#Africans DISGUSTED as two NYPD cops are EXECUTED! Anti-Police movement reaches a bad height!

Two New York City police officers were killed today, both shot as they sat in their patrol vehicle in the Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, city officials said.

The suspect Ismaayil Brinsley, 28 in the shooting was also dead, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the officials said. The gunman walked up to the officers sitting inside a patrol car and opened fire shortly before 3 p.m., officials said.

The suspect ran into a nearby subway station and shot himself, officials. Hours after the shooting, dozens of police in tactical gear cordoned off a roughly three-block area around the site of the shooting, while other officers watched over the scene from rooftops in the area.

The shooting comes at a time when police nationwide are being heavily criticized for the deaths of unarmed black men. In New York City, Eric Garner, a black man who was stopped by police for selling loose, untaxed cigarettes, died after an officer put him in a chokehold. The suspect apparently shot and wounded his ex girlfriend, posted a threat on instagram in Baltimore and traveled to NYC to deliberately KILL COPS!

"I can't breathe" -- words Garner could be heard gasping during his arrest, which was captured on an amateur video -- have become a rallying cry for demonstrators across the country.

One city councilman told ABC station WABC-TV in New York that the shooting in Brooklyn was "the worst thing that could have happened."

Brinsley posted a sinister message on Instagram earlier Saturday along with an image of a silver handgun and hashtags invoking the names of Michael Brown and Eric Garner after reportedly shooting and wounding a former girlfriend in Baltimore.

“I’m Putting Wings On Pigs Today. They Take 1 Of Ours...Let’s Take 2 of Theirs ... This May Be My Final Post...I’m Putting Pigs In A Blanket.” Brinsley wrote, with the hashtags #ShootThePolice #RIPErivGarner #RIPMike Brown.

According to Baltimore police, Brinsley shot and wounded a former girlfriend there around 5:45 a.m. Saturday before traveling to Brooklyn, Bratton said. The woman's mother contacted Baltimore police after she noticed Brinsley's comments on Instagram.

Baltimore police faxed a bulletin describing Brinsley to NYPD headquarters that arrived at 2:45 p.m., Bratton said, at almost the exact moment Brinsley opened fire on Liu and Ramos. Bratton said the ambush was at 2:47 p.m. in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood.

Bratton said according to a witness, Brinsley took a shooting stance on the passenger side of the police cruiser and fired several times striking both officers in the head. The pair, he said, never had the chance to draw their own weapons and may never have seen their assailant.

“Both officers paid the ultimate sacrifice today,” Bratton said.

Brinsley later fatally shot himself in the head on a subway platform after fleeing the scene.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, speaking after the commissioner, called the attack an "assassination" and said that when a police officer is attacked, every New Yorker should feel as though they were attacked.

“Although we are still learning the details, it’s clear that this was an assassination. These officers were shot execution style,” de Blasio said. “A particularly despicable act … when a police officer is murdered, it tears at the very foundation of our society.”

"Our city is in mourning, our hearts are heavy," he said.
There have been protests almost nightly in New York City since the grand dury decisions in the police-involved deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. Cops in both cases were not indicted.

The mayor has been sharply criticized by New York City police union leaders for comments perceived as unsupportive of the city's police force after an officer investigated in the chokehold death of Staten Island man Eric Garner was not indicted.

Until today, no NYPD officer had been fatally shot since December 2011, when Peter Figoski, a 22-year veteran, responded to a report of a break-in at a Brooklyn apartment and was shot in the face by one of the suspects hiding in a side room. The shooter, Lamont Pride, was convicted of murder and sentenced in 2013 to 45 years to life in prison.

On Facebook, I wrote that it is NOT acceptable! Everyone in Bedford is quiet. #nypdlivesmatter #blacklivesmatter #BedfordStuyvesant it is NOT acceptable. The police hate going on in America is partly fueling this. A suicidal person doesn't have to kill innocent officers 5 days before Christmas to make a statement. A community must AVOID THIS! #RIPNYPD

New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, speaking at a press conference Saturday night, confirmed the identity of the shooter as 28-year-old Ismaaiyl Brinsley. He identified the two slain cops as partners Wenjian Liu and Raphael Ramos. Many of us here are outraged in Nigeria on this case!

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KUDOS to @RichmondPolice Chief Magnus for making an IMPACT in his community #Richmond #Virginia

Richmond Police Chief Chris Magnus, who set off an avalanche of emotions when he held up a “#Black Lives Matter” sign at a local protest, says he wouldn’t hesitate if placed in the same situation. I have my own personal views on this matter. This is a police department I'm very familiar with both on social media and in the 90's when I visited there a lot in the 90's

That city has a very high black population and equally many black gun homicides. I have even helped the department tweet unsolved murders on my own accord, because I feel that police departments need as much help as they can get solving murders.

“Sure, I would do it again, but I would like to be a little better prepared for the fallout,” Magnus said Monday.

The police chief said he and about a half dozen other members of his command staff were at a community center when the protest began Dec. 9, and that a woman he was chatting with “on issues of the day” asked if he would hold the sign.

I looked at it for a minute and realized this is actually pretty innocuous,” Magnus said. “That 'black lives matter’ is something that I would think that we should all be able to agree upon. All lives matter.”

“I thought it was an important gesture of goodwill,” he added.

Not everyone agreed. The Richmond Police Officers Association said in a release that the chief was violating state law against politicking in uniform.

“It certainly wasn’t intended to be a political statement,” Magnus said, adding that he was not campaigning for any candidate or ballot measure.

