CAMMERIN BOYDS MOTHER SPEAKS OUT (VIDEO)

While I fully sympathize with Cammerin Boyd and his family, I am saddened to see that there is not ONE posting or article on this site dedicated to Maleia Willis-Starbuck, the nineteen-year-old college student recently gunned down in Berkeley while hanging out with her friends. And this was a young woman who supported a variety of social causes. Why is it that her tragedy seems to be unworthy of mourning on Indymedia? Is it because she was--gasp!--a middle-class, Ivy League student?

if there aren't any posts about her, it's just because noone has posted any. it is an open publishing website, which means that we depend on you to report on stories that are important to you!

'Nuff said.

what are u 7? about where u are intellectually...pussy

What are you basing your judgements on w/ this case? Since you are so rabid about it?

how about this...i was there..not only at the shooting but at 2 police commission meetings where i had to listen to the the facts being twisted around to serve the agendas of people who are only in it for their own selfish reasons....i know i know, cops are not real people and are not allowed to have feelings, opinions, or positions on anything. mindless servants the ruling class.

J.C. is a racist SFPD officer who likes it when people get shot. He also hates the fact that he has a female boss because hes a mysogynist.The funny part about JC is that the more he says the more he can be identified which means the closer he is to getting fired.

how would u know? any post that does not conform to the the group think party line is censored and deleted. never mind the facts right?

boy u got me all figured out...too bad i know whats up and u don't...and never will, hiding behind your labels, p.c. non sense, and myopic narrow minded stupidity

If you want to know why people hate cops just look at all the racist and mysogonist posts by JC...

Here are some good quotes from him:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/07/1753630_comment.php#1753708

If you still dont hate cops, look at his post about a cop who shot a kid to "protect" her from her drunk father:
https://www.indybay.org/news/2005/07/1753654_comment.php#1753704
but his hidden comments about Boyd are probably the worst:
https://www.indybay.org/news/hidden.php?id=1754429#1754647

Its one thing for a cop to be defensive about the actions of other cops but j.c. is the type of cop who is angry at the familly members of people killed by the police for mourning their relatives.

He seems a little off and is armed so while he may be funny online he could be a real concern on the streets. Luckilly the FBI knows who he is since his posting to boards where they probably record the ips and if j.c. were to go on a shooting spree or light up a cross on someone's front yard there is a chance that one of the feds would have a shred of decensy and stop him. Unfortunately I dont think they would (or legally could) go to his boss to report him badmouthing her online.

believe it or not, the fact that your post allows somebody other than your mindless lockstep can't bear the facts viewpoint readers to access the truth is all about props

Cops are free to be racist pigs and thats why everyone hates cops.

another deep concise analysis on the part of the great vanguard of the people...ha ha ha

another deep concise analysis on the part of the great vanguard of the people...ha ha ha

Did you know that cops have the highest rate of domestic abuse of any profession. Its party because they can get away with it since the spouce would have to report to one of the cop's buddies:
http://www.angelfire.com/ar/LRfuzz1/copsabuseartical.html

That's just one more reason to hate cops.

The Boyd thing is a typical cop behavior. Even if you know nothing about the case you would assume the mother of a an African American man killed by the cops is gfoing to assume the worst and try to get their voice hard to get answers about why their don died. But your typical pig cop doesnt just badmouth Body but also badmouths Body's familly and even blames them for his death. Does he stop and think that even if he thinks the shooting was justified the familly is still going to feel pain and want answers? No he just attacks the familly like any wife beating pig would in a case like this.

Of course, I dont know if J.C. has a history of abusing women or not but given that hes a cop its really just a 50-50 toss up since it really is that common. And given the way he talks online you figure the probability is definitely even higher than that.

It has long been assumed that police work is the world's most stressful occupation, but comparative studies of occupational stress have revealed that other occupations, such as business, emergency medical services, and correctional work are more stressful than policing (Patterson 1992). The symptoms of police stress may be different, however. For one thing, the effects are usually delayed, more closely resembling the symptoms of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) or burnout (sometimes called cumulative stress reaction, but burnout, a disease of overcommitment is the more reversible condition characterized more by temper flare-ups). The symptoms appear one day from "out of the blue" in officers who have not shown even the slightest early warning sign. Research has shown that officers with six to ten years of service usually have the highest mean stressor scores (Violanti & Aron 1995).

Another thing different about police stress is that it is "burst stress", which means that there is no steady stressor. Officers go from periods of complete calm to periods of high activity in sudden bursts, much like a military "hurry up and wait" drill. The Heavy Badge web site has a good explanation of burst stress. One of the first to draw attention to this aspect of policing was W. Clinton Terry (1985) who coined the term "police stress syndrome" to characterize police stress as special and not due to danger, insecurity, or job dissatisfaction like normal job stress. Other have referred to police stress as the "police paradox" (Cullen et. al. 1983) because both the safe and unsafe aspects of the job combine to produce the symptoms.

