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Quackers

(2,256 posts)
Sat Oct 26, 2019, 07:14 PM Oct 2019

Victim's grieving brother shocked with Taser, arrested at College Hill homicide scene


Cincinnati police officials said a homicide victim's brother was shocked with a Taser and arrested for interfering with the crime scene in College Hill on Friday night.

Officers responded to the 6000 block of Hamilton Avenue for the shooting around 7 p.m. The victim, Giavanni Penman, 28, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police officials said Penman's brother, Carl Storms, 18, entered the crime scene and shrugged off officers trying to restrain him. Responding officers shocked Storms with a Taser and arrested him.

More at link:
https://www.wlwt.com/article/victims-grieving-brother-shocked-with-taser-arrested-at-college-hill-homicide-scene/29598457

WTF?!

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Victim's grieving brother shocked with Taser, arrested at College Hill homicide scene (Original Post) Quackers Oct 2019 OP
One of the most horrible of horrible aftermaths of the Tamir Rice murder- dawg day Oct 2019 #1
I remember that malaise Oct 2019 #2
"Some of those who work forces are the same that burn crosses." Initech Oct 2019 #5
For real malaise Oct 2019 #6
Grief is not illegal but entering a secured crime scene Jake Stern Oct 2019 #4
Esp the officers who just killed your little brother dawg day Oct 2019 #13
Penman wasn't killed by police Jake Stern Oct 2019 #14
I was speaking of Tamir Rice, whose sister was forced into a car while he lay there dying dawg day Oct 2019 #16
Keeping non-essential people away from a crime scene is pretty standard procedure Jake Stern Oct 2019 #3
According to witnesses, he was on his knees crying Quackers Oct 2019 #7
Links? Jake Stern Oct 2019 #8
The link I provided in the OP Quackers Oct 2019 #12
The OP says stopdiggin Oct 2019 #15
Surely they could have secured the scene and preserved the evidence without tasing StarfishSaver Oct 2019 #9
There wouldn't have been a way to remove him from the scene that would statisfy everyone Jake Stern Oct 2019 #10
Cops. Iggo Oct 2019 #11

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
1. One of the most horrible of horrible aftermaths of the Tamir Rice murder-
Sat Oct 26, 2019, 07:24 PM
Oct 2019

Was that when his sister came to help him, and found him dying, the police grabbed her and confined her in the squad car like SHE was the killer.

Ohio, where grief is illegal?

Jake Stern

(3,145 posts)
4. Grief is not illegal but entering a secured crime scene
Sat Oct 26, 2019, 07:43 PM
Oct 2019

and fighting with officers who are trying to escort you out is.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
13. Esp the officers who just killed your little brother
Sat Oct 26, 2019, 11:04 PM
Oct 2019

As with Tamir. They didn't even try to save him.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
16. I was speaking of Tamir Rice, whose sister was forced into a car while he lay there dying
Sun Oct 27, 2019, 04:56 AM
Oct 2019

She "disrupted the crime scene" also.

Jake Stern

(3,145 posts)
3. Keeping non-essential people away from a crime scene is pretty standard procedure
Sat Oct 26, 2019, 07:39 PM
Oct 2019

Can't begin to imagine the grief he was going through but that doesn't excuse his trying to enter a closed crime scene, potentially disturbing or destroying evidence and then fighting police who were trying to escort him away.

IMO the police's need to secure the scene and gather evidence overrules a grief stricken brother's want to be with his brother's body.



Quackers

(2,256 posts)
7. According to witnesses, he was on his knees crying
Sat Oct 26, 2019, 07:59 PM
Oct 2019

And reaching for his brother. That’s when he was tased.

That is not how you handle a situation like this. Not at all.

Jake Stern

(3,145 posts)
8. Links?
Sat Oct 26, 2019, 08:16 PM
Oct 2019

The only article I see that even discusses is it the WLWT piece and that has no reference to him being on his knees crying and reaching for his brother".

stopdiggin

(11,320 posts)
15. The OP says
Sun Oct 27, 2019, 02:11 AM
Oct 2019
"entered the crime scene and shrugged off officers trying to restrain him."

there seems to be a discrepancy in facts (or what is being reported)
 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
9. Surely they could have secured the scene and preserved the evidence without tasing
Sat Oct 26, 2019, 08:26 PM
Oct 2019

this poor young man.

But I guess we should be grateful they didn't murder him instead.

Jake Stern

(3,145 posts)
10. There wouldn't have been a way to remove him from the scene that would statisfy everyone
Sat Oct 26, 2019, 08:28 PM
Oct 2019

DUers would be mad if the picked him up and carted him off.

In this case I back the cops.

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