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The Horror Continues

http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/2009/03/31/20090331gr-settlement0401.html

Man Shot 6 Times by Police

Man shot 6 times by police to file suit against Phoenix Homeowner mistakenly targeted by officer seeks $5.75 mil A man mistakenly shot six times in his home last September by a Phoenix police officer filed a notice of claim against the city Monday seeking $5.75 million in damages for himself and his family. Phoenix Officer Brian Lilly shot Tony Arambula on Sept. 17 after Phoenix police responded to an early evening call about an intruder in Arambula's central Phoenix home, the claim states. A Phoenix police spokesman declined Tuesday to comment on any aspect of the shooting or the pending litigation, but confirmed that Lilly had returned to work after being placed on temporary administrative leave. The notice of claim filed by Michael Manning, Arambula's attorney, names the city, its police department, Lilly and two other officers. Manning has successfully sued local police agencies in the past over use of excessive force. Arambula accuses Lilly and the department in his claim

Sheriff Joe and Free Speech

Must be a Phoenix Thing, Although disappointed that the New Times never picked up on our story we did empathize with them and understand their angst! http://media.phoenixnewtimes.com/1550337.0.pdf

Free Speech and Vitally Important Quotes by Amazing Americans

Felix Frankfurter , Milk Wagon Drivers Union of Chicago, Local 753. v. Meadowmoor Dairies, Inc., 312 U.S. 287, 293 (1941). The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is beside the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech. Anthony Kennedy , International Society for Krishna Consciousness v. Lee, 505 U.S. 672, 672 (1992) (concurring). You do not define the First Amendment. It defines you. And it is bigger than you. That's how freedom works. It also demands you do your homework. Charlton Heston , Speech to the National Press Club (14 September 1997). You could say that the paparazzi and the tabloids are sort of the "assault weapons" of the First Amendment. They're ugly, a lot of people don't like them, but they're protected by the First Amendment — just as "assault weapons" are protected by the Second Amendment .

Phoenix Police Department - Please Read!

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/pdf/con001.pdf

The Gotbaum Debacle

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/phoenix-police-defend-handling-of-gotbaum-case/?hp&apage=3

Double Dipping Society

It's a beautiful thing when you can receive two paychecks each and every pay period and I'm prevented from making a decent living because of ROGUE cops! Read the following story and anoint yourself with the problems here in Phoenix. Congrats to the newly appointed Supreme Court Justice Rebecca White Burch who I hope will subject the Phoenix Police Department to severe sanctions when she gets wind of the Constitutional v iolations and intentional Breach of Peace. http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2007-09-20/news/big-dipper/

Channel 5 News

I just came across these very informative post's and I continue to have high praise for the Channel 5 News team reporters who typically take the time to report real news to it's residents. In terms of Mark Goudeau and his criminal case, I don't believe that we have heard the last on that front. The Truth commented more than a month ago First of all the DNA is NOT a match to Goudeau. 13 loci from a suspect need to match all 13 loci of the DNA evidence to be called a “match”. Mark only matched 3! An arrest is not even normally made with such a low loci match. That’s also why he didn’t come up in CODIS. KPHO continues to propitiate the myth that Goudeau is a match to the DNA. That is simply an untrue statement and it’s unconceivable that KPHO does no investigative work on the actual facts. Furthermore, the DNA swab WAS NOT lost, but because it was so degraded and dirty and a 3-person mixture, results were impossible to obtain and it was shelved. (3-person mixture is almost imp