The third and final thing different about police stress (and I think is common to criminal justice work in general) is the fact that good stress is just as bad, if not worse, than bad stress. Stress consists of eustress (good stress) and distress (bad stress), according to the founder (Selye 1975) of the General Adaptation Syndrome, but we know as little about eustress today as when the term was invented. I know it's hard for starving students to imagine, but in public service work, you sometimes feel like you didn't deserve that raise, that promotion, that new job; and these supposedly good points in your life can turn into disasters. You feel guilty, you party, you spend, you gamble, you drink, you go into more debt, and these are the times when you start looking to fool around. Promotion is difficult because you have to discipline your old buddies.

In middle management, stress comes from all sides, from unsupportive superiors above, and from subordinates below who need to be disciplined. There is a pervasive feeling of lack of control over one's work in middle management. There is some evidence that alcoholism is associated with middle management stress, although there's more evidence that the older the officer, the more likely the alcoholism. FTO's (Field Training Officers) may experience the most stress under the burden of being both trainer and role model for a never-ending stream of recruits. Detectives experience stress from not having secretaries, working odd hours, seeing the criminal justice system be too lenient, and pressure for solving cases quickly. Top executives suffer stress from budgeting deadlines, program development, and resolving complaints. Crank et. al. (1993) found that sheriffs are consistently under more stress than police chiefs. The lower the level of education for a top executive, the greater the stress. Both female and minority officers experience unique stress. Females must deal with the sexual harassment, public stereotypes, and need to gain acceptance from male officers. Minorities must deal with the racial prejudice and their minority group's dislike for police officers, and, by association, them (a double whammy effect). Even the impact of community policing is stressful, most notably on sergeants (Lord 1996).

The families of police officers also suffer stress, a kind of vicarious occupational stress. The unpredictability, shiftwork, fear (of death, injury, kidnapping), isolation, and low pay all cause family problems. Children of officers are held to higher standards by the community, spouses are often at odds in figuring out how to communicate with one another, and both groups must deflect the never-ending stream of public inquiry whenever the police department is in the news. Relationships in police families are often distant and alienative (NIJ 1991).
Stress reactions vary by characteristics of the personality, social support structure, life experiences, years of service, level of education, use of coping strategies, the intensity of the stressful event, and any unique features of the organization. A serious problem is that many police departments view police stress as an employee problem, not an organizational problem. Rarely is the bureaucraticized, paramilitary structure of the organization suspected of being the problem, although it probably is, and indeed, internal, departmental stressors are the most aggravating.

Police stress reactions often resemble the stage of full-blown cynicism (Niederhoffer 1969). There are three (3) reactions that have received the most attention:

* Suicide -- Police officers kill themselves at a rate six times greater than in the general population, and police officers kill themselves at a rate 8.3 times greater than those who die at the hands of criminals (Violanti 1996). Although you often don't see it coming and there's usually no history of counseling beforehand, police suicides, via psychological autopsies, have been linked to diagnosable mental disorders, most often involving depression, alcohol, or drug abuse. It seems to be a phenomenon restricted largely to urban police officers.
* Alcoholism -- The rates are high possibly because of the stigma associated with illegal drugs. Older officers have the highest rates, and there is significant female and minority involvement. Several studies conducted in the 1970's looked at drinking on duty as an indicator of alcoholism, and produced some frightening figures, from Reiss' 25% to Van Raalte's 67%. Other studies have looked at the "cop ulcer" rate, estimated at 30%, and fitness and dietary habits of officers. More recent studies have looked at drug use and abuse.
* Infidelity -- Perhaps the only occupation to have its infidelity rates studied, police work lends itself to temptations and opportunities in this regard, but there are no rate estimates There is a literature on police divorce (1:10 suceed), how it is related to shiftwork, and when in the police career it usually happens.

http://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/417/417lect09.htm

your post was informative thanx. as far as the other posts, i guess i can't be a black lesbian s.f.p.d.officer, because i am a wifebeating racist (i guess white male) nazi stormtrooper. too bad i am not any of the above but i admit i am a city and county employee affilated with the D.A.'s office.

It is clear that j.c. hasn't a clue. Whatever the facts of this case, what is surely true is that it is healthy to be cynical about police version of events. Police officers--and those in positions of power in general (see the Bush administration for numerous examples)--tend to lie/misinform/distort the truth to further an agenda and/or protect themselves. Police forces in the U.S. and globally have long, well documented histories of corruption and brutality. The position involves an immense amount of power and authority and is ripe for abuse.