“It was intended to be a humane statement,” Magnus said.

Still, he understands the reaction.

“I can understand how it is hard for a lot of police officers, especially given what has gone on in some the protests — the violence ... the anti-police sentiment,” Magnus said.

As for how the chief would have felt if one of his officers had held up a sign in support of Ferguson, Mo., police Officer Darren Wilson, who shot unarmed black teenager Michael Brown, triggering protests across the county?

“I would have been appalled. And I think there is a real difference,” Magnus said. “My statement was about building bridges. “A statement like support of Darren Wilson, especially under the circumstances, is incredibly divisive and I think inappropriate.”

Meanwhile, the reaction to Magnus’ sign waving, which gained nationwide attention, continues to roll in.

“The majority of what I have seen has been pretty positive and heartfelt,” he said, though “there certainly has been some critical reaction and I’m not surprised by that.”

Has he learned a lesson from the decision to hold the sign?

“I learned that three words can have an extremely powerful impact,” Magnus said. “I don’t think this is a movement or a situation that is going to disappear.”

KUDOS to Chief Magnus for at least caring about his community. The people of Richmond and even other cities should all work with their police departments. Listen to my podcast below on how cops and community must get along. When you work together, you progress together.

With Files from SF Gate

#BREAKING LAPD SHOOTS and KILLS an alleged knife wielding suspect

A knife-wielding suspect, shot by LAPD officers at the intersection of Hollywood & Highland, has died. The intersection remains closed tonight.

Eyewitnesses say tourists on the famous boulevard ran for cover as the confrontation escalated into gunfire. Many of those eyewitnesses have posted dramatic images of the frightening scene. One Jordan White posted this tweet with over 16,000 retweets and it looks like an eyewitness account. I have reached out to Jordan on Twitter on my main news account @HNNAfrica

@jordanwhiteLA KOO @HNNAfrica. Waking up to this at 8.30am #Nigeria. Did u see him wielding that knife? Email me hnnafricanews@yahoo.com
— IG: @HNNAfrica (@HNNAfrica) December 6, 2014

#Alburquerque Police officer fired for refusing to turn on body cam as shooting of a 19-year-old that should be on tape is being investigated.

The idea of putting body-worn cameras on police officers has spread since protests and unrest following the shooting of an unarmed teenager in Ferguson, Missouri. Earlier this week, the Obama administration proposed federal funding to get 50,000 more officers equipped with the cameras.

The increased use of cameras makes a few policy questions around them more pressing. One such question: what happens when a police officer fails—or straight-up refuses—to turn on the body camera?

The issue was highlighted in today's Wall Street Journal, which features a story about a New Mexico police officer who "was fired for allegedly not following an order to record and upload all contacts with citizens," according to the Albuquerque Police Department and the officer's lawyer.

Officer Jeremy Dear shot and killed a 19-year-old woman in April, an incident that heightened the already intense scrutiny of the Albuquerque Police Department. The city's police department had earlier reached a deal with the US Department of Justice, after a federal investigation concluded that police there "had used a pattern of excessive force."

Dear's lawyer, Thomas Grover, says the officer tried to activate the camera but couldn't. He also says there was never an order issued to record all citizen contacts.

The department says Dear's action was deliberate. “Insubordination tears at the fabric of public safety, especially when the officer makes a choice not to follow a lawful order," said the city's police chief in a statement.

"If they fire every officer who doesn't turn on his uniform camera, they won't have anyone left on the department," Grover told a Reuters reporter. "I think the department is struggling to get the lapel camera policy in place and set an example of him to show the Department of Justice they are doing something."

However the Albuquerque situation gets resolved, similar disputes are likely to be seen nationwide as more departments, willingly or under pressure, use body cameras.

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Latest Killing Of Unarmed Black Man By White Officer Sparks Protests In #Arizona

A white officer killed an unarmed black man in Phoenix on Tuesday, echoing similar recent incidents in New York and Missouri.

According to The Arizona Republic, Phoenix police received a tip that a man in a car was dealing drugs. They tried to apprehend Rumain Brisbon outside his Phoenix apartment complex and Brisbon ran. According to police, the officer gave chase, caught with him, saw him dig into his pocket, before tumbling into an apartment where Birsbon's two children lived.

That's where the officer opened fire, killing Brisbon, who was only found to be carrying a bottle of oxycodone pills. The narratives are similar to what we've heard in the past: Police say the officer felt threatened so he shot.The Arizona Republic reports Brisbon's friends say otherwise:


"Brandon Dickerson, who said he was in the car with Brisbon shortly before the shooting and witnessed some of the incident, said Brisbon was dropping off fast food to his children in the apartment. On Wednesday evening, strewn french fries still littered the front porch.

"Dickerson said he never saw the officer try to talk with Brisbon. He also said his friend wasn't yelling at the officer.

"'Who's gonna argue with police?' Dickerson said. 'He had no death wish yesterday.'"

The Washington Post reports that friends say Brisbon was "a gentle father of four who was dropping off fast food for his kids at his family's apartment."

By Thursday night, after police released details of the incident, protesters took to the streets of Phoenix.

NBC News reports about 100 people demonstrated in front of Phoenix Police Department headquarters.

NBC News reports:

"'This one went bad from the standpoint of how it ended, but the officer was doing exactly what we want him to do,' Sgt. Trent Crump, a Phoenix police spokesman, said at a news conference Wednesday.

