Monroe County, NY District Attorney Sandra Doorley Defends Rochester Police officer Ryan Hartley, Despite Two Judges Deciding he Lied, and Committed Perjury in Two Separate Cases, including an Unlawful Traffic Stop, and a "Warrantless" and "Unconstitutional" Search.

Monroe County, NY District Attorney Sandra Doorley

By Davy V.  
September 29, 2012 7:46 PM ET

She remained quiet and refused to bring charges against Rochester, NY Police officer Ryan Hartley and Rob Osipovitch when they not only lied, and falsified police reports in relation to a July 2011 traffic stop, but they also committed perjury bt lying to a Monroe County, NY grand jury.

Now, Monroe County, NY District Attorney Sandra Doorley is speaking out, and unbelievably defending RPD officer Ryan Hartley even though Hartley has been found to be a liar by two seperate Monroe County Judges.

In July of 2011, officers Hartley and Osipovitch pulled over Rochester resident Jeramie Barideaux's car for what they said was Barideaux not coming to a complete stop at an intersection.

A City of Rochester surveillance camera would later prove that both officers lied, as the video shows Jeramie Barideaux's vehicle come to a full and complete stop at the intersction of Conkey Avenue and Avenue D.

After illegally stopping and searching Barideaux's vehicle, RPD officers Hartley and Osipovitch claimed they found drugs and a weapon in the car.

On December 19, 2011 Monroe County, NY Court Judge Daniel Doyle dismissed all charges against Barideaux after seeing the video.

But not before RPD officers Hartley and Osipovitch, lied, falsified police reports and affidavits, and commited perjury when they testified in front of a grand jury.

And not before Jeramie Barideaux spent four months incarcerated.

In his decision to dismiss the charges, Judge Doyle said "It was an unreasonable stop... based on the review of the video, there's no ambiguity at all that a car being operated by Jeramie Barideaux did come to a completete stop before the police stopped the vehicle."

Despite clear video evidence that Rochester, NY Police officer Ryan Hartley lied, falsified police reports and then committed perjury in front of a grand jury, Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley refused to bring charges against officer Hartley.

But just over a year after lying and committing perjury, RPD officer Ryan Hartley did it again.

On August 9, 2012 Monroe County, NY Judge Doug Randall issued an order accusing Rochester Police officer Ryan Hartley of not only lying, but also of breaking into a man's home and conducting a "warrantless" and "unconstitutional" search.

On March 14, 2012, around 8 p.m., Rochester Police officers Ryan Hartley and Rob Osipovitch illegally broke into Christopher Charles McNair's home on Roxborough Rd. where they claimed to have found drugs and cash.

McNair would later be indicted on charges which included criminial posession of a controlled substance 1st degree; a Class A felony that carries a possible twenty year prison sentence.

However, that charge, and most of the charges in the indictment were dismissed by Judge Randall, who, during a hearing to decide what evidence would be admissibile at trial, several times "called into question" Rochester Police officer Ryan Hartley's testimony on the witness stand.

Randall's order, issued on August 9, 2012, lays out RPD officer Ryan Hartley's as well as other witness testimony, showing that RPD officers obtained a warrant to enter McNair's home around 11 p.m., but only after McNair was in custody after being pulled over for a traffic violation.

The problem is, that evidence from ADT home alarm records contradict RPD officer Ryan Hartley's testimony that he and other officers entered the home only after they obtained the warrant.

ADT notified 911 communications center that someone had entered the home around 8 p.m.

Subsequent motion sensors were triggered following that.

Also, two of McNair's neighbors, who live across the street testified that they saw police officers with flashlights inside McNair's home around 8 p.m.

RPD officer Ryan Hartley reportedly secured a perimeter around McNair's home and testified in court that he made entry into the home only after the search warrant was obtained.

Hartley also testified that his interest in McNair's home was a result of a tip from a "concerned citizen," who was later identified as a confidential informant.

Judge Randall's decision reads, "Said informant could not in any way be considered a 'concerned citizen' as characterized by officer Hartley."

At one point, Randall's decision states, “Officer Hartley’s testimony stating that no on entered the residence at 375 Roxborough Road until he returned with a signed search warrant is sufficiently discredited by the testimony of the confidential informant, Maggie Bell (neighbor), Nakeya Bell (neighbor), Stephen Fischer and the timing of the 911 calls, the motion sensor alarm, the ADT Security alarm notifications, and the CAD (911/police) reports related to what occurred inside the residence at 375 Roxborough Road on March 14, 2012.”

According to Randall's decision, RPD officer Ryan Hartley and Rob Osipovitch both were involved in drafting the search warrant.

RPD officer Rob Osipovitch was also involved in the warrantless break in and search of McNair's home.

Judge Randall's decision comes about a month after RPD officers Hartley and Osipovitch were named in a lawsuit filed by Jeramie Barideaux's attorney.

On December 19, 2011, the same day that Judge Doyle dismissed charges against Jeramie Barideaux, Monroe County, NY Public Defender Tim Donaher sent an email to the city of Rochester, alerting city officials to RPD officers Ryan Hartley and Rob Osipovitch.

In Donaher's email he writes, "I believe that there is reasonable cause to believe that the officers (RPD Ofc. Osipovitch and Ofc. Hartley) falsified their police reports and maybe perjured themselves at GJ." (Grand Jury)

Donaher's email continues, "I do not make these accusations lightly, but given the video evidence I cannot reconcile what is contained in the police reports with what the video evidence shows. Either two officers falsely claimed to see something they did not see (and relied instead upon the false report of another officer), or all three officers lied in their reports as to what actually occurred."

And now, Monroe County, NY District Attorney Sandra Doorley has the nerve to not only defend RPD officer Ryan Hartley, a liar, but Doorley has the nerve to slam Monroe County Court Judge Doug Randall, who did the right thing?

Sandra Doorley should be ashamed of herself.

First, for doing absolutely nothing the first time RPD officer Ryan Hartley lied and committed perjury, something that the average citizen, having committed perjury, would be charged.

And secondly, for having the audacity to actually defend a lying cop, and at the same time criticize an honorable judge who did his job?

I applaud Monroe County Court Judge Doug Randall.

I wish more Judges would do what he did.

Shame on you Sandra Doorley.

Do the job you were elected to do.

Remember?

No one is above the law.

Not even a police officer.

Stop playing politics.


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Rochester, NY Police officers Kevin Flanagan, Joel Hasper and Richard Doran, Don't Care about the Law, and Look at the Community they Work In, as a War Zone, and the Citizens as the Enemies

Rochester, NY Police officer Kevin Flanagan

By Davy V.
September 29, 2012 5:43 PM ET

When it comes to the law, Rochester, NY Police officers Kevin Flanagan, Joel Hasper and Richard Doran, not only have no regard for it, but clearly think, and act as if they are above it.

Whether it's racing up the wrong way on one-way residential streets with no lights or siren on where young children play, or thinking they can re-write New York State law when it comes to stopping and searching innocent citizens, RPD officers Flanagan, Hasper and Doran are not only a danger to the Rochester community, but also a liability to the City of Rochester, NY.

Rochester, NY Police officer Joel Hasper

Recently, during a trial of a man who was beaten by RPD officers Flanagan, Hasper and Doran, as well as others, some very disturbing details emerged about how these officers, not only look at, but treat residents of the PSA-23 section of Rochester's east side which they patrol.

For example, New York State law clearly states that a police officer can not just stop a person on the street, put their hands on that person and search them.

The officer must have reasonable belief that a crime is either being committed, has been committed or will be committed, in order to stop a person and search them.

Well, let's just say that RPD officers Flanagan, Hasper and Doran, don't follow that law.

The three of them stop whomever they want, wherever they want, whenever they want.

Flanagan, Hasper and Doran stick together and work the same car beat.

I spent last week covering the trial of Jose Lugo, a Rochester man on trial in Monroe County, NY Court, charged with harassment and assaulting officer Doran.

Lugo, 25, has lived on Flower St., a residential one-way street which runs off North Clinton Ave. on Rochester's east side, with his parents since he was 5 years old.

