Willie Smith Ward: Sentenced To 50 Years For Stealing Ribs

Via Waco Tribune reports:

Ward’s theft of the $35 rack of pork ribs turned into a robbery when he threatened a grocery store employee who saw the huge bulge under Ward’s shirt and tried to stop him in the parking lot.

“This verdict shows that the citizens of this county will not tolerate a continued disrespect and disregard for other people and their property,” said Assistant District Attorney J.R. Vicha, who prosecuted Ward with Chris Bullajian. “People who choose to do so will be dealt with seriously and appropriately.”

The employee testified that he asked Ward what was under the shirt and the slab of ribs fell to the ground. He asked Ward what else he was hiding and Ward said, “I got a knife.”

The employee told Ward, “Now you just turned a ticket into a 
serious crime.”

“If you don’t leave me alone, I’ll show you what I got,” Ward said, according to the employee’s testimony. Ward then ran off.

A jury in Waco’s 19th State District Court also didn’t like the 43-year-old Ward’s previous five felony and four misdemeanor convictions and recommended that Ward be sentenced to 50 years in prison as a habitual criminal.

Ward has previous felony convictions for burglary, attempted robbery, aggravated assault, leaving the scene of an accident and possession of cocaine and four misdemeanor convictions, including two thefts.

Those must have been some good azz ribs! This guy is black, so he deserves 50 years in jail. If he happened to be white, they might have elected him for Senator instead…

When people like Mr. Ward feel the need to commit crimes just to get food, something is really, really wrong. We could have understood if he’d robbed a bank or an elderly lady, but all this for a piece of dead pig? Come on!

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Mentally ill man shot and arrested by off duty deputy

Cop kills Black Female Costco worker who 'frightened' her boss with knife

Sen Mark Kirk wants to lock up Every Gangster Disciple in Chicago

That's a lot of Black males he wants in jail!

Police shoot man 6x in East Oakland

Talking Cameras installed in Dilapidated Playgrounds in Black neighborhoods ahead of full Rollout !

Elected Mount Vernon representatives spent thousands of dollars putting new government talking cameras into dilapidated play grounds in black neighborhoods rather than use the money to renovate the playgrounds for the children to enjoy.

Residents stated that children don't even go into the playgrounds because everything is in disrepair, but viewers were shown a nice playground at the beginning of this news piece to give the impression the cameras were going to be installed there.

David Starkey tries to talk about the English Riots on Newsnight

What's scary is that he is a historian.

Suspect In Police Custody Dies After Female Cop Hits Him With Baton 10 Times

Female Cop Repeatedly Beat Man With Baton While Being Held Down: Suspect Later Dies From Injuries!

http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/05/24/sacramento-police-investigating-death-in-custody/

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A man taken into custody by the Sacramento Police Department has died, according to the police department.

Video obtained by CBS13 of the arrest on the 8300 block of Folsom Boulevard shows a suspect being restrained by a male officer’s legs, while a female officer strikes him 10 times with a baton.

According a statement from Sacramento Police Department, a man in his early 40s entered the Metro PCS store and made unintelligible statements to a female employee. She called 911 fearing for her safety. The man left the store, but went back in when officers arrived and attempted to barricade himself inside by trying to secure the front door.

Officers say they forced the door open and when they tried to contact the man.

That’s where police say the violent struggle began. Officers then called for backup when one of the officers was physically overpowered.

According to the police press release, pepper spray and multiple baton strikes were used to free an officer that was in the suspect’s grasp. In addition, the release notes bystanders kicking the suspect, a security guard also using a baton on the suspect.

The suspect was eventually restrained and brought into custody after backup officers and a nearby off-duty Sacramento County District Attorney investigator arrived. After the subject was in custody, officers noted he wasn’t breathing.

The suspect was taken to a nearby hospital, where he later died. A police officer and the investigator were also taken to the hospital for medical treatment.

Sacramento Police disclosed the death via Twitter.

Sacramento Police @SacPolice
SPD investigating an in custody death after officers physically struggle with a violent suspect
6:57 AM - 25 May 2013

The official cause of death is unknown and will be determined by the coroner.

An investigation is underway involving the department’s homicide, internal affairs and crime scene investigation units, as well as the city’s office of public safety and accountability and the district attorney’s office.

VIDEO School security guard pushes student down staircase

A Chicago public school security guard has been suspended while investigators look into an incident captured by cell phone video.

MARLON BROWN KILLED: Man run over by Police cruiser in DeLand, Florida

25-year-old James Harris, struck Brown and then ran him over, according to FHP. Brown was pronounced dead at the scene.

