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Sept 2011: Five ft tall man with Down Syndrome beaten by Police-bulge in pants:Colostomy Bag
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Posted on 02/25/2014 9:32:06 PM PST by Altariel

SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLORIDA - All Gilberto Powell, 22, a five foot tall man with Down Syndrome, wanted to do was walk a half block home from a friend's house, but this was enough time and distance for the police to intervene.

Police "followed" Powell because they noticed a "bulge in his pants." He was not happy to see the cops; this was only his colostomy bag (which police ripped from his body). Powell was then beaten down in the street by police, leaving him bruised and battered from blows to the face.

The beating officer insisted Powell ran, but Powell disputes this and said he did everything he could to comply. When Powell's mother asked the cop if he could tell her son had Down's Syndrome, the cop said he wasn't a doctor.

Powell said he felt "helpless" and wants an apology from the police. He also wants to community to be aware that this could happen to YOU


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KEYWORDS: colostomy; donutwatch; downsyndrome; feos; florida; leooutofcontrol; standingarmy
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To: Paleo Conservative

“Is it true that anyone with an IQ greater than 100 is prohibited from becoming a cop?”

Well, it does seem that prerequisites for employment in law enforcement today are:

-Roids

-A sense of superiority

-A keen lack of common sense

-The marked inability to holster suspicion leading to looking at everyone as a perp

-Hatred of dogs

Along with the directive from their masters that LEO’ing has a quota and they had better meet it or else.


121 posted on 02/26/2014 3:51:49 AM PST by FAA
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To: doc1019; Admin Moderator; Jim Robinson

Then you are a troll, and should be banned from or leave Free Republic.

Write an opus about all us “cop haters” (that is, defenders of the US Constitution) and leave. It will save the admin moderator and Jim Robinson the trouble of your banning.


122 posted on 02/26/2014 4:38:28 AM PST by Alas Babylon!
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To: gusty

LOL! Coffee spew alert!


123 posted on 02/26/2014 4:42:44 AM PST by Flick Lives ("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
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To: Altariel

We let them get away with it at the airport so it’s no surprise these search and seizure violations are moving into the street. Welcome to the USPSA.


124 posted on 02/26/2014 4:43:26 AM PST by fruser1
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To: doc1019

Ah, the argument from authority, well that’s it then, no need for free opinion or debate, The Oracle has spoken.


125 posted on 02/26/2014 5:06:58 AM PST by skepsel
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To: Altariel

It’s impossible these days to give the benefit of the doubt to law enforcement.


126 posted on 02/26/2014 5:08:35 AM PST by Ted Grant
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To: doc1019
bramps,
If it were a gun it was not being used to intimidate or threaten or in any way bother anybody. Apparently you believe that having a gun makes it OK for the police to beat the crap (in this case litteraly) out of you.
127 posted on 02/26/2014 5:21:53 AM PST by dblshot (I am John Galt.)
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To: doc1019
Thank G-D I am not a police officer as I have a I.Q over 100 and don't get my rocks off on hurting people. I don't lie at my job or beat the crap out of people that have done nothing wrong. I don't shoot dogs as my father told us that if we shoot it we should eat it. Most police in our nation now are afraid of there own shadow. My dad was a Deputy Sheriff in L.A. Co. for 35 years and most of my friends dads were LAPD. But that was back in the 50's and 60's when you had to be moral man to serve.
128 posted on 02/26/2014 5:23:29 AM PST by lostboy61 (Lock and Load and stand your ground!)
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To: willywill
but honestly, to me its a liberals whine to take one small example and say, we need to let people break the law
Please explain who was breaking the law and what law that would be? If Travon breaks the law then it's OK for the cops to assume everyone else is breaking the law is a very scary premise you are putting forth. I bet you loved the movie Minority Report.
129 posted on 02/26/2014 5:28:54 AM PST by dblshot (I am John Galt.)
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To: Paleo Conservative
You asked: Is it true that anyone with an IQ greater than 100 is prohibited from becoming a cop?

A US man has been rejected in his bid to become a police officer for scoring too high on an intelligence test.

Robert Jordan, a 49-year-old college graduate, took an exam to join the New London police, in Connecticut, in 1996 and scored 33 points, the equivalent of an IQ of 125.

130 posted on 02/26/2014 6:12:07 AM PST by Peet (Oderint dum metuant)
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To: Paladin2

I think the motto has gone from protect and serve to beat and kill.


