3 Alameda Officers are Charged w/Involuntary Manslaughter for Their Murder of Mario Gonzalez: Latino Man Hadn't Committed a Crime When White Cops Smothered Him to Death as He Begged for Life

From [HERE] The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office in California announced charges on Thursday against three City of Alameda police officers for involuntary manslaughter of detainee Mario Gonzalez.

The incident that ended in Mr. Gonzalez’s death began when the officers responded to a call that a man was loitering and behaving strangely in a public park on April 19, 2021.

Mr. Gonzalez was wandering at the edge of the park, near a row of houses - not harming anyone or any property. Body camera footage captured Officer McKinley approaching Mr. Gonzalez in a polite manner, asking him if he was Ok [racists and authorities are often very polite when they practice racism and/or deception or violence] Mr. Gonzalez spoke incoherently, standing near two shopping baskets of liquor bottles. [standing near baskets of booze isn’t a crime - but it made an impression on white ”journalists” at the NY Times who parrot whatever police tell them]

When a second officer arrived, the encounter escalated, as the men asked Mr. Gonzalez repeatedly for his name and identification. They grabbed his arms, and Mr. Gonzalez began to cry out. The officers brought him to the ground and held him there face down, a restraint technique that is known to pose a risk to a person’s ability to breathe. Gonzalez then died at the scene.

In other words, the police acted without the authority of a warrant and there was no basis for the stop or detention and there was no reasonable and articulable suspicion that Mario loitered or otherwise interfered with anyone or any property. As, such the white cops violated Mario’s so-called “4th Amendment rights” - if you believe in the existence of such things.

An initial investigation did not find any police misconduct. The autopsy pointed to methamphetamine as the cause of death, with stress from the restraint, obesity and alcoholism as contributing factors. But the District Attorney’s Office reopened the case later, and a second autopsy pointed to asphyxiation from the restraint as the cause of death.

The District Attorney’s Office charged the officers with involuntary manslaughter under section 192(b) of the California Penal Code. That statute criminalizes “the unlawful killing of a human being without malice … in the commission of a lawful act which might product death, in an unlawful manner, or without due caution and circumspection.” That means the prosecutors need to prove that the officers were negligent in restraining Gonzalez and that the restraint caused his death.

Jury of Sheeple Found it Reasonable for Chula Vista Cops to Kill Oral Nunis While Forcing Him to Get Mental Health Services: Cops Put Frail 5’4 Black Man in WRAP Device, Spit Hood and Suffocated Him

From [HERE] A San Diego federal jury has ruled in favor of a group of Chula Vista police officers in a civil trial alleging excessive force was used by the officers while responding to a mental health call, resulting in a Black man’s death.

In a verdict returned Tuesday afternoon, jurors found that four responding officers were not negligent and did not use excessive force against 56-year-old Oral Nunis, whose family members called 911 on March 13, 2020, after he tried to jump from a second-story window at his daughter’s home.

Attorneys representing the family argued Nunis calmed down and was willing to leave the home with police to undergo a mental health evaluation, but became agitated when the first responding officer insisted on handcuffing him.

Nunis then ran out of the home, where he was subdued and held on the ground by a group of officers. A restraint device called a WRAP was placed on Nunis, as well as a mesh spit hood.

Nunis was later moved into an ambulance but stopped breathing, went into cardiac arrest, and later died at a hospital. No drugs or alcohol were detected in his system.

Anthony Sain, an attorney representing the city of Chula Vista, told jurors that based on what was reported to officers during the 911 call and how Nunis acted after officers arrived, the officers acted reasonably.

Sain said that before any officers arrived, they were told Nunis had physically struggled with his own family members as they tried to prevent him from leaping out of the window.

The attorney said “5150” calls, in which a person can be involuntarily detained while in the midst of a mental health crisis, are among the most dangerous ones officers face, can easily turn violent, and that “securing” the person as quickly as possible is in line with police training.

Once outside the home, Nunis wasn’t complying with officers’ commands and was physically combative, Sain said. Though the officers outweighed the diminutive Nunis, who stood at about 5 feet, 4 inches tall, Sain argued that Nunis was able to fight and struggle with the officers for several minutes.

The family’s attorneys argued the officers didn’t follow proper protocols for dealing with someone undergoing a mental health crisis and that they ignored the risks associated with positional asphyxia by pinning Nunis to the ground.

Sain argued that a medical examiner ruled out asphyxia as a contributing factor, and that the WRAP device and spit hood do not constrict breathing. Instead, Sain argued Nunis’ death was caused instead by exertion and stress, stating that by struggling with the officers, he “fought so hard that he overtaxed his body.”

In 2021, the District Attorney’s Office announced that no criminal charges would be brought against any of the officers involved.

No Matter what the Constitution says Blacks are Prohibited from Possessing Guns: White FLA Cop Shot a Black Man to Death Seconds After He Opened Front Door w/a Gun @ His Side, Had Committed No Crime

The quality of Black citizenship is so low that; no matter what the law says, Blacks are prohibited from possessing guns, Blacks are subject to omnipresent interference by cops with their freedom of movement and their right to be left the fuck alone, Black people are 3 times more likely than whites to be murdered by cops and the police have no legal duty to protect any particular citizen from harm unless they are in custody (“the public duty doctrine”). Said factors exist in a legal context in which law enforcement is uncontrollable by citizens, generally unaccountable to them, can’t be hired or fired by citizens and has irresponsible, limitless power over people to take life on the street as they see fit while providing a compulsoryservice” that citizens have no “right” to decline.

2ND AMENDMENT FOR WHITES ONLY From [HERE] Under mounting pressure to offer a justification for the fatal police shooting of a Black U.S. Air Force senior airman in his own apartment last week, a Florida sheriff on Thursday released body camera footage of the deadly encounter.

The footage shows Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, answering the door of his apartment in the Florida Panhandle and immediately being shot by a White deputy from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. The video also shows that Airman Fortson was holding a gun at his side, within split seconds the white cop began firing.

When the officer seized the Black man he was not under arrest and had not committed any crime.

The footage released Thursday shows that the deputy, who has not been identified, had been told by a woman at the apartment complex in Fort Walton Beach, in the Florida Panhandle, that he should go to apartment No. 1401 because of an apparent domestic dispute there.

It is unclear who the woman is, why the deputy had been called in the first place and whether the apartment number was correctly identified.

