http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/10/16/why-we-should-not-forget-miriam-carey/
“[M]aybe my sister was a little afraid being surrounded by officers with their guns drawn,” Valerie Carey said. “My sister was fleeing. She was trying to figure out how to get out of there.” Amy Carey-Jones said: “I feel that things could have been handled a lot differently. We still feel that there was maybe another story than what we’re being told.” They reportedly have not been allowed to see their sister’s body — only a police-provided photograph. The DC Capital Police Department may be circling its wagons
THE MIRIAM CAREY MYSTERY
Missing! Video of mother killed by police
WND finds surveillance cameras surrounding area where unarmed woman shot
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No one has been charged in the case, which has been handed over to a branch of Attorney General Eric Holder’s Justice Department for investigation. The Metro police told WND it is standard procedure for the U.S. Attorney’s office in Washington to review officer-involved shootings. The attorney for the victim’s family has asked Holder to investigate the incident for possible civil rights violations, but has yet to receive a response.
A WND investigation shows at least seven security cameras in the immediate vicinity of the fatal police shooting Oct. 3, while a number of police cruiser dash-cams also likely recorded the incident as police surrounded Carey’s car. While cell phone cameras recorded the initial volley of shots fired by police on Carey’s car near the White House, none capturing the fatal shooting near the Capitol have surfaced. Officials won’t even confirm if video of the incident exists.
Except one.
WND approached a guard shack, about two blocks from the Capitol dome, where Miriam Carey was shot dead after a chase from a White House checkpoint, and asked a U.S. Capitol police officer on duty a few, simple questions:
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“Oh yeah,” he answered, nodding his head vigorously.
What about the shooting of Miriam Carey, is there video of that?
“Yes,” he said without hesitation, while adding he had not seen it personally.
Apparently no one has seen it, other than perhaps a few select members of law enforcement.
It may be understandable why police would be reluctant to release that video, as it might confirm what legal experts and civil libertarians from both left and right sides of the political spectrum have told WND, that they believe Carey was, in effect, murdered by police.
Did police murder Carey?
Renowned journalist and First Amendment expert Nat Hentoff told WND the evidence that officers killed recklessly was so strong, “[T]his is a classic case of police out of control and, therefore, guilty of plain murder.”
Constitutional law expert John Whitehead, president and founder of the nonprofit civil-liberties organization the Rutherford Institute, agreed, telling WND that from what he’d seen, it looked like murder.
Press waiting for a police statement. WND photo by Garth Kant.
Dan Bongino, former Secret Service agent and author of the New York Times bestseller “Life Inside the Bubble: Why a Top-Ranked Secret Service Agent Walked Away From It All”, was reluctant to second-guess the actions of law enforcement officers in a fast-moving and confusing situation and loath to evaluate their decisions in hindsight.
But even he felt the situation, involving Secret Service agents at the White House, could have been handled better and doubted that those involved, or their superiors, would dispute that.
Conflicting reports
Carey was shot to death by uniformed members of the Secret Service and U.S. Capitol Police officers after a police chase that began at the White House and ended at a guard shack at Second Street and Constitution Avenue, two blocks from the Capitol.
Upon visiting the shooting location, WND easily identified seven security cameras in the immediate vicinity. The U.S. Capitol police sergeant on duty at first gave WND permission to shoot video from across the street. But after giving it further thought, officers asked WND not to published the video, and out of respect for their national security concerns, WND obliged.
Miriam Carey shooting press conference. WND photo by Garth Kant.
Contrary to media reports that she tried to ram a White House gate or barrier, the initial police report shows she never tried to ram anything, and merely tried to make a U-turn after having arrived at a checkpoint. Videos of that incident show police pointing guns directly at Carey.
Also contrary to media reports, there is no mention of Carey striking any officers with her black Nissan Infiniti. Video of that incident also contradicts the early media reports.
The police report also indicates she did not break any laws, until she suddenly found herself pursued by heavily armed officers shooting at her.
No one has been able to explain why police did not use non-lethal force in either attempting to stop her car with tire spikes or by shooting out the tires, or why officers did not try to subdue the unarmed woman with pepper spray or a taser, but instead chose to shoot the defenseless 34-year-old mother.
Carey’s 14-month-old girl Erica was in the backseat as police shot at Carey at least seven times during the chase, as seen in a video recording. It is also not clear if officers removed the child from the car before shooting and killing her mother and, if so, why they didn’t simply arrest Carey.
