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Officer 'crushed eyewitness's phone and held gun to his head as he recorded fatal shootout' (VIDEO)
UK Daily Mail ^ | 6/7/11 | Mark Duell

Posted on 06/07/2011 9:11:16 AM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

VIDEO AT LINK

• Eyewitness says he removed memory card from phone and put it in his mouth before police took the device

Police officers crushed a man’s phone and held a gun to his head in an effort to destroy a recording he made of a fatal shootout, he claims.

Narces Benoit saw the officers shoot dead Raymond Herisse, 22, in Miami Beach, Florida, last week after the suspect sped off and drove recklessly . Mr Benoit was nearby with girlfriend Ericka Davis when one of the officers allegedly put a gun to his head, handcuffed him and smashed his phone.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: constition; cwiiping; donutwatch; leo; lping; police; policestate; shooting; thinblueline
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Who will protect us from the police?


1 posted on 06/07/2011 9:11:21 AM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

Is that officer STILL WORKING?

He should be immediately arrested~!!!!


2 posted on 06/07/2011 9:14:41 AM PDT by Mr. K (CAPSLOCK! -Unleash the fury! [Palin/Bachman 2012- unbeatable ticket])
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3 posted on 06/07/2011 9:18:04 AM PDT by ironwill (III - Molon Labe)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

It seems the UK is marching to a Totalitarian Police State as quickly as we are.


4 posted on 06/07/2011 9:18:15 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Anthony Weiner is a little cocky.)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
OOPS. Apparantly it happened in Miami.

We're done. America is over.

5 posted on 06/07/2011 9:19:00 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Anthony Weiner is a little cocky.)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

This is why the wise Founders made certain that the Second Amendment was added to the Constitution or it would not have been adopted. And this is why police chiefs and police unions are against citizens being armed. Thank God for patriots who risk death to photograph the power-abusing thugs who are paid by the taxpayers of our counties and municipalities to “keep the peace.”


6 posted on 06/07/2011 9:19:06 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: Mr. K

I get the impression it wasn’t just him, it was a conspiracy to eliminate any and all incriminating video evidence that likely originated with an order from the highest ranking officer at the scene. Shooting a violent suspect is one thing. seizing and destroying the private property of innocent citizens to cover your a55 is another.


7 posted on 06/07/2011 9:23:05 AM PDT by RC one (DO NOT RAISE THE DEBT LIMIT!)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

The cop who pointed the gun at the guy with the camera should be in prison for a long time.


8 posted on 06/07/2011 9:26:19 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

Do we need another amendment? The right to keep and bear cameras?


9 posted on 06/07/2011 9:27:37 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

At the end of the video, the g/f of the guy who made the recording said she personally observed the police take and destroy others’ cell phones.

Not only are these cops thugs, they are STUPID thugs. Trying to avoid being recorded today is like covering the sun with your finger...


10 posted on 06/07/2011 9:30:11 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Herman Cain 2012)
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To: dead

>>The cop who pointed the gun at the guy with the camera should be in prison for a long time.<<

I am pretty sure that is an assault under color of authority.


11 posted on 06/07/2011 9:31:27 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Herman Cain 2012)
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To: Mr. K

Thank God there were no dogs roaming around.


12 posted on 06/07/2011 9:41:52 AM PDT by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: bamahead

Bookmark


13 posted on 06/07/2011 9:46:57 AM PDT by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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To: ironwill
Miami police marching song
14 posted on 06/07/2011 9:48:42 AM PDT by from occupied ga
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

pointing a gun at someone is a good way to get shot. I’m beginning to think it will take something like that to end these kind of police outrages and abuses


15 posted on 06/07/2011 9:52:17 AM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: freedumb2003

Camera phones and YouTube have been a game changer.


16 posted on 06/07/2011 9:53:58 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

How long till the cop lovers come and make an excuse for this?


17 posted on 06/07/2011 9:54:28 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: MrEdd

Of course, in many states filming cops is illegal.
The State does not like to be seen.


18 posted on 06/07/2011 9:56:00 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: redgolum; Berlin_Freeper
How long till the cop lovers come and make an excuse for this?

Ping to the Hitler Youth.

19 posted on 06/07/2011 9:57:18 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Anthony Weiner is a little cocky.)
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To: Lazamataz

>> It seems the UK is marching to a Totalitarian Police State as quickly as we are.

Narces Benoit saw the officers shoot dead Raymond Herisse, 22, in Miami Beach, Florida,


20 posted on 06/07/2011 9:58:37 AM PDT by Gene Eric (*** Jesus ***)
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