"But Ann Hart, chairwoman of the African American Police Advisory Board for South Phoenix, said the shooting only reinforces 'the impression it's open season for killing black men.'

"'We need to look into that,' Hart told NBC station KPNX of Phoenix. 'We need to take a deeper dive into why police officers are feeling compelled to shoot and kill as opposed to apprehend and detain, arrest and jail.'"

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@STLCountyPD Caught MOCKING Tamir Rice Shooting in #Cleveland THEN DELETES TWEET!

Matthew Champion of the Independent wrote: This tweet was sent from a verified police account. Today, the police force in the county where Michael Brown was killed decided to weigh in on a killing of another unarmed black youth.

In a tweet and Facebook post that have now both been deleted, the St Louis County Police Department flippantly discussed the case of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy shot by police in Cleveland, Ohio, because he was playing with a toy gun.

The social media posts are especially insensitive given they come a day after a grand jury in New York announced it would not indict a white police officer who placed a black man in an outlawed chokehold - a chokehold from which 43-year-old Eric Garner died.

I was critical of the shooting of Tamir with no CPR immediately after as teh officers waited when they could have taken the BB gun. The gun issue will be a major topic of my activism @Snitchlady twitter in 2015.

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**WARNING** **GRAPHIC** Watch as Tamir Rice, 12 was SHOT by #Cleveland Police

My take on this is just to get guns off the shelves of the toy stores. The days when Cowboys and Indians was in vogue are definitely over. This gun looked real. In this case, they should have TASERED HIM. His parents should have known that he had access to a replica BB gun like that. This is also Cleveland where gangs start recruiting kids  this young. He pointed it at cops! That was the kid's mistake. Educate your children on how police works. All police need retraining. Story below....Sad  but listen to what I sent Natalie Tusek at BBC.

The Cleveland police department released surveillance footage on Wednesday showing the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy in a city park on Saturday. The video, released in both real-time and frame-by-frame versions, shows Tamir Rice hanging out in a park by himself, occasionally pointing what was later revealed as a BB gun in different directions, including at a passerby whose likeness is blurred.

After talking on his phone and kicking up snow, Rice sits inside a gazebo until a squad car pulls up. Rice then stands and appears to point the gun at two officers moments before they shoot him in the torso. Because the squad car conceals Rice’s body, it is unclear at what point he is shot by police. A red circle in one of the videos shows his raised arm above the car with the gun in his hand. He died the next day.

Deputy Police Chief Edward Tomba told reporters that the video was released at the request of the Rice family and that it is “in no means an effort to try to explain the actions of the division of police or of the young man”.

Police also released audio of the two-minute-plus 911 call that led to the shooting. “He keeps pulling a gun out of his pants and pointing it at people,” the dispatcher says.

Family members say Rice was a peace-loving boy who enjoyed playing basketball and did well at school. Latonya Goldsby, 39, his first cousin once removed, says the toy gun, a replica of a semi-automatic pistol, was not Rice’s but was given to him by a friend at the Cudell Recreation Center where both boys had gone to play basketball that afternoon.

“Our family has been raised to not play with any guns. We as mothers don’t buy our children guns, even water guns,” Goldsby says. As for the gun, she says: “I know for a fact it’s not his.”

Goldsby says Tim Kucharski, the family lawyer, has been in contact with the friend, who has not yet been identified.

In a public letter released on Tuesday, Samaria Rice and Leonard Warner, Rice’s parents, asked police to release the video. “We feel the actions of the patrol officer who took our son’s life must be made public,” they wrote. “Though the hurt our family feels is too painful for words to describe, we still have faith in the justice system.”

Police named the officers involved in the incident as Timothy Loehmann, 26, and Frank Garmback, 46. Tomba said Loehmann was the officer who fatally shot Rice. Tomba said Loehmann told Rice three times through the car window to raise his hands. The gun was stripped of its bright orange marker that signified it only shot pellets.

Goldsby said Rice and his family moved to Cleveland’s west side a year ago and that he spent the majority of his time outside school playing basketball at the recreation center. “He always loved to play basketball. He wanted to be a professional basketball player, that was one of his dreams,” she said.

He was the youngest of four children and was not known as a troublemaker in school, where he earned As and Bs and pursued drawing, another passion. Although Warner was estranged from the family, Rice was close to his mother, two sisters and brother, as well as his grandmother who died in October 2011. “That was hard on Tamir. He was her baby,” Goldsby said.

Cleveland mayor Frank Jackson, police chief Calvin Williams, and other city officials held a three-hour community forum at the Cudell Recreation Center on Tuesday in front of about 300 people. Despite occasional jeers from the audience – including one woman yelling the meeting was “a shame and a disgrace” – the forum was largely peaceful. Williams said that in order to reduce the number of complaints against his department, police officers will be required to wear body cameras by late January. There will also be a new community policing program that will focus on youth, he said.

“I’m committed to having the best police department for you and our city. That’s not going to happen overnight, and that’s not to say we don’t have a good police department already. But there’s always room for improvement,” he said.

Shelly Gracon, a community activist, said the news of Rice’s death and subsequent street unrest has impacted kids Rice’s age who spend time at the park.

“You could feel the heaviness of the space because of what had happened,” she said. “I’m getting an overall sense people want to come together in addressing this and trying to figure out ways to come at this so there is some systemic change and accountability. We had a rough weekend.”

The community forum brought up the general theme of excessive force by Cleveland police and often referenced the 2012 deaths of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams who were gunned down by police following a 20-mile car chase involving 62 police cruisers. An investigation found that police fired 137 bullets into the car even though the couple did not have a gun.

