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[VIDEO] Pitbull Shot By Cops in East Village
The pitbull breed is notorious for being protective of their owners, but this time, it led to a dog being shot by police. Star, a pitbull mix, was by her owner, Lech Stankiewicz’s, side while he was having seizures in the middle of the street. Not that this matters, but I do feel people should be aware that this has happened before to Lech and was suspected to have a connection with his drug use and overdosing.
Johnny Rodriguez, who was visiting the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary nearby, said he and three other people alerted nearby police officers that the owner of the dog was in danger of being hit by traffic. “He was having a seizure, I saw him lying down on the ground and his head was twitching and shaking.” The two officers who responded called for backup (“I guess they didn’t have the training or something”) and the dog began growling as officers approached the man.
“I told one of the cops, ‘Hey, that dog is growling, be careful,’ because they were getting pretty close,” Rodriguez says. “I used to have a pit bull and that’s just how they are, they protect their owners.” Rodriguez thought that one woman had placed herself too closely behind the man as she was observing what was happening. “It grabbed her pants, but it didn’t bite her, then the dog starts running at the cop.”
Contrary to previous reports, Rodriguez, who lives in Bay Ridge, says that police used mace only after the dog was shot. “If they used it, I didn’t see it, I was there the whole time though.”
Star is still alive and is safe at the Animal Care & Control facility on East 110th Street. It will be further investigated as to how she behaves, once she’s had a full recovery. Right now, they’re currently trying to locate Star’s owner, Lech, but have been unsuccessful in doing so. What’s weird to me, is he was unconscious on the ground, they shot his dog, and then failed to go back and tend to the man? They have no idea where he went? That’s ridiculous ha.
I’m not quite sure if I can side with the police or not, mainly because I wasn’t in that situation. For me, seeing a dog get shot is more emotionally difficult to handle than seeing a person get shot. Don’t ask me why, but I assume it has something to do with my mother being the same way. Regardless, I do value human lives and wouldn’t want to see someone die because they refused to fight the animal first.
The Local East Village spoke to friends of the dog’s owner, who police identify as Lech Stankiewicz, and they said that Star has a history of being overprotective of Stankiewicz.
“Most of us figured out that when he’s passed out, whether he’s overdosing or not, leave him alone,” the friend, Brandon Verna, said. “If he’s going to die, call an ambulance and have them deal with it because no one wants to get bitten.”
I love pitbulls and all they have to offer. I am also afraid of pitbulls and all that can accomplish. Just like any dog, some are nice and some aren’t, some are trained well and others weren’t. But pitbulls are protectors, and because of that, they get a bad rap sometimes and people mistake their devotedness as aggression. I think I would have found this easier to digest if they had immediately tended to the unconscious man after the dog was no longer was an issue.
What do you think?
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[UPDATE] Killer Has Been Identified, As Well As Possible Motive: Shooting At Oakland, CA Christian Univeristy
UPDATE: April 3rd, 2012 @ 12:00 PM – The shooter is being identified (allegedly) as 43-year-old, One L. Goh. According to some, he was often made fun of for his poor English speaking skills. As far as the authorites believe, Goh was looking for a former female administrator that had expelled him from Oikos University, earlier in the year. After realizing that she wasn’t there he went into an acupuncture room and told the students to “Get in line and I’m going to kill you all.” Although he has surrendered and been cooperative, he seems to be lacking remorse. It is believed that the death of his mother, brother and being expelled along with debt piling up, is the possible motive.
UPDATE: April 2nd, 2012 at 4:05 PM – 7 people are being confirmed dead after the shooting that took place this morning. The suspect has also been identified as a man in his 40′s and has been taken into custody by police. Along with the seven fatally shot, 3 other people were wounded as well. Pastor Jong Kim, the University’s founder, did verify that the suspect was enrolled at the school as a nursing student, but was no longer enrolled.
Although it hasn’t been verified yet, it is assumed that at least five people are dead after a man opened fire at Oikos University, a Christian school in Oakland, California at 10:30 this morning. Police are not letting people know how many are dead and/or wounded, but from the aerial shots, 5 bodies can be seen with sheets covering them.
Police described the suspect as an Asian male, 5-foot-9, wearing tan pants, according ABC station KGO-TV in San Francisco.
