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The moment the cop shoots the passenger window injuring a woman.

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GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES.

BAD COPS WILL GET GOOD COPS KILLED.

BLUE LIVES MATTER DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE POLICE. IF THEY DID, THEY WOULD CALL FOR POLICE REFORM AND GUN CONTROL. THEY ARE EITHER RUSSIAN TROLLS OR WHITE EXTREMISTS (LIKELY BOTH).

The shooting of Stephanie Washington is getting national attention. It's the latest of our "What Happened To" postings on Journal de la Reyna. '

Like most of these stories me and Le Reyna share on this blog, these often end with tragedy.

Whenever these story occur they often happen somewhere in the United States. It often involves gun violence. It's a frequent topic here on this blog.

Okay, the city of Hamden, Connecticut has a problem. A serious problem.

This wasn't the first of many incidents where their police force have treated people of color really bad. Not only that, they had a teacher who lived in the area acting a fool towards Black shoppers.

The shooting of Stephanie Washington is the latest of many issues in the metro New Haven area.

The shooting has citizens demanding the cops who shot her in some deep shit. The Connecticut State Police and Attorney General have released the video of the cop shooting Washington in the face.



The state has released the dash camera of both cops who were placed in the freezer. In the video, the cop who exited the video immediately shoots at the Honda Civic within seconds. He apparently shot at the vehicle 20 times.

Two dirty cops in the freezer pending an investigation.

The cops who were involved were Terrance Pollock, a 16 year cop for Yale University Police. The other cop was Devin Eaton, a 2-year on the force. They both are under investigation.

The two located what they said was the suspect's vehicle in New Haven, about a mile from Yale, and initiated a stop of the vehicle, police said. Both cops then fired "numerous" rounds during that interaction.

Stephanie Washington will survive her shooting but the impact will likely traumatize her for life.

The driver, Paul Witherspoon III, 21 was not shot but was given a ride to the county. They determined he wasn't involved in a robbery of a local store and was promptly released. He has retained a lawyer and has made signals he will sue the city of Hamden.

Police said there was no weapon inside the vehicle.

Hamden mayor Curt Leng said that he vows accountability.

"I am so deeply sorry to the individuals who were involved that this ever occurred, and also very thankful that the healing has begun. We will do better. We must do better."

New Haven is diverse. However it's neighborhoods and suburbs aren't. Some areas are divided on racial and socialeconomic lines.

Women of color are under attack. Once again, we have seen it time after time.

Some of these white extremist trolls will say that it was a Black cop that shot the woman. We don't give two shits about the color of the cops. What we care about is accountability. We want cops to be held to the standards. If they decided fire these dirty cops and charge them with attempted murder, that will be a first step to redemption. However, given we live in a society where grand juries are likely to be on the side of cops, trolls trying to make the case about the victim instead of the suspect and a fickle junk food media, we have to keep pressure on forcing Congress to pass police reform.

Let's keep Stephanie Washington on our minds for awhile. She will be old news soon and we're going to be focusing on the next controversy.

Never let this happen.

Hold these folks accountable.....