Friday, November 20, 2009
Crime Christopher Monfort's Time As A Truck Driver
Posted by Charles Mudede on Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 8:08 AM
A new Seattle Times article about the man who is charged with "the Oct. 31 killing of Seattle police Officer Timothy Brenton," Christopher Monfort, seems to suggest that the suspect's last steady job (he was a truck driver for Pilot Freight Services in Kent) is a part of the path that leads to what Assistant Chief Jim Pugel called an "assassination."
Monfort, who is alive and paralyzed from the waist down (he was shot during his arrest), was a good truck driver for most of the time he worked at Pilot (2007 to 2009). But around the middle of this year, he began to perform his job poorly. The article seems to suggest that Monfort was pushed over the edge by the man who fired him, Michael Thompson, "a former 19-year Snohomish County sheriff's deputy." Thompson (whose previous job was no secret to the employees of Pilot) not only fired Monfort but also brought his last check to his house.
This, according to the report, is the incident that finally cost Monfort his job...
But Monfort's work fell below standards over the late spring and summer, capped by an incident in July in which he failed to notify a dispatcher that he had stopped for a weigh-station inspection while heading to Vancouver, B.C., with a load of temperature-sensitive cherries, Thompson said.As a result, the dispatcher was kept from alerting an air carrier that was to fly the cherries to the Far East, Thompson said.
The delivery didn't arrive on schedule and the plane left, although the cherries eventually made it on later flight, he said.
Nonetheless, the breakdown represented a serious breach of company rules, Thompson said.
It seems strange that cherries have a part in the path to the terrible crime.
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It would be stranger if the cargo were something not normally transported by truck, like love. Or the moon. Or if the time and temperature sensitive delicacies headed to a jet flying to the far east were cinder blocks, or scrap steel. That would be odd indeed.
Cherries basically makes sense.
Cherries basically makes sense.
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To Stranger: "I don't know why anyone would not worship cops as heroes"
Officer On Leave For Using Force Against Girl
Officer Shot Beanbag Gun At Girl Who Was Resisting Arrest
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A Portland police officer who was criticized for his role in the death of a mentally ill man was put on administrative leave following an investigation into his use of force against a 12-year-old girl last weekend, the police chief said.
Officer Christopher Humphreys is already facing a possible two-week suspension for his role in the September 2006 death of James Chasse Jr., who suffered from schizophrenia.
Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman, who proposed the suspension in the Chasse death, ordered the administrative leave for Humphreys on Thursday after authorities said Humphreys fired a beanbag round at close range and hit the girl in the leg after she struck another officer and was resisting arrest.
Police Chief Rosanne Sizer announced Saltzman's decision Thursday afternoon.
On Saturday at about 10:47 p.m., police said Officer Aaron Dauchy and Humphreys responded to a large party involving known gang members.
The officers were told a gun had been found in bushes near the party, police said, and that 75 to 100 teenagers were walking in the area of 162nd Avenue and Northeast Halsey Street.
Portland and Gresham police officers followed the teens, some of whom were shouting about wanting to fight, to the MAX platform at 162nd Avenue. They followed the train to 148th Avenue and went on to the MAX platform.
As the train pulled in, police said Dauchy recognized a teenager who was on the TriMet exclusion list.
The teen was taken into custody and Dauchy then called to a 12-year-old girl, who was also on the exclusion list, to get off the train.
As Dauchy began to take her into custody, police said she swung at him and struck his face.
The officer told the girl to stop resisting arrest and continued to struggle with her, according to the Portland Police Bureau. Dauchy gave repeated warnings to stop resisting or he would shoot a beanbag gun.
Humphreys then shot the beanbag gun at the girl's thigh at close range, police said.
She began to comply and officers began to take her into custody when she began to resist again.
Another officer arrived and the girl was handcuffed. Medical personnel were called and advised the girl had a bruise on her thigh but did not need to be transported.
Police said the girl has appeared in juvenile court for assaulting a public safety officer, resisting arrest and interfering with public transportation. She is not in custody at this time.
The investigation is ongoing.
Sizer said she was "troubled" by a Tri-Met video that showed the incident.
"Officer Humphreys has been placed on administrative leave and I have directed the Internal Affairs Division to conduct an immediate and full investigation into whether the use of force was justified under the totality of circumstances and whether the application of the beanbag at close range was consistent with the bureau's training," she said.
Sgt. Scott Westerman, Portland Police Association president, accused the city of playing politics and criticized both Sizer and Saltzman, telling reporters on the steps of police headquarters he no longer had any confidence in them.
On Nov. 4, Saltzman said he wanted Sgt. Kyle Nice and Humphreys suspended without pay for 80 hours each because they failed to get proper medical treatment for Chasse, a mentally ill man who died following his arrest.
Chasse was arrested Sept. 17, 2006, after being stunned by a Taser and chased. According to autopsy results, Chasse suffered more than a dozen broken ribs, including some that punctured a lung and caused massive internal bleeding.
The officers involved, including Humphreys, were criticized for failing to get proper medical treatment for Chasse.
A federal civil rights lawsuit filed by the Chasse family is still pending, accusing Portland police officers of excessive force and denying Chasse appropriate medical attention.
A separate lawsuit against Multnomah County was settled for $925,000.
