Theodore Wafer Trial

The trial of Ted Wafer began this morning. I want to get this up quickly so those interested can watch and know where to follow comments.

There is live stream at http://courtchatter.tv/wafer3.htm.

If there are videos later, I will embed them here.

(A Special thanks to Mothman for locating the live stream)

Police Officer “Scalps” Arrested Woman

Charda Gregory

In November 2013, 22-year-old Charda Gregory went to a party in Detroit, Michigan.  She says that she was drugged because she does not remember anything until regaining consciousness in a motel room in Warren, Michigan when police came to arrest her for trashing the room.  In the process, Gregory was pepper sprayed.

Officer Bernadette Najor

Video shows that Gregory entered the jail calm but could barely stand.  She was approached by Officer Bernadette Najor who patted her down.  Gregory removed her boots and her sweater.  An officer in the video is standing in such a manner that it’s hard to see what Najor, another officer, and Gregory were doing, but the next thing we see is one officer go into a room and come out with a restraining chair.  Gregory was placed in that chair that held down her arms.

Paul Misukewicz, Gregory’s attorney, told WXYZ that the officer “[Najor] took it upon herself to get the scissors. And for whatever reason, decided that she was going to butcher my client.”

Once Again, a Black Person Is Shot and Killed While Looking for Help

RIP, Renisha McBride. Dearborn Heights, do the right thing and arrest the murderer.

The Fifth Column

There’s no rationale for this sort of behavior…

Gawker

Less than two months after Charlotte police shot and killed an unarmed man who was trying to find help after having a car accident, a woman is dead in Michigan under similar circumstances, shot in the head while reportedly searching for assistance late Friday night.

Renisha McBride, a 19-year-old from Detroit, is presumed to have been asking for help when she knocked on the door of a Dearborn Heights home at 2:30 A.M. on Saturday. McBride’s family says McBride had been in a car accident and her cellphone was dead.  Rather than offering shelter to McBride, however, the homeowner came out and shot her in the head with a shotgun. The buckshot entered McBride’s head from the back, according to statements from her aunt, as the girl had already turned to walk or run away from the home. Police reports…

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