Topic

Police Reform

245 petitions
2 new supporters this week

Petition to Federal Bureau of Investigation, Herbert Slattery III, Bill Lee, United States Supreme Court

Reopen Anthony Zappier's case

On October 25th, 2019, my little brother Anthony’s life was taken by a police officer in Hamblen County, TN. This is a very small town that backs their police force 100% - so the hate we are receiving just for pursing his case is astounding. They labeled my brother as someone that tried to kill a cop, when in fact he was just trying to get away from the officer because he was afraid for his life... and rightfully so. Anthony was driving home through an unfamiliar neighborhood, and he accidentally ran over the curb popping three of his tires. He did not have his cell phone with him to call us to come get him. The police were called by a neighbor, and within 6 minutes of the officer arriving on the scene, my brother was dead. The officer completely escalated the situation and instead of treating my brother as a victim of a car accident, he treated him like a suspect. Anthony didn't break any laws, he didn't harm anyone and he didn't damage anything besides his own car. Why was he treated as such? He asked MULTIPLE times for the officer to call his father, yet that never happened. Anthony was terrified for his life - so much so that he was screaming for help, yet no one came to help him and the officer continued to violently pursue him. The police cruiser was left running and unlocked, so Anthony jumped in it and tried to drive AWAY from the scene in an attempt to put as much distance between himself and the officer. He did not attempt to run over or injure the officer whatsoever. The officer decided to wedge himself into the front passenger seat to try to stop Anthony. He gave no warnings, but shot my brother once after a brief struggle. The car rolls to a stop, the officer then gets out on his own two feet, clears a jam in his gun, and shoots my brother two more times as he was already slumped over - executing him.   He would go on to give 3 different statements about what happened that morning, none of which match each other. TBI (Tennessee Federal Bureau of Investigations) was called in due to an officer being involved. They botched it, in what we believe is an effort to protect the officer. The grand jury of Hamblen County relied solely on the testimony of the TBI Agent to explain to them what happened. However, in the TBI interview with the officer, the questions were leading him in the "right" direction of what to say. Due to this, the grand jury decided not to indite for murder and justified the shooting through the District Attorney's office.   The purpose of this petition is to attract the attention of the FBI and the Attorney General of Tennessee, Herbert Slattery III to have Anthony's case reopened and truly looked at without bias. We have already called the FBI to file formal complaints, and sent letters to the Attorney General. If you are interested in sending a letter to file a formal complaint, feel free to message me and I will send you my copy. Please sign and share to help my family get justice for my brother. Thank you!   #JusticeForAnt #LongLiveAnthonyZappier

Courtney Hicks
7,799 supporters
3 new supporters this week

Petition to Keller Police Department, City of Keller, Brad G. Fortune, Pat McGrail

Terminate and Charge Blake Shimanek and his Colleague for the abuse of the Puente family.

The abhorrent and unjust behavior displayed by Officer Shimanek and his colleague warrant nothing less than immediate termination and criminal charges. They displayed a total misunderstanding of civil and human rights, and this behavior cannot be tolerated any longer, by any police department. For far too long we have seen officers that abuse the exact people they are supposed to be protecting, and time and time again there is an investigation followed by a demotion or brief suspension (typically with pay.) This will not do. These two officers have absolutely no right to continue serving the people of Keller as Police Officers, as they can no longer be trusted to act in the people’s best interest. We demand that these two officers are immediately terminated from their positions, and then thoroughly investigated for their criminal behavior. We will no longer stay silent or allow another instance of blatant police brutality be brushed under the rug. It is time for the department heads - who’s salaries are paid by OUR TAXES - to begin working for the people. You can start by doing right by this family by ensuring that these two officers never wear another badge. I urge Brad G. Fortune, the Chief of Police, to set an example as to what will and will not be tolerated within his department. The people are watching.

Spencer Muskopf
55,275 supporters
0 new supporters this week

Petition to West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Department, Sheriff Mike Cazes

West Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office: Fire Officer Vance Matranga Jr. Immediately

In July of 2019, Vance Matranga Jr., a deputy with the West Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, was executing a no-knock search warrant with the River West Task Force at the Budget 7 Motel in Port Allen. There, he shot and killed Josef Richardson, 38. The autopsy ruled Richardson’s death a homicide caused by one bullet to the back of the neck. Richardson did not have a gun. Prior to this shooting, a 2016 lawsuit alleges that deputy Matranga broke Fredrick Johnson of Port Allen’s leg by running into him with a police cruiser and then tackling and refusing to get him medical help for several hours.  This is not the level of empathy we want our police officers to have. They are not supposed to be handing out death sentences. And I believe that these two incidences are enough to fire officer Matranga for excessive force before he kills someone else.  At bare minimum, he should never carry a weapon on duty again. I am also calling on The West Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office to end the use of no-knock search warrants in the light of Joseph Richardson and Breonna Taylor’s deaths. No knock warrants create a tense situation where deescalation tactics cannot thrive, and often times endanger lives that have nothing to do with the crime they are there for.  I hope you will join me in calling for these changes. 

