Posted on 06/06/2009 7:06:37 PM PDT by Coleus
Is there now a law against unzipped sweatshirts?
Aside from whether the guy deserved the beat-down or not, or was actually beaten or not, the video does show some interesting interactions:
1.) Rios’ partner doesn’t think the incident is out of the ordinary
2.) The woman with the baby carriage who walks by doesn’t think the incident is out of the ordinary
3.) The arrival of the other cop car has an effect.
Apparently. And the penalty is a beatdown.
I wish there was more to the story. Unzipped sweatshirt doesn't compute.
“There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government
has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t
enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a
crime that it becomes impossible to live without breaking laws.”
— Ayn Rand, “Atlas Shrugged”
Beat us? If it was up to the liberals, he'd be put to sleep.
Justice delayed is not justice denied. This unglued police officer needs to lose his job.
I'm glad the lady spoke up and maybe there will be some justice for her too.
Nothing new here just you everyday run of the mill cop being a thug, happens every day somewheres.
the cop doing the beating should not only be discharged from his position and lose his benefits, he should also have his hands pulverized with a sledge hammer. the cop is a thug.
A little too rough for an unzipped jacket....When will they make wearing shorts and sandals against law?
Sorry, but this doesn't sound like someone who is mentally disabled. I don't know who was right or wrong here, but my BS/spinmeter is pinging right about now....
Obviously the partner didn’t seem to think this situation required the level of force the officer was using because she(?) didn’t help out her partner against a pretty big guy. I don’t know about this local force, but federal policy doesn’t allow use of a baton against a passively resistant subject. It is supposed to be used as a defensive weapon against a combative subject that isn’t using a weapon. This officer was using his baton as a compliance tool.
Is there now a law against unzipped sweatshirts? >>
and how about all the gang bangers who can walk around with their baggy pants half-way down to their knees exposing everything. That’s OK?
...”With the law books filled with a great assortment of crimes, a prosecutor stands a fair chance of finding at least a technical violation of some act on the part of almost anyone. In such a case, it is not a question of discovering the commission of a crime and then looking for the man who has committed it, it is a question of picking the man and then searching the law books, or putting investigators to work, to pin some offense on him....”
Robert H. Jackson
Attorney General of the United States
April 1, 1940
Ahhhh a little more info.
I'm wondering what the police report says? something happen to cause the officer to jump out of the car and go postal on the guy???? Did he think he saw drugs? A gun? Did he hear the "F" word? Something happened. I don't buy the sweatshirt story. What does the police report say?
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