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Michigan cop charged after video shows him punching teen and slamming his head into floor
NY Post ^ | 06/22/2023 | Lee Brown

Posted on 06/22/2023 9:32:34 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Shocking video footage shows a Michigan cop punching a teenager in the face while booking him onto a suburban Detroit jail — then grabbing him by the hair and slamming his face into the floor.

Warren police released the surveillance footage Tuesday while announcing that Officer Matthew Rodriguez, 48, had been suspended and charged with assault and willful neglect of duty, both misdemeanors.

Police Commissioner William Dwyer called it “sad and upsetting to every member of this department.”

“This is not what we do. This is not who we are,” he said, while praising two other officers for quickly reporting the disturbing attack.

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KEYWORDS: cop; michigan; punching; teen
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To: Morgana

Still no excuse for what the officer did here.


21 posted on 06/22/2023 10:09:15 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Boogieman

True...


22 posted on 06/22/2023 10:10:12 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

You might have one or two of them in the department. Departments try and weed them out from the start but are overruled by their political bosses, the result a bad hire where something like this is going to happen. Some will weed themselves out by stunts like this. Some have political pull and get away with thug behavior even though their fellow officers may go on record about their behavior. It depends on the nature of the department and it’s leadership and political leadership. This guy had no excuse for what he did.


23 posted on 06/22/2023 10:12:58 AM PDT by sarge83
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To: Boogieman
Screening process for cops should probably screen for that

That would help but on a given day, when that final straw is thrown on the camel's back - the camel will misbehave. This may have been the last straw for the cop.

24 posted on 06/22/2023 10:13:13 AM PDT by JesusIsLord
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To: No name given
I think the cop was actually Hispanic.

Any idea of what his heritage is today?

25 posted on 06/22/2023 10:16:04 AM PDT by deport
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear; Morgana

“Does not matter.

The police are not punishers.

They are suppose to arrest and detain for trial.

Giving the police approval to punish is a really dark path that leads to the fall of civilization. And right now it is on shaky ground as it is.”

Exactly. They are not judge, jury, and executioner. No matter what color the perp is or what his name happens to be.


26 posted on 06/22/2023 10:17:54 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Openurmind

Absolutely! It is a miracle that the young fellow didn’t have serious injuries. It looks like it could have resulted in murder. Then the tough guy cop would really be sorry.


27 posted on 06/22/2023 10:24:13 AM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The perp may have said some poorly timed, vulgar wisecrack:
“Yo Mama was ‘Lovin it!’.


28 posted on 06/22/2023 10:24:18 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: gloryblaze

“It looks like it could have resulted in murder. Then the tough guy cop would really be sorry.”

Around here if it is a black detainee they give cops like that medals...


29 posted on 06/22/2023 10:30:23 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“I wonder what pissed the cop off so much?”

As a retired correctional officer I can tell you that there are individuals who are masters at provoking a violent response. In many cases it’s to set up a hefty payday.


30 posted on 06/22/2023 10:35:41 AM PDT by ryderann
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To: ChicagoConservative27

You can see him mouthing off in the vid. But the cop was definitely in the wrong and assaulted him. It was a straight up sucker punch.


31 posted on 06/22/2023 11:13:47 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: No name given

Yea, but he’s Hispanic while beating on a black youth. That officially makes him “white.”


32 posted on 06/22/2023 11:14:19 AM PDT by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Just like the old days when I was growing up in Dearborn.


33 posted on 06/22/2023 11:40:49 AM PDT by Rappini (Hope means coming in second.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He SHOULD have restrained himself. With that said, I couldn’t be a policeman for a minute. The only way to handle punks is the beat the bleep out of them before, during and after arrest. Better they were aborted.


34 posted on 06/22/2023 12:11:16 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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To: Macoozie

The jackboots are civilians too, no matter how much they pretend and play “tacticool” wannabe dress up games.


35 posted on 06/22/2023 4:43:53 PM PDT by skepsel ("A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime", Mark Twain.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Punk ass was dissing the cop.

Hispanic males, cops or not don’t play that game.

Mouth off to them and they don’t care who you are.

Worked with dozens of them over the years. Mouth off to them and they’ll hurt you.


36 posted on 06/24/2023 2:44:51 AM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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