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Shackled inmate seen being slammed into courtroom wall by Denver deputy files lawsuit
KDVR Denver ^ | 7 -30 -2014 | Chuck Hickey

Posted on 07/31/2014 7:28:31 AM PDT by SpeakerToAnimals

DENVER — The attorney for Anthony Waller, the shackled inmate who was seen on surveillance cameras being slammed into a wall by a Denver Sheriff’s deputy during a hearing before a judge in 2012, has filed a lawsuit over the incident.

The lawsuit in U.S. District Court names the city and county of Denver, Deputy Brad Lovingier, Capt. Gina McCall and the Denver Sheriff’s Department.

A news release sent by attorney Kenneth Padilla on Wednesday says Waller was “shackled in handcuffs, leg irons, and belly chain” when Lovingier “without provocation, grabbed Mr. Waller by his shackles, spun him around and violently slammed him into a large glass window and metal post. Waller collapsed onto the ground, sustaining serious injury.”

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Judge Doris Burd filed an internal affairs complaint with the Denver County Sheriff, but the Denver District Attorney’s office declined to prosecute the deputy. Lovingier was suspended 30 days and according to his disciplinary case file, a witness called the deputy’s actions “a little excessive.”

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Lovingier, a 12-year veteran of the department and the son of former Sheriff William Lovingier, appealed the suspension, but it was upheld by the Career Service Board.

(Excerpt) Read more at kdvr.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: anthonywaller; colorado; crime; donutwatch
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To: Dutchboy88
"The Waller incident is part of a large department scandal that led to Sheriff Gary Wilson resigning earlier this month. On Monday, the Denver City Council gave preliminary approval to a $3.25 million deal in former jail inmate Jamal Hunter’s lawsuit that revealed a series of scandals.

It would be the largest settlement the city has ever agreed to pay."

Buy those reading lessons for yourself.

41 posted on 07/31/2014 10:12:18 AM PDT by SpeakerToAnimals (I hope to earn a name in battle)
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To: Alas Babylon!; All
“Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken.
You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power
and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the
power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them.
One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without
breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone?
But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted
– and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system,
Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with.”

...Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
42 posted on 07/31/2014 10:17:24 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a weapon...0'Mullah / "Rustler" Reid? d8-)
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To: areukiddingme1

Hey, what a nice thing to say!

Even after I called you an asshat?

Wow! Thank you, my FRiend!

Seriously, I am deeply and joyfully humbled to be lavished with such extraordinary praise!


43 posted on 07/31/2014 10:25:41 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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To: skinkinthegrass

Atlas Shrugged is now found in the History section. It is no longer fiction.


44 posted on 07/31/2014 10:28:06 AM PDT by SpeakerToAnimals (I hope to earn a name in battle)
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To: SpeakerToAnimals
"It would be the largest settlement the city has ever agreed to pay.""

Oh, gee whiz...that's right! The Palestinians are just the poor victims and the perps deserve big settlements. Wake up, folks. You guys sound like bleeding heart Demos.

45 posted on 07/31/2014 10:36:24 AM PDT by Dutchboy88
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To: areukiddingme1
"The people that show up in court in shackles are simply mis-understood. It’s the man that needs to change."

Of course! The perps are pinnacles of society, the cream of the crop, the good guys sent to push back on the "man" who just wants a license to kill. Bill Ayers is their poster child and George Soros is their sugar daddy. I think the crazies around here ought to volunteer to house perps inside their homes, alongside their families and save the poor misunderstood "victims" from those bad, bad cops. Hey, you girls/guys out there...any takers?

46 posted on 07/31/2014 10:42:59 AM PDT by Dutchboy88
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To: Bigg Red
What a stupid thing to say. Excessive force, bullying, and malfeasance are capital offenses?

In a system with legal recourse perhaps not. As it stands I think there would be a lot of dry eyes, mine included, should corrupt authorities wind up on the end of a rope. But you go ahead and keep licking those jack boots, I'm sure nothing like this could ever happen to you.

47 posted on 07/31/2014 10:50:30 AM PDT by RightOnTheBorder
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To: SpeakerToAnimals

All I get at that link is flashing, it is wreaking havoc with Disconnect or something.


48 posted on 07/31/2014 12:07:23 PM PDT by ansel12 (LEGAL immigrants, 30 million 1980-2012, continues to remake the nation's electorate for democrats)
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To: SpeakerToAnimals
Thanks for that link. I watched about five minutes of it before my blood boiled. It is marked as a favorite.

Amen. I had to take in in 5 minute increments as well, for the same reason.

49 posted on 07/31/2014 12:13:49 PM PDT by Oatka (This is America. Assimilate or evaporate.)
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To: SpeakerToAnimals

Sounds like an epidemic of misconduct within the Denver Sheriff department:

Denver sheriff’s department plans improvements after tumultuous year

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_24951773/denver-sheriffs-department-plans-improvement-after-tumultuous-year


50 posted on 07/31/2014 12:45:11 PM PDT by FBD
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To: FBD

That was months ago. That sheriff is gone. This is a years long battle against a corrupt cop shop in a corrupt city.


51 posted on 07/31/2014 1:33:00 PM PDT by SpeakerToAnimals (I hope to earn a name in battle)
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