Sanford P D acting racists again!

THIS IS NO GOOD AT ALL...  SINCE WHEN DO POLICE GET TO WEAR SKI MASKS IN PUBLIC/
THAT IS MILITARY GEAR,  Are they now a military force or a police force?

Man (Jesse Thornton) Arrested and Charged for DUI with NO ALCOHOL in His System (Video)

Jesse Thornton, 64, was pulled over by officers and
arrested and charged for a DUI with no alcohol or
drugs in his system in Surprise, Arizona.

June 11, 2013 by EurPublisher

*It’s hard to not use the term “racist” when certain stories hit the news with no other rhyme nor reason for the injustice committed against a black person…especially in small, remote cities in the U.S.

Jessie Thornton, 64, is a retired firefighter that moved to Surprise, Arizona, with his wife who works in the ER. He has adjusted his sleep schedule to her schedule, so he is regularly active at night.

But, the change in schedule has garnered him unwanted police attention and one night resulted in him being pulled over for driving over the white line in the road.

Well, he then found out why the town is named “Surprise” when the officer proceeded to arrest and charge him with a DUI with absolutely no alcohol in his system, nor impairment, according to ABC 7.
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Miami-Dade Police Choke Black Teenager Because He Was Giving Them "Dehumanizing Stares"

Fourteen-year-old Tremaine McMillian didn't threaten police. He didn't attack them. He wasn't armed. All the black teenager did was appear threatening by shooting Miami-Dade police officers a few "dehumanizing stares," and that was apparently enough for the officers to decide to slam him against the ground and put him in a chokehold.

During Memorial Day weekend, McMillian was rough-housing with another teenager on the sand. Police approached the teen on an ATV and told him that wasn't acceptable behavior. They asked him where his parents were, but MicMillian attempted to walk away. The officer jumped off the ATV, and tried to physically restrain the teen. According to CBS Miami, police say the 14-year-old kid gave them "'dehumanizing stares,' clenched his fists and appeared threatening."

McMillian says he was carrying a six-week old puppy at the time and couldn't have been clenching his fists because he was feeding the dog with a bottle. He claims that during the confrontation the dog's front left paw was injured while officer forcibly separated him from the dog.
The officer then forced McMillian to the ground and put him in a choke hold.  READ MORE

Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism by

Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism by James W. Loewen

Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism
From Maine to California, thousands of communities kept out African Americans (or sometimes Chinese Americans, Jewish Americans, etc.) by force, law, or custom. These communities are sometimes called "sundown towns" because some of them posted signs at their city limits reading, typically, "Nigger, Don't Let The Sun Go Down On You In ___." Some towns are still all white on purpose. Their chilling stories have been joined more recently by the many elite (and some not so elite) suburbs like Grosse Pointe, MI, or Edina, MN, that have excluded nonwhites by "kinder gentler means." When I began this research, I expected to find about 10 sundown towns in Illinois (my home state) and perhaps 50 across the country. Instead, I have found more than 440 in Illinois and thousands across the United States. This is their story; it is the first book ever written on the topic.

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California Deputies Seize Phones from Witnesses After Beating Man to Death

Carlos Miller
photographyisnotacrime.com/
May 11, 2013


Law enforcement authorities in California beat a man to death with their batons before seizing at least two cell phones from witnesses who captured the incident on video.

One of the phones was seized without a warrant. The second phone was seized with a warrant but only because an attorney for the witnesses had arrived on the scene.

It doesn’t appear as if the lawyer had any sense to download the video before the phone was seized.
Or more likely, Kern County sheriff deputies would not allow it.
According to the Bakersfield Californian:

John Tello, a criminal law attorney, is representing two witnesses who took video footage and five other witnesses to the incident. He said his clients are still shaken by what they saw.

“When I arrived to the home of one of the witnesses that had video footage, she was with her family sitting down on the couch, surrounded by three deputies,” Tello said.
Tello said the witness was not allowed to go anywhere with her phone and was being quarantined inside her home.

When Tello tried to talk to the witness in private and with the phone, one of the deputies stopped him and told him he couldn’t take the phone anywhere because it was evidence to the investigation, the attorney said.
“This was not a crime scene where the evidence was going to be destroyed,” Tello said. “These were concerned citizens who were basically doing a civic duty of preserving the evidence, not destroying it as they (sheriff deputies) tried to make it seem.”

Deputies told the witnesses they could retrieve their phones the following day after the footage had been downloaded.

Now they’re telling the witnesses it could take years.

The law states that authorities can only seize your phone without a warrant under exigent circumstances, meaning there is probable cause the witness will destroy the video evidence. And they still would have to obtain a warrant or subpoena to view the footage.
But the law does not forbid citizens from downloading the footage before handing it over. A judge might be able to order a citizen from posting a video online but would have to provide a valid explanation as to why.

But despite what the law states, nothing will stop a group of cops from seizing your phone if it contains evidence of them violating the law.

And in this case, it appears as if they did just that as Kern County sheriff deputies and California Highway Patrol officers responded to a report of an intoxicated man standing in front of a local hospital, meaning there could possibly be video from surveillance cameras.
David Sal Silva, a 33-year-old father of four, died begging for his life, fighting up to nine law enforcement officers.

People who say they witnessed the incident as well as Silva’s family members described a scene in which deputies essentially were beating a helpless man to death. They were indignant that cellphone video had been taken away by deputies.  READ MORE

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Man Drinking Iced Tea In Parking Lot Gets Arrested

A can of tea can apparently land you in the can

 Infowars.com
May 2, 2013
A recent YouTube video captured an overzealous security guard accusing a 24-year-old man of drinking alcohol in the parking lot of a liquor store, and then subsequently arresting him. The kicker, of course, was that the 24-year-old was only drinking Arizona brand Half and Half Iced Tea.
Warning, video contains strong language

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