The US Department of Justice launched an investigation into the Cleveland police department based on the incident and a report is still pending. Dean Valore, a former assistant US attorney assigned to civil rights legislation for Ohio, says that it is the second investigation of the department over the last decade. The procedure with such investigations typically involves the municipality promising in writing that it will implement changes recommended by the DOJ, which Cleveland did following the first report.

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#BREAKING As a Gun Violence Activist, I support the Grand Jury #FergusonDecision in #Ferguson on #MikeBrown

Officer Darren Wilson

We are watching in Africa!! Below is my statement as a Gun Violence Activist and I must admit, this is how honest I feel.
I am Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo, News Director @HNNAfrica in Nigeria. Everybody talks, I am in the frontline of gun violence. As you know I am a globally known gun violence activist AMONG OTHER THINGS. I agreed with the grand jury decision. Michael Brown was a shoplifter who got in an altercation with police, the cop defended himself. Blacks destroying their own cities again, Americans displaying foolishness. I taught my black sons living as adults in America, 27 and 23 not to steal or get into breaking the law.

We need to focus on our black kids who KILL others daily in gun violence and not always go after police (especially white ones) AND WHITE FOLKS. THERE ARE A FEW EXCEPTIONS BUT we need to look at ourselves. Torching businesses and looting just shows how blacks have lost respect. I lived 30 yrs over there and fought gun violence 5 yrs in Canada.  Police are trained to shoot and defend themselves if suspects try to overpower thems in any way. Teach your children about police altercations and how to avoid brushes with the law. Listen and DOWNLOAD my podcast below.

T-Shirt gangsta>>No Justice, No Peace??

There is NO NEED for these foolish images I see on global cable networks all day. Even Al Sharpton calling for peace and ripping the arsonists and looters has not looked at the shirt of the guy next to him at this presser. 

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#BREAKING VOTE FOR ME as Social Media "INFLUENCER OF THE YEAR" at the 1st Social Media Africa Awards

#BREAKING I have been nominated for the Social Media Awards Africa. Now to WIN! Pls read the letter I received today. I appreciate all your nominations, now pls VOTE for me to WIN! I have influenced so many avenues of living on social media across the planet from Canada to USA to Nigeria

Dear Kemi,
Congratulations!
You have been nominated as 'Influencer of the Year' award under the Platform Based Category of the 2014 Social Media Awards Africa.
After rigorous evaluation and preliminary background checks, it is our pleasure to inform you that you have advanced to the next phase of the awards judging process- voting. The voting window will be open from Tuesday November 18, 2014 till Friday November 28, 2014 at www.smaafrica.com/vote
To accept your nomination and participate in the voting stage, kindly click here to fill the nomination acceptance form. Please note that voting accounts for only fifty (50) percent of cumulative scores for this round. The Jury's evaluation accounts for the other fifty (50) percent based on five (5) criteria; Influence, Originality, Creativity, Scalability and Impact.
Thank You.
Social Media Awards Africa

START VOTING!! This is not a popularity contest, you need to put in mind all what I do on social media.

“She could reach an audience that myself as a police officer and us as a police service were having challenges to reach,”said Constable Scott Mills, who works in social media for Toronto Police Service. “[But] she definitely made a lot of noise, which at times caused some stress. Sometimes, as a cop, in order to keep the streets safe, you have to dance with the wolves. I don’t want to call Kemi a wolf, because I think she has a good heart. But at the same time, not only in Toronto but in other jurisdictions, we have solved some major incidents because of her work.”... The Globe and Mail Canada's National newspaper 8/27/12

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YOU HAVE TO VOTE!! #Kenya is winning so far. Give it to Nigeria. Thanks everyone. I spend 22/24 hours online making a living, volunteering and changing lives without a budget or staff.

5yo Layla Peterson SHOT to death in #Milwaukee, Wisconsin while sitting on grandpa's lap

 (AP Photo/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Mark Hoffman

A 5-year-old girl was fatally shot while sitting on her grandfather's lap when two people approached her Milwaukee home and opened fire, according to police, who sought help Friday in finding the suspects.

Laylah Petersen was shot in the head when one of a dozen bullets that hit the home came through a wall about 6 p.m. Thursday. Laylah, who was sitting on a couch with her grandfather, died at a hospital.

Investigators said there was no clear motive for the shooting and they needed the public's help to find those responsible for the shooting on the city's northwest side. Police said officers had no previous calls to the home, and they don't believe anyone living at the home was specifically targeted.

"We believe that this bullet read, 'To whom it may concern.' And that concerns all of us, and that should concern everybody in our community," Capt. Aaron Raap said during a news conference Friday. "If you saw something, say something. If you hear something, say something."

Raap said initial descriptions of the shootings as being "targeted" referred to the fact that all 12 bullets fired hit the house. Officers found a dozen casings at the scene, and were looking into whether more than one handgun was used. They also were interviewing witnesses and seeking any possible surveillance video.

Police Chief Edward Flynn said two young children were being raised by their grandparents in the house, where people left flowers, toys and other items in a makeshift memorial for the little girl Friday.

"This is a stable, loving, working family in a stable working-class neighborhood where everybody is trying to do the right thing," Flynn said.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has offered a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case.

"There is no reason conceivable that I can think of that would explain this wanton, violent act," Flynn told reporters Thursday night. "We are going to find (the shooters). We are going to arrest them. And they are going to jail."

