Rochester, NY Police officer Daryl Pierson
Updated Friday May 9, 2015
THOMAS JOHNSON III WAS FOUND GUILTY TODAY IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF ROCHESTER, NY POLICE OFFICER DARYL PIERSON.
WHILE I'M NOT SURPRISED BY THE GUILTY VERDICT, AS MANY OF YOU WHO FOLLOW MY WORK AND THIS BLOG CAN PROBABLY GUESS, I HAVE ALOT TO SAY.
I ATTENDED THE TRIAL EVERY DAY.
AND I SAW AND HEARD ALOT OF THINGS THAT MAINSTREAM NEWS MEDIA WILL NEVER TALK ABOUT.
I CAN TELL YOU THIS.
I PREDICTED A LEGAL LYNCHING, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR HERE.
IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM AM I SUPPORTING THOMAS JOHNSON III.
ON THE CONTRARY.
I AM FURIOUS THAT THE ROCHESTER, NY POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL NEVER ADMIT THAT THEIR OWN POLICIES, PATTERN AND PRACTICE LED TO A CHAIN OF EVENTS WHICH ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN A ROCHESTER, NY POLICE OFFICER, DARYL PIERSON, LOSING HIS LIFE.
I AM WORKING ON A PIECE WHICH WILL BREAK DOWN MANY DISTURBING THINGS WHICH AGAIN, MAINSTREAM NEWS MEDIA WON'T TOUCH.
PLEASE CHECK BACK.
By Davy V.
In what would be some of his last words, before dying after being shot during a foot chase, Rochester, NY Police officer Daryl Pierson yelled to a black man, "I'm going to fuck you up!"
That testimony came Wednesday in the trial of Thomas Johnson III, who is charged with aggravated murder in the shooting death of RPD officer Pierson.
Jamal Bollar, an innocent bystander who was shot in his left leg during the foot chase, testified that he had taken his dog outside to use the bathroom, when he saw Rochester, NY Police officer Daryl Pierson running after Johnson.
Bollar testified that he heard Johnson yell, You're going to have to catch me," to officer Pierson, and that Pierson yelled to Johnson, "I'm going to fuck you up!"
Just a few seconds after that, dark, grainy video surveillance footage captured from a nearby grocery store shows Rochester Police officer Daryl Pierson catching up to Johnson, as the two fall to the street.
It is at that point which prosecutors claim that Johnson intentionally shot officer Pierson.
But the video doesn't clearly show what exactly occurred on that dark corner of Hudson Avenue and Ernst Street.
In the video, which I have posted the link below, the chase is captured on several surveillance cameras of grocery stores and corner bar.
While the quality of the video is not bad, for your average surveillance camera footage, the part that captures the moment where Johnson allegedly shoots Pierson, is bad.
Too bad to make out exactly what happened.
Personally, I find it interesting that despite this being such a high profile case, one of the biggest cases in the history of the City of Rochester, NY and Monroe County, and the first time a Rochester Police officer has been shot and killed since 1959, it doesn't seem that Monroe County, NY District Attorney Sandra Doorley has made an effort to have the video footage enhanced.
In fact, something else I found interesting, and something which Defense Attorney James Hinman brought up in court is that the video which was played in court, and the video that the jury saw, which is the same video I've linked below, is an edited video.
What I mean is that the video is comprised of all the different surveillance camera videos which captured the foot chase, from the time Rochester Police officer Michael DiPaola turns his cruiser onto Ernst Street, and officer Daryl Pierson jumps out from the passenger side and begins to chase Thomas Johnson III, to the point where officer DiPaola shoots Johnson.
The Monroe County District Attorney's officer asked Greg Peck, a video analyst for the Rochester Police Department, to edit down specific footage from each surveillance camera, and condense all that footage onto one DVD.
My point?
Look, I'm usually not which to jump into some conspiracy theory, but there's a lot at stake here with this case.
Like what?
Well, first of all there's a black man accused of intentionally shooting and killing a white Rochester, NY cop.
The first Rochester, NY cop to be shot and killed in 55 years.
And they have to make an example out of this black man.
In fact, they are trying anything they can in order to make sure that they make an example out of him.
That was clear when Judge Thomas Moran, a former cop and prosecutor,who is married to an ex-cop, refused to recuse himself from the case.
Then there's Sandra Doorley, the Monroe County District Attorney, a democrat, who just recently switched party lines and will now be a republican in the upcoming elections.
So is it conspiracy?
What I do know is that pretty much as I predicted, it's turning out to look like a legal lynching.
