Saturday, October 19, 2019

COP CRIMES IN AMERICA - FORT WORTH COPS ON THE MURDERING RAMPAGE - "Atatiana Jefferson's death highlights a long history of police violence in Fort Worth, and the community says it's time for a 'reckoning'"

Atatiana Jefferson's death highlights a long history of police violence in Fort Worth, and the community says it's time for a 'reckoning'


·         Atatiana Jefferson, 28, was shot and killed by Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean early Saturday morning.
·         Five fatal police shootings have taken place in Fort Worth since June, before Jefferson's death.
·         S. Lee Merritt, a civil rights lawyer who is representing Jefferson's family told The New York Times that there "needs to be a reckoning" to change the police culture in Fort Worth.
·         Lee Muhammad, a student minister and local community leader, told Insider that community members feel unsafe.
Atatiana Jefferson's death marks the sixth death by a police officer in Fort Worth, Texas, since June. Community members have had enough.
Jefferson, 28, was shot and killed by Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean early Saturday morning after a neighbor called a non-emergency police line just after 2 a.m. asking for a wellness check because his niece noticed Jefferson's front door was open.
But Fort Worth police have had problems that date far before Jefferson's death. Her death is the eighth officer-involved shooting this year, according to a log from the attorney general of Texas's office.

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Tarrant County Jail via APS. Lee Merritt, a civil rights lawyer who is representing Jefferson's family, said a murder charge for Dean is a "good start" on changing the police culture in the city.
"Fort Worth has a culture that has allowed this to happen," he told The New York Times. "There still needs to be a reckoning."
Lee Muhammad, a student minister and community leader who works with the group Concerned Citizens Local Organizing Committee of Greater Tarrant County, which aims to make communities in the county safe, agreed the police department needs to change.
"Dissatisfaction eventually brings about a change. As the voice of the dissatisfied grows louder change will come about. Our hope is that the change will come willingly from the top," he told Insider in an email. "Continued injustice overtime causes and imbalance in the minds of the victims and history has shown us that this leads to unnecessary clashes with a recalcitrant government."

There have been 6 fatal police shootings in Fort Worth this year — and the city has faced several high-profile brutality cases

Prior to this year, Fort Worth police have been involved in several high-profile incidents. Concerns of police violence and use of force date back to at least 2009, according to a detailed account from Vox.
In 2009, a 24-year-old black man named Michael Patrick Jacobs died after being Tasered by police who were responding to an emergency call from Jacobs' parents. Police offered a $2 million settlement to the Jacobs family after they sued the city over the man's death.

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In July 2016, a Fort Worth officer shot a black man named David Collie as he walked away from police — the shooting left him paralyzed from the waist down. Police said Collie was a robbery suspect at the time and that he raised a weapon. Collie said he never threatened officers. Officials later dropped the charges against Collie.
In December 2016, a Fort Worth officer was filmed pushing and arresting a black woman named Jacqueline Craig, who had called police to report that her neighbor had choked her son. The police officer, William Martin, was suspended for 10 days but not fired.
In 2017, officers Tasered a black woman named Dorshay Morris after she called police for help during a domestic dispute with her boyfriend.
Muhammad told Insider that police officers should undergo cultural sensitivity training and impact bias testing.
"We believe implicit bias plays a major role in how police respond in black and brown neighborhoods," he told Insider. "More of our tax dollars needs to be diverted to proper education and cultivating human potential and building the inner city. Finally we need to seriously look at community policing from the inside out. Empowering groups to patrol their own neighborhoods and calling the police only when absolutely necessary."

Fort Worth is taking steps to hold the police department accountable

The Fort Worth City Council announced in September of this year that it would create a police monitor position to review "how well the police department has been following its own policies and procedures," Fort Worth Assistant City Manager Fernando Costa told CNN.

