It
has been said here and elsewhere many times before, that the monstrous
atrocities committed by cops know NO earthly bounds. Sadly, we have been
here before. And this will happen again. Whether it's gunning down children with toys, tossing flash grenades into baby's playpens, shooting elderly citizens, choking dogs, electrocuting disabled people, bludgeoning cuffed suspects, etc. etc. etc. We have been here before. Until the horrendous crimes of these pig-beasts are reigned in, this will happen again!
On Saturday November 22nd, Tamir E. Rice was murdered by a disgusting sub-human cop. Rice was twelve years old. He was playing with a toy bb gun at a playground when he was gunned down. This happened in Cleveland, OH. The pig-beast responsible for this cowardly act of infanticide has been identified as officer Timothy Leohmann. 26 year old Leohmann, a rookie pig, has been a gang member of the Cleveland Police Gestapo (CPG) for just over eight months. Leohmann's partner that day has been identified as officer Frank Garmback, 46. Garmback has been a gang member of the Cleveland Police regime since 2008. As usual, the innocent victim was Black - cops involved loathsome White peckerwood scum. Leohmann and Garmback were responding to a paranoid 911 call of "a kid walking around a playground with a gun, possibly fake". Rice was shot in the stomach within two seconds of these two pigs arriving on the scene. He was denied swift medical attention - a brazen human rights violation. Rice died at Metro Health medical center in Cleveland the next day. Rice was a 12 year old child and he was exactly where he should have been, doing exactly what he should have been doing at the time cops murdered him: in a playground PLAYING! The playground where Rice was shot is adjacent to the Cudell Recreation center. Rice had gone there with friends and his older sister. Audio of the initial 911 call can be listened to in its entirety HERE. In it, the caller (still unidentified at this point, but sounds like an elderly scared White man and is most likely a habitual cop-caller) describes Rice as "a guy with a pistol, pulling it in and out of his pants". One of the pigs at the scene who radioed in the shooting would describe the boy as "maybe a 20 year old male". It later turned out that Rice was indeed a 12 yr-old CHILD, of normal size and stature typical of any 12 yr-old child. Despite these facts, an online racist smear campaign targeted against Rice and his family is currently underway. This campaign was initially spearheaded by Cleveland.com, a local "news" paper pertaining to regional affairs in and around the major Ohio city. Cleveland.com is owned and pimped by an out-of-state corporate media consortium. You see, it's actually pretty goddamned hard to demonize a 12 yr.-old boy postmortem. So for the sick-minded who may be so inclined to do so, you simply attack the boy's family instead. This is what Cleveland.com did. Attacking police murder victims and their families - this is becoming a sad and tiresome cliche and it seems to be almost unique in American degenerate society.
Police infanticide: 12 yr-old Tamir Rice seen here. The unarmed Cleveland boy was murdered by cops on Nov. 22nd, while in a neighborhood playground. Rice was shot in the stomach. He did not die until the following day. https://www.facebook.com/Justice.For.Tamir.Rice
Partner in Crime: officer Frank Garmback seen here. Garmback was riding in the same patrol car when Leohmann gunned down Tamir Rice in a local playground.
As part of standard operating procedure (SOP) for all police regimes in this country, Leohmann and Garmback have been rewarded with paid vacation. These two pigs got to spend their Thanksgiving with their families, stuffing themselves fat(er) while continuing to draw a paycheck from the city's tax-payers. Meanwhile, Rice's body lies in a funeral home for viewing and awaits burial. Also as part of their S.O.P., the Cleveland Police regime released their "official" statement, where they LIE about Rice putting up resistance. The report's self-serving spin on the incident also essentially blames the young victim for causing his own death. So basically, the report released by the Cleveland Police regime would dare have you believe that this 12 year old boy committed "suicide-by-cop". For this evil, repulsive act of victim-shaming, the entire leadership the Cleveland Police should be sacked immediately! NO pay!
Enough is ENOUGH! Fed up residents protesting the murder/torture of 12 yr-old Tamir Rice.