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Miriam Carey’s sister, Valerie Carey, is a former New York City police officer, as is the attorney representing her family, Eric Sanders.
Sanders told WND he and Valerie believe law enforcement officials completely mishandled a simple “suspicious vehicle” car stop.
He maintained that such car stops are handled professionally by law enforcement officials all over the world every day without incident, including in other cities with so-called “high value targets,” such as the Capitol and White House.
Sanders told WND he has not been able to obtain the “use of force” policies for the Secret Service or U.S. Capitol Police, pointing out the onus is on agents to justify their use of force.
The former police officer also noted that under old guidelines, before the Secret Service became a part of the Department of Homeland Security, the discharge of the agents’ weapons would not have been justified, because the guidelines valued life over property.
WND asked Sanders, based on his experience as a police officer, if he believed police should have shot out the tires on Miriam’s car.
“No, there should be no shooting at all,” he said. “They had no basis to shoot. You can’t shoot at a fleeing car” due to “a whole host of safety reasons.”
That’s a violation of police protocols in almost every big city in the country, he said.
As for fears that Carey may have been carrying an explosive device, Sanders said that was all the more reason not to shoot at her.
‘Why are you firing?’
Drawing upon her professional experience, Valerie Carey made perhaps the key point, that regardless of questions raised about training, protocol and public safety, the officers at the scene ultimately had to decide for themselves how to best act responsibly.
“As an officer, you have to ask yourself, ‘What is going on here?’ No one is firing a weapon at you, so why are you firing?”
Some have speculated that Carey simply came upon an unexpected police stop and panicked when quickly surrounded by heavily armed officers pointing guns at her.
For whatever reason, Miriam did not stop, and police decided to chase her.
WND asked Valerie Carey, given her experience as an NYPD sergeant, what she thought went wrong.
Valerie Carey
Sanders thinks there may be another factor at play and has asked the Department of Justice to investigate the shooting.
He has requested a civil rights investigation because, he told WND, “Although we never overtly mentioned it, we believe race was a factor in the police decision to discharge their weapons.”
Where’s the video?
The investigation of the shooting has been handled by the Washington Metropolitan Police. When WND asked a spokeswoman when the nearly three-month-long investigation might be complete and the video made public, she said she could not comment on a case under investigation and that all the information had been turned over to the D.C. office of the U.S. attorney’s office.
The spokeswoman also declined to answer a general question as to whether it was department policy not to release video of an officer-involved shooting while an investigation was underway.
Near where Miriam Carey was shot.WND photo by Garth Kant.
So, WND went searching elsewhere for video.
Authorities initially feared the incident was an act of terrorism, so it would seem logical that the National Security Agency might have monitored the chase and the shooting with its satellites.
But an NSA spokesman said it does not have video of the incident: “We are a foreign-intelligence agency.” The NSA advised WND to check with the FBI or DHS.
An FBI spokeswoman claimed there is no satellite video of the incident, stating, “That did not happen in this case.”
Also, the bureau would not confirm or deny the existence of dash-cam or security-cam videos of the shooting.
And a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security declined to comment.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/12/missing-video-of-mother-killed-by-police/#O0crTyTCqOS6Lq0x.99
WASHINGTON
– Nearly three months after an unarmed, young, black single mother with
a one-year-old daughter in tow was gunned down in broad daylight by
police on a crystal-clear autumn afternoon in the shadow of the U.S.
Capitol, a veil of official silence remains over the case.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/12/missing-video-of-mother-killed-by-police/#O0crTyTCqOS6Lq0x.99
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/12/missing-video-of-mother-killed-by-police/#O0crTyTCqOS6Lq0x.99
Missing! Video of mother killed by police
WND.com-Dec 29, 2013
What about the shooting of Miriam Carey, is there video of that? “Yes,” he said without hesitation, while adding he had not seen it personally.
D.C. cops stonewall release of Capitol shooting video - WND
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4 days ago - WND attempted to obtain video of the shooting death of 34-year-old Miriam Carey in the shadow of the nation's Capitol on Oct. 3, 2013, by filing a Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, request. Miriam Carey. The request was denied by ... The mainstream media appear to have lost
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This child looks properly cared for by a relative and thus, whatever the dead person did today was not primarily a result of mental illness, but a decision. Just a thought. In addition, the child is not behaving hysterically in the way that children accustomed to abusive surroundings might rip loose when “something else” goes wrong.