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Officer On Leave For Using Force Against Girl
Officer Shot Beanbag Gun At Girl Who Was Resisting Arrest
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A Portland police officer who was criticized for his role in the death of a mentally ill man was put on administrative leave following an investigation into his use of force against a 12-year-old girl last weekend, the police chief said.
Officer Christopher Humphreys is already facing a possible two-week suspension for his role in the September 2006 death of James Chasse Jr., who suffered from schizophrenia.
Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman, who proposed the suspension in the Chasse death, ordered the administrative leave for Humphreys on Thursday after authorities said Humphreys fired a beanbag round at close range and hit the girl in the leg after she struck another officer and was resisting arrest.
Police Chief Rosanne Sizer announced Saltzman's decision Thursday afternoon.
On Saturday at about 10:47 p.m., police said Officer Aaron Dauchy and Humphreys responded to a large party involving known gang members.
The officers were told a gun had been found in bushes near the party, police said, and that 75 to 100 teenagers were walking in the area of 162nd Avenue and Northeast Halsey Street.
Portland and Gresham police officers followed the teens, some of whom were shouting about wanting to fight, to the MAX platform at 162nd Avenue. They followed the train to 148th Avenue and went on to the MAX platform.
As the train pulled in, police said Dauchy recognized a teenager who was on the TriMet exclusion list.
The teen was taken into custody and Dauchy then called to a 12-year-old girl, who was also on the exclusion list, to get off the train.
As Dauchy began to take her into custody, police said she swung at him and struck his face.
The officer told the girl to stop resisting arrest and continued to struggle with her, according to the Portland Police Bureau. Dauchy gave repeated warnings to stop resisting or he would shoot a beanbag gun.
Humphreys then shot the beanbag gun at the girl's thigh at close range, police said.
She began to comply and officers began to take her into custody when she began to resist again.
Another officer arrived and the girl was handcuffed. Medical personnel were called and advised the girl had a bruise on her thigh but did not need to be transported.
Police said the girl has appeared in juvenile court for assaulting a public safety officer, resisting arrest and interfering with public transportation. She is not in custody at this time.
The investigation is ongoing.
Sizer said she was "troubled" by a Tri-Met video that showed the incident.
"Officer Humphreys has been placed on administrative leave and I have directed the Internal Affairs Division to conduct an immediate and full investigation into whether the use of force was justified under the totality of circumstances and whether the application of the beanbag at close range was consistent with the bureau's training," she said.
Sgt. Scott Westerman, Portland Police Association president, accused the city of playing politics and criticized both Sizer and Saltzman, telling reporters on the steps of police headquarters he no longer had any confidence in them.
On Nov. 4, Saltzman said he wanted Sgt. Kyle Nice and Humphreys suspended without pay for 80 hours each because they failed to get proper medical treatment for Chasse, a mentally ill man who died following his arrest.
Chasse was arrested Sept. 17, 2006, after being stunned by a Taser and chased. According to autopsy results, Chasse suffered more than a dozen broken ribs, including some that punctured a lung and caused massive internal bleeding.
The officers involved, including Humphreys, were criticized for failing to get proper medical treatment for Chasse.
A federal civil rights lawsuit filed by the Chasse family is still pending, accusing Portland police officers of excessive force and denying Chasse appropriate medical attention.
A separate lawsuit against Multnomah County was settled for $925,000.
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Back in the 70s and 80s, there used to be race riots between white French-speaking and white English-speaking cherry pickers in BC.
Fact.
Fact.
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"after she struck another officer and was resisting arrest."
"responded to a large party involving known gang members."
"a gun had been found in bushes near the party"
"were shouting about wanting to fight"
"recognized a teenager who was on the TriMet exclusion list."
"said she swung at him and struck his face."
"Dauchy gave repeated warnings to stop resisting or he would shoot a beanbag gun."
"she began to resist again."
Fuck her.
"responded to a large party involving known gang members."
"a gun had been found in bushes near the party"
"were shouting about wanting to fight"
"recognized a teenager who was on the TriMet exclusion list."
"said she swung at him and struck his face."
"Dauchy gave repeated warnings to stop resisting or he would shoot a beanbag gun."
"she began to resist again."
Fuck her.
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Christopher Monfort is a PREDATOR and he systematically graduated up to actually and physically killing a human being. I am acutely aware of the sinister ways in which he operates. I know that he has used GHB to have sex with at least one woman and his controlling behaviors are legendary in Los Angeles, CA. My heart goes out to all of his victims and their families not just to the ones we are sadly hearing about. There is NO way anyone on earth can justify anything he has done. And how ironic, he can't run from this, can he?
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HOW DO YOU KNOW HE USED GHB? WERE YOU WITH HIM?WHAT LEGENDARY BEHAVIORS DID HE HAVE IN LA? WERE YOU LIVING WITH HIM ? ARE YOU AN X GIRL OF HIS? OR ARE YOU SIMPLY SEEKING SOME TYPE OF FAME OFF OF THIS, BASED ON WHAT I HAVE SEEN THE COPS DOING IN WASHINGTON ITS A WONDER SIXTEEN YEAR OLD FEMALES DONT POP A FEW WOMAN BEATING PIG'S TOO.PIGS ARE TO SERVE AND PROTECT... NOT SERVE AND BEAT THE SHIT OUT YOU!!!
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