And if pig Leohmann was lightening quick to put this 12 yr-old child down, he and his pig partner Garmback were sure slow in trying to help the young boy. Later reports reveal that immediately after the shooting, the two officers cowered behind their patrol car, allowing Rice to lie on the ground bleeding out. It would be several more minutes before qualified health workers arrived on the crime scene and administered emergency care. The murder of Tamir Rice is eerily and disturbingly similar to that of another case in Ohio. As by covered by Targeting CopsHERE, back in August, John Crawford was murdered by cops in the city of Beavercreek, roughly 200 miles southwest of Cleveland. In the police murders of Rice and Crawford: - Both victims were Black. - Both were holding TOY bb or pellet guns. - Both were in possession of toy guns under perfectly innocent circumstances. - The cops involved are all White. - The racist 911 callers in each case is White. - Both victims were shot dead where they stood within seconds of cops arriving, with almost NO chance of reacting, complying, etc. - Both were denied immediate emergency care. - Both were left to die, never knowing what they could possibly have done wrong. Now in Crawford's case, the two pigs involved (criminal officers Sean Williams and David Darkow of the Beavercreek Police Gestapo) have since been cleared by a grand jury. And considering what has been an awful pattern in other police murder cases - most glaringly that of Mike Brown - it can very well be expected that the two filthy, wretched thugs responsible for Rice's murder will also get off without facing any criminal charges. This shit is UNACCEPTABLE! Aggravated Murder of a minor child (infanticide) in OH is punishable by DEATH (lethal injection, in this state's case)! Officer Tim Leohmann should not be rewarded with paid vacation. He should be arrested, prosecuted, put on trial, and if found guilty, EXECUTED! His scumbag partner, Frank Garmback, should be arrested and prosecuted as a criminal accomplice. If convicted, Garmback should serve 20 years to life in prison!
As in other cities, Portland saw a huge turn-out tonight in support of Mike Brown, Ferguson, and victims of police violence everywhere.
On Monday November 24th, an all-white grand jury returned their [predictable] decision not to indict Ferguson cop Darren Wilson of criminal charges of murder. As a result, the St. Louis suburb - as well as St. Louis itself - exploded into anger. People were fed up with cops murdering innocent people and getting away with it. Shortly after the news broke, solidarity marches took place in many American cities. Portland was no exception, having saw an emergency gathering shortly afterwards. Today, an even larger turnout appeared, marching through down town Portland then across the Burnside bridge. Portland solidarity actions were organized, in large part, by the All-African People's Revolutionary Party, the Albina Ministerial Alliance, Jewish Voice for Peace, and Occupy Portland, as well as a coalition of other groups. Many people who took part were likely motivated by revelations that three local Portland cops and state employees had demonstrated full support for piggy Wilson on their facebook pages. The three cops who posted the "I Am Darren Wilson" pictures are: Rich Storm, PPB Rob Blanck, PPB Kris Barber, PPB Here is a list of other Portland cops/state employees who "liked" the pictures: Meredith Hopper, Portland Police Bureau Stephen Gandy, PPB Tyson Estes, PPB Rob Brown, PPB Betsy Hornstein, PPB Erin Anderson, PPB Lisa Clayton, PPB Chris Barker, PPB Scherise Hobbs, PPB Jack Hornstein, PPB Thomas Brennan, PPB Michael Currier, PPB Jen Hertzler, PPB Lacey Sparling, PPB Thomas Larson, PPB Zack Delong, PPB David Rasmussen, PPB Sara Rilling Clark, PPB Josh Uwah Ladd, PPB Darin Ladick, Oregon State Police Micah Persons, Oregon Department of Justice, Criminal Justice Division Brian Dunkin, Marion County Sheriff's Office Scott Fink, Oregon Department of Corrections Transport Unit
This entry will be brief for now. More insight will be provided over the next couple of days. Thanks to ALL who made an appearance tonight! *CORRECTION - In the previous blog it was stated that the grand jury who refused to indict piggy Wilson was 'all-White'. Turns out, this is incorrect, as there were actually three Black people who sat on that jury of 12. Three self-loathing TOMS who were willing to go along, in order to get along. Targeting Cops regrets this error.
