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Nowa Zelandia: Protesty przeciw obostrzeniom. Policja aresztowała ponad 50 osób

Nowozelandzka policja aresztowała ponad 50 osób i rozpoczęła siłowe usuwanie setek protestujących, którzy od trzech dni demonstrują przed budynkiem parlamentu w stolicy Nowej Zelandii, Wellington, przeciwko obostrzeniom i obowiązkowi szczepień na COVID-19.

Protest przed budynkiem nowozelandzkiego parlamentu jest inspirowany demonstracją kierowców ciężarówek w Kanadzie, gdzie sformowali oni tzw. Konwój wolności, który od ponad tygodnia blokuje ulice Ottawy. W ostatnich dniach kierowcy w Kanadzie zaczęli blokować również przejścia graniczne między Kanadą a USA. Uczestnicy kanadyjskiego "Konwoju wolności" domagają się przede wszystkim rezygnacji z obowiązku szczepień na COVID-19 kierowców, którzy regularnie przekraczają granicę z USA.

W Wellington kilka tysięcy osób zablokowało ulice wokół parlamentu ciężarówkami, samochodami osobowymi i motocyklami.

W Nowej Zelandii zaszczepionych przeciw COVID-19 jest ok. 94 proc. osób dopuszczonych do programu szczepień. Szczepienia są obowiązkowe dla niektórych grup zawodowych.

W liczącym ponad 5 mln mieszkańców kraju od początku epidemii wykryto ponad 18 tys. zakażeń koronawirusem. Zmarło 53 chorych na COVID-19.

Nowozelandzka premier, Jacinda Ardern stwierdziła, że protestujący przed parlamentem "nie są odzwierciedleniem tego, co czuje większość Nowozelandczyków".

Mimo prób zakończenia protestu przez policję jeszcze o 14:45 czasu lokalnego ok. tysiąca protestujących pozostawało przed parlamentem.

Ardern podkreśliła, że każdy obywatel kraju ma prawo do protestu, ale - jak dodała - protesty nie powinny zakłócać życia innych ludzi. - Usunięcie protestujących to sprawa operacyjna dla policji - dodała premier.

W czwartek doszło do starcia demonstrantów z policją. Napierający na barierki wokół parlamentu tłum miał obrzucić policjantów m.in. pustymi plastikowymi butelkami. Kilkadziesiąt osób zostało zakutych w kajdanki i zabranych przez policję.

Wielu protestujących podkreślało, że są zaszczepieni przeciw COVID-19, ale sprzeciwiają się obowiązkowi szczepień. Uczestnicy demonstracji trzymali tabliczki z hasłami "Wolność", "Zostawcie nasze dzieci w spokoju" i "Dajcie mi pracować".

- Chcemy powrotu naszej wolności - mówił jeden z protestujących, cytowany przez Reutersa. - Jacinda odwróciła się od nas. Kiwi (potoczne określenie Nowozelandczyków - red.) nie są głupi. Tracimy pracę i życie przez te obowiązki i obostrzenia - dodał.

Fresno police released video Friday from officer-worn cameras from the night a man tried to commit “suicide by cop,” according to police. The 26-year-old man identified as Ryan Brooks was critically wounded in the shooting about 10:30 p.m. Dec. 22, according to police. Officers shot Brooks outside Fort Washington Fitness, where the call appeared to originate, at the shopping center near North Friant Road and Fort Washington Avenue in northeast Fresno. The video shows the officers fire more than a dozen rounds, and continue to fire after Brooks went to the ground. Police say he was still a threat as he was seated. Lt. Bill Dooley said Friday that the officers involved have not been named but returned to work after a routine paid leave of absence related to the shooting.

He told The Bee that police would not say Friday how many rounds were fired or how long either officer has been with the department. Dooley said the video includes all of the information that investigators are ready to release and nothing further was available Friday to protect the investigation. “An officer-involved investigation is a thorough investigation,” he said.

It only came to light later, according to police, that Brooks himself made the 911 call that brought officers to the scene, where they found him driving erratically in the parking lot before stopping in a dirt field on the southwest corner nearest to Woodward Park. “I’m at Fort Washington Fitness,” he says on the 911 call. “There’s someone driving around saying they’re going to start shooting people.”

The newly released video also shows an officer speaking to Brooks over the phone as the officer is on his way to the scene, but Brooks does not admit to the intentions police have said he had. Police have said Brooks was trying to draw the attention of officers, and, when they stopped him, acted suspiciously with his hand in his pocket. He pulled what appeared to be a gun from his pocket and took a “shooter’s stance,” police said, before he was shot by two officers. Officers can be heard in the video repeatedly telling Brooks to take his hand out of his pocket, and saying “I’m going to shoot you” at least once. Brooks had his right hand in his pocket and his left arm was straight at his side, video shows, before pulling his hand out quickly. He was holding a green plastic toy gun in an effort to commit “suicide by cop,” Deputy Chief Burke Farrah said on the night of the shooting by police.

