unfortunately it's unlikely a prosecutor will alienate the police by charging this cop with murder. Maybe, just maybe if there is a huge amount of political pressure, he might get charged with manslaughter or negligent homicide, but I would not count on that either. More likely he will, at worst, be dismissed from the police force and get sued by the family. Hopefully the family gets huge settlements from the city (which should come directly from the law enforcement budget) and from the Cops involved.
The 22-year-old bystander who filmed Eric Garner’s fatal arrest was arrested Saturday on a charge of gun possession, Staten Live reports.
The man, Ramsey Orta, and a teenage woman, identified by police as Alba Lekaj, were arrested about 10 p.m. after leaving a hotel in Staten Island, N.Y., the report says.
The arrests came after officers from the 120th Precinct Narcotics Unit observed the pair leaving the hotel, which is known for drug activity, a New York Police Department spokeswoman told Staten Island Live. As the officers approached the pair for questioning, they reportedly saw Orta place an object in Lekaj's waistband, the spokeswoman told the news site.
The object was identified as “a loaded .25 caliber handgun that had been reported stolen in Michigan in 2007,†the report says. Officers also found marijuana in Lekaj’s possession, the report says.
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These guys are saints compared with Trinidad and guyana police.
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I think we can all agree on that.
Man it's messed up when we can't even trust the cops that swore to serve and protect us. They are supposed to be neighborhood heros, setting the example in patience and humility. Instead, some of the worst people in the world end up being cops. Crazy thing is, most people have no problem with him being killed because he is a minority.
