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No snitches

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:46:17 GMT

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“It ain’t for us to say who goes to jail for the rest of their life. Who am I to judge?” the young woman asked as she sat in her car on a street off Shelton Avenue. “If there’s people arguing in front of me and someone gets shot, I mind my business. That’s the hood. It’s principle and there’s rules to the hood that you mind your business.”

“The snitches get stitches rule. That’s crazy. You see something, the life you save could be your own, a family member, someone close to you,” said Frederick Smith, whose son, Terrance, was shot in the back and killed last year on Shelton Avenue. The case remains unsolved. “Folks see what happened. It’s the law of the street and its a terrible law. Some laws are made to be broken and that’s one of them.

Police taser boy lying on the ground with a broken back 19 times

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:10:33 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Apparently having a broken back is no excuse for not complying with the orders of the police.

Clip Source: www.worldnetdaily.com

Parents of a 16-year-old boy in intensive care with a broken back want to know why police Tasered their son 19 times rather than calling an ambulance for help.

When police arrived, they found Hutchinson under an overpass on U.S. 65 Saturday morning, Springfield's KY3 News reported. The boy had fallen 30 feet off the overpass and was lying on the shoulder.

When the boy didn't respond to police, they Tasered him, repeatedly.

"I'm not an officer, but I don't see the reason for Tasering somebody lying there with a broken back. I don't consider that a threat," his aunt Samantha said.

His father claims if police hadn't stunned the teenager 19 times, his critical surgery would not have been delayed by two days.

"The Tasering increased his white blood cell count and caused him to have a temperature so they could not go into the operation," he said.

"He refused to comply with the officers and so the officers had to deploy their Tasers in order to subdue him," Capt. Thomas Rousset said.

Tags: police, abuse, crime, taser

High Winds - Flying Cows

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:41:15 GMT

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Clip Source: www.in-forum.com

The sheriff's department received a report of a barn being toppled north of Valley City, N.D., and of flying cows and is working to confirm the reports, said Linda McKenna, office deputy for the sheriff's department.

Two marijuana cigarettes seized

Fri, 30 May 2008 22:05:18 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Wow. I feel safer already. Glad they sent out a press release to let us know about all their hard work.

Clip Source: www.newhavenindependent.org

“On 05/29/2008 an ongoing investigation conducted by SNTF-New Haven Initiative concerning drug dealing within the city of New Haven led to the execution of a search warrant at 73 Woolsey Street, 1st Floor, New Haven. Seized from the residence were two marijuana cigarettes weighing approximately .3 grams…

A 33 year-old woman there was “was arrested for Possession of Marijuana. This investigation will help improve the quality of life in this New Haven neighborhood.”

Corrupt cop gets 15 months

Tue, 27 May 2008 18:51:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: More from Connecticut's culture of corruption.

Clip Source: www.newhavenindependent.org

Between tears, his wife called him “strong” and “proud.” Amid shouts from the courtroom pews, one of his targets called him “wicked” and “evil.” The judge declared that he of all people “should have known better” — then sentenced him to 15 months in prison.

That was the scene in U.S. District Court in Bridgeport Tuesday as Justen Kasperzyk, a former New Haven detective with a gambling addiction, saw his luck run out for good.

Kasperzyk had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate civil rights and theft of government property. He planted drugs in a bust in an apartment on Truman Street. He also pocketed cash from drug cases to feed his gambling habit.

Kasperzyk filed a memo seeking leniency, in part by arguing that he was trying to help win the War on Drugs by planting evidence.

In court, though, he stuck to a simple apology.

That didn’t come from his heart,” called out the mother of a man who was framed and sent to jail by Kasperzyk. She was sitting with about 10 supporters in the courtroom.

Tags: connecticut, corruption, police, crime, drugs, drug war

Disagree with your professor - get sued

Tue, 20 May 2008 16:40:44 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This should be in the Onion, not real life.

Clip Source: online.wsj.com

After a winter of discontent, the snapping point came while Ms. Venkatesan was lecturing on "ecofeminism," which holds, in part, that scientific advancements benefit the patriarchy but leave women out. One student took issue, and reasonably so – actually, empirically so. But "these weren't thoughtful statements," Ms. Venkatesan protests. "They were irrational." The class thought otherwise. Following what she calls the student's "diatribe," several of his classmates applauded.

Ms. Venkatesan informed her pupils that their behavior was "fascist demagoguery." Then, after consulting a physician about "intellectual distress," she cancelled classes for a week. Thus the pending litigation.