The city has put more than $700,000 aside to launch the position and start a diversity program within the police department, CNN reported.
Muhammad told Insider that the city council's actions are a start, but people are angry that so many people are dying at the hands of police.
"When you hear people say they don't feel safe, this is not hyperbole. This feeling of vulnerability has lead to protest and attempts to shut down city council meetings," he said. "On a positive note, more town hall meetings and planning sessions are occurring to organize the people to make sure this does not happen again."
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MEXICO FALLS TO THE HEROIN CARTELS - "The combat experienced in Culiacan is not new. For years, cartels operating in border cities near Texas have morphed into paramilitary forces capable of outgunning authorities. "



Ovidio is one of 10 sons that El Chapo Guzman had in his three marriages. Currently, the elder drug lord is serving a life term in prison in the U.S. after a lengthy trial that exposed the highest levels of Mexico’s government and security apparatus as receiving money from cartels.

Ortiz: Mexican President AMLO Proves Impotent Against Paramilitary Drug Cartels

Mexico's 'AMLO' still popular after 100 turbulent days
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The capture of a wanted drug lord and his subsequent release after pressure from the Sinaloa Cartel set a dangerous precedent, revealing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) and his cabinet to be impotent against the narco-terrorists controlling most of the country. The episode raises serious questions about Mexico’s role as a partner in the U.S. government’s fight against cartels.

This week, gunmen from Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) ambushed and murdered 13 police officers in a show of force with armored vehicles, rocket-propelled grenades, .50 caliber rifles, and other weapons.
The violence comes at a time when AMLO has reassigned most of the country’s Marines to coastal cities–away from violent cartel hotspots. For years, the Mexican Marines earned a reputation as a trustworthy fighting force in a country where large parts of the security apparatus and politicians serve crime lords, according to recent testimony from the trial of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
The withdrawal of military forces in addition to AMLO’s rhetoric about not fighting cartel “violence with violence” came to a turning point Thursday afternoon when federal forces captured and later released Ovidio “El Raton” Guzman Lopez, one of El Chapo’s 10 sons. Friday, AMLO revealed that his security staff made the decision to release Guzman to preserve the peace after the Sinaloa Cartel deployed hundreds of gunmen to terrorize Culiacan. Regardless, the violence proceeded for hours after the heir’s release.

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The combat experienced in Culiacan is not new. For years, cartels operating in border cities near Texas have morphed into paramilitary forces capable of outgunning authorities. The access to firepower, artillery, and explosives pushes the criminal organizations beyond mere drug smugglers into factions capable of performing terror tactics like seen in Middle Eastern war zones.
During his Friday press conference, AMLO said his government was focused on fighting for social justice and improving the country’s living conditions in the face of the narco threat. The president previously said he would report criminals to their mothers for spankings and even encouraged civilians to yell “Fuchi Guacala” (yuck!) at the sight of gunmen to shame them into improved behavior.
Señor Presidente, Mexico esta en llamas.
Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby and senior Breitbart management. You can follow him on Twitter and on Facebook. He can be contacted at Iortiz@breitbart.com



Mexico Forced to Release El Chapo’s Son After Paramilitary Cartel Violence

AMLO reshapes Mexico's language along with its politics
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The Sinaloa Cartel forced the Mexican government to release a son of infamous drug lord “El Chapo” after threatening extreme violence against innocent civilians. Soldiers arrested the kingpin’s heir several hours earlier in an operation that triggered shootouts in Culiacan on Thursday.

During his Friday morning press conference, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) tried to deflect from the topic by talking about security in another state, but eventually confirmed his cabinet released Guzman Lopez to avoid further violence.
“There can’t be a higher value on a criminal’s capture than in the lives of people,” AMLO said as he tried to explain his approach of not fighting cartels with violence–but with programs addressing social issues and injustices.
AMLO also disclosed that the arrest operation was based on a federal warrant “with extradition purposes” to the United States.
The arrest led to mass chaos as cartel gunmen carried out various acts of terror, including a breakout in the Aguaruto Prison. Several shootouts and threats of violence targeting civilians were also issued. Cartel gunmen even threatened to kill the wives and children of soldiers in Culiacan. Authorities disclosed Friday that the Sinaloa Cartel managed to kidnap several soldiers and used them as leverage to trade for Guzman Lopez.
During a televised news conference on Thursday night, Public Safety Secretary Alfonso Durazo gave a vague version of events where he appears to reveal that security forces released Guzman Lopez.


