Man says police beat him after shots outside Biden home

AP via MSN ^ | 1/20/15

[Libloather]

WILMINGTON, Del. — A man arrested shortly after gunshots were fired near Vice President Joe Biden's Delaware home says police officers beat him up.

Fifty-seven-year-old Rock Peters of Hockessin says New Castle County Police officers left him with a swollen nose, rib injuries, cuts on his face and a black eye. Photos that Peters says he took of himself afterward show his face covered with blood and bruises.

Police declined to comment.

[thefactor]

Funny, I don’t remember mentioning events from 40 years ago in my comment.

[HotHunt]

So what does the internet have to do with anything in this discussion?

You must have failed English in high school, if you even got that far, because you have trouble arguing a point with facts. Instead, you resort to calling people who disagree with you names. Look up "scuffle" in the dictionary. It is a synonym for fighting.

[HotHunt]

I never claimed the cops could do no wrong. What I said was that you can't paint all police with the same brush. But your mocking is over the top. You expose your immature character by disparaging my deceased mother in this discussion with a connection to rape. You are a sick individual. An apology from you is in order.

The guy "fled" and "scuffled" (fought) with the police. If I did that I would deserve to suffer the consequences as well.

[HotHunt]

I'll say it again. He probably got what he deserved. He "fled" from the police and then "scuffled" (fought) with them.

He already showed the police he wouldn't cooperate with their requests. What did he expect would happen to him? His actions brought trouble on to himself. A good scuffle gone bad for the suspect.

[Lazamataz]

I never claimed the cops could do no wrong. What I said was that you can't paint all police with the same brush. But your mocking is over the top. You expose your immature character by disparaging my deceased mother in this discussion with a connection to rape. You are a sick individual. An apology from you is in order.

Hypothetical situations are just that. Request denied.

[HotHunt]

Yeah, especially when you don’t have any of those facts on your side. You made your “fix” up out of thin air. Your added comment was subjective.

[Straight Vermonter]

Yes, I invented the blue wall of silence.

[HotHunt]

You are a disgusting individual to denigrate my deceased mother, I don't care what kind of excuse you use.

F**k off, jerk.

[Half Vast Conspiracy]

You got what you deserved.

[Lazamataz]

You are a disgusting individual to denigrate my deceased mother, I don't care what kind of excuse you use. **** off, jerk.

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[VerySadAmerican]

You said Serpico IS garbage. Did he do something recently that makes you think he’s garbage?

[gogeo]

I don't think he's a victim here. We do have separate law enforcement and judicial systems. Its not for the cops to see he "gets what he deserves."

If they do that's police brutality.

Again...I have no problem with cops doing their jobs, and if someone does what this guy did he has no expectation of kid glove treatment. But don't cross that line!

[HotHunt]

Yeah, just like we have separate legislative and executive branches in the federal government. Look how well that's working out. Obama oversteps his authority, violates the constitution and crosses the line all the time. See how far your admonition of "don't cross that line" goes with him. He would ignore you and do what he wants.

Whether the cops did this or he did it to himself to make himself into a victim, none of us know for sure but if he ran from the cops and fought with them, I still say he got what he deserved. There are consequences in the real world for your actions. I place the responsibility for what happened on him. But if this is police brutality, it won't be decided by us.

[thefactor]

He gave an interview to Al Jazeera, for one. If you don’t have an issue with that then stop reading right now. He also said he would fire the cops who simply turned their backs on the mayor. The man has become a paranoid leftist radical who trashes the police at every turn in a vain attempt to remain relevant. Which he is not.

[SZonian]

I understand, but sometimes folks just don’t know when to say when and simply comply with the request, even if it is wrong.

Like many have posited, living to fight another day [in court] is better than being killed over a minor infraction...like the shoot in NJ.

[SZonian]

"What I said was that you can't paint all police with the same brush."

But that doesn't stop you from smearing any dissenters about the veracity of police reports now does it?

"Oh, and you're not too prejudiced in your opinion about the police now are you?"

Right out of the gate you accused me of prejudice...

If you were to compare and contrast my comments on police related news around FR lately, you just might arrive at the conclusion that I view each circumstance on its own merit.

I do believe an apology from you is in order.

[HotHunt]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but I don't "follow" your comments around FR to see how fair you think you are. I didn't paint you with the same brush as everyone else. I based my sarcastic remark about being prejudiced specifically because you used the term "jackbooted" to refer to the police you think misuse their power. Not exactly objective but instead, a subjective, prejudicial remark.

An apology is not in order for speaking my mind and voicing my opinion on FR. Apparently, I am not the only one who believes that. Later.

[VerySadAmerican]

There are lots of things I can’t stand about the guy. Lots of cops didn’t like him back then because he was strange. I believe he was a pot smoker who was arresting pot dealers. That’s about as corrupt as you can get. The other cops were arresting drug dealers then stealing the cash. Not much difference.

But when he says the cops have an “us vs them” attitude, I agree with him. And I believe there are lots of active duty cops who would like to say the same thing but can’t for the very reason Serpico said they didn’t back in the day. It’s called a thick blue wall. As far as I’m concerned, if you look the other way you’re just as guilty as the dirty cop.