Laylah is the third child under age 13 whose death was considered a homicide this year in Milwaukee, Lt. Mark Stanmeyer said. But the city has seen fewer homicides this year than last, 76 compared to 93 at the same time in 2013. At this point last year, four children under 13 had been killed.

Source: AP

Why Did Carol Roache Ignore MY WARNINGS? She has lost all her 3 children. I need YOUR HELP #Toronto

#SNITCHLADY I am writing an article about Carol Roache and the BIG mistake she made. Gun Violence can affect any of us anytime. We pray it doesn't. I know my suffering inside when Clemee Joseph lost Jarvis, I stepped out to a stranger and still no answers. I reached out to Carol so many times to be part of my crusade and my yearly National Crime Victim awareness day, she was not interested, and now I heard her last child is also DEAD! All 3 kids DIED from Gun violence. When does a mother begin to speak out Carol??????????

This young man had a prior drug conviction. We need to start setting boundaries for our young men in black communities and not just scream when a white cop/white person kills them.

Sheri Henderson pls read this. LaToya Jane read this Delores Watson read this Joan Brown Dennis Asylum Holder read this. I am in tears now at MIDNIGHT in Nigeria writing this as I listen to Michael George's song for his mom. He was gunned down too 2007 when I arrived.

Chris Doucette Pls tell Jonathan and Kevin, our Editors at Toronto Sun that I am sending my opinion article on this Monday. It is a mission for me to help Homicide Chief McLane and Det Steve Ryan CATCH these thugs.

Wake up #Toronto, I've been gone 2 years, we cannot start this again. The way they shot Jamal on that video, someone knows something. START TALKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PLS LIKE THIS PAGE Toronto Police Service Homicide Squad

Detectives Mary Vruna and Brian Borg the work has begun. The next 30 days, I will be wall to wall on this case. Constable Scott Mills pls update me on any appeal videos, Deputy Chief Peter Sloly you will be proud of me, Nicholas Maharaj LETS GO!! Cheryl L Bullock spam it everywhere, media wall to wall. We need TIPS!

Toronto Call Toronto Crime Stoppers 1800222TIPS
Witnesses are better 4168087400, ask for Det Sgt Steve Ryan. Use the tip tab that Jeff Brown invented. It is anonymous and you can send a tip thru the NET

***GRAPHIC WARNING***WATCH THE VIDEO OF JAMAL ROACHE being Killed with a powerful Tech 9 sort of weapon!! HORROR!!!

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Ford Heights Double Homicide victims in van were cousin of another victim of a DOUBLE homicide days earlier

Family members tell ABC7 Chicago that the 2 teens killed overnight in Ford Heights are related to one of the victims from Friday’s double homicide. 19yo Cyrus Johnson and 17yo Ephram Jones are cousins who were shot and killed while inside a van overnight in the south suburb. Police do not have anyone in custody. 

This wave of shootings is beyond out of control with black teens in America. Too many families are hurting.

#BREAKING UPDATE All Victims of Washington school shooting now DEAD! #Snitchlady

KIRO 7 / Via kirotv.com

What We Know So Far from Buzzfeed News
• Gunshots fired in Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Washington at 10:39 a.m. PT.
• The gunman was Jaylen Fryberg, a student at the school.
• A total of four people, including Fryberg, had died as of Oct. 31. Several others were wounded.

Shaylee Chuckulnaskit had been wounded in the shooting, but died Friday, Providence Regional Medical Center announced. Her family released a statement mourning her death:

Our hearts are broken at the passing of our beautiful daughter. Shay means everything to us. In Shay’s short life she has been a radiant light bringing us incredible joy and happiness. She has been a loving daughter, a caring sister, a devoted friend and a wonderful part of our community. We can’t imagine life without her.

We have been overwhelmed by the thoughtfulness and support of our family, friends and community. We are deeply grateful for all the acts of kindness that have come our way. We especially want to thank the medics and Providence staff who have cared for Shay.

We request that everyone please provide us the privacy we need so we can grieve our loss. Thank you.

ICYMI: Arrest in #Hollywood Tatoo artist Trigz MURDER!

The late Trigz

A man has been arrested in connection to the murder of tattoo artist Trigz, police said on Friday.

Robert Falcon, a 31-year-old Sylmar resident, has been charged with murder in the Oct. 9 shooting, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. His bail was set at $2 million.

Trigz, whose real name is Michael Pebley, was found fatally shot on the sidewalk on the 6300 block of Laurel Canyon Boulevard in North Hollywood around 5:50 p.m.

According to investigators, the victim and the suspect got into an argument at the Black Derby Smoke Shop and it escalated into a physical fight. The suspect shot Trigz and then took off, leaving him to die on the sidewalk.

Trigz, 40, was a famed tattoo and graffiti artist, actor and model. He leaves behind a fiancee and five children.

I am so happy for Trigz children and family on this arrest. People cannot just shoot to justify their anger. We will hear more on this when the courts start. Lots of Hollywood stars got their tattos there notably my pal Justin Bieber.

With files from ABC 7

Peter de Groot's Who FIRED at POLICE in #Canada >>sister says, 'He was executed'

Peter De Groot (Facebook)

The sister of Peter de Groot, the man shot and killed by police in Slocan, B.C., said today that her brother had been "executed" and that the family was considering filing a civil suit.
Peter de Groot shot by police

Danna de Groot was speaking at a news conference in Vancouver, surrounded by members of her family and their lawyer, Cameron Ward.