When the deputy arrives at Apartment 1401, the footage shows, he first knocks without identifying himself. He then knocks again, says, “Sheriff’s office, open the door,” and steps away from the door.

Seconds later, the deputy shifts to the other side of the door, knocks and announces himself again, the footage shows.

Airman Fortson then opens the door, holding in his right hand a gun that appears to be pointed downward. The deputy says, “Step back,” and then fires several times at the airman, who raises his left hand in front of his chest, according to the footage.

After Airman Fortson falls back, the deputy yells, “Drop the gun!”

“I don’t have it,” Airman Fortson replies.

The deputy calls in emergency medical services and tells Airman Fortson, “Do not move.”

Mr. Crump said on Thursday that Airman Fortson was shot six times and that he was alone in his apartment.

Racist Suspect GA Cop Turns Himself In After Murdering Emmanuel Millard: Indictment says, 20 Yr Old Black Man Had Surrendered and Complied with Orders When White Cop Shot Him in the Head

From [HERE] A white Georgia cop has turned himself into police to face charges for the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man.

A grand jury indicted Woodstock Police Officer Grant Matthew Shaw for the killing of Emmanuel Millard after a police chase on Oct. 12, 2023, in Cherokee County.

That night, police tried to pull Millard over for multiple traffic offenses in Woodstock, but Millard fled, which started a pursuit.

A grand jury indicted former Woodstock, Georgia, police officer Grant Matthew Shaw on an involuntary manslaughter charge for the fatal shooting of Emmanuel Millard (pictured on the left). (Photos: GoFundMe, Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council)

Officers had to use a Pursuit Intervention Technique (PIT) to stop him, which caused his car to crash five miles away in Cobb County.

According to the indictment, as officers attempted to remove Millard from the car to arrest him, Shaw shot him in the head. Millard was taken to a local hospital in critical condition, where he died two days later.

The indictment states that “while in the commission of reckless conduct, an unlawful act,” Shaw caused the man’s death “without any intention to do so, by pointing a Glock model 34, 9 mm firearm at Emmanuel Malik Millard while his finger was on the trigger, thereby endangering” his “bodily safety.”

The family’s attorney, Andrew Lampros, viewed the unreleased bodycam footage of the incident.

“[Millard] showed him his hands, he was fully compliant and told him to get out of the car, and as he went to get out of the car, he shot and killed him,” Lampros said. “Traffic stops are not supposed to end in the death of the person who was stopped, especially when they present no danger to themselves or anyone else.”

A week after the shooting, Shaw resigned from the Woodstock Police Department, where he had worked since 2021.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation conducted an independent investigation into the shooting and released its findings to the Cobb County District Attorney, who presented it to a grand jury.

That grand jury indicted Shaw earlier this month on an involuntary manslaughter charge. He surrendered to the police on April 22. The officer is being held at the Cobb County jail without bond. [MORE]

Black Philadelphia Cop who shot White 12-yr-old to Death Pleads Guilty to 3rd Degree Murder. Evidence Shows Thomas Siderio Surrendered before Cop shot Him in the Back while Laying Down

From [HERE] Former Philadelphia Police Officer Edsaul Mendoza, accused of shooting an unarmed, white 12-year-old, pleaded guilty to 3rd-degree murder on Friday, according to the Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s Office.

In March 2022, Mendoza shot Thomas “TJ” Siderio during a “tactically unsound” foot pursuit. The former officer had been charged with first-degree murder, third-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, and possession of an instrument of crime.

Prior to the pursuit, Siderio had “most likely shot a gun at an unmarked police vehicle, which caused three plainclothes officers to duck for cover.” Mendoza then pursued Siderio, during which he shot at Siderio three times. According to Krasner, “[a]t the time of the last two shots, Thomas Siderio was unarmed, having discarded the gun…approximately 40 feet away.”

Siderio was facedown on the ground when the fatal shot was fired–it is not clear if he dove or fell to the ground, and Krasner said there is evidence that Siderio may have been surrendering to Mendoza before being shot. While on the ground, Siderio was shot through the back and was pronounced dead at the hospital. Krasner described the situation as “very, very disturbing.”

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said in a press conference in 2022:

It’s clear that the use of force policy was violated…All use of force has to be proportionate to the resistance [officers] are trying to overcome…This incident does not reflect who we are as the Philadelphia Police Department. It is not aligned with our values of honor, integrity and service.

Following the guilty plea, Krasner said in a statement, “Justice must be even-handed. Everyone must be accountable under the law.” Mendoza’s attorney did not comment on the plea.

Mendoza’s guilty plea is a rarity as the Police Violence Report, an organization dedicated to mapping and tracking incidents of violent encounters with police, estimates that only 1 percent of fatal police incidents resulted in officers being charged in 2023. However, the last few years have seen an increase in police brutality prosecutions. In March, a fourth sheriff’s deputy was sentenced for the January 2023 beating and torture of two Black men in Mississippi as part of the self-titled “Goon Squad.” In November 2023, the US Supreme Court declined to take up the appeal of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was found guilty of murdering George Floyd after kneeling on Floyd’s neck for nine minutes. In October 2023, New Mexico Police Officer Brad Lunsford was charged with voluntary manslaughter for shooting and killing a Black nurse, Presley Eze. In September of 2023, a US federal grand jury indicted five Memphis Police Department officers involved in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols.

It is unclear what Mendoza’s sentence will be, and Kramer said they expect to receive information from the defense team and a pre-sentencing investigation.

Williamson County Judge Sentences White Cop to Probation, No Jail Time for Slamming Black Woman Face-First into the Ground, Handcuffing Her to a hospital bed and Denying Access to Bathroom

In a case that has echoed through the corridors of Williamson County justice, a former sheriff's deputy has taken responsibility for his misconduct during a 2019 traffic stop, KXAN reports. Christopher Pisa, 29, entered a guilty plea on charges of official oppression and assault, following an incident where he was accused of using excessive force against Imani Nembhard, a mother of two.

As part of his plea agreement, Pisa has been sentenced to 18 months probation and a 12-month jail sentence that will be probated; he will serve only six days behind bars, with three to be served immediately and the remaining three on the anniversary of the offense, District Attorney Shawn Dick's office stated, Pisa will also permanently relinquish his peace officer's license and must complete 200 hours of community service.