His grandparents live on Flower St.

His friends live on Flower St.

And that's where he was on April 2, 2012 when RPD officers Kevin Flanagan, Joel Hasper and Richard Doran, raced up Flower St. driving the wrong way, and stopped Lugo, who was walking with two friends.

RPD officer Flanigan, Hasper and Doran, got out of their cars, and immediately grabbed Lugo, brought him over to an RPD cruiser and began to search him.

When Lugo questioned why he was being stopped, they immediately threw him to the ground, where they punched and kicked him, and tasered him at least three times, including two "drive stuns" which is when a taser is applied directly to the skin.

When neighbors on Flower St., including Lugo's aunt, Annette Velazquez, a Rochester City School district employee, who was visting her elderly parents, pleaded with officers to stop beating Lugo, RPD officers turned on them.

RPD officer Benjamin Mitchell shoved Annette Velazquez several times as he yelled to her, "Get in the house!"

When Annette Velazquez told Mitchell that she was going to call Rochester, NY Police Chief James Sheppard, whom she knows personally from having worked with him when Sheppard was the director of security for the Rochester City School district, officer Mitchell confiscated her phone, pepper-sprayed her and placed her under arrest.

Velazquez wasn't the only one pepper-sprayed or arrested.

In fact, a pregnant woman and an elderly woman were also pepper-sprayed.

Officers also took the pregnant woman's phone and arrested her as well.

In an attempt to cover up their unlawful actions, including not only beating Lugo, but confiscating people's cell phones, pepper-spraying and arresting them, the officers charged Lugo with assaulting officer Richard Doran.

Like Lugo's attorney, Monroe County Public defender Sonya Zoughlin told the jury, "They (RPD officers) had to come up with an excuse why someone looks like that."

Zoughlin made those comments in her closing arguments Friday afternoon in Monroe County Court Judge Doug Randall's courtroom, as she showed the jury of 12 and two alternates, photos of a beaten, bloodied Lugo.

But aside from those photos which show Lugo with a badly swollen-shut left eye, as well as multiple bruises and contusions, including prong marks from the taser, perhaps most disturbing was the revealing look at how RPD officers Kevin Flanagan, Joel Hasper and Ricard Doran operate, and what they think of the residents in the communities they patrol.

On cross examination by Zoughlin, Flanagan, Hasper and Doran, who admitted they "work together", and are "always on Flower St. together", all had trouble acknowledging New York State law, when it comes to stops and searches.

Again, in Lugo's case, he was walking down the street, heading to a nearby store with two friends, when officers Flanagan, Hasper and Doran raced up the wrong way of a one-way street and grabbed Lugo as soon as they stepped out of their cars, despite the fact that in their own testimony, all three officers said Lugo never ran away, he was simply walking.

Under direct examination from District Attorney Michael Harrigan, in another attempt to justify their illegal actions, all three officers said that Lugo and his friends were near a known drug house, and may have been trespassing, even though as police officers, they know the law, which states that in order to know if an individual is trespassing or not, the officer has to know who the owner of the property is, in order to know if that individual may have permission to be on that property.

When asked by Lugo's attorney, if they knew who owned the property, each officer replied they did not.

Therefore, there was no way that RPD officers Flanagan, Hasper and Doran could have known if in fact Lugo, or anyone else for that matter, was trespassing.

Officer Kevin Flanagan testified that if someone walking on the sidewalk, steps off the sidewalk and so much as steps on dirt or grass in front of a property, to him that's trespassing.

Under cross examination by Zoughlin, the three officers would not admit that despite there being an old, abandoned home where marijuana is sold, Flower St. is in fact, a residential street where most of the residents are honest, working families with young children, as well as some elderly folks.

One of those elderly Flower St. residents is Ana Davila, who took the stand for the defense Friday afternoon.

Davila said that as she normally does, she was in her front yard minutes before she saw Lugo walking past her house, then immediately saw several police cars stop, officers get out, and start beating Lugo.

District Attorney Michael Harrigan later grilled Davila asking her why does she like to go outside and does she normally go in her front yard, like there's something wrong with that.

I mean last time I checked, this is America, correct?

People do have the right to go outside of their homes right?

On the stand, officers Flanagan, Hasper and Doran spoke and looked more like soldiers sent to fight enemies in a war zone, than police officers who have taken an oath to serve and protect.

That war zone being Rochester's east side, or as they refer to it, PSA 23, an area where the majority of the residents are Latino and African-American.

On the stand, each officer's face lit up when describing their "fighting" and "combat training" they each took at the police academy, along with the many "holds" and "moves" such as "three point landings" and "knee strikes" they use on people.

At one point, all three officers admitted to doing several "knee strikes" on an already handcuffed, already on the ground, Jose Lugo.

When asked by the defense what a "knee strike" was, officer Flangan said "It's when you drive your knee into a person's torso, hard, just like kicking a soccer ball."

At another point, Zoughlin asked officer Hasper "Officer, you punched Jose Lugo in his face correct?"

Hasper replied, "I performed a distractionary jab."

To which Zoughlin again asked, "You punched Jose Lugo in his face correct?"

And again Hasper replied, "I performed a distractionary jab."

RPD officer Joel Hasper refused to admit that what he calls a "distractionary jab", is a punch to the face of an innocent young man.

A young man who was not doing anything wrong.

Throughout the trial, it was clear, that all three RPD officers have a certain disgust towards the people who live in the North Clinton Ave./Flower Street area they patrol.

And that right there, is the problem.

The City of Rochester and the Rochester, NY Police department have placed these officers, mostly white, most who do not even reside in the city, in mostly African-American and Latino neighborhoods, which they consider "war zones."

Where these officers look at, treat, and consider the residents of those neighborhoods as the enemy.

Where these officers, who think they are above the law, profile, harass and abuse Latinos and African-Americans, on a daily basis.

These officers' rogue and illegal conduct goes unchecked and undisciplined by their superiors, including RPD Chief James Sheppard, who although he would never admit it, he as well as other members of the RPD's top brass, not only encourage, but actually instruct officers to behave in this manner.

Then, Chief Sheppard has the nerve to put up billboards throughout the city with slogans such as "We've Got Your Back." and "On The Same Team.", while he gets in front a few television cameras, desperately asking for the community to respect and trust his officers, and his department.

One would think that the City of Rochester, NY, under the leadership of Mayor Thomas Richards, not only a former attorney, but the former Corporation Counsel for the City of Rochester, would take a zero-tolerance stance against these rogue, corrupt, unlawful police officers such as Kevin Flanagan, Joel Hasper and Richard Doran, who are not only a danger to innocent Rochester citizens, but are also a finacial liability to the City of Rochester, and get rid of them.

Officers who break the law, drive up the wrong way on one-way streets, unlawfully stop and search innocent people, beat them, pepper-spray concerned neighbors while confiscating their cell phones, then arrest them in order to cover up their illegal actions.

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Rochester, NY Police officer Kevin Flanagan Doesn't Care about the Law, and Looks at the Community he Patrols, as a War Zone.

Rochester, NY Police officer Kevin Flanagan

By Davy V.
September 29, 2012 12:34 PM ET

When it comes to the law, Rochester, NY Police officer Kevin Flanagan, not only has no regard for it, but he clearly thinks, and acts as if he is above it.

Whether it's racing up the wrong way of one-way residential streets where young children play, with no lights or siren on, or thinking he can re-write New York State law concerning stopping and searching individuals, Rochester, NY Police officer Kevin Flanagan is not only a danger to the Rochester community, but also a liability to the City of Rochester, NY.

Recently, during a trial of a man who was beaten by Rochester, NY Police officers Kevin Flanagan, Joel Hasper and Richard Doran, as well as others, some very disturbing details emerged of how Flanagan, and the other RPD officers not only look at, but treat residents of the PSA-23 section of Rochester's east side which they patrol.

For example, New York State law clearly states that a police officer can not just stop a person on the street, put their hands on that person and search them.

The officer must have reasonable belief that a crime is either being committed, has been committed or will be committed, in order to stop a person and search them.

