Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Small County, With So Many Police Shootings/Killings: Only 210,000 people

I have requested the records from Sheriff DAVID SHOAR and State's Attorney RALPH LARIZZA on officer-involved shootings here in St. Johns County, supposedly the nicest, richest county in all of Florida.

There was Cary Lloyd Martin 53, Killed 05/15/2015. (Officer Joshua Butler, also involved in Timothy West case below).
http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2015-05-15/story/second-police-involved-shooting-st-johns-county-leaves-one-man-injured

Then there was Justin Way 28, killed 05/11/2015 One of the deputies Kyle Braig was also involved in the Daniel Torres case below.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/28/man-calls-suicide-line-police-kill-him.html

Then there was Timothy West 48, killed 12/28/2014 (Officer Joshua Butler)
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-deputies-fatally-shoot-murder-suspect-20141230-story.html

Then there was Daniel Torres 51, killed 12/14/2014
http://staugustine.com/news/local-news/2014-12-15/suspect-shot-killed-st-johns-county-officer-update#.Vxf3tDHCSlQ
Aaron Ray 43. Killed on 09/06/2014. (SWAT Shawn Emert placed on leave).
http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/officer-involved-shooting-investigation-st-johns-c/83482848

Rodney Wayne Stevens killed 12/11/2013 (Cameron Coward)(also involved in the Andrea Sheldon (hospice nurse) shooting in 2012.
http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2013-12-11/story/armed-man-shot-dead-deputy-st-augustine-home-during-disturbance
https://historiccity.com/2013/staugustine/news/florida/autopsy-complete-deputy-who-shot-stevens-identified-41915
Brandon Rich a 17 yo unarmed teen that was shot in the leg on 02/21/2013.
http://www.wokv.com/news/news/local/deputy-shoots-suspect-traffic-stop-near-st-augusti/nWWDH/
Andrea Sheldon 46, Hospice Nurse. Killed on 04/14/2012. Cameron Coward and three other deputies opened fire on her (subject of federal court complaint not covered by The St. Augustine Record yet -- wonder why?.
http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2012-09-08/story/fdle-clears-st-johns-county-sheriffs-deputies-shooting-hospice-nurse




The whole world is watching. See, e.g.,
The New York Times, "Two Gunshots on a Summer Night" by Walt Bogdanich & Glenn Silber (November 24, 2013):  http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/two-gunshots/
PBS/Frontline, "A Death in St. Augustine (November 26, 2013):
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/death-in-st-augustine/ NBC News Dateline, "Two Shots Fired" (April 18, 2014):
http://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/full-episode-two-shots-fired-n84816 Folio Weekly: Jeff Billman, "Somebody's lying -- An activist accuses the St. Augustine Record of bowing 
to pressure from Jeremy Banks' attorney. The paper accuses her of spreading misinformation" (September 17, 2014), http://folioweekly.com/SOMEBODYS-LYING-ST-AUGUSTINE-RECORD-ACTIVIST-JEREMY-BANKS,10912 Dr. Phil, "The Mystery of Michelle O'Connell" (November 3, 2014): http://www.drphil.com/shows/show/2298 Folio Weekly, "Murder, He Wrote," by Susan Cooper Eastman (November 19, 2014), http://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2014/11/michelle-oconnell-shooting-read-folio.html
Folio Weekly, "The Proxy War," by Derek Kinner (March 4, 2015): http://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2015/03/folio-weekly-deputy-jeremy-banks-and.html 

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Alot of veterans round here love the militarization of the SJSO