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[VIDEO] Cops Shoot Suspect Armed With Crowbar 10 Times…
MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (KABC) — A suspect armed with a crowbar was shot outside of a Carl’s Jr. restaurant in Monterey Park on Monday morning. Authorities say the incident began with the suspect breaking windows at Carl’s Jr. in the 1200 block of Avenida Cesar Chavez just before 9:30 a.m. The suspect then walked inside, while workers and customers ran outside. Police arrived as the suspect was exiting the fast-food restaurant. After repeatedly telling the suspect to drop the weapon, the suspect was Tasered. Police said the Taser was ineffective, and the suspect swung the three-foot metal bar at officers twice. At least one officer opened fire on the suspect. The suspect was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. No one else was injured in the incident. The officer-involved shooting is under investigation.
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Help Police Find ‘Molly’: Best Article Ever
Port Orange police issued an Amber Alerttoday when a young girl by the name of “Molly” went missing at Orlando’s first annual electronic music festival, Electric Daisy Carnival.
Suspicions began when multiple festival goers kept receiving questions concerning the location of a supposed girl named “Molly,” but no one knew where the alleged missing youth could be located.
After witnessing suspicious individuals with questionable character inquiring as to the location of “Molly,” one such reveler, DJ Fresh N’ CLean realized that something wasn’t right and made the 911 call.
“I don’t know if these people want to hurt or help her,” Mr. CLean said worryingly, “I just want to get this girl back to her family.”
It wasn’t long before police and carnival staff became involved with the scenario.
“We’ve really been touched by the sense of community the festival has embraced.” said head of security Daryl Jones, “People, not even related to Molly, have been searching high and low for this poor little girl.”
“Molly’s my life… my everything,” said Darren Huckerbee, a festival goer and political activist. “I just… I just don’t know what I would do without her, you know?”
The police department made a statement today that they are doing everything in their power to find Molly and that all concerned people should rest assured the police department and festival security are doing everything they can to resolve the issue.
The search so far, however, has been befuddled by many false leads who may be seeking little more than media attention. Investigative journalists of the Fancy tried futilely to find more clues as to the identity of “Molly”, but came up with few answers, as many of the youths who claimed to have some connection to “Molly” were only able to provide esoteric and often obscure hints at how to identify her.
Starchild Gift-Bringer, the alias of dred-locked, glow-painted, Veronica Shanvitzky, a Philosophy Major at the University of Central Florida, stated that, “Molly is a genuinely pure individual, she like, takes you… and introduces you to people… not with their names but with…. their auras. Yeah. Their auras.”
“Yeah man,” victoriously announced concert-goer and amateur Electronic Trance music enthusiast Rich ‘Fuckmonger’ Barry, “I found Molly, man. She right here with me right nowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Like… She taught me how to taste your voice, bro… and its chartreuse.”
Individuals immersed in the festivities have reacted with alarm and surprise to the authorities intense search for the missing party, citing that their interest in the case has been highly irregular. Dubstep music producer Hi-Fi Droppz was quoted as saying, “I think any of us could find Molly if we really wanted to, its just a matter of knowing where to look and reading the signs… the police will never find Molly with the way they are looking for [her] now”.
With the Electric Daisy Carnival ending today, The Central Florida Fancy fears that Molly may not be found in time, and authorities may have to wait until the crowds disperse to search for any clues as to the whereabouts of “Molly”, and can hopefully reunite her with her undoubtedly terrified family.
photo by 666isMONEY
Naked 60-Year-Old Woman Lays On Cars And Throws Watermelons In Bay Ridge
The naked woman is currently not being identified by police, even though she went on a rampage that attracted the attention of nearly 300 onlookers. Before the police were able to detain her, the elder woman had seen a sign that said “FREE” in the window of a Chinese restaurant and proceeded to go inside and collect her free food.
Unfortunately, though this woman was known around these parts, she usually just muttered to herself, clothes on and all. This time, she became so frantic when she heard that everything was not free and started to undress herself, screamed and started throwing things around.
“This old lady was trashing the place,” Noreen Monier, who owns a nearby store, told The Brooklyn paper. “I told her to stop and she threw a watermelon at me. She had superhuman strength. She said, ‘I’ll stop when I’m good and ready.’” She really had at the place, too. Reportedly picking up phones, answering calls and throwing money around.
