Posted on 10/13/2005 3:00:39 PM PDT by freepatriot32
Care to change your tune.?
Cop suspended in beating had psychiatric treatment
One of the three New Orleans police officers suspended and charged in connection with the videotaped beating of a retired teacher in the French Quarter received psychiatric treatment after an apparent suicide attempt in the mid-1990s, but was hired as a cop about a year later when he passed the department's psychological tests, according to his attorney and three people who worked with the officer before he joined the force.
"The guy is clearly resisting arrest."
How? He is being handled by 5 men with his arms restrained being punched in the skull and struck about the body at the same time.
How bout we try that with you and see if you don't squirm a little bit. I bet your reaction to be assaulted would be very similar to this old man's.
"...The cops are the bad guy no matter what..."
Not true! I have the greatest respect for police officers in NY State. My sister is married to a NYS Trooper who will tell you to avoid driving through NO if at all possible. The same for Arkansas. Both known far and wide for corruption.
Maybe the investigation is of a corrupt NO police department? Hahaha... what am I thinking?
Having not seen the new video, I'm just guessing here that the old man walked right up to the horse (within a foot or so) and didn't back up when told to. Being that close could spook the horse potentially dumping the officer. If the second officer told him to back up and was chastised for interrupting, I can see how it could get a bit out of hand...
police horses are trained for crowd control. One pedestrian isn't gonna spook a police horse.
"...After watching the "long version" of the news video taken at the scene, things only look worse for the cops in this one..."
Heard an interview of the man who was beaten. He said he was talking to the mounted officer who is also black and someone he knows personally, when the horse nudged him and he stumbled as a result. Now he didn't mention he said something negative (expletive) to the next officer and he may not have wanted to admit to that on record, but that should not be reason to do what was done. He also said he hadn't had a drink in 25 years.
Even if he was lying and had been drinking, what exactly was the crime he committed? Getting too close to the horse? Drinking Then Walking? Talking? Stumbling?
I too would resist being beaten by a Mob of Cops.
If you want trouble with the police just try arguing, resisting arrest, running from them, or anything that smacks of arrogance. Someone with a gun says stop, then stop. This isn't rocket science!
There I go (not) thinking again... Thanks.
"Let's not be stuck on stupid. A FEW cops DO NOT represent the hundreds of others that are doing their job. "
More than a few. Just how many people have to get beat up for it to be a problem for you? a hundred, a thousand? Perhaps it would have to be someone in your family?
"Are these guys sissy’s or what?"
I suppose you would have beat up any cop that tried to handcuff you?
So he's lying?
I'm doing OK, thanks. Busy working two full time jobs.
It amazes me that people I have never met and have absolutely no idea how I do my job seem to think they know everything about me just because I'm a cop who disagrees with them.
I've never said there is no police brutality. I've never said there are not corrupt cops.
In my opinion this incident, which the media has only released a portion of the video from, and which we do not know the whole story, does not rise to the level of arresting police officers for civil rights violations and charging them with assault.
No way.
There's another thing that gets me, everybody has their "bad cop" story. They once saw a cop do this and that so therefore all cops are bad.
Sounds like the democrats when they talk about the "scandal ridden Bush administration."
Your right, I did see a different tape than you did. The media has now released a few more minutes of the tape.
Doesn't it bother you that they didn't release the whole thing to begin with? Doesn't it make you think that there might be more to the story?
Reminds me of the Rodney King tape. The media only showed King attacking officers one time, then they only showed the beating.
You don't know anything about me or what I've done in my career.
I hear alot of people talk about the great police officers from the old days when they were out there on the beat rescuing people... blah..blah...blah...
I worked with those guys.. I saw how they did things. They would have jacked that guy in a heartbeat. And then it would have been all over.
I see this tape and I don't see any of these officers clubbing this guy. I see them trying to get submission holds.
The only thing that is controversial is the punches to the back of the head.
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