Title: Shocking Video Shows Cop Execute US Combat Vet and Former POW, for Twirling an Ink Pen Source:
Free Thought Project URL Source:http://thefreethoughtproject.com/ne ... -ill-homeless-man-holding-pen/ Published:Dec 22, 2015 Author:Andrew Emett Post Date:2015-12-23 10:22:32 by Deckard Keywords:None Views:770 Comments:12
A judge ordered the release on Tuesday of surveillance videos that captured San Diego Police Officer Neal Browder shooting a mentally ill homeless veteran to death. The unarmed man had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and PTSD after serving in the Afghan army and being held captive for two months by a Mujahideen group.
On April 30, Officer Browder responded to a call concerning a homeless man harassing people in a parking lot. Newly released surveillance videos show Browder pull up in his cruiser to confront 42-year-old Fridoon Rawshan Nehad. After failing to turn on his body camera before arriving, Browder can be seen exiting his vehicle before immediately firing at Nehad.
Instead of brandishing a weapon, Nehad had been twirling a pen in his hand when the officer suddenly shot him. After watching the surveillance video roughly two dozen times, nearby KECO employee Wesley Doyle stepped forward declaring Browder did not bother to use his Taser or give Nehad any physical warning that he was about to shoot him.
“He did not even get into a shooting stance,” Doyle wrote in his declaration. “The shooting appeared to be unprovoked; Officer Browder appeared to shoot Fridoon hastily.”
After Doyle stepped forward, Nehad’s family filed a complaint accusing Browder of depriving Nehad’s civil rights, assault and battery, negligence, and wrongful death. According to the complaint, Nehad had been serving in the Afghan army when a Mujahideen group captured him and tortured him for two months. In the years following his release, Nehad was diagnosed with numerous mental illnesses as a result of his captivity.
“Fridoon battled against his illnesses for years. He was intelligent, learning new languages (German and French) and taking classes on computer programming, linguistics and literature,” the complaint read. “Fridoon was loved. His family spent years and countless hours helping him cope with his PTSD and mental illness.”
Although the FBI and U.S. Department of Justice have launched an investigation into the fatal police shooting, San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis announced that her office has decided not to file criminal charges against Browder. Even though District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, SDPD Chief Shelley Zimmerman, and an attorney for Browder fought to keep the videos suppressed, U.S. District Court Judge William Hayes ruled last week that the officials had no right to keep the videos hidden from the public and Nehad’s family.
Due to the fact that Nehad did not raise the pen in an aggressive manner nor lunge at the officer raises the question why Browder felt the need to kill him less than three seconds after exiting his patrol car. Instead of providing help to an ally, we as a society have once again turned a blind eye to those suffering with mental illnesses and have allowed another life to be sacrificed to the state.
After surviving two months in an enemy torture camp, this veteran came home only to be executed by an American cop.
Taser would have been a better choice but "we" would be back seat driving at this point. Not sure if they even allow Taser in their district. Many districts have freaked out about Taser use and deaths too. No easy solution.
"The unarmed man had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and PTSD after serving in the Afghan army and being held captive for two months by a Mujahideen group."
Did the cop know this at the time? If not, then what's the relevance?
"His family spent years and countless hours helping him cope with his PTSD and mental illness.”
So the family, who is suing, was helping him. Yet he was homeless. Some help.
The citizenry gets to back seat drive and second-guess everything. The courts are the official vehicles for subjecting all actions to second guessing and Monday morning quarterbacking.
If you make your living carrying a gun and imposing rules upon them, and you decide wrong and kill somebody, the people can second guess you and put you in a cage for the rest of your life.
If you make your living carrying a gun and imposing rules upon them, and you decide wrong and kill somebody, the people can second guess you and put you in a cage for the rest of your life.
We(general term) had night sticks but they were taken away. Then we were told you have to shot to kill not stop them or you will be prosecuted for civil rights violation(so if you shot you must kill them). Then we were given Tasers but since they can kill people who are drugs they were taken away. Now what?
Im sorry but police are not the spitting, punching, stabbing, shooting bag of America! Police have a right to defend themselves with out being maimed in the process!!!!!
Im sorry but police are not the spitting, punching, stabbing, shooting bag of America! Police have a right to defend themselves with out being maimed in the process!!!!!
