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please tell me where it sys that Deputy gurlea was not recommended for stark county
Its the first link I posted. You have to watch the whole video and it gets into the recommendation not to hire Richard T. Gurlea.
The missing video is also talked about again in this link.
I'm not naive enough to know there isn't another side to this story.
For a fact we can probably guess what went down.
Hope gave the cop a hard time about the license.
Cop blows his cool and gets pissed.
Slams her into the squad and then puts her on the ground to cuff her.
He now knows he HAS to charge her with something to cover for his actions.
Takes her to the station, leaves her in the car, while he leaves to talk to a deputy for 5 minutes, so likely he is telling the guy he has a trouble maker and wants to 'set her up'.
He goes back out to get her and tells her she can go home after some questions.
They do indeed get her to say something stupid.
And they get to video her while 8 people forcibly strip her naked 'for her own safety'.
Then they leave her without even a paper cover??!?!?!?!? (I call BS on this!)
They leave her six hours naked in the cell and then book her, again naked, except for a vest. (Which is completely BS again.)
The sheriff tries to cover for his conspirators, and tries to use the 'buddy system' and to try to say that it was 'protocol' they were following, to try to get away with this.
But then the crap hit the fan, when it went national, so he covers his butt by saying HE called in the Ohio prosecutor. BS, again, this investigation was coming if he wanted it or not. (I have talked to other people.)
This is probably almost exactly what happened.
AND IT IS BS!! NO ONE should have to go through something like that for a misdemeanor. Let alone the victim that has been knocked unconscious.
Just the stuff we know FOR SURE is enough to get these sadists jail time.
You don't leave a victim without medical care.
You don't have males on females...let alone EIGHT people to strip a handcuffed woman.
You don't leave them naked, without at least a paper covering.
You don't take them to be booked naked.
And then on top of this we have all the "alleged" violations of the officers.
This was almost CERTAINLY done to humiliate, embarrass, degrade and punish Hope Steffy.
And I'm almost sure to a person that if it was anyone's wife on here, they would be going through the ceiling.
And then on top of this we have all the "alleged" violations of the officers.
That she was attacked by the deputy without just cause, and then charged to cover up his abuse.
That he pulled on her arm to get her ‘to react’ and then made it seem as if she was resisting.
Deputy and jailers claim that she was “physically & verbally abusive”, but NO VIDEO shows this. (On the other hand what video there is DOES back up everything Steffy has claimed, so far.)
That the deputy left her in the car, while he talked to someone at the jail. (This alone raises a red flag for me!!)
That she was told she could go home after questions.
That she was NEVER asked to remove her cloths.
That the officers attacked her without warning.
That after the females left, the second male deputy did a body cavity search on her, while another held her down. (This is disputed, but the video shows it happened.)
That her tooth & back were injured in the multiple attacks by police.
And then we have all the ‘missing’ video for icing on the cake…….
I see a 5th woman has come forward, and she WORKS in a correctional facility!! Which is probably why she fears reprisals against her or her family.
Officials at Stark County & the State saying they could see nothing wrong with this video. And a few people on other sites have agreed with them!
BUT just so we’re all on the same page, lets review the video….
First of all, this video STARTS after Steffy is already forced down on the bunk. The camera operator tells investigators she doesn’t know WHY the whole recording isn’t there. And the piece that is “missing” is exactly when Steffy claimed she was never asked to remove her cloths & was assaulted by the staff. No problems with the ‘magic’ camera…RIGHT?
Plus what Swanson & the officials are saying is that not only is it ok for 8 people, men & women to be present, the men are also allowed to remove a woman’s cloths. EVEN if there are enough women there to do it.
And if a woman ‘reacts’ to being stripped by men & women, with spectators also standing there, while being videoed, the men are not ONLY allowed to RESTRAIN her, they are also allowed to pull her arms in submission holds, while yelling for her to “STOP IT”.