On the night of April 21, 2019, the encounter turned forceful when Pisa initiated a stop for a missing front license plate; he became involved in a heated exchange with Nembhard about the well-being of her children, afterward physically removing her from the vehicle, according to CBS Austin. The lawsuit highlights states that Pisa, without provocation, manhandled Nembhard, slamming her face-first into the ground. The subsequent actions were equally disturbing: Nembhard, who neither resisted Pisa nor carried a weapon, was later handcuffed to a hospital bed, denied access to a restroom, and had to resort to degrading means to relieve herself.

Even more unsettling was the initial charge against Nembhard: assault on a public servant and resisting arrest. After a video recording of the incident was scrutinized, prosecutors discerned the unjust use of force by Pisa, leading to the dismissal of the charges against Nembhard. Notably, Pisa left the Williamson County sheriff’s office two days post the Nembhard arrest and has since been charged with official oppression and assault. Adding to the controversial atmosphere, Pisa revealed a disturbing practice, stating that Williamson County deputies were incentivized with steakhouse gift cards for displaying force. [MORE]

After the Texas Rangers conducted a thorough investigation into the incident, Pisa was formally indicted by a grand jury, the culmination of a legal saga that included his rehiring by the Williamson County Sheriff's Office on administrative duty in January 2021 before he had his day in court, to which the charges of official oppression and assault in October 2020 eventually led to the probe, the guilty plea and Pisa's resignation and stripped privilege to enforce the law. [MORE]

Public Service from Racists in a White Liberal City: Aurora Judge Sentences Paramedic who Helped Murder Elijah Mclain to Work Release. Cops Smothered 140 lbs Black Man as Medic Injected Him w/Ketamine

Can You Decline Govt "Services" from Yurugu? Unable to Suppress the Joy of Destroying Black Life, White Cops Selfie Themselves Laughing & Smiling While Reenacting Their Murder of Elijah Mclain

Aurora is the 3rd largest city in Denver. It is controlled by so-called “progressive democrats.” It is 43% white; 30% Hispanic; 17% Black and 6% Asian. Stay away from this racist place run by barbarians within the free range prison,. [MORE]

From [HERE] and [HERE] Colorado’s Attorney General Philip J. Weiser announced that former paramedic Jeremy Cooper was sentenced state court on Friday to four years probation, 14 months of work release and 100 hours of community service. A jury convicted him of negligent homicide of Elijah McClain last December. Paramedic Cooper is white. AG Weiser is also white.

McClain, a 23-year-old Black man, was unlawfully stopped, smothered/piled on and placed in a neck hold by a group of white police officers in Aurora, Colorado in August 2019. Cooper and his colleague [also white] then injected McClain with ketamine to sedate him. According to the federal indictment McClain begged for his life to the police and 1st responders, who murdered him. He went into cardiac arrest and later died in the hospital.

Aurora, Colorado is a city run and controlled by white liberals.

Local prosecutors initially refused to charge the officers, which prompted Colorado Governor Jared Polis to order the state’s attorney general to investigate McClain’s death. A separate investigation found that the officers had no legal basis to stop and hold McClain. The officers and paramedics were indicted in September 2021. One officer was convicted of negligent homicide; two others were acquitted. Both paramedics were convicted of negligent homicide; Cooper’s colleague was also convicted of assault.

Although criminal defendants have a right to a jury at trial, a judge typically decides the sentence after conviction. The white judge in this case chose not to give Cooper prison time because he believed the evidence did not show Cooper intentionally overdosed McClain.

McLain suffered a cardiac arrest in the ambulance in the moments after his illegal and forceful arrest.

Work-release programs typically require convicts to spent nights and weekends in jail, though they are free to leave for work during weekdays.

Fellow paramedic Peter Cichuniec was convicted of criminally negligent homicide and assault by drugging. He was sentence last month to five years in prison, the mandatory minimum for the assault conviction.

AG Weiser pretended that the sentence was “fair.” [MORE]

SIMILAR TO a criminal conspiracy, the system of white supremacy/racism is a CONSCIOUS OR SUBCONSCIOUS agreement among racists to DOMINATE OR act genocidally towards non-whites. Here, a group of racist suspects acted together in a chain of events to harm a Black MAN. It was not personal - but to the extent that each actor may have been a racist -  it was racial. 

WHAT IS white collective power.? when a white policeman shoots an unarmed black man, his fellow officers, the police chief, internal affairs, the union, the media, the prosecutor, the judge, and the jury will support, defend, and finance that white police officer’s “right” to shoot (murder) an unarmed black person.

IN THIS EPISODE, WHITE COPS AND PARAMEDICS MURDERED ELIJAH MCLAIN AFTER DISREGARDING HIS SO-CALLED 4TH AMENDMENT RIGHTS. THEREAFTER, WHITE PROSECUTORS SUPPORTED SAID GOVERNMENT ACTORS BY UNDERCHARGING THEM WITH CRIMES AND THEN REQUESTING LIGHT SENTENCES. WHITE JUDGES IN TURN PROVIDED LENIENT SENTENCES. IN GENERAL, THE DEPENDENT MEDIA , WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY ELITE WHITES, HAS BEEN SYMPATHETIC TO THE COPS AND PARAMEDICS AND DOWNPLAYED ELIJAH’S CASE and CONCEALed THE BRUTAL DETAILS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC. AS SUCH, THE WHITE COPS AND PARAMEDICS RIGHT TO MURDER BLACKS HAS BEEN UPHELD BY WHITE MEDIA, WHITE PROSECUTORS, WHITE UNION LEADERSHIP AND A WHITE JUDGE . [MORE]

According to the federal indictment:

WOODYARD arrived first and ordered Mr. McClain to stop. WOODYARD did not see Mr. McClain with any weapons, but he noted a grocery bag and that, in his opinion, Mr. McClain was “suspicious.” Immediately after WOODYARD contacted Mr. McClain, ROSENBLATT joined WOODYARD, and the stop quickly turned physical. The officers grabbed Mr. McClain's arms then forcibly moved Mr. McClain over to a grassy area near where the officers first contacted Mr. McClain and pushed him up against the exterior wall of a nearby apartment building. ROEDEMA grabbed the grocery bag out of Mr. McClain’s hands and threw it to the ground. He did not examine the bag’s contents. The bag contained cans of iced tea. Mr. McClain was struggling as the officers attempted to restrain him. While Mr. McClain was pushed up against the wall and struggling, ROEDEMA told the other officers that Mr. McClain had reached for ‘your gun” Neither ROSENBLATT nor WOODYARD knew whether “your gun” meant ROSENBLATTs or WOODYARD's gun. ROEDEMA later said that Mr. McClain reached for ROSENBLATT's gun. ROSENBLATT stated that he did not feel any contact with his service weapon.

