Dad who died during arrest 'begged for his life'; witness videos seized

www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com ^ | Thursday, May 09 2013 07:07 PM | BY LAURA LIERA AND JASON KOTOWSKI

[redreno]

Blood stains are still visible on the sidewalk at the corner of Flower Street and Palm Drive, where a Bakersfield man struggled with as many as nine officers and later died this week.

David Sal Silva, 33 and the father of four young children, died early Wednesday morning after deputies say he fought with them and CHP officers who'd responded to a report of a possibly intoxicated man outside Kern Medical Center.

[Defiant]

True, but by the time cops knew it was there, and asked youtube to take it down, it would have been downloaded to many computers and it would be too late.

[Stentor]

Second the use of Dropbox on Android. Don’t know about IOS.

[battousai]

I hope the city controller is ready to start dusting off the checkbook.

This is what sucks about the whole thing even when these jackbooted thugs are found guilty, its still the average citizen who pays. All compensation should come out of their own pockets, they need to be made bankrupt and thrown out on the streets, then they will think twice about this thuggery. Alas this will never happen...

[MHGinTN]

A lot simpler to just remove the memory card and put a different one in its place, then hand them the phone, PUBLICLY. OR, hand them a similar yet not the actual phone, take your time copying the content, then contact them and tell them you’re sorry, but it appears you gave them the wrong phone and give them the right one.

[Hulka]

Indeed.

[Bshaw]

“You just sound like every cop-hating, ‘snitches wind up in ditches’, CIA invented AIDS, Malcolm X wannabe that I was confused.”

Fair enough. Tell you what, next time I see a cop with a smile on his face, and not coming off like some heavy handed totalitarian jack booted thug, I’ll let you know. I can promise you it’s been a looooong time. Even when they come out to my neighborhood to lead our annual 4th of July neighborhood parade, their behavior and demeanor is disgusting.

My cousin’s neighbor is a Cleveland cop, he’ll be at my cousins house getting drunk an hour before he leaves for duty. Real professional this guy.

While I have had zero “official” interactions with LEOs, the ones I’ve observed have left me absolutely disgusted.

My respect for the profession has waned over the years; sorry, but observation is all I can go on.

[tnlibertarian]

So in other words they acted like your average cop today.