In an emotional and lengthy statement, she detailed her many efforts to persuade the police to accept her help in finding her brother, the frustration she felt at misinformation being spread about him and the apparent lack of interest shown in bringing about a peaceful conclusion.
'Ashamed to be Canadian'

"We are outraged," she said. "For the first time ever, we are ashamed to be Canadian."

The de Groot family, she said, is "an average Canadian family. If this can happen to us, this can happen to you."

She described her "bright, intelligent" brother as a man who had gradually rebuilt his life after a workplace accident in 1994 and then, three years later, a massive brain aneurysm. He also had suffered six post-surgery grand mal seizures, in which he broke several bones, she said.

He hated taking painkillers because they clouded his thinking and, through diet, managed to reduce his seizures and wean himself from the medication. His peripheral vision and his senses remained compromised by the aneurysm.

She said her brother "worked harder than anyone can imagine" in order to be able to live independently. He did not, she said, have PTSD, schizophrenia, take drugs or drink alcohol. He was one of seven siblings.

Life outside on a small holding suited him, she said. He liked living somewhere that had no cellphone reception.

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Justice Is Served: Court Finally Overturns Marissa Alexander’s 20 Year #GUN Sentence

In another Florida shooting case that captured national headlines, an appellate court overturned the decision to put Marissa Alexander behind bars for 20-year prison sentence for firing a warning shot in proximity to her abusive husband.

The case has been often contrasted with the exoneration of white Hispanic George Zimmerman, the self-appointed neighborhood watchman who shot unarmed teen Trayvon Martin in a gate subdivision in suburban Orlando, Fla., two years ago.

The outrage on the two comparable cases sent social media into a frenzy and among some lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

Alexander attempted to invoke Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law as the same prosecutors who unsuccessfully worked to put Zimmerman behind bars told the court that she did not act in self-defense, but Judge James Daniel was not having it.

“We reject her contention that the trial court erred in declining to grant her immunity from prosecution under Florida’s Stand Your Ground law, but we remand for a new trial because the jury instructions on self-defense were erroneous,” wrote Daniel.
Here’s how the case played out for those who may have forgotten some of the details of this draw out case:

-Alexander testified that, on Aug. 1, 2010, her then-husband, Rico Gray Sr., questioned her fidelity and the paternity of her 1-week-old child. According to her testimony, she said he broke through a bathroom door that she had locked and grabbed her by the neck. She said she tried to push past him but he shoved her into the door, sparking a struggle that felt like an “eternity.”

-After she got free, she said she ran to the garage and tried to leave but was unable to open the garage door, so she retrieved a gun, which she legally owned.

-Once inside, her estranged husband saw the gun and lunged at her “in a rage”, yelling, “B—-, I’ll kill you.” She said she raised the gun and fired a warning shot into the air because it was the “lesser of two evils,” as opposed to shooting and perhaps killing him.

-The jury quickly rejected Alexander’s self-defense claim and Alexander was sentenced under the state’s 10-20-life law. Initially, the jury’s decision incited the outrage of the American populace and legislators over how self-defense laws are applied in the state.

-A Florida appellate court ruled Tuesday that jury instructions, which unfairly made Alexander prove “beyond a reasonable doubt” that she was acting in self-defense, were wrong, and that there were other incorrect instructions that self-defense only applied if the victim suffered an injury, which Gray had not.

U.S. Representative Corrine Brown, D-Fla., lashed out at Florida State Attorney Angela Corey, who oversaw the failed prosecution of George Zimmerman and the prosecution in Alexander’s case, saying, “Arresting and prosecuting her when no one was hurt does not make any sense. What was certainly absent from the courtroom during Marissa’s trial was mercy and justice. Indeed, the three-year plea deal from State Attorney Angela Corey is not mercy, and a mandatory 20-year sentence is not justice.”

The easy conclusion to each in this case is that the justice system in the state of Florida tolerates firing guns at, into, and through black people, but when they themselves posses and use guns it is considered a public safety crisis that must be stamped out and quelled immediately.
“Stand Your Ground” laws don’t apply when it comes to women and domestic violence, because in the state of Florida, they have no ground to stand on in the legal system.

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JUSTICE FINALLY: #RipJordanDavis as TEEN's Killer Michael Dunn gets LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE!

LIFE SENTENCE: A man is sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing a teen over an argument about loud music.

“Your life is effectively over,” the judge told Michael Dunn today in court. Dunn had fired nearly a dozen times into an SUV of black teens, killing 17-year-old Jordan Davis as they tried to flee.

Michael Dunn, 47, was convicted of the first-degree murder of Jordan Davis, 17. He fired 10 times into Davis' vehicle in Jacksonville, Florida, after a dispute in a store car park.

Truly sad story.

Man with NON VIOLENT CRIMINAL HISTORY opens fire on Chicago train from platform

Carol Jones, suspects mother

Until Thursday, Lorenzo Jones - the man charged with shooting at a CTA Blue Line train - had a brief, non-violent criminal history.

In court Friday, the judge set bond at $2 million and asked the prosecutor about a motive - which is still unknown.

"My son wasn't intending to injure anyone. He's not a bad person. He's a mentally ill person," said Carol Jones, Lorenzo's mother.

Carol Jones says that she has struggled for the last four to five years to get help for her son. She says he was seeing a psychiatrist for nightmares, visions of Spiderman and Power Rangers. 

THE SHOOTING STORY: Chicago's Blue Line trains have resumed normal service and a suspect is in custody after shots were fired on a Loop CTA station platform Thursday.

