The police involved in the murder of James Boyd must be put on suspension immediately. The Governor is out of touch with reality.
Associated Press
Updated: March 31, 2014 at 1:43 pm
Published: March 31, 2014
"Albuquerque is going through a tough time, and they'll figure it out through the investigation," the governor said. "We want that to be thorough. We want confidence in the investigation, but I just don't want to see anyone harmed."
This protest and another last week were in response to the 37 shootings Albuquerque police have been involved in since 2010, 23 of them fatal. The outrage bubbled over recently with the release of a video showing officers fatally shooting 38-year-old James Boyd, a homeless camper, as he appeared to be preparing to surrender on March 16. Ten days later, officers killed another man after they say he shot at them....
I'll go through this second by second if I have to. To begin with there have been innumerable deaths of innocent people unable to protect themselves. I am quite sure, as a homeless man, Mr. Boyd was aware of the danger of being a human being and breathing if an annoyance to police officers.
This video has played over and over in my mind today. I can't get rid of it. It is amazing to me the video is on the net. It indicts these officers and witnesses the murder or an innocent man. Mr. Boyd was asleep and bothering no one. He was homeless because the City of Albuquerque has no adequate homeless policy or shelter secure enough to allow men to feel safe. Additionally, Mr. Boyd didn't want to be in trouble. He was outside the city because he was afraid of trouble with anyone.
James Boyd was not a worldly person, never decided Albuquerque was too dangerous and tried to hitch hike to another city. It is my opinion Mr. Boyd's "Mind Map" was limited to that of Albuquerque and the surrounding area including the foothills. I don't know the man, but, I know the plight of the homeless and how limited their options are. I also know men are men. They take life on the chin and just get on with it. Mr. Boyd was not a violent man. He had a knife like many people do for protection and utility. Being homeless is dangerous.
Everyone has to sleep somewhere. Where was he suppose to sleep in the middle of the road and hope a semi didn't run him over? Seriously. Where does the homeless of New Mexico find respite and a safe environment to work out their problems? Believe it or not living on the street is expensive, too.
It is my estimation Mr. Boyd was so scared of being killed by zealot police officers that he negotiated with officers for three hours before even standing up to become a target. I have this nagging reality that James Boyd knew he was a dead man.
This video is a training film. Why did they make it at all? Because they knew they were going to kill James Boyd and they wanted it to be a 'kill by the book' so they could not be held responsible for murder. What has astounded me about the news coverage is that the media had no interest in who James Boyd was, except, he was a homeless man THAT was difficult with the police. According to the media, "...being difficult with police..." was enough to murder him. According to the media the police were spot on in their techniques. Now, why would a media be so certain that a man was evil and the police angelical in their professional perfection? Why would that be? It was propaganda. It is 'programming' that is suppose to reassure the public they have a powerful police department and the public is safe. That doesn't seem to be the case, though, now does it?
The camera in this video is placed in an advantageous position. It is nearly Hollywood quality. Everyone can be seen. James Boyd and all the police, the dog and the assassin. They are all in the frame of the video and that quality does not diminish through the entire filming. The person filming this murder was a professional, knew what he or she was doing and knew exactly what was coming. Nothing surprised the videographer. No shaking, nothing blurred, everything comes across extremely clearly. The video was made to exonerate the police from murder. No doubt in my mind.
Once Mr. Boyd agrees to come out from behind the rock where he was sleeping and not bothering a soul, he was still scared, but believed he had no alternative. He stated to the officer he was talking to, "...don't change the agreement now...."
For three hours James Boyd bargained for his life and when he finally believed he had an agreement that would insure his life and as he surrendered the agreement changed and James Boyd died.
It is a helmet cam. Amazing. Every bit of what occurred never leaves the frame.
At 0:45 seconds the officers are talking to him about safety. Safety is a huge problem for James Boyd. He throws his arms in the air as if he was going to be okay and he proceeded to move toward the police because he believed in doing so his safety was assured.
