Policing With A Straight Jacket On.

In the wake of the George Floyd murder by Minneapolis police “officer,” Derek Chauvin, and three of his fellow officers, police in America are now forced to perform their duties under a microscope and flashing floodlights from cellphone cameras.

It was about 10:42 p.m. on Friday when Atlanta police officer Devin Brosnan made contact with Rayshard Brooks in a Wendy’s drive-thru. Brosnan was responding to a 911 call, from employees, about a man sleeping in his car in the drive-thru.

After waking up Brooks, Officer Brosnan eventually got Brooks to move his car into a parking space — away from the drive-thru. Brooks’ condition of inebriation led Brosnan to call, at 10:50 p.m. for a backup certified DUI officer to perform a field sobriety test on Brooks.

A polite and casual conversation

At about 10:56 p.m. in steps Officer Garrett Rolfe with an air of professional trepidation to question Brooks and to administer the DAT. At 10:57 p.m. Rolfe introduced himself to Brooks. Upon questioning Brooks, Rolfe discovered that he was disoriented and clueless as to where he was.

Officer Rolfe continued his line of questioning, and Brooks told Rolfe that his girlfriend dropped him off at the Wendy’s in a black Volvo, even though he was in possession of a white rental car.

During questioning, to bolster the fact that he was “drunk” Brooks turned to Officer Brosnan, and asked, “Did I pull you over in the drive-thru line?”

After seven minutes of interrogation, at about 11:04 p.pm. Officer Rolfe initiated his official DUI test of Mr. Brooks. The DUI test was long and dizzying; it lasted for roughly 19 minutes and consisted of feats that possibly a sober person would fail. At 11:22 p.m., Rolfe gave Brooks a “Breath” test that registered Brooks’ alcohol level as above the legal limit. Officer Rolfe then advised Mr. Brooks, “I think you’ve had too much to drink.”

At 11:23:23, Officer Rolfe and Brosnan attempted to put Brooks in handcuffs, a struggle ensued. During the fight for property and life, Mr. Brooks stole Rolfe’s taser and pushed both officers aside like they were paper tigers — Brooks then made his escape on foot. Rolfe and Brosnan gave chase on foot.

While the foot chase was in progress, at 11:24:01 p.m. Brooks turned and fired the stolen taser at Rolfe. At 11:24:02 p.m., Rolfe pulled his service weapon and fired three shots within one second — one bullet hit Brooks in his buttocks, and one penetrated his back — the third bullet is still unaccounted for.

At about 11:30 p.m. arriving officers gave their condolences to Officer Rolfe and advised him not to talk to anyone, “Not even the Mother F&%#King supervisors. Soon after that, Rolfe asked a superior officer on the scene, “Is it cool if I call my Rep?” Yes.

At 11:37 p.m., a Sergeant call the union and advised, “I have an officer-involved shooting, I need a Rep for two officers — at 125 University at the Wendy’s.”

Soon after, a white shirt approached Rolfe and asked, “Are you alright?” ” He answered in the affirmative. “Yeah, I’m ok.” White shite responded, “Good, good, good. We gon’ take care of you, bruh. I’m just glad you’re alright.. that my biggest concern.” He continued, “You talk to your wife?” You talk to your family about it?” Rolfe said, “No.” White shirt: ok. We hope to get that cleared up. Anything you need from me, just let me know.” With that said, the burly black man in the white shirt walked away.

About 11:50 p.m., a big burly black officer and another officer approached Rolfe — at which time Rolfe asked, “How was Mr. Brooks doing?”

Staff Writer: Clinton Franklin

Marching Like Toy Soldiers With Paintball Guns

A cadre of scared, under-educated, overwhelmed, bedeviled and baffled Buffalo police squad pushed an older man to the ground and split the back of his head open. With blood gushing from the backend of his head unto the pavement on which the policemen and policewomen marched — they walked past the severely injured man without the slightest inclination or instinct to render aid.

After the man fell, one of the culprits began to stoop to render assistance but his supervisor quickly ordered him to leave the man on the ground to bleed out.

This is what America has become, or is it what it’s always been?

The elderly man pushed to the ground has been identified as Martin Gugino, a long time peace and human rights activist. On Tuesday, President Trump tweeted that Gugino may have been an operative from the radical left-wing group ANTIFA. Trump’s tweet came after watching a “news” report on the right-leaning television station OANN — that flaunted the ANTIFA theory.

Here is the actual Tweet from the President: “Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75-year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to blackout the equipment. @OANN I watched, he fell harder than was pushed. Was aiming scanner. Could it be set up?”

