The Shooting of Korryn Gaines in Context

Police asked Facebook to suspend accounts during standoff
August 2, 2016

TOWSON, Md. (AP) — During a standoff, police asked Facebook to suspend an armed woman's social media accounts because people commenting on videos she was posting were encouraging her not to comply with officers, authorities said Tuesday.

Korryn Gaines, 23, was shot to death Monday at her Randallstown apartment after a five-hour standoff with officers who were trying to serve an arrest warrant, police said. Her five-year-old son was with her throughout the negotiations, and the boy was wounded in the arm during an exchange of gunfire between police and Gaines, authorities said.

Videos posted on Facebook and Instagram accounts appeared to show Gaines, who was black, talking with an officer who is standing in the doorway of her apartment and to her son during the standoff. In one video, she asks her son what the police are trying to do.

"They trying to kill us," the boy says.

"Do you want to go out there?"

"No," he says.

Gaines also posted videos from a March 10 traffic stop. Police said she was pulled over because instead of a license plate, she had a cardboard tag that said: "Any Government official who compromises this pursuit of happiness and right to travel will be held criminally responsible and fined, as this is a natural right and freedom."

During the stop, she said officers were trying to "steal her car," that she wasn't complying with officers' "criminal" ways, and that they would have to "murder" her to get her out of her car, according to court documents.

Officers said she had to be pulled from the car and repeatedly yelled to a crowd of people who had gathered to "record this" while police were arresting her.

She was charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. When she didn't appear in court, officers went to her apartment Monday to serve arrest warrants on her and her boyfriend, Kareem K. Courtney, 39, according to police. He left the apartment with a 1-year-old child and was arrested.

Gaines holed up in her apartment, within view of the officers. Authorities said she was armed with a 12-gauge pistol grip shotgun that was legally purchased last year. At several points during negotiations she pointed it directly at an officer. Finally, she said, "If you don't leave, I'm going to kill you."
An officer shot at her and Gaines fired two shots, but missed the officers, who returned three rounds and killed her, police said.

The boy is in good condition at a hospital. Police are not sure whether he was hit by gunfire or shrapnel.

Gaines' boyfriend is charged with second-degree assault, which stems from a June fight with Gaines, police said. He has been released on his own recognizance.

It's not clear what Gaines' relationship with the baby is, or whether the infant was the one with her during the March traffic stop.

The department did not release the names or races of the officers involved, who were placed on administrative leave. Their first initials and last names will be released 48 hours after the shooting, in accordance with the department's contract with the Fraternal Order of Police.

Gaines' uncle Jerome Barnett told The Baltimore Sun that Gaines "was feisty, but she was smart and she was respectful."

The department is bringing body cameras online but none of the officers had one.

here:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/police-officers-kill-armed-woman-apartment-boy-wounded-093136751.html?ref=gs

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"We discharged one round at her, in return, she fired several rounds back at us. We fired again at her, striking and killing her."

Note, the admit they shot first.

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Now, let's compare this to other armed suspects:

Heavily Armed White Man Arrested Alive After Shooting at Police Officer
Tom Cahill | July 7, 2016

62-year-old William Bruce Ray, who is white, was arrested alive Tuesday afternoon by police in Wake County, North Carolina, despite pointing his shotgun at oncoming traffic and even firing a .22 caliber pistol at officers responding to the scene. According to local media, Ray threatened deputy D.R. Farmer with his shotgun before reaching for the handgun in his pocket, saying, “I got something for you.”

Sheriff Donnie Harrison told WRAL-TV that Farmer was able to subdue Ray peacefully, though Ray’s pistol did discharge into the air as he was subdued.

“The deputy luckily grabbed the barrel and pushed him back,” Harrison said. “Luckily, nobody got hurt. That’s the good thing. God was looking out for us… (Ray) was very fortunate that he didn’t get shot, very fortunate that anybody didn’t get shot.”

Ray was charged with two counts of assault on a law enforcement officer with a firearm and is being held at the Wake County Jail on a $150,000 bond. Prosecutors say his charges may be upgraded to attempted murder. According to WRAL, Ray had been drinking. His neighbors told local media that he had a mental illness.

more here:
http://usuncut.com/news/armed-white-man-arrested-alive-nc/

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Man arrested for pointing gun at cop during road rage
By Micah Bailey, Producer Published: July 8, 2016, 11:23 pm

BRANFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — A Branford man is facing charges for allegedly pointing a gun at an off-duty police officer while driving through Branford with road rage Thursday night.

According to officials, 29 year-old Anthony Vigliotti was arrested at his home after the alleged incident. Authorities say he was tailgating and blowing his horn at the off-duty New Haven officer. Vigliotti then pulled up alongside him, pointed a gun at the officer and sped off.