Sheriff's deputies gun down unarmed handcuffed black man during fight in South LA

After 3 Trials, Memphis Prisoner Timothy McKinney Wins Freedom by Pleading Guilty to Crime He Denies

http://www.democracynow.org - In order to win his newfound freedom, Memphis death row prisoner Timothy McKinney had to plead guilty to a murder he maintains he did not commit. McKinney was initially convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death for the fatal shooting of police officer Don Williams in December 1997. McKinney appealed and won a new trial, which ended with a deadlocked jury. A third trial earlier this year also ended in a hung jury. As part of a plea deal that could set him free as early as today, McKinney pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Since McKinney has spent almost 16 years in prison -- including 11 on death row. He is immediately eligible for release on time served. We're joined by The Nation magazine's Liliana Segura, who has extensively covered McKinney's case.

The inmate who studied law and secured his own release analyzes a change in the crack law

Darrell Padgett describes new developments in the crack-to-powder disparity.

NYPD targeting Young Black Men in the Subways to meet illegal Quotas !!!

If you are black or brown and live in New York City, don't get caught dead without a camera or face extortion or arrest at the hands of corrupt cops with quotas. This brutal criminal crime syndicate sees blacks and Latinos as nothing more then animals that should be terrorized, extorted and caged for profit. 

Man Killed in Officer Involved Shooting in Boyle Heights

Police beat NC high school student and charged him in water balloon prank

Handcuffed California teen Killed while in police custody

The family of a Riverside County, California teen recently killed by police said this week that the boy was shot after he'd been subdued and handcuffed by an officer.

Documentary: The Façade of the American Dream (Parts 1-4)

Girlfriend, mother of man who died in custody testify at inquest

The girlfriend and the mother of a man who died in Milwaukee police custody testifed Wednesday during an inquest of his death.

Seven Milwaukee police officers refused to testify at the inquest hearing for Derek Williams.

Killer Cops - Jamaica

In Kingston, Jamaica, being male, young, black and poor is a dangerous combination. On one side are the armed gangs fighting to control the streets and on the other are the nations lethal security forces. 

Is there a such thing as killer cops? Are they just following orders?

Modern Slavery More Black Males in Prison Today Than Enslaved in 1850

More black men are behind bars or under the watch of the criminal justice system than there were enslaved in 1850, according to the author of a book about racial discrimination and criminal justice. Ohio State University law professor and civil rights activist Michelle Alexander highlighted the troubling statistic while speaking in front of an audience at the Pasadena Branch of the American Civil Liberties Union. Alexander, the author of "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness," reportedly claimed there are more African American men in prison and jail, or on probation and parole, than were slaves before the start of the Civil War.

More than 846,000 black men were incarcerated in 2008, according to U.S. Bureau of Justice estimates reported by NewsOne. African Americans make up 13.6 percent of the U.S. population according to census data, but black men reportedly make up 40.2 percent of all prison inmates. 

RIP: Blacks are murdered with impunity in US, Malcolm X's grandson says

His life was cut short at 28 years old. Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of famed civil rights activist Malcolm X mysteriously died while on a trip to Mexico.

Some reports say that Shabazz was robbed while others say he was murdered." - Press TV

His life was cut short at 28 years old. Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of famed civil rights activist Malcolm X mysteriously died while on a trip to Mexico.

Some reports say that Shabazz was robbed while others say he was murdered." - Press TV

Malcolm X's grandson, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, says that Blacks are murdered with impunity in the United States because the system is unjust, Press TV reports.

In an exclusive interview with Press TV on Monday, Shabazz commented on the murder of Black teenager Trayvon Martin, saying, "There are hundreds of Black Americans who are being murdered in the United States every year with impunity.

Rochester, NY Police officers Assault Disabled Man in Motorized Wheelchair

Blogger who broadcast his standoff with police live from his home speaks out

Pennsylvania Judge Sentenced To 28 Years For Conspiracy And Bribes To Sent Kids To Prison

Via Examiner

Disgraced Pennsylvania judge Mark Ciavarella Jr has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for conspiring with private prisons to sentence juvenile offenders to maximum sentences for bribes and kickbacks which totaled millions of dollars. He was also ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution.

In the private prison industry the more time an inmate spends in a facility, the more of a profit is reaped from the state. Ciavearella was a figurehead in a conspiracy in the state of Pennsylvania which saw thousands of young men and women unjustly punished and penalized in the name of corporate profit.

