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‘I’m going to hit him’: Dash-cam video shows officers tried to run over man before shooting him 14 times
F— this guy,” the officer says before aiming his police cruiser at the mentally ill homeless man that he and his partner had been sent out to confront. “I”m going to hit him.”
“Okay, go for it. Go for it,” his partner responds, his voice recorded on the Sacramento police cruiser’s dash cam.
Twice, the man dodges their accelerating cruiser. In the second attempt, he leaps into a median, barely avoiding the vehicle.
But Joseph Mann, 51, could not escape the volley of bullets that followed moments later....
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/‘i...e-shooting-him-14-times/ar-BBwSPY9?li=BBnbfcL
F— this guy,” the officer says before aiming his police cruiser at the mentally ill homeless man that he and his partner had been sent out to confront. “I”m going to hit him.”
“Okay, go for it. Go for it,” his partner responds, his voice recorded on the Sacramento police cruiser’s dash cam.
Twice, the man dodges their accelerating cruiser. In the second attempt, he leaps into a median, barely avoiding the vehicle.
But Joseph Mann, 51, could not escape the volley of bullets that followed moments later....
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/‘i...e-shooting-him-14-times/ar-BBwSPY9?li=BBnbfcL
So in summary meth head with knife assault officers gets shot.
New research shows one big change when cops wear cameras
11 / 22
Quartz
Cassie Werber6 hrs ago
© Provided by Quartz Chicago police body camera
Cameras worn on police uniforms have been lauded as a possible solution to many of the problems facing officers in the line of duty, from violence against law enforcement to the unnecessary use of force. The US Department of Justice recently announced a plan to spend $20 million on body cameras for cops in 32 states.
The cameras are controversial, as all surveillance technology tends to be. And until recently, there’s been little hard evidence about how effective body cameras actually are. According to new research from the University of Cambridge, which studied seven police forces in the US and the UK, the answer is that they are transformative in at least one way.
Researchers used complaints against police as a proxy for the effect of the cameras, hypothesizing that one major reason for complaints is that cops behaved in a negative, avoidable way. (There are other reasons for complaints, the researchers acknowledge, given the emotionally charged nature of many interactions with police.)
Compared to the previous year when cameras were not worn, complaints across the seven regions fell by 98% over the 12 months of the experiment. The study encompassed nearly 1.5 million officer hours across more than 4,000 shifts.
“I cannot think of any [other] single intervention in the history of policing that dramatically changed the way that officers behave, the way that suspects behave, and the way they interact with each other,” Barak Ariel, the lead researcher, told the BBC.
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The theory is that cameras make police officers more accountable for their actions, because people tend to change their behavior when they believe they are being observed. At the same time, this also limits non-compliance from people with whom the police interact.
“It seems that knowing with sufficient certainty that our behavior is being observed or judged affects various social cognitive processes: We experience public self-awareness, become more prone to socially acceptable behavior, and sense a heightened need to cooperate with rules,” the researchers write....
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...-when-cops-wear-cameras/ar-BBwMuIp?li=BBnb7Kz
11 / 22
Quartz
Cassie Werber6 hrs ago
© Provided by Quartz Chicago police body camera
Cameras worn on police uniforms have been lauded as a possible solution to many of the problems facing officers in the line of duty, from violence against law enforcement to the unnecessary use of force. The US Department of Justice recently announced a plan to spend $20 million on body cameras for cops in 32 states.
The cameras are controversial, as all surveillance technology tends to be. And until recently, there’s been little hard evidence about how effective body cameras actually are. According to new research from the University of Cambridge, which studied seven police forces in the US and the UK, the answer is that they are transformative in at least one way.
Researchers used complaints against police as a proxy for the effect of the cameras, hypothesizing that one major reason for complaints is that cops behaved in a negative, avoidable way. (There are other reasons for complaints, the researchers acknowledge, given the emotionally charged nature of many interactions with police.)
Compared to the previous year when cameras were not worn, complaints across the seven regions fell by 98% over the 12 months of the experiment. The study encompassed nearly 1.5 million officer hours across more than 4,000 shifts.
“I cannot think of any [other] single intervention in the history of policing that dramatically changed the way that officers behave, the way that suspects behave, and the way they interact with each other,” Barak Ariel, the lead researcher, told the BBC.
The theory is that cameras make police officers more accountable for their actions, because people tend to change their behavior when they believe they are being observed. At the same time, this also limits non-compliance from people with whom the police interact.
“It seems that knowing with sufficient certainty that our behavior is being observed or judged affects various social cognitive processes: We experience public self-awareness, become more prone to socially acceptable behavior, and sense a heightened need to cooperate with rules,” the researchers write....