Gugino is a member of the non-profit organization PUSH which advocates for housing for the homeless and the poor.

There are some among us who are too willing to use unnecessary violence on peaceful Americans protesters.

In 1970 the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a group of students protesting the escalation of the Vietnam war peacefully. Thirteen of those student protesters got shot — four fatally. The Kent State massacre, as it’s come to be known, was unprovoked.

These heartless acts of police violence against civilians force wonderment into the mind and fill the heart with questions.

Do these police “officers” after work actually go home to families? Are any of them married with children? Were any of them raised in a loving home? At night, do they cuddle up to reptiles, hardback coldblooded alligators, and snakes? Or do they crawl under rocks to hide from light? How do they live and what kind of persons could live with them?

Due to the callous behavior of the “officers,” It gives the impression that those police officers on the scene, at the time of the incident, aren’t closely associated with warm-blooded persons.

Martin Gugino remains in the hospital in stable condition, after spending four days in ICU.

Doctors say Mr. Gugino is expected to recover.

Staff Writer: Clinton Franklin

Forced To Fire: Police Under A Microscope.

Atlanta police arrested a Pilgrim and a Messiah during Saturday night’s protest.

Their Chief Erica Shields fired a 21-year veteran police officer (Mark Gardner) and an 18-year Atlanta (APD) police officer Ivory Streeter. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said that after watching the footage from bodycams worn by the officers, she believed that firing two of the five officers involved in the rough arrest of Messiah Young and Taniyah Pilgrim was the right thing to do.

The other three officers involved in the incident were placed on desk duty pending the outcome of the investigation.

Excessive use of force

Police say that an officer was in the street conducting police business and conducting crowd control when Young drove towards them with a female passenger in his car — they signaled him to stop.

It appears that Messiah Young refused to comply; instead, he whips out his cellphone video camera. Several officers surrounded the car and ordered Young out of the vehicle. Officers broke the driver’s side window of Young’s car. At which time, he was tasered and dragged from the vehicle.

A female passenger in the car, Taniyah Pilgrim – a student at Spelman College, also refused to follow police commands and was forcibly removed from the vehicle.

Both Young and Pilgrim were taken into custody, and they were both later released from jail and charges against them were dropped.

At the press conference to announce the termination of officers Gardner and Streeter Mayor Bottoms said that officers are working long hours, and one of her officers had been run over by a protester driving an ATV.  Bottoms said officers are pelted with rocks and have had knives thrown at them, but that does not justify the rough arrest of the two young college students.

Altlanta Chief of Police Erica Shields apologized to the public and said after hours of reviewing body camera footage of the incident, she had only one option, and that was to terminate Gardner and Streeter.

Staff Writer: Clinton Franklin

From Billy the Kid to Sheriff Pat Garrett

On May 3, 1993, then 14-year-old Gregory Scott Tony shot and killed a man he said attacked him.

According to Tony, on the day of the incident, eighteen-year-old Hector Rodriguez and two other teenagers were standing in front of Tony’s house located at 2828 N. Hutchinson St. Philadelphia, Pa.

An argument erupted between the boys after two “crack heads” walked by the house.

Here’s where the story becomes murky. As the two strangers walked by, Rodrigues told Tony that the two “crackheads” were Tony’s family members.

Divergent narratives.

Gregory Tony reported that he told Rodriguez not to talk about his family like that. At which time the boys argued, Rodriguez pulled a gun and chased Tony and his brother into his house. Shortly after that, Tony retrieved his fathers’ gun and shot Rodriguez down in front of Tony’s house.

But according to the girlfriend and baby momma of Rodriguez (Maritza Carrasquillo), who was at work at a nearby McDonald when the shooting took place — Rodriguez did not have a gun.

Tony said he felt afraid for his and his family’s life and acted in self-defense.

Tony was tried as a juvenile and was found “Not Guilty.” The file to his case was sealed by the judge/courts.

After high school, Tony went on to join the military, studied Criminal Justice and Criminology at Nova Southeastern University, and Florida State University.

In January 2019, Tony was appointed, by Governor Ron DeSantis to lead the Broward Sheriff Department.

Sheriff Tony makes an annual salary of $189,000. He is running for reelection in 2020 against former Sheriff Scott Israel, who was booted from office for incompetence by Desantis.

So far, Tony has raised about $158,000 in monetary and in-kind contributions, and Scott Israel has raised $135,000. Basketball legend Shaq O’Neil has donated $10,000 to Tony’s election efforts.

Staff Writer: Clinton Franklin