BOSTON (CBS) — The Boston Police internal affairs investigation of former police officer Patrick Rose was made public Tuesday, after Acting Mayor Kim Janey called for its release last week. Janey said Boston Police made no attempt to fire Patrick Rose even after a 1996 investigation supported a sexual abuse allegation. In 1995, a criminal complaint against Rose, now 66, accused him of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old child. An investigation sustained the allegation but Rose continued to work as a police officer. He was placed on administrative duty and his weapon was taken away. READ MORE: 'George Floyd’s Life Mattered': Local Politicians React To Derek Chauvin Verdict After the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association threatened to sue, Rose returned to full duty. “Based on a review of former officer Rose’s internal affairs file conducted by the City’s Law Department, it is clear that previous leaders of the police department neglected their duty to protect and serve. Despite an internal affairs investigation in 1996 that found credible evidence to sustain the allegation against Rose for sexually assaulting a minor, it appears that the police department made no attempt to fire him,” Janey said in a statement. READ MORE: Gov. Baker Makes National Guard Available After Chauvin Guilty Verdict “It is deeply unsettling and entirely unacceptable that Rose remained on the force for two decades and eventually became the president of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association. What’s more, Rose was allowed to have contact with young victims of sexual assault during the course of his career, and we now know that he allegedly went on to assault several other children. His alleged behavior is disgusting, and the apparent lack of leadership shown by the department at the time is extremely troubling. This culture of secrecy cannot be tolerated.” In August 2020, Rose was arrested after a father and his teenage daughter reported that the girl had been ...
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Derek Chauvin trial verdict: Ex-Minneapolis police officer found guilty on all charges in George Floyd’s death
close Video Derek Chauvin found guilty on all charges Former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder, manslaughter in death of George Floyd A panel of jurors has found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty Tuesday on all three charges in connection with the May 2020 death of George Floyd , after one of the most closely watched criminal trials in recent memory. Chauvin, 45, was charged with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. With Americans on edge as they awaited the verdict, the jury announced that it has found him guilty across the board. His bail was immediately revoked and he was led away with his hands cuffed behind his back. Cheers and cars honking could be heard outside the Hennepin County Courthouse as the verdict was read. Chauvin's sentencing is scheduled for eight weeks from now, the judge said. He could be sent to prison for decades. Video It took the jury about 10 hours and 20 minutes to reach a decision, which was read late in the afternoon in a city on edge regarding the possibility of more unrest like that that erupted last spring. DEREK CHAUVIN CHARGES EXPLAINED: WHAT PROSECUTORS MUST PROVE The courthouse was ringed with concrete barriers and razor wire, and thousands of National Guard troops and law enforcement officers were brought in ahead of the verdict. Some businesses were boarded up with plywood. The jury was made up of seven women and five men. Six jurors were White, four were Black and two identified as multiracial. Jurors were sequestered, their whereabouts kept secret, during deliberations that began Monday afternoon. Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died on May 25, 2020 after Chauvin held his knee against his neck or upper body for nine minutes and 29 seconds, as a handcuffed Floyd repeatedly said that he could not breathe. LIVE UPDATES: CHAUVIN JURY REACHES A VERDICT ...
Convicting Police of Murder Remains Rare in US
It took just three days after the April 11 killing of a young Black man by a white police officer in Minnesota for local prosecutors to announce charges in the case. Former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter was charged on Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter in the shooting and killing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, Washington County Attorney Pete Orput announced. Potter's chief said Potter intended to use her Taser electroshock weapon but instead accidentally fired her gun. "We will vigorously prosecute this case and intend to prove that Officer Potter abrogated her responsibility to protect the public when she used her firearm rather than her Taser," Imran Ali, a prosecutor in Orput's office, said in a statement . While Wright's family is calling for murder charges against Potter, the alacrity with which Orput acted marks a shift from just a few years ago, when investigators would routinely spend months on a police shooting case only to decide against bringing charges. "That doesn't usually happen anymore. People won't put up with it," said David Harris, a law professor at the University of Pittsburgh who teaches about police behavior. The killing coincided with the final days of the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died after Chauvin pinned Floyd's neck with his knee for more than nine minutes. The jury heard closing arguments in the case on Monday and has begun its deliberation. Potter, a 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center Police Department, has pleaded not guilty. If convicted, she faces up to 10 years in prison. The fact that Potter was charged in the shooting just three days after the tragic incident "is a big, big change," Harris said, albeit "just not enough." The 2014 shooting of Michael Brown Jr., an 18-year-old Black man, by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, coupled with Floyd's death, has ...
