Iraqi Freedom Soldier Beaten/Tased/Laughed At & Mimicked by Las Vegas Police Officers On ABC News

ABC-Las Vegas-KTNV 13 ^ | 05/10/07 | Ben Deci, ABC- Las Vegas-KTNV 13

[Enterprise]

Trust me on this, internal affairs is asking them now, and they WILL be asked in depositions and at trial - both criminal and civil.

[AmishDude]

I made no speculation. I genuinely wish to know the answer.

[Enterprise]

I was hoping you would show up. And that is very sound advice - but you already knew that!

[Enterprise]

We can’t know for sure, but I get the sense that a little tact and maturity from the officers might have alleviated a lot of problems from the start.

[ZULU]

COPS are out of control. Period.

[Lazamataz]

Larry Lucido gives you good advice. I would recommend you ask the moderator to pull your post. Save things for the trial(s).

Good luck. You were treated horrendously.

[elkfersupper]

I fully and totally honor and support all police departments across the US.

If you expect to survive this incident and the rest of your life in this country, you'd better get over that.

[Fundamentally Fair]

Cops are pricks - nothing new here.

And this started with the TSA...no surprise there. Bunch of little Napoleans.

[Larry Lucido]

Good evening!

I’ve had several occasions to come across military folks who were on leave. Having been a reservist at the time myself, I could at least relate in some small way and find common ground even when there were emotional and, sometimes, alcoholic influences.

I’ve also found that the vast majority of confrontations can be diffused with the right words. Looking at this one, it appears that the TSA folks had several opportunities to try to smooth things over a bit but couldn’t come down off their high horses.

[Enterprise]

You’ve read or heard of the various things that the TSA, airport security, or police, have pulled on people. One of the things that sticks out in my mind was the way customs treated Rush Limbaugh. The despicable behavior by some of these people should not be tolerated. I called the homeland security complaint line and complained when I heard what they did to Rush. I’ll never know if that particular bitch was disciplined.

[streetpreacher]

You need to get a life. I’m guessing LEO...

[AmishDude]

FYI, I see that ASAP you are reduced to ad hominem.

I, for one, find it amazing that very simple, basic and obvious questions unnerve you so.

[gondramB]

Thank you. As no brilliant web master has come forward willing to work for free, I’m going to take my best shot at re-doing boycottlasvegas.com in the next couple of days and will incorporate the info you provided. Thank you again.

[MaryFromMichigan]

Dittos to your post:

“Don’t call the mayor.
Call the major casinos.
All of them.
Then the casinos will call the mayor.
Much more effective.
Without the revenue from the casinos, Las Vegas becomes an overnight ghost town.”

It would be helpful if someone compiled the email addresses of the casinos and posted them on this thread and at boycottlasvegas.com.

[Cavmedic68w20]

I’ve been an activist against multiple taserings, since 10
March 2007. About the same time I was tasered 3 times in a row.

[westernredneck]

Update on Sgt. Mark England, my husband, my soldier~

We received some very disturbing news this evening from Las Vegas Metro Police Dept.

Sheriff DOUG GILLESPIE & his Internal Affairs Lieutenant,
LT. MICHAEL DALLEY have informed us in writing (letter copy below) that the officer’s who BEAT, TASED (3 TIMES), LAUGHED AT AND MIMICKED MY SOLDIER, have been completely EXONERATED and Lt. DALLEY went on further to say that what these officers did to my Soldier was QUOTE ‘JUSTIFIED, LAWFUL & PROPER’.

How can these hierarchies of Las Vegas Metro Police Dept. watch the same videos we all have, listen to the same audio we all have, and come to this conclusion.

Please, I am asking you all to please look at these newscast/videos again, listen to the audio (links all posted below) and then read the letter from Sheriff Doug Gillespies’ office and tell us what you think.

I am asking you to please stand with us and not accept this. We need your help to spread the word, please update anything you have helped us write about this with this new information. If you should need any other info, please email me and I will gladly provide it. We will also post this information in our blog area!
We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your unwavering support! Love you guys.

This is a complete outrage. Words cannot describe our disgust with this police dept.

Here are the newscast links~

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8eb_1178867537

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ffd_1179019724

The letter from Las Vegas Metro Police Dept. can be viewed here~

http://www.myspace.com/boycottlasvegas

Judge for yourselves.....