[Home] [Headlines] [Latest Articles] [Latest Comments] [Post] [Sign-in] [Mail] [Setup] [Help]
Status: Not Logged In; Sign In
|
Dead Constitution See other Dead Constitution Articles Title: Typical Pig News City officials discuss settling police lawsuit Woman says she was injured when shoved to ground www.rockymountainnews.com...-settling-police-lawsuit/ Denver city officials met behind closed doors Tuesday to discuss settling another police brutality lawsuit, this one involving a Golden woman who suffered a broken wrist and whiplash when a police officer allegedly shoved her to the ground. Trudy Trout's attorney said police conspired to cover up the incident and wrote in a police report that Trout had fallen by tripping on her high heels. Trouble is, a man across the street recorded the incident on his cell phone. "She overheard the officers talking about what they were going to say in the police report. They indicated that they were going to say that she fell backward on her high heels, and in fact, that is what was put in the police report," Trout's attorney, Regina Rodriguez, said. "No. 1, the video clearly shows her being shoved backward. She didn't just fall backward. And No. 2, she wasn't wearing high heels," Rodriguez said. Rodriguez declined to discuss details of the proposed settlement because it hasn't been approved by the City Council. According to Rodriguez and court documents: Trout was with a group of people celebrating a friend's 50th birthday at Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., on Jan. 12, 2008. During the show, an argument erupted between several people in the group and officer Nicholas Rocco-McKeel, who was off duty and working as a bouncer at the club. Trout was not involved in the argument and went outside to smoke, Rodriguez said. Not long after, she saw people being pulled out of the club. "They called in an 'officer down' code to the police department, so the police came swarming in," Rodriguez said. Trout saw "members of her party being thrown on the ground and things like that," she said. When Trout went to check on one of her friends, who was on the ground crying, Rocco-McKeel yelled at her and told her to back up, Rodriguez said. "She backed up, and then he walked over to her and shoved her with both hands very hard backward," she said. The officer turned to talk to the other officers and then arrested Trout for failing to obey an officer's order and interfering with official police duties, she said. "Once we produced the videotape . . . the charges were dismissed," Rodriguez added. When Trout heard the officers talking about how they would report the incident, Trout asked a sergeant to photograph her shoes, she said, adding that police photographed the other people and videotaped statements. "But all of that was destroyed by the police," Rodriguez said. "We were not able to obtain any of that in the discovery of her criminal case." Ex-Montague sheriff admits sexual assault By ALEX BRANCH abranch@star-telegram.com www.star-telegram.com/804/story/1166100.html Former Montague County Sherriff William "Bill" E. Keating has admitted to sexually assaulting a woman while serving an arrest warrant at her home in November, authorities announced Monday. Keating, 61, has agreed to plead guilty to a violation of civil rights under color of law at a hearing Thursday in U.S. District in Wichita Falls, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. Keating’s term ended Jan.1. Keating faces a maximum sentence of up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The U.S. Attorney’s office gave this account of the facts of the case: At 9 a.m. Nov. 14, Keating and other sheriff’s officers served an arrest warrant at the home of the victim and her boyfriend, who were asleep in bed. Deputies, who found articles used to make methamphetamine in the house, arrested the boyfriend on an outstanding warrant and removed him from the bedroom. Alone with the victim, Keating closed the door and said: "You are about to be my new best friend." To avoid going to jail, Keating told her, she would have to "assist" him. Keating admitted that "assisting" included oral sex with him on multiple occasions and an agreement to act as an informant for the sheriff’s department. Keating drove the victim to a secluded part of Montague County and told her to perform oral sex on him. During the act, he grabbed the back of her neck and pushed her head into his lap, causing her pain. The case remains under investigation by the FBI, the Texas Rangers and the Montague County District Attorney’s Office, authorities said. Additional charges are likely. ALEX BRANCH, 817-390-7689 Deputy Used Stun Gun On Wife, Hillsborough Sheriff's Office Says www2.tbo.com/content/2008...-arrested-felony-assault/ By JOSH POLTILOVE | The Tampa Tribune Published: July 7, 2008 Updated: 07/07/2008 03:54 pm Carlos Thomas Tanner TAMPA - A Hillsborough County deputy was arrested this morning after he used a Taser three to four times on his wife and placed a semiautomatic gun against her left temple, deputies say. About 6:15 p.m. Sunday, Carlos Thomas Tanner, who had been drinking, got into an altercation with his wife of 12 years, Kristine, a sheriff's office news release states. He pushed her onto a bed, then took a Taser from his Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office duty belt and used the weapon on her stomach, causing Taser burns. Then he set aside the Taser and got his service pistol – a silver semiautomatic gun – from underneath the mattress, according to the release. He placed the gun against his wife's temple for about 10 seconds, the release states. His wife went to a friend's home, and law enforcement was contacted. She did not need to go to a hospital, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. Tanner, a 10-year veteran who works as a community resource deputy in the Plant City