A Chicago cop was found not guilty on a manslaughter of a 22-year-old unarmed Chicago woman on Monday March 21, 2012 while he was off-duty. Officer found not guilty and from the facts and evidence you will see he should have been GUILTY. Officer Dante Servin should be GUILTY. Veteran Chicago cop, Dante Servin, has been accused of manslaughter of 22-year-old, Rekia Boyd, on Monday March 21, 2012. While he was off-duty he had approached Boyd and her friends in Douglas Park for being rowdy. As he approached them, Antonio Cross, one of Boyd’s friends, had been accused of reaching for a gun during the conflict. Servin says he only fired for self-defense but in that self-defense he had wrongfully shot Boyd. Judge Dennis Porter ruled …show more content…
(Chicago Tribune). This seems like a racist act. If Boyd would have been white, would Servin had went to jail and be charged with first- degree murder, or still an involuntary act? The NAACP has thought long and hard about that question, because he just gets slap on the wrist then is back on the force and might do it again. Porter said the charge was inappropriate: "The act of intentionally firing a gun at some person or persons on the street is an act that is so dangerous it is beyond reckless; it is intentional and the crime, if there be any, is first-degree murder." After three days of testimony, Porter abruptly ended Servin's bench trial. He said prosecutors had shown "beyond a reasonable doubt" that Servin killed Boyd, and that the officer fired the shots knowing they were likely to cause great bodily harm or death. Those elements would add up to first-degree murder. Whether Servin's actions were reckless or worse isn't the real issue; it’s whether they were warranted
FACTS: Gary Duncan engaged in a conversation between two of his cousins and four other boys who were white due to the prevention of a racial incident. Duncan intended to break the conversation off and had his cousins separate from the other boys. It was alleged that Duncan had slapped one of the white boys, Herman Landry, on his elbow just before entering his vehicle. Duncan was convicted of simple battery in the Twenty-fifth Judicial District Court of Louisiana. Duncan had requested a jury trial but was denied due to Louisiana Law only granting jury trials in cases involving capital punishment or “imprisonment at hard labor.” Although simple battery in Louisiana is punishable by up to two years in prison and up
The facts were not at all clear to the Police Officers or the attorneys who will soon face this case. The players involved where many, but to name just a few: William M. Kunstler, a very popular and well-liked lawyer, he represented James Richardson. The Author of the book was the prosecutor in this case; he was young and unprepared to becoming an assistant district attorney for this case. But I do have to add that the work he did performed was excellent, but again William Kunstler he was a well-seasoned attorney.
Although the court agreed that the officer did not have probable cause, the gun possession was
The semi truck driver, Juan Gonzales* was never charged, as Mr. Girroir was driving home to his family on Thanksgivings eve Mr. Gonzales made a turn thinking he could make it
The prosecution, representing the U.S. Government, calls the first witness. A N.I.S. (Naval Investigative Service) officer states that he received a letter from the victim, Private First Class William T Santiago, requesting a transfer off the base. In exchange, the victim would provide evidence of an illegal shooting over the fence line. The offender of the fence line shooting was Lance Cpl. Dawson. The prosecution was trying to show motive by their line of questioning. The defense makes the point
Your honor, I respectfully request that you find the defendant, Jamie Hayes, guilty of voluntary manslaughter. As you can see from our witness’s testimony, we have shown beyond a reasonable doubt that Jamie Hayes, is indeed guilty of manslaughter. Our first witness, Lou Williams, head of campus security, explained the specific details of every incident involving the track team and campus security. Alongside this, Lou Williams also told us that the security department was well trained and prepared for any incident that was to occur. All security officers were licensed to carry firearms and to use them if necessary. Furthermore, she stated that they hired Lee Valdez based off his respectable credentials and that he was a great officer to work with. During Valdez’s time, recent events involving police brutality raised some serious concerns amongst many of the students at CCU. Since then, the students have held two rallies on excessive use of force by law enforcement, and with this, the security department has noticed a change in the students’ attitudes towards authority. In response to this, Lou Williams conducted monthly training meetings with her staff on how to deescalate tense situations. Despite what defense may say otherwise, Campus Security did have a procedure that was followed on the night of the incident on May 15, 2014.
impairment or injury”, 2) “serious bodily injury” or 3) “bodily injury to a child” (2017). Offense levels range from state jail felony up to first degree felony (2017). When Injury to a Child is determined to be a state jail felony offense, the jail term ranges from 180 days up to two years (2017); however, if it
“... the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office presented all the information available, including testimony by seventeen witnesses with distinct accounts of key events,” the office said in a statement. “In addition, all available physical evidence was presented to the Court. The hearing proceeded while the investigation is ongoing because a person has the right to a preliminary hearing within 10 days of arraignment.”
Terry Vickorie, Steven Rogers, and Andru Crowley will face many charges for their involvement in the homicide of William Boyd, and their actions leading up to and after the event. The charges the boys face will be determined by what the prosecution believes they can prove to a jury, and the wording of the statutes. The prosecution will likely bring the charges of stalking, bribery, conspiracy to burglary, burglary, felony murder, and felony kidnapping. For the events leading up to William’s death. The prosecution will have many options of charges to press in the death of William. This will depend on statute wording, and abundance of evidence toward each charge.
Dallas Winston also pulled a pistol on the pursuing police officers. That is a death threat, police officers see the worst side of people every day. To have someone point a gun at you means that they want to kill you. So the Police have a choice, kill or be killed. At the end of the day, people are people, we want to make it home safe every night.
This case was one of the few that ended in a positive conviction of the officer. In many cases, it ends after the first trial and the officer gets off with out even going to jail. This police officer committed a terrible crime and his job was to protect the public, not kill them. It's impossible for us to
Following Worthy’s investigation, on July 2008 two more federal charges were brought against Kilpatrick. Both of the new felony charges for assaulting or interfering with an officer of the law. Both counts are for obstruction of justice, there were also another charge of assault as well, which Kilpatrick would eventually plead no contest to the assault charge. The incident occurred when two officers went to serve a subpoena to a close friend of Kilpatrick. Based off the officer who was shoved by Mr. Kilpatrick, they were grabbed him by his shoulders and threw him, knocking him into another officer while trying to hand a subpoena to Bobby Ferguson.
my conclusion: the officer said he gave Sandra Bland a lawful order to get out of her car, but the officer did not have any lawful reason to order Bland out of her car. Thus, the officer
The accused, Erin Lee MacDonald was charged for handling a firearm in a careless manner without taking erasable precautions for the safety of others and for possessing a loaded restricted firearm without having an authorization license stating he could do so. The case was on appeal from the Court of Appeal of Nova Scotia and was heard by the Supreme Court of Canada in 2014. The judgment of McLachlin C.J. and LeBel, Fish and Abella JJ. was delivered by LeBel J.
The cop was aware that his reason for killing two men was unacceptable but he did it anyway