beatyourselfup: Memphis Cop Car Ends Up Against Pole, Other Cops at the Scene Ticket Drivers for Going Too Slow A Memphis police officer was driving too fast as he tried to chase down a driver for not wearing a seatbelt, so his car ended up upright against a telephone pole, prompting other motorists to slow down and take photos of  the incident. That, of course, prompted other officers to ticket those drivers for driving too slow, according to WREG. No word yet as to whether the first officer will be ticketed for reckless driving. Love how this has taken off on the internet. Got to love showing how dumb lot of law enforcement is.
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Memphis Cop Car Ends Up Against Pole, Other Cops at the Scene Ticket Drivers for Going Too Slow

A Memphis police officer was driving too fast as he tried to chase down a driver for not wearing a seatbelt, so his car ended up upright against a telephone pole, prompting other motorists to slow down and take photos of  the incident.

That, of course, prompted other officers to ticket those drivers for driving too slow, according to WREG.

No word yet as to whether the first officer will be ticketed for reckless driving.

Love how this has taken off on the internet. Got to love showing how dumb lot of law enforcement is.

(via disaffected-libertarian)

beatyourselfup: Memphis Cop Car Ends Up Against Pole, Other Cops at the Scene Ticket Drivers for Going Too Slow A Memphis police officer was driving too fast as he tried to chase down a driver for not wearing a seatbelt, so his car ended up upright against a telephone pole, prompting other motorists to slow down and take photos of  the incident. That, of course, prompted other officers to ticket those drivers for driving too slow, according to WREG. No word yet as to whether the first officer will be ticketed for reckless driving.
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beatyourselfup:

Memphis Cop Car Ends Up Against Pole, Other Cops at the Scene Ticket Drivers for Going Too Slow

A Memphis police officer was driving too fast as he tried to chase down a driver for not wearing a seatbelt, so his car ended up upright against a telephone pole, prompting other motorists to slow down and take photos of  the incident.

That, of course, prompted other officers to ticket those drivers for driving too slow, according to WREG.

No word yet as to whether the first officer will be ticketed for reckless driving.

infowarsdotcom:

MLK was Killed by the Government, Jury Finds: Special Report

Infowars.com
April 5, 2013

Infowars reporter Lee Ann McAdoo explores evidence that the U.S. government secretly conspired with agents of the City of Memphis and governments of the State of Tennessee to assassinate reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.

anarcho-queer: Law Enforcement Issues ‘Fugitive Summons’ To Black Anarchists In Attempt To Disrupt Anti-KKK Rally In an attempt to disrupt the anti-police brutality work in Memphis, Tenn., USA. and the city’s March 30 Anti-Klan protest, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s department in Chattanooga, Tenn. (very likely working with other law enforcement agencies in Tennessee), has issued a “fugitive” summons for U.S. black anarchist, Lorenzo Komboa Ervin. He is the author of Anarchism and the Black Revolution and the co-founder of the Black Autonomy Federation, whose chapter in Memphis has organized several protests against police brutality and made the national call for the upcoming Anti-Klan protest. The summons stems from court costs the county claims that Lorenzo owes in connection with a 12-year-old misdemeanor conviction.  Damon McGee, Mikail Musa Muhammad (Ralph P. Mitchell), and Lorenzo  were convicted in January, 2001, for disrupting a Chattanooga (Tenn.) City Council meeting in 1998 where they went to protest against police brutality. At the time, Chattanooga had the highest number of people killed by police in U.S. cities with populations under 200.000. Damon has also received a “fugitive” summons. Mikail died in 2006. There is no statute of limitations in the U.S. on the collection of court fees and fines, and Damon and Lorenzo could be arrested at any time. The Chattanooga 3, as  they were called, were convicted for violating Tennessee’s “Disrupting Meetings Law,” which makes it illegal for anyone by “physical action or verbal utterance” to  interfere with a lawful meeting. The law should be declared unconstitutional because it violates the First Amendment rights of free speech and assembly. At the May 19, 1998 city council meeting, the chairman of the council had agreed to allow Lorenzo to speak on behalf  of the Coalition Against Police Brutality  to present a proposal for community control of the police. More than 100 people packed the meeting to back the proposal. But when the time came, the city council president would not allow Lorenzo to speak. Police arrested him when he attempted to read the proposal from the speaker’s podium. Damon and Mikail, who were at the podium with Lorenzo, were also arrested. The Chattanooga 3 went on trial in a kangaroo courtroom. For one thing, the jury pool was tainted. One juror was a neighbor of the prosecutor. Worse, a married couple was on the same jury pool! The judge refused to allow defense attorneys to use the First Amendment in arguing their cases. The conspiracy against the Chattanooga 3 became crystal clear after sheriff’s deputies allowed a black man to bring a gun into the courtroom. The man, who said he was a supporter of Osama Bin Laden, claimed that Lorenzo told him to bring the gun to the courtroom. The defendants had to remove some of the jurors prior to jury deliberations because of this prejudicial orchestrated event. The Chattanooga 3 had support from activists around the world, who sent hundreds of emails to the Hamilton County district attorney. This international support and the fact that two days prior to sentencing, supporters held a big rally in Chattanooga that was widely publicized in the ruling class media, forced the judge to give the three activists suspended sentences. What You Can Do To Help: Contact  Criminal Court Judge Rebecca Stern, who presided over the Chattanooga 3 trial. Email , call or fax her and demand that she withdraw the “fugitive”  summonses issued for Lorenzo and Damon McGee. Send email here. Make a complain to Hamilton County Sheriff Hamilton County Sheriff on their website and call the sheriff at (423)209-7000, or send a fax to (423)209-7001 Circulate this text widely by reblogging and sending it to ABC, autononmist and left groups around the U.S.and internationally. Peace & Love, JoNina Ervin (acting chairmen of Memphis Black Autonomy Federation)
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anarcho-queer:

