Philly cop kills ex-girlfriend after 75 stalking and harassment charges: police
WCAU reported that Colwyn Borough Police Department identified 32-year-old Stephen Rozniakowski as the man who opened fire on both women in a Delaware County home. Neighbors identified the ex-girlfriend as Valerie Morrow.
Morrow’s teenage daughter reportedly was also shot, but her injuries were not life threatening.
According to investigators, the victim had recently filed a protection order against Rozniakowski, but the two had not dated for years.
Rozniakowski called the Colwyn Borough Police Department just before the shooting to notify them that he was resigning,investigators noted. He had been served the protection from abuse (PFA) order that same evening.
Reports said that a second off-duty officer, who was thought to be Morrow’s husband, was also in the home when the shooting occurred, and he shot Rozniakowski.
The suspect was taken to Crozer-Chester Medical Center for treatment. His condition was not immediately available.
The Delaware County Daily Times pointed out that Rozniakowski may have been wearing body armor when he was shot.
Rozniakowski was charged with 25 counts of stalking and 50 counts of harassment in a case earlier this year involving his former fiancee, who had also taken out a protection order against him. His service weapon was taken away at that time, and he was placed on administrative leave, the department said.
Rozniakowski was due in court on Thursday for a pre-trail conference on the 75 counts of stalking and harassment.
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Cleveland cop pulls gun on man speeding home to help with wife’s high-risk pregnancy
“Officer Robinson approached me yelling at me to put my hands up and holding me at gunpoint as if I was threatening his life,” Samuel Taylor said of the encounter. “His finger was on the trigger.”
According to WKYC-TV, Taylor’s wife, Katie, sent him a text message last Friday morning asking him to come home from work because she was in labor. Taylor said he was traveling at 38 mph in a 25 mph zone when he passed Cleveland Heights Police Officer William Robinson in his patrol vehicle.
Robinson started following Taylor, and signaled for him to pull over. But because he was “literally about six or seven houses” away from his home and street parking was blocked by other vehicles, Taylor said, he slowed down and pulled into his driveway, at which point Robinson allegedly approached him with his gun drawn.
Taylor said he spent the next 20 minutes explaining the situation to Robinson, and offered to let the officer follow him into the home if he holstered his weapon. Instead, the officer allegedly told him to stay in his car while he went to the home. At that point, Taylor said, he called the police department, and was threatened with felony charges by an unidentified lieutenant.
Meanwhile, Katie Taylor met Robinson at the door and confirmed her husband’s story.
“My wife said, ‘I need my husband to come here,’” Samuel Taylor said. “‘I’m going into labor. Please tell me what is going on. I need help.’”
Police Chief Jeffrey Robertson told WKYC that Robinson only had his gun drawn for two minutes during the encounter, then holstered it after “evaluating the situation.” Robertson also said that the officer arranged for a city ambulance to take the Taylors to the hospital.
The couple drove themselves to the hospital, instead, where Katie Taylor delivered a boy. Though the child, Jonah, was born healthy, Katie Taylor was briefly hospitalized for complications surrounding the pregnancy. Both have reportedly been allowed to return home. Samuel Taylor was cited for speeding and failure to yield for an emergency vehicle.
“Upon initial review we are comfortable that the officer followed CHPD protocol appropriately and he conducted himself in a professional manner,” Cleveland Heights City Manager Tanisha Briley said regarding the incident.
Last paragraph translation: “We are comfortable with trigger-happy officers drawing their guns on unarmed civilians.”
The U.S. has become a police state.
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TX Rangers investigate officer who killed suspect holding a spoon
I’m sure the “investigation” will result in the worst wrist-slapping the world has ever seen.
In Texarkana, the officer arrived at the scene of the reported burglary at about 2 a.m. Monday and found a suspect in the garage of a house, police in the East Texas city said.
“The suspect then came toward the officer in an aggressive manner with a metal object in his hand,” police said. The officer fired one shot, striking the suspect, Dennis Grigsby, 35, in the chest. He later died at a hospital.
The object Grigsby was holding was found to be a spoon.
The officer, who was not identified, has been placed on administrative leave during the investigation, police said.
What, not paid administrative leave?
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Here’s yet another example of a police officer holding themselves to a different standard than civilians.
OK police chief injures city official trying to stop him from driving patrol car drunk
Lenden Woodruff, chief of Colcord police, was arrested about noon Sunday on drunken driving charges after the incident outside a convenience store in Flint.
A clerk called City Councilor Cody Gibby to report the chief was drunk and should not be driving, and the elected official said Woodruff was holding a can of beer when he arrived.
The two men argued as Gibby tried to wrestle the keys to the patrol car away from Woodruff, who state troopers said struck the city councilor several times as he attempted to drive away.
Gibby suffered injuries to his knee ligaments and lower spine in the incident.
The city councilor followed the police chief about two miles to his home, where he blocked Woodruff’s car in the driveway and called Highway Patrol officers – who issued a drunken driving citation.
Woodruff previously pleaded guilty to DUI and open container charges in 2004, when he was Delaware County sheriff and had been driving an unmarked sheriff’s vehicle.
He was arrested for drunken driving again in 2008, when he was also charged with carrying a firearm while intoxicated.
City council members said they had been hearing the police chief frequently bought beer while driving his patrol car.
Woodruff has not been suspended because the incident remains under investigation.
I get than an investigation has to occur, but why are they talking suspension? Shouldn’t termination be the word of the day? Last I checked, driving under the influence is a crime. This being the United States though, police officers are above the law, and all too often are not held accountable for their actions, so if he’s even suspended I’ll be surprised.
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Ohio cops back into, then arrest protester
According to Counter Current News, police began to focus an undue amount of attention on one African-American male protester, which led another protester — an older white woman — to demand to know why they were “singling him out.”
At that point, a Beavercreek Police Department cruiser allegedly backed into her. In another video, one of Counter Current News’ “citizen journalists” can be heard shouting, “that cop right there — 149 — just backed into that old lady! He just backed into her! They ran over her!”
In the video below, three officers can be seen pulling the older woman onto the hood of a squad car and arresting her for resisting arrest.
“I’m not resisting,” she can be heard saying, “I’m just asking why you singled him out.” The woman — whose name is not known — is one of at least four people arrested at the protest.