At 0:53 Mr. Boyd is beginning his walk down the hill toward the police that had just assured him that safety was important. As soon as Mr. Boyd took his first step the police exploded a Stun Grenade. COMPLETELY UNPROVOLKED. Completely unprovoked. The Stun Grenade then BY DESIGN disorients his vision and hearing for AT LEAST 5 seconds. Here is a man surrendering to police and he finds himself disoriented, blinded and deaf. Now, talk about confusion. The police knew exactly what they were doing. They were about kill this man and they wanted to play the hero with all the glitz and glamour afforded their damed egos.
At 0:56 Mr. Boyd begins to react to the assault. He drops his bags and tries to formulate some kind of defense of himself and is being yelled at to drop to the ground. Now, Mr. Boyd has confusion, deaf and with unclear vision from the Stun Grenade. Was he going to be able to hear those damned bastards? No. He didn't know what happened to him. Not only that but when he became more confused the dog was brought on as if it was necessary and guns were fired.
At 1:01 as the police assault him, he throws his arms up in the air and then down by his side, he obviously is scared to death for his life and has not formulated what to do.
At 1:03 Mr. Boyd has already turned to run and he falls to the ground succumbing to the bullets penetrating his body. His movements stopped and he fell to the ground as the goons continued to yell as if they had to.
At 1:12 Mr. Boyd was face down in the dirt, unable to move and the officers are still playing cowboy in their threats and yelling. The dog is still within the methodology of a man face down in the dirt. The assassin by this time had trained a beacon on him because the end was near. Boyd was so dangerous laying face down in the dirt unable to move he was going to die with an flinch.
At 1:17 the asshole police are still yelling about a knife in his hand. Well, if the man couldn't move and was bleeding and becoming weak what difference did any knife make? He was not able to use it, but, the zealot police were going to RUN THEIR GAME to the end. He was a dangerous and out of control man and their lives were in dire danger. Now, does anyone actually expect me and any other same citizen to believe at any point during this murder that the police were in danger. There were three armed and dangerous officers and a dog a moment away from holding that man to the ground or worse and there was a concern about a knife? I could have walked up to him and kicked it away and then called the ambulance and hoped he would not die in transit. But, that isn't what occurred. The cops were 'runnin' game' and it had to be completed.
At 1:35 being shot and unable to stand while the cops are yelling to put his hands up knowing he was face down in the dirt, Mr. Boyd tried to move and his ankles and feet move a few inches. At this point James Boyd still had life in his body and those damn bastards never cared that he did.
By 1:42 an officer has fired three bullets into James Boyd. James Boyd is face down and the angle of the bullets could easily enter his body and traverse it toward his heart. And the dog keeps moaning to turn him loose on the downed man. Before and while the bullets were entering James Boyd the police are yelling for him to drop the knife. These boys are morons. Nothing short of it. They have not one moral or brave bone in their bodies.
At 2:11 the dog is NOW biting and tearing at James Boyd and there is blood on the rock. Mr. Boyd is basically lifeless. He more than likely hit his head on the rock when he fell and had a head injury. So even as the Stun Grenade may have been wearing off his head injury was impairing any mentation that might still remain. There was no reason to turn that dog on that man face down in the dirt when there was no overt danger to anyone. They turned the dog loose to let him satisfy the desire he had for attack and maybe some blood.
The Coroner's Report better have reporting of dog marks on James Boyd's body.
The lousy assassin still has his beacon trained on the lifeless body. It's all technique. There is no active thought process in any of them. They are on automatic and carrying out TECHNIQUE. James Boyd was as near dead as he could be at that point and RoboCops were still shaking in their shoes.
At 2:30 there were five officers and a dog (which they could not keep from nipping at the body). Those five officers should have already been carrying James Boyd to a car and racing to take him to the hospital. What do they do? They start to secure his hands. His lifeless hands. At this point James Boyd could not have formulated any movement or begin to realize he had a chance to satisfy those lousy officers intent on killing him. James Boyd was lost to himself and the officers continued to carry out technique. They carried out techniques on a man near death being nipped at by their dog.
