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Mike Browns Friend Shot By Police On One Year Anniversary Of Death.
The person shot in Ferguson by a police officer after a day of commemorating the first anniversary of Michael Brown’s death has been identified by his father as 18-year-old Tyrone Harris Jr., of St. Louis, who was “real close” to Brown, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
After shooting him they handcuffed him and stood over his body, continuing to aim their guns while a witness recording the incident screamed and begged for them to get him medical attention. The man recording was then arrested for “disobeying police” and staying in the area. Thankfully the ambulance was called and he was rushed to the hospital, put into surgery, and is currently in unstable and critical condition.
The story is that apparently Harris had been tracked throughout the protest in an unmarked vehicle and in plainclothes (meaning not wearing their uniform but simply dressed as normal citizens) as police believed he was “armed.” Officers allege the suspect approached the detectives who were sitting in a van and opened fire with a 9mm gun that had been stolen last year.
They also believed him to be the suspect of the first shooting that occurred earlier that night. The incident reportedly involved two groups of people on the west side of West Florissant Avenue. It happened just before police shot Harris Jr.
Belmar added that 40 and 50 shots were fired in an exchange between the two groups, and the incident he described as “remarkable” lasted around 45 seconds. “They were criminals. They weren’t protesters,” Belmar said of those involved in the shootings. He did not say if there were any casualties from the shooting on West Florissant Avenue. Protesters and members of the media who had gathered in the street took cover or fled when the firing started, The Associated Press reported.
The media and Police are both calling harris the “shooting suspect” but have no evidence to back it up. It’s all simply speculation at this point. Witnesses, including his girlfriend, are saying Harris never shot at police, he was just one of the bystanders trying to flee when the shots first rang out.
Pictures and Videos from that night also show that the original shooter was wearing completely different clothes than Harris and in the video, you can see the unmarked police car drive right past the shooter.
The cops involved in shooting are on paid leave while there’s an investigation.
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UPDATE
although he’s still in the hospital under critical condition, the police have charged him with assault.
ASSAULT?!?!? YOOOOO I CAAAAAAAAANT. DEAR GOD I CAAAAAANT.
This need to just fucking stop.
i’m sick
#BlackLivesMatter (7/28/15): Officer Ray Tensing has been charged with first degree murder in the death of Samuel Dubose. Prosecutor Joe Deter has never charged an officer in his 20+ year career, but has been fervent in his denouncement of Tensing’s action. He will be pursuing life in prison for killer cop Ray Tensing, and admits that the officer lied about the circumstances of the traffic stop but without the video, probably would not have had the capacity to charge Tensing. #staywoke #farfromover
Transcript of Sandra Bland arrest video [8:40-15:25]
StandardCop:
Ok, Ma’am. You ok?SB:
I’m waitin’ on you. This is your job. I’m waitin’ on you…Cop:
You seem very irritated.SB:
I am. I really am because I feel like what I’m getting a ticket for, I was
getting out of your way. You were speeding up, tailing me, so I move over, and
you stop me. So, yeah, I am a little irritated, but that doesn’t stop you from
giving me a ticket.Cop:
Are you done?SB:
You asked me what was wrong and I told you. So now I’m done, yeah.Cop:
Ok. You mind putting out your cigarette, please?SB:
I’m in my car. Why do I have to put out my cigarette?Cop:
Well you can step on out now.SB:
I don’t have to step out of my car.Cop:
Step out of the car. [Cop opens the car door] Step out.SB:
No, you don’t have the right-Cop:
Step out of the car!SB:
You do not have the right to do that.Cop:
I do have the right. Now, step out or I will remove you.SB:
I refuse to talk to you other than to identify myself-Cop:
Step out or I will remove you.SB:
I am getting removed for a failure to-Cop:
Step out or I will remove you. I’m giving you a lawful order. Get out of the
car now or I’m gonna remove you.SB:
I’m calling my-Cop:[Cop
reaches into the car] I’m gonna yank you out of here.SB:
Okay, you gonna yank me out of my car?Cop:
Get out.SB:
Ok. Alright. Let’s do this. Don’t touch me.Cop:
Get out of the car!SB:
Don’t touch me! I’m not under arrest. You don’t have the right to-Cop:
You ARE under arrest.SB:
I’m under arrest for what? For what? For what?Cop:
Get out of the car. Get out of the car! Now!SB:
Why am I being apprehended? Because you’re trying to give me a ticket for a
failure-Cop:
I said get out of the car.SB:
Why am I being apprehended? You opened
my car door-Cop:
I am gonna drag you outta here.SB:
So you’re threatening to drag me out of my own car?Cop:
Get out of the car!!SB:
And then you-Cop:
[Cop points his taser at her.] I will light you up!!SB:
Wow.Cop:
NOW!!SB:
Wow. [Sandra steps out of the car.]Cop:
Get out of the car!SB:
For a failure to signal, you’re doing all this. You’re doing all this for a
failure to signal.Cop:
Get over there. [Cop points her over to the sidewalk, while pointing his taser
at her.]SB:
Right. Yeah. Let’s take this to court. [Sandra continues to walk toward the
sidewalk.] Let’s do this for a failure to signal. Yep, for a failure to signal.
