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Death of Chavis Carter
The death of Chavis Carter
A 21-year old AmericanCarter was in the passenger seat of a
Minutes later, the officers discovered that Chavis Carter was shot in the head. The officers found a semi-automatic, .380-caliber Cobra pistol near the body.[1] The Jonesboro Police Department believe that he had hidden the gun on his person that the officers did not detect through the search and used it on himself.[4] Carter's mother disagreed, claiming that Carter had no history of suicidal thoughts or actions and that the police killed him.[1] In addition, she states that he was left-handed[1] and handcuffed behind his back, yet the bullet entered through his right temple. The two officers at the scene were placed on administrative leave ad an investigations was started.
Chavis Carter Case: Police Say Handcuffed Man Called Girlfriend From Squad Car
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The girlfriend of a man who was fatally shot in the back of an Arkansas patrol car told an investigator that he called her from the car and said he had a gun with him, police said Wednesday.
Jonesboro police offered those and other new details in a four-page statement about the investigation into the July 28 death of 21-year-old Chavis Carter. The death was ruled a suicide in an autopsy report released earlier this week.
Carter's girlfriend also told the investigator that Carter said he loved her and that he was scared, according to the police statement, which did not identify the woman.
Benjamin Irwin, a Memphis, Tenn., lawyer representing Carter's family, said Wednesday that he was reviewing the latest information from police.
"I think the critical points still remain that this young man was in police custody," he said. "He lost his life at a time when they had a responsibility and duty to protect him."
Police have been facing criticism since they said officers searched Carter twice but didn't find a gun before he was fatally shot in a patrol car. Race is also an issue in the case because Carter was black and police have said the two officers who stopped the truck he was in are white.
Lab denies claims that Chavis Carter's cause of death was ruled a suicide
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Police officers pressured to conduct stop-and-frisks: Criminal justice professor
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| PHOTO: Craig Warga/New York Daily News Eli Silverman of John Jay College leaves Manhattan Federal Court after testifying in the stop and frisk trial. April 4th, 2013. |
By Robert Gearty / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Friday, April 5, 2013, 9:12 PM
A criminal justice professor testified Friday about a study he conducted in 2012 in which retired cops said they felt pressured to conduct stop-and-frisks when they were on the job.
Eli Silverman said the pressure grew significantly after the NYPD began using the COMPSTAT system to fight crime, according to his survey of more than 1,900 former cops.
RELATED: STOP-AND-FRISK WITNESS’ DATA FLAWED: DEFENSE
Silverman was testifying in a class-action lawsuit in Manhattan Federal Court that claims the NYPD’s controversial policy targets minorities for illegal stops.
Earlier, a lawyer said experts will testify that when they analyzed crime suspect data they found race as a predictor of who is stopped “virtually disappears. <a href=" http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/cops-pressured-frisk-professor-article-1.1309239?localLinksEnabled=false"> READ MORE </a>
Three-hour standoff between cops in riot gear and Queens residents after drug bust
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| PHOTO: Robert Stridiron/Robert Stridiron Police officers in riot gear guard 113th Precinct from protesters. |
By Joseph Stepansky AND Kerry Burke / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Saturday, April 6, 2013, 1:48 AM
A drug bust outside a Queens housing project erupted into a tense three-hour standoff Friday night as dozens of angry residents marched on the 113th Precinct and cops in riot gear stood guard over their stationhouse.
Shocked witnesses said police officers pounded on brothers Raynard Fields, 27, and Corey Crichlow, 33, outside the Baisley Park Houses during the 7:45 p.m. arrest on Foch Blvd.
“The cops came up to the car and dragged (Crichlow) out and started beating on him,” said witness Gary Frazier, 22. “When (Fields) tried to calm the situation down, they beat him down. Cops came from everywhere.”
About 50 incensed residents protested the arrest and what they call a pattern of brutality by the NYPD by marching down Guy R. Brewer Blvd. to the Baisley Blvd. stationhouse. They ran through the streets, knocking garbage cans over during their 6-block trek, witnesses said.
“I am sick of the 113th Precinct harassing the young black men in the Baisley projects,” said marcher Kathy Moore, 40.
Cops responded to the impromptu protest in riot helmets and batons, forcing protesters onto the sidewalk.
“They were wilding out here,” livery cab driver Danny McLennon, 42, said of the residents. “The cops shut down Guy Brewer Blvd. Not even the buses could get through.”
More cops in riot gear met protesters at the 113th Precinct, where Fields was being treated inside an ambulance parked next to the stationhouse. Sources said he suffered a deep gash to his face during the brawl. He was expected to be taken to a hospital, a relative said.
Police sources said officers spotted Crichlow with drugs, but he swallowed them as they approached. The officers were arresting Crichlow when Fields interjected and a fight broke out, sources said.
At least one officer was injured in the fight and was taken to an area hospital with neck and back injuries. Other cops had to evade a barrage of garbage and bottles that witnesses were throwing at them.
“(Residents) were throwing things from windows,” a police source said.
According to court records, Crichlow did two years in prison after being convicted on drug charges in 2001. He’s currently engaged to a correction officer, family members said.
But the Rev. Richard Hogan, the respected pastor of the Divine Deliverance Ministry in Jamaica and the uncle of Crichlow and Fields, said Crichlow is always being stopped by the police.
“My nephew was driving a gray Chrysler with tinted windows when he was stopped on this occasion,” said Hogan. “(Cops) said they thought they saw him make a transaction. They didn’t find anything on him. <a href=" http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/standoff-cops-riot-gear-queens-residents-article-1.1309412?localLinksEnabled=false"> READ MORE </a>
Investigation: Winter Park police officer made racist remark about Trayvon Martin case
Lt. Ron Johnson accused of saying, 'This is why they should be drowned at birth'
Published On: Apr 04 2013 10:47:32 PM EDT
Updated On: Apr 05 2013 06:12:20 AM EDT
A Winter Park police officer stepped down after making a racist remark while discussing the Trayvon Martin case.
Lieutenant Ron Johnson quickly retired after an internal investigation revealed he said, "This is why they should be drowned at birth," in reference to black people.
That remark came from the 27-year veteran to fellow officers during a February police briefing when their conversation turned to the Martin case.
The investigation said the comment was racially derogatory.
"I think that's appalling that anyone would say that or think it or believe it, especially in my town," said Ann Lulow, a Winter Park resident.
"I think it's ignorance, just absolute on his part to even utter such words," said Julius John.
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Sheriff lieutenant arrested for obstructing investigation
Handling of cop over slur questioned
Lieutenant Ron Johnson quickly retired after an internal investigation revealed he said, "This is why they should be drowned at birth," in reference to black people.
That remark came from the 27-year veteran to fellow officers during a February police briefing when their conversation turned to the Martin case.
The investigation said the comment was racially derogatory.
"I think that's appalling that anyone would say that or think it or believe it, especially in my town," said Ann Lulow, a Winter Park resident.
"I think it's ignorance, just absolute on his part to even utter such words," said Julius John.
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Sheriff lieutenant arrested for obstructing investigation
Handling of cop over slur questioned
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