Denver Cops Kill Teen, Order Witnesses Not to Record Aftermath

[villager]

Denver police shot and killed a teenage girl Monday after claiming she was trying to run them over in a stolen car.

They also ordered her surviving friends not to record the aftermath. And although a did apparently record the aftermath, according to media reports, that video is nowhere to be found online.

But it supposedly shows police dragging Jessica Hernandez’s lifeless body out of the car, rolling her over on the ground and handcuffing her as her friends in the car exclaimed, “she’s dead.”The officer who feared for his life and opened fire was treated and released from a local hospital with a minor leg injury. Another officer also opened fire.

It was the third time in seven months that Denver police have shot at suspects they say were using cars as weapons.
Hernandez was either 16 or 17, according to news reports.

According to the Denver Post:

Brianna Diaz, whose house backs up to the alley where the shooting happened, said her 16-year-old sister was a passenger in the car.

Diaz said her mother ran out of the house after hearing the shots and was stopped by an officer who grabbed her and tried to calm her down. “My mom told me to start filming, but when I took out my phone, the cop was like, ‘Don’t you dare!’ ” she said.

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[Rex]

1. Cops need to go to 'serious court' and be tried as criminals when they deny

innocent bystanders their rights. "Don't you dare!"...FUCK YOU...now I want to record cops doing evil shit even more!

[Omaha Steve]

2. Omaha officers told: Don't interfere with citizens' right to record police activity

Omaha Police Dept. has it's crap together.

http://www.omaha.com/news/omaha-officers-told-don-t-interfere-with-citizens-right-to/article_138c5ce9-d595-53f6-b80c-fe5b64f61267.html

POSTED: SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2013 12:00 AM
By Maggie O'Brien WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

Omaha police officers are hitting the streets with a clear directive: Don't interfere with citizens' right to record police action.

The department has refined its policy on the public's use of cameras and video in the wake of a YouTube posting of an arrest that led to the firing of four officers, two of whom are charged with criminal wrongdoing. The March 21 incident highlighted the sometimes contentious terrain that officers and citizens navigate when cameras increasingly capture their interactions.

“Individuals have a First Amendment right to record police officers in the public discharge of their duties, plain and simple,” said Deputy Chief Greg Gonzalez.

The department has long recognized that right. But the revised policy, which cites federal case law, states that citizens cannot be arrested simply for recording police or being near a crime scene.

FULL story at link.