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Police Shoot Man 16 Times In Bed

Auburn, Washington resident Dustin Theoharis was asleep in his bed on February 11, 2012 when two armed strangers entered his room and started to give him orders. Understandably startled, Theoharis reached for a flashlight. This prompted the two intruders to open fire. Theoharis – who was still in bed — was shot sixteen times, but survived.

The assailants who shot Theoharis were Detective Aaron Thompson of the King County Sheriff’s Office and Corrections Officer Kris Rongen.

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Hurst, Texas police officer Disraeli Arnold has been fired after being recorded on video physically and verbally assaulting a 17-year-old boy.

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Police Brutalize Alzheimer’s Patient

“Arnold Goodhile is a 76-year-old retiree who was diagnosed several years ago with Alzheimer’s disease. During the week, he spends three days in adult day care at the Dodge Park Rest Home, while Cindy arranges to work from home on the other two days so she can care for him.”

“It was 6:30 a.m. July 7 when Arnold walked past his wife in the kitchen and out the door, holding a six-inch fishing knife in its leather sheath. Cindy followed him and asked where he was going. He didn’t respond and continued down the driveway and around the corner. He headed the 50 yards toward the nearby Goodhile’s Market, a family business founded by his grandfather in 1927.

Arnold is frail and has never been aggressive, Cindy said, but she worried about what could happen if someone saw him walking around with a knife. So she called police. She gave the dispatcher her name and address and said that her husband has Alzheimer’s disease and had just left the house with a small knife. Then she, too, walked to the store.

Arnold, meanwhile, went into Goodhile’s and briefly conversed with a clerk. Then he went outside to the parking lot; his family believes he was heading back home. Within moments, a Holden police officer pulled up, pointed his gun at Arnold and demanded he drop the knife. Because people with Alzheimer’s can’t always follow direction, Arnold did nothing. Two more officers showed up and also aimed their weapons at Arnold, shouting at him to drop the knife.

“The knife was still in its case,” Cindy said. “My husband just stood there. He didn’t know what was happening.”

When Arnold didn’t drop the knife, one of the officers came up behind him and struck him so hard with a baton that it broke the skin on his elbow and later required two stitches. Then he was hit on the back of his legs, at which point he dropped to the ground. He was quickly handcuffed face down and, according to Cindy, “dragged” across the parking lot to await the arrival of an ambulance. ”

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(Attribution: Worcester Telegram & Gazaette)

SF Police Shoot Unarmed Man

On Saturday July 16, 2011 at approximately 1640 hours San Francisco Police (SFPD) shot an unarmed black male five times in the Bayview’s Hunters Point district near 6th street. Read about it here.

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Cop Assaults Teen For Laughing

“Officers Joseph Murphy, 26, and Jose Ocasio, 28, were charged Monday with assault, accused of beating up Tyre Davis, 17, outside a police station house Feb. 18.” The teen’s crime? Laughing after one of the officers stepped in dog feces. Full story here.

(Attribution: New York Daily News)

Man Falsely Imprisoned For Cashing Check

Here is the story of Ikenna Njoku, a 28-year old construction worker from Auburn, Washington. When he recieved a rebate check from the IRS,  Njoku signed up to have the rebate deposited directly into his Chase Bank account. But when the IRS rebate arrived, there was a problem.  Chase had closed Njoku’s account because of overdrawn checks in the past. The bank deducted $600 to cover what he owed them and mailed him a cashier’s check for the difference–$8,463.21… Njoku showed up at the Chase branch near his house intending to cash the check… which had Njoku’s name and address on it and was issued by JP Morgan Chase. But the Chase Customer Banker who handles large checks at the Auburn branch said the check looked fake, so she took it, along with Njoku’s driver license and credit card, and called Bank Support.  Auburn police arrested him for forgery – a felony crime. Njoku was taken to jail on June 24, 2010, which was a Thursday. The next day, Chase Special Investigations, realized it was a mistake. The check was legitimate. The Investigator called Auburn Police and left a message with the detective handling the case, but it was her day off. So Njoku stayed in jail for the entire weekend. Finally, on Monday, he was released. Njoku’s car had been towed from the bank parking lot and his check seized as evidence. Njoku says he didn’t have the money to pay the impound fees and fines to get his car back before it was sold.  He said he also lost his job because he didn’t show up for work while he was in jail.

(Attribution: King 5 News)