Reports: 16-Year-Old Girl Shot And Killed By Police In Ohio After Calling For Help, Family Says
By: KDKA-TV News Staff COLUMBUS, Ohio (KDKA) — A teenage girl was shot and killed by police in Ohio on Tuesday, according to reports. READ MORE: Developers Go Before City Planning Commission To Discuss First Project For Former Civic Arena Site Redevelopment The Columbus Dispatch reports the shooting happened minutes before Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts in the killing of George Floyd. According to the newspaper, officials have been called to southeast Columbus to investigate a fatal shooting by a Columbus police officer. Police received a 911 call about an attempted stabbing on Legion Lane, and law enforcement responded to the scene — where a police shooting was reported at 4:45 p.m., The Columbus Dispatch reports. A family member of the girl told the newspaper that the young girl got into an altercation with someone else at the home where she lived. The woman said her niece had a knife but said she dropped it before she was shot by police, The Columbus Dispatch reports. WBNS reports family identified the girl as 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant. The family told WBNS that Bryant called police for help because girls were fighting outside her house. READ MORE: Demand For The COVID-19 Vaccine Slows Dramatically In The Pittsburgh Region Police have not provided any further updates about the person shot or the circumstances of the shooting, The Columbus Dispatch reports. Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther said he is “asking residents to remain calm and allow BCI to gather the facts.” — as they do with all CPD-involved shootings. We will share information that we can as soon as it becomes available. I’m asking for residents to remain calm and allow BCI to gather the facts. — Mayor Andrew Ginther (@MayorGinther) April 20, 2021 MORE NEWS: Black Political Leaders In Pittsburgh Express Relief For Derek Chauvin Conviction ...
DA launches investigation of Loveland police’s forceful arrest of 73-year-old woman with dementia
Outside law enforcement and prosecutors will investigate whether a Loveland police officer should face criminal charges for forcing a 73-year-old woman to the ground and allegedly fracturing her arm while arresting her on charges of attempted theft of $13 of merchandise. Eighth Judicial District Attorney Gordon McLaughlin announced his office would use the district’s critical response team to investigate the incident. The team of investigators from 10 area agencies in Larimer and Jackson counties is generally used to investigate police shootings. According to the team’s memorandum of understanding, the Loveland Police Department will not participate in the investigation of its officer , said Jodi Lacey, spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office. “Involved and investigating agencies have agreed that an independent criminal review is appropriate,” a news release from McLaughlin’s office states. Loveland police officer Austin Hopp approached Karen Garner on June 26 after employees at a Walmart called to report that Garner tried to leave the store without paying for a T-shirt, a soda, a candy bar and wipes. The employees made Garner return to the store and leave the items but called police to report the incident. Hopp found Garner walking along a road nearby. Garner has dementia and sensory aphasia, which impairs her ability to communicate and understand, according to a federal civil rights lawsuit filed last week about the incident. Hopp forced Garner to the ground within 30 seconds of contacting her, body camera footage released by Garner’s attorney shows. Hopp and another officer, Daria Jalali, then held Garner against a police car. The officers fractured Garner’s arm, dislocated her shoulder and left bruises and scrapes, according to the lawsuit. “I’m going home,” Garner said repeatedly as the officers arrested her, the video shows. Prosecutors dropped charges against Garner. The police department placed Hopp on leave last week after ...