Ferguson, Missouri has been burning for months now. And it now looks like they've got a long ways to go, before this shit gets any better. Earlier this evening on Monday November 24th 2014, an all-White grand[wizard] jury declined to return a criminal indictment against worthless PIG Darren Wilson. To be honest, this is no surprise. Yet it makes Michael Brown's murder no less insidious... even more so actually, since the murderer remains protected by a system that continues to see these cops get away with murder!
People in Ferguson have been bracing themselves for weeks, in anticipation of this anonymous, all-White grand[wizard] jury's decision - as well as the frustration and rage that was to follow. Few people can honestly claim to have been surprised; this follows a very standard outcome, of racist peckerwood cops not having to face criminal charges for the murders of innocent People of Color. Now that it's all official and piggy Wilson gets to be the latest criminal thug to escape justice, citizens are letting their outrage be known in Ferguson. And no doubt, criminal police regimes have more than a few agent provocateurs strategically placed throughout the city, carrying out their marching orders to make an already unpleasant situation look down-right horrible. But just keep in mind, that the violence in Ferguson did not begin until an 18 year old college-bound Mike Brown was viciously murdered by a police thug. The violence did not begin until regiments of militarized police storm-troopers rolled in with their armored BearCats, and their surplus (govt. discounted) military hardware, committing all sorts of human rights violations, as would be expected of any terrorist state-police or hostile invading army. #JUSTICEFORMIKEBROWN: Citizens from cities all over the country show solidarity with the people of Ferguson, shortly after it was announced that pig Darren Wilson would not face criminal charges.
Oh, speaking of racist cops and the all-White grand[wizard] juries who refuse to indict them, evidence has recently emerged directly linking hiding piece-of-shit cop Wilson to the Klu Klux Klan. Well how about that! Wilson's newly minted wifeBarbara Spradling has also been directly implicated as having racist ties. Adding to this, it has long been an established fact that most of the sub-human retches who support this coward-ass pig (setting up kickstarter campaigns and facebook pages on Wilson's behalf, holding #iamdarrenwilson rallies, etc.) are themselves active members of the KKK, as well as other White supremacist groups.
#officergofuckyourself: Portland cops show support for fellow criminal thug Wilson, posting this official badge to their facebook accounts. After an embarrassing shitstorm erupted, they were forced to take the images down. Portland Police Minister of Propaganda, Officer Pete Simpson, has yet to mention details publicly, as to how the offending cops would be disciplined.
But for all the repulsive, cop-loving goons and racist trolls who stick up for Wilson (including local support from gang members of the Portland Police), their numbers are eclipsed by those who stand by Mike Brown, with the people of Ferguson, and with all those who have known police terrorism. Shortly after news broke that no indictment would be handed down, people took to the streets all over the country! Individuals in NYC, Oakland, Seattle, Chicago, Atlanta, as well as here in Portland, OR displayed their solidarity with Ferguson. More emergency direct action is planned for November 25th, and certainly for days and weeks to come. https://www.facebook.com/events/719132681455778/?ref_notif_type=like&source=1 Since this past summer, the high-profile police murders of numerous Black people have occurred, within a short cluster of time. In damn near all these cases, grand juries have refused to levy indictments against any of the criminal police thugs responsible for these murders. An all-White grand jury in the case of brother Eric Garner is currently pending. However, a decision in that case has been slowly mulled over since September. Few people know what's taking soo damned long, especially since there is clear video/audio documentation of that police murder, which occurred in Staten Island, NY just weeks prior to Mike Brown's killing. Who knows what will happen next - what's going to be the other shoe that drops. It's almost as if this shit had all been planned from the beginning...
Here is another update on the high-profile police murders of two Black men which have occurred this past summer, within weeks of one another. These are pending cases, whose [final] outcomes still remain months (if not years) away. ******************************************** ERIC GARNER'S FAMILY FILES SUIT Targeting Cops first profiled the sadistic police murder of Eric Garnerhere, back in July 2014. One of the most high profile police killings nationwide this year, the murder of Brother Garner provided the catalyst for a hyper-awareness of police brutality and highly intense citizen protests which began in the summer and has continued throughout the autumn and winter.
