Subject of Taped Beating Says He Was Sober

http://www.comcast.net/news/ ^ | 10 11 05 | RACHEL LA CORTE

[freepatriot32]

video of the beating and words of the cops that shoved the ap reporter are here

[freepatriot32]

Libertarian ping.To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message here

[Hank Rearden]

How many tens/hundreds of Billions of $$$ does Bush propose to dump into this sinkhole? Is he just going to stuff those giant helicopter sandbags with bundles of cash?

[freepatriot32]

I'm not sure what the final total will be but I have a strong feeling that a several million dollars of that money is going into the bank accounts of this guy, the ap reporter, and both of thier attorneys

[Hank Rearden]

Yep. The question of his sobriety should have been easily answered during booking, but he's gonna end up rich - at least for a while. Rodney King was also rich, for a while.

[drlevy88]

He doesn't sound like a loose cannon like Rodney is.

[Americanwolf]

true on Rodney king, but then again how many times has Rodney been arrested since then... I think at last count oh..3 times.. :)

I don't know the whole story on this but will be interested to see what comes out of it... the feds will probably go in an do a civil rights investigation. It should be interesting to see what comes out of that and how quickly the media may drop this .

[tahoeblue]

Rodney King was an addict. This gentleman, from all of the emerging reports today, appears to be a stand up guy who was just out for a stroll. Tomorrow may bring a different twist, but right now it looks like the NOPD has a lot of 'splainin to do.

It will be interesting to see how this unfolds.

[Lokibob]

Question: How many NOLA cops does it take to beat up a 64 year old retired school teacher?

Answer: 3 cops on foot, 2 cops mounted on horseback, and one cop to shoo away the news crew. (and , BTW, they don't have to radio back for assistance)

[kipita]

Before the hurricanes, New Orleans was a racial powder keg waiting to explode and most folks there knew it. The "Big Easy" is an ideal city to study Democratic social engineering effects.

[Hank Rearden]

right now it looks like the NOPD has a lot of 'splainin to do.

That is for damn sure; from the video, it looks like those thugs ought to go to prison.

[Ken H]

If he was arrested for public intoxication, shouldn't there be a blood alcohol or breathalyser result?

[taxesareforever]

The head of the New Orleans police union said the officers told him they had acted appropriately.

Maybe that is acting appropriately in New Orleans.

[Issaquahking]

When Ray Nagin called for 500 busses, it was to hide the bodies of the masses that had dared to defy authority in New Orleans, As Ray boy loses his grip on power the dark side of New Orleans is just beginning to be exposed.

That the idiots were stupid enough not to realize that this might get out speaks volumes about New Orleans, leaving any doubt that they might pull the blinders over the public eyes once again.

[msnimje]

The New Orleans Police department needs an enema.

[heleny]

"I haven't had a drink in 25 years," Davis said.

In the video on TV, he did not seem to be drunk or to be resisting arrest. I wonder if New Orleans was like this in the past, without all the videocameras and news media.

[WasDougsLamb]

That is what I was thinking. That should at least answer that question, right?

[freepatriot32]

not really a banglist ping.But these are the guys that the sarah brady crowd tells us again and again are the only people on american streets that should have guns.I wouldnt trust these guys with a super soaker.

[Outrance]

I guess these Cops were stressed out from their Las Vegas vacation.

OK, Lets assume the guy was drunk and the policemen were telling the truth. Now why did the TV guy get smacked around?

[oceanperch]

The reports so far of this retired teacher, with perhaps an off gait due to whatever being beatin unjustly is beyond sickening.

However your post regarding not to be trusted with a super soaker made me chuckle out loud.