Posted on 05/12/2022 7:05:01 PM PDT by Morgana
Louisiana prosecutors have charged three state police troopers accused of beating a black motorist, hoisting him to his feet by his hair braids and bragging in text messages that the 'whoopin' would give him 'nightmares for a long time.'
The misdemeanor simple battery charges in the 2020 arrest of Antonio Harris come amid mounting scrutiny of the state's premier law enforcement agency over allegations of excessive force - particularly against black people - and an institutional instinct to cover it up.
Jacob Brown, Dakota DeMoss and George 'Kam' Harper, who are white, were seen on body-camera video piling onto Harris following a high-speed chase that ended next to a cornfield in rural Franklin Parish.
The three former state troopers slapped and punched Harris even though he had surrendered face down with his arms and legs splayed.
State police had arrested the troopers in February 2021 on felony charges of malfeasance in office, but local prosecutors elected not to bring that count last week when filing a bill of information in Franklin Parish. Misdemeanor simple battery in Louisiana carries up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
'Obviously we would have liked stronger charges but we're still hopeful the Department of Justice will bring a case,' said Harris' attorney, Michael Sterling.
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Cops are not punishers.
That is the job of the courts.
I can’t believe this crap still happens. Chauvin’s fate doesn’t seem to have taught some of these animals anything.
Don’t complain when courts throw out convictions because of unnecessary force.
That is why shotgun justice is to be preferred. But then, in HS my English term paper was on in the real world not in the mushhead liberal universe of the author of the Oxbow Incident Col Tetley was correct in his shoot first questions later approach. Didn’t go over well with the prissy lib Yankee English teacher.
White men ought build Chauvin a big statue and the gutless people of Minneapolis give him a mansion
He is the strong man armed who protects you from the human garbage like St Fentanyl
Is English even your first language - or did you never finish the 3rd grade?
Ignoramuses such as yourself always resort to crude insults when their shallow reservoir of intelligence is emptied. Are you a Yankee from Massachusetts or Connection by any chance?
I didn’t know there was a state named ‘Connection’. Perhaps you could find it on a map for me.
This compliments of the GD auto correct, which you knew quite well. Are you a Yankee?
I’m an American.
You are deliberately avoiding the question very typical of a Yankee lawyer.
I’m flattered.
Than you have no business here.
Sure sounds like paradise:
“The median income for a household in the parish was $22,964, and the median income for a family was $27,440. Males had a median income of $26,305 versus $16,758 for females. The per capita income for the parish was $12,675. About 23.10% of families and 28.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 41.40% of those under age 18 and 25.00% of those age 65 or over.”
Takes a lot less to live on. Plenty of small game and abundant fish. Being normative is not considered evil.
Looks like about 5% of the population of Franklin parish is on social security disability. Bet that $800 a month goes far.
they get angry when you run
For what it’s worth, although I am a little old white lady from Maryland, I was once menaced by a police dog during a traffic stop by a white cop that was clearly intended to extort money from out-of-state drivers who didn’t want to return to a small southern town for their hearing, in view of the fact that I was not speeding. At all. So the racism part was only part of the joy some sadistic cops experience when harassing witnessless and isolated drivers.
“I listened to that video over and over and could not understand one word that officer said. His southern accent is so think I can’t make head nor tails of what he says. What do they do go way up a holler and hire cops?”
Strange, I understood every word he said. I did not hear an accent. Maybe you should get out more. Apparently it would surprise you to find out there are many different dialects in this country. I didn’t watch the video until I read your post. I thought they would have Cajun accents, which can be difficult sometimes, but they didn’t have an accent at all.
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