At 2:58 the dog is walked away. Where is James Boyd? On his way to the hospital? No. Still face down in the dirt.
At 3:09 the cops are still running game and 'TAKE ON THE CAMPSITE' where a large ziplock bag holds the only worldly belongings of James Boyd. What did they think they were doing? They just killed a man and now they were hoping to find all kinds of drugs or guns or knives to justify their actions.
At 3:14 the heroes have their guns trained on the ziplock bag as if it were going to come alive.
At 3:53 the cops are satisfied there is nothing that is going to come alive and absolutely nothing that James Boyd can jump up and use against them. Brilliant men. Absolute geniuses. Where is James Boyd? Still lying face down in the dirt.
The tape ends at 3:56.
The Governor needs to turn off her television, take all these men out of the police force, remove their badges and guns until all the investigations are done. And, oh by the way. The Governor should be telling them not to leave town either. The administrators of the Albuquerque police department should have been fired already and listed as accomplices to murder.
Do I respect these men? Do I respect the Governor? Do I respect the Albuquerque police department? No. And don't expect me to anytime in the near future.
Associated Press
Updated: March 31, 2014 at 1:43 pm
Published: March 31, 2014
Updated: March 31, 2014 at 1:43 pm • Published: March 31, 2014
Read more at http://gazette.com/new-mexico-governor-calls-for-calm-after-protest-1-officer-injured-6-people-arrested/article/1517391#q25iwxTOuBWXhDIQ.99
...Martinez said she watched the protests on television Sunday. (click here)Read more at http://gazette.com/new-mexico-governor-calls-for-calm-after-protest-1-officer-injured-6-people-arrested/article/1517391#q25iwxTOuBWXhDIQ.99
"Albuquerque is going through a tough time, and they'll figure it out through the investigation," the governor said. "We want that to be thorough. We want confidence in the investigation, but I just don't want to see anyone harmed."
This protest and another last week were in response to the 37 shootings Albuquerque police have been involved in since 2010, 23 of them fatal. The outrage bubbled over recently with the release of a video showing officers fatally shooting 38-year-old James Boyd, a homeless camper, as he appeared to be preparing to surrender on March 16. Ten days later, officers killed another man after they say he shot at them....
I'll go through this second by second if I have to. To begin with there have been innumerable deaths of innocent people unable to protect themselves. I am quite sure, as a homeless man, Mr. Boyd was aware of the danger of being a human being and breathing if an annoyance to police officers.
This video has played over and over in my mind today. I can't get rid of it. It is amazing to me the video is on the net. It indicts these officers and witnesses the murder or an innocent man. Mr. Boyd was asleep and bothering no one. He was homeless because the City of Albuquerque has no adequate homeless policy or shelter secure enough to allow men to feel safe. Additionally, Mr. Boyd didn't want to be in trouble. He was outside the city because he was afraid of trouble with anyone.
James Boyd was not a worldly person, never decided Albuquerque was too dangerous and tried to hitch hike to another city. It is my opinion Mr. Boyd's "Mind Map" was limited to that of Albuquerque and the surrounding area including the foothills. I don't know the man, but, I know the plight of the homeless and how limited their options are. I also know men are men. They take life on the chin and just get on with it. Mr. Boyd was not a violent man. He had a knife like many people do for protection and utility. Being homeless is dangerous.
Everyone has to sleep somewhere. Where was he suppose to sleep in the middle of the road and hope a semi didn't run him over? Seriously. Where does the homeless of New Mexico find respite and a safe environment to work out their problems? Believe it or not living on the street is expensive, too.
It is my estimation Mr. Boyd was so scared of being killed by zealot police officers that he negotiated with officers for three hours before even standing up to become a target. I have this nagging reality that James Boyd knew he was a dead man.
