May
27, 2012 @ 10:36 AM by Tim Lynch
Report
about the Pasadena Police Department:
Pasadena’s
police chief said he’s investigating two officers on accusations that they
intimidated suspects and witnesses. One of those officers is a detective
investigating the officer-involved shooting of Kendrec McDade. Pasadena police
shot and killed 19-year-old McDade in March after they said he reached for his
waistband. Police say they thought he had a gun because of a false emergency
call, but McDade was not armed. Keith Gomez, a corporal with the Pasadena
department, is looking into the incident.
Last
week the Pasadena chapter of the NAACP filed a complaint with the police
department alleging that Gomez intimidated a suspect and witnesses and
manufactured evidence in a 2006 murder case he investigated.
“Sometimes
officers may do things that are inappropriate,” said Joe Brown, the chapter
president, “and there appears to be sometimes patterns that certain officers
are using that are really going over the line.”
Had enough?
Write to the Speaker of the House, U.S.
House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515 and demand federal hearings into
the police problem in America. Demand
mandatory body cameras for cops, one strike rule on abuse, and a permanent DOJ office on Police Misconduct.