Police Murder twice in 6 months in town of 26,000

[Darius871]

ALL cops suck

[realpolitic]

Some cops suck more than others, and most of them work in Eureka. Meet the new chief:





And guess what, the ACLU has a big case coming up on Monday here. Should be fun, especially the cross examination of the cop who said: "I don't care what The Ninth Circuit said".

[Q Classic]

I thought Eureka was that terrible show on Sci-Fi.

Well, one of the bad ones on the Sci-Fi Channel.

The only good ones they've had are BSG and Who.

[realpolitic]

Actually, Eureka, CA is reality TV, at its most bizzare, and at least 1 NBC producer agrees with me. http://www.northcoastjournal.com/051001/cover0510.html ]Jim Carrey filmed a movie 15 miles South[/url], about 3 years ago, and 1 1/2 years ago, NBC's 3 wishes program wanted to come and present a gift on behalf of a "sHero". Three women were nominated, one declined because she was feeding people and was being harrased by the EPD on behalf of the city council, another was involved in a transitional housing program that has become quite controversial, and has failed to find people housing, and a third, who seems to be doing good work, declined for reasons unknown to me. I talked to an NBC producer who said he was very interested in shows from here. Woody Harrelson, from "Cheers" has been here several times for Hempfest, so Hollywood knows some of the craziness that goes on here.

[Sava]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
I thought Eureka was that terrible show on Sci-Fi.

Well, one of the bad ones on the Sci-Fi Channel.

The only good ones they've had are BSG and Who.

I like Eureka.

Dr. Who is shiet.

[Q Classic]

Yeah, but for some reason you also like that crap Stargate show.

It's a disgrace to the movie.

[NeOmega]

I thought Eureka was my birthtown when I last visited. What a dump. It reminded me of Bremerton up here in Washington.

Anyways, driving through eureka, I was wondering what it was like, it seemed so dumpy... then I saw a large building! What is it? headquarters for a warehouse company, perhaps a lumber mill, a toy factory?

Nope, it was the prison.



Yuck... went to the Lost Coast Brewery... terrible food. Terrible, terrible food. Barbeque pork tasted ,ike vomit... glad my GF got it, and not me... even though she ended up vomiting that night.

And don't get me started on Arcata!

Later, I found out I was actually born in Fortuna.

[realpolitic]

The jail is 2 blocks long and 5 stories. Almost every other bulding is house sized, and none more than 2 stories. The "industries" in Humoldlt are: pot, the University, prison, and "mental health services". Real estate was increasing in value in Arcata, 6 miles north, til about 2 years ago, Arcata was listed in The Wall Street Journal and High Times as the 100 best places to live, but market value is falling, and there are plenty of examples of mismanagement. If you want to decide if the jail is ugly for yourself, this picture is a reasonable facimile:

[BlackCat]

Always place the jails in industrial zones - NEVER in residential or commercial.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Donegeal
Based solely on the information provided up to this point regarding the teen, there is nothing that indicates any wrong doing on the part of police.

I will comment on the others as I read them.

Best god **** post in this thread.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by NeOmega
I thought Eureka was my birthtown when I last visited. What a dump. It reminded me of Bremerton up here in Washington.

Yeah, sadly a lot of the small inland towns in Northern California are like that. In fact a lot of towns period in Northern California are like that. I recall having to do geology work in Willets, CA and found out that over half of the adult population is on state disability for alcoholism (most of it is BS and is just so they can get income without working since their unemployment ran out, their welfare ran out, and they don't want to move to where there is work or *gasp* actually get a job). It was amazing how many people were growing pot in their backyards as well. Just a sad little town filled with sad, pathetic people.

[realpolitic]

Originally posted by realpolitic
Apparently, the kid ran because the cop beat him two years ago.

I was scared for my life 6 months ago when an EPD cop pulled me over on a busted taililight. he glared at me and kept his hand on his gun they are sadistic, and intentionally provactive.

Cops Kill a 4th time in 10 months

Before last March, it was only about every 4 years. Large parts of the community are scared of the cops. Since March, we've asked for a civilian review board. I started being targeted as a result of going to city council meetings.

There is a public policy failure here. I've had to console the woman here who's been feeding the poor for 20 years. The cops were pulling her over, threateneing her so badly in 2005, she was crying in my arms. Police are permentently stationed near the free food kitchen to pull people over. The 2 times it happened to me were the only time I had a woman riding with me. The cops tried to turn a fixit ticket into a resisting arrest charge by screaming "Are you mad?" to me and her, and to a perfect stranger screaming, "Is he mad?" "Is she mad?" a yes at any time would have been probable cause for detention, so they'd bully my passenger into sex, which they are notorious for. This has created a us/them mentality.

The "Food bank" lets food sit around for months until they put it in the freezer. The organ that detriorates fastest with malnutrition is the higher areas of the brain. Genrification has caused people on disabilty unable to eat nutrious foods all month without help, what get's called rehab here, "clean and sober houses" have no oversight, and have plenty of drugs available.

Previous policies in Sacramento have given subsidies for "law enforcement" that exceed county's costs, making it a potential profit center in corrupt counties. There is a new law to change that, so this is likely to change.

[Darius871]

Damn cops

[realpolitic]

Originally posted by Oerdin


Yeah, sadly a lot of the small inland towns in Northern California are like that. In fact a lot of towns period in Northern California are like that. I recall having to do geology work in Willets,CA ... It was amazing how many people were growing pot in their backyards as well. Just a sad little town filled with sad, pathetic people.

Willets also has taken action on solar and energy conservation projects. As for growing pot (medical marijauna), it gives people the sense that they can put something over on the gov't, and steers them away from the hard drugs. There were 46(possibly up to 49) ODs in 2006. That puts the death rate at 1 in 500. The death rate of American soldiers in Iraq is 1 in 250. Over a 75 year lifespan, that 1/500 death rate is 1 of 7. That kind of disaster through "toughlove" becomes so stressful, it's morphed into this. Young people come here to get stoned, and instead of growing out of it, or remaining on pot, end up hooked on heroin or meth. "Medical Marajauna" at least keeps these kooks from becoming buglars for hard drugs, out of prison and the morgue, ramming someone else's ideas of how to conform creates fiascos like Eureka.

[Rasputin]

Zero Tolerance sounds good.

Dont pull any weoipon on Police, whether it be Knife or flaregun.


No excuses.!!!