This video is a training film. Why did they make it at all? Because they knew they were going to kill James Boyd and they wanted it to be a 'kill by the book' so they could not be held responsible for murder. What has astounded me about the news coverage is that the media had no interest in who James Boyd was, except, he was a homeless man THAT was difficult with the police. According to the media, "...being difficult with police..." was enough to murder him. According to the media the police were spot on in their techniques. Now, why would a media be so certain that a man was evil and the police angelical in their professional perfection? Why would that be? It was propaganda. It is 'programming' that is suppose to reassure the public they have a powerful police department and the public is safe. That doesn't seem to be the case, though, now does it?
The camera in this video is placed in an advantageous position. It is nearly Hollywood quality. Everyone can be seen. James Boyd and all the police, the dog and the assassin. They are all in the frame of the video and that quality does not diminish through the entire filming. The person filming this murder was a professional, knew what he or she was doing and knew exactly what was coming. Nothing surprised the videographer. No shaking, nothing blurred, everything comes across extremely clearly. The video was made to exonerate the police from murder. No doubt in my mind.
Once Mr. Boyd agrees to come out from behind the rock where he was sleeping and not bothering a soul, he was still scared, but believed he had no alternative. He stated to the officer he was talking to, "...don't change the agreement now...."
For three hours James Boyd bargained for his life and when he finally believed he had an agreement that would insure his life and as he surrendered the agreement changed and James Boyd died.
It is a helmet cam. Amazing. Every bit of what occurred never leaves the frame.
At 0:45 seconds the officers are talking to him about safety. Safety is a huge problem for James Boyd. He throws his arms in the air as if he was going to be okay and he proceeded to move toward the police because he believed in doing so his safety was assured.
At 0:53 Mr. Boyd is beginning his walk down the hill toward the police that had just assured him that safety was important. As soon as Mr. Boyd took his first step the police exploded a Stun Grenade. COMPLETELY UNPROVOLKED. Completely unprovoked. The Stun Grenade then BY DESIGN disorients his vision and hearing for AT LEAST 5 seconds. Here is a man surrendering to police and he finds himself disoriented, blinded and deaf. Now, talk about confusion. The police knew exactly what they were doing. They were about kill this man and they wanted to play the hero with all the glitz and glamour afforded their damed egos.
At 0:56 Mr. Boyd begins to react to the assault. He drops his bags and tries to formulate some kind of defense of himself and is being yelled at to drop to the ground. Now, Mr. Boyd has confusion, deaf and with unclear vision from the Stun Grenade. Was he going to be able to hear those damned bastards? No. He didn't know what happened to him. Not only that but when he became more confused the dog was brought on as if it was necessary and guns were fired.
At 1:01 as the police assault him, he throws his arms up in the air and then down by his side, he obviously is scared to death for his life and has not formulated what to do.
At 1:03 Mr. Boyd has already turned to run and he falls to the ground succumbing to the bullets penetrating his body. His movements stopped and he fell to the ground as the goons continued to yell as if they had to.
At 1:12 Mr. Boyd was face down in the dirt, unable to move and the officers are still playing cowboy in their threats and yelling. The dog is still within the methodology of a man face down in the dirt. The assassin by this time had trained a beacon on him because the end was near. Boyd was so dangerous laying face down in the dirt unable to move he was going to die with an flinch.
At 1:17 the asshole police are still yelling about a knife in his hand. Well, if the man couldn't move and was bleeding and becoming weak what difference did any knife make? He was not able to use it, but, the zealot police were going to RUN THEIR GAME to the end. He was a dangerous and out of control man and their lives were in dire danger. Now, does anyone actually expect me and any other same citizen to believe at any point during this murder that the police were in danger. There were three armed and dangerous officers and a dog a moment away from holding that man to the ground or worse and there was a concern about a knife? I could have walked up to him and kicked it away and then called the ambulance and hoped he would not die in transit. But, that isn't what occurred. The cops were 'runnin' game' and it had to be completed.
At 1:35 being shot and unable to stand while the cops are yelling to put his hands up knowing he was face down in the dirt, Mr. Boyd tried to move and his ankles and feet move a few inches. At this point James Boyd still had life in his body and those damn bastards never cared that he did.
