Sorry, but I am at a loss to understand why we are even discussing this. Who knows what *really* happened. Why didn't the driver just show the police his ID? He has complained about the incident and I gather he has been charged and will attend court in due course and give his side of the story. Hopefully some enlightened magistrates/judge/fellow peers will decide what happens next and that *should* be that... or are we saying that because this driver is *allegedly* 'black' he should be dealt with differently by police who it appears were obviously investigating an allegation of some sort? MW
On 27 Apr 2015, at 03:30, Peri Hartman via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: Either something huge is missing from the story or we're seeing incredibly poor judgment by police officers. It seems to me, especially with all the recent awareness, that police chiefs would be on heightened alert for retraining their officers to abstain from racial profiling. Then, even if making a mistake, why all the aggressive action? Thanks, Bruce, for bringing this to attention (though I suspect this will be all over the headlines). Peri ------ Original Message ------ From: "brucedp5 via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> To: ev@lists.evdl.org Sent: 26-Apr-15 5:35:27 PM Subject: [EVDL] Charging-EVr PD-assaulted> pushed, handcuffed, punched, pepper-sprayed + > > > % Always show your ID> EV-ignorant profiling-police will assault charging > EVrs % > > http://www.santamonicadispatch.com/2015/04/committee-for-racial-justice-calls-emergency-meeting-tonight/ > COMMITTEE FOR RACIAL JUSTICE CALLS EMERGENCY MEETING TONIGHT > April 26, 2015 by Peggy Clifford > > The Committee for Racial Justice has called an emergency meeting tonight to > discuss an apparent assault Tuesday night on a Black man by Santa Monica PD. > > The meeting will be held at The Church in Ocean Park, 235 Hill Street, Santa > Monica at 7:00 pm. As this is a community problem, the Committee hopes for a > large community response.a wide-ranging discussion and the development of a > positive and just course of action. > > Here is the NAACP’s account of the incident: > > Darrell Goode, in his capacity as SM-Venice NAACP President, has asked me to > let you know about SMPD activity that took place at an electric car charging > dock in Virginia Ave Park in Santa Monica on Tuesday night, April 22 that is > the subject of community concern. > > The electrical charge docks are open until 11pm. A 36 year-old Black male > who was charging his electric vehicle at 10:45pm was approached by several > police officers, who asked for his ID. He asked “why?” Subsequently, he was > pushed to the ground, handcuffed, punched, pepper-sprayed and taken into > custody. > > The individual was charged with not following a police order. He was jailed > and released the next day. He requi- > red eye treatment due to the pepper spray. He has a court date May 25. > > A video of some of the interaction was taken by a female passerby, > unacquainted with any of the parties. > > [video > https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Bwdp1kXhDPb3cmFkM01ObmpteUpnZGIzV1d0V0MzeUNoNGlF > ] > > The video shows apparently egregious behavior by the police. The woman who > took the video came forward because she believes the police behavior was > excessive. > > The information on the video is incomplete. It does not show all angles, and > it does not show the entire interaction from start to finish. > > On April 23, at First AME Church in Santa Monica, Darrell Goode interviewed > the man, the passerby/ witness who videotaped part of the interaction and > several other people. > > Based on information we have, there was no warrant for the man’s arrest and > neither he, his car, nor license number fit any description based on any > recent criminal activity. > > Darrell Goode has informed SMPD Chief Seabrooks, via SMPD Command Staff, of > his efforts to assemble information and his intention to publicize it. Based > on what is known so far, he may call a community meeting. > > Meantime, Chief Seabrooks has promised a full internal investigation and the > man intends to file complaints against one or more of the officers involved. > > The man has the right to take his case against the officers to the City > Personnel Board. Therefore, in addition to filing a complaint with the SMPD, > the man intends to ask for an independent review by the Board. > > We are united in our unwavering commitment to non-violent advocacy for > fairness, transparency and justice for all. . > [© santamonicadispatch.com] > ... > http://www.santamonicadispatch.com/contact/ > Editor: Peggy Clifford – PegClf @aol.com > ... > https://sites.google.com/site/churchinoceanpark/ > The Church in Ocean Park 310-399-1631 i...