Posted on 07/01/2013 9:30:06 PM PDT by Altariel
It’s not for nothing police are sometimes called the largest gang in America. A federal civil rights lawsuit accuses Paterson, NJ police officers of arresting, beating, and robbing (apparently in that order) two men after a confrontation between the two and an off-duty cop at a local sports bar.
From the Star-Ledger:
A group of Paterson police officers repeatedly punched and kicked a handcuffed, nearly unconscious suspect during a 2011 arrest, according to a civil rights lawsuit filed in federal court last week.
Captured on a surveillance video, the beating goes on for more than three minutes. The video shows officers surrounding 30-year-old Alexis Aponte and repeatedly kicking him while he’s restrained on a Paterson sidewalk.
One officer on the video takes a running start and drives his foot into Aponte’s ribs.
Out of the camera’s view, 32-year-old Miguel Rivera was knocked unconscious before he was handcuffed, similarly beaten and robbed by the officers, according to the lawsuit filed on behalf of Aponte and Rivera. The suit, which names the city, the police department and nine officers, is seeking an undisclosed amount of money in damages.
And here’s the video of the Aponte beating:
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< / sarc >
And yet again.
Boys will be boys.
....and failing the Peelian Principles standard yet again:
The basic mission for which the police exist is to prevent crime and disorder.
The ability of the police to perform their duties is dependent upon the public approval of police actions.
Police must secure the willing co-operation of the public in voluntary observation of the law to be able to secure and maintain the respect of the public.
The degree of co-operation of the public that can be secured diminishes proportionately to the necessity of the use of physical force.
Police seek and preserve public favour not by catering to public opinion, but by constantly demonstrating absolute impartial service to the law.
Police use physical force to the extent necessary to secure observance of the law or to restore order only when the exercise of persuasion, advice, and warning is found to be insufficient.
Police, at all times, should maintain a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent upon every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.
Police should always direct their action strictly towards their functions, and never appear to usurp the powers of the judiciary.
The test of police efficiency is the absence of crime and disorder, not the visible evidence of police action in dealing with it.
I don’t consider unlawful assault and robbery “boys will be boys” behavior.
Your mileage may vary, unless, of course, you simply forgot your sarc tag.
Freegards,
I didn’t think sarc tag was needed for 99%
Given some of the Government employee worship which goes on in some quarters here, a poster/lurker unfamiliar with your posting history would appreciate the clarification.
Freegards,
if they lose hteir jobs, they can always get a great job in washington- congress, maybe even secretary of state- no wait- for that you’d need to betray your coutnry and fellow soldiers liek current SOS did
Living in town adjacent to Paterson can say cops there
have reputation for being some of crudest .........
Unfortunate.
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