Well, let's just say that RPD officers Flanagan, Hasper and Doran, don't follow that law.

The three of them stop whomever they want, wherever they want, whenever they want.

Flanagan, Hasper and Doran stick together and work the same car beat.

Stay tuned to my blog, as I expose Rochester, NY Police officers Kevin Flanagan, Joel Hasper and Richard Doran.

MCC Campus Security officer Gregory Buttman Assaults Student after Pulling him Over

By Davy V.
September 27, 2012 7:15 PM ET

On Wednesday September 26, 2012, Jumoke-Gyasi Vieux a 22 year old African-American student at Rochester, NY's Monroe Community College, had just finshed a day of classes with his girlfriend Shavonte Barfield.

As Jumoke was driving Shavonte's car, he came to a stop near MCC's exit A, when he noticed an MCC Campus Security car behind him.

At first he didn't think much of it, as it's common to see MCC Security vehicles on campus.

As he turned onto East Henrietta Rd., it was then that he noticed the security vehicle was following him and had its lights flashing.

Looking for a safe place to pull over, he made a right onto a small access road next to the college.

What happened next is not only disturbing, but makes one ask the question -- Just what kind of individuals are being hired by colleges as security officers?

"Before I was able to bring the car to a complete stop, he was running and punching the car, it was loud bangs, I mean he was punching the rear and trunk of the car hard with his fists," said Vieux.

The man Jumoke-Gyasi Vieux is referring to, is MCC Campus Security officer Gregory Buttman.

After Buttman punched Shavonte Barfield's 2009 Honda Civic so hard that he left dents on the car, he then came up to the driver's door and started pulling on the door latch.

He was screaming "Open the fucking door, open the fucking door, I was so scared," said Shavonte Barfield.

When Vieux opened the door, Buttman immediately grabbed him by his arm and pulled him out of the car, then slammed him into the side of the car.

Buttman then punched Vieux in the face.

Jumoke Vieux said he couldn't believe how upset Buttman was.

"He was so angry, I mean this guy has issues," said Vieux.

Jumoke Vieux said he had no choice but to defend himself against what he called a completely unprovoked attack.

Vieux says that a passerby stopped his car and rushed over, but ended up helping the security guard instead of him.

Vieux was pepper sprayed and slammed face first into the street pavement, where Buttman handcuffed him.

Vieux suffered injuries from the assault, including contusions to his head from hitting the street.

Jumoke Vieux's Nutrition Professor Mrs. Gleason, whose class, Vieux had just left minutes earlier, was driving behind Vieux and witnessed an angry Buttman punching the car.

Perhaps what is most disturbing here is that even though Vieux was the victim of an overzealous, out of control wannabe cop security officer, he ended being charged with failure to stop for a stop sign, failure to yield right of way to an emergency vehicle, resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer.

Vieux was arraigned in Brighton Town Court and released on $500 bail.

Friday September 28, 2012 is supposed to be Gregory Buttman's last day working at MCC.

He is expected to begin working for the Fairport, NY Police department.

Attempts to reach MCC's director of campus security David Moore, who just so happens to be the former Rochester, NY Police Chief, were unsuccessful.

On Friday morning, I called the Fairport, NY Police department and spoke with "Barb", a secretary, who asked me "Why do you want a comment?"

I explained to her that since Gregory Buttman is a new Fairport, NY Police officer, the community, especially Fairport residents have a right to know what the Fairport Police has to say about this incident.

The secretary told me "Police Chief Maureen Chisholm will call you if she sees fit."

She never did.

Updated Wednesday October 3, 2012:

Exactly one week later, no one, including Fairport, NY Police department Chief Maureen Chisholm ever returned my calls.


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Rochester, NY Police Chief James Sheppard has Proven to be Incompetent and Unable to Control his Police Force... Rochester, NY Community Demands that Chief Sheppard Resign Now!

Rochester, NY Police Chief James Sheppard

By Davy V.

September 26, 2012 PM ET

Since being sworn in on Friday December 10, 2010, Rochester, NY Police Chief, James Sheppard has proven, several times that he is unfit and incompetent to serve as Chief of the Rochester, NY Police department.

Whether it's the June 2011 retaliation by Rochester, NY Police officers on innocent citizens on Clarissa St., who were holding a support meeting for Emily Good, the Rochester woman whose arrest for videotaping Rochester, NY Police officer Mario Masic made international news, his approval of 7 RPD cops executing Izzy Andino, a mentally-ill young man this summer, or the most recent incidents of Rochester, NY Police officers Ryan Hartley and Rob Osipovitch lying, falisifying police reports and committing perjury, which resulted in a Rochester man being incarcerated for four months, and then again, the same officers illegally breaking into a home hours and conducting a "warrantless" and "unconstitutional" search...

Rochester, NY Police Chief James Sheppard has shown he can not control his police force. In addition, Rochester, NY Police Chief James Sheppard has shown he is nothing more than "a puppet" on a string, controlled by Rochester, NY Mayor Thomas Richards.

Chief Sheppard lacks the skill, respect and "take charge" attitude needed to be Chief.

The Rochester, NY community demands that Rochester, NY Police Chief James Sheppard Resign Now!

Click link below to watch video of RPD's retaliation against innocent citizens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytk_FpvHquw&list=UU1rjDDgM9_SQp0qS6dcx9Uw&index=14&feature=plcp

Click link below to read my blog on the full story involving Rochester, NY Police officers Ryan Hartley and Rob Osipovitch
http://davyv.blogspot.com/2012/09/rochester-ny-mayor-thomas-richards-and.html

Rochester, NY Mayor Thomas Richards and Police Chief James Sheppard Knew about Officers Ryan Hartley and Rob Osipovitch's Lying, Falsifying Police Reports and Committing Perjury, and Did Nothing About It

Rochester, NY Mayor Thomas Richards

By Davy V.
September 26, 2012 6:52 AM ET

By now we know that Rochester, NY police officers Ryan Hartley and Rob Osipovitch are liars.

No doubt about it.

In July of 2011, officers Hartley and Osipovitch pulled over Rochester resident Jeramie Barideaux's car for what they said was Barideaux not coming to a complete stop at an intersection.

A City of Rochester surveillance camera would later prove that both officers lied, as the video shows Jeramie Barideaux's vehicle come to a full and complete stop at the intersction of Conkey Avenue and Avenue D.

After illegally stopping and searching Barideaux's vehicle, RPD officers Hartley and Osipovitch claimed they found drugs and a weapon in the car.

On December 19, 2011 Monroe County, NY Court Judge Daniel Doyle dismissed all charges against Barideaux after seeing the video.

But not before RPD officers Hartley and Osipovitch, lied, falsified police reports and affidavits, and commited perjury when they testified in front of a grand jury.

And not before Jeramie Barideaux spent four months incarcerated.

Despite video evidence that both RPD officers Ryan Hartley and Rob Osipovitch lied, then committed perjury in front of a grand jury, Rochester, NY Mayor Thomas Richards and Rochester, NY Police Chief James Sheppard refused to take any disciplinary action against the officers.

And now, more disturbing evidence that RPD officers Ryan Hartley and Rob Osipovitch lied again, this time, illegally breaking into a home, and once again, committing perjury.

On August 9, 2012 Monroe County, NY Judge Doug Randall issued an order accusing Rochester Police officer Ryan Hartley of not only lying, but also of breaking into a man's home and conducting a "warrantless" and "unconstitutional" search.

On March 14, 2012, around 8 p.m., Rochester Police officers Ryan Hartley and Rob Osipovitch illegally broke into Christopher Charles McNair's home on Roxborough Rd. where they claimed to have found drugs and cash.

McNair would later be indicted on charges which included criminial posession of a controlled substance 1st degree; a Class A felony that carries a possible twenty year prison sentence.

However, that charge, and most of the charges in the indictment were dismissed by Judge Randall, who, during a hearing to decide what evidence would be admissibile at trial, several times "called into question" Rochester Police officer Ryan Hartley's testimony on the witness stand.

Randall's order, issued on August 9, 2012, lays out RPD officer Ryan Hartley's as well as other witness testimony, showing that RPD officers obtained a warrant to enter McNair's home around 11 p.m., but only after McNair was in custody after being pulled over for a traffic violation.

