Miami-area Police Used Black Men's Mug Shots for Target Practice

newsmax ^ | Jan. 16, 2015 | Melissa Clyne

[PROCON]

The North Miami Beach Police Department is denying accusations of racial profiling for using mug shots of black men during target practice for their snipers, NBC South Florida reports.

"Our policies were not violated," Chief J. Scott Dennis said. "There is no discipline forthcoming from the individuals who were involved with this."

When a National Guard unit arrived at a Medley, Florida, shooting range for its annual weapons qualifications training, one of its members was shocked to see that five bullet-riddled mug shots of black men left behind included her brother, from his arrest 15 years earlier in connection to a drag race that left two people dead.

The North Miami Beach Police Department snipers uses the same shooting range as the Guardsmen.

National Guard Sgt. Valerie Deant got very upset and phoned her brother, Woody Deant, to tell him he was being used for police target practice.

[PROCON]

"The picture actually has like bullet holes," Woody Deant said. "One in my forehead and one in my eye. … I was speechless."

Well, why don't you like lighten up and like quit watching Al Sharpton speeches.

The Deant family has contacted a lawyer, Andell Brown.

Any relation to the Ferguson Brown family?

[V_TWIN]

“The Deant family has contacted a lawyer, Andell Brown.”

FOR WHAT???

[Terry L Smith]

Come on down to Louisiana!

There is no shortage of criminal photos from the daily newspapers that end up, somehow, in the firing rage trash cans, with mysterious holes appearing on them. And the same goes for all the johnny jihad pictures, with the samee strange holes. Just a happy snapshot of diversity!

[Blood of Tyrants]

Money. They think that they can make a quick buck from a lawsuit that “damaged them emotionally”.

[jimbug]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with realistic training methods. Realism, at its root, is defined as reality, and that my friends is what we have to deal with.

[caww]

Miami-area Police Used Black Men’s Mug Shots for Target Practice ..

So what! They’ve made it so people could care less.

[556x45]

No problem as long as the guy is free to use pics of police for his target practice.

[defconw]

Apparently defacing pictures of black people is cause for alarm. Oh and Arabs as well. I thought civilization moved forward with each generation? Seems some people are getting stupider. Pity.

[jdsteel]

It’s OK to use white folks pictures for target practice, but not black folks pictures it seems. Isn’t that racism????

[Crazieman]

White and Hispanic males' photographs are also used, he added.

[SampleMan]

I see a lot of this sort of thing. Its endemic to the system.

[PROCON]

I wonder if Rev. Al has heard about this?

Mugshot, don't shoot!

[Leo Carpathian]

Eggscelent use of resources, recycling.
Or is it Sharptonsist to discard old pictures if they show black criminals???

[RedStateRocker]

If someone was using my picture for target practice.... just don’t be too close when they start their car.

[V_TWIN]

“Our policies were not violated,” Chief J. Scott Dennis said. “There is no discipline forthcoming from the individuals who were involved with this.”

I hope the chief stands his ground but Miami being so lib....I doubt it. Glad I live in North Fla. where it’s a little more right leaning.

[Tupelo]

Beats the hell out of silhouettes and much more realistic.
In the history of the world NO silhouette has ever shot a cop.

[Old Sarge]

As opposed to using pregnant white girls as targets?

[Lurker]

“National Guard Sgt. Valerie Deant got very upset and phoned her brother, Woody Deant, to tell him he was being used for police target practice.”

I’ll bet Woody keeps his ass on the straight and narrow.

L

[G-Bear]

“Train like you fight, fight like you train.”

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Only the feral government is allowed to do that!