Not without being second-guessed by the citizenry in the courts they don't.
NOBODY has the right to do as he thinks necessary without the society being able to then second-guess him, judge him, prosecute him and jail or even execute him, if in THEIR judgment what he did excercising HIS judgment broke the laws.
Cops do not get to be above the law. There is some discretion given to them and tolerance for error, but it is granted as a matter of privilege only. They have no RIGHT to special treatment, and what is granted as a privilege is granted by the people, and the people can ALWAYS TAKE IT BACK, in any given court case.
Fact is, the cops will ALWAYS be personally responsible for their actions, and every act they do is subject to full review by the citizens, in court, and punishment, including life imprisonment or execution, if the citizens sitting in judgment reject the cop's argument.
If one does not want to be subject to that fact, of supervision and second- guessing, then one had best find another line of work, because being subject to superior oversight, and judgment, and punishment, is a fact of life for every man woman and child living in this country, and always will be.
There is no exception for cops, or CIA agents, or Presidents, or anybody else.
There is, sometimes, privilege and allowance for discretion, but that's always a CHOICE by the judges - and any given judge can decide to not grant that choice to a particular defendant.
If you're going to make your living carrying a gun and telling your fellow citizens what to do, you must never forget that the courts are above you, and can take away your life and liberty and property just as you can - and that it is the citizens who sit on the courts, not the cops.
The cops are perpetually subordinated to the people they police, ultimately, and they need to have that put right in front of their faces every now and then, lest they become overmighty and oppressive.
Policing your fellow citizens is something that the public tolerates of you, for their safety. If you cease to improve their safety - in THEIR eyes, not yours - then you may end up in a cage.
The only place that isn't true is a military dictatorship. And there, the cops serve the soldiers, the soldiers serve the dictator, and the dictator does as he pleases...as long as he pleases the assassins anyway.
But that's not our system and isn't likely to become our system anytime soon.
NOBODY has the right to do as he thinks necessary without the society being able to then second-guess him, judge him, prosecute him and jail or even execute him, if in THEIR judgment what he did excercising HIS judgment broke the laws.
Correct but what happens when courts find officer not guilty or refuse to indict?
City and officer still gets sued.
The officer's life turn to shit.
Then simply minded people take to the streets and riot because they did not get a conviction.
The simple minded riot because officers enforce the laws and if the officers do not enforce the laws we the people get raped, assaulted and murdered. There has to be common sense brought back into the system. Officer have to be given a way to subdue people with out fear of being maimed or murdered.
Right now everything is against the officer. They are the only ones putting their life on the line. Not the simple minded morons or we the people.
The only things that are going to solve our issue will never be done. [Too many people have axes to grind right, left and always crazy mentally ill progressives control freaks(As you can tell I hate progressives!)]
1) The laws should be simple, straight forward and few.
2) True mentally ill people must be removed from the streets and kept in a home that can provide for their needs in a humane way with the federal government paying the tab. This has been the biggest issue to the police. They just do not have a good way to deal with mentally ill people including those that burned out their body on drugs.
3) Better prison system a) people don't become worse citizens then they went in. b) people need to be punished humanely in that they are isolated from others with shorter terms for those that are not repeat offenders. c) career criminals be punished harshly so they will not want to come back. d) remove all sports activities so they do not become strong criminals. e) remove the tv, radio, books, phone calls, letters etc. Make them reflect on what they did.
#11. To: Deckard, *Crime and Corruption*, *Military or Vets Affairs*, *Politics and Politicians* (#0)
After Doyle stepped forward, Nehad’s family filed a complaint accusing Browder of depriving Nehad’s civil rights, assault and battery, negligence, and wrongful death. According to the complaint, Nehad had been serving in the Afghan army when a Mujahideen group captured him and tortured him for two months. In the years following his release, Nehad was diagnosed with numerous mental illnesses as a result of his captivity.
Just a minute,here! The US Government is now paying disability benefits to Afghan citizens who fought in the Afghan Army?????
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
So the family, who is suing, was helping him. Yet he was homeless. Some help.
They obviously helped him figure out how to get a disability pension from Uncle Sugar for being a Afghan soldier in the Afghan Army.
I'm wondering if he was the one that sponsored the rest of his family coming here.
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