The train was coming into the station under Congress Parkway when several gunshots hit the northbound train from the LaSalle Station platform around 11:20 a.m.

Police swarmed the area moments after reports of shots fired at the station. Many passengers on the train heard the shots as they hit the train, but said it was difficult to determine where they came from in the subway.

"I knew what it was but we were just trying to see where it was coming from," said Venesia Parker, a passenger. "We're just trying to make sure that whoever did the shooting was out of the area."

Within minutes, heavily-armed officers found the suspect and quickly surrounded him about five blocks away. They recovered his weapon, a .45 caliber assault rifle, sources say. Police also recovered some 50 rounds of ammunition in his pocket.

Will Gerlach heard all the commotion and snapped pictures of police from his apartment nearby.

"They had assault rifles in-hand, it was like what you see on the news," Gerlach said. Witnesses say the suspect put up no struggle when police arrested him. He said nothing and gave no indication of what he was allegedly firing at or why. No one was hurt, but given the fire power he was carrying, authorities say this could have been more serious.

Chicago police Supt. Garry McCarthy said he believes the gun used in this incident was stolen. Police have not yet identified or charged the suspect.

With files from ABC7

Paul Sampleton, 14 FINALLY GOT JUSTICE! All killers get LIFE without Parole! Killed for Sneakers!

Late Paul Sampleton was only 14 

Three men who were accused of killing a Grayson High School student have all been found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Andrew Murray, 28, Tavaughn Sailor, 29, and Larnell Sillah, 17, were accused in the homicide of Paul Sampleton. 

So glad these animals are gonna be caged forever! Watch the video

Investigators say the men knew that Sampleton traded in high-end sneakers and had nice clothing and electronics, according to detectives.

Sillah was a student at Grayson High School at the time of the murder.

"I don't ever want to see these people ever again," Stephanie Stone said outside court. "The judge did just what I wanted her to do, hit that gavel and say forever."

Stone said her son was never given the chance to live and because of the actions of the defendants, her son will never come home again.

"The most important people, those 12 jurors, that saw justice for Paul," Stone said.

Paul Sampleton Sr. said he will never forget the day he found his son shot to death inside their Grayson home.

"The hurt doesn't go away," Sampleton said. "The nightmares of me finding him like that does not go away. I deal with it every day. But the love of family and friends and prayers sent to this family - I cope with it day by day."

Sampleton, 14, was tied up and shot to death in his Gwinnett County home on Dec. 19, 2012.

Stewart, Morgan, Sillah

All three men were found guilty on 19 of 20 counts, including the following:
Malice murder
Four counts of felony murder
Armed robbery
Aggravated assault
Conspiracies
Gang activity
Violation of the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)

They were found not guilty of a burglary that occurred at a home a few days before the murder.

Murray and Sailor were sentenced to life in prison without parole, a consecutive life sentence for armed robbery and 120 years consecutive for the remaining counts.

Sillah was sentenced to life in prison without parole, a consecutive life sentence for armed robbery and 135 years consecutive for the remaining counts.


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#UPDATE: Bell Gardens, California Mayor Daniel Crespo Shot to Death; Wife Released, No arrests or Charges!

A California mayor was shot and killed Tuesday during what authorities told NBC News was a domestic dispute involving his wife and son. Daniel Crespo Sr., 45, was shot "multiple" times in the upper torso about 2:30 p.m. local time (5:30 p.m. ET), the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said. Crespo, who is mayor of the Los Angeles-area city of Bell Gardens, died a short time later at a hospital. His wife Lyvette Crespo, 43, was detained, questioned and later released without being charged.

After interviewing Lyvette Crespo, Sheriff's homicide detectives "determined that no arrests will be made at this time," the department said in a statement late Tuesday. "The facts of the case will be presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office who will determine if criminal charges will be filed."

Deputies said the couple were arguing when their 19-year-old son, Daniel Jr., intervened. Lyvette Crespo then grabbed a firearm and shot her husband, according to investigators. Their son voluntarily surrendered to Bell Gardens police, sheriff's Lt. Steve Jauch told NBC News. The mayor's official biography says he and his wife had been high school sweethearts who moved to California from New York City. Daniel Crespo Sr. was a probation officer before he was elected to the Bell Gardens City Council in 2001. He became mayor last year.

Speaking to NBC Southern California, the mayor's brother said he "couldn't believe" what had happened. "He loved (his family) more than life," William Crespo added. "He loved his wife a lot, he always loved his wife." State Senator Ricardo Lara and Assemblymember Cristina Garcia, both Democrats who represent Bell Gardens, released a joint statement late Tuesday in which they offered their condolences and called Crespo's death "a shocking and tremendous loss."

Chances are this was a classic domestic violence case where the wife self defended herself and in America, you can shoot. Lets wait to hear what the grand jury has to say. Watch the police video here.

With Files from NBC News

Arrests made in #Philly Teen Aisha Abdur Rhaman's Shooting death in #Olney, one a star Football player.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) --A 15-year-old boy has been charged alongside another teen in connection with the murder of a teenage girl outside Einstein Medical Center in North Philadelphia.

15 year old Quadir Gibson from the 5900 Horrocks Street is charged in the murder of 15 year old Aisha Abdur-Rahman.

The other suspect, 19-year-old Darian Person of Rowan Street, turned himself in on Tuesday.

Police say Quadir was not the shooter, but they say he summoned Darian Person to the location, and directed him to shoot a number a people.