Recap: on Thursday July 17th of this year, Eric Garner, a Staten Island resident, was stopped by NY police thugs and accused of selling "loose" cigarettes. Garner denied the charge. Instead of letting this pissant bullshit go, cops decided to escalate the situation. Clearly, Garner had been harassed by these goddamned racist beasts several times before. Fed up, Garner stood his ground - peacefully but assertively as every citizen proclaiming his or her innocence has the damned Right to. Within seconds, the situation had escalated very badly. Like rabid dogs, cops attacked Garner without provocation, with officer Daniel Pantaleo having placed Garner in an illegal choke hold. Infamous viral video shot by local resident Ramsey Orta captures the entire incident, from beginning to gut-wrenching end. In the video, Garner can very clearly be heard yelling out, "I can't breath, I can't breath!" over and over. Moments later, he would fall unconscious on the sidewalk, with several pigs on top of him. Garner was pronounced dead at a local hospital shortly afterwards. Ramsey, the man who shot the video, has since found himself the target of relentless police retaliation, having been arrested on a bogus, trumped up "gun" charge. Garner's family has since filed a $75 million suit against the NY police regime, six individual cops (including Pantaleo), and the city of New York. Pig Pantaleo remains on "paid leave", and is apparently in hiding. Neither he, nor other police thugs involved in Garner's death, have been charged with felony murder. And it is unlikely they ever will be. A grand jury to decide piggy Pantaleo's fate had commenced back in September, and results - followed by street outrage - are still forthcoming...
********************************************** HELL ON EARTH CONTINUES IN FERGUSON
Little more than two weeks after Eric Garner's murder by police monsters in Staten Island/NYC, an 18 yr-old Midwesterner by the name of Michael Brown Jr. would be gunned down by a racist cop in Ferguson, MO.
The ruthless, premeditated murder of Mike Brown was first covered in this blog HERE back in August this year, as well as in subsequent follow-up posts HERE and HERE. On Saturday afternoon Aug. 9th, Brown was gunned down by an armed criminal gang member of the Ferguson Police Gestapo (FPG). His only known crime at that time was... walking along the middle of a residential street. He was unarmed. His hands were raised and he was attempting to surrender, when he was shot dead in cold blood. He was 18 years old at the time and had recently graduated high school. He had been scheduled to begin college classes the following week. Instead of a young man continuing his education, Brown's funeral would be held on Aug. 25th.
The racist monster responsible for Brown's death has since been identified as officer Darren Wilson, a six-year gang member of Ferguson's police regime. The outing of Brown's killer did not come swiftly, nor without angry protests and intense international media attention. Once Wilson was officially named on Friday Aug. 15th, demands that he be brought to justice have only intensified.
A LOT has happened in the modest, mostly African-American suburb of St. Louis since Aug. 9th. A timeline chronicling the first month following Brown's murder can be seen here.
Though just "another" police killing, the murder of Mike Brown proved to be the straw that snapped the camel's back. Ferguson has seen once hopeless residents turn into passionate activists. Citizens from the greater St. Louis metro area, as well as from other parts of Missouri and the country, have put their physical bodies On the streets of Ferguson by the thousands. They demanded not only Justice for Mike Brown, but accountability for ALL police murders everywhere (*several high-profile murders of Black men have occurred in America this past summer, including that of Brown. TC will cover more of them in a following up-date). And as all-white grand juries would decide the non-fate of officers involved, many citizens would call for killer cops to be fired and criminally prosecuted for murder. The reaction by various police regimes to citizens having expressed their justified grievances, have been hyper-militarized gestapo overkill. The likes of which only few other American cities have thus far seen (Oakland, Seattle, New York City, New Orleans, etc.). And something that would be more akin to a militarized siege of Gaza. Such an insane and dangerous terrorist police response in Ferguson has also drawn universal condemnation from international human rights organizations, who are typically more accustomed to dealing with human rights abuses in more unstable countries around the world. And yet, for a few months so far, Ferguson, America has had the international community's full attention. Not only protesters and average residents, but police terrorists have also violently cracked down upon journalists attempting to cover events on the ground. This has included, but in no way limited to, falsely arresting reporters, only to release them later on. The blatant tactic with the attended purpose of silencing [non-embedded] media.
