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San Antonio police mistake photographer for fleeing drug suspect, beat him silly
Washington Post ^ | July 29, 2014 | Radley Balko

Posted on 07/29/2014 3:29:41 PM PDT by bamahead

Ah, another glorious moment in America’s drug war.

Three San Antonio Police officers are being investigated for possibly using excessive force, after a May 20 incident in west San Antonio left a man with injuries to his face, skull and neck.

Roger Carlos was in the 10600 block of Westover Hills Boulevard taking photos of a building that will soon be home to his wife’s medical practice, when he was approached by three officers around 2:30 p.m.

The officers were identified as an undercover drug task force officer and two SAPD SWAT members.

According to an SAPD incident report released to I-Team, the officers had been pursuing a suspect nearby who was wanted on a felony warrant.

-SNIP--

“All three of them started beating me on the head,” said Carlos, who still showed visible signs of the beating when he spoke with KENS 5 weeks after the incident.

“It was unbelievable. I couldn’t believe it was happening to me.”

Carlos said he was struck about 50 times, even though he complied with the officers’ instructions and did not fight back.

Shortly after being handcuffed and explaining to officers that he owned the property, a fourth officer approached and said the suspect was in custody nearby.


--SNIP--

San Antonio Police Chief William McManus says it was a case of “mistaken identity,” ... “From the report that I’ve read, from the photo that I saw and from your description, I’ve not seen anything at this point that would indicate to me that anything out of order happened.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: abuseofpower; cops; donutwatch; jbt; policestate; wod
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To: G Larry

Why do you believe the guy?


81 posted on 07/29/2014 6:06:21 PM PDT by stanne
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To: stanne

“Why do you believe the guy?”

Why don’t you? What crime do you suspect he committed?


82 posted on 07/29/2014 6:14:32 PM PDT by AmericanHunter
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To: stanne
But... this guy’s wife is a doctor and he doesn’t know enough post 9 11 not to go around taking pix of buildings.

It’s something we’re trained to not do.


83 posted on 07/29/2014 6:17:53 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: bamahead

“From the report that I’ve read, from the photo that I saw and from your description, I’ve not seen anything at this point that would indicate to me that anything out of order happened.”
-San Antonio Police Chief William McManus

How can he possibly say that?


84 posted on 07/29/2014 6:19:26 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: stanne

Yeah.

You and I are not debating.

I wasn’t the only one to notice your intellectual depth and none of us are going to fill that shallow puddle.


85 posted on 07/29/2014 6:21:11 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Vendome

Mob thinking is not good


86 posted on 07/29/2014 6:38:44 PM PDT by stanne
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To: stanne

Cuz he’s beat up and the cops confirm he’s innocent.


87 posted on 07/29/2014 6:40:44 PM PDT by G Larry (Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
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To: AmericanHunter; left that other site
The opening words of our founding documents witness against the attitudes, beliefs, and machinations of the alien usurper and his detestable cohorts. These are bondmen and as such have NO INHERITANCE with the free. By their fruits ye shall know them. Compare the fruits of the Founding Fathers to those that are brought forth by these corrupt, self-serving vermin.

Unalienable:

Not to be separated, given away, or taken away; inalienable

not alienable; not transferable to another or capable of being repudiated:

Adj. 1. unalienable - incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another unalienable - incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another; "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights"

inalienable

intrinsic, intrinsical - belonging to a thing by its very nature; "form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"- John Dewey

Our Constitution is exactly that, our constitution, our essence,

the aggregate of a person's (People's) physical and psychological characteristics

It is an intrinsic characteristic of free men to be free. Obama and anyone else with his character/mark can't remove it from others nor obtain it for themselves. They can only fake these abilities, being the liars that they are *by nature*.

Obama is not one of us. His attempt to claim an American birthright presents as false on its face, because his actions reveal that he is in bondage to his *own* constitution, that of a raging beast.

88 posted on 07/29/2014 6:52:56 PM PDT by Ezekiel (All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: G Larry

The cops confirmed he is innocent? Where?


89 posted on 07/29/2014 6:53:28 PM PDT by stanne
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To: stanne
I do some crazy shit all the time like take pictures of homes and building's. Than I go and buy them or get the contract to fix them. That's so I have a before and after picture or so I can get a loan or blue prints. You will know me when you see me as I'm that crazy white terrorist carpenter all jacked up on saw dust.
90 posted on 07/29/2014 6:56:12 PM PDT by lostboy61 (Lock and Load and stand your ground!.)
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To: Ezekiel

And here is something interesting.

Tish a B’Av falls on Aug 4th this year.

Obama’s alleged BIRTHDAY!


91 posted on 07/29/2014 6:59:20 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: left that other site

Ooops.

Wrong thread.


92 posted on 07/29/2014 7:00:14 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: stanne

“San Antonio Police Chief William McManus says it was a case of “mistaken identity,” “


93 posted on 07/29/2014 7:00:16 PM PDT by G Larry (Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
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To: left that other site

Go check Wiki for the page on that date (August 4). See what the first event in history is. Right there at the top of the page.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_4

It doesn’t even note the Hebrew date, just the Gregorian.

And Obama’s arrival on the public scene at the Dem convention in 2004? That day was 9 Av (so okay, his speech occurred in the evening, IOW the 10th, but...??!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Democratic_National_Convention_keynote_address

Talk about being marked.


94 posted on 07/29/2014 7:07:01 PM PDT by Ezekiel (All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: Ezekiel

Well stated.


95 posted on 07/29/2014 7:08:54 PM PDT by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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To: Ezekiel

Sept 11th is like that too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11


96 posted on 07/29/2014 7:12:50 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: Ezekiel

Though the Fleet center(site of the 2004 DNC Convention) is no longer called that, I thought it amusing at the time that the dems were holding their convention at a place that had the same name as an enema.


97 posted on 07/29/2014 7:17:57 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: left that other site
"and places Isaac on the throne"

Thanks.

98 posted on 07/29/2014 7:28:17 PM PDT by Ezekiel (All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: left that other site

LOL! And considering that particular keynote speaker... what a “tell” re BO.


99 posted on 07/29/2014 7:30:42 PM PDT by Ezekiel (All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: Ezekiel

I Comend your Spirit. Your conclusion was quite an inspiration.

as per the photography....oh the stories I could tell.

One notable tale is my being waved off from making a few photographs of collectable cars in a parking lot. The lot was visible from the street and sidewalk where I remained to make said images. The Management of the car dealer to which the lot belonged explained that If Id wanted to “take pictures” I should have ASKED first. Imagine.


100 posted on 07/29/2014 7:37:45 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill ...)
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