“With the purpose of safeguarding the superior good of the integrity of Culiacan’s society, officials with the Security Cabinet agreed to stop such actions,” Durazo said in a televised statement. Since then, various news outlets in Mexico have independently confirmed the release of Ovidio.
One of those confirmations came from Jose Luis Gonzalez Mesa, an attorney for the Guzman family who gave various TV interviews in Mexico.

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Prior to his release, according to SinEmbargo.mx, a group of gunmen attacked a prison in Culiacan, allowing the prisoners to escape. A video posted on social media revealed the moment when a large number of inmates can be seen running out of the facility.


Ovidio is one of 10 sons that El Chapo Guzman had in his three marriages. Currently, the elder drug lord is serving a life term in prison in the U.S. after a lengthy trial that exposed the highest levels of Mexico’s government and security apparatus as receiving money from cartels.
Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby and senior Breitbart management. You can follow him on Twitter and on Facebook. He can be contacted at Iortiz@breitbart.com
Brandon Darby is the managing director and editor-in-chief of Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project with Ildefonso Ortiz and senior Breitbart management. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook. He can be contacted at bdarby@breitbart.com.     


300 Pounds of Meth, Cocaine Seized at Texas Border

CBP K-9 team inspectes a vehicle at the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge in South Texas. (Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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Rio Grande Valley Sector Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to the Hidalgo International Bridge seized more than 300 pounds of cocaine and methamphetamine during multiple smuggling attempts. The seizures have an estimated street value of nearly $6 million.

CBP Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers assigned to the international bridge that connects Hidalgo, Texas, with the key cartel drug smuggling town of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, disrupted three unrelated attempts as two Mexican nationals and a woman from Houston attempted to move cargo across the border. In total, the officers seized more than 30 pounds of cocaine and nearly 180 pounds of methamphetamine.
CBP officials seize 12 packages containing 152 pounds of methamphetamine seized by CBP officers at Hidalgo International Bridge. (Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
CBP officials seize 12 packages containing 152 pounds of
methamphetamine seized by CBP officers at the
Hidalgo International Bridge. (Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
A CBP officer assigned to the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge on October 12 observed a white 2014 Ford Focus approaching for inspection for entry into the United States, officials reported. The officer referred the 24-year-old driver from Mexico to a secondary inspection station. Officers at the secondary inspection station carried out a search with the use of a non-intrusive imaging system. The search revealed 13 packages hidden within the car. The officers conducted a physical search of the car and found the 13 packages contained 32.36 pounds of cocaine. Officials estimated the street value of the cocaine to be approximately $250,000. The officers placed the Mexican man under arrest and seized the drugs and the vehicle.
Other officers working the same bridge that evening observed a 2008 Toyota Corolla approaching for entry to the U.S. and inspection. A K-9 officer alerted to the possible presence of drugs in the car. Other officers carried out a physical search of the Corolla and found 20 packages allegedly containing 152 pounds of methamphetamine. Officials estimated the drugs to be worth approximately 3,050,000. The officers arrested the 28-year-old Mexican woman from Reynosa and seized the vehicle and the drugs, according to the information provided by CBP officials.
Two days later, a 24-year-old woman from Houston attempted to re-enter the U.S. from Reynosa in a 1997 Ford Explorer. A CBP officer referred the woman, a U.S. citizen, to a secondary inspection station where officers found what they allege to be 126.72 pounds of liquid methamphetamine. CBP officials reported the street value of the methamphetamine to be $2,535,000. The officers placed the woman under arrest and seized the drugs and the vehicle.
Officials turned all three cases over to ICE Homeland Security Investigations.
Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior political news contributor for the Breitbart Texas-Border team. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX and Facebook.