5:25 The cop draws his gun and executes the dog. June 2010 – A LaGrange, MO man who drew national attention after video showing police killing one of his dogs surfaced on the Internet vowed Thursday to seek changes in the law. Judge Fred Westhoff fined Marcus Mays for failure to register a dog with the city and 0 for failure to have a leash or muzzle on a vicious animal. Mays also must pay court costs of . “We can’t have dogs taking after young children or even adults,” Westhoff said. “It’s just not safe.” Mays requested the bench trial and represented himself. Afterward, he said he will ask the city to revise its animal ordinances. “I think if I get enough people together and raise a big enough complaint, maybe they’ll change it,” Mays said. City Attorney Jeff Curl said he had hoped for a stiffer fine because it would have “sent a message” to dog owners to “follow the ordinance.” Mays described the animal as an American bulldog, but authorities termed it a pit bull. The dog, named Cammie, was shot to death on March 31 by Officer Doug Howell. Video from part of the incident later was posted on YouTube, but it shows fewer than 10 minutes of the 68 minutes that Howell and Officer Jason Powell were on the scene. The video which was not shown at Thursday’s hearing, was from a police car camera. Mays said a friend of his put it on the Internet. The officers were responding to a call from LaGrange resident Mary Coleman that the dog had acted threateningly toward her …
PHOENIX – The story of a Phoenix police officer who shot and killed a man Tuesday has taken a shocking twist. We’ve learned that the officer, Richard Chrisman, is now under arrest. This all started at a trailer park near Central and South Mountain. A woman called 911 to report domestic violence on the part of her son, 29-year-old Danny Frank Rodriguez. Officers showed up at the home and at some point, Officer Chrisman opened fire at the man, killing him. “They killed him for no reason they just shot him,” said Elvira Fernandez, the man’s mother, anguished. “I said don’t hurt him whatever you do don’t hurt him… they went in there and they killed him!” Chrisman was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a felony. The probable cause statement alleges that two officers went inside the mobile home and Rodriguez began yelling that they needed a warrant. Chrisman allegedly pulled his pistol, put the muzzle against the suspect’s head and told him, “We don’t need no warrant [expletive].” Over the next few minutes, Chrisman shocked Rodriguez with a stun gun and shot his pit bull. When Rodriguez started to retreat by taking up his bicycle, but he and Chrisman struggled, and finally Chrisman shot him from 2 to 3 feet away, according to documents.. Officer Sergio Virgillo, who accompanied Chrisman on the domestic violence call, told detectives that he saw no threat and no weapon in the suspect’s hands. Officer Virgillo, a 14-year veteran of the force, called it “the …
PHOENIX – The story of a Phoenix police officer who shot and killed a man Tuesday has taken a shocking twist. We’ve learned that the officer, Richard Chrisman, is now under arrest. This all started at a trailer park near Central and South Mountain. A woman called 911 to report domestic violence on the part of her son, 29-year-old Danny Frank Rodriguez. Officers showed up at the home and at some point, Officer Chrisman opened fire at the man, killing him. “They killed him for no reason they just shot him,” said Elvira Fernandez, the man’s mother, anguished. “I said don’t hurt him whatever you do don’t hurt him… they went in there and they killed him!” Chrisman was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a felony. The probable cause statement alleges that two officers went inside the mobile home and Rodriguez began yelling that they needed a warrant. Chrisman allegedly pulled his pistol, put the muzzle against the suspect’s head and told him, “We don’t need no warrant [expletive].” Over the next few minutes, Chrisman shocked Rodriguez with a stun gun and shot his pit bull. When Rodriguez started to retreat by taking up his bicycle, but he and Chrisman struggled, and finally Chrisman shot him from 2 to 3 feet away, according to documents.. Officer Sergio Virgillo, who accompanied Chrisman on the domestic violence call, told detectives that he saw no threat and no weapon in the suspect’s hands. Officer Virgillo, a 14-year veteran of the force, called it “the …
