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Albuquerque police union complaint: APD, city failed to properly equip officers for Trump rally
The Albuquerque Police Officers’ Association – the union that represents the city’s rank-and-file officers – filed a complaint against the city and police department Monday alleging the department failed to protect its own officers during violent protests that took place following Donald Trump’s rally in Albuquerque.
The complaint, which seeks attorneys’ fees and other costs, asks for the city’s Labor-Management Relations Board to find that the city and APD broke the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the union and the city by “failing to properly plan, supervise and equip” officers during the violence. Continue reading
Days after Trump’s attacks on NM governor, he now ‘respects’ her and wants endorsement
It took just nine days for Donald Trump, the presumptive presidential nominee of the Republican Party, to flip-flop on his opinion of New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez.
First, the nation’s first Latina governor was “not doing the job,”as Trump said in his speech last Tuesday in Albuquerque when hesuggested he should run for governor of the state to “get this place going.”
But in an interview with the Santa Fe New Mexican Thursday, Trump changed his mind and said he wants Gov. Martinez’s endorsement.
“I respect her. I have always liked her,” he told the New Mexican. Continue reading
Sheriff’s office: 3 bodies found in Sandoval Co. related to March murders, bloody truck
Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office detectives say they have found the remains of three human bodies in a shallow grave southeast of the San Felipe Casino, and that the bodies are likely connected to a murder investigation from earlier this year.
Sheriff’s deputies and Homeland Security agents found the three bodies about 12 miles southeast of the casino Tuesday. Continue reading
APD: 14-year-old arrested in pedestrian’s murder; death of different teen led police to suspect
Albuquerque police arrested a 14-year-old boy Wednesday who is accused of running a man over several times in northeast Albuquerque last Friday afternoon.
14-year-old Matthew Jaramillo faces murder, stolen vehicle and tampering with evidence charges in the death of 46-year-old Richard Sisneros, who died at UNMH after he was run over. Continue reading
Albuquerque Trump protests were mostly peaceful, but unruly people caused late violence
Raw reel from Donald Trump protests, riots in Albuquerque from Blair Miller on Vimeo.
A reel of my raw video from the 05/24/2016 protests and riots at the Donald Trump rally in Albuquerque
The news cycle of the past 24 hours in Albuquerque and worldwide has been dominated by Tuesday’s Donald Trump rally at the Albuquerque Convention Center and the mayhem that followed it.
The 24-hour American news media has continually looped video of people running over police cars, throwing rocks at horseback-mounted officers, fighting and getting inundated with smoke from canisters and pepper spray.
What remains unexplained in many of these reports is that the initial protest and the violence that ensued after the rally generally involved different groups of people. Continue reading
4 arrested or cited at ABQ Trump rally; police seek info for more arrests
Four people were arrested or cited and about a dozen were detained at the Albuquerque Donald Trump rally Tuesday, Albuquerque police said Wednesday.
Three people arrested and cited were all inside the Albuquerque Convention Center, where Trump’s rally was held. Another was arrested outside.
Police say two juveniles inside the rally were cited and released to their parents. Continue reading
Damage to buildings, OT for cops and firefighters will cost taxpayers $50K after Trump rally
The city of Albuquerque says damage from unruly protests that followed Tuesday’s Donald Trump rally, combined with overtime for police officers and dispatch workers, will cost taxpayers at least $50,000.
An estimated 8,000 people attended the Trump rally and 1,000 people are estimated to have protested outside. Continue reading
FBI: Kidnapped child found dead in Shiprock; suspected abductor arrested
SAN JUAN COUNTY, N.M. – The FBI arrested a man Tuesday evening in connection to the abduction and death of an 11-year-old girl who was kidnapped in San Juan County Monday afternoon and whose body was found Tuesday morning.
FBI spokesman Frank Fisher says Ashlynne Mike’s body was located about 6 miles south of the Shiprock monument around 11:30 a.m. Continue reading
Graphic lapel camera video released of APD shooting that left man likely brain-dead, 10 officers on leave
After 11 months, the Albuquerque Police Department on Friday released lapel video and reports from an officer-involved shooting in southwest Albuquerque last May that put 10 APD officers on administrative leave and left the suspect who was shot likely brain-dead.
On May 28, 2015, APD officers tried to pull over Rodrigo Garcia, who was then 20 years old and allegedly driving a stolen car, near 62nd Street and Trujillo SW. Continue reading
FBI, DHS flew secret surveillance missions over Albuquerque in recent months
ALBUQUERQUE, NM — Multiple surveillance aircraft equipped with high-tech thermal imaging cameras and “augmented reality” systems have been flying over Albuquerque since last fall, piloted by FBI and Department of Homeland Security agents.
KOB has confirmed at least two planes owned by the FBI through shell companies have flown multiple missions – sometimes for more than an hour at a time – over the city. A Buzzfeed News investigation shows even more planes have also flown over the city, though those could not be independently confirmed by KOB. Continue reading