She wasn’t done causing chaos and decided to continue on with her rampage. In fact, a grease fire was started and required the attention of the FDNY. This bitch went balls out and made a huge mess of the place. After she had finished with the restaurant, she decided to move the attention outside.
If you saw a naked 60-year-old woman running around throwing watermelons and screaming, what would you do? If you’re response is that you don’t want to see that, I don’t believe you. Reality television exists because people love to watch other people going crazy. It’s a fact. And that’s exactly what happened here. Many people outside began to egg her on.
“At one point, she even laid down on the hood of a black convertible, whose driver didn’t know what to do.” FInally, the police get her under control, but it took a lot of effort, as this report over on Animal makes clear:
“We couldn’t really make out what she was saying. Then she reached behind her back and unzipped her skirt, pulled down her underwear, kicked off her shoes, ripped off her top, unsnapped her bra and started parading around – still in the middle of the street!
She then jumped onto the hood of a car that was trying to get through the intersection and spread eagle on it! Then she slid off and ran into the chinese food restaurant and trashed the place!
Near the end of the ordeal, just before the police, ambulance and fire department came, she opened the cash register, pulled out all of the cash, put it on top of the oven and started a fire! The guy that owns the hardware store a few doors down ran and got a fire extinguisher to put it out. No one could get close to her to grab the one inside because she was throwing glass bottles at everyone from the coolers in the Chinese restaurant dining room! She was pretty strong too because she even broke away from the three police officers trying to restrain her!”
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[VIDEO] Occupy Cal Berkeley 11/9/11
Many students at Cal State University Berkeley were protesting and faced some brutality coming from the police which was, in my opinion, uncalled for. The administration on campus had said it would not tolerate these protests which led to the police even being involved in the first place. Having a campus like Berkeley not allow its students to protest in regards to issues they feel strongly about seems rather unethical.
The encampment, approved in a nearly unanimous general assembly vote by the protest’s participants, was formed to show solidarity with the national Occupy movement but focused on the increased privatization of the UC system, according to Amanda Armstrong, a UC Berkeley head steward for UAW Local 2865 — a union representing graduate student instructors — and organizer of the event.
This movement is not going to just end because the police are acting defensively, in fact, this is giving those protesters ammunition to keep fighting for their right and freedoms as citizens of the United States Of America. We live her and appreciate our freedoms, but we also have the right to speak up and have our voices heard when we don’t agree with the economical and political decisions being made by those in charge.
Sadly there were arrests in Berkeley, but this doesn’t come as a shock. Hopefully fewer people are hurt and more changes are made so we stop seeing our peers being jailed and injured because they want change in our country.
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[VIDEO] Man Attacks Stranger With Machete Inside A Restaurant And Caught On Camera
WARNING: Graphic Content
New Jersey cops were trying to find three suspects who attacked innocent bystanders the other night, and had to ultimately use FaceBook to assist them in finding their suspects. The three men were caught on camera attacking two different men at a chicken shack back in September.
Tyree Seegers, 22, turned himself in on Wednesday, just five days after the Paterson police department’s Cease Fire Unit posted surveillance video of the ruthless attacks on its Facebook page, CBS New York reported.
Police say he couldn’t hide after the footage went viral.
“We turned to Facebook for help,” Paterson Police Capt. Heriberto Rodriguez told CBS. “Seegers turned himself in because he felt all this pressure from everywhere.”
The other two suspects are Omar Villota, 22, and Johel Gomez, 20, who were seen int he video pistol-whipping the victim who is trying to flee the scene and avoid being targeted. Luckily Seegers only managed to hit the victim one time, and also maimed his own friend during this attack, almost severing his hand.
The fact that this incident occurred around 4am leads me to believe the three men were intoxicated, and it’s quite disturbing that this is what they choose to do on a night out. First of all, why the hell are you carrying around a goddamn machete? That’s not a weapon you use to protect yourself with, and certainly shouldn’t be operated by a drunk angry idiot like Seeger. Pathetic. Luckily, the victims weren’t too badly injured and survived this vicious attack.
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Brazilian Cops Stop Drug Smugglers By Crashing Into Their Plane
This is one of the most awesome things I have seen. Never before did I want to be an officer of the law, but this, has changed my mind. They not only get to carry machine guns, but they rammed their SUV into a fucking PLANE! Talk about gangster.
