In
what appears to be another insistence of excessive force and poorly trained
police officers, three Belleville Township police officers gunned
down a man with a knife. The police
officers allege that the Cespedes a chef at a New York City hotel lunged at them with
two knifes, when they entered the house to execute an arrest based on a
municipal court complaint by his wife.
The
question is why did they fire 30 rounds of bullets at Cespedes at close range,
in which 24 rounds were pumped into his body?
Why didn’t the three police officers attempt to disarm him and dislodge
the weapon first with a night stick, by hitting his arms or hand with the night
stick or mental flash light? Why didn’t
they attempt to stop him by firing non-lethal shots to the legs or arms? Why did they find it necessary to pump 30 bullets
into his body and in essence execute this man on the spot? Why didn’t they first attempt to retreat
before they decided to use deadly force?
Why didn’t they attempt to teaser him or mace him first? Why did they enter the house knowing he was
armed without first ordering him to throw down the knifes and come out
peacefully? Did the police even have
the authority to enter the home based on a disorderly person’s complaint filed
by his wife? This is of great
significance because no one was at the home but Mr. Cespedes, and there
appeared to be no emergency for them to enter the house. Further, if the wife had informed the police
that her husband was intoxicated why were the officers not prepared to deal
with an intoxicated individual, bring to the scene non-lethal disarming
devices? It appears from the evidence
presented thus far that they acted with deliberate indifference and excessive
force.
There
are many questions that must be honestly investigated and answered by the Essex
County Prosecutor’s Office in this case before these three police officers
should continue to hold a badge and firearm.
Unfortunately, the evidence presented thus far shows that these three
police officers were trigger happy and not competent to carry a deadly firearm.
And up-date to this blog on December 11, 2013 the Star Ledger published that the wife of the slain victim Dante Cespedes filed a wrongful death suit against the Belleville Police Department and police officers, Angelo Quinn, Charles Mollineaux, Matthew Dox and Jack Baumgartner. The law suit claims that Quinn and Molineaux each fired 14 times, while Dox fired twice.
It is amazing that 30 shots were fired at this distraught man, with no indictments of the cops.
And up-date to this blog on December 11, 2013 the Star Ledger published that the wife of the slain victim Dante Cespedes filed a wrongful death suit against the Belleville Police Department and police officers, Angelo Quinn, Charles Mollineaux, Matthew Dox and Jack Baumgartner. The law suit claims that Quinn and Molineaux each fired 14 times, while Dox fired twice.
It is amazing that 30 shots were fired at this distraught man, with no indictments of the cops.
Law
Office of Vincent J. Sanzone, Jr.
1 comment:
Officers say that he had 2knives to cover themselves for what they did , this is an act discrimination, prejudice. How do we know if it is true about the knives , because he was a chef and he is not alive to say his side of the story.the police could of clearly planted thet evidence in his hands . There was no one else there to say different????? How can someone who's intoxicated have the balance to get two knives and lunged at the officers and the shots are at sitting leveling you look at the news report. Dante had to stand up if he did lunged at the officers and the shots should have been at standing level. why are the bullets closer to the floor then at standing up level.....
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