The problem is, that evidence from ADT home alarm records contradict RPD officer Ryan Hartley's testimony that he and other officers entered the home only after they obtained the warrant.

ADT notified 911 communications center that someone had entered the home around 8 p.m.

Subsequent motion sensors were triggered following that.

Also, two of McNair's neighbors, who live across the street testified that they saw police officers with flashlights inside McNair's home around 8 p.m.

RPD officer Ryan Hartley reportedly secured a perimeter around McNair's home and testified in court that he made entry into the home only after the search warrant was obtained.

Hartley also testified that his interest in McNair's home was a result of a tip from a "concerned citizen," who was later identified as a confidential informant.

Judge Randall's decision reads, "Said informant could not in any way be considered a 'concerned citizen' as characterized by officer Hartley."

At one point, Randall's decision states, “Officer Hartley’s testimony stating that no on entered the residence at 375 Roxborough Road until he returned with a signed search warrant is sufficiently discredited by the testimony of the confidential informant, Maggie Bell (neighbor), Nakeya Bell (neighbor), Stephen Fischer and the timing of the 911 calls, the motion sensor alarm, the ADT Security alarm notifications, and the CAD (911/police) reports related to what occurred inside the residence at 375 Roxborough Road on March 14, 2012.”

According to Randall's decision, RPD officer Ryan Hartley and Rob Osipovitch both were involved in drafting the search warrant.

RPD officer Rob Osipovitch was also involved in the warrantless break in and search of McNair's home.

Judge Randall's decision comes about a month after RPD officers Hartley and Osipovitch were named in a lawsuit filed by Jeramie Barideaux's attorney.

Also disturbing is the fact that on December 19, 2011, the same day that Judge Doyle dismissed charges against Jeramie Barideaux, Monroe County, NY Public Defender Tim Donaher sent an email to the city of Rochester, alerting city officials to RPD officers Ryan Hartley and Rob Osipovitch.

In Donaher's email he writes, "I believe that there is reasonable cause to believe that the officers (RPD Ofc. Osipovitch and Ofc. Hartley) falsified their police reports and maybe perjured themselves at GJ." (Grand Jury)

Donaher's email continues, "I do not make these accusations lightly, but given the video evidence I cannot reconcile what is contained in the police reports with what the video evidence shows. Either two officers falsely claimed to see something they did not see (and relied instead upon the false report of another officer), or all three officers lied in their reports as to what actually occurred."

So, despite the city of Rochester being notified of RPD officers Ryan Hartley and Rob Osipovitch lying, falsifying police reports and committing perjury, city officials did nothing.

My question is we know of at least two incidents where Rochester Police officers Ryan Hartley and Rob Osipovitch have lied and committed perjury, and as a result, an innocent man spent four months incarcerated... What other crimes have officers Hartley and Osipovitch committed that we don't know about?

83 Year Old Grandmother, Shot Dead by Altavista, Virginia Police officer

Delma Towler

By Davy V.
September 25, 2012 5:40 PM ET

83 year old Delma Towler called 911 from her Altavista, Virginia home on Wednesday September 19, 2012 and hung up.

Within minutes, Altavista police officers arrived at her house.

Within a few more minutes, they shot and killed her.

Police claim that as they were approaching the house, they heard several gunshots inside.

As the officers took cover, they saw an elderly woman, Towler, leave through a back door with a gun in her hand.

Police say they approached Towler and repeatedly commanded her to put the gun down, but she refused.

According to police, Towler then turned and pointed the gun at officers, and they shot her dead.

Virginia State police said Altavista police officers went to check on Towler after the 911 hang up call.

"She's had intruders around there before," said Robert Towler, the 83 year old's son.

Towler said his mother thought someone was trying to break in and must have fired the shots to scare them away.

"She heard some noise and she thought it was somebody out there trying to break in and she shot two or three bullets," said Barbour.

"Mom ain't gonna hurt no police officer or nobody else," said Barbour, "She was a good christian woman and she wouldn't hurt a soul."

Barbour says his mother was walking to her sister's house two doors up.

"My aunt was holding the door open for her to come in and my aunt said she heard three shots like bang, bang, bang and she went down," said Barbour.

Towler died at the scene.

Police have not released the name of the officer but said he is a 10 year veteran of the Altavista, Virginia Police department.

Virginia State police are investigating.

I will be updating this post.

Rochester, NY Police officers Beat Man, Pepper Spray Pregnant Mother and Elderly Woman, Confiscate Witnesses's Cell Phones, then Charge Man with Assaulting officer in Attempt to Justifly their Actions

Jose Lugo after being beaten by Rochester, NY Police officers
(Click on photo)

By Davy V.
September 25, 2012 11:20 AM ET

On April 2, 2012, 25 year old Jose Lugo was talking with friends near his home on Flower Street on Rochester, NY's east side, when three Rochester, NY Police officers, driving the wrong way on the residential one-way street, pulled up, grabbed him, and brought him over to an RPD cruiser.

When Jose asked what he had done, more RPD cruisers pulled up, surrounding him.

As Lugo's family members and neighbors questioned what was going on, several RPD officers, including officers Richard Doran and Joel Hasper, became angry and started pepper spraying innocent people, including a pregnant woman, and an elderly woman in her 60's.

Rochester, NY Police officers then pepper sprayed Lugo, threw him face down on the ground, tasered him at least three times, and beat him.

As Jose Lugo's aunt was on her phone calling Rochester, NY Police Chief James Sheppard, whom she used to work with when Sheppard was the Rochester City School district director of security, RPD officers pepper sprayed her, then arrested her.

At least 15 Rochester Police cars and a total of approx. 20 officers lined the street.

As winesses were recording the assault on Lugo and innocent residents, Rochester, NY Police officers Richard Doran, Joel Hasper, Kevin Flanagan, Gary Wegman, Sgt. Matthew Webster, Nick Thomas, Matthew Cushman, Thomas Lebeda, Benjamin Mitchell, and others, confiscated their cell phones.

And, in classic RPD cover up, to justify their illegal actions including pepper spraying an expectant mother and an elderly woman, Rochester Police officers charged Jose Lugo with resisting arrest and felony assault on a police officer.

Monday morning I sat in courtroom 407 of the Hall of Justice, where Monroe County Court Judge Douglass Randall oversaw jury selection for Lugo's trial.

From the start, it was clear that Monroe County D.A. Michael Harrigan didn't want any minorities on the jury of 12 with 2 alternates.

Lugo's attorney, Monroe County public defender Sonya A. Zoghlin asked potential jurors questions such as would they be more inclined to believe the testimony of a police officer just because he or she is a police officer.

A few potential jurors were clearly clueless when it came to incidents of police misconduct.

When asked by Lugo's attorney, did she remember the video of Rodney King, the white woman replied "Not really, that was so long ago."

Another woman said that she would give the benefit of the doubt to a police officer.

Judge Randall told the jury pool, "Just because a police officer wears a badge or uniform doesn't mean they are to be believed or disbelieved."

At the end of the day, a jury of six men and six women, along with two alternates was seated.

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Rochester, NY Police officers Ryan Hartley and Rob Osipovitch illegally Break into Home and Conduct a "Warrantless" and "Unconstitutional" Search, One Year after the Two Committed Perjury

By Davy V.
September 24, 2012 7:22 PM ET

In July of this year, I wrote about Rochester, NY Police officers Ryan Hartley and Rob Osipovitch lying, falsifying police reports and committing perjury, under oath in front of a Monroe County, NY grand jury where they were testifying about a traffic stop.

That traffic stop, which occurred in July of 2011, involved Rochester resident Jeramie Barideaux.

Barideaux was driving on Rochester's east side when he came to the intersection of Conkey Avenue and Avenue D.

Coming in the opposite direction was RPD officers Ryan Hartley and Rob Osipovitch.

Hartley and Osipovitch falsely accused Barideaux of failing to come to a complete stop in order to have a reason to pull him over.

