From LA to Ferguson: When Cops Get Caught Behaving Badly





Susanne.Posel-Headline.News.Official- ferguson.los.angeles.fbi.doj.lynch.corruption_occupycorporatismSusanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | Co-Founder, Legacy Bio-Naturals

 

There has much ado in the news about how corrupt the police agencies in America have become. That is why evidence of wrong doing is so precious, and in Los Angeles Lee Baca, a retired LA County Sheriff, provided just that .

Baca pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators about being involved with the assault of an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigators (FBI) after denying that fact for years.

The retired sheriff entered a plea agreement into federal court, admitting to lying about Operation Pandora’s Box wherein “when he told federal authorities that he was unaware that his subordinates planned to approach the FBI agent leading the jail investigation at her home.”

Going back to 2011, Baca was involved in the resettlement of a convicted bank robber using a fictitious name in order to obstruct FBI agents from interviewing the man. Thirteen sheriff deputies were placed on watch of the inmate, receiving email communication from Baca for preforming their duties “without asking too many questions and prying into the investigation.”

In order to explain the inmate’s relocation, Baca falsely claimed on documents that this was done “to protect [the inmate] from deputies”.

US District Attorney for California Eileen Decker told the media that Baca’s confession “demonstrates that the illegal behavior in the Sheriff’s Department went to the very top of this organization.”

As part of the plea, Baca “agreed not to contest” for among other things directing “subordinates to approach the agent, stating that they should ‘do everything but put handcuffs’ on her.”

Baca told his underlings to have the agent “isolated” and placed former sheriff’s deputy Paul Tanaka in charge of carrying out the plan.

The most shocking part of the plea is that in exchange for this confession, Baca is guaranteed no more than 6 months in prison.

Decker believes that Baca is being held accountable for trying “to hide a corrupt culture”; however the pleas deal and prison term are hardly equal punishment for the crime.

Especially considering that Michael Zweiback, Baca’s attorney, said that his client “could also be sentenced to probation and not serve any time behind bars.”

Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, the Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed a lawsuit against the Ferguson Police Department (FPD) for trying to switch the police reform deal that was reached after it was found that the department was guilty of the gross discrimination against residents of color.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch explained in a news conference that “the residents of Ferguson have waited nearly a year for the city to adopt an agreement that would protect their rights and keep them safe. … They have waited decades for justice. They should not be forced to wait any longer.”

Lynch is referring to the decision to file suit “one day after the City Council voted to revise an agreement aimed at improving the way police and courts treat poor people and minorities in” Ferguson.

The FPD is accused of “routinely violating residents’ rights and misusing law enforcement to generate revenue.”

In addition to the discrimination, the DoJ investigated the “ineffective response” by Ferguson police during the riots that followed the death of Michael Brown at the hands of Officer Darren Wilson.
The use of “stingerballs, pepperballs, bean bag rounds and battons” were inadequate attempts to quell the tensions; and were integral in “escalating disturbance” within the community during protests.

The report found the Ferguson, St. Louis County and St. Louis police departments, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol did not “keep the peace” but intensified the on-going violence that repeated for several nights.

Written by the DoJ, the report states in part: “For the first two days, the St. Louis County PD and the Ferguson PD believed the Ferguson incident would be short-lived and focused only on immediate tactical responses. They did not effectively plan for a long-term operational strategy.”

With regard to the Ferguson police use of armored vehicles and military grade equipment to keep the protesters at bay, the DoJ explained: “Tear gas was fired inappropriately, an armored vehicle was deployed in situations that did not warrant it and snipers should not have been used. While a tactical response was warranted at times during the Ferguson incident because of threats to public safety, the highly elevated initial response of tactical units limited options for a measured, strategic approach.”

Indeed, the use of “tactical equipment” by police was not only “not justified [but] served to escalate rather than de-escalate the overall situation.”


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From LA to Ferguson: When Cops Get Caught Behaving Badly





Susanne.Posel-Headline.News.Official- ferguson.los.angeles.fbi.doj.lynch.corruption_occupycorporatismSusanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | Co-Founder, Legacy Bio-Naturals

 

There has much ado in the news about how corrupt the police agencies in America have become. That is why evidence of wrong doing is so precious, and in Los Angeles Lee Baca, a retired LA County Sheriff, provided just that .

Baca pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators about being involved with the assault of an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigators (FBI) after denying that fact for years.

The retired sheriff entered a plea agreement into federal court, admitting to lying about Operation Pandora’s Box wherein “when he told federal authorities that he was unaware that his subordinates planned to approach the FBI agent leading the jail investigation at her home.”

Going back to 2011, Baca was involved in the resettlement of a convicted bank robber using a fictitious name in order to obstruct FBI agents from interviewing the man. Thirteen sheriff deputies were placed on watch of the inmate, receiving email communication from Baca for preforming their duties “without asking too many questions and prying into the investigation.”

In order to explain the inmate’s relocation, Baca falsely claimed on documents that this was done “to protect [the inmate] from deputies”.

US District Attorney for California Eileen Decker told the media that Baca’s confession “demonstrates that the illegal behavior in the Sheriff’s Department went to the very top of this organization.”