Both are now charged with the murder of Aisha Abdur-Rhaman and attempted murder of a 19-year-old male who remains in critical, but stable condition at Albert Einstein Medical Center.

Quadir, a star running back for Father Judge High School, is being charged as an adult.

Philadelphia Police Captain James Clark said during a news conference on Tuesday that it all began when a group of 20 to 30 young people, many from the nearby Delaware Valley Charter High School, agreed to meet for a fight at Broad and Olney Monday afternoon.

"People from school then starting bringing friends from the neighborhood to the school," Clark said. When describing Person, Clark said "He was brought as the muscle. He came with a gun and, unfortunately, he used it."

The fight at Broad and Olney was broken up, Clark said, but the group only moved a short distance away - to the 5500 block of Old York Road, in front of Einstein Medical Center - when a second fight erupted.

That's where three to five shots were fired.

One of the bullets traveled half a block and hit Rhaman in the back, killing her. She was walking with a friend when she was hit.

"She was a totally innocent victim," Clark said.

Investigators say Person was the only one who fired shots. He is not a student of the school, but rather dropped out a year or two ago.

"He is very well known to police," Clark said. Another victim, a 19-year-old man, was hit in the chest. Police are not sure if that 19-year-old victim is connected with the shooting.

Rhaman was a 10th grade student at the Delaware Valley Charter High School. On Tuesday morning, students and faculty returned to the school under a heavy police presence.

This is one of those shootings that came CLOSE to home for me. WHY? My son who is 27 was at that junction in Olney and took photos of a crowd of kids, posted it on Facebook LIVE and I was watching his post saying that these black teens look mad at each other.  I simply told him not to get involved and leave the area. Don't be the one trying to break fights between lawless kids. They usually have guns. My son left and posted another status. I'm sitting in my office here in Africa and he's in Philly and posts, "I knew it! Two people shot at Olney where I just left!"

With Files from WPVI Philadelphia

#BREAKING A student has been #SHOT at a #NorthCarolina High School #AlbemarleShooting

ALBERMARLE, N.C. --We are hearing from the Associated Press here in Nigeria that Police in Albemarle are reporting that one person has been hurt and another person is in custody after a shooting at Albemarle High School.

The shooting was reported early Tuesday morning. A police dispatcher confirmed the shooting but could not provide details. A spokesman did not immediately return a phone message.

Multiple media outlets reported that the school has been placed on lockdown.

WSOC-TV reported that a student had been injured and another person was in custody.

There was no word on the person's condition.This is a developing story and I will have more for you later in the day.

UPDATE: The latest on the 15 youth many teenagers SHOT in a #Miami club>>YES you heard me, 15 SHOT!

WHAT? I woke up here in Nigeria to hear that 15 teenagers were SHOT in one nightclub in Florida? Lets assume they all died and the headlines on CNN were "15 Teenagers shot to death" Are we gonna speed up on gun violence awareness here?

Fifteen people, many of them teenagers and some as young as 11, were shot early Sunday morning at a Miami nightclub, Miami-Dade police reported.

Police spokeswoman Frederica Burden said the victims ranged in age from 11 to 25 and were taken to area hospitals.

Several victims were released from hospitals Sunday afternoon and a person who'd earlier been listed as critical was upgraded to critical but stable, police said in a news release.

It's not clear whether the nightclub catered to teenagers. No public safety officials have explained why so many youths 16 and younger were inside a nightclub after the midnight Miami-Dade County curfew.

Authorities said the shooting happened about 1 a.m. at The Spot nightclub at NW 64th Street and Seventh Avenue.

CNN affiliate WPLG said a large party was being held when shooting broke out. Witnesses told police they heard about 100 gunshots, WPLG reported.

"At this point, we are not sure if we have one shooter or multiple shooters," Burden said. No arrests had been made by late Sunday.

Police have yet to determine whether good surveillance video exists to help in the investigation, WPLG said. The club had recently begun to allow teen parties on the weekends, the affiliate reported.

Watch the video on CNN

#British Teen Shereka Marsh's Teenage boyfriend found GUILTY of Manslaughter in her #SHOOTING death!

Shereka Marsh via Facebook

Shereka's death really affected me as I followed every single detail on her Facebook memorial page earlier this year and now word comes from the BBC that a teenage boy has been found guilty of shooting his 15-year-old girlfriend dead after she went to give him a birthday present. She never got to celebrate her sweet 16 on July 12th 2014 because of an illegal gun on a 15y/o.

Shereka Fab-Ann Marsh died after a single bullet from a counterfeit 1930s Italian Beretta pistol struck her in Hackney, east London, in March.

The boy, 15, was cleared of her murder but found guilty of manslaughter.

He was also found guilty of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, at the Old Bailey.

The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was remanded in custody for sentencing on a date to be fixed.

In March, Shereka had gone to give the boy a birthday present, the court heard.

After the shooting the boy called 999 but Shereka had suffered serious internal bleeding and could not be saved, jurors heard.

In court, the boy recreated the moment the incident happened, holding his hands together and pointing his fingers towards jurors from the witness box.

Under cross examination, he showed how he was holding the gun with both hands and "waving it" around when he "accidentally pulled the trigger".

He denied that he was posing with the weapon and that was why he had to have his fingers on the trigger.

These cases of possessing guns and playing with them is playing over and over again. This is why I always ask people to REPORT illegal guns! Get them off the streets and homes to avoid deaths like this. 

#RIPShereka

Post a condolence on her memorial page.

With Files from the BBC