But thanks to the power of video, a City of Rochester surveillance camera recorded the whole incident, including officer Hartley and Osipovitch's lies.

After the illegal stop and search of Mr. Barideaux's vehicle, the Rochester Police Department claims that the officers found drugs and and a weapon in the vehicle.

Rochester, NY Police officers Ryan Hartley and Rob Osipovitch later testified in front of a grand jury and committed by perjury by lying under oath.

After spending four months in jail, Monroe County Court Judge Daniel Doyle dismissed all charges against Barideaux.

In his decision to dismiss the charges, Judge Doyle said "it was an unreasonable stop... based on the review of the video, there's no ambiguity at all that a car being operated by Jeramie Barideaux did come to a complete stop before the police stopped the vehicle."

Since then, Rochester, NY Police Chief James Sheppard has refused to take any disciplinary action against officers Hartley or Osipovitch, despite clear evidence that they lied and committed perjury.

Well, here we go again.

Rochester, NY Police officers Ryan Hartley and Rob Osipovitch are back in the spotlight.

And this time, Monroe County, NY Judge Doug Randall issued an order accusing Rochester Police officer Ryan Hartley of not only lying, but also of breaking into a man's home and conducting a "warrantless" and "unconstitutional" search.

On March 14, 2012, around 8 p.m., Rochester Police officers Ryan Hartley and Rob Osipovitch illegally broke into Christopher Charles McNair's home on Roxborough Rd. where they claimed to have found drugs and cash.

McNair would later be indicted on charges which included criminal possession of a controlled substance 1st degree; a Class A felony that carries a possible twenty year prison sentence.

However, that charge, and most of the charges in the indictment were dismissed by Judge Randall, who, during a hearing to decide what evidence would be admissibile at trial, several times "called into question" Rochester Police officer Ryan Hartley's testimony on the witness stand.

Judge Randall's order, issued on August 9, 2012, lays out RPD officer Ryan Hartley's as well as other witness testimony, showing that RPD officers obtained a warrant to enter McNair's home around 11 p.m., but only after McNair was in custody after being pulled over for a traffic violation.

The problem is, that evidence from ADT home alarm records contradict RPD officer Ryan Hartley's testimony that he and other officers entered the home only after they obtained the warrant.

ADT notified 911 communications center that someone had entered the home around 8 p.m.

Subsequent motion sensors were triggered following that.

Also, two of McNair's neighbors, who live across the street testified that they saw police officers with flashlights inside McNair's home around 8 p.m.

RPD officer Ryan Hartley reportedly secured a perimeter around McNair's home and testified in court that he made entry into the home only after the search warrant was obtained.

Hartley also testified that his interest in McNair's home was a result of a tip from a "concerned citizen," who was later identified as a confidential informant.

Judge Randall's decision reads, "Said informant could not in any way be considered a 'concerned citizen' as characterized by officer Hartley."

At one point, Randall's decision states, “Officer Hartley’s testimony stating that no on entered the residence at 375 Roxborough Road until he returned with a signed search warrant is sufficiently discredited by the testimony of the confidential informant, Maggie Bell (neighbor), Nakeya Bell (neighbor), Stephen Fischer and the timing of the 911 calls, the motion sensor alarm, the ADT Security alarm notifications, and the CAD (911/police) reports related to what occurred inside the residence at 375 Roxborough Road on March 14, 2012.”

According to Randall's decision, RPD officer Ryan Hartley and Rob Osipovitch both were involved in drafting the search warrant.

RPD officer Rob Osipovitch was also involved in the warrantless break in and search of McNair's home.

Judge Randall's decision comes about a month after RPD officers Hartley and Osipovitch were named in a lawsuit filed by Jeramie Barideaux's attorney.

And just like the last time Rochester Police officers Ryan Hartley and Rob Osipovitch were found to have lied and committed perjury in front of a grand jury in Barideaux's case, Rochester, NY Police Chief James Sheppard once again, said he had no comment.

And still, Rochester, NY Police officers Ryan Hartley and Rob Osipovitch, remain on duty, patrolling Rochester's streets.

Link to my original story on RPD officers Ryan Hartley and Rob Osipovitch
http://davyv.blogspot.com/2012/07/innocent-man-spends-four-months-in-jail.html

Link to video of city of Rochester, NY surveillance cameras proving RPD officers Ryan Hartley and Rob Osipovitch committed perjury in 2011
http://www.telly.com/CKUXG?fromtwitvid=1

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With Rochester, NY being the 5th Most Watched City in the U.S., the Rochester Police department is Watching our Every Move

Rochester, NY Police Surveillance camera.

By Davy V.
September 23, 2012 8:58 PM ET

If you live in my hometown, Rochester, NY, the next time you see one of those bubbles, or metal boxes with a Rochester, NY Police department insignia on it, and a small blue light on, high above on a street pole, just know your every move is being watched.

Rochester, NY is the 5th most watched city in the United States.

That's right, that "eye in the sky" is watching everything, and the interesting thing is, most people are absolutely oblivious to it.

Not to be confused with red light cameras which capture drivers turning on, or running red lights, then instantly photograph the license plates of vehicles that do so, resulting in the registered owners of those vehicles later receiving a fine in the mail, along with a photo of the traffic infraction, these "bubbles" as I call them, are surveillance cameras, monitoring Rochester citizens, cars, homes, businesses and streets.

Now here's what the city of Rochester, NY, the Rochester, Police department, and corporate-run mainstream media don't want you know...

In a security tight, restricted-access room, located inside the Public Safety building on Exchange Blvd. in downtown Rochester, NY, high-definition monitors, which when compared to your flat screen HD LCD and plasma TV's would make them look like old school tube television sets, are capturing our every moves, our daily comings and goings, our children, our homes, even when we go in and come out of a corner store.

Perhaps someone who recently reached out to me, said it best, "I swear they made a police state around us. While we were watching T.V. they put up mad security. Just like the book 1984."

But if you think that Big Brother watching you, stops with police surveillance cameras recording your every move, there's more...

Police throughout the U.S. are using automatic license plate readers (ALPR's), and snapping photos of each plate they encounter--up to 3,000 per minute.

Records of who was where, and when they were there, are then retained, and as a result, our freedom on the open road is being threatened.

But again, most people go about their daily lives, absolutely clueless.

Even when it comes to our computers, our fingerprints are being lifted.

Any website you visit, is secretly logging your IP address, which reveals who you are, where you live and what you have been looking at on the internet.

So just remember, the next time you see one of those "bubbles" high up on a street pole, "Big Brother" is watching you.

Top 5 most watched cities in U.S.

1. Washington, D.C.
2. Houston, TX
3. Denver, CO
4. Cheyenne, WY
5. Rochester, NY

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Houston, Texas Police officer Matthew Jacob Marin Shoots and Kills a Mentally-ill, Wheelchair bound, One-Arm, One-Legged Man.

By Davy V.
September 22, 2012 8:43 PM ET

A mentally-ill, wheelchair bound, one-armed, one-legged man was shot to death by a Houston, Texas police officer, Saturday night.

Houson, Texas police officer Matthew Jacob Marin responded to a call for a man in a wheelchair causing a disturbance at a group home.

Houston, Texas police department spokeswoman Jodi Silva said the man, later identified as Brian Claunch, cornered the officer in his wheelchair and was threatening the officer while waving a metal object.

That object turned out to be a pen.

Silva said at the time, officer Marin did not know what the object was that Claunch was waving.

She told the Associated Press, "Fearing for his partner's safety and his own safety, he discharged his weapon."

Silva said Claunch came "within inches to a foot" of the officer and did not follow instructions to clam down amd remain  still.

John Garcia, the group home's owner said Claunch, who was in his 40's, had a history of mental illness and that he had been living at the house for about 18 months.

According to Garcia, Claunch had told him that he had lost a leg above the knee and all of one arm when he was hit by a train.

"He sometimes would go off a bit, but you just ignore it," Garcia said.

According to Silva, Marin is a five year veteran of the department.

This is not the first time in Marin's career as a Houston police officer that he has fatally shot someone.

In 2009, Houston police investigators said Marin shot a man who had stabbed his neighbor to death.