Officers are instructed that to perform a carotid control hold an officer uses his or her bicep and forearm to apply pressure to the carotid arteries on the sides of a 1 subject's neck, thereby cutting off blood flow to the subject's brain and causing temporary unconsciousness for the purpose gaining compliance or control ROSENBLATT stated that he applied an unsuccessful carotid control hold to Mr. McClain, and WOODYARD then applied a carotid control hold that resulted in Mr. McClain going unconscious and snoring. Mr. McClain suffered bodily injury. He was was rendered unconscious, suffered hypoxia, and his physical and mental condition were impaired. The risk of hypoxia and cerebral hypoxia was exacerbated by applying two carotid control holds. ROEDEMA also placed Mr. McClain in a bar hammer lock. Abar hammer lock is a physical defensive tactic whereby a subject's arm is held back behind their back to gain controlof the subject. ROEDEMA stated that he “cranked pretty hard” on Mr. McClain's shoulder and heard it pop three times. ROEDEMA, WOODYARD, and ROSENBLATT had all been trained that the carotid hold posed dangers and should never be administered more than once.

l hold, and ROSENBLATT radioed for Aurora Fire Rescue to respond to the scene. At the same time, Mr. McClain regained consciousness, the struggle resumed, and WOODYARD reported that Mr. McClain started to twist and pull away while on the ground. ROEDEMA, ROSENBLATT, and WOODYARD wrestled Mr. McClain to the ground. ROEDEMA tried to maintain control of Mr. McClain by putting his entire body on top of Mr. McClain in an attempt to sprawl him out.

The officers reported that Mr. McClain exhibited extraordinary strength. (a frail, 140-pound man, the three officers assumed that he was on drugs or a stimulant, performing for the camera, a white cop stated “Whatever he is on, he has crazy strength,” )The autopsy found only ketamine and marijuana in his system. )The officers placed Mr. McClain in handcuffs, and the officers continued to restrain Mr. McClain. ROEDEMA, ROSENBLATT, and WOODYARD remained on top of him and continued to hold him on the ground despite pleas that he could not breathe. 'WOODYARD rolled Mr. McClain onto his side into the “recovery position.” Officers were trained that if they administered a carotid control hold they had to place the individual in the “recovery position,” meaning placement on one’s side rather than in the prone position. Mr. McClain vomited multiple times while being restrained. Mr. McClain vomited into his mask during the struggle, and it ultimately came off after the handcuffs were secured. There was evidenceof vomit found inside the mask. Mr. McClain's handcuffs behind his back restricted his movement and prevented him from removing the mask.

Around this time, additional officers arrived on scene. ROEDEMA and ROSENBLATT continued to hold Mr. McClain on the ground, while WOODYARD walked away and was replaced by another officer. None of the officers checked Mr. MeClain’s pulse or monitored his airway, breathing, or circulation. ROSENBLATT straddled Mr. MeClain's legs, while ROEDEMA was positioned at McClain's back; Mr. McClain's hands were handcuffed behind his back. During this time, Mr. MeClain said his name, stated that he could not breathe and that what the officers were doing “really hurt,” Mr. McClain reported that he did not have a gun, did not do that sort of thing, he asked for help, and asked to find his phone. ROEDEMA applied, and directed other officers who responded to apply, pain compliance techniques to the handcuffed Mr. McClain. While restraining Mr. McClain, ROEDEMA increased pressure causing Mr. McClain tocry out, “Ah, ow, okay, okay.” KOEDEMA responded, “Well, chill out! You've already been told several times to stop.” Mr. McClain spoke again and ROEDEMA picked up Mr. McClain's torso and forcibly pushed it to the ground, causing Mr. McClain to cry out, “Ow!”

ROEDEMA was the senior patrol officer on scene and directed other officers. Mr. McClain repeatedly stated that he could not breathe. ROEDEMA ignored Mr. McClain's repeated statements that he could not breathe. Initially during the restraint, ROEDEMA, ROSENBLATT, and WOODYARD were all on top of Mr. McClain, and they were lying on his back. Throughout the restraint, two or three officers were physically restraining Mr. McClain, with ROEDEMA on his back and controlling him there, and with ROSENBLATT on Mr. McClain's legs. Other officers on the scene told ROEDEMA to make sure Mr. McClain could breathe, and ROEDEMA dismissed those reminders, asserting that Mr. McClain could breathe.

Additionally, prior to the restraint period, Mr. McClain vomited into his mask, which he was unable to remove during the struggle and once restrained. In addition to the vomit inside Mr. McClain'’s mask, Mr. McClain vomited repeatedly while being restrained on his side. Gurgling sounds by Mr. McClain were audible in body-worn camera video footage. Medical evidence indicated that this was evidence of potential aspiration while he was restrained. Mr. McClain's breathing further indicated he had hypoxia? following the police restraint and use of the carotid control hold. Medical evidence also conveyed that Mr. McClain was in a hypoxemic state with decreased cerebral oxygenation. Finally, Mr. McClain suffered from metabolic acidosis from the physical struggle with police. Hypoxia, hypoxemia? and metabolic acidosis, all constitute serious bodily injury. Individually and collectively, they pose a substantial risk of death or a substantial risk of protracted loss or impairment of the function of any part or organ of the body. [MORE] and [MORE]

Media Looks the Other Away as Lebron James Threatens to Assault White Woman During Game – TNT Edits Footage, Conceals Story to Protect Specially Protected Rolebotic KneeGrow

Perhaps the Greatest Showcase Black of All Time? Elite racists allowed their Showcase kneegrow LeBron to threaten a white woman fan during playoff game.

Elite racists have created an entire community of “Showcase Blacks” or rolebotic Blacks whom they control through various rewards and punishments. Said role-bots have priceless value to racists in the system of racism white Supremacy. FUNKTIONARY explains, “A role-bot merely plays the role of the mask - the personae - society issued and approved.” Said “coin-operated negros” are high-profile blacks that are constantly paraded before the public. They may be political dignitaries, pro athletes, entertainers, educators, business people, judges or elected officials. Anon explains, Showcase Blacks are not showcasing themselves, they are being showcased by white supremacists to promote some aspect of racism white supremacy (RWS).’

