Madison Police Chief apologizes for the killing of dindu thug

[midnight rambler]

Cop does a service to the community and takes out the thrash when the trash tries to take him (the cop) out and yet the Madison Police Chief feels compelled to apologize for the suicide by cop. This is how fucked up Madison Wisconsin is, and how fucked up this country is getting. And to top that off, the Commie Nooz Nyetwork has a Madison sheboon on who claims that "no one deserves to be shot in the chest five times and that NO ONE has the right to shoot someone in a fight..." This is the meme they're trying to establish - that no matter what no one can use lethal force in a fight. Here's a clue for the clueless: there are those of us non-pugilists who regard ANY physical 'fight' as to be a lethal force situation, i.e. kill or be killed.

[mick silver]

the clueless will be the first one's that will run to someone house that has firearms when the SHTF then tell you after it over you don't need to own a gun

[ximmy]

what is a dundu... where is the linky?

[midnight rambler]

what is a dundu... where is the linky?

As in, "Muy baby a good boi, he dindu nuffin!"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUwB6YdTUv4

[Ponce]

So that now cops are jury and executioner instead of arresting officer who takes the suspect in for a trial by a jury.......just like in the movie by Stallone.

V

[ximmy]

As in, "Muy baby a good boi, he dindu nuffin!"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUwB6YdTUv4

ah yes, first words out of their sprog mouths.

[Shami-Amourae]

what is a dundu... where is the linky?

It's what the alt-right calls Niggers now.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Dindu

It's mammy says he beez a good boy, aspiring rap(e) artist, attending the mokeynistary, turning it life around when deeze ho's placed his paws on their body.
http://i2.wp.com/therightstuff.biz/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ferguson-mike-brown-mural_-600x3371.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/IIkfrws.jpg

The folk at The Right Stuff use it all the time.
http://therightstuff.biz/2014/08/15/dindu-nuffins-murdered-by-racist-ferguson-cops/

[Hitch]

So that now cops are jury and executioner instead of arresting officer who takes the suspect in for a trial by a jury.......just like in the movie by Stallone.

V

This, or maybe cops have the same right of self defense as you do? Just a thought. I don't know, maybe you'll hand over your gun to an attacker....I sure won't.

[Hitch]

Midnight, got a link to the article?

By apologizing for this situation, the chief admits the dept was wrong. By admitting wrongdoings, that opens them up to a big lawsuit. I'm not sure I believe this. Usually police public spokesmans know better than that, and are slippery with their words. "under investigation" "we are looking at this from all areas to determine what happened" and so on.

[midnight rambler]

I saw it on CNN, you could have done a search for it like I just did. It came right up.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/03/09/protests-continue-in-madison-after-shooting-police-chief-apologizes-to-community/?wprss=rss_national

[ximmy]

I saw it on CNN, you could have done a search for it like I just did. It came right up.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/03/09/protests-continue-in-madison-after-shooting-police-chief-apologizes-to-community/?wprss=rss_national

I've been waiting all day for that link. Maybe tomorrow I will click it. :)

[Cebu_4_2]

A rally on the campus of the University of Wisconsin took place Monday before students marched to the state capitol, and the demonstrations and actions remained calm and peaceful, with no reported arrests or other issues. Many of the protesters who gathered at the capitol building were high school students who came to attend the rally, the Wisconsin State Journal reported. March organizers had posted on Facebook, asking high school students to walk out of classes Monday morning.

Madison police said they were responding Friday evening to multiple calls about a disturbance involving a person who was suspected of committing battery and who was jumping in and out of traffic. An officer, later identified as Matthew Kenny, 45, forced his way inside the apartment where Robinson was; Kenny was struck in the head before firing his weapon, Koval said.

An undated photo of Robinson. (Wisconsin Department of Corrections via AP)

On Monday, Koval wrote a message to the community, apologizing for what he called a “tragic incident” and saying that the entire community was grieving.

