
Hold police to the same standards citizens must follow!
The recent senseless murder of James M. Boyd by Corrupt Albuquerque, New Mexico police department personnel sparks protest as listed below.
For more about Mr. Boyd's murder go here: http://www.houseless.org/2014/03/albuquerque-new-mexico-police-execute.html
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Protesters clash with police in Albuquerque, NM
By RUSSELL CONTRERAS
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Hundreds
of protesters angry over recent Albuquerque police shootings clashed
with riot officers for more than 10 hours, calling on the police chief
and other city officials to resign.
Gas canisters
were thrown outside police headquarters, and protesters at one point
trapped police in a vehicle and tried to break its windows. Mayor
Richard Berry said one officer was injured during the protest.
Bernalillo County sheriff's deputies charged at the protesters late Sunday, mostly dispersing the crowds.
Police
did not respond to multiple messages seeking information on whether any
protesters were hurt or arrested. But jail records Monday showed at
least six people were booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center on
disorderly conduct charges.
"We
respected their rights to protest, obviously," Berry said, "but what it
appears we have at this time is individuals who weren't connected
necessarily with the original protest. They've taken it far beyond a
normal protest."
Protesters
took to the streets in the early afternoon Sunday and stayed out late
after authorities declared an unlawful assembly. The outrage bubbled
over following the recent fatal shooting of a homeless man as he
appeared to be surrendering after an hourslong standoff in the Sandia
foothills. Video of that shooting has been posted on websites around the
world.
The FBI has opened a criminal
investigation of the shooting, while the U.S. Department of Justice has
been investigating allegations of excessive force and a culture of abuse
for more than a year.
Albuquerque
police officers have been involved in 37 shootings, 23 of them fatal,
since 2010. Critics say that's far too many for a department serving a
city of about 555,000.
The protesters repeatedly marched the 2 miles from downtown Albuquerque to the University of New Mexico, snarling traffic.
Justin Elder, 24, followed the protest as a passenger in a car and held a sign that read, "APD: Dressed To Kill."
"That's what this police force is about," Elder said.
Albuquerque police in riot gear
and New Mexico State Police followed the marchers, and protesters
shouted epithets at officers. At one point, a protester climbed a tall
street sign on the city's historic Route 66 and unsuccessfully attempted
to bring it down.
Another
protester, Alexander Siderits, 23, said he was participating because he
was "fed up" with how police treat citizens. "It has reached a boiling
point," he said, "and people just can't take it anymore."
The
gathering came days after a YouTube video emerged threatening
retaliation for the March shooting of the 38-year-old homeless man,
James Boyd.
The video, which
bore the logo of the computer hacking collective Anonymous, warned of a
cyberattack on city websites and called for the protest. Albuquerque
police said their site was breached early Sunday afternoon, but it was
back by that evening.
Police spokesman Simon Drobik said investigators had not uncovered the source of the hack.
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