Scores of demonstrators have gathered at a Washington, DC police station to protest the death of another young black man at the hands of officers, reportedly shot after brandishing a firearm during a foot chase.Video surfaces of 18yo shot dead in DC brandishing handgun moments before his death
More than 100 people congregated outside of the DC Metro Police Department's 7th district station on Wednesday night following the police shooting of Deon Kay, 18, who later died of his injuries. Videos that circulated on social media captured the tense atmosphere outside the police station, including a brief scuffle with officers.
In a statement issued in the wake of the shooting, the DC police said that they responded to a call "to investigate a man with a gun," finding two suspects who fled on foot. Officers pursued the two men, after which Kay is said to have "brandished a firearm," and was shot one time in response, ultimately killing him. The second suspect was not apprehended.
Citing a law passed in June which mandates the release of police body cam footage within five days of an officer-involved shooting, protesters have demanded the MPD publish the video immediately.
While the demonstration at the 7th district station remained largely peaceful before disbanding - barring a brief pushing match near the beginning of the event - a small group of activists have traveled to the home of DC Mayor Muriel Bowser to continue the action, according to journalist Ford Fischer, who livestreamed from the scene of the protest. Police were already stationed at the mayor's residence by the time protesters arrived.
Fischer also spoke with a local elected official, Paul Trantham, who said the police bodycam footage would be released sometime on Thursday, adding that it showed that the officers involved in Kay's shooting had "acted appropriately."
Video appearing to show the latest young black police shooting victim, Deon Kay, brandishing a pistol moments prior to his attempted arrest and fatal foot pursuit has surfaced online.UPDATE: Bodycam footage has been released:
Police shot Deon Kay, 18, during a foot pursuit after responding to a call about a "man with a gun" inside of a car. When confronted by police, Kay ran, and was shot once during a brief foot chase. He later died of his injuries. The incident sparked a fresh wave of Black Lives Matter demonstrations in the US capital.
The video was gleaned from Kay's Instagram account, which was subsequently deactivated. It shows Kay and another person, whose face is covered with a balaclava, pointing guns at the camera while listening to music in a vehicle.
The other suspect was reportedly arrested but not shot after he also fled the scene. Two other people, named as Marcyelle Smith and Deonte Brown, remained in the vehicle and were arrested. Smith was reportedly also found in possession of a handgun.
DC Metropolitan Police are expected to release body cam footage of the fatal foot pursuit on Thursday.
The shooting provoked an immediate response from protesters who surrounded then DC Metro Police Department's 7th district station on Wednesday night. A splinter group of protesters and activists also descended on DC Mayor Muriel Bowser's home.
Two of the four suspects in the car flee on foot, and the officer gives chase. As he begins to chase the lead suspect, he turns back to his right and sees Kay running with a handgun and shoots the teen in the chest. The incident takes about six seconds from the time the officer shuts his door and begins moving toward the suspects' vehicle.
The officer was identified as Alexander Alvarez. Newsham said police quickly released the video, four days sooner than required by law, to clear up "misinformation" about the shooting. "Misinformation can lead to a lot of disturbances," he said.
Psychology and psychiatry have a history of being used and abused by tyrannical nutjobs. In such a scenario, it is not a far leap from "some people who disagree with coerced social distancing are psychopaths" to "watch out for people who question the official narrative, they're probably psychopaths". In fact, that's the kind of misdirection psychopaths are expert at.
"The goal of Borisov, Geshev, and those who sent the security forces is to instill fear, but they will not succeed. Not this time," Borislav Sandov, one of the leaders of the extra-parliamentary Green Movement, told protesters after he had been detained the night before.See also: Is Belarus a color revolution? The real problem is that ANY protest these days may be
Earlier in the day, one of the organizers of the protest, Arman Babikyan, called the events of the previous night "an ugly theatrical production of power."
On September 2, several thousand people joined the so-called "Grand National Uprising" in response against what protesters say is oligarchic control over Bulgaria's government and judicial system.
Violence led to scores of injuries and the arrest of 126 people, including what police described as more than 60 soccer hooligans.
Health officials said almost 200 people were injured, including 120 police officers.
Several journalists were also injured by police, drawing condemnation from media watchdogs and rights groups.
On the evening of September 3, Socialist-backed President Rumen Radev slammed the government's "disproportionate police violence against protesters and journalists" and repeated protesters' demands that Borisov's government resign.
"I call on both the protesters and the police to remain calm and not allow themselves to be drawn into a scenario for the survival of the government compromised by corruption and violence," Radev said in a televised address. "The protest is the only possible and justified civil action against the abduction of Bulgarian democracy."
"We will not resign after these excesses," parliament deputy Toma Bikov from Borisov's GERB party told parliament earlier.
"This would mean that every future government could be brought down by representatives of the criminal contingent," Bikov said.
Borisov has pledged to resign before his third term expires in March if lawmakers approve his call for the election of a grand national assembly tasked with voting on a new constitution.
In an attempt to appease protesters, he has also fired several key ministers.
The proposal for a new constitution has little chance of advancing as Borisov lacks the two-thirds majority in parliament needed to pass it. Critics view the constitutional changes as window dressing and an attempt to buy time to maintain power.
"The attempt to push through a ridiculous but status-friendly constitution with the power of money and under the cover of police shields is a criminal encroachment on the future of Bulgaria. These actions risk throwing the country into a long-term impasse," Radev said in his address.
Opinion polls show that more than 60 percent of Bulgarians support demands for Borisov and Geshev to resign and for immediate parliamentary elections to be called.
Rochester suspends 7 police officers over asphyxiation death of Daniel Prude
Peter Weber
September 4, 3:57 a.m
Mayor Lovely Warren suspended seven police officers Thursday for their involvement in the March death of Daniel Prude, a Black man with mental health problems. The case received little attention until Wednesday, when Prude's family showed footage from police body cameras obtained through public records requests. The video shows police putting a spit bag over Prude's head after he's handcuffed, then holding his face to the ground for two minutes, until he became responsive. Police, resending to a call from Prude's brother, found him running naked in the street.
Prude died after his family took him off life support, seven days after police held him to the ground with the bag over his head. The Monroe County Office of the Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide caused by "complications of asphyxia in the setting of physical restraint," with excited delirium and acute PCP intoxication as contributing factors. Prude's brother compared it to a "lynching."
Warren said she was unaware that police had been involved in Prude's death until Aug. 4, saying Police Chief La'Ron Singletary had portrayed it as a drug overdose. Prude "was failed by the police department, our mental health care system, our society, and he was failed by me," Warren said, also blaming "institutional and structural racism." She said she had suspended the officers with pay because of contract rules and suggested the police union might file suit anyway. "I understand that the union may sue the city for this. They shall feel free to do so."
Protesters gathered for a second night outside the police headquarters in Rochester, and the Rochester police again responded with tear gas and less-lethal pellets. New York Attorney General Leticia James said her office has been investigating Prude's death, and Singletary said his department is undertaking a related criminal and internal investigation of Prude's death.
Isaac Kappy is a name that has been floating around internet forums for the last few weeks after he accused actor Seth Green, amongst others, of being part of an underground Hollywood pedophilia ring, though he has since provided zero evidence to back up his claims. Over the past few days, he has been ramping up his social media posts to continue and accuse Green of being a child abuser, along with some big name Hollywood stars, some of which are just too unbelievable, including Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Stephen Colbert, Bill Clinton, and Claire Grant. However, the tables have turned on Kappy, who is reportedly now under investigation by the LAPD for allegedly choking Paris Jackson at a party, threatening gun violence on social media, and harassing Green and his wife.
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