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To: archy
I sure hope they STAY fired. They are a menace to society!
3 posted on 01/10/2004 12:37:34 PM PST by dcwusmc ("The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: dcwusmc
Didn't know you were in Memphis that day. We Freepers are indeed fortunate to have you as our eyewitness on the street.

Do they pay you for this?

5 posted on 01/10/2004 12:44:12 PM PST by tenthirteen
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To: dcwusmc
I sure hope they STAY fired. They are a menace to society!

It seems likely they'll stay fired at a minimum. But they may be looking at federal felony charges similar to those in the Rodney King beating case as well. And in that case, since Rodney King did not die as a result of the police beating, the maximum penalty against the cops did not apply. In this case, it could:

United States Code, U.S. Criminal Code- Section 241: Conspiracy against rights

If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same; or

If two or more persons go in disguise on the highway, or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured -

They shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, they shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.

And the filing of a second similar case against the MPD could result in the designation of the Memphis Police as a *Racketeer-influenced Corrupt organization* under state or federal law- as a criminal gang.

There's a second such case just waiting to happen.

6 posted on 01/10/2004 1:03:37 PM PST by archy (Angiloj! Mia kusenveturilo estas plena da angiloj!)
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