Generally speaking, within the system of racism white supremacy Black individuals have no power to harm white people as a group - unless they are allowed to or directed to do so by elite whites. Anon states, ‘a black person whose power comes from a white institution will not be allowed to mistreat whites - unless he or she is following orders from more powerful whites. . . A white supremacy system by its very NATURE forbids ALL non-white people - regardless of wealth, status, or position - from victimizing white people.’ [MORE] In most instances when a Black person actually harms a white person he/she is summarily dealt with by elite whites who control all areas of people activity in various contexts (SEE the racial disparity statistics for whenever a non-white defendant harms a white victim). For example, in the very, very rare case of a Black police officer unlawfully harming a white citizen - said cops are generally fired and prosecuted “promptly” or Starbucks quick , thereby alleviating any need for protesting, teddy bear posting or ‘white lives matter’ chanting and begging to authorities.

Here, LeMedia immediately concealed LeBron’s conduct during a live game and ignored the incident as a non-story. As AOH’s video indicates, within seconds TNT edited LeBron’s conduct out of the highlight. Clearly he was joking - but what was the punchline? ‘I can punch a woman in the face!’ Hoho hilarious. Surely, no regular Black man could get way with such conduct - threatening a white woman in front of an audience of millions. The dependent media, which Ishmael Reed describes as a “segregated white-owned enterprise with billions of dollars at their disposal,” has apparently looked the other way because he is a tool of racist elites who serves some purpose and usefulness to the system of racism white supremacy. Obviously, Lebron is ineligible for “White privilege,” which FUNKTIONARY defines as “an invisible package of unearned assets bequeathed to all Caucasians or an invisible weightless knapsack of advantages.” [MORE] But as an elite showcase Black and in exchange for dutifully playing his role, Lebron has been given an “invisible knapsack of advantages” which include exaggerating his accomplishments, ignoring his frequent lack of competitiveness, overlooking his clutch time disappearances, equating his obvious mediocrity with excellence and consistently ignoring or concealing his most egregious loser conduct. [MORE]

According to FUNKTIONARY:

Propagenda – propaganda developed and directed to a particular audience as a means of predictive programming for accepting someone’s agenda as their very own. (See: $pinfidels, Predictive Programming & Coin-Operated)

predictive programming – an ancient technique of downloading (marketing) an idea into the subconscious of the conditioned mass-mind (step-by-step) guiding (bringing) the duped victims into a desired or predetermined conclusion that they actually believe was consciously derived on their own. Predictive programming works down through the centuries like a charm. Everyone is standardized with the same indoctrination—conditioned under the same mis-education and disinformation. Since we all watch the same TV and download the same standardized education, it never occurs that we are getting conned, uploaded, downgraded, brainchipped and ultimately faded from any memory of being an individual self. “Most folk’s beliefs and what they think is induced beliefs, is propagated into them through repetition as Bertrand Russell said. Just repetitive advertising and people start parroting it in their daily lives and it’s actually changing the structure of their mind into acceptance of something they don’t even perceive yet.” ~Alan Watt. With predictive programming you are entrained to accept something that has not yet happened (but will) and respond to it just like the characters in the movie—performing and dream-weaving what you’ve subliminally consumed. (See: THC, Borg, Pathocracy, MEDIA, T.V., Money, Deaf-Effect, Schooling, Education, Indoctrination, Cultural Conditioning, Dollar, “Government,” Authority, DOOR, Zombie, Android, Belief, Cognitive Dissonance, Clocksuckers, Chemtrails & Democracy)

Under the Guise of ‘fighting crime’ Authorities are Filling Prisons w/Blacks: The US has 1.8 Million Incarcerated individuals. Nearly 40% are Black, yet Blacks make up only 13% of the population

From [HERE] The US prides itself on being a nation built on freedom, justice, and individual rights. And yet the evolution of its system of mass incarceration — a system that cannot be defined without reference to shocking racial disparities — seems to directly contradict these founding principles.

The US prison population dwarfs those of nearly every other country. As of Dec. 2023, the US had some 1.8 million incarcerated individuals. China trailed with just under 1.7 million — but these figures are incomparable when factoring in the fact that China’s general population size is more than quadruple that of the US.

And among the US prison population, more than 37 percent of those incarcerated are Black. This is particularly unnerving because Black people make up only 13 percent of the country’s total population.

How did we get here?

Beginning in the 1970s, the idea of protecting public safety by implementing policies that were “tough on crime” became increasingly politically valuable. Philosophy Professor Shari Stone-Mediatore describes these policies as “stiff criminal codes, long prison sentences, laws that facilitate police search and seizure, laws that make it more difficult to challenge a wrongful conviction, and stringent parole boards.” Taken together, these policies laid the groundwork for the expansion of the US criminal justice system.

It was against this backdrop that President Richard Nixon launched his so-called “War on Drugs,” aimed at combatting drug addiction through punitive measures, and formed the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), which enforces drug laws and works to limit drug supplies. Years later, the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984created longer sentences for people convicted of drug crimes. Mandatory minimum sentencing laws and harsh penalties that arose from the “tough on crime” policies combined to cause a surge in the number of people incarcerated for drug offenses — a trend that continues to this day.

This heightened criminal enforcement occurred in the aftermath of the deinstitutionalization movement — US policies aimed at reducing the number of individuals confined to psychiatric institutions. During the 1950s and 1960s, the number of patients committed to such facilities was approximately triple that of the country’s prison population, according to a 2013 journal article published by the University of Chicago. As pressure mounted to reduce inpatient populations, pressure also increased to impose harsh sentences against drug users, leading legal scholars Steven Raphael and Michael A. Stoll to conclude at the time that “a sizable portion of the mentally ill behind bars would not have been incarcerated in years past.”

In 1975, the incarcerated population surpassed the committed population and has continued to rise in the ensuing decades. Since the start of the 1970s, the US prison population has expanded by 500%. [MORE]

'like being locked in a casket you Can't escape.' Class Action of Black/Latino Inmates Says NY Authorities Continue to Detain Disabled People in Solitary Confinement Despite Law Banning it

From [HERE] A class action complaint filed this week accuses New York prison officials of holding disabled inmates in solitary confinement in violation of state law.

