I would expect the same here; the locals seem to have accepted as much.
"Man, 19, killed in shoot-out with police; He may have been hit by own gunfire" by Brian R. Ballou and Maria Cramer, Globe Staff | April 5, 2010
Devastated by the recent death of a close friend, Manuel “Junior’’ DaVeiga went to pay condolences to the family Saturday night and then visited a makeshift memorial to him on Navillus Terrace in Dorchester, friends said.
Moments after he arrived at the memorial, DaVeiga was engaged in a shoot-out with police.
He died of gunshot wounds. It remains unclear whether the shot that killed him came from police or his own gun, according to two law enforcement sources with knowledge of the investigation.
Here we go again!
John Cardosa, who grew up with 19-year-old DaVeiga near the site of the shooting, said he and several other friends were standing by the memorial when they heard two shots ring out and saw numerous police officers rush in their direction.
“Then there were more shots and more shots,’’ said Cardosa. “They didn’t have to shoot him like that, 15 times. He was running away and they just kept shooting at him.’’
But he KILLED HIMSELF, remember that!!!
Eddy Chrispin, Boston police spokesman, said yesterday, “Based on preliminary investigation, it appears he fired on us, and officers returned fire.’’
Yeah, it is the SAME LAME-ASS EXCUSE EVERY F***ING TIME!!!!!!!!!
DaVeiga was among several men standing on a corner who were approached by police about 9:41, according to police. The teen fled when officers drew near, Chrispin said.
Police were in the area to question people who had been gathering at the memorial, made of candles, flowers, and liquor bottles, erected several days ago for 17-year-old Andrew Tavares, according to the two law enforcement officials....
Well, he won't be answering any questions now, will he?
Chalk up ANOTHER FAILURE for AmeriKan law enforcement!
A police official, who requested anonymity because the case remains under investigation, said officers believed DaVeiga was involved in some of the gun-related violence that has been plaguing the area the past couple of weeks and wanted to talk to him.
And then they GUNNED HIM DOWN as he was RUNNING AWAY!!
The two law enforcement officials said officers believed DaVeiga was a gang member and carried a gun. When the officers approached DaVeiga, he fled, then turned around and began firing at them, the sources said. The officers returned fire, they said.
That doesn't make sense!!!
Who TURNS AROUND as they are ESCAPING?
An autopsy will be conducted today, they said.
At the scene of the shooting Saturday night, Police Superintendent Daniel Linskey said police were investigating whether DaVeiga might have been shot with his own weapon.
Translation: the COPS FOUND the GUN BESIDE the dead kid and, why not, blam, blam!
Kid did it to himself.
One of the two sources said DaVeiga was shot in the head and stomach.
DaVeiga’s sister, Carla, said yesterday at the family home in Quincy that her brother wasn’t a troublemaker and was trying to make his life better. He was working toward obtaining his GED and had aspirations of going to college, she said.
“My brother would never kill himself,’’ she said. “He didn’t have the greatest life but he wouldn’t kill himself. He wouldn’t take the easy way out. The cops are the ones who are cowards. They shot him 15 times.’’
That is what they are, too!
Big bullies hiding behind a badge!
Their mother left Cape Verde about 20 years ago, she said. Carla DaVeiga was born in Cape Verde, but Manuel and another brother were born in the United States. About two years ago, their mother moved the family from their home on Bowdoin Street in Dorchester to raise her children in Quincy because she felt safer there.
Not anymore.
Yesterday, Carla said her mother was upstairs crying and declined to speak with a reporter.
I would not, either.
Who would ever want to speak to a reporter from the Boston Globe?
DaVeiga fell near 10 Navillus Terrace. Yesterday, at the opposite end of the street where the memorial to Tavares had been erected, two candles marked the spot where DaVeiga died.
Maybe they could rename the street for the kids, 'eh?
A spokesman for the Suffolk district attorney’s office, Jake Wark, said the officers spoke with the teenager briefly before he fled and opened fire....
State Police, who have a specialized team to investigate police-related shootings, will also be assisting in the investigation, said David Procopio, spokesman for the State Police....
