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  • Demeatrius Montgomery’s criminal past

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    Police-shooting suspect had assault convictions:

    The suspect in the shooting deaths of Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers Jeffrey Melton and Sean Clark has a violent past criminal record. Demeatrius Antonio Montgomery has had past arrests for assaults against women and other police officers.

    Montgomery was sentenced to 120 days in the Mecklenburg County jail for a 2004 assault on a female. He was accused of striking a woman twice on the left side of her face.

    Montgomery was sentenced in 2004 to 45 days in jail for assault on a government official. The assault occurred after a police officer spotted Montgomery speeding out of an apartment complex and pulled him over.

    In an affidavit, the police officer said Montgomery started yelling out the window as he was pulled over and asked why the officer was harassing him.

    When the police officer asked for his driver’s license, Montgomery began yelling, got out of the car and rushed toward the officer, according to the affidavit. The officer wrote that Montgomery “came face to face” with him and bumped him in the chest.

    The officer told Montgomery to put his hands on the hood of the patrol car.

    He then recalled Montgomery’s words: “You are a small man and I am going to hurt you.”

    “I felt that he would carry out this threat.”

    Backup officers were called to the scene. The officer said Montgomery continued to be combative and had to be physically restrained.

    Montgomery pleaded guilty to the assault charge. The communicating threats and resisting arrest charges were dropped.

    Last year, Montgomery was convicted of having an open container of beer on a public street and resisting arrest. In an affidavit, the arresting officer wrote that he pulled up beside Montgomery after spotting him drinking a bottle of beer while walking. The officer said he told Montgomery that he could not have an open container in public and directed him to pour the rest of the beer out.

    Montgomery, the police officer said, drank the rest of the beer.

    The officer wrote that when he informed Montgomery he was under arrest, the suspect fled and refused to stop.

    The officer caught up to him a block away. Montgomery was charged with having an open container and resisting an officer. Montgomery pleaded guilty to both charges and was sentenced to three days in jail.

    So seeing this information going from assault to killing two police officers is not that much of a stretch.

  • Suspect charged in CMPD deaths

    I just heard from WCNC that a suspect by the name of Demeatrius Montgomery has been charged in the shooting deaths of Charlotte-Mecklenburg officers Sean Clark and Jeffrey Shelton.

    I’ll post more as soon as details become available.

    UPDATE: News link here.

  • Charlotte Officers slain

    CMPD Officers Shelton and Clark

    Two police officers killed; No arrests made yet:

    It’s no secret that I live in the Charlotte, North Carolina area. It’s also no secret that I’m a big supporter of police since I come from a family of decorated police officers. So it broke my heart when I read the local paper this morning that two officers from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department were killed in the line of duty overnight.

    Officers Sean Clark and Jeffrey Shelton responded to a disturbance call at the Timber Ridge Apartments on Barrington Drive near Milton Road and East W.T. Harris Boulevard. Both officers were shot while struggling with a suspect. Neither officer had fired their weapons. Both died later at Carolinas Medical center.

    CMPD says that no one has been charged in the slayings but they are interviewing people of interest. Also, they are looking for two men but descriptions have not been released. CMPD will be holding a press conference at 5pm EDT.

    My thoughts and prayers go out to the friends, families, and colleagues of Officers Shelton and Clark.

  • Devin Moore Sentenced to Death

    Devin Moore Sentenced to Death

    Man Gets Death for Killing Three in Ala.:

    Devin Moore, the 18-year-old who was convicted of killing two police officers and a dispatcher, was sentenced to death.

    If you remember, Moore’s attorneys tried blaming his actions on Grand Theft Auto. But the defense attorneys are already looking to appeal on the grounds that the video game “evidence” was excluded, and the fact that the jury was all white while Moore is black. 🙄

    An all-plaid jury would have convicted him. He killed three cops. He deserves to die.

    Take that, Jack Thompson.

  • Death Recommended for Devin Moore

    Death Recommended for Devin Moore

    Jury recommends death for Alabama man convicted in cop killings:

    The death sentence has been recommended by an Alabama jury for Devin Moore, the so-called “GTA Killer” who killed two officers and a radio dispatcher at the Fayette police station in June 2003. For those of you who may not remember, defense attorneys tried blaming Moore’s obsessive playing of the video game Grand Theft Auto on the killings. Luckily, he was convicted of the killings. The final decision on sentencing is up to the judge and is scheduled for September 30th.

    Hopefully, Alabama will live up to its reputation and execute this piece of human filth. And what do you know, Alabama still has the electric chair.

  • Cop Killer Convicted

    Cop Killer Convicted

    Video Game Player Guilty in Ala. Slaying:

    I originally told you about this story back in February about Devin Moore. He’s the 18-year-old kid who shot and killed three police officers, and when he was arrested, he said: “Life is a video game; everybody has to die sometime.” Of course, the games in question were GTA games. Which in turn prompted a lawsuit against Rockstar Games by Moore’s family, prompted by everyone’s favorite assclown Jack Thompson.

    Anyway, Devin Moore was convicted of capital murder. That means he’s eligible for the death penalty. In Alabama, that’s a very likely possibility.

    Tip to CB.

  • Cop killer death sentence overturned

    Cop killer death sentence overturned

    So I’m reading the local rag here in Charlotte and I catch an article from back home in Philly. And I have just one word to say. Un-fucking-believable.

    Some half-assed judge in Philly decided to overturn convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal’s death sentence. For those of you who may not be familiar with the case, Abu-Jamal shot and killed Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner in 1981. Abu-Jamal claims he didn’t receive a fair trial and was a victim of a racist judicial system. But at no time has he ever denied shooting Daniel Faulkner. Many celebrities have come to the aid of Abu-Jamal like Ed Asner, Mike Farrel, and Rage Against The Machine.

    In a recent documentary, I saw on PBS about Abu-Jamal the evidence was overwhelming against him. A bullet from his registered gun was found in Daniel Faulkner. But liberals and radicals claim that Abu-Jamal deserves a retrial? On what friggin’ grounds? However, since Daniel Faulkner was white and Abu-Jamal was black, it must be a racist system. Apparently, this judge overturned the death sentence for his own personal motives.

    This scumbag has been glorified by some people as some sort of hero. Comparing him to the likes of Dr. Martin Luther King. Here’s the thing, Dr. King did not kill a cop.

    And lost somewhere in all this is Maureen Faulkner, Daniel Faulkner’s widow. While celebrities are coming to the aid of a convicted cop killer, where are the celebrities coming to the aid of Maureen Faulkner.

    And what really fries my ass is that Abu-Jamal has been made an honorary citizen of Paris. The same city that harbored convicted killer Ira Einhorn for years. Just one more reason to nuke France. The world has its priorities all fucked up when we’re supposed to idolize a convicted cop killer.

    Abu-Jamal will be resentenced, and he could be sentenced to death again. But as liberal as Philly is, I highly doubt it. But if there is true justice, there’s a needle with his name on it in Pennsylvania.