New Britain, CT police rip catheter out of innocent man recovering from intestinal surgery

Sun, 11 May 2008 15:13:51 GMT

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clipper's remarks: More effective police work from some of Connecticut's finest. Even if he had been guilty, this would have been unacceptable.

What makes it even better is the police did not have a search warrant.

Clip Source: www.foxnews.com

A man alleges that police entered his home illegally and ripped a catheter from his body during a child pornography investigation that led to the arrest of two neighbors.

Andrew Glover, 60, of New Britain filed a notice with the city Thursday that he intends to pursue a federal civil rights lawsuit. He accused the officers of inflicting severe injuries as he was recovering from intestinal surgery in February.

Glover wasn't involved in child pornography, has not been charged and has no criminal record, Spinella said.

"The poor guy," Spinella said. "They ripped the catheter off his person. They assaulted the guy. He's got major problems as a result of this. He's a mess now."

Spinella said officers "tossed" Glover's apartment during a search Jan. 30. In February, he said, Glover returned home from the hospital after his surgery to find officers searching his apartment again. That's when they assaulted Glover and left him alone in the apartment without calling for medical help, Spinella said.

Tags: police abuse, crime, brutality, connecticut

New Haven Narcotics Unit Cop Sentenced

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:37:43 GMT

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clipper's remarks: More from Connecticut's culture of corruption.

Clip Source: www.newhavenindependent.org

Former Lt. Billy White, the center of a New Haven police corruption scandal, was sentenced to 38 months in prison Monday, despite emotional testimony about his years of public service.

In addition to his prison sentence, White was ordered to pay $15,505 in restitution. he was fined $20,000, and he has to forfeit $10,200 in bribes he accepted from local bail bondsmen.

Arterton struck down defense arguments that the sentence should be reduced because of Billy White’s “extraordinary” service to the community over the years and because of post-traumatic stress sydrome he has suffered due to the murder of his son by the Latin Kings gang. In the 1990s, White headed the department’s intelligence unit and helped put heads of drug gangs in jail for long sentences.

Dannehy stressed that this crime wasn’t an isolated incident. She played a tape he boasted of having taken money for four to five years.

Black Market Candy in Our High Schools

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:22:08 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Have we gone insane?

Clip Source: www.nhregister.com

NEW HAVEN — Sheridan Communications and Technology Middle School eighth-grader Michael Sheridan was suspended from school for three days, barred from attending an honors student dinner and stripped of his title of class vice president.

His offense?

He bought a bag of Skittles.

The punishment was meted out because the New Haven school system banned candy sales and fundraisers in 2003 as part of the districtwide school wellness policy.

Michael Sheridan claims he was in a school hallway after lunch Feb. 26 when a classmate asked if he wanted some candy. The student had a lunch box filled with candy and a wad of money, he said.

Turner had repeatedly warned students that she would not allow any candy to be sold in schools, nor did she want money changing hands in school, said Sullivan-DeCarlo. She said it was her understanding that the student was suspended for insubordination, which is what the district considered the candy exchange.

Tags: education, stupidity, nanny state, children, family, happy thoughts

Girl did not survive the Holocaust be being adopted by wolves

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:11:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Just how stupid are publishers anyway?

Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

A woman's best-selling account of how she lost her parents to the Holocaust and survived by living with wolves in the forests of Europe has been exposed as a fabrication.

"Surviving with Wolves", first published 11 years ago, has been translated into 18 languages and was recently turned into a film.

But in a statement issued by her lawyers, Misha Defonseca, who was born Monique De Wael, confessed that while her parents, members of Belgium's resistance, were killed by the Nazis her family was not Jewish and most of the events of the book were made up.

Despite growing evidence in recent weeks of inconsistencies in her story, including a birth certificate showing she was not Jewish, Mrs Donfonseca insisted she was telling the truth until she released her statement.

Jane Daniel, the publisher Mrs Defonseca claims persuaded her to write the book, is less forgiving after being sued by the author in a breach of contract case for £11 million.

Another New Haven police officer arrested

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:06:42 GMT

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clipper's remarks: More from Connecticut's culture of corruption.

Note the looks on the faces of Chief Ortiz and Mayor Destefano in the bottom picture.

I suspect that there are still more arrests coming.

Clip Source: www.newhavenindependent.org

A sense of deja vu hit police headquarters Wednesday, as another longtime detective has been arrested on corruption charges — and a fight has begun over whether he can retire or whether officials will fire him first.