131 posted on 02/26/2014 7:22:46 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: TaMoDee
In honor of Bruce Cockburn, "If I had a rocket launcher

I would not hesitate" !

132 posted on 02/26/2014 7:23:10 AM PST by Cheapskate (Play loud and carry BIG sticks!)
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To: Altariel; GeronL

“When Powell’s mother asked the cop if he could tell her son had Down’s Syndrome, the cop said he wasn’t a doctor. “

Trust me, Trisomy 21 is very easy for any retard (no insult to people with Trisomy 21) like that cop to detect. It is the very reason these babies are most aborted. That cop was just a bully who wanted to pick on a poor innocent person.

It is a wonder they did not kill this man like the police killed that other man with trisomy 21. People with this disease don’t have good heath to start with.

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_23701326/mom-man-down-syndrome-talks-about-his-death

“Mom of man with Down syndrome talks about his death in Maryland movie theater”


133 posted on 02/26/2014 7:23:43 AM PST by Morgana (Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: doc1019
“Gee, every cop is trained to recognize a colostomy bag, yep they should have known........”

On a person with Trisomy 21 YES! Plus the fact they should have realized very quickly after talking to him that he had the disorder. Any normal, rational person would come to the conclusion that this is not your average run of the mill drug runner and this person is mentally off and just send him on his way.

134 posted on 02/26/2014 7:43:30 AM PST by Morgana (Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: willywill

Are you aware that the modern police forms stems, in part, from 18th century slave patrols?

My question to you: why does a Free man desire to justify or defend acting subservient, as a slave to a master?

An excerpt:

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From the cop’s perspective, the expression “law-abiding citizen” is a functional synonym for “Properly obedient slave.” Not only did the uppity Mundane refuse to submit, he actually behaved as if he was the rightful owner of his person and property: “It was almost like he had the attitude of you – you cannot tell me what to do with my gun in my, you know, in my castle.”

Slave-keepers don’t have to ask permission to invade the servants’ quarters, and slaves have no right to protect the sanctity of their person or effects. In his study of 18th Century slave patrols – the largely unacknowledged ancestors of today’s “professional” police agencies — historian Philip L. Reichel points out that “patrols had full power and authority to enter any plantation and break open Negro houses or other places where slaves were suspected of keeping arms; to punish runaways or slaves found outside of their masters’ plantations without a pass; [and] to whip any slave who should affront or abuse them in the execution of their duties….”

No-knock midnight raids; gun confiscation; “stop-and-frisk”-style demands for identification that quickly escalate to violence and arrest; summary punishment for “contempt of cop” – all of these practices would be immediately recognizable to 18th century slaves. They would probably find it incomprehensible that people who consider themselves to be free would allow such practices to continue.

http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2014/02/support-your-local-slave-keeper.html


135 posted on 02/26/2014 9:06:14 AM PST by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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To: doc1019
doc1019 said: "They should wait and see and risk their live while waiting."

Do you think "a bulge in the pants" constitutes probable cause that a crime had been committed? What crime?

136 posted on 02/26/2014 9:28:29 AM PST by William Tell
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To: doc1019
doc1019 said: "And if it had been a gun? What then? "

Aside from that routinely ignored "right to keep and bear arms" thing, there is also the fact that hundreds of thousands of people in Florida have jumped through all the hoops to legally carry concealed weapons.

Had it been a gun obviously it was well concealed in this case. We know that because, in fact, it was a colostomy bag, for which no state permit is required; at least as of this date.

137 posted on 02/26/2014 9:32:21 AM PST by William Tell
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To: willywill
willywill said: "... we have an epidemic of people running from the cops. "

We also have an epidemic of cops who believe their authority trumps all Constitutional rights and who will lie when necessary to protect themselves. The young man says he didn't run.

138 posted on 02/26/2014 9:37:36 AM PST by William Tell
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To: 9YearLurker
9YearLurker said: "... a police department in CT a few years ago that gave IQ tests to job applicants ..."

It's worse than that. A young man I know was in in the academy to become a police officer. He dropped out after it became quite clear that police agencies are not interested in having a cop who had any tendency to understand what he was supposed to do as opposed to what he was ordered to do.

139 posted on 02/26/2014 9:44:38 AM PST by William Tell
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To: lee martell
lee martell said: "The majority of the public will lose respect for their police."

Much like the situation in Mexico. I'll never go there again.

140 posted on 02/26/2014 9:55:40 AM PST by William Tell
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