Baltimore Woman, 90, Locks Police Officer in Basement, Wins $95,000 Settlement

[DeSwiss]

[font size=3]Baltimore Woman, 90, Locks Police Officer in Basement, Wins $95,000 Settlement[/font]

Huffington Post | Updated: 04/19/2012 5:11 pm

In one of the more unusual police brutality lawsuits in recent years, 90-year-old Baltimore resident Venus Green was awarded a $95,000 settlement earlier this month after a 2009 incident in which she locked a police officer in the basement of her home.

According to WBAL TV, police came to Green's home after her grandson Tallie had been shot. Green told the TV station that Tallie had been shot at a convenience store, but officers insisted it happened in Green's home, and that Tallie had either been shot by Green or had shot himself. With that, one officer forced his way into her home, without a warrant, toward the basement where Tallie lived to look for blood or other evidence.

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WBAL reports that the city of Baltimore has paid out nearly $17 million over the last two years in police brutality settlements. Baltimore Brew reports the city has spent another $10.4 million defending lawsuits in court, and more are on the way. One couple who claims they were illegally searched and harassed by police looking for drugs has been approved for $155,000, and a motorcyclist struck by a Baltimore cop is due another $115,000.

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http://www.policebrutality.info/
http://cobp.resist.ca/en
http://www.berkeleycopwatch.org/
http://www.peoplesjustice.org/site/index.php/Cop-Watch-Network/
http://www.oaklandcopwatch.com/
http://www.copwatchla.org/
http://www.redwoodcurtaincopwatch.net/
http://www.winnipegcopwatch.org/
http://www.hamiltoncopwatch.com/

[tk2kewl]

1. that gives me a great business idea...

you know how you can spend a bunch of money on building a panic room in your house, right?

what about a warantless search closet. once the cops go in they don't come out, at least not until your lawyer shows up

[DeSwiss]

2. Just make sure.....

...you have donuts in that closet.

- They go nuts without their donut fix......

[bahrbearian]

3. That would be entrapment.

[A Simple Game]

4. Good point,

spoilsport.

[Bake]

8. Nah, not entrapment ...

... attractive nuisance, maybe ...



Bake

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. lol

[Ecumenist]

5. Heck, I need some money + I'm black X doing something anyone else can do without worry= CA-CHING!!

I need to go to Baltimore...wonder if I can get more than 115K? It's a damn shame that this is happening so much in America! SMDH

[noiretextatique]

7. taxpayers for police abuse!!!

i just love my tax dollars being spent to defend and pay settlement for abusive cops

[Ecumenist]

10. EXACTLY. Something has to be done to change the system. This is an obvious condoning

of black folks being treated like animals.

[noiretextatique]

6. 27.4 million dollars

in settlements and defense i bet that could pay for a few new schools.

[pacalo]

11. The council chairman said he was "tired of the police dept. bleeding money"...

in explaining why he voted against the settlement.

Duh.

The first thing on his mind should be what Mrs. Green suggested: "The police department needs to go back to school." They need to be retrained on the "to serve & to protect" part of their oaths.

Mrs. Green suggested in the video that her son may have been shot by one of the policemen present. With the way the policemen conducted themselves, I think that's probably true. They intended to cover their mistake by accusing her.

[freshwest]

12. Good point. No wonder they were so insistent.