Posted on 07/07/2011 6:07:34 AM PDT by tutstar
A small town in Arizona is suddenly a YouTube sensation after a town-hall meeting devolved into a physical clash as a woman was forcibly removed from speaking during the public portion of the event.
Jennifer "Jade" Jones, 45, of Quartzsite, Ariz., was taken into custody by local police at the behest of Quartzsite councilmembers, over the objections of the mayor, who pleaded with officers not to remove the woman.
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That was cold-blooded murder. Man ambles across street crosswalk, completely peaceful demeanor and stride.
Cop exits vehicle, aggressively strides to corner, yells at pedestrian “Hey! Hey! Drop that knife!”. Off camera, on mic. Less than nine seconds later shots
The pedestrian was walking a normal pace, 9 seconds is only about twelve steps. Twelve steps from when the cop BEHIND him first yells “Hey”.
Cold-blooded murder.
I agree.
Is there a statute of limitations on murder?
So the big dog in that small town would presumably be that councilman at the end of the table.
It is not uncommon for the Police Chief and cops of a small town to best buddy up with the big dog and his inner circle. I've seen it. In my town it went on until one day the big dog was found by the Chief under his tractor's wheels, crushed. Evidently the big dog had been trying to extricate a root from the furrowing rig and the tractor rolled back on him. Another story is that the Chief saw him struggling with the root and offered to help by operating the tractor, but inadvertently put it in reverse instead of forward, accidentally crushing the man.
A few years later the Chief was caught cheating on his wife and someother expense account malarky. He was told take early retirement or be fired. I regret that the councilpeople in my town did not have the honor to fire the bad Chief. Why was he bad? He looked for ways for the police force to harass the families of political opponents and the weak and to protect the families of allies when they did wrong.
But in so doing he made the weak strong and he and the big dog's old inner circle came to be uprooted.
Thanks for the info on your local government experience.
There is more to this than what is seen in the video.
Justice delay can be justice denied.
Wow, that’s a near totally dysfunctional city government.
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial ...Today's trial process are way too long, partly because jurors acted like lynch mobs in too many cases. Under the ideals of the Founders "Justice" didn't mean someone got the noose because someone else was murdered.
Under those IDEALS, which are great, it is more likely that a murderer would walk free, because in many cases there is only circumstantial evidence, or unreliable witnesses.
That's NOT enough to get beyond "reasonable doubt".
To get beyond reasonable doubt you need reliable DIRECT witnesses. In terms of evidence, you need a whole lot. A lot more than has been presented in most murder trials I remember.
But the Founders understood JUSTICE better. In the end Justice is in the realm of the Divine. Men can only do their best, and be utterly honest, in pursuing it.
No murderer ever really walks free, G-d has taken account and that account will be settled.
In this case the injustice is that until that cop is tried for the murder, the possibility of that charge coming up later will ever hang over him and hobble him, and prevent his soul's desire for Justice in this world--for a SPEEDY trial resolution in this world of men, from being settled. It is like an open sore on his soul.
It's the same for those close to the murdered man. Their souls too cry for a settling of the accounts of Justice.
Such open sores of trials not held by a society are festering wounds to the society. Better to have a trial and have the officer walk. That partially heals the social wound, even if he did do the murder.
Even though, like I said, it looks like it was cold blooded murder to me.
Not that I know of. But who is going to charge the man? The police are not interested in doing so.
Its remarkable how quickly the officer killed that man. Just stunning.
Not that I know of. But who is going to charge the man? The police are not interested in doing so.
Its remarkable how quickly the officer killed that man. Just stunning.
Big fat law suit coming right up.
If the Mayor does not make the police officers pay legally and fire them for this show of police political activism, he and other politicans and citizens they don’t like, will end up in graves. Mexico has crossed the border. The more they get away with their crime, the more aggressive their crime will become.
If the Mayor was in charge of this meeting, and he permitted her to speak and did not permit the objecters to vote on ending her “rant”, there is no excuse to be made for this show from the police. It does not matter if you agree with her or not; you don’t want the police serving as political hit men for their politicans.
I hope the Mayor, the speaker and the people of the city makes them pay and pay and pay. False arrest for political purposes in a political meeting, is not a great thing for America - Mexico, Soviet Union or Cuba maybe.
We really don’t want a “diverse” Mexican police situation developing here. They will “progress” to more than just arresting their political enemies.
You are assuming that the officer involved has a soul, the actions of some people lead me to believe that they either have no soul or it is damaged beyond repair by any one other than God.
It was very foolish, and may subject the city to civil suit, but it was not a criminal act.
Let's stop blowing things up our of proportion.
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