Meagan Hudson
649 supporters
Update posted 22 hours ago

Petition to

Tupac Shakur/Notorious B​.​I​.​G. Peace Task Force/Russia,Ukraine, Earth Peace. Warriors4Peace

       Mitakuye Oyasin, Lakota for We are all Related. Russians and Ukrainians are incredibly closely related Slav, Rus Viking - rooted brothers/sisters. We've seen horrific, brutal, apocalyptic War. Hitler's Operation Barbarosa that almost ended the Russian (Eastern) front within days, Soviet return scorched Earth/Stalingrad-launched vengeance, Stalin's starvation/genocide, 'kill anything that moves' Chechen Wars, brutal, stalemated Donbas Campaign. 'Those that have suffered understand suffering and can therefore extend their hand.' Patti Smith.        'Either mankind finishes war or war finishes mankind.' JFK 'Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.' Fred Hampton, murdered at 21 by FBI and Chicago police. I've gotten a good deal of support for my Russia/Ukraine Victory Peace petition from Ukraine, although I'm primarily Russian and take a much harsher, anti-Nato/West's racism/lies/hypocrisy/imperialism stance than most in the West.       Real fighters, those presently/historically most cognizant of the brutal, horrific, fratricidal, Evil and insanity of War, fight for Peace, for Life. Virtually all current politicians/diplomats (with rare exceptions like New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern), armchair Nosferatu, vampire, parasitic clowns, white liberal hypocrites, feeding on Death and misery, will not end War. Only Warriors4Peace, Warriors4Life will.           Charles 'Lucky' Luciano (Sicilian) and Meyers Lansky (Russian Jew) squashed brutal, Old World blood feuds and gang wars in precisely the same manner Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman did in NW Mexico half a century later. They ruled their domains because they sought Peace, profits, altruistic generosity, saner Futures, more grounded, longterm power control.        I grew up with bitter East/West coast rap and overall Divisions. Celebrating rivals' deaths. Trash talking leading to drive-by killings. What I am suggesting is this. Over a million have signed a civilian police overboard petition. Parallel to the Global Military/Civilian Tribunals I suggested in other petitions to burn out Nazism, Czarism and Misogyny through scientific, heart-driven, Truth findings. I am only suggesting a harder edge by fusing this idea with global soldiers with the heart, courage and vision to fight, 100%, for Earth Peace.          The great love and respect billions throughout the world have for both Tupac Shakur and Christopher 'Biggie' Smalls, and the greed/jealousy/corrupt police Hell that led to their tragic mid Twenties deaths, could influence precisely the same people football legend Jim Brown reaches out to in his anti-gang violence work. Leaders, fighters, highly respected warriors whose transition to Warriors4Peace (particularly if it were targeted away from Oppressed communities, drug dealing need not be the bloodbath it currently is/and there are scientific, athletic, artistic, academic, etc. warrior path alternatives.)           Seven paragraphs in honor of Chairman of the Board, Charles 'Lucky' Luciano, what I am suggesting is a Tupac Shakur/Biggie Peace Task Force. Working with gang members, drug dealers, those must involved in brutal fratricide, to not just settle their personal beefs, but to catalyze positive, catalytic Symbiotic partnerships benefiting All and ending fratricidal suicide. Scientific, academic, athletic, artistic, etc. Paths ideally, but at least ending brutal turf wars and channeling drug trades away from their own communities where it does the most harm. Linked to Russia/Ukraine Victory Peace Petition, Uvalde, TX CowardBully Amerikkkan Justice Terror Accountability and MLK/Che's Corazon College MC3 petitions. God bless and thank you very much for your time and attention. 

