Jury in Norman Stamp wrongful death civil trial visits scene
The jury in the wrongful death civil lawsuit brought by the widow of city police officer Norman Stamp, who was shot in 2008 when on-duty officers responded to a Southeast Baltimore strip club where Stamp was a patron, visited the bar Wednesday. I hadn't been able to sit in on testimony beyond opening statements last Thursday, until yesterday, when I heard testimony given by Officer Jason Rivera, who said he didn't see Stamp get shot and described a chaotic scene outside the Haven Place. Testimony continued today, and we'll update the case when a verdict is handed down.
Posted by Justin Fenton at 11:38 AM | Permalink
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Categories: Police shootings, Southeast Baltimore
Categories: Police shootings, Southeast Baltimore
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Norman Stamp was shot justifiably, as the jury will undoubted determine. Norman Stamp, a thug of a cop, was drawing his weapon on a uniformed patrol officer responding to a call. I hope the jury sends a strong message the the Baltimore Police Dept. that rougue thug cops in bars, drunk, prone to violence,armed by the City and acting in a way that exhibits anything but good judgement and common sense which we all expect and demand from our paid civil servants, will not be tolerated once it gets into the hands of a jury, or a judge with a pair.
Posted by: Jim | October 17, 2010 4:02 PM
Can you provide a link that shows he attempted to pull his gun on the officer. I never saw that in any reports. Did you know Officer Stamp? You seem to have some very strong opinions of his character. On what grounds do you make these statements? Are you a family member or friend of the shooting officer?
That's what police said at the time, I have no opinions on this case and didn't cover it at the time. I am reporting what was presented in court. Here's the article from April 2008:
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2008-04-25/news/0804250053_1_police-officers-city-police-torres
"Torres, a five-year veteran, felled Stamp with an electric jolt from a Taser, and the off-duty officer pulled out his service weapon."
Posted by: Anonymous | October 19, 2010 10:49 AM
There was more than enough information and evidence that Torres acted improperly and with excessive force when he tasered and shot Officer Norman Stamp. The Baltimore City Police Department immediately began a cover-up of the actions of their officers and conducted what is probably the poorest excuse for a homicide investigation in the history of that agency. It was obvious that they had no intentions of seeking the truth and simply wanted it to go away. Sadley enough, the Baltimore city Jury created their own scenario and disregarded what the case was really about.
Posted by: anonymous | November 9, 2010 11:15 PM
To the first comment, Norm actually was a very nice person.. He was a neighboor of mine, and while he had a tough exterior, but was a good guy. Definately not in agreement with above comment about his character.
Posted by: anonymous | March 1, 2011 5:25 AM