Posted on 05/19/2014 4:37:00 PM PDT by eccentric
On Mother’s Day Tommy Yancy, father of two, was pulled over for not having a front license plate. What transpired beyond that point is not totally clear, but his injuries resulted in his death. Yancy, 32, was a veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan.
There has been almost zero media coverage of the incident. A local publication, Imperial Valley Press, offers only a sidenote about his family raising money for his memorial and this:
The 32-year-old Yancy died following an altercation with law enforcement during a traffic stop May 11 in Imperial. The circumstances around the death and the traffic stop are still under investigation by the California Highway Patrol.
A source that wants to remain anonymous has come forward with a video and “WeAreChange” posted it to YouTube on Sunday. The quality of the video leaves a lot to be desired, but a lot of information is provided in the “About Section” of the video:
Tommy Yancy, 32, father of two, was savagely beaten to death by five law enforcement officers during a routine traffic stop near the city of Imperial last Sunday, on Mother’s Day. Yancy, a veteran who suffered from PTSD, served in Afghanistan and Iraq in the 259th Field Service Unit following the 9/11 attacks.
Yancy was stopped on his way to the store after a highway patrol officer spotted a missing front license plate on his vehicle. He was subsequently pulled from his car and attacked by a police K-9 unit, hit by a taser, and attacked by five officers until he succumbed to the beating and died. A witnessed, who filmed the incident, can be heard screaming on the recording: “How long before you guys call an ambulance? Call an ambulance!” According to the source of the video, who asked not to be named, his family has not been permitted to see his body, nor have they been given a cause of death.
A close friend of Yancy described him as “shy, and a comedian” and told me, he was an “excellent dad, who kept in contact with his army buddies every week.” He also enjoyed basketball and loved hip-hop music. His sister-in-law, Jaqueline Hernandez, described him to me as “a very loving guy, loved his kids to death… they were his everything. Very funny down to earth guy, and loved by all”.
Officers claim Yancy swung at an officer and attacked the K-9, however, near the end of the video, posted to YouTube on May 12 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoqvX…), police are seen attempting to revive Yancy while a witness states, “All of this for one guy who wasn’t even resisting arrest,”. The officer is said to have received no serious injuries.
Deputies with the Imperial County sheriff’s department were involved in another shooting last month, which took place on April 18. A teenager, Adrian Parra, was killed by multiple gunshot wounds. An honor roll student from Coachella Valley High School, Parra was described by loved ones as “a good person with great goals in mind.” The Sheriff’s department has refused to reveal whether or not the shooting was captured by one of their patrol car’s dashboard cameras. Two officers involved in the shooting were placed on administrative leave, but have since returned to their duties.
Read more at YouTube…
The witness claims that Yancy did not resist. The police involved, whether it be Imperial County, the California Highway Patrol, or both, will surely offer another story line. We can not assume that this entire account is factual. Maybe he did resist.
However even if he did resist and regardless of the details, it is hard to imagine a scenario in which a routine traffic stop should result in a man being beaten to death. Yet these stories are becoming all too common in today’s world.
If you speak up they’ll say you’re resisting arrest. The only thing to do is act like an wimpy sheep.
baaafreakinbaaa.
police are seen attempting to revive Yancy while a witness states, “All of this for one guy who wasn’t even resisting arrest,”. The officer is said to have received no serious injuries.
They f'd him up so badly they won't let his family see the body!
LEO’s need to learn some fear before this will stop. A few of them need to fail to go home after their shift.
They need to be drug tested. Especially for ‘roids.
In a just country, there would be MANDITORY drug and alcohol testing of any officer involved in a lethal encounter with the public.
A locomotive engineer or bus driver shouldn't have stricter rules than a cop!
But the cops made it home without breaking a nail. That’s all that matters, right?
Due process, along with most of the rest of the Constitution, is out the window in Øbama’s America.
Maybe some of his fellow vets will decide it’s time to go hunting.
yep, in my opinion most cops are on roids.
Here is an old one from Houston that always stuck in my craw, I remember “the hole”, it is where cops went to sleep in their cars and hang out, to avoid patrol.
“”Joe Campos Torres (December 20, 1953 - May 5, 1977) was a 23-year-old Vietnam Veteran who was beaten by several Houston police officers and subsequently died.
Torres had been arrested at a Houston bar for disorderly conduct. Six police officers took Torres to a spot called “The Hole” next to Buffalo Bayou and beat him.
The officers then took Torres to the city jail, who refused to process him due to his injuries. They were ordered to take him to Ben Taub General Hospital, but instead of doing so, the officers brought him back to the banks of Buffalo Bayou and pushed him into the water. Torres’s body was found two days later.””
Another Torres family loss: “”The Torres family grappled with tragedy again when Army Sgt. Jacob Molina was killed in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan on Tuesday. The 27-year-old soldier was the nephew of Joe Campos Torres, who died in one of the most notorious cases of police brutality in Houston’s history.
“No family deserves to go through what we’ve been through,” Sandra Torres said.
Molina never met his uncle, but he grew up hearing stories about him, and looking at pictures of him in uniform. His decision to join the Army was motivated in part by his uncle’s service, relatives say.
Joe Campos Torres was wearing his Army fatigues and combat boots when Houston police arrested him after a disturbance at an East End bar in May 1977.
He drowned after being severely beaten by officers and thrown into Buffalo Bayou. His body was found floating in the water a few days later.
The officers were convicted of negligent homicide and received probation of one year in state court. Federal charges resulted in prison sentences of a year and a day for civil rights violations, and a decade of probation for conspiracy.””
We keep wondering around the office where/when the first one will occur.
This is tragic.
posting the names and addresses of these cops would make others think twice
‘In a just country, there would be MANDITORY drug and alcohol testing of any officer involved in a lethal encounter with the public.’
That is the perfect way to frame this argument.
What's it "Comply or get beat to death by the cops?"
FFS, let the revolution begin already.
He must have resisted arrest so they had no choice but to beat him to death.
Your screen name is apt. Please remove me from your JBT ping list.
Kersey Brigade
Too much truth for you, ‘boy?
But will all that change if the Pubbies were to take over or will it remain business as usual?
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