“Reconciliation cannot begin without my stating ‘I am sorry,’ and I don’t think I can say this enough,” Koval wrote on his official blog. “I am sorry. I hope that, with time, Tony’s family and friends can search their hearts to render some measure of forgiveness.”

The shooting will be investigated by Wisconsin’s Division of Criminal Investigation, due to a law the state adopted last year requiring an outside agency to look into every officer-related death. Once that investigation is completed, the district attorney will determine whether charges can be filed against the officer, Koval said.

A moment of silence in front of the building where the shooting occurred. (Andy Manis/AP)

In many ways, the shooting and the response shows the disparity that exists in how different jurisdictions react to police deaths, both in terms of official inquiries and public outreach.

The Wisconsin law requiring an outside agency to investigate is believed by state officials to be the first law of its type in the country. One of the key things protesters have called for over the last year — and, in particular, during the investigation into the shooting of Michael Brown and after the grand jury’s eventual decision not to indict Darren Wilson — was the appointment of special prosecutors for such incidents. The St. Louis County prosecuting attorney was repeatedly criticized as being too close to law enforcement, with protesters and elected officials asking for him to be replaced by a special prosecutor.

Similar calls followed the lack of charges for the officer involved in the death of Eric Garner in New York last summer. Garner died following what appeared to be a police chokehold, and activists and lawmakers said a special prosecutor should have investigated.

New York authorities have offered different ideas for what should follow a police-involved death in place of the current grand jury system. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) said he wants to appoint an independent monitor for such investigations, while New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman asked Cuomo to let his office investigate and prosecute these cases. Last month, New York’s top judge got involved, saying that judges — rather than prosecutors —should be in charge of the entire process.
Family of Wis. shooting victim speaks out(1:36)
The uncle of unarmed 19-year-old Tony Robinson who was fatally shot by a police officer in Madison, Wis., says he has confidence in the police department to properly investigate the teen's death. (AP)

Police in Los Angeles are investigating the death of a homeless man shot and killed by officers there. In that city, there is a specific division within the police department created in 2001 that is tasked with investigating any time an officer uses deadly force.

Meanwhile, authorities in Cleveland asked the county sheriff’s office to investigate the shooting of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old killed by police last year. Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson said the decision to hand the investigation off from a city team was made to establish “an extra layer of separation and impartiality.”

The Madison shooting occurred just two days after the Justice Department released a scathing report on the Ferguson Police Department, showing the results of an investigation initiated after Brown’s death. The episode also occurred just a day before President Obama spoke in Selma, Ala., to commemorate the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.”

Obama tied Ferguson and Selma together in his remarks, agreeing that the federal review seemed to evoke the same abuses that were rampant before and during the civil rights movement.

“I rejected the notion that nothing’s changed,” Obama said Saturday. “What happened in Ferguson may not be unique, but it’s no longer endemic, or sanctioned by law and custom; and before the civil rights movement, it most surely was.”

Since Ferguson became a firestorm last year, some police officials seem to have learned lessons based on how public officials responded there. The Ferguson police were roundly criticized in aftermath of Brown’s death last summer for failing to offer much information to the public, waiting six days before naming Darren Wilson as the officer involved.

After the episodes in Los Angeles and other places, authorities have been quick to speak publicly. In Madison, for instance, the police chief and mayor responded to the shooting and spoke publicly, with Koval offering a message of contrition along with some information about the shooting. Madison Mayor Paul Soglin spoke to protesters Monday and has promised residents that they would get answers about the shooting.

This is not necessarily in response to what happened in Ferguson — after Eric Garner’s death in New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) and William J. Bratton, the police commissioner, quickly spoke out, and that happened three weeks before Michael Brown was shot — but it speaks to a potential lesson gleaned from a situation that drew worldwide attention.

Madison’s police chief, in his message Sunday, pleaded with residents not to view the department only through the lens of this killing.

“I realize that in order for us to achieve greater strides in community-based policing, the cornerstone for making that a reality starts with us earning your trust,” he write. “I want that to happen, my department wants that to happen, desperately.”

