#cop killing

People are always asking me what happened to make my now-deceased little brother the way he was. As painful as this is for me to talk about right now, I’m going to attempt to explain what sent my only sibling into that downward spiral.

From the left, my shirtless brother Jeremy, the deceased Benny, Jarred, Matt, and in the back is Mark. My brother Jeremy and Benny were the closest of all. this was probably taken in ‘98

Benny Levine, their other best friend, Matt Eberhard, and my brother Jeremy graduated in 2000; they were called the three amigos. If you saw one, you saw all three; when I was 18 and decided to go on a week long vacation with my then boyfriend, we took the three amigos with us. We were all so incredibly close.

They graduated in 2000 and their senior class trip was to Cancun for a week; they’d only been there maybe 3 days when they were hanging out at a bar called Señor Frog’s. It was their first trip without parents or their big sister Crystal there to watch over them and the legal drinking age in Mexico is 18. So Benny got really trashed; the bar asked Benny to leave, and my brother walked him out.

My brother told Benny to stay right there, he had to run back inside to locate their other best friend, Matt, so they could all leave together. My brother Jeremy was only gone a couple minutes, he found Matt and went back outside – but Benny was gone. My brother was told by witnesses that the police had picked Benny up. My brother and Matt called the Cancun police, and they said yes, they had Benny in custody; that they could come and get him in the morning. The next morning, the Mexican police claimed they never had Benny, they had never picked him up, and they completely denied ever having spoken to my brother and Matt on the phone the night before.

Article written about Benny’s Murder

Later that morning, 18 year old Benny, wrestling champ who had a full scholarship to Miami university for the upcoming year, a kid who’d never been in a fist fight in his life or in trouble with the law, was found beaten near death and thrown in a manhole where he died. This manhole was several miles away from senior frog’s, and Benny had no way to walk that far even if the police hasn’t picked him up. They said Benny fell off a bridge and into this uncovered manhole and died. What are the chances of falling off a bridge and directly into an uncovered manhole?

Poem my brother wrote about Benny

So, we were told that the Mexican police beat Benny to death and, in order to cover their tracks, they threw him in a man hole. We know for a fact that’s what happened, but there’s absolutely nothing we can do about it, it’s freaking murder, and there will never ever be any justice. Benny was with us 24/7, he had a key to our house. We were CLOSE. My oldest daughter, Andrea, is named after Benny’s little sister who’s name is Andrea; had my daughter been a boy, his name would’ve been Benny

Somewhat recent photo. From left: Mark North, Matt in the glasses, and my brother who was forever shirtless

After Benny died, that’s when the hard drinking began, it was like he was on a suicide mission; definitely survivor’s guilt. Jeremy felt like if only he had been there, if he hasn’t gone back inside to get Matt, Benny would’ve survived. And now my brother and Benny are both dead. The only thing bringing me comfort is knowing that they are together again; Benny and Jeremy are together again. Oh, and some of you may remember when a family member jumped my brother? They’re saying that’s what killed him, it’s what caused the brain bleeds which ultimately lead to his death. Yes, he was dying anyhow, but he wouldn’t have died then had his brain not been bleeding. Also we got a call from the coroner today, they lost my brother’s corpse. I swear to God this nightmare is never ending! Do me a favor, PLEASE! Call your family, even the ones you don’t like to talk to, and tell them you love them. The last time my brother called I didn’t answer and that will haunt me for the rest of my life!

My only sibling. What am I going to do without you, Jeremy!

This was several years back. I had an enemy post this photo as proof that I was cheating on my husband 😂 my husband was in the room and either he or my mom took this photo. My brother came in the hotel room to wake me up, to go swimming with him. When I wouldn’t wake up, he laid down with me and passed out lol. I treasure this photo 💚

Officer Ashley Guindon, 28, who was killed on her first shift.

Authorities said Guindon and two other officers responded to a domestic violence call after a man allegedly shot and killed his wife inside their home. When officers arrived, the suspect opened fire on them with a rifle, fatally striking Ashley and seriously wounding the two other officers.

What made the case nationally shocking was that Ashley had been sworn in just one day earlier and was working her very first shift as a police officer when she was killed. The tragedy quickly went viral across news outlets and social media nationwide.

Before joining law enforcement, Ashley served as a corporal in the Marine Corps Reserve and graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with a degree in aeronautics. Friends and fellow officers remembered her as driven, compassionate, and dedicated to public service.

I’ve gone over the stats time and time again, and I’ve watched the video footage, and most of the time a cop kills someone, it’s justified. I’ve seen cops almost die because they try hard to get someone to stand down and they refuse. 

There are dirty cops, and they should be brought to justice, but people should not hold up criminals as martyrs because that only hurts the cause. Any time you have someone who was justifiably killed being held up alongside truly innocent victims, your cause gets muddied and people are less likely to trust you.

You also have to remember that in the US, we have far more people than any other first world country, and other countries have even disarmed their cops entirely. We have a completely different demographic as well, and are far more diverse, with varying cultures. There are a lot of factors to take into account, and population density and education are huge factors, as well as the common mindset I see all the time that “education is white” while these kids are getting pressured into the street life because they don’t want to be considered white.

New Post has been published on http://narrative-collapse.com/2017/03/20/the-first-five-cop-killings-on-2017/

Seventh police officer of 2017 shot and killed.

The seventh police officer, of 2017, to be shot and killed occurred yesterday in East Baton Rouge. Sergeant Shawn Anderson, of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Department, was attempting to arrest a rape suspect inside a hair salon.

Brandon Wiley, a 30-year-old black male, has been charged with rape, resisting arrest, and illegally tattooing a minor. The rape victim is only 15 years old. He was fighting with Anderson and both of them ended up with gunshot wounds. Wiley is in the hospital in critical condition. It is anticipated that he will be charged with the murder of Shawn Anderson.

Looking at the police officers killed in 2017 so far, we have to major anomalies.. Of the Seven officers shot in 2017, two of them were American Indians killed by American Indians. This means that so far for 2017, American Indians are over-represented in cop killings to an extreme degree. However, as the data set grows, I believe we will see American Indians become a smaller percentage. The second anomalies is the fact that none of the perpetrators have been whites.

The number of police officers shot and killed is also down compared significantly to this time last year. Click here for a full analysis of police shootings from 2016.

The Officer Down Memorial Page also lists Detective Steven McDonald of New York City. He was a white officer that was shot three times by a black male 31 years ago. He was extremely disabled by the gunshots and finally died of complications related the injuries on January 10th, 2017.

Police Officers:

Lieutenant Debra Clayton (Black Female) Orlando Police Department, FL, Monday, January 9, 2017, Shot by a black male

Detective Jerry Ronald Walker (White Male) Little Elm Police Department, TX, Tuesday, January 17, 2017, Shot by a Latino male

Deputy Sheriff Colt Eugene Allery (American Indian Male) Rolette County Sheriff’s Office, ND, Wednesday, January 18, 2017, Shot by an American Indian male

Police Officer Michael D. Louviere (White Male) Westwego Police Department, LA, Friday, January 20, 2017, Shot by a black male

Police Officer Keith Boyer (White Male) Whittier Police Department, CA, Monday, February 20, 2017, Shot by Latino male who also wounded a second officer

Police Officer Houston James Largo (American Indian Male) Navajo Division of Public Safety, NM, Sunday, March 12, 2017, Shot by an American Indian male

Corrections Officer:

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