The ex-cop, turned prosecutor, turned judge.
The fact that he refused to recuse himself.
A black man on trial.
For allegedly intentionally shooting a white police officer.
A poor quality video and the fact that it has become pretty clear in the trial already that despite this case being one of the biggest in Rochester, NY and Monroe County history, it has become pretty clear in the trial already that Monroe County Distruct Attornery Sandra Doorley made no effort to enhance the video.
I mean a cop was shot and killed, and yet no effort is made on the part of prosecutors to present the best quality video possible to a jury who will decide a man's fate?
Why?
And as far as Rochester, NY Police officer yelling at a black man, "I'm going to fuck you up" ?
DOES NOT SURPRISE ME ONE BIT.
That's exactly how Rochester, NY Police officers, especially white officers, treat minorities.
Think about it.
I called the Rochester, NY Police Tactical Unit out for their brutality of minorities, especially African-Americans, more than 6 monts before an innocent bystander who was shot during the foot chase testifies that a white cop, Daryl Pierson yelled to a black suspect, "I'm going to fuck you up!"
Like I wrote in my September 7, 2014 piece, "Rochester, NY Police officer Daryl Pierson is No Hero" more than 6 months ago, I know just how the Rochester, NY Police Department gets down.
I know how dirty and corrupt the Rochester, NY Police Department is.
I know just how corrupt the Rochester, NY Police Tactical Unit is.
The RPD's Tactical Unit is notorious for shaking down drug dealers, and taking drugs and money from suspects, and often keeping the drugs and the money, splitting them among themselves,
Rochester, NY Police Tactical Unit officers are known for their routine shake downs and extortion of known drug dealers.
RPD Tactical Unit cops will often threaten to arrest and charge drug dealers if they don't pay officers 'rent'.
TheIr message to drug dealers?
If you deal drugs on Rochester streets, you better pay your rent to select RPD cops, or they will shut you down.
ROCHESTER, NY POLICE OFFICER DARYL PIERSON ACTED UNLAWFULLY
The chain of events which led to Rochester, NY Police officer Daryl Pierson being shot and killed, were initiated by his fellow brother on blue, Rochester, NY Officer Mark Rohr.
On September 3, 2014 Rochester, NY Police officer Mark Rohr saw Anson Clark, a black man driving on Rochester's east side, with a black passenger in the front.
In court, RPD officer Rohr testified that he thought it was suspicious that Rohr was on the east side, when he is from the west side.
Officer Rohr testified that he knew Clark, and that he had previously stopped him and found out that Clarke was driving with a suspended license.
But not on September 3, 2014.
On September 3, 2014, Rochester Police officer Mark Rohr saw a black man on Rochester's east side, and thought that was suspicious.
Because after all, this is America, a supposedly "Free Country" where citizens are supposedly "free" to travel where they want, certainly from the west side of a city to its east side.
Right?
Well apparently not as far as Rochester, NY Police officer Rohr is concerned.
So officer Rohr told his partner to turn around.
What Rochester, NY Police officer Rohr does next will lead to a rapid chain of events where Rochester Police officer Daryl Pierson dies.
Officer Rohr calls for back up.
Backup for what is in essence a completely unjustified, illegal racial profiling stop of a black man for driving on Rochester's east side.
So who does officer Rohr call for back up?
None other than Rochester, NY Police officer Daryl Pierson, amd Michael DiPaola, who are riding together.
Backuo.
All because he thought a black man driving on a different part of the City of Rochester than the side he lives on, was suspicious.
And officer Rohr just had to find out why this black man was on the east side.
Oh but wait.
Officer Rohr knew he needed a "legal" reason to stop Mr. Clark.
So officer Rohr claims that Mr. Clark committed a traffic violation when approaching an intersection.
Officer Rohr and his partner followed the white Pontiac G6 driven by Mr. Clarke.
At one point the passenger, which is Thomas Johnson III, jumps out of the vehicle.
So officer Pierson and DiPaola who were responding as backup, backup for an illegal, unconstitutional traffic stop, decide that they must now find that black man who got out of the car.
They didn't know Thomas Johnson III, who was on parole.
But that's irrelevant.
Again, they didn't know that.
They knew absolutely NOTHING about Thomas Johnson III.
All they knew was that their fellow officer, Rohr, thought a black man driving on Rochester's east side was suspicious, and that there was a black passenger in the car, and that black passenger got out of the vehicle.
And now Rochester Police officer Daryl Pierson and his partner Michael DiPaola had to find that black man.
That black man who had not committed any crime by getting out, or jumping out of a car.
