “the right of his life.”
Bottom photo, Kelly Thomas.
(Source: stagstuff, via disobey)
Shantela and Barry Moreland claim they were hosting the barbecue at their Zion home April 10, 2011, when a Zion police officer “unreasonably” deployed pepper spray while making an arrest, according to the suit filed Monday in U.S. District Court, Chicago.
One invited guest, Charles Booker, was arrested for misdemeanor simple assault, but the case was dismissed 18 days later in Lake County Circuit Court “in a manner consistent with (his) innocence,” according to the suit.
The Morelands allege they and their young sons, Barry Jr. and D’Amarion, then ages 11 and 6, were all hit by the pepper spray and suffered “severe physical and emotional injury,” the suit claims. Guests Iyesha Booker, Larry Williams, Odessa Mickens and Donesha Booker — who claims she was “visibly pregnant” when she was pepper sprayed — all claim they were left injured from the pepper spray and are listed as co-plaintiffs.
ST. LOUIS • The mother of a man fatally shot by an undercover St. Louis police detective in 2010 has sued in federal court here, alleging the officer continued to fire as her son lay on the ground dying, then planted a gun on him to claim the use of deadly force was justified.
Normane Bennett, 23, was shot June 25, 2010, in an alley behind the 3900 block of Sherman Place after he fled from police who tried to arrest him and others for alleged drug activity.
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Wasem’s actions were unanimously cleared by the police board. The department on Thursday declined to comment, citing the ongoing litigation.
A Post-Dispatch review earlier this year found the department cleared all but four of 117 officer-involved shootings over the last five years. The reviews are done with little outside scrutiny, the newspaper found.
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The federal lawsuit claims the police board “turns a blind eye to use of excessive force by its police officers.” It seeks an unspecified amount of damages.
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A 1986 flyer about the police from the collection Stephen Perkins in De Pere, Wisconsin. Stephen lived in San Francisco between 1980 and 1990 and he collected tons of flyers off the street during his time in the Bay Area. You can see some of Stephen’s other collections on Public Collectors here.
The wheel turns, nothing is ever new.
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