[Sandra is led out of the view of the dashcam video.]Cop:
Get off the phone.SB:
I’m not on the phone. I have a right to record-Cop:
Put your phone down.SB:
This is my property.Cop:
Put your phone down.SB:
Sir?Cop:
Put your phone down. Right now! Put your phone down.SB:
[Sandra puts her phone down on the trunk of her car.] For a fucking failure to
signal, my goodness.Cop:
Come over here!SB:
Y’all are interesting. You feelin’ good about this whole thing?Cop:
Stand right here.SB:
You feelin’ good about yourself? For my failure to signal, you feel real good
about yourself, don’t you?Cop:
Turn around.SB:
You feel good about yourself, don’t you?Cop:
Turn around. Turn around now. Put your hands-SB:
Why am I being arrested?Cop:
I’m giving you a lawful order. I will tell you-SB:
Why am I being arrested? Why can’t you tell me that part?Cop:
I’m giving you a lawful order. Turn around.SB:
Why will you not tell me what’s going on?Cop:
You are not compliant.SB:
I’m not compliant ‘cause you just pulled me outta my car.Cop:
Turn around!!SB:
Are you fucking kidding me? This is some bullshit.Cop:
Put your hands behind your back.SB:
Cause you know this is straight bullshit, and you full a shit. Full a straight
shit. That’s why y’all are some scary fucking cops. South Carolina got all y’all
bitch asses scared. That’s all it is. Fucking scared of a female.Cop:
If you would have just listened-SB:
I was tryin’ sign the fucking ticket. Whatever.Cop:
Stop movin’!SB:
Are you fucking serious?Cop:
Stop movin’.SB:
Oh, I can’t wait till we go to court. OH,
I can’t wait! I cannot WAIT ‘till we go to court! I can’t wait. OH, I can’t
wait. You want me to sit down now?Cop:
No.SB:
Oh, you gonna throw me to the floor? That’ll make you feel better about
yourself?Cop:
Knock it off.SB:
Ah, that’ll make you feel better about yourself? That make you feel real good,
won’t it? Fucking ass. Fucking pussy. For a failure to signal, you doin’ all of
this. In little ass Prairie View, Texas. My god. They must-Cop:
You were getting a warning, and now you’re going to jail.SB:
For what??Cop:
You can come read right- [Cop leads Sandra back over to the trunk of the car.]SB:
I’m getting a warning for what?Cop:
Stay right here.SB:
You just pointed me over there!Cop:
I said stay right here.SB:
Get your fucking mind right. OH, I swear on my life, y’all some pussies. A
pussy ass cop pulls for a fucking signal, you’re takin’ me to jail. What a
pussy. What a pussy. What a- you about to break my fucking wrist.Cop:
Stop movin’!SB:
I’m standin’ still! You keep movin’ me, goddamn it!Cop:
Stay right there.SB:
Don’t touch me. Fucking pussy, for a traffic ticket.Cop:
[Goes around the car and closes the front door. Walks back off screen to where
Sandra is on the sidewalk.] Come read right over here. [He stands by the trunk
of the car and shows her the written warning.] This right here says a warning.