Solitary confinement has been a core feature of the US penal system since the 18th century — dating back to the earliest state prisons, where the inmates seen as most depraved were isolated to prevent the spread of their moral influence. Though these days officials tend to prefer the term “special housing units” (SHU), the punishment remains essentially unaltered and can include up to 24 hours of isolation each day for years, even decades. Activists have long criticized solitary confinement as ineffective and tantamount to torture.

Based in part on these concerns, New York enacted a law in 2021 designed to limit the use of solitary confinement and to encourage forms of confinement that were less punitive and more rehabilitative and therapeutic in nature. The Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act (HALT) was designed to limit the use of solitary confinement and to encourage the use of less punitive, more therapeutic confinement options. In part, the law forbids prison officials from imposing the punishment against members of groups seen as particularly vulnerable to the ill effects of isolation in all but true emergency situations. Among those listed are people with disabilities and people with histories of trauma.

Several named plaintiffs representing a class of “themselves and all others similarly situated” filed a complaint this week with New York’s Supreme Court for Kings County alleging that since HALT was enacted, prison officials have denied its benefits to “hundreds of people with disabilities.” All the plaintiffs are Black or Latino.

In a statement released Tuesday, the advocacy groups and attorneys representing the plaintiffs alleged New York prison officials have created exceptions to HALT by narrowing the definition of “disability” to improperly exclude certain conditions. They highlight the cases of several named plaintiffs with mental and physical conditions whose health they claim has deteriorated as a result of these violations.

The complaint states,

Plaintiffs bring this case on behalf of two overlapping groups of incarcerated people with disabilities whom Defendants subject to solitary confinement in violation of HALT.

First, all Plaintiffs bring this case on behalf of a Practice Class, defined more specifically below, of people with disabilities whom Defendants subject to solitary confinement by holding them in cells for more than 17 hours per day. Plaintiffs, on behalf of the Practice Class, seek an injunction prohibiting Defendants from placing members of the Practice Class in solitary confinement, and a declaration that Defendants’ current practice of doing so violates HALT.

Second, Plaintiffs Adams, Allen, Gneco, Greene, and Peña bring this case on behalf of a Policy Class, defined more specifically below, of people who have certain disabilities but whom Defendants, through their continuing policies, deny the disability-based protections of HALT, and put at constant risk of placement in segregated confinement. These policies—which Defendants promulgated after the codification of HALT and which they maintain today—permit the use of solitary confinement for people with many types of disabilities, including, for example, people with posttraumatic stress disorder, speech disabilities, and some mobility disabilities, as well as people who are hard of hearing or have low vision. Defendants have relied on these policies to impose segregated confinement on hundreds of people with disabilities, including numerous Plaintiffs, who should be excluded from solitary confinement under HALT. Plaintiffs, on behalf of the Policy Class, seek a declaration that these policies violate HALT, and an injunction prohibiting the maintenance of ongoing policies that narrow HALT’s protections. [MORE]

When it released its annual solitary confinement report in 2020, the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) wrote that it was in the process of implementing prohibitions on the placement of people with disabilities in solitary confinement. In June 2023, the organization issued Directive #4933D, essentially codifying the requirements of HALT. The same month, the DOCCS released a report outlining its efforts to comply with HALT, in which it asserted the number of inmates confined to the SHU had dropped by 80% over the past year.

In the latter report, the DOCCS leadership expressed pride in their achievements:

There is no doubt that the Department has undergone significant change over the last few years. Indeed, the extent of structural changes experienced during this time may very well be the greatest experienced by the Department in its history. … Legislative changes have had profound impacts on facility operations. The HALT Solitary Confinement Law required the Department to fundamentally alter the disciplinary system, including the creation of new Residential Rehabilitation Units and instituting strict criteria and time limits for when an incarcerated individual can be placed in a Special Housing Unit.

But in the interim, , the organization appears to have replaced its annual write-ups with spreadsheets providing vague data points related to demographic breakdowns of those subjected to solitary confinement, as well as overviews of provoking incidents. These reports lack detailed information on the nature of confined inmates’  health challenges, categorizing mental health concerns only along a numbered spectrum.

The plaintiffs’ advocates challenge the adequacy of DOCCS’ measures. Josh Rosenthal, supervising attorney with the organization Disability Rights Advocates, said:

It is long past time for the State to end the use of solitary confinement for people with disabilities. … New York’s passage of the HALT Act represented an historic and important step in preventing the harms that solitary causes for incarcerated people with disabilities. But words are not enough, and [New York prison authorities] must comply with state law and stop this vicious practice once and for all.

Retired Black Judge was Just Another NGHR to American Airlines’ Racist Suspect Flight Attendant who Ordered Her to the Back of the Plane

From [HERE] A Black retired judge from Chicago said she was flying first class when an American Airlines flight attendant accused her of slamming the first-class restroom door and later directed her to use the facilities in the back of the plane.

The retired judge, Judge Pamela Hill-Veal, told NPR that the incident happened on a Feb. 10 flight from Chicago to Phoenix.

The first time that she used the first-class restroom, Hill-Veal said, the flight attendant told her that she slammed the door and should not do it again because passengers were sleeping. Hill-Veal denied slamming the door.

The second time that she used the first-class restroom, the flight attendant reprimanded her, according to Hill-Veal.

“He began to berate me by pointing his finger at me towards my face,” Hill-Veal told NPR.

She alleges that the flight attendant told her, “I told you not to slam the door … so from now on, you are to use the restroom in the back of the plane,” which was in coach.

When she used the first-class restroom a third time, Hill-Veal said, the flight attendant followed her to her seat, began to touch her and warned that she would be arrested when the plane landed. He accused Hill-Veal of hitting him and said he didn’t like the way that she was speaking to him, she said.

Hill-Veal said she never hit the flight attendant, and she thinks that the incident was racially motivated.

White Kansas Prosecutor Who Framed Lamonte McIntyre Surrenders Her Law License, Faces Disbarment. Innocent Black Man Spent 23 Years in Prison

Terra Morehead, a longtime county and federal prosecutor who helped police frame at least one innocent Black man, has agreed to surrender her law license and faces disbarment (article available here). She is white [racist suspect].

Morehead, who retired from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Kansas last August and notorious for skirting legal protections for defendants, agreed to surrender her license as part of an agreement with the Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys. She is awaiting disbarment from the Kansas Supreme Court, according to court filings.