True story...
A brigade of police-gestapostorm troopers stands menacingly along a road in downtown Ferguson, MO. Police authoritarians have waged a campaign of terror, intimidation, and violence here since Mike Brown's murder on Aug. 9th.
Brown's funeral, as it was held on Aug. 2th. His was likely one of the most media-focused funerals this year.
On November 12th, Mike Brown's parents, Leslie McSpadden and Michael Brown Sr. traveled to Geneva, Switzerland to speak at the United Nations. Brown's parents gave testimony before the UN Committee Against Torture, regarding police violence, racial profiling, and civil rights violations. And not just over what's occurred in Ferguson, but what takes place in America at large. McSpadden and Brown Sr., along with several advocacy groups who helped make the trip possible, were hoping to pressure to international community to lean on the U.S. over the brazen human rights violations which happen here on a very common basis. Especially where it concerns police interactions with communities of color, and the militarization of police regimes all over America.
Meanwhile, others have been killed by vile police monsters in the area, in the time following Brown's death. On Oct. 8th, 18 year old Vonderrit Myers Jr. was gunned down by an off-duty St. Louis pig "moonlighting" (in violation of his union contract, most likely) as a security guard. The murder took place in St. Louis where Myers lived. The filthy, bastard-ass pig who murdered Myers has been identified as 32 year-old Jason H. Flanery, a six-year gang member of the St. Louis Police Gestapo (SLPG). Now quite a few details remain to be known in this police murder. What IS known is that piggy Flanery made a number of posts in social media where he revealed his CONservative biases, including racist disparaging remarks against Black people. Flanery's hatred of homosexuals and liberals [in general] had also been exposed.
Myers' family has had an independent autopsy conducted, showing that Myers was shot a total of eight times - including six shots from behind. Five of those gun shot wounds were found in both of Myer's legs, with another fatal gun shot to the side of his face. This corroborates statements from various witnesses that the teen was indeed fleeing when Flanery gunned him down from behind, like a coward. The "official" police spin is that Myers was armed with a gun and firing shots at [officer] Flanery. However, Myers' family strongly disputes this. And eyewitnesses don't back this claim up. Also, no mention of a gun allegedly fired by Myers has yet been recovered. Next time these goddamned cops want to LIE and say that someone they killed was "firing shots" at one of their own, it might be useful to actually PRODUCE A WEAPON! Who knows what happened, but hopefully the truth will come out soon enough. Myer's funeral was held on Sunday Oct. 26th. Flanery is currently enjoying his paid vacation, while a St. Louis police "internal" investigation is conducted.
Another murderous thug: Officer Jason Flanery seen here, in this particularly cocky photo. This St. Louis cop has been identified has having gunned down 18 yr.-old Vonderrit Myers on Oct. 8th. Flanery is also reported to have express views on social media reflecting his right-wing political and racist biases.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/11/facebook-reveals-cop-who-killed-black-st-louis-teen-an-obama-hating-ammosexual/ Cowardly murderer Darren Wilson is currently in hiding, but he still draws a pay check from the city of Ferguson. A grand jury decision on whether to indict piggy Wilson on... any criminal charges is expected anyday now. In anticipation of the decision, Missouri governor Jay Nixon has declared a "state of emergency" in preparation of such a grand jury decision. Govt. Nixon also has the National Guard on stand-by. To confirm many people's fears on what the outcome might be, police terrorists agencies have been stocking up of military hardware since October. In another sign that is every bit as disturbing, area gun shops have reported a surge in sales in the days before the decision is expected. When that decision is made, it will be reported here, as everywhere else.
