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Another another brave cop goes home tonight.

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http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/gretna.asp

Origins: On 29 October 2014, a blog post about the death of a 24-year-old Gretna, Florida, man named Kaldrick Donald began to circulate on social media sites. The post described the shooting death of Donald at the hands of a Gretna police officer who has since been identified as Sergeant Charles Brown.

In the post, Donald's shooting death was described as heavy-handed, and the account claimed Brown needlessly "escalated" the episode: Charles Brown ended up tasing Kaldrick Donald repeatedly, and then took him into the isolated bathroom in the family's house and shot him multiple times, killing him.

Brown murdered Donald in the presence his pregnant sister and mother, and no one can even say why. He was completely unarmed, and somehow not completely sane.

His mother said "I heard my baby say, I want my mama after he shot him, and then I didn't hear anything else."

His mother said she was "expecting them to take him to the Apalachee Center like before", but instead a single officer came and escalated the situation, murdering him in front of his family.
The circulating account was indeed troubling, but it lacked a number of elements necessary for it to be accepted at face value. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is currently investigating the shooting; and on 28 October 2014 a local news station provided the following information about the incident in Gretna: According to witnesses, Gretna PD was called to a home on Cornelius Harris Lane mid-morning. Witnesses tell WTXL that an officer shot and killed a person that was in the house. There is no word if any officers were injured. At this time it is unknown why police were called to the house, or what led up to the shooting.
On 29 October 2014, another local news source spoke with both Kaldrick Donald's mother Juanita and Ulysses Jenkins of Gadsden County Sheriff's Office. Juanita Donald stated that her son was first tased and then shot; Jenkins confirmed officers were summoned to the scene over a disturbance and indicated it was not clear why Brown shot Donald: The Gadsden County Sheriff's office tells us they had received a call from Donald's mother saying her son needed to be taken to a mental hospital.

Once the officer got to Donald's house, he and the officer got into a fight.

Investigator Ulysses Jenkins of Gadsden County Sheriff's Office said, "The police officer arrived, a struggle ensued and from that point during the altercation and suspect is now deceased."

"Our hearts and minds are with them during this time, it's a very troubling incident but we're doing everything we can to support the officer and the family," said Jenkins.
It is evident Kaldrick Donald was indeed shot and killed by Sergeant Charles Brown on 28 October 2014 in Gretna, Florida. Details of the events leading up to Donald's death, including precisely why police were called and what transpired at the scene before the shooting, have not yet been confirmed, and the incident remains under investigation.
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clearly an abuse of power but the P&N crew will spin this in to a positive.
 
Claim: Kaldrick Donald was unnecessarily shot and killed by a police officer after his mother called police for assistance in transporting him to a mental hospital.

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What is clear is that the details leading up to the incident are unclear and still unknown to the public.

Snopes even lists this as Undetermined.

So go ahead and spin...

- Merg
 
So OP posts a snopes article that clearly spells out that there is little to no information available to draw any conclusions, draws his own conclusion and then takes stabs at others for what he assumes they will conclude.

Seems about right for P&N.
 
update

Gretna Police Officer Cleared, Family of Man Killed Files Lawsuit


Gretna, FL - A grand jury has said Gretna Police Sgt. Charles Brown didn't do anything wrong during the October shooting death of 24-year-old Kaldrick Donald. However, Donald's family disagrees.
The family attorney filed a 15-page lawsuit Wednesday. It's against the City of Gretna and the police chief, Carlos De La Cruz.
"I smile, but, I hurt real bad inside," says, Kaldrick's mother, Juanita Donald.
A grand jury deemed that Gretna Police Sergeant Charles Brown was justified in shooting Kaldrick.
Juanita says, "They didn't care about what we said. It was just based on what he did and how it happened and how it went about. They were okay with it. It's like what we said, it was just dumped in the trash can."
Back on October 28th, Juanita called the police because her son hadn't taken his medication. She said when Sgt. Brown arrived, he was belligerent with Kaldrick. The two men ended up in the bathroom, where the shooting happened.
Kaldrick's mother and sister were both there, but, were not called in to be witnesses for the grand jury.
Attorney Craig J. Brown says, "They would've heard not only was Kaldrick tased multiple times, but, how SGT Brown went inside of the house and shot him seven times."
The investigative report from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement says Kaldrick had punched Brown in his eye. It also says: "Sgt. Brown advised as the fight entered the bathroom, the floor gave way and his legs became pinned in the floor, leaving him trapped and defenseless. Sgt. Brown added he lost vision in his left eye due to the punches he sustained from Mr. Donald and began to feel lightheaded. Sgt. Brown added he believed his life was in immediate danger and that he was going to lose consciousness. This fear prompted Sgt. Brown un-holstered his firearm and began to fire it at
Mr. Donald. Sgt. Brown stated Mr. Donald was on top of him during this time."
Attorney Brown says, the family has filed a civil lawsuit because the police department was negligent, due to the many complaints from community members about Brown's aggressive attitude and behavior.
A portion of the lawsuit reads, "Defendants, were deliberately indifferent in that they either expressly or impliedly acknowledge and assented to the failure to train, supervise, control and/or otherwise screen City of Gretna police officers including, the officer involved in the events that caused the death of Kaldrick Donald."
Kaldrick's sister, Shameka Donald, says, "What he did was wrong. He took matters in his own hands. I just feel like, I don't feel comfortable at all."
The FDLE report concludes by saying, "This case has been investigated thoroughly and no crime was committed by Sgt. Brown that led to the death of Mr. Donald."
Brown is back on the police force.
Gretna Police Chief Carlos De La Cruz released the following statement:
"The Gretna Police Department does not comment on pending litigation, although we haven't received a formal notification as of yet. We understand that because of the high profile and sensitive work we do anyone at anytime can file a civil law suit against the police department.
A full investigation was conducted by an the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, with the full support of the Gretna Police Department. In this particular case the officer was cleared by the law enforcement agency, the facts of which were later presented to a Gadsden County Grand Jury and they also cleared the officer from any violation of the law. The use of deadly force is not a decision taken lightly by any officer, and the Gretna Police Department supports the men and women who risk their lives every day they come to work. A loss of life is always tragic for the family and friends of the deceased, and we sympathize with them.
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http://www.wctv.tv/news/georgianews...illed-by-Gretna-Police-Officer-280660612.html
 
Newell Steamer said:
Clearly != Undetermined.

Also, there are more cop bashers than cop supporters,.. so, what exactly are you complaining about??
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Seriously? This country has such a hard-on for cops, there's no way there are more cop bashers than people who believe the cops are heroes just doing Gawd's Work!
 
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