Rebellion in the USA – Protesters Take Over Albuquerque City Council and Attempt to Arrest Police Chie

Didn't take too long but maybe it did... anyway I am watching also Unarmed Vets being killed by po lice that should be running to catch rather than Shooting.
This is what should be done and all should be fired! Citizens could also get committee's together to train the po lice on what can or cannot be done. About time to monitor these out of control po lice.
There is a better way ... alass we all know what is coming and there is no chance to really change things as we battle not flesh.

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Rebellion in the USA – Protesters Take Over Albuquerque City Council and Attempt to Arrest Police Chief

May 14, 2014 Share It | Print This

Source: Michael Krieger, Liberty Blitzkrieg
There is something very, very wrong with the Albuquerque, New Mexico police department, and the citizens have just about had enough. Before I get into the heart of this story, I need to provide you with a little background. The Albuquerque Police Department (APD) is well known for its outrageous and inappropriate use of violence. So much so that it has been under investigation by the Department of Justice, which wrote a letter to the Mayor of Albuquerque on April 10, 2014 condemning the police force. Here’s an excerpt from the letter:
Based on our investigation, we have reasonable cause to believe that APD engages in a pattern or practice of use of excessive force, including deadly force, in violation of the Fourth Amendment and Section 14141. Our investigation included a comprehensive review of APD’s operations and the City’s oversight systems. We have determined that structural and systemic deficiencies—including insufficient oversight, inadequate training, and ineffective policies— contribute to the use of unreasonable force. At the conclusion of this letter, we outline the remedial measures that we believe are necessary to ensure that force is used in accordance with the Constitution. In some instances, these recommendations build on measures and initiatives that are already underway within the department.
Just prior to the release of the letter, APD officers shot in the back and killed a homeless man named James M. Boyd, who was camping in the Albuquerque foothills. More recently (and after the DOJ’s letter was sent), 50-year-old Air Force veteran Armand Martin was killed outside of his home by a SWAT team in a standoff with police. It seems the APD is incapable of solving any sort of dispute without a citizen ending up dead.
It makes you wonder what is up with law enforcement in New Mexico in general. If you recall, earlier this year I highlighted a horrific incident in Deming, New Mexico in my post: How a Routine Traffic Stop in New Mexico Turned into a Nightmare of Torture for David Eckert. 
So back to Albuquerque. The people are rightfully very upset, which led to a city council meeting being taken over on May 5th by protesters. This display of civil disobedience even led to an attempt to serve Police Chief Gorden Eden with an citizen’s arrest warrant. As a result of the protest, the city council moved to prevent protests at their latest meeting, which may lead to free speech related lawsuits. You have to watch the following video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzo2BUptOIM

People have just about had enough, and civil disobedience will only grow greater in the months and years ahead. This is what happens when a nation morphs into a deranged, oligarchic police state. This is also why the Bundy Ranch standoff was such a huge deal, as I noted in one of my most popular posts of 2014: Why the Standoff at the Bundy Ranch is a Very Big Deal.

Albuquerque Police Violated Lapel Camera Policy 60 Times

May 13, 2014 Share It | Print This

Source: Activist Post
America’s Predatory Deadbeats (otherwise known as the Albuquerque Police Department) are in the news again. Will it ever end?

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Albuquerque Police Chief Gordon Eden told the Associated Press that an officer was pursuing the suspect on foot Monday morning when the woman reportedly “stopped, turned and pointed a handgun at close range.”

Mary’s friends told New Mexico Mercury that they have a hard time accepting the APD’s version of the story:

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“I know for a fact she didn’t have a gun,” insisted friend Jarrich Martinez, who described Mary Hawkes as a caring, non-violent person with a love of the outdoors and animals.

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“I just feel very pissed off, how the cops treat us citizens,” the young man continued.

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“We’re not aliens. We’re people and what is happening is not funny, not cool…cops don’t understand it. They’re on the other end. They’re just picking up paychecks.”

Mary’s death occurred just weeks after the DOJ released their abysmal and troubling findings after a 16-month long investigation into the APD:

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Based on our investigation, we have reasonable cause to believe that APD engages in a pattern or practice of use of excessive force, including deadly force, in violation of the Fourth Amendment and Section 14141.

The DOJ released a 40-page evaluation that listed the wide range of the APD’s civil liberties violations.

That report also mentioned the department’s lapel camera practices. The DOJ said that requiring lapel camera use is a good policy but that it’s inconsistently used and not enforced strictly by APD:

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“We found very few examples of officers being reprimanded for failing to record force incidents,” the report reads. “The fact that few officers were reprimanded for this failure suggests that supervisors have also failed to insist on this form of accountability.”

Now, new information has been released about the shooting of Mary Hawkes. It appears that there isn’t any lapel camera video of the incident, as KOAT reports:

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Albuquerque police Officer Jeremy Dear may not have lapel camera video of the night he shot and killed Mary Hawkes, 19.

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Action 7 News has learned this is not the first time Dear came back without lapel video.

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Several people have filed excessive force complaints against Dear. In at least two of those cases, there was no lapel video to back it up.

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Action 7 News learned Dear is far from the only officer who has come back from a call without video.

Robin Hammer is the city’s independent review officer, and it is her job to investigate suspected policy violations. She said that in 2013, APD officers violated the lapel camera policy 60 times – far more than any of the departments other policies. Hammer said officers are supposed to record every interaction with the public.

She also revealed some of Dear’s past history:

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Hammer said officers have told her the camera malfunctioned or the battery died. That’s what Dear said when Hammer asked him about a complaint from February 2013. An Albuquerque man claimed Dear punched him in the stomach and kicked him in the groin during a traffic stop.

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“Whether it was a camera malfunction, or whether it was Officer Dear not turning on his camera, either intentionally or unintentionally, we do not know.”

Dear’s video wasn’t recording when he allegedly punched a man while trying to arrest him during a Downtown brawl in January 2013 either.

In the February incident, the claimant said Dear put the handcuffs on too tight, and that he urinated in his pants because he was scared of the officer.

Lapel camera videos are a crucial part of investigations, and sometimes are the only evidence that can be used to hold officers accountable for their behavior.

The police chief gets to decide how to dish out punishment (if any) for officers who violate the lapel camera policy.

In Deal’s case, there are no records of him being disciplined for not having lapel camera video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yP9ULB7lW_Q


Missing lapel video violations aren’t the only troublesome finding about Officer Dear, who was hired by the APD in 2007:

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The Albuquerque Journal reported that Dear was questioned back in 2011 about his knowledge of another officer-involved shooting that resulted in the killing of Alan Gomez, whose death was one of the killings investigated by the DOJ.

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According to the newspaper, Dear told two different stories on separate occasions about the killing, with the second testimony temporarily disappearing in an event drawing the condemnation of a judge overseeing a wrongful death lawsuit. (source)

This sounds like business as usual for the APD, now often referred to as “Another Person Dead.”