And Rochester, NY Police officer Daryl Pierson and his partner eventually found that black man.
Thomas Johnson.p III.
Walking.
But sadly, neither officer Pierson, nor his partner stop to think that their own partner RPD officer Rohr, has set in motion a chain of events which will end officer Pierson's life in a few minutes.
In order for the jury to legally find Thomas Johnson guilty of aggravated murder of officer Pierson, they have to decide that officer Pierson was acting under the color of law.
That he was acting according to the law.
But he wasn't.
You see, none of it was legal.
Not the original stop by officer Rohr.
And not the chasing of Thomas Johnson III, by officer Pierson, which came as a result of the initial stop.
An unlawful stop.
This is not the first time that overzealous Rochester, NY Police officers have created completely unnecessary situations which have resulted in one of their fellow brothers being shot.
Coming up, I will highlight an incident in which a Rochester, NY Police officer was shot as a result of his fellow brother in blue also creating a completely unnecessary situation.
Ironically, that incident took place just a couple of blocks away from where Rochester, NY Police officer Daryl Pierson was fatally shot.
ROCHESTER, NY POLICE OFFICERS HAVE A HISTORY OF HAVING BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS, NOT JUST INNOCENT CITIZENS' BLOOD, THEIR OWN BLOOD!
On January 31, 2009, Rochester, NY Police officer physically assaulted a 14-year old boy.
By his actions, assaulting a child, Rochester, NY Police officer Kevin Mack created a completely unnecessary situation, one which would leave an innocent Rochester Police officer fighting for his life.
Below, I've included my original piece from April 5, 2013, titled "The Rochester, NY Police Department Just Doesn't Get It"
By Davy V.
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Rochester, NY Police officer Anthony DiPonzio |
Like I have been saying for years, when it comes to Rochester, NY's mainstream, corporate-run news media, they will do whatever it takes in order to protect the Rochester, NY Police department.
One such example came with the shooting of Rochester, NY Police officer Anthony DiPonzio by 14-year old Tyquan Rivera on January 31, 2009.
Let me be clear here.
In no way, shape or form do I condone the shooting of any police officer!
I just think that since the mainstream news media did a great job at not telling the whole story, that led to a young kid from a broken home, to run in his house and grab a rifle, then shoot an innocent Rochester Police officer in the back of the head, then it's only fair that people know the real story.
So here's what Rochester's lamestream media never told you.
On that cold January day in 2009, Rochester Police officer Kevin Mack drove onto Dayton St., off Hudson Ave., on Rochester's east side, stopped his cruiser, got out, and assaulted a 14-year old child named Tyquan Rivera.
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Tyquan Rivera |
Mack then threw Rivera in a snowbank, then picked him up off the ground by his collar.
Officer Mack then walked Rivera back to his home, all the while ridiculing him, as Tyquan's friends looked on.
What could have been a positive interaction with this young man, officer Mack instead chose to make it an antagonistic one.
One which ended up in this young man running in his home, grabbing a rifle, and shooting Rochester Police officer Anthony DiPonzio in the back of the head.
DiPonzio, a rookie officer at the time, was completely innocent.
He had just arrived on the scene, and had nothing to do with Mack's rogue actions and treatment of Rivera, minutes earlier.
As the saying goes, DiPonzio was simply at the wrong place, at the wrong time.
Of course, Rochester's news media, and City officials, never reported the complete story.
The story of how RPD officer Kevin Mack's rogue, thug-like actions almost cost an innocent officer his life.
His fellow officer.
The story of how many times, instead de-escalating matters, R.P.D. officers instead create, and then escalate completely unnecessary situations.
Whenever I see a Rochester, NY Police officer, I make it a point to tell them this:
"Try to make every encounter you have with a young person, a positive one. You never know how, the way you treat that young person will change his, or her life."
Like it changed mine, many years ago, when Rochester, NY Police officer Randall "Rambo" Benjamin and Mark Mariano illegally broke into our home, with no warrant, and terrorized my family with guns pointed at us.
And unfortunately, like it changed an innocent Rochester, NY Police officer's, who had done nothing wrong, and simply walked in at then of a completely unnecessary situation, basically police brutality, that his fellow officer, Kevin Mack had created by assaulting a minor.
The Rochester, NY Police department has no idea the tensions that exist in the community.
Tension between the youth and them.
The R.P.D. just doesn't get it.
Click link below to watch shooting video of Rochester, NY Police officer Daryl Pierson
Thomas Johnson May Have Pulled the Trigger, but Rochester, NY Police officer Mark Rohr has Blood on his Hands