DENVER – What started as a walk to the park with his dogs ended with a trip to the hospital for a Denver dog owner. 32-year-old Mark Ashford says he was beaten black and blue by two Denver Police officers. “They punched him and pinned him up against the fence and forced his head into the concrete.” Ashford’s attorney, Will Hart, said the beating that was caught on camera is a clear case of Excessive Force. “This happened when he was walking his dogs, he has a conversation with another citizen that the police officer doesn’t like and as a result, he ends up in the hospital,” said Hart. Hart says Mark Ashford was walking his dogs near 20th and Little Raven in LoDo, when he saw police pull over a driver for failing to stop at a stop sign. Ashford told the driver he saw him stop and would be willing to testify in court. Hart says the officer overheard him and “wasn’t very happy.” That’s when Ashford says the Denver police officers demanded his ID and detained him. Ashford tried to take a picture of the officers to document the incident, and a few second later he was on the ground. Police charged Ashford with interference and resisting arrest. Hart says, the charges were later dropped because the officers violated Ashford’s 4th amendment rights, “they had no reason to stop him, take his ID or detain him.” An Excessive Force complaint was filed against both officers involved. A Denver police spokesperson says the internal affairs department has completed its investigation, but …
DENVER – What started as a walk to the park with his dogs ended with a trip to the hospital for a Denver dog owner. 32-year-old Mark Ashford says he was beaten black and blue by two Denver Police officers. “They punched him and pinned him up against the fence and forced his head into the concrete.” Ashford’s attorney, Will Hart, said the beating that was caught on camera is a clear case of Excessive Force. “This happened when he was walking his dogs, he has a conversation with another citizen that the police officer doesn’t like and as a result, he ends up in the hospital,” said Hart. Hart says Mark Ashford was walking his dogs near 20th and Little Raven in LoDo, when he saw police pull over a driver for failing to stop at a stop sign. Ashford told the driver he saw him stop and would be willing to testify in court. Hart says the officer overheard him and “wasn’t very happy.” That’s when Ashford says the Denver police officers demanded his ID and detained him. Ashford tried to take a picture of the officers to document the incident, and a few second later he was on the ground. Police charged Ashford with interference and resisting arrest. Hart says, the charges were later dropped because the officers violated Ashford’s 4th amendment rights, “they had no reason to stop him, take his ID or detain him.” An Excessive Force complaint was filed against both officers involved. A Denver police spokesperson says the internal affairs department has completed its investigation, but …
Police Brutality: ANDERSON, Ind. (WISH) – An Anderson woman said she lost her faith in law enforcement after SWAT members damaged her home and left her homeless. Mary Williams said being inside her house for much longer than a minute causes her eyes and throat to burn and her skin to itch. She said Anderson SWAT damaged her home even though she allowed them to search it for a wanted suspect. Anderson police got a tip that an armed and dangerous man was hiding out in a downtown home. Police said they were looking for Tracy Miller, also known as Tracy McCloud. He is the son of Williams’ boyfriend. He’s also wanted for armed robbery and federal drug dealing charges. “She said we can come in and look and then we found out there was a dog in there, which may put us in harms way. We said, ‘Would you mind removing the dog?’ She then came outside and said she didn’t want to remove the dog,” said Detective Mitch Carroll. This is where Williams’ story and the police story start to contradict. Williams said she did remove the dog from the house and waited across the street. But it was another four hours before SWAT arrived and started shooting tear gas through the windows. “Like how you see a movie, a Rambo movie. How Rambo hides in the woods. It was awful. You could see big lights going off,” said Williams. SWAT came out empty handed — McCloud is still on the loose. Meanwhile, Williams said she is now homeless. Nearly every window is broken from teargas canisters and gas grenades …
Police Brutality: Cops in Tennessee arrest a guy wanted on a domestic violence charge. He gets out of the car with his hands raised, is attacked by a police dog and then the cops plant drugs on the guy. And they do it with a hand signal seen on video.
Police Brutality: A Lakewood police officer tortures dog with Taser for no apparent reason. The dog (Otis) was not attacking them and the owner was on his way. Two women said that they heard Otis barking last Saturday morning around 8:30 am and looked out of their apartment window to see the pup surrounded by several police officers. The officers tasered Otis twice “like he was a grizzly bear,” said witness Christina MacDonald. MacDonald added that “the dog was backing up defensively, as if he was saying, ‘stay away from me.’ He wasn’t being aggressive in any way.” You can read the story here: www.sfgate.com