Oh I forgot to say that I had not seen OH's post and did not realize you were responding to that.
Thank you for taking the time to explain.
I appreciate it and hope you are doing well
My hope is that even if we disagree on different things, we can
be friends.
Dee
Thank you Mike, yes I am afraid. I do feel as if all of these things that are happening are affecting my thinking and others. Everyone seems so tense
It is a very uncertain time.
I worry for our future and the future of our children and their children.
I think it's affecting a lot of us.
These are strange and frightening times.
Dear Ricky, I just wanted to say hello. I apologize for my reaction to your responses on the post about the man that was shot.
I think watching the news and all of the horror has influenced how I am interacting with others.
In fact, last night, as my husband was yelling at the TV I asked if we could stop watching all of this as it is affecting me in ways I can't explain.
I am sorry.
Dee
Ricky, I love you however I don't understand your last two messages. Do I need some lactulose or do you? I admit your messages have confused me so maybe it is me.
When was it decided that lives no longer matter?
What does a person's past have to do with being shot while selling CDs and not attacking anyone ?
I don't care how long your record is, unless the police officer is in physical danger, they have no right to shoot first and ask questions later.
"I blame the Judicial System."
I agree 100%.
Live by The Sword, You Die The Sword.
If his arrest record. Posted above, was read, It’s obvious which path he chose.
I blame the Judicial System. If they had done their Job, he would be alive today. He would be in Prison (where he should have been) but he would still be alive.
The NAACP, ACLU, and BLM should be demonstrating at The Court House.
I can say, I’m Proud of the way The Family, The Local Churches, and The entire Baton Rouge Community is dealing with this. They have made it clear that no violence will be tolerated.
The City of B.R. turned The Investigation over to the FBI the next day. Things
may change when they finish their investigation. They have the surveillance footage from the store, that supposly has the entire conflict from another angle on it
Officers in Baton Rouge shooting had previous complaints
BATON ROUGE, La. - Four previous "use of force" complaints were lodged against the two white police officers in the video-recorded shooting death of a black man and they were cleared in all of them, according to internal affairs documents released Thursday.
The complaints included three black men and a black juvenile. One of the men was shot when police said he pointed a gun at them and the others were injured during arrests and a police pursuit in a vehicle.
The documents were released a day after the Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation into the shooting of 37-year-old Alton Sterling, who was killed by police during an altercation outside of a convenience store where he was selling CDs. Police say he was armed and an eyewitness said he had a gun in his pocket.
Sterling was a convicted felon, which would have barred him from legally carrying a gun, according to court records.
Cellphone video of his shooting was posted online and set off angry protests in this city of about 229,000, where 54 percent of the population is black and more than 25 percent live in poverty.
The officers involved are Blane Salamoni, a four-year member of the department, and Howie Lake II, who has been on the force for three years. Each had two prior "use of force" complaints.
Lake was involved in a police shooting in December 2014 when a black man refused to drop his gun, threatened to kill himself and pointed his revolver at officers. The man was wounded by police.
He also injured a combative black juvenile when they went to the ground during a struggle on April 19, 2014, according to documents. The juvenile cut his chin.
Salamoni's complaints involved punching a black man on Aug. 5, 2015, when he tried to grab the officer's stun gun and a vehicle pursuit on June 17, 2015, in which a black man was injured when he crashed into a retaining wall.
Separately, Salamoni was issued a letter of caution for his involvement in a "preventable crash" on June 13, 2012.
OFFICER'S FAMILY
Salamoni's father, Noel Salamoni, is a Baton Rouge police captain and one of six commanders directly under Chief Carl Dabadie. Once president of the local police union, Noel Salamoni was a finalist for chief in 2013, losing out to Dabadie.
His mother, Melissa Salamoni, retired in June as a Baton Rouge police captain after 32 years on the force. She was hailed on the department's Facebook page as a trailblazer, commanding multiple investigative units and serving as the first woman chief of staff. She collected 20 career commendations.
Blane Salmoni's wife, Allison, was named 2016 emergency medical technician of the year in Louisiana by Acadian Ambulance, a private ambulance company.
STERLING'S CRIMINAL RECORD
Sterling pleaded guilty in 2011 to being a felon in possession of a firearm and illegally carrying a weapon. A judge in Baton Rouge sentenced him to five years in prison, giving him credit for time served.
Court records show Sterling also was arrested in May 2009 after an officer confronted him outside a store where he was selling CDs. It was a different store than the one where he was killed.
According to a police report, Sterling tried to reach into his pocket when the officer was frisking him, ignored the officer's commands to keep his hands on a police vehicle and tried to run away, a police report said.
"I then grabbed the defendant by the back of his shirt and pushed him to the ground (giving) out loud verbal commands to stop resisting," the officer wrote.