Police say Vigliotti pointed the gun at the officer at East Main Street and Windmill Road, around 9 p.m. It was a .45 caliber handgun, that police found him with at his home.

Officers took him into custody at his home. Vigliotti is due in New Haven court on July 19.

http://wtnh.com/2016/07/08/man-arrested-for-pointing-gun-at-cop-during-road-rage/

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Texas man arrested after pointing gun at New Castle Police officers
Posted: Jan 03, 2015 2:14 PM CST
Updated: Jan 09, 2015 6:14 AM CST

HICKORY Twp., Pa. -  Pennsylvania State Police have arrested a man after he reportedly pulled a gun on officers.

Paramedics arrived at the scene of a car accident shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Saturday where 25-year-old Jed Frazier, of Corpus Christi, Texas had driven a truck off of the road and into a ditch.

Police say when they approached Frazier's vehicle it appeared he was going in and out of consciousness and that he refused to acknowledge requests to unlock the vehicle doors.

When officers attempted to gain entry into the vehicle Frazier allegedly pulled a small caliber hand gun from his coat pocket and pointed it at police.

Officers and medics took shelter and continued to make contact with Frazier.

Shortly before 3 a.m. Police say they broke the windows in the truck and extricated Frazier.

Frazier was treated for minor injuries before being taken to the Lawrence County Jail.

Officers tell 21 News Frazier was arraigned early this morning and is being held on a $10,000 for charges of aggravated assault, carrying firearms without a license, driving while intoxicated, simple assault, reckless endangering, and resisting arrest.

No other drivers were injured in the incident.

http://www.wfmj.com/story/27753282/texas-man-arrested-after-pointing-gun-at-new-castle-police-officers

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Ex-counselor's own mental health crumbled for years before 67-hour police standoff in Norfolk
By Joanne Kimberlin, Jonathan Edwards and Cindy Clayton
The Virginian-Pilot
Jul 28, 2016

The mentally ill man involved in a 67-hour standoff with police was once a licensed counselor helping clients deal with psychological illnesses.

Larry M. Wooster, 72, was taken into custody at 3:30 a.m. Thursday after barricading himself inside his Larchmont home with a gun. Police spent nearly three sweltering days trying to coax him out. Many residents were barred from the neighborhood or allowed in and out only with a police escort.

According to state records, Wooster was licensed in 1997 as a professional counselor. That license was suspended in 2008 after a Virginia Board of Counseling panel decided Wooster was “a substantial danger to public health or safety.”

His latest troubles began at 8:30 a.m. Monday, when police showed up at his house because Wooster was suspected of vandalism. Armed with a gun, he ran inside and refused to surrender, police said.

As of Thursday evening, police hadn’t said how they finally removed him from his house. They only said the barricaded man was taken into custody “without further incident.” They did not release details about Wooster or say whether they planned to charge him with a crime. They wouldn’t say where he was being held.

According to the state board’s records, Wooster’s mental illness began in 1981, right around the time he purchased the small white house at 1514 Melrose Pkwy.

Over the decades, he’s had numerous run-ins with neighbors and police. He’s been arrested for stalking, making threats and trespassing and was involuntarily hospitalized more than once for psychiatric treatment. He was diagnosed in 2009 with schizoaffective disorder – the symptoms of which can include hallucinations, delusions and both manic behavior and depression – and chronically went off his medication, according to the records.

Wooster tried to get his counselor’s license reinstated, but his appeal was denied, according to the records. Reasons cited: He continued to blame others for his troubles, held “unusual beliefs” and exhibited “grandiosity” and “religiosity.”

In 2010, Wooster self-published a short book, a memoir titled “VIETNAM: Spooky & Civil Affairs: some positive memories.”

In the book, Wooster says he served in the Air Force in Vietnam from 1967-69, retiring as a major in 1981. His military record could not be confirmed Thursday.

Before the war, Wooster wrote, he earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Virginia Tech. During the war, he flew gunships, worked on civil affairs projects and was awarded numerous medals. After retiring, he earned a master’s degree in guidance and counseling at Old Dominion University, the book said.

The school would not confirm his degree.

http://pilotonline.com/news/local/crime/standoff-entering-fourth-day-in-norfolk-ends-with-man-in/article_2a82c0fb-a22d-5afc-ab82-2b16a070de58.html

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Clearly, the police know exactly how to de-escalate a situation without harming the suspect.
They do it all of the time.

-Spyda

Previous write up on this:
Race and Crime Data & Black Lives Matter, Only?
http://globalistnews.blogspot.com/2016/07/race-and-crime-data-black-lives-matter.html