Lawrence Crutcher's Shooting

Facts: On October 13, 2005, in Lexington, Kentucky police officers set up a sting operation to catch a well-known drug dealer. They watched as the suspect made a sale of crack cocaine to a person and walked off as if this is a normal thing. The suspect was Mr. Hollis King, and he was hiding out in an apartment complex with some of his friends. The police watched as the suspect at hand made a transaction with someone selling those drugs. The officers then radioed out that the suspect was on the move and moving towards the entryway of an apartment building. The Lexington Police entered the apartment

Man by the name of Patrick Musgrove hit and killed a man on the I-84 at 3:30Am when returning from bars in downtown Boise. The victim's name was Winters Wareagle. Wareagle was from Garden City and was on his way to visit some relatives with his mother when his car broke down. He was out on the road crouching when he got hit. The charges were dropped becase prosecutors say that his drunk state wasn't the cause of the kill but rather the lighting of the freeway and Wareagles position in the road. The charges

On Tuesday, June 6, 2017, at approximately 2134 hours, Trooper Jason Brown, Unit 522, conducted a traffic stop at the junction of US 460 and Camargo Leevee Road in Montgomery County. Jimmy White was pulled over for driving with no headlights. When Trooper Brown made contact with Mr. White, dispatch advised Mr. White had active arrest warrants. When Trooper Brown advised Mr. White that he had active warrants and was under arrest, Mr. White began to flee on foot. Trooper Brown chased him approximately 300 feet giving him loud verbal commands to stop running. Mr. White tripped over some debris in the yard he was running through and fell to the ground. When he got back up to continue running, Trooper Brown attempted to place him in hand cuffs.

On 02-01-2017at approximately 1312 hours, a 2012 Ford Fusion being operated by Jon Molvie was eastbound on Fishhawk Blvd., at approximately 45mph, approaching the intersection of Bayberry Glen. Molvie was approximately 4 - 4.5 car lengths behind the HCSO marked squad car, when the HCSO vehicle, braked suddenly and began a U-turn. Molvie was unable to brake or take evasive action and struck the HCSO vehicle with the front of his car. The Ford Fusion came to rest within the eastbound lane of Fishhawk Blvd. facing in a southeast direction.

Facts. A police officer received a tip from an informant, whom he had previously worked with and felt was reliable, that the Respondent, who was sitting in a vehicle early in the morning, had drugs in his possession. The police officer investigated the informant’s report by first tapping the car window and asking the Respondent to get out of the car. The Respondent lowered the window, then the police officer reached in and removed a fully loaded gun from the Respondent’s waist. The gun was not visible from outside the car, but it was exactly where the informant reported it was. A search was then conducted after the arrest: heroin, a second revolver,

Terence Crutcher, an unarmed corporative 40-year-old black man was gunned down by officer Betty Shelby in Tulsa, Oklahoma (Blau, 2016, p.1). Shelby had stopped Crutcher while he was waiting on the side of the road for assistance after his SUV broke down (Blau, 2016, p.1). Numerous police video feeds show that Crutcher had his hands in the air as officers approached his car (Blau, 2016, p.1). He was “followed closely by Shelby and three other officers” as he walked towards his car (Blau, 2016, p.1). Shelby shot him and he fell to the ground (Blau, 2016, p.1). She attempted to argue that she feared he was reaching for a gun, however this argument is highly illogical as Crutcher’s windows were rolled up, making it “unlikely he was

On May 16th, 2010 Aiyana Stanley-Jones, a seven-year old Black girl from the east side of Detroit, Michigan was fast asleep at her grandmother’s home when Detroit Police Department’s Special Response Team mistakenly entered the residence during a midnight raid. Officer Joseph Weekley discharged a bullet that entered Stanley Jones’ head leaving her body lifeless. Initially, Weekley was charged in connection with Stanley Jones’ death but prosecutors cleared him in 2015, ensuring he would face no repercussions for his negligence that resulted in the premature death of Aiyana Stanley Jones.

The officer was called to assist the woman’s son but instead he was murdered. Police officers use their weapons under any circumstances. Officers need to be trained to deal with any situation, even an emergency of a mentally ill person without having to go as far as shooting someone all because he felt threatened. There needs to be new training exercise provided for the police departments to help reduce the murders and harassment against minorities based on the inability to handle someone.