Sadly, this is just another example of police officers not knowing how to deal with situations involving emotionally disturbed individuals.

As a writer and activist exposing police misconduct and corruption, I have covered many cases involving police officers unnecessarily killing mentally-ill persons.

Just this past June, in my hometown of Rochester, NY, Israel "Izzy" Andino, a mentally-ill young man was shot at least 11 times by 7 Rochester, NY Police officers.

Andino was despondent, and was walking down the street with a rifle.

RPD officers had several opportunities to subdue Andino or at least try other non-lethal measures, but instead chose to execute Andino on his 20th birthday, in a modern-day firing squad, in the middle of a residential street full of young children.

Unfortunately, Andino is not the first mentally-ill person executed by Rochester, NY Police officers.

Despite the Rochester Police department having an Emotionally Disturbed Persons Response Team (E.D.P.R.T.), the team, whose creation in 2005 was lauded in the media by the RPD, is seldomly deployed, and was never called in the Andino incident.

Perhaps Clinical Psychologist Dr. Ed Reitman, speaking on the Houston, Texas police shooting of Brian Clounch, said it best. "This was an incident that didn't have to take place if the individual -- a police officer -- had been trained in dealing with emotionally disturbed individuals."

Link to my story on Izzy Andino executed by 7 Rochester, NY Police officers:
http://davyv.blogspot.com/2012/06/7-rochester-new-york-police-officers.html


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Given the Rochester, NY Police department's Long History of Misconduct and Corruption... Just what Will Happen to all Those Guns Turned In ?

Rochester, NY Police Chief James Sheppard

By Davy V.
September 22, 2012 11:05 AM ET

With the "Gun buy back grogram" that the Rochester, NY Police department is holding today at a Rochester church, it brings up a very important question.

Just what will happen to all those guns that people turn in?

Rochester, NY Police Chief James Sheppard has said that all the guns would be destroyed.

I don't trust Chief Sheppard.

Neither does most of the African-American and Latino community in Rochester, New York.

The same community who has been racially profiled, abused, set-up and in some cases even lost loved ones to trigger-happy RPD cops.

You see, the Rochester, NY Police department, as other corrupt departments thoughout the country, use a very well known tactic when setting innocent people up, primarily during a traffic stop.

It's referred to as "Throw down dope" or "Throw down gun."

This is how it works...

Typically, a police officer pulls over a motorist, and at some point during the stop, the officer will place that individual in the back of a police car.

Then, without consent and/or probable cause, the officer(s) will conduct an illegal search of the vehicle.

Many times, when that search turns up nothing, the officer(s) will then go in the trunk of their police cruiser, and retrieve the "throw down."

In some cases the "throw down" may be marijuana, cocaine or a gun.

Which again, brings up the question-What will happen to all those guns people turn in?

On February 11, 2011, a police dash cam video of a traffic stop, appears to show a Utica, NY Police officer planting cocaine in a black couple's car.

The 1 minute and 40 second long video shows the officer reaching into his back pocket and pulling out what appears to be a small plastic bag and placing it in the backseat of the vehicle.

Then, less than 30 seconds later, the same officer reaches into the vehicle and removes what appears to be the same bag, and walks away from the vehicle.

Police "throw downs" whether drugs or guns are more common than people may think.

And, given the Rochester, NY Police department's long history of misconduct and corruption, especially with incidents such as RPD officers Rob Osipovitch and Ryan Hartley, who were caught on a City of Rochester surveillance camera committing perjury by trying to justify a racially profiled traffic stop, and lying that the motorist did not come to a full and complete stop at an intersection, when the video proved he did, is proof that the Rochester Police department can not be trusted.

RPD officers Osipovitch and Hartley later claimed to have found a weapon in the vehicle, driven by Jeramie Barideaux, who spent 4 months incarcerated, before a judge viewed the surveillance video and dismissed all charges against Barideaux after seeing that Barideaux's vehicle did in fact come to a complete stop, and that Osipovitch and Hartley lied.

Rochester, NY Police Chief James Sheppard refused to discipline officers Rob Osipovitch and Ryan Hartley, despite not only their lying and falsifying police reports, but also testifying in front of a grand jury, and committing perjury.

What's to say Osipovitch and Hartley didn't plant that "weapon"?

Perhaps to cover up and justify what they knew was an illegal stop and search of that vehicle.

And, what's to say some, if not all of the guns turned in to the RPD's buyback program, won't become RPD "throw downs."?

Video of Utica, NY Police officer pulling a bag out of his pocket and placing it in vehicle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7oenshcwPk&feature=player_embedded

Video of Rochester, NY Police officers Rob Osipovitch and Ryan Hartley committing perjury
http://www.telly.com/CKUXG?fromtwitvid=1


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Hamlet, Indiana Police officer Kyle Hinds Executes Puppy in Front of Family, Shooting him a Total of Six Times

By Davy V.
September 21, 2012 5:56 PM ET

Rosco

On Saturday, September 15, 2012 Hamlet Indiana Police officer Kyle Hinds stopped by Kenny Schoff's home to ask questions about a car that was parked nearby.

Schoff stepped out onto his porch, along with his puppy "Rosco" to answer officer Hinds' questions.

Rosco started barking at the Hinds.

Officer Hinds then pulled out his gun and shot Rosco.

“Within five seconds of Rosco coming out, he pulled his gun and shot him three times in the back without saying can you please put your dog in the house or anything,” explains Kenny Schoff. “He didn’t' say one word. He just pulled out his gun, just pulled out his gun and shot my dog, without being bite.”

One of Schoff's neighbors, Jean McNeill, who was working in her yard, saw the whole incident.

“I just saw blood and guts in the air and then I saw, by then I stood up, I was in shock and I saw Kenny holding his head and going why did you shoot the dog?” said McNeill.

Officer Hinds shot Rosco, a pitbull puppy  a total of six times.

Rosco was shot three times on the porch, twice on the porch steps and once in the head.

Hamlet, Indiana Police released a statement saying that officer Hinds believed the "pit-bull" was going to bite him.

The Hamlet Police department has cleared officer Kyle Hinds of any wrongdoing, claiming he had no other option but to protect himself.

"I turned and saw saw his dog's rear end explode, and it was horrific," said the neighbor.

Unfortunately, this is nothing new, and just another example of police coming to people's homes and killing their dogs in front of them, then police departments justifying their officers actions.

In looking for the name of the Chief of the Hamlet, Indiana Police department, I saw Kyle Hinds name next to the title of "Deputy Chief."

Call the Hamlet, Indiana Police department, or email Kyle Hinds directly at the email I have posted below.

Hamlet, Indiana Police department (574) 867-2623

Deputy Chief Kyle Hinds email: khinds@hamletpolice.com


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Photography is Not a Crime Founder Carlos Miller's Trial Starts Today in Miami, Florida.

Carlos Miller

By Davy V.
September 18, 2012 2:43 PM

Photography is Not a Crime (PINAC) founder Carlos Miller's trial begins today in Miami, Florida.

Miller was arrested on January 31, 2012 while covering the eviction, by the Miami Dade Police department of Occupy Miami protesters.

In the video link I have posted at the bottom, footage from Miller's video camera shows Miami Dade police officers dressed in full riot gear, wielding batons.

At about the 3:50  mark of the video, Miami Dade police Major Nancy Perez, who happens to be the Public Information officer (PIO) is seen extending her arm out towards Miller as to block him, before calling out to her fellow officers, "Prisoner", at which point other Miami Dade cops can be heard yelling "Arrestee! Arrestee!"

Perez can also be heard telling a relaxed Carlos Miller, "We don't wanna have to hurt you."

What followed was Miami Dade police arresting Carlos Miller on Obstructing Justice and Resisting without violence.

As someone who has been arrested over my work as a filmmaker and activist exposing the Rochester, NY Police department, let me say that these two b.s. charges are just that -- B.S.

And, 9 times out of 10, they go hand in hand when cops arrest someone.

In New York, they refer to them as Resisting Arrest and Obstructing Governmental Administration, or "O.G.A." for short.