“The preliminary investigation suggests that the suspect opened fire and that the police officers returned fire and that there were multiple shots fired from both sides,’’ Procopio said.
I smell a cover-up already.
A firearm was recovered at the scene, police said yesterday.
Yeah, so what? Who found it? You guys?
The officers involved were taken to the hospital for treatment for stress and placed on administrative leave, according to procedure in a police-related shooting, Chrispin said.
Aww, the poor killers, 'er, cops! PFFFT!
Police officers were ordered to patrol in tandem yesterday because of apparent death threats directed at police after the shooting, according to a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation....
Yeah, HOW DOES IT FEEL to GET 'EM for a change, assholes?
Now you know what WE LIVE UNDER EVERY DAY!
People DO NOT LIKE the POLICE no matter where you go here in AmeriKa!!!
At the family home yesterday, Carla DaVeiga said her brother was about to become a father; his girlfriend is expecting a baby. Manuel DaVeiga was a handyman around the house, always fixing things, she said....
Well, not anymore thanks to Boston's finest.
And the cops are really going to run with this lie, huh?
"Teen in police clash shot self, DA says; Cape Verdeans, city discuss case" by Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff | April 6, 2010
The 19-year-old who was shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire with police in Dorchester Saturday night put his own gun to his head and fired, the Suffolk district attorney said yesterday, a determination police officials hope will settle anxiety among the area’s Cape Verdean community over the use of deadly force.
Yes, PLEASE BELIEVE our CROCK-of-SHIT COVER-UP and CALM DOWN!
District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said yesterday that a preliminary investigation shows that Manuel “Junior’’ DaVeiga had exchanged gunfire with officers and a state trooper assigned to the Youth Violence Strike Force and that at one point he “reloaded his weapon, put the gun to his head, and shot himself.’’
Oh, he RELOADED as he was RUNNING AWAY, huh?
THIS kind of CRAP is why NO ONE BELIEVES AUTHORITIES anymore!
THEY LIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Conley said police recovered DaVeiga’s .45-caliber firearm where he fell. The Cape Verdean teenager also suffered gunshot wounds to his hand, hip, and chest.
But he KILLED HIMSELF!
You just NEVER MIND those 15 bullet holes the cops put in him!
Yeah, they "found" the gun next to him, huh?
Conley said that an investigation into the shooting will continue and that officials will determine whether protocol was followed. State Police will conduct their own investigation because a trooper was involved....
Yeah, I have a whole pile of confidence in their "investigations."
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Now watch the Globe piss on the dead kid's grave:
"Teen had run-in prior to fatal shot; Clashed with officers 3 days before, police say" by Maria Cramer, Globe Staff | April 7, 2010
So, do the COPS that blew him away have any DISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS or anything else on THEIR RECORDS?
You can pretty quickly see whose side the newspaper is on, right, readers?
Three days before his deadly encounter with police, Manny “Junior’’ DaVeiga had a violent run-in with officers in the same neighborhood, at the same intersection where he would die in the midst of a chaotic gunfight, according to a police report.
Did they just write that one up, or.... pfffft!!
Last Wednesday afternoon, DaVeiga, 19, was standing with a group of other youths at a makeshift street memorial for a friend who had recently been killed, the report says. When the police approached them, DaVeiga allegedly taunted the three officers, screaming obscenities and raising his middle finger.
Yeah, cops needed a few days to come up with something to justify murdering him -- and this is it?!
They frisked him, found a folding knife in his pocket, and tried to handcuff him as he pushed them to get away, the report says.
But NO GUN?!!
As he struggled, he allegedly broke off the mirror from a cruiser, while the crowd around the officers and DaVeiga grew, with up to 40 people yelling at police and one man shoving an officer.
Well, THERE are your WITNESSES and THEIR TESTIMONY!!
Seems like SOMEONE other than the KID was OUT of LINE!!
But he broke police property, so....
Tensions erupted again between police and the crowd after DaVeiga’s death Saturday night in an exchange of gunfire with officers; the Suffolk district attorney says DaVeiga killed himself during that gunfight. Since then, police have been ordered to ride in tandem in cruisers, not alone, because police were threatened after the shootout. The report sheds light on the tumultuous history between Boston police and DaVeiga, who had been associated with a Cape Verdean gang and had a history of mental illness, according to court records.