Todd C. Frankel contributed to this report.

MORE READING: North of Selma, black leaders ‘fighting the same battle’

Thousands descend on Selma to hear President Obama mark the 50th anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’

The stubborn persistence of black-white inequality, 50 years after Selma

[This post has been updated to clarify that the division investigating deaths involving Los Angeles police officers is part of the Los Angeles Police Department.]
Mark Berman is a reporter on the National staff. He runs Post Nation, a destination for breaking news and developing stories from around the country.

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[Ponce]

This, or maybe cops have the same right of self defense as you do? Just a thought. I don't know, maybe you'll hand over your gun to an attacker....I sure won't.

Sure, like the 81 year old man who got shot in bed because the cops got the wrong house, or the eight month old baby who got an explosive device on the face and the city refused to pay for the medical care.....sure, same rights.

V

[Spectrism]

It's what the alt-right calls Niggers now.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Dindu

It's mammy says he beez a good boy, aspiring rap(e) artist, attending the mokeynistary, turning it life around when deeze ho's placed his paws on their body.


http://i.imgur.com/IIkfrws.jpg



Dindu Nuffins in a box. You can find them at your local convenience store, ghetto park, city alley and all Walmarts. On special occasions they will be available at shopping mall mauls. Made with real immitation chocolate and processed to remove purities. Like potato chips, you can't have just one so they are available in packs of at least half a dozen. Trust me, they will knock you out!

[7th trump]

Sure, like the 81 year old man who got shot in bed because the cops got the wrong house, or the eight month old baby who got an explosive device on the face and the city refused to pay for the medical care.....sure, same rights.

V

Give it up Ponce....you're wrong.
And to use those other unrelated instances to white wash the cops as all bad is poor judgment on your part...actually down right pathetic.

None of us are perfect...mistakes happen.. but for a cop to uphold the law to stop society from having to put up with criminal thugs has every right to defend him/herself.
If a cop cant defend himself........then by law...none of us can.
Face it Ponce the dindu wasn't suppose to be there in the first place and when confronted about his criminal activity he committed suicide by cop.
Me personally...I rejoice the criminal thug is taken out of society.....I think it freaken great the thug is going 6ft under.....on his own accord...I wish they would all go 6ft under on their own accord.

If you hate it here that much....then leave the country.

[Hitch]

If a cop cant defend himself........then by law...none of us can.

Yup, if a cop can't defend himself, then none of us can. Ponce there are countries like that you might like, where there's no police and nobody has any right to defend themselves. They do have the local warlords though. Try Somalia, I started a thread in the good news section, they got their first ATM machine too!

[mick silver]

Madison Police Shooting: What We Know About Officer Matt Kenny's 2007 Incidenthttp://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-11-07/2e7e39d2-925d-4a07-85c9-6c937b6a9ea1_ABC_NEWS_LOGO_aluminum.jpg (http://abcnews.go.com/) By MEGHAN KENEALLY 17 hours ago




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Madison Police Shooting: What We Know About Officer Matt Kenny's 2007 Incident (ABC News)





