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Boston cop suspended after racist outburst
BOSTON (AFP) – Boston police said they had suspended an officer for a racist email likely to renew tensions over the recent arrest of black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates.”Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis placed Officer Justin Barrett, 36, on administrative leave pending the outcome of a termination hearing,” a spokesman for the force told AFP in a statement.”Commissioner Davis was made aware of a correspondence with racist remarks and yesterday removed the officer of his gun and badge.”The email describes Gates, who was arrested and briefly detained earlier this month at Harvard, near Boston, as a “banana-eating …Read more […..]
Lawmakers to propose ban on driving while texting
A great start! About time that this is addressed…. How many times have you been right behind someone who is texting–or talking on the phone for that matter– and they are in the left lane driving sloooow. You are on their butt and then after what seems forever they see you in their mirror and get mad that you are on their a$$. Getting out of hand. Will be interesting how this is handled in court. I can see it now, attorneys trying to say that their clients were not texting and that the officer made it up, was racial profiling, or whatever else they can conjure up. And, will officers be able to confiscate phones to prove …Read more […..]
Video from Kansas City Police Crash Released
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Video of a Highway 71 crash that injured two police officers was released on Tuesday.On Sunday, the officers were in a police cruiser headed west on Gregory Boulevard when another car heading south on Highway 71 crashed into them.The officers were responding to an emergency call at the time. Police dashboard video showed that the cruiser’s lights and sirens were sounding before they were hit.At the intersection of Highway 71, the cruiser goes through one red light and is approaching the second one when the collision happens.”You could hear it — you could see stuff flying from the car,” witness Aretha Raglon …Read more […..]
Detective Shaved Longcock: Just Released – Texting while driving – Your 23 TIMES (23X) more likely to be in an accident
Detective Shaved Longcock: Just Released – Texting while driving – Your 23 TIMES (23X) more likely to be in an accident
Controversial Barack Obama Friend Henry Louis Gates, Jr Rants about "Racist White Institutions"
He doesn’t have an axe to grind does he?? CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO:1999) — Harvard professor Gates goes on a rant against Newt Gingrich, the state of North Carolina and “racist historically white institutions in America.”
Mass. police heard calling Gates uncooperative
I don’t think anything is going to change some people’s minds from what I have been seeing on TV. Pretty pathetic in my opinion.CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A Cambridge police sergeant who responded to a 911 call about a possible break-in at the home of black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. told dispatchers that Gates was being uncooperative and to “keep the cars coming.”Another voice can be heard in the background of the transmission, but it is unintelligible and unclear if it is Gates.Cambridge police released recordings of police radio transmissions and of the 911 call Monday following more than a week of controversy …Read more […..]
3 Kilos of Cocaine Found During Georgia Traffic Stop
EMERSON, Ga. –Police in the Bartow County town of Emerson believe a routine traffic stop helped them intercept a large shipment of cocaine headed for Cobb County. It was a comedy of errors on the suspect’s part that helped officers discover the shipment of cocaine hidden in the car.It started as a simple traffic stop for Emerson Officer Kyle Teems. The black Chevy was doing 91 MPH in a 70 MPH zone — but it quickly went downhill.”It looked suspicious, they were coming from Tennessee and they didn’t have any type of identification on them. So we asked for consent to search and then found the illegal contraband in the trunk,” …Read more […..]