The YouTube upload is in obviously not in English, so here is the rough translation:
To prevent the escape of suspected illegal to transport cargo to Brazil, federal police of Ribeirão Preto (314 km from Sao Paulo) threw a car of the corporation against the plane that was used by the group. With the move, the agents of PF – who filmed the moment of approach – managed to prevent the airplane takes off.
The operation ended with the arrest of five suspects – including the pilot of the plane – and seizure of a cargo estimated at $200 thousand in notebooks, electronic surveillance equipment and a bicycle.
The products, which were placed in a van, probably came from Paraguay and would be marketed in the region of Ribeirao Preto, according to Federal Police (Google Translated)
One of the coolest drug busts captured on camera that I’ve seen, that’s for damn sure.
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[VIDEO] Marine Veteran Wounded With Rubber Bullet During The Raid On Occupy Oakland
The police decided (were told they had to remove the protesters) to go up against the brave men and women who were Occupying Oakland last night October 25th, 2011. They used tear gas and rubber bullets to clear the tent city that was full of Americans protesting Capitalism and the control that corporations have on all of us.
Officers had cleared the site of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators around 12 hours earlier in a dawn raid where at least 85 people were arrested.
Police gave repeated warnings to demonstrators to disperse from the entrance to Frank Ogawa Plaza in the Californian city before firing tear gas canisters into the crowd at 7:45pm on Tuesday evening.
While they were doing their job, their job is being controlled by the people these very citizens are protesting. The more you remove them and fight their peaceful protest, the more you are implying that what these people are doing is right. Hundreds, thousands, hell, millions, have come together to make a change to our government because the current system in place is not working. Many of us are suffering, unemployed, in debt, and unable to fix our problems while the 1% gains currency that is unimaginable to most American citizens.
Marine Veteran Scott Olsen, a Veterans for Peace member is the gentleman who is seen in the video bleeding from the head after being hit with a non-lethal bullet. This man was employed by and fought for this country, but is now being attacked by the men and women who he devoted his life for. He is dealing with a war in his own country and HE is seen as the enemy.
Instead of throwing tear gas or rubber bullets at the police dressed head to toe in riot gear, the protesters were armed with paint. The paint was thrown on officers to show their resistance to leaving the are that they had occupied in the hopes of protesting peacefully.
The number of protesters diminished with each round of tear gas. Police estimated that there were roughly 1,000 demonstrators at the first clash following the march.
About 200 remained after the final conflict around 11:15pm on Tuesday night – mostly young adults, some riding bicycles, protecting themselves from the noxious fumes with bandanas and scarves wrapped around their faces.
‘This movement is more than just the people versus the police,’ Mario Fernandez said on Tuesday night. ‘It’s about the people trying to have their rights to basic services. This crowd isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.’
City officials said that two officers were injured. At least five protesters were arrested and several others injured in the evening clashes. But city officials said 97 people were arrested in the Tuesday morning raid on the camp.
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[VIDEO] 100 Person Brawl In An Alabama Waffle House!
Waffle House fight suspect, Brandon Dequan Harper. Courtesy Tuscaloosa Police Department.
UPDATE (October 24th, 2011): Tuscaloosa police have arrested three individuals in connection with this incident. One suspect is a minor only 17 years of age, but the other two are 21-year-old Brandon Dequan Harper and 19-year-old Justin Darnell Harper. Both Harpers have been charged with disorderly conduct and are being held on a $300 bond.
Apparently the fight broke out due to a robbery case that had occurred in August 2011. The suspect (who should be laying low) saw the victim inside the waffle house and decided to initiate a conversation which obviously led to a fight.
Others have been identified and warrants have therefore been issued for their arrest. The identities of these men is thanks to tips to Crime Stoppers, and they are still asking for more information. In fact, they are even offering a cash reward for any information relating to this case.
Waffle House fight suspect, Justin Darnell Harper. Courtesy Tuscaloosa Police Department.
On Sunday morning at 2:34am, police were notified of a full on brawl at a Waffle House at the 3421 McFarland Blvd. East location in Tuscaloosa. Chairs were being thrown as 100 people found themselves in the midst of a full on brawl…in a fucking waffle house.
Although the fight started outside of the waffle house with tempers flared, it quickly gravitated into the restaurant where more and more individuals became involved. Police have not released information on whether or not any arrests have been made, but as time passes, more information will surely come to light. And once we hear more, we will most certainly update this story.
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