According to allgov.com Ciavearella’s cases from 2003 – 2008 were reviewed by a special investigative panel and later by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and it was found that upwards of 5,000 young men and women were denied their constitutional rights, and therefore all of their convictions were dismissed and were summarily released.

During his sentencing Ciavarella was defiant, claiming he had broken no laws and claimed the money he received was a legitimate ‘finder’s fee.’ Assistant U.S. Attorney Gordon Zubrod said comments such as these were typical of Ciavarella, according to the local reporting of citizensvoice.com:

I think that’s his way of doing things. Never retreat. Always go on the attack. Always blame somebody else. Always get them to back off. He tried it with the judge. It didn’t work.

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US under fire over privatization of prisons

Outside a correctional facility just a few miles from the US Congress, prison guards and rights activists gathered to speak out against the continued privatization of prisons throughout the US. 

NYPD’s Stop-And-Frisk Is Excuse For Racial Profiling: Commissioner “We Need To Stop More Dark People”

ABC News

NYPD says its controversial policy keeps the streets safe, but critics say its harassment.

'The NYPD fearing the fight-back by population'

Press TV has conducted an interview with Caleb Maupin, International Action Center, New York about the issue of Mayor Michael Bloomberg defending the 'stop and frisk' policy in the United States. 

5 Bronx Men File Lawsuit Against The NYPD Over Discriminatory Mary Jane Arrest Practices Toward Blacks And Hispanic

And they wonder why people love the song “F**k The Police” so much…

Via NYTimes

Bronx Men File Lawsuit Against NYPD For Racist Drug Arrests

One man was walking home with groceries. Another was on a break from his job at a meat market. A third was walking down the street listening to headphones.

That is when the men say police officers confronted them, sometimes violently, searched their clothing and discovered small amounts of Mary Jane, according to a federal civil rights lawsuit that is expected to be filed on Thursday in United States District Court for the Southern District, in Manhattan.

The lawsuit, filed on behalf of five Bronx men, contends that New York City police officers routinely stop black and Latino men without cause and then charge them with low-level misdemeanors when their pockets are emptied and small amounts of Mary Jane are found.

In each of the cases, the amount of Mary Juana found on the men would have amounted to little more than noncriminal violations punishable by a fine of up to $100 for first-time offenders. But the lawsuit contends that the charging officers falsely claimed the Mari Jane was in public view, making it a low-level misdemeanor under Section 221.10 of the New York Penal Code, which allows for sentences of up to three months in jail.

Critics of the Police Department say the practice, which they call manufactured misdemeanors, is widespread. The arrests are often the outgrowth of the department’s stop-and-frisk program, which is being challenged in federal court for, among other things, disproportionately targeting black and Hispanic men.

The lawsuit names the city, the department and several officers and supervisors as defendants. It was filed by the Bronx Defenders, which represents low-income defendants, and the law firm of Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady L.L.P. A similar lawsuit filed by the Legal Aid Society is pending in state court in Manhattan.

The Police Department charged more than 50,000 people with Mary Juana misdemeanors in 2011. More than 84 percent were black or Hispanic, a disparity that is even more pronounced in the Bronx.

In an effort to limit these arrests, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has made decriminalizing small amounts of Mary Juana in open view one of his top goals this legislative session. The Legislature failed to act on a similar measure last year, despite support from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the police commissioner, Raymond W. Kelly.

Good luck with your lawsuit gentlemen, but we all know damn well that these kind of petty punk-azz arrests keep the court and prison system funded and profitable.

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NYC Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly Says “70 to 75 Percent Of People Committing Violent Crimes Are African American”

This is one of those situations where even if you think something, you are not suppose to say it out loud. We will just call this Raymond’s “teachable moment.”

Raymond Kelly Says Blacks Commit 75 Percent Of Violent Crimes

According to NY Daily News

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly credited the controversial stop-and-frisk tactic for helping to push New York’s crime rate to record lows.

In a television interview, New York’s top cop defended his department’s use of the crime fighting tool and blasted critics who say it targets a disproportionate number of blacks and Latinos.

“The stark reality is that crime happens in communities of color,” Kelly told “Nightline” co-anchor Bill Weir Wednesday.

“About 70% to 75% of the people described as committing violent crimes — assault, robbery, shootings, grand larceny — are described as being African-American.

“The percentage of people who are stopped is 53% African-American,” he continued. “So really, African-Americans are being understopped in relation to the percentage of people being described as being the perpetrators of violent crime.”