Upon reviewing the video, the community advocacy organization “Fresno Building Healthy Communities” demanded police reform and action to be taken by the City of Fresno and the Fresno Police Department. The organization characterized the police shooting of more than a dozen rounds as “recklessly fired” and said the community’s safety was put at risk. “This latest case involving Mr. Brooks further demonstrates that the Fresno Police Department is not equipped to respond to mental health calls,” the organization said in a news release. “We cannot allow this violent behavior to continue. Fresnans are still demanding real reform. It is unacceptable to continue to pay for a public safety system that is not safe at all.”

Attempts by The Bee to reach Brooks were unsuccessful. He has been released from Community Regional Medical Center, according to a hospital spokesperson. Brooks faces possible criminal charges for resisting police and brandishing an imitation firearm, both misdemeanors, police have said. The Fresno County District Attorney’s Office has not received reports from investigators that would allow prosecutors to decide whether to charge Brooks, according to Assistant District Attorney Jerry Stanley, a spokesperson for the district attorney’s office. Brooks has not been charged as of Friday.

HOUSTON – Nearly one month later, Houston police released body camera video from an officer-involved crash that killed a 75-year-old man.

The crash happened on Dec. 26, 2021, in the 4600 block of N Shepherd Drive.

Houston police say officer Christopher Cabrera’s patrol vehicle crashed into another driver’s car.

The man behind the wheel of that Cadillac CTS was 75-year-old Charles Payne.

KPRC 2 spoke to Charles’ son Kevin Payne in December, and he told us his dad had just left church.

“I was at home and HPD called and they notified us that he was involved in a car wreck with a police officer,” Kevin said.

Charles was taken to the hospital where he died from his injuries.

Nearly one month later, body camera video was released showing part of officer Cabrera’s response to the crash.

“I mean the airbag kind of hit me,” Cabrera said. “It hit my vest, but my seatbelt was on though. And, is he okay?”

Seconds later, you can hear the officer ask again about the driver’s condition.

“Is he like life-threatening,” he asked.

A first responder on the scene asked the officer if he needed treatment, telling him he looked woozy.

“Yea, I just want to make sure he’s okay,” Cabrera responds. “It happened pretty quick.”

He denies treatment, and eventually, he’s asked to sit down.

“I’m still trying to figure out what happened,” Cabrera could be heard saying on the video.

Cabrera was then taken to hospital with minor injuries. Days later, he was relieved of duty pending the outcome of the investigation.

Charles’ family said they want accountability.

“My father was turning off Shepherd onto Thornton,” Kevin said. “He couldn’t have been speeding (while) turning, so someone had to be speeding for him to be killed in an impact hit like that.”

HPD said their investigation is ongoing.

W święta pijany gliniarz rzucił obok śmietnika worek na śmieci. Babcia zwróciła panu uwagę, za co została zbesztana i podobno kopnięta. Jak się okazało, jej wnuk jest byłym oficerem SOBR, zebrał owy wnuk kolegów i poszedł się zemścić. Policjant został najpierw zmuszony do przeproszenia staruszki, ale powiedział, że ona sama jest winna. Potem zabrali go do bazy rosyjskiej gwardii w Strogino, zaciągnęli na siłownię i chłop dostał wpierdol.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department on Tuesday released a video of a December incident that shows a man ambushing two officers with a knife before they shot him in the back.

Deonta Williams, 20, was charged with two counts of attempted murder following the unprovoked attack at about 1:15 am. Dec. 1, 2021, in the 1400 block of Fairfield Avenue. Williams told dispatchers and officers at the scene that he was being harassed by another man.

The video shows Williams pointing in the direction where he said the man went. After the IMPD officers walked away, Williams stabbed one officer in the chest and another in the neck.

Video footage shows both officers giving Williams commands to get on the ground before firing their guns at him multiple times.

The officers held Williams at gunpoint before additional officers arrived at the scene.

Police who arrived rendered aid to the two wounded officers and Williams.

One of the officers sustained a significant stab wound across his neck and received life-saving care at the scene, the video says.

Court documents said the officer with a neck injury suffered a lacerated outer jugular vein and underwent surgery at Eskenazi Hospital. The officer with the chest wound was treated at Eskenazi and released.

Williams received treatment for multiple gunshot non-life threatening wounds at IU Health Methodist Hospital.

Prosecutors say Williams was at Eskenazi when he told an IMPD detective that he lured the officers into an ambush because wanted to kill one of them before they could kill him.

“I was gonna kill an officer," Williams confessed to Sgt. Michael Duke, according to the affidavit. “He said he didn't want to kill a lot of officers, he just wanted to kill one.”