And then AFTER she is already stripped naked, its STILL ok for the men to put her in an arm bar submission hold, if she starts screaming while they force her crossed legs against her butt, while waiting to “change a mat”.
And its also ok for the camera, which is supposed to be on the prisoner at ALL times, to deliberately swing away so you can’t tell what they are doing to her. No problem here too RIGHT?
===== Yeah, just having a couple men TWICE her size, and a couple women, JUST restraining her isn’t enough, if she doesn’t cooperate, they can also TORTURE her into SUBMISSION. =====
And then once they leave, these “professionals” can have a good laugh…I guess they didn’t realize the camera was STILL running.
THIS is what ALL the Swanson supporters are good with…RIGHT?
Because Swanson and the “investigators” are OK with it.
they're all crooks..i live in canton and haven't met many decent cops
Well they need good leaders, to be good cops. When Swanson defends crap like this, it turns the whole dept bad.
Hopefully after elections Swanson will be gone!
There is NO excuse for treating someone like this.
This will NEVER see the inside of a court room.
I just don't think the authorities can afford that.
I also think thats why they went to the trouble to "enhance" that 'video' tape of Steffy saying she was suicidal. The "now or ever" answer wasn't looking too good for the authorities. So I think they took a few seconds out of this video, out of context. And I think they KNEW she was being sarcastic with them, but they needed something to keep a settlement down. Because the "now or ever" answer was brought up at Steffy's trial, and it was NEVER denied then, and no mention was made of this tape.
After the elections they will be throwing some numbers at them.
It will be settled just like the three teens settlement, quietly, quickly, and forgotten.
I just don't think the authorities can afford that.
Well just as I predicted over a year ago, none of the lawsuits ever saw a court room.
But I have found out a LOT more about this case. But to tell it all I would have to write a book.
Here's a couple Cut & Pastes though....
LINKS TO HOPE STEFFEY VIDEOS
Steffey when she first arrives at the jail, she has had her hands cuffed behind her for an hour now, but the officers claim SHE was abusive, look & learn:
Ok here’s Hope Steffey being taken from booking to be stripped naked at the cell.
ALSO if you look at the time line, they walked in...and back out...and 55 SECONDS had passed!!
I don't know how far they had to walk to get to the booking station, and back again, but 55 SECONDS seems pretty quick to decide she wasn't cooperating enough.
This is when Steffey is taken from booking back down through this area, on the way to the cell where they strip her.
Again she is in cuffs, and it looks like they are abusing her more than she is abusing them! They force her arms up while she is in cuffs and she looks to be in pain.
I am not sure what time stamp they are using the video has two of them. According to the BCI investigator, she was "interviewed" by the nurse around 21:22 Hours, which would have been just before this segment of video.
Here’s the cops taking Steffey to the cell to strip her naked.
But as you can see after they have closed up the cell after assaulting her, they immediately open her cell again, and some of them enter. The rest of them all stand around and have a good laugh.
As you can see from the video the big dufass in the white shirt, he stays at the door to the cell looking in all the time Steffey was being assaulted, then afterwards he's joined by another officer who didn't get a chance to help strip Steffey and he starts walking down to have a look too.
BUT THEN the camera seems to malfunction, and the next thing you see is a empty hall.
If you see the time listed, the guys disappear in the same time frame!!
WOW, .....MORE "missing" video from Stark County Sheriff's Dept.
AGAIN here is yet another video of Hope Steffey, the crime VICTIM, being taken from her cell.
She is AGAIN trussed up in cuffs and barefoot. It looks as though having trumped up charges like disorderly conduct and resisting arrest gets you treated like a murderer!!
Here’s another video of Hope Steffey being taken to a different area, while on her way to get booked again, they seem to stop so she is given some type of footwear.
I was always puzzled by the news saying that there was "confusion" when the cops arrived.
I'm thinking what "confusion"?? They have everyone there saying that Steffey was the victim, even the female cousin is saying it on video.