area, was arrested about 1:45 a.m. in Dover and charged with felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and misdemeanor battery-domestic violence. He was taken in under the state's Baker Act because he threatened to harm himself if he was arrested, Carter said. Tanner, who remained in Orient Road Jail this morning, declined to comment about the incident. His bail had not been set. Tanner, 38, was placed on administrative leave without pay, and an administrative review was pending. Johnny Page, a longtime friend, said he was shocked to hear of Tanner's arrest. "As long as I've known him, he's been one of the finest individuals I've known," he said. Tanner has several commendations in his personnel file, from helping locate a stolen vehicle to tracking down burglary suspects. He was named District II deputy of the month in October 2005. The Plant City High graduate received largely positive reviews in his work evaluations. However, he received a written reprimand in October 2003 for failing to respond to a subpoena. In an October 2007 evaluation, a supervisor wrote that Tanner does good work and presents himself in a professional manner. But, the supervisor wrote, Tanner often fails to advise his supervisor of his actions. "I have always been interested in law enforcement, waiting for the responsibility and maturity that I feel is needed in a career that I want to spend the rest of my able years doing," Tanner wrote in July 1997. "I feel this career is a highly respectable career where I could give back to the community as much as it has given me. I will always give my law enforcement career my highest regards and strive to give 100%." No one answered the door late this morning at the home of the deputy and his wife. Neighbor Jesse Melton said he was unaware of the Sunday incident and described Tanner as a decent family man. "I've known him for 12 years … and never heard anything bad about him," said Melton, 75. Tanner's property has been in the deputy's family for a half-century or longer, Melton said, adding that Carlos Tanner has plans to farm the 5 acres behind his house. Suspended CSU police chief: 'Police lie' www.coloradoan.com/articl...eferrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL By Adam Chodak • 9NEWS • January 22, 2009 Suspended CSU police Chief Dexter Yarbrough said Wednesday he was trying to give students a “realistic view” of police work when he told a class about officers exchanging drugs for information. Advertisement It was the first time Yarbrough, who was placed on leave with pay in December pending a university investigation, has spoken publicly since he was stripped of his gun and badge. Audio recordings made by a student in Yarbrough’s criminal investigations class last spring show Yarbrough telling students it’s OK to break the law in order to catch criminals. The recordings, first reported by the Rocky Mountain Collegian student newspaper at Colorado State University, show Yarbrough telling students that police cut corners to keep communities safe. “If I do it the right way, can I live with myself if this person goes out and kills two or three other people? … If you want the police to play fair, the police can play fair, OK? Well, watch out when you walk down the street at night. Watch out. Watch your crime rates go up, OK? That’s what I’m saying.” Following an investigation into the recordings last year, CSU allowed Yarbrough to continue teaching, according to CSU spokesman Brad Bohlander. Bohlander said the current investigation has nothing to do with what Yarbrough said on the recordings. In an e-mail to 9News, Yarbrough said he was only illustrating how police might catch drug dealers. “As typical of all my courses, I attempt to give students a realistic view on how policing works — both good and bad,” Yarbrough said in the e-mail. “During one particular class, I was illustrating how sometimes police officers cross the line in order to catch drug dealers. In no way was I condoning the behavior, I was simply illustrating it. I have taught at CSU for over four years, and I have provided the same information in a dramatic fashion.” He also questioned the motive of the student who turned the recordings over to the Rocky Mountain Collegian, saying the student was performing poorly in class. “I have taught over 450 students at CSU, and the majority of them have provided me with excellent (evaluations) over the years,” Yarbrough wrote. “In 2007, I was one of six teachers that received the Best Teacher of The Year Award.” Yarbrough was hired by former CSU President Larry Penley, who resigned Nov. 5. While working under Penley, Yarbrough picked up the additional title of associate vice president of public affairs — a job that bumped his salary up to about $157,000. When asked whether police can deviate from set policies, Larimer County District Attorney Larry Abrahamson gave a clear answer. “That’s not acceptable in any department that I’m aware of,” he said. In another recorded snippet, Yarbrough said police can exchange drugs for information. He went on to say that law enforcement officers can then deny any such deal. “Didn’t I tell you guys that sometimes police lie? … Well, if I didn’t, there you go. Sometimes the police lie,” he said. In one segment, Yarbrough told students he used to “beat a—” while an officer in Chicago but said that, as a law enforcement officer, he could not condone it “outwardly.” “I can’t get in front of a crowd, or if there’s a news conference, I can’t get in front and say, you know what, he got exactly what the (expletive) he deserved,” Yarbrough said. “I gotta say you know we’re going to have to look into this matter seriously. … We truly do not condone this type of behavior.”
Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
|
||
|
[Home]
[Headlines]
[Latest Articles]
[Latest Comments]
[Post]
[Sign-in]
[Mail]
[Setup]
[Help]
|
||