Pulling out all the stops, 'eh, coppers?
So you KILLED a VERY SICK YOUNG MAN, huh?
Yesterday, community and religious leaders said many people have questions about what happened the night DaVeiga died, and are anxious for the results of a full investigation....
Like a "full investigation" by the authorities is going to give them the truth!
Please don't disappoint us by grabbing your ankles, local leaders!
Lynn Currier, executive director of Haitkaah Social Justice Project, which does youth advocacy work around the city, said the idea that the young man would have committed suicide in the midst of gunfire is “illogical.’’
But the AUTHORITIES STILL THINK you will eat that turd!
“I’ve never in my life heard of a youth running with three shots in their body, stopping . . . reloading, and shooting [himself],’’ she said.
No, it SOUNDED LIKE SHIT from the moment it came out the cop's mouth!!!!
Jorge Martinez, executive director of Project RIGHT, said he believes the actions by police were justified, but that many in the community, particularly Cape Verdeans, believe police used unnecessary force.
Then I GIVE UP ON YOU!!
If YOU don't care that YOUR YOUNG are being GUNNED DOWN by the police, then why should I get angry about it?
“Fifty percent of the people were glad that the shooter went down and the other 50 percent think it was police abuse,’’ he said.
Forget you then.
“The Boston police are in a lot of trouble. They’re going to have to make amends to the Cape Verdean community, whether they were right or wrong.’’
Why? Nothing is going to happen to them.
He thinks they are going to make amends to a bunch of illegals?
They won't even do that to their own citizens!!
Please tell me you guys are not that stoo-pid!!!
Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis said homicide detectives are working “day in and day out’’ with Suffolk prosecutors, who will determine whether any criminal charges are warranted against the four officers....
I wouldn't hold my breath waiting.
Thomas Drechsler, a lawyer who is representing the city officers, said the actions of the men that night were justified. The officers have not been identified, but none of the city officers have any disciplinary records, he said.
Oh, that answers that question.
“The young man put the officers in a position where they had no choice but to fire at him,’’ Drechsler said. “The officers acted in a very courageous manner.’’
Yeah, look who else this shit-scum is defending:
Slow Saturday Special: The Brookline Four
I think we just found a life form lower than personal injury attorneys, 'ey?
According to court records, DaVeiga had a long history of mental illness.
Then we are ALL BETTER OFF, right!?
Last May, several months after he was arrested for assault and battery on a police officer, he was admitted to Bridgewater State Hospital for evaluation. DaVeiga was often depressed, self-medicated with marijuana and alcohol, and said he had hallucinations — he complained of seeing hockey pucks fly at him, according to a June 2009 report written by a hospital psychologist.
Then WHY in the WORLD was he LET OUT?!!!
At 13, he said, he stabbed his brother because voices in his head told him to, the 33-page report stated. He underwent psychiatric evaluations several times as a teenager and was diagnosed with several conditions, including bipolar disorder and posttraumatic stress syndrome.
Actually, COPS DID US ALL a FAVOR!!
Just one less problem scum to deal with later.
But the psychologist concluded that as long as DaVeiga kept taking his medications, he was not dangerous and did not need to be committed to a psychiatric hospital. After his encounter with police last Wednesday, he was released on $300 bail, according to court records.
Yeah, he was really screwed up and dangerous.
So did the authorities forge this report as well, or.... !
Three days later, he was dead.
Problem solved.
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And the POOR POLICE, huh?
"Threats of revenge put police on guard" by Maria Cramer, Globe Staff | April 9, 2010
City police have been on high alert and taking unusual safety precautions since Saturday, when the death of a 19-year-old in a shootout with gang unit officers sparked threats of retaliation.
Since Sunday, an armored truck from the department’s SWAT team has been parked outside the gang unit headquarters in Dorchester, with an officer in protective gear standing sentry.
So HOW MUCH is this costing you, taxpayers of Boston?