After Carlos Miller was arrested and booked, Miami Dade Police deleted some of his camera's footage leading up to the arrest.

Miller was later able to recover the deleted footage.

Carlos Miller has been arrested for taking photographs of police twice, prior to this latest incident.

He has beaten both cases, including a resisting arrest conviction which he had reversed on appeal pro se (meaning Miller represented himself).

I don't only consider Miller a mentor in many ways, but also a good friend.

Photography is Not a Crime has covered some of the most interesting cases involving photographers and videographers who have have been unjustly and falsely arrested by overzealous police officers, who either don't know the law when it comes to a citizen's right to photograph and record law enforcement, or they simply don't care.

After Miller's arrest, Miami Dade Police Major Nancy Perez, again, the department's Public Information officer, in referring to blogs said  "they don't put out information that is relevant to the community."

Major Perez then went on to say "I don't know enough about the-- I mean, I know nowadays all the kids blog," when explaining her understanding of blogging.

One would think that as the PIO of a major metropolitan police department, Perez would at least pretend like she knows what's going on, when it comes to the internet, instead of sounding well, stupid.

She obviously didn't have any idea that, Miller's site is far from anything a kid would blog.

In fact, since launching PINAC in 2007, Miller and his blog have been mentioned in ABC News, NBC Washington, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Chicago Sun Times, The Miami Herald, USA Today, NPR's Talk of the Nation, and the list goes on.

In 2010, PINAC won the South Florida Sun-Sentinel Best of Blog Award for "Best Overall Blog," beating out almost 200 other local blogs.

Last January, Carlos Miller was named one of Miami's Best Bloggers by the Miami New Times.

Although it will be Carlos Miller sitting in the defendant's chair this morning, in courtroom 6-6 of the Miami Justice Building, I believe at stake, is a part of every one of us, and our First Amendment right as Americans.

Our right to take photos of police officers doing their job, or in this case, abusing their power.

Carlos Miller's arrest video  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvGC58Ew_WI

Carlos Miller's site Photography Is Not A Crime
http://www.pixiq.com/contributors/carlosmiller

Update: After ignoring several requests made by the judge to Miami Dade Police Major Nancy Perez that she provide Carlos Miller's attorney with the Miami Dade Police department's Standard Operating Procedures dictating how police should interact with the media, and Major Perez refusing to comply with those orders, the judge ordered the case continued.

I will update this post when the news date is known.


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Billboards, Fishing and Skateboards, The Rochester, NY Police Department's Desperate Attemps to Buy the Minority Community's Trust and Respect Continues

Rochester, NY Police Chief
James Sheppard

By Davy V.
September 15, 2012 4:09 PM ET

First, the Rochester, NY Police department tried to buy the community's respect and trust through a billboard campaign, at taxpayers expense, targeting the African-American and Latino community, with slogans such as "We've Got Your Back" and "On The Same Team."

The billboards, which featured actual African-American and Latino R.P.D officers, were a clear and desperate attempt by Chief James Sheppard, the R.P.D., and Rochester, NY Mayor Thomas Richards to make "reparations" of sorts, with the very same communities (African-Americans and Latinos) which the R.P.D has a long history of harassing, racially profiling, beating and killing.

When that didn't work, Chief Sheppard and the City of Rochester came up with the "Fish with a Cop" event, where R.P.D officers would would go fishing with African-American and Latino inner city youth.

Now, in their latest desperate attempt to repair years of harassing, racially profiling, abusing and in some cases even killing innocent blacks and latinos, the R.P.D. announced the "Skate with a Cop" program, where R.P.D. cops will skateboard, rollerblade and bmx bike with inner city youth.

The program is designed to connect kids with Rochester Police Officers in a positive environment.

R.P.D. Chief James Sheppard must think Rochester's African-American and Latino community is stupid, or that they will just forget, or ignore what RPD cops do to them every single day on Rochester's streets.

For example, Rochester, NY Police officers Rob Osipovitch and Ryan Hartley, who racially profiled  Jeramie Bordeaux, and in order to have a reason to pull him over, Osipovitch and Hartley violated their sworn oath to serve, protect and uphold the law, when they lied, saying that Mr. Bordeaux did not come to a full stop at the intersection of Conkey Avenue and Avenue D, on Rochester's eastside.

As a result of these two R.P.D. cops' lies, who also claimed to have found drugs and a weapon in Bordeaux's vehicle, an innocent man ended up spending four months in jail, before a Monroe County Court Judge dismissed all the charges against him after watching the video.

Despite his officers violating their oath, the Constitution of the United States of America, and committing perjury, Rochester, NY Police Chief James Sheppard refused to take any disciplinary action whatsoever again officers Rob Osipovitch and Ryan Hartley.

Even though they lied, falsified police reports and committed perjury in front of a Grand Jury.

By Sheppard refusing to take action against his rogue officers, Sheppard is actually "co-signing" each act of harassment, abuse, racial profiling and unnecessary killings of African-Americans and Latinos by his officers.

Just a few weeks ago, R.P.D. Chief James Sheppard, along with Rochester, NY Mayor Thomas Richards announced operation "Cool Down."

At a press conference announcing "Cool Down", Sheppard addressed the community, “If you’re riding a bike and it doesn’t have a bell, we’re going to stop you. If it doesn’t have lights, we’re going to stop you. Tail light’s out – we’re going to stop you, If you’re on a corner and we think you’re engaged in criminal activity, we’re going to stop you.”

Operation "Cool Down" has resulted in an even greater number of innocent citizens, including black and latino youth, being racially profiled, stopped, harassed and abused by R.P.D. cops, already looking for an excuse to stop and illegally search people.

In other words, operation "Cool Down" has been nothing more than a "free pass" for rogue, corrupt R.P.D. cops already looking for a reason to abuse innocent people.

Most recently, the City of Rochester and the Rochester Police department, have taken to the internet in their desperate attempts to gain the community's respect.

The City of Rochester created a Youtube channel where they have posted several propaganda videos, including one where Sheppard talks about black on black crime, and slams the Rochester, NY community for what he says is them "not caring" about youth being killed in Rochester.

In the video, which the City of Rochester has intentionally blocked viewers from being able to post comments, Sheppard criticizes those who turned out in downtown Rochester, a few months ago, to protest the shooting of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida.

Sheppard clearly has some nerve, when as Chief, he has failed to stand up to, or discipline his out of control thugs with uniforms.

Chief Sheppard, respect and trust is earned.

Respect and trust are not bought with billboards, fishing poles and skateboards.

Nice try though.

Link of Rochester, NY Police illegal traffic stop which led to an innocent man spending 4 months in jail.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqprfY4KCm0



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Monroe County, NY Court Judge Frank Geraci, Recently Nominated by President Obama for The Federal Bench, Under Fire for Releasing an Ex-Cop Charged with Raping 7 Women, on Only $5,000 Bail

Monroe County, NY Court Judge Frank Geraci

By Davy V.
September 14, 2012 7:02 PM ET

Many Rochester, NY area residents are questioning how a former Monroe County, NY Sheriff's department Sergeant who has been charged with raping 7 female inmates at the jail he supervised was released on only $5,000 bail.

Robert Wilson, 41, of Greece, NY, a former Monroe County Sheriff's Sergeant employed at the Monroe County Jail, in Henrietta. NY was charged in a 23 count indictment unsealed Friday morning.

Wilson is charged with one count of third-degree criminal sex act, two counts of third-degree rape, both felonies, 12 counts of second-degree sex abuse, seven counts of official misconduct, and one count of patronizing a prostitute.

The count of patronizing a prostitute did not occur at the jail.

The rapes occured while Wilson was employed at the East Henrietta Rd. jail where he had full access to the facility.

Wilson was arraigned at the Hall of Justice Friday morning, where Monroe County Court Judge Frank Geraci Jr. set his bail was set at only $5,000 cash, $10,000 bond.

Wilson posted bail and was released before noon.

Geraci, a former Monroe County assistant district attorney, has been a Monroe County Court Judge for more than 13 years.

Before that, he served as a city court judge.

