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Title: Report: Oakland cops pointed guns at sleeping baby
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URL Source: http://www.salon.com/2013/01/31/oak ... pointed_guns_at_sleeping_baby/
Published: Feb 2, 2013
Author: Natasha Lennard
Post Date: 2013-02-02 15:35:57 by Capitalist Eric
Keywords: None
Views: 49727
Comments: 91
According to an independent report investigating Oakland police misconduct, two cops pointed their guns at a sleeping 1-year-old while investigating a misdemeanor crime. The incident was flagged by Independent Monitor Robert Warshaw, who is responsible for auditing the OPD’s progress in complying with a Negotiated Settlement Agreement to resolve allegations of police misconduct. According to Warshaw’s most recent report, the OPD’s compliance decreased for the second quarter in a row. As well as highlighting the police department’s failure to investigate Occupy Oakland complaints, Warshaw’s report briefly mentions a troubling incident: [D]uring a search warrant, two officers pointed their firearms at a sleeping 19-month-old child who, of course, posed no immediate threat to the officers or others. The crime being investigated, according to the reports, involved a misdemeanor offense. The report also notes that in the past quarter, five incidents reportedly took place in which Oakland police pointed their guns at citizens when no crime had been committed. As the East Bay Express notes, this incident, alongside Warshaw’s broader findings, stand “in stark contrast to recent statements by Mayor Jean Quan.” Last week, the mayor told press, “The reality is that we’re making progress, this police department is changing.” Oakland police have a storied history of aggressive treatment of residents. Forty-four officers faced disciplinary action over their behavior during Occupy Oakland protests, which included seriously injuring an Iraq War veteran with a beanbag projectile shot at his head at close range.
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#1. To: Capitalist Eric (#0)
WGAS?
Uh Welcome. This should be interesting.
Could be, if you don't delete everything.
Could be, if you don't delete everything. No schitt, gotta save this for posterity purposes.. LOL...
You never attained the ability to grow or borrow a pair of balls, did you retread?
I can assure you that he is no retread.
No you can't.
Yes I can as I personally know him.
Yes I can as I personally know him. You're wasting your time Stone... He's just like the Leftards he doesn't want to know the truth!!
You wouldn't recognize the truth if it bit you in your cellulite-laden ass. When is Ron Paul going to introduce articles of impeachment for the traitor occupying the White House, chickenshit?
Pssst....Pssst... Ron Paul isn't in congress anymore. What do you think of his son Rand?
He's our representative, and I'm still out on that one....
Why would you be out on that one? He has all the right positions and deals with them with conviction. He is not a phoney like most up there today.
Sorry I took so long to get back, my guys cooked dinner tonight and I'm staring at a quarter pounder, double decker cheese burger....lol... Anyway! Rand sought fundraising help from GOP lawmakers who voted for the massive 2008 financial bailout, flip-flopping on a campaign promise to shun those lawmakers. During the primary, Paul pledged not to accept contributions from any senator who had voted for the financial bailout. That promise was included on his campaign website, but he's taken it down since then. He was a strong opponent of the National Defense Authorization Act 2012 with its inclusion of the “indefinite detention” powers, but he did another flip/flop and voted “Yes” in favor of the same bill for 2013. I could be wrong, not sure, but libertarians, in my opinion, tend to be compromisers, and I have no faith, nor trust, in anyone who compromises their convictions. He will lose my support completely if he continues to fold like a cheap suit on issues he claims to stand by. JMHO!
The flip flopping is due to the fact that he's not a libertarian, but a neocon progressive, IMO. There is very little similarity to his father Ron, who is pro American.
Then why didn't Ron introduce articles of impeachment for your boy, Obama, retread Calfag, bushbot/hondouche?
The real question is why doesn't Paul Ryan introduce articles of impeachment. Why hasn't that little shrimp introduced them. Hasn't he sided with Obama several times since the election?
Why not ask him? Unlike Ryan, Paul was a longtime Texas US Representative and presidential candidate with strong, vocal and monetary support.
Why not ask Ron Paul instead of us. Paul Ryan was the VP candidate. Ron Paul never was. Paul Ryan was touted as the future leader. Why doesn't he introduce articles of impeachment? Lets be honest here while we are at it. Wasn't Paul Ryans budget a bit timid?
Paul Ryan was the VP candidate. Paul Ryan was touted as the future leader. Wasn't Paul Ryans budget a bit timid? I've never gotten an answer from Paul or his supporters. BFD! By whom? Timid? Has it passed?
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#2. To: yukon (#1)
#3. To: A K A Stone, *Yukon neo-Progressive Vermin* (#2)
Welcome. This should be interesting.
#4. To: hondo68, A K A Stone (#3)
Welcome. This should be interesting.
#8. To: CZ82 (#4)
#9. To: yukon (#8)
did you retread?
#11. To: A K A Stone (#9)
I can assure you that he is no retread.
#13. To: yukon (#11)
No you can't.
#16. To: A K A Stone, pukon (#13)
No you can't.
#17. To: CZ82, A K A Stone (#16)
he doesn't want to know the truth!!
#19. To: yukon (#17)
When is Ron Paul
#20. To: A K A Stone, yukon (#19)
What do you think of his son Rand?
#21. To: Murron (#20)
He's our representative, and I'm still out on that one....
#26. To: A K A Stone (#21)
Why would you be out on that one? He has all the right positions and deals with them with conviction. He is not a phoney like most up there today.
#28. To: Murron (#26)
libertarians, in my opinion, tend to be compromisers
#34. To: hondo68 (#28)
There is very little similarity to his father Ron, who is pro American.
#36. To: yukon (#34)
#39. To: A K A Stone (#36)
Why hasn't that little shrimp introduced them.
#42. To: yukon (#39)
Why not ask him? Unlike Ryan, Paul was a longtime Texas US Representative and presidential candidate with strong, vocal and monetary support.
#43. To: A K A Stone (#42)
Why not ask Ron Paul instead of us.
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