all of these police crimes i post are an indication of how far along the police state is because most of the time there is no price for their crime as we descend further into their mindless control;

Montgomery, AL — As TFTP reports on a regular basis, being entirely innocent is no defense against police violence. All too often, we hear from the police state apologists who repeat the phrase, “if you don’t want to get killed by police, don’t break the law.” Not only is statement entirely flawed from its premise — as breaking the law is not justification for execution — but these folks are ignoring the cases in which entirely innocent people have been caught up in police violence. Joseph Pettaway was one of these innocent souls.

On the night of July 7, 2018, Pettaway would lose his life after Montgomery Police officer Nicholas Barber deployed his K-9 on the innocent man, forcing it to maul him for over 2 minutes. Pettaway would not survive his injuries.

“I saw it with my own eyes,” Joseph’s sister Yvonne Pettaway- Frazie told the Montgomery Advertiser. “His flesh was all on the ground that morning.” The family has since filed a lawsuit to get justice.

For over two years, the Pettaway family has fought for the release of the body camera footage, which they say the police never acknowledged existed in the first place. As part of their lawsuit, the family has finally obtained it and it confirmed their suspicions, and more as the video reportedly shows officers standing around joking as Pettaway dies at their feet.

That night, Pettaway had harmed no one, had committed no crime and was killed because police chose to escalate to deadly force first and ask questions later. According to police, they were responding to a burglary in progress call that night. But there was no burglary.

Pettaway had a key to the home, which was owned by his mother, and had permission to be there. Nevertheless, instead of simply asking the man to come outside or knocking on the door, officer Barber deployed the K-9 — completely oblivious to the fact that the person or persons inside could be innocent.

“It could have been a child in there,” Joseph’s brother Walter Pettaway said. Indeed........read more.......