The police officer who shot and killed an unarmed teenager (http://abcnews.go.com/US/madison-police-officer-fatally-shoots-man-sparking-minor/story?id=29461345) in Madison, Wisconsin (http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/wisconsin.htm), had previously been involved in a fatal shooting, authorities said.
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News reports from the time detail how Officer Matt Kenny was not only exonerated from wrongdoing in the 2007 shooting and received the medal of valor the following year for that incident.
Kenny, a 12-year veteran of the Madison Police Department, is now on paid administrative leave as the investigation into the Friday shooting death of 19-year-old Tony Robinson continues.
WATCH: How the Tony Robinson Shooting Unfolded (http://news.yahoo.com/29505827)Madison Tense as City Deals With Police Shooting of Unarmed Teen (http://abcnews.go.com/US/madison-tense-city-deals-police-shooting-unarmed-teen/story?id=29477922)Madison Tense as City Deals With Police Shooting of Unarmed Teen (http://abcnews.go.com/US/madison-police-officer-fatally-shoots-man-sparking-minor/story?id=29461345)The first time Kenny fatally shot someone while on the force came in June 2007 when he and two other officers responded to a 911 (http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/crime.htm) call from a man named Ronald Brandon who said that a man was waving a gun around, according to the Wisconsin State Journal (http://host.madison.com/news/local/tapes-from-shooting-released/article_bc5693b5-4d50-5cb8-aa7f-a0897a1a86ed.html).
When Brandon, 48, who had been drinking, called 911 to report the man, he failed to mention that he was the person in question or that the gun he was holding was an unloaded pellet gun, police said at the time.
The Wisconsin State Journal (http://host.madison.com/news/local/less-than-minutes-between-calls-message-that-gun-wasn-t/article_8945e90c-b2d2-5a0e-893b-e04e6b0fa239.html) reported that Brandon's ex-wife called police at the same time and told the dispatcher that the gun Brandon was waving was an unloaded pellet gun. That information, however, was not relayed to officers in time.
A later report by the newspaper concluded that the ex-wife first mentioned the pellet gun to the dispatcher less than two minutes before Brandon was shot in the head by Kenny, who had not received the message in time.
A search warrant cited by The Capital Times of Madison stated that Kenny told Brandon to drop the gun, but Brandon refused and then pointed his weapon at the officers.
Kenny was the one who fired two shots at Brandon from his rifle -- but all three responding officers were exonerated of wrongdoing, authorities said.
"Officer Kenny was presented with a life and death choice that required him to match the direct threat of lethal force with lethal force," District Attorney Brian Blanchard wrote in a letter obtained by the Wisconsin State Journal that was sent to Madison Police Chief Noble Wray in 2007 during the investigation.
ABC News' request for the police records in the 2007 case are being processed by the Madison Police Department but were not immediately available given the ongoing investigation into Friday's shooting.
When Kenny received the Madison Police Department's Medal of Valor in May 2008, investigators had concluded that the incident was a "suicide by cop," the Wisconsin State Journal (http://host.madison.com/news/local/police-officer-awarded-medal-of-valor/article_808df2f3-21dd-5a51-bc97-90df6a058741.html) reported.
Kenny's actions are back under investigation after he went into an apartment during a search for a suspect who had been yelling and jumping in front of cars, according to 911 calls. The suspect, Robinson, was shot by Kenny inside, according to police. Kenny reportedly sustained undisclosed injuries.
"He' a decorated officer not only for an officer-involved shooting that occurred in 2007 but he also received a life-saving award in 2005," Jim Palmer, executive director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association, told ABC News Saturday.
Kenny will not be speaking out while the investigation is ongoing. Kenny has been placed on paid administrative leave.


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[Ponce]

Give it up Ponce....you're wrong.
And to use those other unrelated instances to white wash the cops as all bad is poor judgment on your part...actually down right pathetic.

None of us are perfect...mistakes happen.. but for a cop to uphold the law to stop society from having to put up with criminal thugs has every right to defend him/herself.
If a cop cant defend himself........then by law...none of us can.
Face it Ponce the dindu wasn't suppose to be there in the first place and when confronted about his criminal activity he committed suicide by cop.
Me personally...I rejoice the criminal thug is taken out of society.....I think it freaken great the thug is going 6ft under.....on his own accord...I wish they would all go 6ft under on their own accord.

If you hate it here that much....then leave the country.

Tump, I don't "hate" it here but rather the way that the American people don't do anything about the abuse of law........and did try to get out THREE times, twice to my own country but I was told that I was to Americanise and that I could not go back.........and once to Argentina where I bought a small farm but lost it because the stupidity of a lawyer........now I am almost 75 and I got it made right here, as long as I am left alone, and that's why I got a "Land Patent".

V