As part of the plea, Baca “agreed not to contest” for among other things directing “subordinates to approach the agent, stating that they should ‘do everything but put handcuffs’ on her.”

Baca told his underlings to have the agent “isolated” and placed former sheriff’s deputy Paul Tanaka in charge of carrying out the plan.

The most shocking part of the plea is that in exchange for this confession, Baca is guaranteed no more than 6 months in prison.

Decker believes that Baca is being held accountable for trying “to hide a corrupt culture”; however the pleas deal and prison term are hardly equal punishment for the crime.

Especially considering that Michael Zweiback, Baca’s attorney, said that his client “could also be sentenced to probation and not serve any time behind bars.”

Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, the Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed a lawsuit against the Ferguson Police Department (FPD) for trying to switch the police reform deal that was reached after it was found that the department was guilty of the gross discrimination against residents of color.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch explained in a news conference that “the residents of Ferguson have waited nearly a year for the city to adopt an agreement that would protect their rights and keep them safe. … They have waited decades for justice. They should not be forced to wait any longer.”

Lynch is referring to the decision to file suit “one day after the City Council voted to revise an agreement aimed at improving the way police and courts treat poor people and minorities in” Ferguson.

The FPD is accused of “routinely violating residents’ rights and misusing law enforcement to generate revenue.”

In addition to the discrimination, the DoJ investigated the “ineffective response” by Ferguson police during the riots that followed the death of Michael Brown at the hands of Officer Darren Wilson.
The use of “stingerballs, pepperballs, bean bag rounds and battons” were inadequate attempts to quell the tensions; and were integral in “escalating disturbance” within the community during protests.

The report found the Ferguson, St. Louis County and St. Louis police departments, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol did not “keep the peace” but intensified the on-going violence that repeated for several nights.

Written by the DoJ, the report states in part: “For the first two days, the St. Louis County PD and the Ferguson PD believed the Ferguson incident would be short-lived and focused only on immediate tactical responses. They did not effectively plan for a long-term operational strategy.”

With regard to the Ferguson police use of armored vehicles and military grade equipment to keep the protesters at bay, the DoJ explained: “Tear gas was fired inappropriately, an armored vehicle was deployed in situations that did not warrant it and snipers should not have been used. While a tactical response was warranted at times during the Ferguson incident because of threats to public safety, the highly elevated initial response of tactical units limited options for a measured, strategic approach.”

Indeed, the use of “tactical equipment” by police was not only “not justified [but] served to escalate rather than de-escalate the overall situation.”


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From LA to Ferguson: When Cops Get Caught Behaving Badly





Susanne.Posel-Headline.News.Official- ferguson.los.angeles.fbi.doj.lynch.corruption_occupycorporatismSusanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | Co-Founder, Legacy Bio-Naturals

 

There has much ado in the news about how corrupt the police agencies in America have become. That is why evidence of wrong doing is so precious, and in Los Angeles Lee Baca, a retired LA County Sheriff, provided just that .

Baca pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators about being involved with the assault of an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigators (FBI) after denying that fact for years.

The retired sheriff entered a plea agreement into federal court, admitting to lying about Operation Pandora’s Box wherein “when he told federal authorities that he was unaware that his subordinates planned to approach the FBI agent leading the jail investigation at her home.”

Going back to 2011, Baca was involved in the resettlement of a convicted bank robber using a fictitious name in order to obstruct FBI agents from interviewing the man. Thirteen sheriff deputies were placed on watch of the inmate, receiving email communication from Baca for preforming their duties “without asking too many questions and prying into the investigation.”

In order to explain the inmate’s relocation, Baca falsely claimed on documents that this was done “to protect [the inmate] from deputies”.

US District Attorney for California Eileen Decker told the media that Baca’s confession “demonstrates that the illegal behavior in the Sheriff’s Department went to the very top of this organization.”

As part of the plea, Baca “agreed not to contest” for among other things directing “subordinates to approach the agent, stating that they should ‘do everything but put handcuffs’ on her.”

Baca told his underlings to have the agent “isolated” and placed former sheriff’s deputy Paul Tanaka in charge of carrying out the plan.

The most shocking part of the plea is that in exchange for this confession, Baca is guaranteed no more than 6 months in prison.

Decker believes that Baca is being held accountable for trying “to hide a corrupt culture”; however the pleas deal and prison term are hardly equal punishment for the crime.

Especially considering that Michael Zweiback, Baca’s attorney, said that his client “could also be sentenced to probation and not serve any time behind bars.”

Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, the Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed a lawsuit against the Ferguson Police Department (FPD) for trying to switch the police reform deal that was reached after it was found that the department was guilty of the gross discrimination against residents of color.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch explained in a news conference that “the residents of Ferguson have waited nearly a year for the city to adopt an agreement that would protect their rights and keep them safe. … They have waited decades for justice. They should not be forced to wait any longer.”

Lynch is referring to the decision to file suit “one day after the City Council voted to revise an agreement aimed at improving the way police and courts treat poor people and minorities in” Ferguson.