Paula Austin, addresses police brutality and their relationship with guns. She opens up her discussion by providing us with images of newspaper articles that demonstrate the image of police brutality. She then goes further in depth and illustrates the increase in gun kills demonstrated by the police force. She provides us with statistical data on the increase in deaths caused by police through guns. Moreover, she then draws the connection between police and race. She addresses to us on how African Americans are way more targeted against by police than any other race. She provides us with the most recent example of “ Stephon Clark” an unarmed black man who was killed by police on the notion that he was “armed”. She then examines this event and illustrates the further connection towards guns and

Puente was criticized by a local commissioner who said “you looked at old cases”, proving that, though it may only now be more recognized by the general public and media, police brutality is something seen through the decades. Worsnop published his article in 1991. Bruce Shapiro published a piece for The Nation in 1997 titled “When Justice Kills” describing the account Malik Jones, who was shot by police in Connecticut while still in his vehicle. However, Puente was not wrong in looking forward in time after his research reached the commissioner. If one were to look on any news, or even entertainment, source today, one would be likely to view a headline about excessive force. Most notably is case of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Though many opinions abound about that situation – just mention the word “Ferguson” at a party to hear – it opened America’s eyes once again to what our officers are capable of. The historical prevalence of Puente’s research cannot be argued. Not only in the Boston area have police been up to no good, but around the country as

Many African-Americans are killed every year by police officers and their deaths impact not only their families but their community. However this past year the death of John Crawford and Tamir Rice impacted not only their family or community, but the entire nation. The case of Rice and Crawford isn’t nothing new, we always hear about a black person being shot by the police quite often. The only thing that makes these cases unique from rest is that they were both caught on tape. On November 22nd, 12-year-old Tamir Rice was playing in the park with a toy airsoft gun when officer Timothy Loehmann shot him two seconds after arriving to the scene. He died the next day due to a "gunshot wound of the torso with injuries of major vessel, intestines and pelvis” according to the autopsy results that were realized shortly after. 22-year-old African-American John

Days after the incident, it was reported that “officers discovered PCP in Crutcher’s vehicle.” Crutchers family and lawyer have since pointed to the announcement as serving as a type of immoral intellectual justification for the unlawful shooting of Crutcher.

Six months after the Columbine shooting in October, the sheriff's department agreed to share the evidence the have gathered. The killing was carefully planned, the boys put a small decoy bomb 3 miles away from the school in a field hoping to distract people from the events happening at the school. They got to the school at 11;15 with two duffel bags holding propane bombs. THe boys placed the bombs in the cafeteria and went back to their cars and waited. When the bombs didn’t go off as planned, they climbed to the top of the steps outside of the schools west entrance and started shooting. Once the two boys got back into the school hallways, they started throwing pipe bombs and shooting amnously. Once getting into the library, they shot at the

In recent years and in light of recent tragedies, police actions, specifically police brutality, has come into view of a large, public and rather critical eye. The power to take life rests in the final stage of the criminal justice system. However, the controversy lies where due process does not. While the use of deadly force is defined and limited by departmental policies, it remains an act guided chiefly by the judgment of individual officers in pressure situations. (Goldkamp 1976, 169). Many current studies have emphasized the racial disparities in minority deaths, primarily black Americans, killed by police through means of deadly force. The history of occurrences reveals the forlorn truth that police reforms only receive attention in wake of highly publicized episodes of police misconduct. The notorious 1992 Los Angeles riots brought the matter to mass public attention and prompted improved law enforcement policy. Significant local reforms resulted, for instance, ending the policy of lifetime terms for police chiefs. Additionally, on a broader platform, in 1994, Congress approved provisions to the Crime Control Act in effort to tackle police abuse in a more structured way.

In his article, Coastes states that many flaws in the way police handle situations, especially when it comes to situations involving minors, those with physical/mental disabilities as well as those that are under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Using pathos to appeal it to the reader’s emotions, Coastes states several instances of deadly forces being used by police when not necessary, such as in the cases of Anthony Hill, Tony Roberson, and Tamir Rice. In Hill’s case, he was a mentally ill person that stripped his clothing off and then jumped off his balcony and the police killed him. Roberson was high