OVERKILL BIG TIME

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Just another police state....

A columnist for the Orlando Sentinel, Scott Maxwell, demanded a federal investigation into the 2010 police killing of Torey Breedlove in Orlando's Pine Hills neighborhood. Though Breedlove was unarmed, police still fired 137 times, hitting him 22 times. The columnist then adding a similar case was currently being investigated in Cleveland, Ohio, where police had also fired 137 times, killing two unarmed men. These officers were exonerated there as well. (5-7-13)

 

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[h=2]Kinda old news....

He was a convicted felon, attempting to escape by raming into officers cars. Might also note the police chief they are accusing is also black...

The apartment complex is a high crime area, and about 4 miles from my house....

Deputies fired more than 130 rounds at Breedlove in January 2010.
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December 22, 2011|By Jeff Weiner, Orlando Sentinel


Nearly two years after a hail of gunfire killed car-theft suspect Torey Breedlove, an attorney for his estate announced a lawsuit, calling his death "an execution."
"We now have the proof that what happened to Torey Breedlove should never have happened," attorney Natalie Jackson told reporters on Thursday afternoon.
Nine Orange County sheriff's deputies fired more than 130 rounds at a GMC Denali driven by 27-year-old Breedlove in the parking lot of an apartment complex in January 2010.

Deputies said Breedlove had rammed undercover vehicles while attempting to flee. Breedlove's body was pierced more than 20 times by officers' bullets, resulting in his death.
In the lawsuit filed this week, Breedlove's estate alleges the "quantity and manner" of the shots fired constitute "unconscionable conduct" against "an unarmed citizen."

The suit accuses the Sheriff's Office of condoning excessive force, failing to preserve video evidence and failing to properly train its deputies or investigate their actions.

The suit also names the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, which the estate alleges "coordinated testimony" with the sheriff's deputies who fired on Breedlove.

The Orange County Sheriff's Office and FDLE declined to comment on any pending litigation.

The FDLE investigation of the shooting ruled that deputies had acted in self-defense, fearing that Breedlove, a convicted felon, was trying to run them over.

Deputies suspected Breedlove had stolen a Dodge Ram pickup truck to use as a getaway vehicle in a planned crime spree with targets in Seminole and Orange counties.
The nine deputies who fired were cleared by a grand jury after the FDLE investigation, and an internal investigation by the Sheriff's Office found no major policy violations.

Jackson said the grand jury only heard "one side" of Breedlove's shooting, and called the Sheriff's Office policy governing the use of deadly force insufficient.

"This issue is much bigger" than Breedlove's shooting death on Jan. 5, 2010, Jackson said. "The issue is the policy that comes out of Sheriff Jerry Demings' office."
In addition to the suit brought by Breedlove's estate, residents in the Alta Westgate apartment complex where the shooting occurred have also said they plan to sue.