Ft Wayne Police get away with cold-blooded murder
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20110218/LOCAL03/302189989
The Boys in Blue have done it again. This time, right here in Ft Wayne, Indiana. Back in 2005, they murdered a young Latino who had called 911 for HELP. Instead of ensuring they did all they could to get him help (they denied him the opportunity to speak with his psychiatrist, despite numerous pleas), they stormed his apartment, launched tear gas and flash grenades, and when they found him hiding in his closet, shot him in cold blood.
And yesterday, in court, an all-white jury of 8 men and 3 women exonerated the police department, the officers in charge, the police chief, deputy chief, and the SWAT team officers that stormed Rudy's apt and shot him. The message sent is that the police can ignore calls for help, ignore offers from trained psychologists to help, make brash and lethal decisions to send in SWAT teams to respond to cases of mental illness, use unwarranted lethal force, cover it up, and get away with it.
Bullshit.
Fuck the system.
Fuck the police!
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20110218/LOCAL03/302189989
The Boys in Blue have done it again. This time, right here in Ft Wayne, Indiana. Back in 2005, they murdered a young Latino who had called 911 for HELP. Instead of ensuring they did all they could to get him help (they denied him the opportunity to speak with his psychiatrist, despite numerous pleas), they stormed his apartment, launched tear gas and flash grenades, and when they found him hiding in his closet, shot him in cold blood.
And yesterday, in court, an all-white jury of 8 men and 3 women exonerated the police department, the officers in charge, the police chief, deputy chief, and the SWAT team officers that stormed Rudy's apt and shot him. The message sent is that the police can ignore calls for help, ignore offers from trained psychologists to help, make brash and lethal decisions to send in SWAT teams to respond to cases of mental illness, use unwarranted lethal force, cover it up, and get away with it.
Bullshit.
Fuck the system.
Fuck the police!