Officers who patrol the city’s toughest neighborhoods have been ordered to ride tandem until further notice, barred from driving alone because that practice is now viewed as too risky.
Why, because someone might do to them what they did to that kid?
Serves them right if they did.
Gang unit officers have been advised to put untraceable license plates on their personal cars and are being told by supervisors to be vigilant as they go in and out of their headquarters, according to law enforcement officials with knowledge of the precautions.
So HOW DOES it FEEL to live in FEAR, assholes?
Welcome to the POOL, jerks!!!!
The tension arises from a fatal shooting Saturday night, in which three Boston officers and a state trooper chased Manuel DaVeiga on a Dorchester street after approaching him at a makeshift memorial to a slain teenager. The teenagers and the police officers fired on one another, and DaVeiga was killed.
Prosecutors say DaVeiga fired first, with a .45-caliber handgun, and then shot himself in the head after being wounded in the hand, hip, and chest by police. But some community activists say many residents are skeptical and are urging a complete investigation that will describe what happened that night.
Anger over the shooting began almost immediately and has apparently not been assuaged by Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s assertion that DaVeiga shot himself.
What, the LIE DIDN'T TAKE, Dan?
Immediately after the shooting, an angry crowd gathered at the scene and yelled threats at officers, police said. Since then, the department has received more threats of retaliation, though police declined to be specific.
Well, NOTHING ELSE seems to GET their ATTENTION, ever notice that?
If you are polite and go through channels all you get is shat on.
Think Brookline.
“We are taking those threats very seriously,’’ Elaine Driscoll, spokeswoman for the Boston Police Department, said yesterday. “Unfortunately, such threats are not an unusual occurrence after a traumatic incident . . . Officer safety is paramount, and the department will take any precautions necessary to ensure the protection of officers.’’
Translation: FUCK YOU, public!!
The Rev. Eugene F. Rivers III, who runs the Ella J. Baker House in Dorchester, said he plans to hold a press conference this morning urging those concerned by the shooting, particularly teenagers, to tone down their rhetoric and remain calm. As the summer approaches, he said, it is imperative that city police and neighborhood leaders work together to keep down tensions on the street.
Yeah, DON'T PROTEST VIOLENCE or anything like that!
Well, I HAVE OFFICIALLY GIVEN UP when it comes to the BLACK CLERGY of BOSTON!
See: Black Ministers of Boston Want to Keep Black Youth Down
Yeah, they really care about you kids!
They care more about THEIR PLACE of POWER in the community!!
One wonders if they really mean to solve the problems at all, seeing as they benefit from them!!
Also see: Massachusetts Justice: The Guns of Massachusetts
Just what the Boston cops need on the streets, huh?
Bigger guns!
“The community must stand with the police and communicate that one does not shoot at cops, and one should not talk about or threaten, in whatever idle fashion, about shooting’’ police, Rivers said.
Just BEND OVER and let them blow that bazooka up your butt, right, Reverend?
Rivers said he has grown concerned about the threats after speaking with young people on the street. “Certain young people have been toying with the rhetoric of shooting at cops,’’ Rivers said. “Some feel that the shooting incident was unjustified, that the young man had mental illness so he should not have been shot.’’
Or that he was fleeing and the lying cops came up with that outrageous cock-and-bull story!!!
Yeah, NEVER MIND that DEAD KID in the ROAD, Rev!
Sigh.
No wonder the African-American community is in such a mess; look at what they throw up for leadership!!!!
DaVeiga, who according to court records was associated with a gang, had been diagnosed with several psychological conditions, including bipolar disorder, psychotic disorder, and post-traumatic stress syndrome, according to court records.
But he wasn't an actual member, or... ??
He had often dealt with depression and anger, according to the records, but his family has said he would not kill himself.
Driscoll said that witnesses at the scene saw DaVeiga shoot himself.
“Several community member witness accounts, autopsy findings, and specific physical evidence all indicate that Mr. DaVeiga shot himself in the head,’’ she said. “Unfortunately, I’m unable to get more specific at this time. But we are committed to a transparent investigation, and when appropriate we will provide more details.’’