YOU started creating a problem. [Cop walks out of shot, toward Sandra.]SB:
You asked me what was wrong!Cop:
Do you have anything in your purse that’s illegal?SB:
Do I look like I have anything on me? This a fuckin’ maxi dress!Cop:
I’m removing your glasses.SB:
This a maxi dress.Cop:
Come on over here.SB:
Fucking assholes. For a- you about to break my wrist! Can you STOP!? You are
mother fuckin’ about to break my wrist! [Sandra makes sounds of pain.] STOOOPP!Cop:
[Sounds of struggle.] Stop! Now! Stop it!Cop
2: Stop resisting, ma’am.Cop:
If you would stop then I would tell you!SB:
[In pain.] For a fucking traffic ticket.Cop:
Now stop!SB:
[In pain.] You are such a pussy. You are such a pussy.Cop
2: No, you are.Cop:
You were yankin’ around.SB:
[In pain.] For a traffic signal.Cop:
You were yankin’ around. When you pull away from me, you’re resisting arrest.SB:
This make you feel real good. This make you feel real good, don’t it? A female
for a traffic signal. For a traffic
signal. I know that makes you feel good, officer.Cop
2: I got her. I got her.SB:
I know it make you feel real good. You a real man now. You slam me, knock my
head into the ground, I got epilepsy, you mother fucker.Cop:
Good. Good.SB:
I hope I-Cop
2: You should have thought of that before you start resisting!SB:
Yeah, this is real good. Real good for a female. Yeah. Y’all strong, ooh. Y’all
real strong.Cop:
I want you to wait right here. Wait right here.SB:
I can’t go nowhere with your fucking knee on my back. Duh.Cop:
[To Cop 2] I’m gonna open your door. [To man recording the brutality.] You need
to leave. You need to leave. You need to leave.SB:
[inaudible] For a fucking traffic ticket.Cop:
For a warning. For a warning. You’re going to jail for resisting arrest. Stand
up.SB:
If I could!Cop:
Roll over.SB:
I can’t even fuckin’ feel my arm!Cop:
Tuck your knee in.SB:
I can’t-Cop:
Listen, listen, you’re gonna sit up on your butt.SB:
You just slammed my head into the ground. Do you not even care about that?Cop
2: He’s telling you to getup.SB:
I can’t even hear!Cop
2: Yes you can.Cop:
Sit on your butt.SB:
You slammed my head into the ground.Cop:
Sit up on your butt.SB:
He threw my fucking head to the ground. What the hell?Cop:
Now stand up.SB:
All this for a traffic signal. I swear to god. All of this for a traffic
signal. [To witness.] Thank you for recording! Thank you! For a traffic signal.
Slammed me into the ground and everything.
Everything. I hope y’all feel good.Remember when we kept telling y’all, white tumblr, that “know your rights” and all those videos of y’all talking to cops however you please was only for y’all? That it was white privilege? Yeah.
This is so incredibly sick. And they’re getting away with this AND more…
The Angry Black Woman stereotype can mean getting mocked and overlooked like Nicki Minaj or beaten and killed like Sandra Bland.
People think these stereotypes are innocuous when the former happens without realizing that the same stereotypes are the underlying justifications for bigger issues like state violence.
Sandra Bland was stopped Friday by authorities in Waller County, Texas for a traffic violation. In a video of her arrest, while being forcibly held face down, Ms. Bland can clearly be heard saying to the officer, “You just slammed my head into the ground. Do you not even care about that?” As she’s being picked up off the ground and placed into the police vehicle, Ms. Bland can be heard again, this time thanking the person recording the video, saying, “Thank you for recording.”
Bland was arrested and booked on
“assault of a public servant” charges.A police statement says the following Monday morning Ms. Bland was released on a $5,000 bond, and was subsequently “found dead” by a female jailer who was “worried” about her recreation time.
Waller County Sheriff Glenn Smith claims this was a case of self-inflicted asphyxiation. An autopsy performed Tuesday showed Bland’s death “has been classified as a suicide, with the cause of death (listed as) hanging,” according to Tricia Bentley, a spokeswoman for the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences in Houston.
Hanged. Suicide. A young 28-year old woman who was moving to Texas to begin working her dream job suddenly decided to commit suicide, supposedly because of a small traffic infraction?
Ms. Bland’s friends and family feel that the police’s story doesn’t add up. For one thing, the odd quickness with which everything seemed to escalate seems off. In a matter of 72 hours Bland went from being pulled over for a minor traffic violation, to being arrested for assaulting a cop, and then to killing herself, according to the police’s story. There’s also the fact that Bland is black, and Waller county has a history of discriminatory law enforcement behavior.
The police are lying again.
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