In May of this year, after being recommended by New York State Senator Chuck Schumer, President Obama officially nominated Geraci for a spot on the federal bench.

Why Geraci would set such a low bail for Wilson, who in addition to facing serious charges, also betrayed the public's trust, is something many people are asking.

And something we may never know.

What is known is that a regular citizen, especially an African-American or Latino, charged with the same crimes, would never get such a low bail set by a judge.

Any judge.

So the question here is did the fact that Wilson was a former law enforcement officer, play a part in Geraci's decision to release him on such a low bail amount despite his being accused of such serious crimes?

We all know that corruption exists on every level of the judicial system.

Link to my original story on former Monroe County, NY Sheriff Sergeant Robert Wilson charged with raping 7 female inmates http://davyv.blogspot.com/2012/09/monroe-county-ny-sheriff-patrick-oflynn.html

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Monroe County, NY Sheriff Patrick O'Flynn and his Department back under Spotlight after former Sergeant Robert Wilson is Charged with Raping 7 Female Inmates before being Released on Only $5,000 Bail.

Former Monroe County, NY Sheriff's department
Sergeant Robert Wilson.

By Davy V.
September 14, 2012 12:49 PM ET

When can you rape 7 women and post a $ 5,000 (as in five thousand dollars) bail and go home, free to rape again?

When you are a former Sergeant with the Monroe County, NY Sheriff's department.

Robert Wilson, 41, of Greece, NY, a former Monroe County Sheriff's Sergeant employed at the Monroe County Jail, in Henrietta. NY was charged in a 23 count indictment unsealed Friday morning.

Wilson is charged with one count of third-degree criminal sex act, two counts of third-degree rape, both felonies, 12 counts of second-degree sex abuse, seven counts of official misconduct, and one count of patronizing a prostitute.

The count of patronizing a prostitute did not occur at the jail.

The rapes occured while Wilson was employed at the Monroe County Jail.

Wilson was arraigned at the Hall of Justice Friday morning, where Monroe County Court Judge Frank Geraci Jr. set his bail was set at only $ 5,000 cash, $ 10,000 bond.

Wilson posted bail and was released before noon.

If convicted, Robert Wilson faces up to 12 years in state prison.

Recently, the Monroe County, NY Sheriff's office, under the leadership of Sheriff Patrick O'Flynn has been under the spotlight involving several high profile incidents of misconduct and corruption.

In August of 2011, Monroe County, N.Y. Sheriff's Investigator Andrew White was charged with two felony counts of sex abuse, criminal obstruction of breathing, forcible touching and acting in a manner to injure a child, after he entered a woman's home, held her down against her will and sexually abused her.

In a seperate incident, White was intoxicated when he forced the woman into a bathroom, yelled at her and touched her inappropriately. When the woman's teenage son tried to intervene, court documents show the woman stated "That's when he grabbed me by the throat, pushed me against the wall and squeezed my throat so hard that I could barely breath."

White resigned from the Monroe County Sheriff's department after he was indicted by a Monroe County Grand Jury.

On May 25, 2012 Monroe County, NY Sheriff's department Sergeant Paul Doser was charged with felony DWI after flipping his vehicle over with a 6 year old child inside.

Then, on June 1, 2012 Monroe County, NY Sheriffs deputies Shaun LeClair and Matt Clancy executed an innocent family dog, on his own property, shooting the dog in the back of the head.

I held two protest rallies after the execution of that innocent dog.

Here is the link:
http://davyv.blogspot.com/2012/06/monroe-county-sheriffs-department-under.html

I will be updating this post.



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City of Rochester, NY and City Attorney John Campolieto Resort to Intimidation Tactics against Family Whose Dog is Set to be Destroyed.

Schroeder

By Davy V.
September 14, 2012 9:56 AM ET

Imagine for a moment this.

You are 5 months pregnant and are home in your living room, with your two beautiful dogs, Schroeder, a pit bull and Piper, a boxer.

The front door to your home is open, but there is a screen door which is latched closed.

The mail lady comes on your porch and as any dog would do, especially protecting not only their home, but their pregnant owner, one of your dogs jumps at the screen door and the latch breaks.

Your dog then nips the mail lady's chest, leaving a bruise.

The police is called, and your dog is taken away from your home by animal control, where they keep him for four days before they release him back to you.

The next thing you know, weeks later, the police and animal control are at your front door with a court order to once again cease your dog while the case is pending in court.

When you go to court, you are given a choice, come up with $ 10,000 or your dog will be destroyed.

That's exactly what happened to Rochester, NY residents Amanda McManus, her husband Adam, and their beautiful dog Schroeder.

The mail lady, Heidi Desmond insisted that Schroeder be put down.

What is interesting as well as disturbing here is the fact that Schroeder was released back to his owner just four days after being held at Rochester, NY Animal Control.

Then, with alot of backroom dealing, Jeanne Colombo, Desmond's attorney got Rochester, NY City Court Judge Charles A. Crimi Jr. to sign an order to cease Schroeder from his home, a second time, and take him back to Rochester Animal Control, to be held there while his fate was decided.

I called Jeanne Colombo, the attorney for the mail lady, Heidi Desmond seeking a comment from her as to why is an innocent dog, full of life is being destroyed.

Ms. Colombo, who was very rude and extremely unprofessional, refused to answer most of the questions I asked her, instead referring me to Rochester, NY City attorney John Campolieto.

Ms. Colombo said, "My client's injuries were very serious."

When I asked her what the $ 10,000 amount was, she said that was the amount of her client's medical bills.

When I asked her exactly what injuries her client suffered, Ms. Colombo said "That is none of your business."

It's important to note here that this case, which Ms. Colombo claims her client suffered serious injuries, yet she said the injuries were none of my business, did not receive any coverage from the local media whatsoever. In fact, I myself just found out about it today when someone contacted me asking for my help, to get the story out there. So, one would think if in fact it were true that there were "serious injuries", it would have made the news. It didn't.

Ms. Colombo went on to tell me that one of the options discussed in court were to have the dog destroyed.

I then asked her if her client, the mail lady, Heidi Desmond chose to have Schroeder destroyed, and she replied "Yes."

I asked her why did her client want Schroeder killed.

Ms. Colombo replied "Because he is a dangerous dog and to protect the public." then hung up on me.

It was then when I was sure that this is an injustice.

I believe that the attorneys involved have used their power to intimidate a family who can't come up with $ 10,000 and have abused that power by getting a judge to put a loving dog to death.

A family dog, doing what dogs do best, protecting his home, and his family, including his owner's unborn baby.

Then, a mail lady overreacted and specifically elected to have a beautiful, loving dog destroyed.

It's quite clear that Rochester, NY City attorney John Campalieto, teamed up with attorney Jeanne Colombo, who in order to ensure that her client's "death wish" was carried out, got Rochester City court judge Charles A. Crimi Jr. to sign an order to destroy an innocent dog.

Schroeder is set to be destroyed at Rochester, NY Animal Control on Monday September 17, 2012.

Schroeder's owners, Amanda and Adam have been intimidated by the City of Rochester, the courts and attorney Jeanne Colombo that they have refused to cooperate in getting their story out and are said to be reluctant to save their own dog.

This story is not about them.

It is about a beautiful, loving dog named Schroeder, who is caught in the middle of corrupt Rochester, NY officials, a money hungry attorney, a corrupt judge and a family who is so fearful that they literally don't know what to do.

Calls to Rochester, NY City attorney John Campolieto, and Rochester, NY Animal Services director Christopher Fitzgerald were never returned.

UPDATE: As of Monday afternoon, word is that Schroeder has been given some more time. How much is not clear at this time. PLEASE CALL AND FLOOD THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS WITH YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS!

Please contact the following people who have decided to destroy a beautiful dog.

Attorney Jeanne Colombo (585) 242-9990

City of Rochester Mayor Thomas Richards (585) 428-7045

City of Rochester attorney John Campolieto (585) 428-6990

Rochester, NY Animal Services director Christopher Fitzgerald (585) 428-7274

Rochester, NY City Court Judge Charles A. Crimi Jr. (585) 428-4376

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