Yeah, well, that doesn't explain the fact that the GLOBE COULD GO and FIND THEM, right?
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Also see: City’s pastors call on fellow clergy to stem youth violence
No wonder the church is discredited with the kids.
Start with the COPS, a**holes!!!!
More: Man found shot to death in church parking lot
Yeah, I wouldn't attend their services if my life depended on it.
Actually, it probably does depend on NOT GOING!
Why would you want to when you have to listen to this drivel?
"Calls for peace heard at teen’s funeral; Priest asks mourners to spurn retaliation" by Maria Cramer, Globe Staff | April 10, 2010
A Catholic priest, presiding over a funeral Mass for a 19-year-old who died in a gunfight with police, pleaded yesterday for peace and urged the teenage mourners to shun retaliation and violence.
So WHEN is he going to bring that message to this WAR-MONGERING GOVERNMENT and its MURDERING "security" forces, huh?
Facing a sea of young men and women wearing T-shirts and buttons emblazoned with the picture of Manuel “Junior’’ DaVeiga, the Rev. Richard C. Conway appealed for calm when some Bostonians are angry over the teenager’s death and police have stepped up security because of threats to officers.
“What do we accomplish by this retaliation?’’ Conway asked the congregation gathered for DaVeiga’s funeral at St. Peter’s Church on Meetinghouse Hill. “What do we accomplish by this violence? Is it that hard to let things go?’’
That is why I STOOD with 7% of my countrymen AGAINST the INVASION of Afghanistan -- when I still believed the government lie of 9/11!!!
My reasoning at the time was HOW is MORE VIOLENCE going to HELP?
As always, it DID NOT and DOES NOT!
DaVeiga, who had a criminal record and a history of mental illness, died April 3 in an exchange of gunfire with city and State Police officers who had approached him at a sidewalk memorial to another slain teenager.
Yeah, it is almost as if he deserved to die.
Police say that DaVeiga fired first, that they returned fire, and that, after he was wounded, DaVeiga shot himself in the head. Some community activists are skeptical of that explanation and are eager to see the results of an ongoing investigation.
So WHEN are YOU going to FIND those WITNESSES, Glob?
I mean, they have NO PROBLEM finding them for some agenda-pushing piece on all the wonderful illegals in our midst, so WTF?!!!!
Leaders in the Cape Verdean community have quietly been talking to teenagers angry about DaVeiga’s shooting in an effort to calm them and avoid more violence.
Yes, they SERVE the POLICE, not you!
Why not CALL for a PEACEFUL PROTEST against police murder?
Yesterday, the Rev. Eugene F. Rivers III, who runs the Ella J. Baker House in Dorchester, held a press conference calling for teenagers and young people not to threaten or go after the police.
No, ONLY the POLICE are allowed to act that way!!!!
Almost as if THEY were a GANG, huh, kids?
At St. Peter’s, Conway never mentioned the circumstances of DaVeiga’s death, but spoke generally of the violence that often plagues some of the city’s neighborhoods and challenged the mourners to examine how much they value their own lives....
Un-fucking-real!
I would have GOTTEN UP and WALKED OUT!!!!!
At least 200 people attended the Mass, which was said in English and Portuguese, one of the languages of Cape Verde, where DaVeiga’s family is from. The somber tone of the funeral gathering was in contrast with the sharp emotions many have expressed after the young man’s death. Outside, city street workers, whose job is to find people involved in crime and steer them away from violence, stood on the sidewalk in the rain through the hourlong service. Uniformed police officers were not visible at the funeral, and a spokeswoman said officers kept out of sight to avoid exacerbating tensions....
Conway urged worshipers to follow the example of Jesus, saying: “He tells us we should turn the other cheek. He did not let pride get the best of him and retaliate.
So WHERE ARE YOU a**holes on the WARS again?!!!
PFFFFFT!!!!!
“We can have hope for a better future if we put pride aside and end the violence,’’ he said. “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Manuel was troubled, but Jesus tells us that he’s going to prepare a room for him in his father’s house, where there is no trouble. Only peace.’’
Fuck you, father!!!!
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I won't be going to Mass at his church tomorrow.
