Cop Breaks into Home with No Warrant & Kills An Unarmed Teen

[DEAD7]

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/co...een-judge-dismisses-case/#fh47MhDhsRiy65PU.01

After public outrage and legal proceedings, a judge has simply thrown out the indictment of Officer Richard Haste, who gunned down an unarmed teen, Ramarley Graham, inside his own home, without a warrant. Haste was facing manslaughter charges until the judge tossed the indictment.


Graham’s parents grieve at a rally for their son.

This story got a minuscule amount of coverage when compared to other stories from the MSM. Why is this story not in headlines, on TV’s and scrolling through ticker bars across the country like the Zimmerman Martin case?

The answer to that question is simple. The establishment will seldom point out their own failures and corruption. Also this case could have sparked a serious national conversation about police abuse of power, brutality, and corruption.

The media establishment and government rely on a technique of divide and conquer to rule you. The only divide this would have stoked would have been that between the people and the state; something incredibly healthy and necessary for society, but damning to the status quo.

 

[LA Fisher]

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

is this the story about the kid in the Bronx who ran from cops into his own apartment and hid in the bathroom?

 

[DEAD7]

is this the story about the kid in the Bronx who ran from cops into his own apartment and hid in the bathroom?

Ya, here is another link with more details.

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/201...m-cop-surrenders-face-manslaughter-indictment

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

Ya, here is another link with more details.

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/201...m-cop-surrenders-face-manslaughter-indictment

thanks for the link, i'm sure it will enlighten some heads including myself even though i'm aware of the case.

 

[88m3]

Ya, here is another link with more details.

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/201...m-cop-surrenders-face-manslaughter-indictment

 

[Crakface]

On what grounds was the case dismissed? The cop was a cac ?

 

[FaTaL]

 

[Calmye]

is this the story about the kid in the Bronx who ran from cops into his own apartment and hid in the bathroom?

Okay this changes everything.

 

[godkiller]

@Dead 7
What was the judge's justification?

 

[Serious]

@Type Username Here

 

[Primetime21]

Open season

 

[godkiller]

There judge dismissed the case based on faulty procedural quip that the DA had made a mistake in telling the jury that it could consider what fellow officers told the murderer before he shot the teen. Even if true, couldn't the judge order a retrial? Ask for a new jury? Once again a racist white cop gets away with murdering a black kid.

 

[godkiller]

"On Feb. 2, 2012, Haste and his partner pursued Martin from the street because they thought he was acting suspiciously.Without calling for back-up, the officers charged after him and onto private property without a search warrant.

I don't think the cops had due cause to follow him and likely did so because the kid was black. That's racial bias and profiling.

When the three stood before the toilet, Haste’s partner called out that the kid has a gun, so the Haste shot him down.

So there is nothing but hearsay "justifying" the kid's murder. The kid had no gun and posed no reasonable threat locked within his own bathroom. The cops had no right to enter the compound and could have called for backup besides.

 

[DEAD7]

A Bronx Grand Jury was convened and on June 11, 2012 and Haste was indicted on first and second-degree manslaughter charges. But in May, 2013 State Supreme Court Judge Steven Barrett dismissed the manslaughter charges against Haste on a technicality, ruling that the prosecution had not given proper instructions to the grand jury.

Over 100 people rallied when Barrett announced the ruling in and Graham’s family and allies continued to push for a second Grand Jury. Supporters included representatives of the Justice Committee, the Stop Mass Incarceration Network, The Campaign to End the New Jim Crow, Al Sharpton, John Liu and other local politicians.

“Police brutality is being pushed under the rug. If we don’t stand up and let the world know that we are not going to take it anymore, this could happen to other children. This is not just happening in New York. This is happening all over the world,” Malcolm told the Amsterdam News in May, 2013. “This incident happened in my house. No warrant. You mean to tell me that we are not even safe in our own houses anymore? He came into my house and murdered my son in front of my mother and my 7-year-old.”

Prosecutors finally, quietly announced in mid-July of 2013 that they would reconvene a grand jury to consider whether to re-indict Haste on Manslaughter charges and finally announced they would not on August 7, 2013.

In the wake of the well publicized and polarizing Trayvon Martin case, Ramarley’s has struck an even stronger chord in his Bronx community. “The not guilty verdict became the replay of the night Zimmerman took Trayvon's life," read an email from Malcolm in the wake of George Zimmerman being found not-guilty. "Please do not let this happened to Ramarley. Do not let Richard Haste walk free as did Zimmerman. Please continue to help us fight the fight. As you see, there is no justice but injustice."

Those displeased with the court’s most recent ruling have called for a August 8 Press Conference at 1 p.m. and Rally at 5 p.m. “to protest the grand jury decision to let NYPD Officer Richard Haste walk free,” according to an announcement from justicecommitte.org.

“Ramarley’s family and supporters worked tirelessly to ensure a new grand jury was convened. However, today this new grand jury failed to indict NYPD Richard Haste, in spite of the fact that Ramarley was unarmed and didn’t run. In spite of the fact Haste broke into his home and killed him in cold blood,” reads the announcement. “Tomorrow we will show our rage and demand a federal investigation into this case.”