The commissioner also countered allegations by a Brooklyn teenager that aggressive “proactive policing” like stop-and-frisk creates divisions between communities and police.

“When things like this happen, there’s no trust,” said Kasim Walters, 17, of Flatbush.

“We are trying to save his life,” Kelly responded. “And we are trying to save the life of other young people who are disproportionately victimized.”

The “Nightline” segment also touched on the fatal shooting of Brooklyn teen Kimani Gray by police in March and featured comments by City Councilman Jumaane Williams (D-Brooklyn), a stop-and-frisk critic.

The city Health Department reported this week that gun deaths in the city dropped nearly a third from 2000 to 2011.

Kelly’s comments come during a lengthy federal trial on stop-and-frisk and a day after Mayor Bloomberg hammered his potential successors for criticizing the NYPD tactic.

City Controller John Liu has described stop-and-frisk as racial profiling and called for its end, while other mayoral wanna-bes have said it needs to be reformed.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, two other Democratic contenders, have also been vocal in their support for a bill that would create an inspector general to oversee the NYPD.

The federal class-action lawsuit filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights against stop-and-frisk has entered its seventh week of trial.

The trial is expected to conclude May 16.

Hate to break it to you Raymond, crimes happen in whitey’s part of the neighborhood too.

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Despite Battered Condition Of His Face, Police Rule Accidental Asphyxiation As Cause Of Georgia Teen’s Death [Graphic Photo Inside]

 

Young black men are still dying suspicious deaths in the South.

Via ABC Local News

The family of a Lowndes High School student who died at school tonight is demanding a federal investigation.

Today, investigators officially ruled 17-year old Kendrick Johnson’s death an accident.

That announcement came just an hour before friends, family and civil rights activists marched outside Lowndes High School demanding justice.

The family believes Johnson was murdered. His body was found inside a rolled-up cheerleading mat in the old Lowndes High School gym January 11th. Investigators believe he was in the gym alone, reached into the mat to get something he dropped, and got stuck. Today’s final autopsy report ruled the death an accident as a result of positional asphyxia.

“I’m frustrated that my nephew was supposedly found in a mat, when that doesn’t make sense,” said Johnson’s Aunt, Stacy Roe.

Civil Rights activists with Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network and The United Justice League led the rally, calling for a federal investigation.

“We want an independent investigation, lets just say by an agency with higher credentials than Lowndes County. There’s been a number of what we feel are inconsistencies, are mishandlings, and for that very reason is why we want another set of eyes,” said Atlanta’s National Action Network Chapter President, Marcus Coleman.

The family says they expected the autopsy report would rule the death as an accident. And they plan to keep rallying until federal investigators step in.

“When you have the body that’s been moved, when you have the Coroner’s Office being notified hours later, when you have the misplacement of his clothing, which could be a direct indicator of any evidence needed to move forward,” said Coleman.

Lowndes County Sheriff’s officials say the statements of his body being moved and his clothes being misplaced are untrue. But Coroner Bill Waston has voiced his anger that he wasn’t notified until hours after Johnson’s body was discovered. The Sheriff’s office says the investigation still remains open.

The Johnson Family organized another rally Saturday at Serenity Christian Church in Valdosta at 5:00 p.m. Reverend Al Sharpton is scheduled to speak

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According to rumors: It wasn't an accident. He got into a fight with a police officer son. They came back and retaliated and beat the kid. It's all a cover up with the "blue code of silence". The police are clearly hiding the real information and facts. 

Getting Locked Up For Drinking an Arizona Ice Tea

Xstrav and Tino Brown were at the ABC Liquor store, in Fayeteville North Carolina, waiting for their friend, Money Mal, to come so they could purchase some liquor. Suddenly, an undercover cop approaches them and demands to see what Xstrav is drinking. 

Xstrav shows him that its an Arizona Half and Half Ice Tea. The undercover demands that he hand it to him so that he can read the ingredients. Once Xstrav denies handing over his can, the cop tells him to leave the property for trespassing. Out of nowhere an actual drunken stranger walks up and starts giving "shout outs" while smelling of liquor.  He is OBVIOUSLY drunk, but is ignored and allowed to walk away without incident. 

The cop then tells Xstrav to put his hands behind his back because he was being arrested for trespassing. This is just a classic case of a cop taking advantage of his power and arresting a black man for not doing things the way HE wanted them. 

Xstrav was asked to show him what was in the can.  After showing the cop that it was Arizona Tea, that should’ve been it.  But, the cop was upset and decided to put any charge on him.  

The second video shows the actual cop car showing up and arresting him.

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