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Denver officials clash over police discipline after brutal video released
The Denver Post ^
| 08/13/2010
| Christopher N. Osher
Posted on 08/16/2010 4:07:57 PM PDT by driftdiver
Denver officials are deeply divided over the proper level of punishment for a police officer who was seen on video tackling and beating a 23-year-old man who was doing nothing but talking on a telephone outside a LoDo nightclub.
The video of Officer Devin Sparks repeatedly hitting Michael DeHerrera of Denver with a department-issued piece of metal wrapped in leather, picking him up roughly and slamming a car door on his ankle has prompted Independent Monitor Richard Rosenthal to push for the firing of Sparks and Corporal Randy Murr.
(Excerpt) Read more at denverpost.com ...
TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: abuse; barneyfife; closethomo; donutwatch; judgejuryexecutioner; police; policebrutality; respectmyauthoritah
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To: dragnet2
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08/16/2010 6:31:43 PM PDT
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editor-surveyor
(Obamacare is America's kristallnacht !!)
To: driftdiver
JBT and the camera operator was colluding to cover up evidence.
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posted on
08/16/2010 6:54:26 PM PDT
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Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
To: driftdiver
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08/16/2010 6:57:56 PM PDT
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Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
To: WaterBoard
the subject of a year-and-half investigation.”
Ridiculous coverup!
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08/16/2010 7:54:07 PM PDT
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B4Ranch
(America was founded by MARKSMEN, not Marxists.)
To: WaterBoard
The young man brutally attacked while on the phone was talking with his father, a sheriff’s deputy. Well...that's interesting. It may give daddy something to think about.
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08/17/2010 9:45:55 AM PDT
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Fundamentally Fair
(Bush: Mission Accomplished. Obama: Commission Accomplished.)
To: driftdiver
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08/18/2010 10:11:09 AM PDT
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Fundamentally Fair
(Bush: Mission Accomplished. Obama: Commission Accomplished.)
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