Baltimore County Police Fatally Shoot 23yo Woman - Page 11

Boreas · #**101** 10-04-2016, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Zeke

Meh.

She caused this and children are worse witnesses than drug addicts.

What it distills to is that her behavior got her shot.

"On her."

You're nothing if not consistent.

merrylander · #**102** 10-05-2016, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Boreas

Any other cops calling for it? Any members of the County Council?

I'm talking about racist cops, as exist in the surrounding jurisdictions.

AFAIK it was a member of the Sheriff's department (cop?) who exposed him. Who else could have known because he was not making those comments in public. The County Exec has called for his resignation. Maybe the WaPo and MSM does not report all of this but WJZ Ch 13 does all the local news so believe me it has had quite a lot of coverage. When we lived in Columbia there was quite a bit of intermingling, certainly with Florence and myself.

donquixote99 · #**103** 10-12-2016, 03:39 PM

Sheriff James Fitzgerald, accused of using racial epithets against Blacks and Jews, has resigned under pressure. The Howard County Maryland sheriff will step down Saturday.

http://newsone.com/3560258/racist-ma...nder-pressure/

Boreas · #**104** 10-12-2016, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by donquixote99

Sheriff James Fitzgerald, accused of using racial epithets against Blacks and Jews, has resigned under pressure. The Howard County Maryland sheriff will step down Saturday.

http://newsone.com/3560258/racist-ma...nder-pressure/

Good!!

bobabode · #**105** 10-12-2016, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by donquixote99

Sheriff James Fitzgerald, accused of using racial epithets against Blacks and Jews, has resigned under pressure. The Howard County Maryland sheriff will step down Saturday.

http://newsone.com/3560258/racist-ma...nder-pressure/

BAM!

That's the sound of the door hitting a bigot on his way out.

merrylander · #**106** 10-13-2016, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by donquixote99

Sheriff James Fitzgerald, accused of using racial epithets against Blacks and Jews, has resigned under pressure. The Howard County Maryland sheriff will step down Saturday.

http://newsone.com/3560258/racist-ma...nder-pressure/

The Leftenant who exposed him has been reinstated and given back pay.

donquixote99 · #**107** 10-13-2016, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by merrylander

The Leftenant who exposed him has been reinstated and given back pay.

Saw that. Excellent outcome.

donquixote99 · #**108** 02-25-2018, 07:50 AM

Jury awards total of 37 Million in wrongful death suit.

My question all along has been what led police to press attempts to forcibly arrest Korry Gates, and was doing so, among other things, reckless endangerment of her then-five-year-old son, a thing they had a duty to take extraordinary care not to do?

This story in the NY Daily News includes this summary of a defense statement from the trial:

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He told jurors two officers had tried to serve arrest warrants on Gaines and her fiance that day. When no one would open the apartment door, officers eventually kicked it in, jurors heard. He said the first officer who entered the apartment was "confronted with Korryn Gaines with a shotgun pointed right at him."

I have questions:

Was forcible entry to serve their warrant justified and legal?

The implication is that the 'shotgun point right at him' as he broke through the door justifies the shooting. Elided is the fact that the officers initially retreated without shots fired by anyone, and the shooting came hours later. So what justified the final ultimate shooting?

The jury also apparently had big questions, and rejected the defense's claim of justification.