The FPD is accused of “routinely violating residents’ rights and misusing law enforcement to generate revenue.”

In addition to the discrimination, the DoJ investigated the “ineffective response” by Ferguson police during the riots that followed the death of Michael Brown at the hands of Officer Darren Wilson.
The use of “stingerballs, pepperballs, bean bag rounds and battons” were inadequate attempts to quell the tensions; and were integral in “escalating disturbance” within the community during protests.

The report found the Ferguson, St. Louis County and St. Louis police departments, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol did not “keep the peace” but intensified the on-going violence that repeated for several nights.

Written by the DoJ, the report states in part: “For the first two days, the St. Louis County PD and the Ferguson PD believed the Ferguson incident would be short-lived and focused only on immediate tactical responses. They did not effectively plan for a long-term operational strategy.”

With regard to the Ferguson police use of armored vehicles and military grade equipment to keep the protesters at bay, the DoJ explained: “Tear gas was fired inappropriately, an armored vehicle was deployed in situations that did not warrant it and snipers should not have been used. While a tactical response was warranted at times during the Ferguson incident because of threats to public safety, the highly elevated initial response of tactical units limited options for a measured, strategic approach.”

Indeed, the use of “tactical equipment” by police was not only “not justified [but] served to escalate rather than de-escalate the overall situation.”


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From LA to Ferguson: When Cops Get Caught Behaving Badly





Susanne.Posel-Headline.News.Official- ferguson.los.angeles.fbi.doj.lynch.corruption_occupycorporatismSusanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | Co-Founder, Legacy Bio-Naturals

 

There has much ado in the news about how corrupt the police agencies in America have become. That is why evidence of wrong doing is so precious, and in Los Angeles Lee Baca, a retired LA County Sheriff, provided just that .

Baca pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators about being involved with the assault of an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigators (FBI) after denying that fact for years.

The retired sheriff entered a plea agreement into federal court, admitting to lying about Operation Pandora’s Box wherein “when he told federal authorities that he was unaware that his subordinates planned to approach the FBI agent leading the jail investigation at her home.”

Going back to 2011, Baca was involved in the resettlement of a convicted bank robber using a fictitious name in order to obstruct FBI agents from interviewing the man. Thirteen sheriff deputies were placed on watch of the inmate, receiving email communication from Baca for preforming their duties “without asking too many questions and prying into the investigation.”

In order to explain the inmate’s relocation, Baca falsely claimed on documents that this was done “to protect [the inmate] from deputies”.

US District Attorney for California Eileen Decker told the media that Baca’s confession “demonstrates that the illegal behavior in the Sheriff’s Department went to the very top of this organization.”

As part of the plea, Baca “agreed not to contest” for among other things directing “subordinates to approach the agent, stating that they should ‘do everything but put handcuffs’ on her.”

Baca told his underlings to have the agent “isolated” and placed former sheriff’s deputy Paul Tanaka in charge of carrying out the plan.

The most shocking part of the plea is that in exchange for this confession, Baca is guaranteed no more than 6 months in prison.

Decker believes that Baca is being held accountable for trying “to hide a corrupt culture”; however the pleas deal and prison term are hardly equal punishment for the crime.

Especially considering that Michael Zweiback, Baca’s attorney, said that his client “could also be sentenced to probation and not serve any time behind bars.”

Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, the Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed a lawsuit against the Ferguson Police Department (FPD) for trying to switch the police reform deal that was reached after it was found that the department was guilty of the gross discrimination against residents of color.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch explained in a news conference that “the residents of Ferguson have waited nearly a year for the city to adopt an agreement that would protect their rights and keep them safe. … They have waited decades for justice. They should not be forced to wait any longer.”

Lynch is referring to the decision to file suit “one day after the City Council voted to revise an agreement aimed at improving the way police and courts treat poor people and minorities in” Ferguson.

The FPD is accused of “routinely violating residents’ rights and misusing law enforcement to generate revenue.”

In addition to the discrimination, the DoJ investigated the “ineffective response” by Ferguson police during the riots that followed the death of Michael Brown at the hands of Officer Darren Wilson.
The use of “stingerballs, pepperballs, bean bag rounds and battons” were inadequate attempts to quell the tensions; and were integral in “escalating disturbance” within the community during protests.

The report found the Ferguson, St. Louis County and St. Louis police departments, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol did not “keep the peace” but intensified the on-going violence that repeated for several nights.

Written by the DoJ, the report states in part: “For the first two days, the St. Louis County PD and the Ferguson PD believed the Ferguson incident would be short-lived and focused only on immediate tactical responses. They did not effectively plan for a long-term operational strategy.”

With regard to the Ferguson police use of armored vehicles and military grade equipment to keep the protesters at bay, the DoJ explained: “Tear gas was fired inappropriately, an armored vehicle was deployed in situations that did not warrant it and snipers should not have been used. While a tactical response was warranted at times during the Ferguson incident because of threats to public safety, the highly elevated initial response of tactical units limited options for a measured, strategic approach.”

Indeed, the use of “tactical equipment” by police was not only “not justified [but] served to escalate rather than de-escalate the overall situation.”


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