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Feds: 'Excessive force' found in Albuquerque police
Fox News ^ | April 10 2014 | Associated Press

Posted on 04/14/2014 4:29:06 PM PDT by Alas Babylon!

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday released a scathing report in response to a series of deadly police shootings that pointed to patterns of excessive force by the Albuquerque Police Department, serious constitutional violations and a lack of training and oversight of its officers. After more than a year of reviewing hundreds of cases handled by the Albuquerque police, the federal agency found that officers too frequently used deadly force on people "who posed a minimal threat" and used a higher level of force too often on those with mental illness.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: abq; abuseofpower; albuquerque; force; jbt; justice; nm; police
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To: Alas Babylon!

Feds: ‘Excessive force’ found in Feds

That’s the headline I want to see with the story being:

Fedgov disarms itself and limits authority to just that in the Constitution.

Every dumb monkey in government seems to be armed. The jamokes at Immigration all carry guns even for just an administrative position. It’s nuts.


21 posted on 04/14/2014 5:40:48 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Alas Babylon!

ok, so now what?! Most Americans don’t believe the police and most don’t believe the feds!


22 posted on 04/14/2014 5:48:29 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid!)
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To: GraceG

Only one gun was a bean bag gun.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/7154f83129804c4d803a6708030a638d/NM—Albuquerque-Police-Shootings-Funeral


23 posted on 04/14/2014 5:53:05 PM PDT by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: miele man

Here’s a link to one of the many articles. Search for James Boyd shooting Albuquerque. You do have to answer a 1 question survey to view the article.

http://www.abqjournal.com/372376/abqnewsseeker/apd-releases-info-about-fatal-officer-involved-shooting.html


24 posted on 04/14/2014 6:14:48 PM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: Alas Babylon!

What about Nevada


25 posted on 04/14/2014 7:01:15 PM PDT by Monorprise
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To: leapfrog0202

Thank you for this link.


26 posted on 04/14/2014 7:29:03 PM PDT by miele man
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To: miele man

You’re welcome.


27 posted on 04/14/2014 8:52:38 PM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: Alas Babylon!

I am Joaquin’s Total Lack Of Surprise.


28 posted on 04/14/2014 10:26:20 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Richard Warman censors free speech.)
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To: RKBA Democrat

Police apologists are dwindling in number on a daily basis.

I’m sure there are still plenty of them around, but they are finding it more and more difficult to make their case.


29 posted on 04/15/2014 12:35:59 PM PDT by WayneS (Help Control Politician Overpopulation - Spay or Neuter Your Senator or Congressman Today!)
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To: Cen-Tejas

Believe in yourself.


30 posted on 04/15/2014 12:37:03 PM PDT by WayneS (Help Control Politician Overpopulation - Spay or Neuter Your Senator or Congressman Today!)
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