By 1:42 an officer has fired three bullets into James Boyd. James Boyd is face down and the angle of the bullets could easily enter his body and traverse it toward his heart. And the dog keeps moaning to turn him loose on the downed man. Before and while the bullets were entering James Boyd the police are yelling for him to drop the knife. These boys are morons. Nothing short of it. They have not one moral or brave bone in their bodies.
At 2:11 the dog is NOW biting and tearing at James Boyd and there is blood on the rock. Mr. Boyd is basically lifeless. He more than likely hit his head on the rock when he fell and had a head injury. So even as the Stun Grenade may have been wearing off his head injury was impairing any mentation that might still remain. There was no reason to turn that dog on that man face down in the dirt when there was no overt danger to anyone. They turned the dog loose to let him satisfy the desire he had for attack and maybe some blood.
The Coroner's Report better have reporting of dog marks on James Boyd's body.
The lousy assassin still has his beacon trained on the lifeless body. It's all technique. There is no active thought process in any of them. They are on automatic and carrying out TECHNIQUE. James Boyd was as near dead as he could be at that point and RoboCops were still shaking in their shoes.
At 2:30 there were five officers and a dog (which they could not keep from nipping at the body). Those five officers should have already been carrying James Boyd to a car and racing to take him to the hospital. What do they do? They start to secure his hands. His lifeless hands. At this point James Boyd could not have formulated any movement or begin to realize he had a chance to satisfy those lousy officers intent on killing him. James Boyd was lost to himself and the officers continued to carry out technique. They carried out techniques on a man near death being nipped at by their dog.
At 2:58 the dog is walked away. Where is James Boyd? On his way to the hospital? No. Still face down in the dirt.
At 3:09 the cops are still running game and 'TAKE ON THE CAMPSITE' where a large ziplock bag holds the only worldly belongings of James Boyd. What did they think they were doing? They just killed a man and now they were hoping to find all kinds of drugs or guns or knives to justify their actions.
At 3:14 the heroes have their guns trained on the ziplock bag as if it were going to come alive.
At 3:53 the cops are satisfied there is nothing that is going to come alive and absolutely nothing that James Boyd can jump up and use against them. Brilliant men. Absolute geniuses. Where is James Boyd? Still lying face down in the dirt.
The tape ends at 3:56.
The Governor needs to turn off her television, take all these men out of the police force, remove their badges and guns until all the investigations are done. And, oh by the way. The Governor should be telling them not to leave town either. The administrators of the Albuquerque police department should have been fired already and listed as accomplices to murder.
Do I respect these men? Do I respect the Governor? Do I respect the Albuquerque police department? No. And don't expect me to anytime in the near future.
Martinez said she watched the protests on television Sunday.
"Albuquerque is going through a tough time, and they'll figure it out through the investigation," the governor said. "We want that to be thorough. We want confidence in the investigation, but I just don't want to see anyone harmed."
This protest and another last week were in response to the 37 shootings Albuquerque police have been involved in since 2010, 23 of them fatal. The outrage bubbled over recently with the release of a video showing officers fatally shooting 38-year-old James Boyd, a homeless camper, as he appeared to be preparing to surrender on March 16. Ten days later, officers killed another man after they say he shot at them.
Read more at http://gazette.com/new-mexico-governor-calls-for-calm-after-protest-1-officer-injured-6-people-arrested/article/1517391#q25iwxTOuBWXhDIQ.99
"Albuquerque is going through a tough time, and they'll figure it out through the investigation," the governor said. "We want that to be thorough. We want confidence in the investigation, but I just don't want to see anyone harmed."
This protest and another last week were in response to the 37 shootings Albuquerque police have been involved in since 2010, 23 of them fatal. The outrage bubbled over recently with the release of a video showing officers fatally shooting 38-year-old James Boyd, a homeless camper, as he appeared to be preparing to surrender on March 16. Ten days later, officers killed another man after they say he shot at them.
Read more at http://gazette.com/new-mexico-governor-calls-for-calm-after-protest-1-officer-injured-6-people-arrested/article/1517391#q25iwxTOuBWXhDIQ.99