Law Enforcement Issues ‘Fugitive Summons’ To Black Anarchists In Attempt To Disrupt Anti-KKK Rally

In an attempt to disrupt the anti-police brutality work in Memphis, Tenn., USA. and the city’s March 30 Anti-Klan protest, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s department in Chattanooga, Tenn. (very likely working with other law enforcement agencies in Tennessee), has issued a “fugitive” summons for U.S. black anarchist, Lorenzo Komboa Ervin. He is the author of Anarchism and the Black Revolution and the co-founder of the Black Autonomy Federation, whose chapter in Memphis has organized several protests against police brutality and made the national call for the upcoming Anti-Klan protest.

The summons stems from court costs the county claims that Lorenzo owes in connection with a 12-year-old misdemeanor conviction.  Damon McGee, Mikail Musa Muhammad (Ralph P. Mitchell), and Lorenzo  were convicted in January, 2001, for disrupting a Chattanooga (Tenn.) City Council meeting in 1998 where they went to protest against police brutality. At the time, Chattanooga had the highest number of people killed by police in U.S. cities with populations under 200.000.

Damon has also received a “fugitive” summons. Mikail died in 2006. There is no statute of limitations in the U.S. on the collection of court fees and fines, and Damon and Lorenzo could be arrested at any time.

The Chattanooga 3, as  they were called, were convicted for violating Tennessee’s “Disrupting Meetings Law,” which makes it illegal for anyone by “physical action or verbal utterance” to  interfere with a lawful meeting. The law should be declared unconstitutional because it violates the First Amendment rights of free speech and assembly.

At the May 19, 1998 city council meeting, the chairman of the council had agreed to allow Lorenzo to speak on behalf  of the Coalition Against Police Brutality  to present a proposal for community control of the police. More than 100 people packed the meeting to back the proposal. But when the time came, the city council president would not allow Lorenzo to speak. Police arrested him when he attempted to read the proposal from the speaker’s podium. Damon and Mikail, who were at the podium with Lorenzo, were also arrested.

The Chattanooga 3 went on trial in a kangaroo courtroom. For one thing, the jury pool was tainted. One juror was a neighbor of the prosecutor. Worse, a married couple was on the same jury pool! The judge refused to allow defense attorneys to use the First Amendment in arguing their cases.

The conspiracy against the Chattanooga 3 became crystal clear after sheriff’s deputies allowed a black man to bring a gun into the courtroom. The man, who said he was a supporter of Osama Bin Laden, claimed that Lorenzo told him to bring the gun to the courtroom. The defendants had to remove some of the jurors prior to jury deliberations because of this prejudicial orchestrated event.

The Chattanooga 3 had support from activists around the world, who sent hundreds of emails to the Hamilton County district attorney. This international support and the fact that two days prior to sentencing, supporters held a big rally in Chattanooga that was widely publicized in the ruling class media, forced the judge to give the three activists suspended sentences.

What You Can Do To Help:

  1. Contact  Criminal Court Judge Rebecca Stern, who presided over the Chattanooga 3 trial. Email , call or fax her and demand that she withdraw the “fugitive”  summonses issued for Lorenzo and Damon McGee. Send email here.
  2. Make a complain to Hamilton County Sheriff Hamilton County Sheriff on their website and call the sheriff at (423)209-7000, or send a fax to (423)209-7001
  3. Circulate this text widely by reblogging and sending it to ABC, autononmist and left groups around the U.S.and internationally.

Peace & Love,

JoNina Ervin (acting chairmen of Memphis Black Autonomy Federation)

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Redevelopment agency could obtain over $100 million if they declare downtown Memphis a “blighted, slum area”

lost-and-searching-in-america:

The Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) is currently considering a “redevelopment” plan that would label downtown Memphis a “blighted, slum area that constitutes a growing menace to Shelby County.” At over 200 pages,* the plan outlines a project to revitalize the proposed Heritage Trail Community Redevelopment Area. Covering 1,484 acres, 200 property parcels, including quite a few vacant lots, are on the acquisition list for the area. But as John K. Ross at Reason notes, “all of the 4,000-plus private properties in the redevelopment area will be subject to condemnation.”

If need be, eminent domain will be authorized.

On the plan’s p.67, there’s this dash of Orwellian doublespeak: the redevelopment area will provide a “maximum opportunity for private enterprise.” Because nothing says “private enterprise” like redirecting tax revenue to pay for seizing property with eminent domain.

[WIN!] A Ripley, Tenn., police officer has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of choking an unidentified person and obstruction of justice.

beatyourselfup:

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Ripley, Tenn., police officer has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of choking an unidentified person and obstruction of justice.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Memphis said Thursday that 47-year-old Stephen Michael Kirkpatrick was indicted on federal civil rights charges stemming from an incident last May 17. Prosecutors said the victim was hurt, but further details were not released other than saying a week later, Kirkpatrick “attempted to corruptly persuade an unnamed person in an official proceeding.”

He faces 30 years in prison and fines of $500,000.

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