The child appears to be responding to a caring adult in an appropriate manner…not clinging or freaking out–but trusting. Again, that suggests the chaos was a result of deliberate decisions, not a result (primarily) of “mental illness.”
[O]ne of the very first newsmen on the scene was a reporter for Alhurra (“The Free One”)TV? They shot the first video all the stations were using.
(NEW YORK POST) A dental hygienist from Connecticut was the female driver who tried to ram her car into a White House barricade and was shot dead near the US Capitol after a high-speed chase through Washington streets Thursday afternoon, law enforcement sources told The Post.
Sources said Miriam Carey, who formerly lived in Brooklyn, was licensed to practice in New York and Connecticut and had a permit to work as a hygienist in Connecticut prisons.
At least a dozen gunshots were fired when she tried to flee cops, who had trapped her two blocks from the Capitol. She was believed to have been hit several times.
A child believed to be a girl about 2 or 3 years old was found unhurt in her black Infiniti sedan, which had Connecticut license plates. (READ MORE)
My final thoughts. Treasury side gate at White House all the way to Capitol building steps is NOT a smooth navigation (even if PA Ave was clear all way). At least 12-15 blocks through HEAVILY policed, and presumably heavily secured streets, while both houses were in session. The fact she was able to make it that far is quite remarkable.
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Going ‘Dent’al ? Woman In DC Who Tried to Ram White House Identified – “Miriam Carey”
TreeHouse Team Ponderings: Little one’s hair is nicely cared for and she’s wearing cute, clean clothes. Which makes one think mental illness on the part of caregiver/mom-person is not as significant a factor as perhaps they would like it to be?This child looks properly cared for by a relative and thus, whatever the dead person did today was not primarily a result of mental illness, but a decision. Just a thought. In addition, the child is not behaving hysterically in the way that children accustomed to abusive surroundings might rip loose when “something else” goes wrong.
The child appears to be responding to a caring adult in an appropriate manner…not clinging or freaking out–but trusting. Again, that suggests the chaos was a result of deliberate decisions, not a result (primarily) of “mental illness.”
[O]ne of the very first newsmen on the scene was a reporter for Alhurra (“The Free One”)TV? They shot the first video all the stations were using.Alhurra is operated by the non-profit corporation “The Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Inc.” (MBN). MBN is financed by the U.S. Government through a grant from the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), an independent federal agency. The BBG serves oversight and as a firewall to protect the professional independence and integrity of the broadcasters. (link)Interesting thought… Somali woman hired to work in prisons. Prisons generally filled with large percentages of those holding Muslim faith. Hmmm?
Carey, who has ties to both Stamford, Conn., and Brooklyn, N.Y., hails from a condominium complex in Stamford called Woodside Green, according to the Register, and was permitted to work as a hygenist in Connecticut prisons, the Post reported.” (link)Politically Correct Discharge?
But when they let Carey go last year, “it was nothing related to any mental problems that we were in tune to,” he said. “There was never insubordination per se or anything like that,” said Evans, whose practice is in Hamden, Ct. “But she tended to go against the grain a bit.” (link)
(NEW YORK POST) A dental hygienist from Connecticut was the female driver who tried to ram her car into a White House barricade and was shot dead near the US Capitol after a high-speed chase through Washington streets Thursday afternoon, law enforcement sources told The Post.
Sources said Miriam Carey, who formerly lived in Brooklyn, was licensed to practice in New York and Connecticut and had a permit to work as a hygienist in Connecticut prisons.
At least a dozen gunshots were fired when she tried to flee cops, who had trapped her two blocks from the Capitol. She was believed to have been hit several times.
A child believed to be a girl about 2 or 3 years old was found unhurt in her black Infiniti sedan, which had Connecticut license plates. (READ MORE)
My final thoughts. Treasury side gate at White House all the way to Capitol building steps is NOT a smooth navigation (even if PA Ave was clear all way). At least 12-15 blocks through HEAVILY policed, and presumably heavily secured streets, while both houses were in session. The fact she was able to make it that far is quite remarkable.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/miriam-carey-dental-hygienist-at-the-center-of-car-chase-and-shooting-near-the-capitol/2013/10/03/ad805fec-2c83-11e3-b139-029811dbb57f_story_1.html