The detective this time is Clarence Willoughby (at left in photo), a 24-year veteran of the force.

Police arrested him late Wednesday for allegedly pocketing money from the department’s confidential informant fund. Willoughby turned himself in for the arrest at 5 p.m. He was charged with four counts of larceny in second degree, a felony; four counts of forgery in the second degree; and two counts of false statement second degree.

Earlier, at a 7 p.m. press conference at 1 Union Ave., Chief Francisco Ortiz (at left in photo) said an internal affairs investigation discovered that Willoughby misappropriated confidential informant funds and forged official police and public documents.

Tags: connecticut, police, corruption, crime

Madison, CT police corruption

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:43:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: More from Connecticut's culture of corruption.

Clip Source: www.nhregister.com

MADISON — Administrative charges will be levied against another Madison police officer this morning, officials said Wednesday.

Officer Matthew Sterling was suspended after his shift Tuesday and informed of administrative charges against him, Police Commission Chairman Emile Geisenheimer said.

Geisenheimer did not specify the charges, but said Chief Paul Jakubson has recommended Sterling for termination.

Earlier this month, the commission upheld a series of administrative charges that Heiden interfered with a state police investigation of former town officer Joseph Gambardella, who was fired after allegedly committing thefts at two Madison businesses and stealing from town gas pumps.

Durgin also has been arrested three times in recent months for allegedly using the law enforcement database to get information about ex-girlfriends and other women, for worker’s compensation fraud, and for threatening and intimidating witnesses involved in investigating his alleged misconduct

Tags: police, crime, corruption

Oops! Watch for the pool!

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:26:34 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A little justice is nice occasionally.

Clip Source: www.news24.com

Bapsfontein - A father from Bapsfontein on the East Rand could hardly believe his eyes when he found one of a gang of robbers, who had shot at him a little while earlier, dead at the bottom of his swimming pool.

The four armed robbers had tied up his 21-year-old daughter and shot at him.

Tony Coutinho said the robber might have fired two shots by accident while struggling to get out of the pool.

"I suspect he lost his balance and fell into the pool in his hurry to get away. I don't feel sorry for him, I believe it was an act of God."

Police corruption in Madison, CT draws residents' derision

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:00:04 GMT

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clipper's remarks: More from Connecticut's culture of corruption. Unfortunately it seems the only thing a citizen of this awful state can do in reaction to police corruption is to crack jokes.

Clip Source: www.nhregister.com

A Madison police officer told First Selectman Al Goldberg that when he entered a local restaurant and store recently, a customer barked at him, “Are you here to pick up some condoms?”

Publicly censuring police officers isn’t new here. But then sordid allegations against Madison police officers aren’t new either.

When an officer handed a child a flashlight during a Halloween safety outreach program, the youth quipped, “Aren’t you going to give me a lobster with that?” a reference to the $900 in seafood former police officer Joseph Gambardella allegedly stole from Lenny & Joe’s Fish Tale Restaurant last summer, Goldberg said.

Since summer, Gambardella has been arrested twice for alleged theft and Officer Bernard Durgin Jr. has been charged with worker’s compensation fraud, intimidation, and use of a police database to obtain information about women.

Tags: police, corruption, connecticut

Corrupt Cop Sentenced to Jail

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:25:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: More from Connecticut's culture of corruption. It is interesting to hear about all the support other cops gave him. The police in this town are absolutely untrustworthy and corrupt.

Clip Source: www.newhavenindependent.org

Calling letters of support from fellow cops “very troubling,” a federal judge Monday afternoon sentenced ex-city detective Jose Silva (at left) to three months in jail for his role as an accomplice in the latest cop corruption case. “Life ain’t fair,” said an unhappy Norval Falconer (bottom photo), who spent four weeks in jail after Silva and another detective framed him.

Nevas did spare Silva the full year-long jail term recommended under sentencing guidelines, rejecting a pitch from corruption-fighting federal prosecutor Nora Dannehy.

Judge Nevas took further exception to letters he received from New Haven police officers asking that he spare jail time for Silva based on his otherwise clean record and his service to the community.

“Not one letter talked about the victim here [Norval Falconer]. He spent four weeks in jail. He was forced to plead guilty to get out of jail… knowing he was innocent.”

“he lost his apartment. He lost his job. Not one police officer talked about that,”

Tags: connecticut, police, cops, crime, corruption