A gun fell from Sterling's waistband while the officer was "wrestling" with him. Other officers arrived and helped arrest him.
THE INVESTIGATION
A group of community and faith-based leaders called Together Baton Rouge asked the Justice Department to widen the scope of its investigation, saying it should include possible criminal violations such as battery, assault with a deadly weapon, negligent homicide and manslaughter.
Richard Carbo, spokesman for Gov. John Bel Edwards, said the U.S. attorney's office in Baton Rouge will look into not only whether civil rights were violated, but also any other violations of state and federal law.
If they find any violation of state laws, the U.S. attorney's office will refer it back to the local district attorney for prosecution.
After meeting with the U.S. attorney's office to get an update on the probe, the Democrat put out a statement saying: "The people of Baton Rouge and across Louisiana should have no doubt that a thorough and impartial investigation is taking place as we speak."
At an evening vigil for Sterling, the governor thanked residents of the city for remaining peaceful and promised to make improving law enforcement a priority.
"So now is not only a time to grieve but also talk and, more importantly, to listen to one another," he said.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/officers-in-baton-rouge-shooting-had-previous-complaints/
Obviously he needed killing.
The case was then re-sentenced, and Sterling, who had pleaded guilty, was sentenced instead to 2.5 years of hard labor in the Louisiana prison system.
The court file said he was accused of not registering as a sex offender or notifying authorities of his change of address, requirements of the law.
Alton Sterling Was Convicted Of Illegally Carrying a Gun & Other Weapons Offenses & Was Charged With Drug Dealing
Alton Sterling was accused of intending to distribute, produce, or manufacture marijuana, court records show. In conjunction with the same charge, he was convicted of “knowingly and intentionally possessing a firearm while in possession of a controlled dangerous substance.” The drug charge was dismissed when he entered a guilty plea, the court records show.
In 2011, Alton Sterling was sentenced to 5 years of hard labor in the Louisiana prison system concurrent with any other sentence.
In another probable cause affidavit, an officer, Corporal Paul Lockett, wrote that he was dispatched to a report of suspects trespassing at a home, where they had kicked in the front door and threatened the victim and her husband with a gun. In a probable cause affidavit accusing Sterling of burglary, the victim said that her door was kicked in and suspects presented several guns and made verbal threats.
In a sheriff’s affidavit on another date, Sterling was accused of breaking into a woman’s apartment by making a hole in the wall, and then trying to sell her goldfish for $20.
Sterling was also accused of possessing ecstasy and marijuana in different cases, the court file says.
Alton Sterling Has a Long Criminal History of Batteries Including Domestic Violence Battery & Was Charged With Committing Battery With a Dangerous Weapon
The court file says that Alton Sterling was convicted of domestic battery in 2008 against a member of his own household. Heavy.com is withholding the victim’s name. According to the court file, Sterling also pleaded guilty in this offense, which occurred on March 11, 2008. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail, with credit for time served.
In a 2008 domestic violence battery case, the probable cause statement says that Sterling and her girlfriend were involved in a “heated verbal argument that turned physical” because he was on the phone with a female. The girlfriend said she told Sterling to leave the car but he wouldn’t, so he choked and struck her, the probable cause statement said. The statement said that Sterling denied physically harming the woman and told police she had grabbed his dreadlocks. The probable cause statement said red bruising was observed on the victim’s neck.
In a separate case in 2006, Sterling was charged with two other people in a case involving a battery with a dangerous weapon. According to the court file, he was charged with aggravated battery, simple criminal damage to property, and unauthorized entry to an uninhabited dwelling. Again, Sterling entered a plea deal. In it, charges were amended to disturbing the peace, simple battery, and simple criminal damage to property. He was sentenced to spend 6 months in prison for each count, served concurrently (which means at the same time).
In another case, Sterling was charged with a property crime: Simple burglary. Court records say he pleaded guilty in the May 2005 offense, which was amended to illegally possessing stolen property, a misdemeanor. He received 6 months in prison, but the sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation.
In 1996, court records show, he was charge with another simple battery case, but it was dismissed.
In another domestic violence battery case, the charging document says that a girlfriend of Sterling’s said she was battered at a Mobil station and that “she and the defendant have been involved in several physical confrontations” and that she “had been battered during their relationship.”
In yet another case, Sterling was accused of entering a man’s house and demanding money. He then pushed and shoved the man, “tearing up furniture” and then others arrived to help destroy items, including appliances, the court affidavit says. The court record says that a police officer stopped Sterling, who said he had “tore up the apartment” because the victim had stolen his money. He gave his name as “Otis Deesnuts” and made a reference to a killing and having a barbecue, court records say.
Read more about Sterling at the link below:
Possession