@churchop.org > https://www.fac ebook.com/churchop > https://twitter.com/church_op > ... > http://api.plugshare.com/view/location/5002 > Virginia Avenue Park > PlugScore 4.4 > Ports EV Plug (J1772) Custom Ports Avcon conductive > Address 2200 Virginia Ave Santa Monica, CA 90404 > Hours NOT 24/7: Chargers are shutdown after 10:30pm > Description 2 level 2 stations and 2 parking spaces. Across the parking lot > from the Thelma Terry Building. > COMMENTS: > JonMan 3 days ago > Parked here for the first time today and my car was unplugged after only 20 > min. Only one charger is working but there was a blue Honda Fit plugged in > when I returned and it appeared to have a full charge. Nearby residents must > think this is their personal charging station. > > lmles 6 days ago > "Charge Speed Reduced" — be here for about three hours. Unplug Red P85+ if > you need > Rosawan 11 days ago > Both clipper Creek chargers in use > > Manuel 21 days ago > Locals seem to use this as their charging spot. This location is abused > > ... [many more entries] ... > Michael 8 months ago > All spots taken. > > Jay 8 months ago > Volt and i3 fully charged. I unplugged the Volt and his horn honked. Huh? > > Rosawan 8 months ago > iced > > Kipernicus 8 months ago > tried two units, one on the Pico side and one on Virginia park side, and > both were limited to 22 amps. car gave an error saying it detected an > extension cord or bad wiring > > ... [many more entries] ... > Haris a year ago > White focus. All 4 chargers are currently occupied and charging, I saw a > couple people waiting for a charge too, they turn off the chargers around > 10:30 pm every night > ... [many more entries] ... > - > > ... > http://www.plugshare.com/?location=11519 > Virginia Avenue Park - Pico Lot > PlugScore 7.9 > Ports EV Plug (J1772) > Address 2208 Pico Blvd Santa Monica? California 90405 > Phone (310) 458-8688 > Hours NOT 24/7: Chargers are shutdown after 6pm > Description In front of basketball court next to handicap spaces. Signed "no > parking electric vehicles exempt" two parking spaces and two clipper creek > chargers plus one paddle charger. Does NOT have power 24/7. Chargers are > shutdown after 6pm. Entrance on Pico. > COMMENTS: > Mister Mister 20 days ago > Both in use. > > ... [many more entries] ... > Jay 8 months ago > Two Volts fully charged. Can't get my car in to unplug and start charging. > :(. 2hr parking? > > Yush 8 months ago > Left car at 9pm and charged til 1048pm then it stopped must be when they > turned it off. I still got an additional 50% so I'll pick it up this > morning. > > ... [many more entries] ... > Hampton 11 months ago > Right besides Saturday Farmer Market, Nice spot!! > > ... [many more entries] ... > Abi a year ago > Charging here is always a coin toss. On this lot or on the other lot there > always seems to be a Chevy volt always charging here. > > ... [many more entries] ... > Charlie H a year ago > Units on other side of park did not work. Units at this location fine. > ... [many more entries] ... > - > > > % Note: the news item did not state which of the two public EVSE sites > (above) listed on plugshare the SMPD assaulted an EVr at. Both of those > plugshare listings 'were' listed as 24/7. It was in the description on one > and the shared comments of another, that I changed each of their incorrect > 24/7 status to what they really were: one shutdown after 11:30pm, and the > other shutdown after 6pm. I also added a warning in the comments section of > each of those two plugshare listings: > > Warning when late-night charging, S.Monica PD have assaulted EVr who was > charging, see > http://www.santamonicadispatch.com/2015/04/committee-for-racial-justice-calls-emergency-meeting-tonight/ > > > *However plugshare staff have been known to remove or edit whatever they > feel, so they might incorrectly change the access status back to show it as > 24/7 % > > > > > For EVLN posts use: > http://evdl.org/evln/ > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Charging-EVr-PD-assaulted-pushed-handcuffed-punched-pepper-sprayed-tp4675150.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
