Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn Fires White Officer for Refusal-to-Die Incident at the Hands of Racist, Black Berserker; Dead Racist’s Family Demands “Answers” (Read: Millions from White People, and the White Hero’s Blood); Flynn’s Mandate: De-Policing Rules! White Cops Must Flee All Potential Confrontations with Blacks
Dismissed, former Milwaukee PD Officer Christopher Manney. His offense: Refusing to permit Dontre Hamilton to slaughter him with his own weapon while white (hey, that sounds familiar!) (These captions are fast becoming boilerplate.)
Failed, racist, would-be cop-killer Dontre Hamilton (that also sounds familiar!)
Desperately pandering, Milwaukee PD chief Ed Flynn
[Previously, at WEJB/NSU, on MPD Chief Ed Flynn, and related:
“Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn: ‘The Computer Ate My Crime Stats’: ‘Disappearing’ Crime in Milwaukee… and Everywhere Else”;
“The Chief Strikes Back: Supporter of Milwaukee PD Chief Ed Flynn Says Flynn is being Smeared”;
“The War on Police”;
“De-Policing in America’s Cities: Erasing the ‘Thin Blue Line’”; and
“‘Disappearing’ Urban Crime.”
Re-posted by Nicholas Stix
Milwaukee Police Chief Fires Officer Who Shot, Killed Dontre Hamilton
Christopher Manney terminated Wednesday
By Terry Sater
Updated 2:07 p.m. CDT October 16, 2014
WISN/Hearst
MILWAUKEE —
Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn has fired the officer who shot and killed Dontre Hamilton, 31, in Red Arrow Park in April.
RAW: Chief Flynn terminates officer who shot Dontre Hamilton
Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn announces he has fired Christopher Manney, the officer who shot Dontre Hamilton in Red Arrow Park in April.
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Family of Dontre Hamilton reacts to firing of officer
The family of Dontre Hamilton reacts to the firing of Christopher Manney, the officer who shot and killed Hamilton in Red Arrow Park in April 2014.
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Milwaukee police shoot, kill man at Red Arrow Park
A man is shot and killed by a Milwaukee police officer at about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Red Arrow Park.
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Family of man shot at Red Arrow Park says he was trying...
The brothers of a man shot and killed by police in downtown Milwaukee are distraught and demanding answers.
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Flynn said he terminated Christopher Manney, 38, on Wednesday following an internal investigation.
RAW VIDEO: Listen to Flynn's explanation
WISN 12 News learned Thursday that Manney requested duty disability two days prior to his firing. Click Here to read more about what that could mean.
Flynn said officers were sent to Red Arrow Park twice on the afternoon of April 30 to check on Hamilton's welfare but had no physical contact with him.
Then, at 3:28 p.m., Manney, the beat officer for the area, responded to an earlier voice mail not knowing officers had already responded to Red Arrow Park.
When Manney arrived, he found Hamilton lying on the sidewalk near the Starbucks, Flynn said.
VIDEO: Flynn fires officer involved in Red Arrow Park shooting
Flynn said Manney approached Hamilton, identified himself and asked Hamilton to stand up. When Hamilton stood up, Manney approached Hamilton from behind, reached under Hamilton’s arms, placed his hands on his chest to conduct a pat-down search and asked if Hamilton had any weapons.
As Manney began the search, Hamilton began fighting with Manney.
Flynn said Manney tried to use his baton to subdue Hamilton, but Hamilton was able to take the baton from Manney. Hamilton swung the baton at Manney multiple times and struck Manney on the side of the neck with the baton.
Fearing that Hamilton would seriously injure or kill him, Manney used his service weapon and shot Hamilton.
Flynn said Manney accurately determined Hamilton was an "emotionally disturbed person [‘He’s a murderous psycho!’], but treated him as a dangerous criminal [which he was!] instead of following his training and treating Mr. Hamilton as an EDP."
"It was an incorrect, wrong decision that placed him ultimately in legitimate deadly jeopardy," Flynn said.
Manney had been on paid leave since the shooting.
VIDEO: Hamilton's mother addresses firing of officer
While Hamilton's family called the firing a victory, they said their fight for justice is not over.
"There's no grief like a mother's grief. [Gimme a break!] Now that the name of the officer is out there, it's something you asked for for months. Does that give you any sense of relief?" WISN 12 News reporter Terry Sater asked.
"No, I'm not going to grieve until he's in jail," Dontre Hamilton's mother, Maria Hamilton, said. "I'm still angry because I feel like they're not being honest. Yes, it's a plus that he was fired, but he took a man's life, and like any other citizen would go to jail."
That's where Flynn said he disagrees.
"My inner cop is not dead. Every member of this police department has had to make critical decisions under pressure with insufficient information that could have gone wrong. Here's the point I want to make -- there's got to be a way of holding ourselves accountable absent of putting cops in jail for making mistakes," Flynn said.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said he agrees with Flynn's decision and that this based the police department's protocol.
The American Civil Liberties Union released a statement Wednesday afternoon saying, the chief's explanation of the firing was an important first step, but changes need to be made.
"To the extent that police department policies and practices contributed to an officer-involved fatal shooting, the MPD should change its policies and practices and not use the punishment of one or more officers to allow the MPD to escape its responsibilities," ACLU of Wisconsin Executive Director Chris Ahmuty said.
Mike Crivello, president of the Milwaukee Police Association, said, "The use of deadly force by an officer is a difficult decision that must be made accurately and instantaneously. The MPA is confident in the officer's training and trust the action taken was of necessity."
"The decision to terminate this officer is cowardice and certainly unfounded and unsupported by fact," Crivello said.
Dontre Hamilton's family has been waiting more than five months to find out whether the officer will face disciplinary action or criminal charges.
The Milwaukee County district attorney has not yet made a decision whether to criminally charge the officer.
The FBI has been brought in to help with the investigation.
The family said the marches will continue because they're still fighting for changes to Milwaukee police policies and procedures.
There's another march planned for Thursday from Red Arrow Park.
Manney worked in the Milwaukee police operations division and had been on the force for 13 years.
He routinely patrolled downtown and made headlines in 2012 when he got into a public scuffle with a clown. (Watch story)
The clown was squirting water on cars and would not stop when officers [ordered] asked him to.
3 comments:
The whitey cop taking on by themselves or even in a group these big strong young black men are placing themselves in all cases in great danger.
"Bigger and stronger, more quicker to use violence, and more extreme in the use of that violence."
Such was the pronouncements of an old time decades ago when speaking of the young modern criminal. He probably wanted to say but was afraid to do so: "the young modern black criminal".
Even a posse of cops at the scene probably would have had a hard time controlling this miscreant.2201
Anyone aware of what Milwaukee police jargon is for EDP?
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