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Man Calls Police to Escort His Girlfriend, Cops Show Up and Shoot Her in the Head
Llywellyn Bird and Aaron Nelson
November 11, 2014
(TheAntiMedia) A 40-year-old woman and mother of three from Ann Arbor, Michigan was shot and killed Sunday night after allegedly confronting police while holding a knife.
After hearing gunshots fired, Stephens asked if he could talk to his girlfriend and that’s when he was informed she was dead.
The woman’s boyfriend, Victor Stephens, 54, challenged the police on their handling of the incident, saying that the use of lethal force was excessive and that the situation could have been resolved through non lethal means. Stephens said:
“Me and her, we had an argument. Glass was being broke, so I called the police to escort her out,”
Police were called at approximately 11:45 pm by Stephens to escort his girlfriend from his property. When officers arrived, Stephens was in a separate hallway in the house away from where the incident occurred and she was pronounced dead at the scene. There were 5 other people at the house.
“They said ‘freeze’ and the next thing I know I heard (gunshots),” Stephens said.
Significant questions are being raised regarding the circumstances surrounding the event, the use of lethal force in the encounter by Ann Arbor police and the investigation being launched by Michigan State police into the fatal shooting.
Ann Arbor Police issued this statement and Police Chief John Seto asked Michigan State Police to conduct an investigation into the incident, saying that those involved in the shooting and the community “deserve an objective, unbiased review of the facts surrounding this incident.”
Whether that goal can be achieved remains to be seen, as there are clear conflicts of interest with having the police investigate themselves as well as potential difficulties in ascertaining facts as a result.
This concern over objectivity is what prompted Wisconsin to become the first state to mandate outside reviews in police killings earlier this year as a result of activist movements in the state.
Retired Air Force officer Michael Bell, an advocate for this legislation had filed a wrongful death suit against police, who cleared themselves of any wrongdoing after killing his 21 year old son in an altercation. Bell hired his own investigators and submitted an 1,100 page report to the FBI and US attorneys, which brought important evidence and circumstances to light surrounding the incident and police response, and led to the case being settled after 6 years in court.
In researching, Bell also found that, “In 129 years since police and fire commissions were created in the state of Wisconsin, we could not find a single ruling by a police department, an inquest or a police commission that a shooting was unjustified.” Demonstrating how difficult it can be for police to be impartial in their own investigations and citing lack of accountability as the culprit. Bell kept organizing and fighting for what ultimately became Wisconsin’s law mandating outside reviews.
In addition to objectivity in the investigation, police use of lethal force continues to be a major concern, with high profile incidents such as the recent Michael Brown shooting elevating the issue into the national consciousness.
Whether the investigation finds the killing justifiable or not, the question will remain of whether the deceased mother of three could have been disarmed and taken into custody without facing lethal force, and to what extent police should be responsible for attempting non-lethal means of resolution.
While some circumstances certainly justify the use of lethal force, it is intended to be the last resort in ending an altercation and only to be used when in extreme danger. If the facts come to show that this was not the case, accountability must be demanded. If nothing else, because the price for society is far too steep: 3 children will now enter adulthood in society with their mother having been taken from them by violence. And regardless of whether this woman was a good mother or not, this is not the kind of practice that engenders building a better society.
http://theantimedia.org/man-calls-police-to-escort-his-girlfriend/
Prefect timing…. for the Ferguson false flag staged event…. /alternative/2014/08/america-is-under-attack-and-the-american-people-know-it-too-3015792.html
lol, don’t bring a knife to a gun fight, what do you expect when you challenge the Police with a knife.
Get help, quick.
Same thing you can expect if you challenge them with a gun…or nothing at all…you get shot…period.
What better way for murderers, the criminally insane, pedophiles and sadistic sociopaths to get away with doing what they love to do the most? Join the local police force. Let’s face it; our police force is corporatized now and they follow and push their sponsors’ illegal, unconstitutional statutes.
Bond vs. UNITED STATES, 529 US 334 – 2000, The Supreme Court held that the American People are in fact Sovereign and not the States or the Government. The court went on to define that local, state and federal law enforcement officers were committing unlawful actions against the Sovereign People by the enforcement of the laws and are personally liable for their actions.
Bond v. United States, 529 US 334 – 2000 – Supreme Court – Cited by 761 litigants in other cases.
Bond v. US, 131 S. Ct. 2355 – 2011 – Supreme Court – Cited by 306 “ “
Bond v. US, 1 F. 3d 631 – 1993 – Court of Appeals, 7th – Cited by 66 “ “
Jungle Bro.
Actually is the other way around.America’s citizens are mentally ill,under the influence of all types of drugs,alcohol,inbreeding,etc,etc.So police shows up and she pulls a knife?She is a mother of three,from different males I suppose.So no big loss.Children always suffer,all over this planet.
THE ONLY problem with this comment is that some may try to use it when speaking with LEO and the word “sovereign” if used when speaking to LEO is that it is listed on the FBI DOMESTIC TERRORIST list as a reason to ABDUCT you without reading you Miranda Rights and without letting you make a phone call and without you EVER having a right to an attorney or a trial.
See the case of Marine Brandon Raub and the list of FBI DOMESTIC TERRORIST actions and don’t use that word, EVER.
EVERY Police force is under a ritual spell..And they don’t even know it
NEVER call the police!
Coward cops. I have two first cousins who are police officers. One got the Officer of the Year award for his county the year he was a rookie and I myself have put a number of felons, some violent, in prison. These cops were cowards of the worst order and should be castrated and booted to end the abilities of cowards to become legally armed among corrupt and perverted judges.
If you do something enough, it starts to become the norm and less and less will question it.
opppps
They said freeze and she wasnt anyone important so its okay
I’m by no means justifying the actions of the LEO’s involved as i don’t know the facts of the case. But when cops come to your home on a domestic, they’re adrenaline is going before they ever get to your door. And after all the recent shootings by police (most notably Michael brown of, of course), one must use better judgement when dealing with police these days. Having a knife in your hand when they enter is obviously not the best decision this poor young lady could have made that day. Just sayin’.
These situations are not as simple as it may seem. A few years ago I was working with a company associated with the companies that supply police and military training simulators. I had the chance to with other engineers and sales people to use these simulators in test environment on secure high security premises but unofficially. They consist of among other things a circle of screens where scenarios are played out. You are the officer (armed with real gun loaded with blanks and laser equipment fitted to show hits position on playback) you come across scenarios where a person turns around with a camera and takes a photograph of a person you are protecting or has a gun to kill them. There are many varied one some very complicated you have a second or two to fire or be killed or kill innocent person/s. even after you fire it is still possible for the person to return fire or run at you with a knife if they are big or on drugs or both and are close enough to you. This is why I think young inexperienced officers having been through this training shoot first if the person instantly does not drop weapon knowing what could happen to them. I was only killed a couple of times through hesitation, but only shot one innocent bystander which is too much but had no training, but knew how to use weapon. Learned a lot forget movies, do as officer tells you instantly! They could learn from UK Police.
Call the police on a domestic disturbance and someone is going to get arrested or killed.
i want to face fack the pig’s kids, while the pig’s watch and cry…
