Posted on 10/11/2013 5:21:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Cassandra Feuerstein of Chicago was thrown face first by a Skokie officer into a concrete jail cell bench, suffering multiple injuries, her lawyer says. Feuerstein was arrested in March on suspicion of driving under the influence.
A Chicago woman arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence has filed a lawsuit alleging police in Skokie, Ill., violently threw her into a jail cell, shattering several bones in her face.
Cassandra Feuerstein, 47, was arrested March 10 and charged with DUI after police found her sleeping on the side of the road as she sat behind the wheel of her car.
Surveillance video released Wednesday shows a calm Feuerstein being taken out of a jail cell for processing by a male officer.
According to Feuerstein’s lawyer, Torri Hamilton, seconds after her client asked to call her husband and children, the officer hurled the 110-pound woman back into the cell with such force that she fell and landed face first on a concrete bench.
Bleeding profusely, Feuerstein lies motionless for several seconds before two other officers come to her aid.
"The video speaks for itself," Torri Hamilton, Feuerstein's lawyer, told the Chicago Tribune. "She does nothing to justify what this male police officer does."
Hamilton said Feuerstein filed suit because no disciplinary action was being taken against the officer. While Feuerstein pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, the State’s Attorney dropped charges made by the officer that she had resisted arrest.
Feuerstein suffered several broken bones in her face, was fitted for a titanium plate in her cheek and required reconstructive surgery as a result of the incident, Hamilton said.
"This can go from 0-60 so quickly, like this man did with someone who's clearly no threat to him is dangerous — could be dangerous with that type of power that he has," Hamilton told News 5 Chicago. "She doesn't even know - we don't even know what she's going to need in the future."
Yea, my brother on October 28, 2001, at the intersection of Adams St. and Miles Ave in La Quinta California. Killed by a 19 year old hispanic named Cruz Alejandro Martinez who was high on drugs and alcohol and attempted to flee the scene of the accident.
Martinez was ultimately sentenced to 4 years in prison for killing my brother but was credited 80 days for time served............
But I digress, these cops should be punished to the fullest extent of the law and made an example of to all law enforcement agences for their treatment of this woman...........
Or maybe she thought she was being responsible and sleeping it off instead of driving. Many people do not know that is illegal until they get arrested for it. I also don’t know what based you have been on but I can assure you that all the ones I have been on had their fair share of drunks driving around, many of whom finished their careers after getting caught.
“He acted sadistically.
Probably sick of repeat offenders such as her.”
Prolly just another sick jack boot type.
Thought it was his right to abuse a drunk woman.
I like the ‘resisting arrest’ part. They always throw that in. Like its a freebie.
You are a tool. A tool for the oppressors, an enemy of my freedom.
Cops have become the ‘standing army’.
You lost your moral compass when you traded ‘peace officer’ for ‘law enforcement’.
Bullies and cowards, the whole lot of you.
IMHO.
Alright, you are back. Are you going to answer my question?
“Lastly, there are cameras all over the place in that jail so you would think the cops would know that they are being watched.”
As the cop was never charged, I guess it doesn’t much matter that he was being recorded.
18 USC § 242 - Deprivation of rights under color of law
Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both;
and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both;
and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.
Pukes like you wonder why there are cop haters here on FR. I’m sure you are pure as the wind driven snow.
Yea, I agree, I hate fu#$%ing cops.
If she reacted to something, that caused the cop to do that to her, I’m going to guess that it wasn’t a mug shot she had a problem with, but the strip search.
“A cop breaking up a woman’s face when he has her alone in a cell, is not part of a justice system.”
Really?
Use the search term “police brutality” on youtube. You’ll get roughly 947,000 results. No joke.
“Patted me down for no reason, then handed my wallet back to me after extracting the cash.”
Glad they didn’t pat you down with a nightstick.
Still believe that the cops won’t shoot you if they are ordered to?
As a former Provost Marshal, I can tell you that any MP who treated a suspect like this cop did would be at the end of their career as well. Possibly their supervisor as well.
Whoa.. Why did this drunken woman rush into that jail cell and smash her own face on the bench?
Good luck managing a country of this size if it all goes pear shaped. I want to know about the undocumented thugs.
Why shouldn’t somebody be able to pull over and sleep it off? Why the hell not? If somebody is drunk, and they realize they shouldn’t be driving, why make them continue all the way home? Wouldn’t it be better for them to STOP where they are? If they can pull off the road and sleep it off in a parking lot... Isn’t that better?
“Whoa.. Why did this drunken woman rush into that jail cell and smash her own face on the bench?”
Don’t you hate it when that happens? And the poor cops had to clean up the mess she made of herself.
“I hope Barney Fife gets everything he deserves. Including Sued for violating her Civil rights.”
The city will pay out a 6 figure settlement, the taxpayers will get screwed, and the cop will still be working there when all is said and done.
That is crime, not a part of the justice system.
Read my post again, and read the post that it was responding to.
Remember, this policeman has to deal with the scum of the earth every day. And he considers everyone not in his fraternity to be the scum of the earth.
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