FTA: "During a news conference Thursday night, Tanisha Williams' family said she was brain dead."

[Watches video -w- family interviews]

Hmm. Could be hereditary.

In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who cover up their crimes; and the district attorneys, who prosecute the innocent. These are their stories.

cretinbob: and then locked in the bottom drawer of a filing cabinet in an unused lavatory with a sign on the door that says "Beware of Leopards".

Let's not forget about the lights being out. And the stairs.

Subby has issues with quotation marks?

"I can't even ask her, 'Sis, what was going on? What happened to you?' Ain't nobody can answer my questions. Nobody but God," said Tanisha Williams older sister, Porsha Williams."

The wrong kid died.

Absolutely amazing what the cops think they can get away with.
I hope they all rot in prison.

vudukungfu: In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who cover up their crimes; and the district attorneys, who prosecute the innocent. These are their stories.

DUN DUN

You mean like that suicide where he fell down an elevator shaft onto some bullets?

FTHL

we're refusing to release it because it (the tape) mysteriously disappeared


FTA

Police confirmed they have video showing what happened

At least she didn't choke on the airbag.

FTFA: "I can't even ask her, 'Sis, what was going on? What happened to you?' Ain't nobody can answer my questions. Nobody but God," said Tanisha Williams older sister, Porsha Williams.


Hmmmm.

zepher: Absolutely amazing what the cops think they can get away with.
I hope they all rot in prison.

Think?

I RTFA... and maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see anything to indicate that the police are hiding the video.


TugboatTerry: "I can't even ask her, 'Sis, what was going on? What happened to you?' Ain't nobody can answer my questions. Nobody but God," said Tanisha Williams older sister, Porsha Williams."

The wrong kid died.


You don't know that. If the video shows what the police says it shows...

Also, Porsha... sorry to tell you but god isn't going to answer your questions either.

zepher: Absolutely amazing what the cops think they can get away with.
I hope they all rot in prison.

Then who will be there to lock up all those vile marijuana smokers?

Skerry_Monkey: Wow, just wow...

Wow, what?

Wow that subby would blatantly lie? That's kinda par for the course around here.

FTFA, we see that they have the tape, haven't claimed to have lost it, and of course will release it.

I was going to say that--regardless of the truth of this matter--the investigation shouldn't be internal, but it occurred to me that it doesn't matter who does the investigating. What matters is transparency.

I understand wanting to keep the gruesome details quiet for the victim's or victim's family's sake, but I think internal investigations are cases where the public eye is not merely acceptable but desirable. Even if there isn't any favour-trading or buddy-protecting going on--which I doubt, but it's conceivable--it doesn't take a Mensa member to realize that keeping everything internal and hush-hush will generate suspicion leading to non-cooperation with other, non-internal investigations.

Life is easier when dealing with people who trust you, right? So earn the trust: make the entire investigation, not just the results, public.

zepher: Absolutely amazing what the cops think they can get away with.
I hope they all rot in prison.

Why? The girl choked herself.

eddiesocket: FTFA, we see that they have the tape, haven't claimed to have lost it, and of course will release it.

No doubt if the cops had already released the tape, and it shows the girl did do it to herself, the family would be biatching about them releasing the tape and would be suing for invasion of privacy.

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I know a couple of urban youths that are named Tron in tha 'hood!

If charges are levied or lawsuit filed the tape (or lack thereof) will come out in trial. It is likely exempt from release with a FOIA request as it is evidence in a pending investigation.

Dialectic: I know a couple of urban youths that are named Tron in tha 'hood!

Are they named "Tron in tha 'hood"? Because that would be dope.

vudukungfu: In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who cover up their crimes; and the district attorneys, who prosecute the innocent. These are their stories.

Doink Doink

trappedspirit: Dialectic: I know a couple of urban youths that are named Tron in tha 'hood!

Are they named "Tron in tha 'hood"? Because that would be dope.

AND fly.

eddiesocket: FTFA, we see that they have the tape, haven't claimed to have lost it, and of course will release it.

Of course - and now that they've said they'll release it, that's basically the same as releasing it, and we can forget all about this tragic suicide.

Just wait til the third sister, Rainisha, shows up from Reno... She'll get to the bottom of it.

GungFu: FTFA: "I can't even ask her, 'Sis, what was going on? What happened to you?' Ain't nobody can answer my questions. Nobody but God," said Tanisha Williams older sister, Porsha Williams.


Hmmmm.

Oh learned judge! Mark ye, mark ye Jew, a LEARNED judge!

/imma guessing maybe they had a car in mind

Oznog: GungFu: FTFA: "I can't even ask her, 'Sis, what was going on? What happened to you?' Ain't nobody can answer my questions. Nobody but God," said Tanisha Williams older sister, Porsha Williams.


Hmmmm.

Oh learned judge! Mark ye, mark ye Jew, a LEARNED judge!

/imma guessing maybe they had a car in mind

Or a toilet, if her middle name be Lynn

epoc_tnac: eddiesocket: FTFA, we see that they have the tape, haven't claimed to have lost it, and of course will release it.

Of course - and now that they've said they'll release it, that's basically the same as releasing it, and we can forget all about this tragic suicide.

Or you can just wait until they release it, which of course they will. They wouldn't have claimed to have had it otherwise.

That's a pretty wildly inaccurate headline even for Fark.

Hypothetical Imperative: That's a pretty wildly inaccurate headline even for Fark.

Actually, lately Fark has gotten so deceptive with the headlines that this is par for the course. Sad, really.

eddiesocket: Hypothetical Imperative: That's a pretty wildly inaccurate headline even for Fark.

Actually, lately Fark has gotten so deceptive with the headlines that this is par for the course. Sad, really.

At least we have completely unwanted "smart" and "funny" voting tags to make up for the lack in quality, though.

zepher: Absolutely amazing what the cops think they can get away with.
I hope they all rot in prison.

And of course they're still on active duty. How dumb is it that someone basically DIES while in your custody and you get to go about your merry way before the investigation is even finished?

Teen Wolf Blitzer: eddiesocket: Hypothetical Imperative: That's a pretty wildly inaccurate headline even for Fark.

Actually, lately Fark has gotten so deceptive with the headlines that this is par for the course. Sad, really.

At least we have completely unwanted "smart" and "funny" voting tags to make up for the lack in quality, though.

I just clicked your post as Smart and Funny!

Black people problems.

The public must demand that police departments disband their Internal Affairs departments and create citizen review boards with full investigative and subpoena powers. Allowing LEOs to police themselves only benefits the cops. And IA can be reassigned to fighting crime, not covering it up.

The Onion is prophetic: If the video shows that she did choke herself, would her family still likely have a case for negligence on the cops' part? I.e., the girl needed to be protected from herself and the cops failed to do it?

I'm not sure a jury would buy it, but you never know.

It sounds more like she got tangled in the seatbelt. Its not like she used her hands to put the belt around her neck (those were hand cuffed behind her). I'd say there is still probably *some* liability. I mean it was dumb or her to struggle to the point that she entangled herself, but I don't think she intentionally choked herself and someone probably should have been observing her/been able to get her out of there faster than was done.

They haven't lost the video, they just haven't finished editing it yet.

trappedspirit
ItsMyNameYouCantHaveIt


Are they named "Tron in tha 'hood"? Because that would be dope.

AND fly.

They wish, they were as fly as this dawg TRON! (new window)

Oznog: a LEARNED judge!

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