Morehead’s conduct came under scrutiny during the exoneration of Lamonte McIntyre (link is external), who was convicted in 1994 of a double homicide when he was 17. McIntyre was freed in 2017 after Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree said his conviction was a “manifest injustice” and a judge dropped the case. [MORE]

Who Are the Real Criminals When an Innocent Black Man Spends 25 Years on Death Row? Jury Awards $16M to James Dennis, Finds that White Philadelphia Cops and DA Hid Exculpatory Evidence

A jury has awarded $16 million to a Black man whose murder conviction was overturned after he spent 25 years on death row — the largest wrongful conviction payout in city history. (here).

James Dennis, 53, always insisted he was innocent and had been sentenced to death for a 1991 murder he did not commit.

A federal judge overturned his conviction in 2013, calling it a “grave miscarriage of justice,” saying detectives and prosecutors covered up evidence that proved Dennis didn't commit the crime. He was later released from prison.

After a nine-day trial, jurors said Dennis was owed $16 million — $10 million in compensatory damages from the city, and $3 million from each of the two detectives who the jury determined “engaged in malicious or wanton misconduct.” [MORE]

Oklahoma Prison Staff Traumatized by Non-Stop “Executions” [of mostly blacks] Request Gaps in the Death Penalty [murder] Schedule [OK’s Death Row is 41% Black yet Blacks are Only 7% of the Population]

The relentless pursuit of “non-stop executions” by a rump of death penalty states is exposing prison staff to extreme levels of psychological and physical stress, according to traumatized corrections officers who are appealing for help (article available here (link is external)).

In Oklahoma, officers at the state penitentiary in McAlester, which houses the death chamber, are so stretched by the schedule of 25 executions set in 2022 by the Republican-controlled state that the state’s own attorney general and the head of the prison service have appealed to the courts for a more staggered approach. They have requested that the gap between executions be widened from 60 to 90 days, so far to no avail.

The unprecedented move to try to cool the pace of executions followed a joint letter(link is external) to the state’s attorney general, Gentner Drummond, from nine former senior corrections officials. They warned that staff were being subjected to “lasting trauma” and a “psychological toll” that included post-traumatic stress disorder, alcohol abuse and distress due to the “non-stop executions”. [MORE]

Lawsuit Claims Cayuga County (white liberal) Authorities "Over Detained" 300 People After They Should Have Been Released. Made $99 per day for each inmate from Cleveland [disproportionately Black]

From [HERE] Cuyahoga County, Ohio, jail has a practice of keeping people behind bars long after they are meant to be released in order to boost its profits, a new class action lawsuit alleges.

Plaintiff Alanna Dunn filed the class action lawsuit against Cuyahoga County on Feb. 23 in an Ohio federal court, alleging nearly 300 people were kept in jail long after they were supposed to be released, Cleveland.com reports.

The lawsuit reportedly states the county had a practice of keeping people behind bars after judges ordered them released, or after prosecutors declined to pursue charges. 

Dunn, a Cleveland woman, alleges she spent two days in jail after Cleveland police and prosecutors decided not to press charges against her.

According to her lawsuit, she is one of at least 289 people “over detained” in 2021 and 2022. 

Attorneys for the plaintiff said they believed many more could have been over detained in the jail during that time, because their estimates were only based on Cleveland police officers’ arrests, Cleveland.com reports.

County jail asked for Cleveland inmates in order to generate revenue, lawsuit alleges

Cleveland police started taking fresh arrestees to the county jail instead of the city jail beginning in 2018, as part of a deal with the county, the lawsuit states.

County officials reportedly pushed to house Cleveland’s inmates because they believed it would generate revenue. The county earned $99 per day for each inmate, and cut costs for basic inmate care so it would make a profit.

The lawsuit says people were over detained for up to 56 days in some cases. It adds that, most months, about a dozen people spent time in jail longer than they were supposed to.

According to the complaint, 159 people were kept in the facility longer than they should have been in 2021, and 130 were kept too long in 2022.

“The county’s widespread and systematic over detention of people in its custody results in serious harm,” the lawsuit states. 

“Even a single additional night in jail can severely disrupt a person’s life and have lasting destabilizing and traumatic effects.”

[no Rational person could argue that Constitutional Rights Protect black people from cops or Are anything but Myths] Report Finds Black Drivers in Chicago are 6X More Likely to be Stopped than Whites

legal truths must give way to reality. Brazen cops so frequently abuse their power that no Black shopper, pedestrian, motorist, juvenile, adult or Black professional of any kind—could make a compelling argument that so-called constitutional rights provide Black people any real protection from cops or the government in general.

The only thing upholding the 4th Amendment is your belief in it. You only have rights if an authority says that you do. Your possession of "rights” given to you by a magical government, which functions as your master, is cult belief. Rights are myths. As stated by Dr. Blynd, “There is no freedom in the presence of so-called authority.” The belief in “authority,” which includes all belief in “government,” is irrational and self-contradictory; it is contrary to civilization and morality, and constitutes the most dangerous, destructive superstition that has ever existed. Rather than being a force for order and justice, the belief in “authority” is the arch-enemy of humanity.” [MORE] AND [MORE]

FUNKTIONARY explains,

adherent rights – privileges disguised as so-called “rights” created by men via deceptive word-manipulation in written form called “symbolaeography,” and legal documents. 2) privileges granted by an apparent or putative authority at the expense of one's inherent or unalienable ‘rights.’ (See: Inherent Rights & Rights)

inherent rights – unalienable and unassailable rights. Inherent rights have never been codified into law, so if you’re from a phfree family, you’ll know how to assert and defend them), and if not, you won’t. (See: Adherent Rights)

'“4TH AMENDMENT RIGHTS TURNED ON AND OFF LIGHT A LIKE SWITCH.” From [HERE] As the Chicago mayoral election puts a spotlight on public safety and police-community relations, a new report on police traffic stops in the city offers insight into racial inequities that persist.

A report by BPI and the Free2Move Coalition found that from 2015 to 2021, the average Black Chicago driver was six times more likely to be stopped than the average White driver. Latino drivers were twice as likely to be stopped than White drivers.

José Manuel Almanza Jr., director of advocacy and movement building at Equiticity and coordinator for the Free2Move Coalition, said he was pulled over several times as a teenager and through his adult life.

