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Stephon Clark shot 20x by cops, killed in his own backyard

by | Mar 22, 2018 | ,

Police say they saw an object in Stephan Clark’s hand before firing 20 bullets that killed him in his own yard Sunday night in Sacramento, with the disturbing moment made public through body camera footage released Wednesday night. The two officers were responding to a 911 call about a man breaking vehicle windows. Body camera video released by the Sacramento Police Department depicts a frantic foot pursuit through darkened streets pierced by white slivers of police flashlight. The officers spot Clark approaching a house. “Show me your hands. Stop! Stop!” He runs. The two officers round the...

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Killer Cop Charged with Murder of Jordan Edwards

by | May 8, 2017 | ,

A Texas police officer turned himself in on Friday after he was charged with murder in the shooting death of a 15-year-old. Roy Durwood Oliver, a patrol officer in the Dallas suburb of Balch Springs since July 2011, was released on $300,000 bail. While dispatched on complaints about drunk teenagers at a party last weekend, Oliver fired his rifle at a car full of teenagers who were leaving, according to investigators, killing Jordan Edwards. The police department fired Oliver on Tuesday. If convicted of the murder charge, he could spend the rest of his life in prison. In a statement released...

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Marijuana raids are more deadly than the drug itself

by | Mar 29, 2017 | ,

Since 2010, At least 20 SWAT raids involving suspected marijuana dealers have turned deadly, according to data compiled by the New York Times. The list of fatalities includes small-time dealers and people who sold the occasional joint to a friend, as well as people suspected of dealing in more serious drugs like crack or meth, but who were found to be in possession of only marijuana after the fact. It also includes four police officers who were killed during the raids, intentionally or otherwise. The deadly raids are a reminder that an activity that's legal and celebrated in some states --...

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Ex-LA County sheriff convicted in prison conspiracy

by | Mar 18, 2017 | ,

LOS ANGELES — A federal investigation that targeted violent Los Angeles jail guards took down the longtime former leader of the nation’s largest sheriff’s department. Lee Baca was convicted Wednesday of obstructing an FBI investigation into guards who savagely beat inmates and took bribes to smuggle contraband into the jails he ran. The guilty verdicts represented a stunning turnaround for Baca, who less than three months ago walked out of court feeling victorious when his previous trial was declared mistrial. Jurors had been deadlocked 11-1 in favor of his acquittal and it was no certainty...

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Marines sent to Syria in fight with Islamic State for Raqqa

by | Mar 9, 2017 | ,

By Dan Lamothe and Thomas Gibbons-Neff Marines from an amphibious task force have left their ships in the Middle East and deployed to Syria, establishing an outpost from which they can fire artillery guns in support of the fight to take back the city of Raqqa from the Islamic State, defense officials said. The deployment marks a new escalation in the U.S. war in Syria, and puts more conventional U.S. troops in the battle. Several hundred Special Operations troops have advised local forces there for months, but the Pentagon has mostly shied away from using conventional forces in Syria. The...

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