Posted on 05/17/2007 8:19:14 PM PDT by westernredneck
Someone else posted a thread here with a story that was written in the Las Vegas Review Journal, before the video survellance tape came out. Below are the video links to ABC-Las Vegas Action 13 News, with Investigative reporter, Ben Deci.
We could really use your help and voice. My name is Julianna England wife of Sgt. Mark T. England of the United States Army. My husband has been in the Army 14 years and has served in Bosnia and recently in Iraq. I thought you would like to see what Las Vegas Police did to my husband and see if you can help us in anyway. Thank you so much! the ABC-Vegas newscast video Links are at bottom...
KEEP IN MIND IN THE PART 2 NEWSCAST THAT EVEN AFTER MY HUMBLE HONORABLE SOLDIER HAD BEEN BEATEN BY THE OFFICER THEN TASED BY THE 2ND OFFICER 3 TIMES IN UNDER 2 MINUTES....HE STILL CALLED THE 1ST OFFICER SIR CONTINUALLY IN THE AUDIO YOU WILL HEAR...IT IS HEARTBREAKING TO ME..BECAUSE I KNOW HIM SO WELL....HE IS GOOD
THE NAME OF THE OFFICER THAT YOU SEE BEATING MY HUSBAND IN THE VIDEO IS 'OFFICER JENNINGS' AND YOU CAN REACH THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS OFFICE AND THE 2 IA INVESTIGATORS LT. TIM ROBERTS AND DETECTIVE EVANS AT 702/828-3422 OR EMAIL THEM AT P3802E@LVMPD.COM TO EXPRESS YOUR OUTRAGE THAT THEY ARE STILL LETTING BOTH THESE OFFICERS COLLECT PAYCHECKS AT OUR EXPENSE, YET MY SOLDIER WHO WAS BEATEN AT THE HANDS OF OFFICER JENNINGS IS NOW NON-DEPLOYABLE TO GO AND SERVE HIS COUNTRY! HIS ENTIRE UNIT HAS BEEN DEPLOYED TO IRAQ WITHOUT HIM!! AT TOTAL LOSS!
YOU CAN LVMPD DIRECTLY TO EXPRESS YOUR OUTRAGE THAT OFFICER JENNINGS AND THE TASING OFFICER IS STILL ON THE JOB AT 702/828-3111.
THE ACLU OFFICE THAT IS HELPING US OUT CAN BE CONTACTED BY CALLING 702/366-1902 ASK FOR LEE ROWLAND, SHE IS GREAT!
THIS IS PART ONE & TWO OF THE INTERVIEW WITH SGT MARK ENGLAND OF THE US ARMY NATIONAL GUARD WITH BEN DECI OF KTNV-ABC/LAS VEGAS, INCLUDING NEW FOOTAGE OF THE CONTINUED ABUSE THE SGT ENGLAND SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF THESE LAS VEGAS POLICE OFFICERS!! PLEASE VOICE YOUR CONCERNS TO BEN DECI OF ABC-LAS VEGAS AT 702/871-3345 OR BDECI@KTNV.COM!!
WE SUPPORT YOU AND THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR PASSING THIS ON TO OTHER SOLDIERS!!
CLICK THIS LINK TO WATCH PART 2 OF MY HUSBAND'S INTERVIEW WITH BEN DECI: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ffd_1179019724
IN CASE YOU MISSED PART 1 HERE IT IS: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8eb_1178867537
It makes me sick because I just booked a trip to Las Vegas yesterday.
I got the impression that Sgt England didn’t believe the TSA guy and called Bullshit on him and asked to see proof.
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I think you are carried away. No doubt that there are some bad apples, like in every profession, but most Police officers are good people who have very tough jobs.
The problem with Tasers is that they can easily be abused by police officers who are too lazy or impatient.
Being a police officer and being that out of shape is actually unprofessional and clownish enough in itself.
Your letter was absolutely perfect. Concise and powerful. What is the email address for their IA dept?
I guess you are referrig to people like me. Police officers (I find the word “pig” to be the kind of disgusing word I’d expect from the professional anarchists, anti-war (anti-America really) protestors and similar ilk) have a very tough job and from my experiences are very good and decent people. My first reaction whenever I hear about a police incident is to wait for the facts to come out, but I expect that the police were in the right.
In this case, it is clear that Sgt. England antagonized them a little and they went way overboard. Police officers should be held to a higher standard and these police officers should be fired.
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Uhm, one has to be an activist in order to know this information? Ever heard of the search engine called Google? If you had been tasered 3 times you would probably look up information on it too. I have never been tasered but I’ve come to the conclusion that tasers can be an effective tool, but they are also prone to abuse.
Here is one area that is going to be crucial and difficult for the officer to defend.
"His partner then runs up and without any warning what-so-ever, fired his taser at me. This had the effect of shutting down my CNS and causing me to fall head 1st into a metal door frame. While I lay there, They then tased me again to get me to comply to their commands. When they told me to roll over again and I couldn’t and begged them to stop, they tased me a 3rd time to get me to comply. All of this was done disregarding LVMPD tasering policy.
The officer is going to have to justify his actions per the policy and per his training. He is going to be asked if he complied with the policy, and he will be questioned in minute detail about the policy. Then, he is going to be asked if it is consistent his training and experience that once a person has been tasered, that the person will be able to comply with commands to perform phyical tasks. If he answers in the affirmative, he is going to have to overcome expert medical testimony. If he answers in the negative, then the question will be "Then why did you taser him again, knowing that he could not comply?"
I think many agencies would love to have all their officers be in top physical shape. However, many agencies have out of shape management, and out of shape female officers with huge asses. If they go after the male patrol officers, it will cause a huge problem with consistency of enforcement.
Oh, it just seemed like very detailed information and it was quite awkward given the tenor of the posts.
But why did you respond? Surely you have no more informed data on his state of mind than I do.
I do appreciate your speculation, though.
Welcome to FR and God bless you for your service. If you ever make it to Michigan I have an unopened bottle for single malt scotch that I’ll pop open just for you.
As a lawyer I’ll advise you not to say to much here. Save it for the depositions. But hang around because you’re among friends here.
Cops are psychological misfits... A great many of them.
They are supposed to pass a profiling and in this profiling they are tested on their anger, the control there of. A lot pass because they know ahead of time what to say and how to act. But after they get the badge and gun, they resort back to their personal vendetta of payback for being picked on too much in highschool...
Sue the Bastards, and then go after them personally with law suits. Ruin ‘em...
BTW...
Welcome to FR...
It should simply be justified. I hope the questions you outlined have been asked.
I responded because my speculation is much, much, more probable than yours.
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