“I get nervous, I get sweaty, my heart starts racing, I start stuttering and I ask myself, ‘Am I looking suspicious?,’” Almanza said. “This is conversations that I hear from folks all over the West Side and South Side of Chicago.”

The report also found that the Chicago Police Department has increasingly been doing more traffic stops over the past few years.

Traffic stops have increased almost seven times from 2015 to 2019, jumping from nearly 85,965 traffic stops in 2015 to 598,515 traffic stops in 2019, according to the report. The number dipped in 2020, which the report said is likely due to COVID-19 stay-at-home orders at the start of the pandemic. Traffic stops ticked back up in 2021.

Loren Jones, staff attorney at Business and Professional People for the Public Interest and member of the Free2Move Coalition, said the impact from stops such as arrest and citation disproportionately harm Black and Latino people.

“The stops that we looked at for this report are based entirely on the stops that they’re (police are) making because they saw a traffic violation and then decided to continue to investigate for signs of criminal activity,” Jones said. “This needle-in-a-haystack approach is leading to immense harm in communities around Chicago.”

Although the Supreme Ct Made it Plain that People Have the Right ‘to Wear, Bear, or Carry Arms for Self Defense’ White Liberals Make It Impossible to Do So in Crime Ridden Places Like San Francisco

The sheriff’s office and the police department in San Francisco have collectively approved just one gun permit since the Supreme Court ruling last June. WSJ reports, “The San Franciscans who want to carry guns include software engineers, accountants, middle managers and firearms instructors. They fall along the entire political spectrum, but many have at least one thing in common: They don’t want to be identified because they are worried about judgment from their neighbors or employers.

Their names are discoverable under public records law with some exceptions, according to legal experts. 

Cities such as San Francisco that routinely denied such permits have received a flood of applications since the Supreme Court ruled for the first time last summer that the Second Amendment protects Americans’ right to carry guns outside the home for self-defense. In the past, authorities here said they received fewer than 20 applications a year. 

Democratic leaders in states such as New York and California have sought to pass measures to blunt the effects of the ruling by imposing more thorough background investigations or training requirements for those seeking to carry concealed weapons in public. But a judge put most of the New York law on hold in October, and California’s failed to pass the state legislature. [MORE]

Civilian Oversight Report Says Deputy Gangs Continue to Operate in the LA Sheriff's Dept. Uncontrollable Cops "Valorize Violence" Against Blacks and Latinos in a City Run by White Liberals

From [HERE] A scathing report issued Friday by the Civilian Oversight Commission revealed there are deputy gangs and cliques still operating within the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, including at several stations such as East Los Angeles and Compton.

According to the special counsel's 70-page report, members of such deputy gangs as the Executioners, the Banditos, the Regulators, the Spartans, the Gladiators, the Cowboys and the Reapers "run'' many of the county's patrol stations, as opposed to the sergeants, lieutenants and captains ostensibly in charge.

The report also determined that new deputy cliques form as members of existing groups retire or otherwise leave the sheriff's department. There is evidence to suggest that gangs are now re-emerging in Men's Central Jail after efforts over the years to eradicate the problem of excessive force behind bars, the special counsel found.

"Contrary to the statements of the prior sheriff, deputy gangs exist and operate in the department, as they have for the last 50 years. They are a cancer," said Bert Deixler, the special counsel who led the investigation.

"Many of the people with whom we spoke expressed fears of personal or professional harm, not just for themselves, but often for spouses and children who serve in a department," he added.

Most troubling, the report said, the gangs "create rituals that valorize violence, such as recording all deputy involved shootings in an official book, celebrating with 'shooting parties,' and authorizing deputies who have shot a community member to add embellishments to their common gang tattoos.''

Hans Johnson, who is on the Civilian Oversight Commission, called the report "50 years of denial, obfuscation, foot dragging and stonewalling about the reality that is documented in this report."

The commission came up with a number of recommendations, including rotating deputies to different stations and outlawing gang-related tattoos.

Deputies sued in civil lawsuits arising from the alleged use of excessive force cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars in judgments and settlements, the report said, estimating that the additional cost to the county in such cases is upwards of $55 million.

Meanwhile, past administrations such as that of disgraced former Sheriff Lee Baca have promoted tattooed deputy gang members to the highest levels of leadership in the LASD, the report contends.

"Promoting deputy gang members into leadership positions reinforces the power of deputy gangs and deputy cliques and undermines the ability of officials to implement reforms aimed at eliminating them within the department,'' the special counsel team wrote this week.

While not addressing the report directly, Sheriff Robert Luna said Friday that he was elected to "bring new leadership and accountability'' to the department, and has created an office for "constitutional policing,'' led by former U.S. Attorney Eileen Decker.

That office, Luna said in a statement, "will be staffed with attorneys, investigators, and auditors, and it will be tasked with helping to eradicate deputy gangs from this department. The vast majority of the department personnel are hardworking and dedicated professionals who are committed to humbly serving the community.''

"We look forward to working with the Civilian Oversight Commission and Inspector General on this in the future.''

Inspector General Max Huntsman said, "We're going to start moving the culture right now. It's already begun since the election. The new sheriff has a totally different approach and I've seen change within the sheriffs department in response to that."

In the hearing Friday at which Diexler presented the report, the Civilian Oversight Commission approved the document and adopted its guidance. The report's recommendations will be sent to Luna, with the commission's urging that he adopt, implement and start enforcing them immediately. The document will also be sent to the Board of Supervisors to fulfill their September 2021 directive to develop a plan to address the problem.

"We have faith that Sheriff Luna's administration understands the damage that deputy gangs cause,'' Danielle Butler Vappie, interim executive director for the commission, said in a statement. The gangs "put a stain on all the positive work that is being done by honorable deputies each day,'' she added.

Meanwhile, some people told ABC7 they're skeptical that there will be any actual changes.

"What there isn't is the testimony from family members that are faced with retaliation by these deputy gang members on a daily basis," said one speaker.

The investigation involved eight hearings that included witness testimony and public comments. The special counsel's team also interviewed nearly 80 anonymous witnesses.

Supervisors voted to implement the commission in January 2016 with the mission to oversee and improve public transparency and accountability with respect to the Sheriff's Department. The long history of documentation on deputy gangs includes the 2012 Citizens' Commission on Jail Violence Report, the Inspector General's analysis of the Banditos, Loyola Law School's study of the deputy gang issue, Knock LA's investigative series, and most recently a 2021 Rand study.