Nikos Warrence
112 supporters
Update posted 23 hours ago

Petition to

Uvalde, TX/Amerikkkan Justice CowardBully Police Terror Accountability

       ' Fear is the Mother of Violence.' Peter Gabriel. Fear of death is the mark of a coward. Mark of Uvalde and most US police. 180 degrees from heroic Uvalde children stealthily/risking their lives to call 911 over and over again, to no avail. Global Military/Civilian Tribunals to scientifically, heart-driven, burn out Nazism, Czarism and Misogyny (see Russia Ukraine Victory Peace Petition) is what I am suggesting after 11 years of Hell to scientifically document this great White Nazi Orwellian Lie called Amerikkkan Justice.           While there are many decent police, even those I used to consider friends, literally zero appear willing to break through thin blue line Terror and good German silence. 'Police are always lackeys for war. Never guardians of Peace.' Quote from Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley's senior thesis on the IRA. Slave patrol and northern immigrant Oppression is why US police were formed. Very little has changed. Mainly racist One Percent's faithful gestapo task force.           Uvalde, Texas Police behaved with staggering cowardice, ineptitude, dishonesty, and completely disgraceful fascism in their reaction and follow up to the horrific, tragic Uvalde, Texas School shooting, 21 completely preventable deaths of those we should have most protected. While heroic, very young children and their teachers risked their lives to repeatedly call 911, 12 times in one case, covered themselves in slain classmates blood to appear dead, as their peers were systematically slaughtered, gunshots reverberating, almost 20 police stood outside and did absolutely nothing.            Nothing except tackling, handcuffing, pepper spraying, detaining, yelling at increasingly desperate parents. 'You telling us to go in and do our jobs' was their rationale for refusing to go in there and do their jobs. Parents simply wanting to rescue their or others' children, and stop this psychopath by any means necessary. Yet these Coward idiots spent 78 minutes assaulting parents. 19 Heavily armed, trained, protected professionals, even preventing outside agencies from entering the school. Then endless police lies of heroic, immediate intervention, fictitious John Wayne shoutouts, fabricated timelines, inane anti-logic.           This is Amerikkkan Justice Coward Bully Terror. Same as Derek Chauvin, Kim Potter and all the Rest. Virtually always fully protected by a good German on Steroids Thin Blue Line Wall of self-protecting Terror, prosecutors through judges, and literally all even pretend civil rights attorneys.           Radical change is necessary if these CowardBully thugs are to be held accountable. What I am suggesting, after over a decade of legally fighting this Nazi Oppression Hell (scientifically documenting everything with scientific precision, 40k pages, days of audio/video) are rational, scientific, proof and heart-driven Military/Civilian Tribunals to address the straight Fascist, Devil lies Coward Bully Terror exhibited by Uvalde, Texas Police, Derek Chauvin, and the entirerty of Amerikkkan Justice, up to and including the USSC. Objective judges and prosecutors is an obscene Orwellian lie. Parallel ICE Terror such as destroying desert food and water stashes for migrants desperately trying to escape suffocating poverty and violence. Charging those providing aid with a slew of felonies. All that is Bully Coward Terror and Oppression. An entirely new system must be forged. From. Military and Civilians not afraid of Death. Who therfore value Life. 180 degrees from these Uvalde, Police SWAT team Coward clowns.            By signing this petition, I support the creation of post WW II, anti-Nazi, Nuremberg-style Military/Civilian Tribunals to address currently effectively fully protected Police, attorney, judicial, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and One Percent Crimes. To scientifically/non-violently burn out pure CowardBully Evil such as that exhibited by Uvalde, Texas Police that left 21 totally innocent, beautiful souls dead.       God Bless and thank you very much for your time and attention. Action not Prayers is how we truly respect the Dead.              

Nikos Warrence
185 supporters
Started 1 month ago

Petition to

Investigate BLM to ensure funds have been properly allocated!

Amid speculation of using money to fund housing purchases, generous stipends, and personal gifts, the Black Lives Matter organization has been heavily criticized for not helping the victims of police brutality; and leaving victims’ families in the dark after the initial protest, press release or photo-op. There is a general consensus that believes  leadership from Black Lives Matter had been inappropriately using funds from donations, grants and other sources to fund their lavish lifestyles such as personal expenses and real estate purchases. As the creator of this petition, I would like to open the floor for legislators to facilitate a legal investigation into their frivolous and misappropriated spending, and to see how it aligns with both their overall purpose and mission statement; and to further challenge the leadership to actually allocate funding to help not only the victims of police brutality, but  the African American community as well in the way that most have interpreted their responsibility as an organization to be.

Justin Daniels
72 supporters