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...-when-cops-wear-cameras/ar-BBwMuIp?li=BBnb7Kz
U.S. Justice Department urges changes in SFPD after fatal shootings
6 / 21
San Francisco Chronicle
By Vivian Ho3 hrs ago
© Codi Mills, The Chronicle Police cars line the streets of a subdivision during a search for a shooting suspect on Serramonte Blvd. on March 8, 2014 in Daly City, Calif.
A six-month investigation of the San Francisco Police Department by the U.S. Justice Department, prompted by the killing of Mario Woods and other fatal police shootings, concludes that the department does a poor job of tracking and investigating officers’ use of force, has ineffective antibias training and shields its disciplinary process from public view.
“We found a department with concerning deficiencies in every operational area assessed: use of force; bias; community policing practices; accountability measures; and recruitment, hiring and promotion practices,” Ronald Davis, director of the Justice Department Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, wrote in the report’s executive summary.
The department released its report Wednesday, along with 272 recommended changes for a police force wracked over the past year by scandals over racist and homophobic text messages and fatal shootings that have frayed relationships between the department and minority communities.
The report found no proof of “racial bias by officers of the SFPD or by the agency as a whole,” and said officers did not disproportionately use force against minorities. But it did conclude that police stop African American drivers in disproportionate numbers and that black and Hispanic drivers were more likely to be searched than whites...
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us...d-after-fatal-shootings/ar-AAiRLPw?li=BBnb7Kz
6 / 21
San Francisco Chronicle
By Vivian Ho3 hrs ago
© Codi Mills, The Chronicle Police cars line the streets of a subdivision during a search for a shooting suspect on Serramonte Blvd. on March 8, 2014 in Daly City, Calif.
A six-month investigation of the San Francisco Police Department by the U.S. Justice Department, prompted by the killing of Mario Woods and other fatal police shootings, concludes that the department does a poor job of tracking and investigating officers’ use of force, has ineffective antibias training and shields its disciplinary process from public view.
“We found a department with concerning deficiencies in every operational area assessed: use of force; bias; community policing practices; accountability measures; and recruitment, hiring and promotion practices,” Ronald Davis, director of the Justice Department Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, wrote in the report’s executive summary.
The department released its report Wednesday, along with 272 recommended changes for a police force wracked over the past year by scandals over racist and homophobic text messages and fatal shootings that have frayed relationships between the department and minority communities.
The report found no proof of “racial bias by officers of the SFPD or by the agency as a whole,” and said officers did not disproportionately use force against minorities. But it did conclude that police stop African American drivers in disproportionate numbers and that black and Hispanic drivers were more likely to be searched than whites...
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us...d-after-fatal-shootings/ar-AAiRLPw?li=BBnb7Kz
Austin police fatally shoot woman after mental-health call
5 / 22
NBC News
Chelsea Bailey 1 hr ago
© Police activity at the scene in Austin, Texas. Image: Police activity at the scene in Austin, Texas.
Police fatally shot a woman in Austin, Texas early Sunday after her husband placed a mental health call because he was worried about his wife's behavior.
Austin Assistant Police Chief Troy Gay told reporters that officers were told the woman was behaving erratically and had a weapon. When police arrived at the scene, a woman came out of an apartment and told officers to shoot her, Gay said.
As the officers approached, Gay said the woman began pointing a weapon at them. Gay said the officers asked the woman to stand down. When she didn't, the officers fired at the woman, according to NBC affiliate KXAN.
Gay said the woman was still moving after being shot and "had the weapon in her hand pointing at the direction of the officers." Gay said the officers fired several more shots over fear that the woman still posed a threat, according to KXAN's report.
Police did not identify the weapon they said was recovered at the scene. KXAN reported that the woman had a gun...
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/au...fter-mental-health-call/ar-AAj1kJi?li=BBnb7Kz
5 / 22
NBC News
Chelsea Bailey 1 hr ago
© Police activity at the scene in Austin, Texas. Image: Police activity at the scene in Austin, Texas.
Police fatally shot a woman in Austin, Texas early Sunday after her husband placed a mental health call because he was worried about his wife's behavior.
Austin Assistant Police Chief Troy Gay told reporters that officers were told the woman was behaving erratically and had a weapon. When police arrived at the scene, a woman came out of an apartment and told officers to shoot her, Gay said.
As the officers approached, Gay said the woman began pointing a weapon at them. Gay said the officers asked the woman to stand down. When she didn't, the officers fired at the woman, according to NBC affiliate KXAN.
Gay said the woman was still moving after being shot and "had the weapon in her hand pointing at the direction of the officers." Gay said the officers fired several more shots over fear that the woman still posed a threat, according to KXAN's report.
Police did not identify the weapon they said was recovered at the scene. KXAN reported that the woman had a gun...
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/au...fter-mental-health-call/ar-AAj1kJi?li=BBnb7Kz
Outrage after black man handcuffed for walking in street
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ou...d-for-walking-in-street/ar-AAj3O6e?li=BBnb7Kz
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