Heck even the cop testifies that he went to his car to document Steffey's injuries...and the cops are on tape talking about Steffey's cousin getting arrested the month before for another domestic battery charge, and even her brother mentions her other assault charge when he calls 911 & the cops on his OWN SISTER!
Gurlea has everyone looking for Steffey’s missing hair, and Gurlea is on tape talking to Steffey as if he knows she is the victim, telling her that he will still investigate her assault even though he is arresting her. Plus he also names her as the victim in his radio traffic!
So WHY are the papers saying there was "confusion", there is none in the evidence!?!?
It didn’t make any sense.
Then Richard T. Gurlea Jr testified under oath that the investigation was never finished, because Steffey was ‘unable to contribute to the investigation’.
HUH?? You mean ANY victim that is knocked unconscious or killed will never have their case solved!?!?!
Because Steffey had gone back to the sheriff’s dept 4 days later to file abuse complaints & the assault. So are they trying to say she was STILL unable to “contribute to the investigation’”??
This makes no sense at all!
Then the cops got only TWO written witness statements, despite the fact that there were several people there.
Again it doesn’t make any sense.
Then I found the last piece of the puzzle that would make sense of all this...the cops tried to FRAME Steffey for the assault that she had reported!!
Here’s PROOF the cops were actually trying to charge the VICTIM for the crime she was reporting!!
NONE of the papers have EVER reported that Steffey was actually arrested for assault too. But this incident report clearly shows the cops were trying their best to get her charged with the assault too.
It’s all an attempt to cover the cop’s abuse of Steffey, when witnesses said he exploded in a rage at her.
They even went so far as to take ONLY TWO written witness statements, and they were from Steffey's attacker & her brother...(who she no doubt threatened into it, since she didn't know at that time he was the one to call the cops)...and she DID threaten the aunt that she thought had called them.
The arresting cop, Richard T. Gurlea Jr., testified at Steffey's trial that the 'investigation' into the assault was never finished.
REALLY?!!? Then how do you explain the assault charges against Steffey in the incident report they filled out???
This is the BCI report that Agent Christy S. Palmer sent to John D. Ferrero, Prosecuting Attorney Stark County Ohio.
Dated April 16, 2008 BCI Case #: SI-76-08-14-0147
Sheriff Swanson has ALWAYS maintained that Steffey was ASKED & REFUSED to remove her cloths.
But here’s the BCI’s OWN REPORT that PROVES this is a LIE!
And then they try to explain away their first lie with another lie, about why it was done this way without asking Steffey to do it voluntarily.
They are trying to say that Steffey was resisting enough that EIGHT people (5 women, 3 men) couldn't take the chance of ASKING her to remove her cloths, or EVEN TELL HER WHAT WAS GOING ON!!!
What a crock!!
I did NOT see any resisting in the video, I saw eight cops parading her to the cell, with her in cuffs.
In fact EVERY video I have seen she is in cuffs!
And the ONLY times I have seen her react to the cops is after they have assaulted her or in the process of stripping her naked.
And all the rest of the jail videos are posted on YouTube to prove that these accusations are lies too. (Look for Zemo999’s videos)
But apparently catching the sheriff's dept in a lie isn't a big deal to our "independent" BCI investigator, Christy Palmer, who seems ready to accept ANY excuse the sheriff's dept wants to use.
The report also goes on to say that they lowered Steffey in a slow controlled manner to the floor. Except that Steffey says she was thrown to the floor.
She also told her husband in a phone call that she thought the cops had broken her nose.
And she was treated by the nurse for the injury.
And in page 4 of this report Christy Palmer even states that Steffey reported that her nose was making "crunching noises".
So I guess this is proof of a second LIE! (Or third)
And still Christy Palmer, the "independent investigator" doesn’t think twice about accepting the word of the cops over the VICTIMS in spite of proof.
BTW, Christy also references a video that she says “proves that she was lowered in a slow controlled manner to the floor”. As far as I know, THIS would have to be on the 'non-existent' beginning of the strip video.
On May 5th when I asked about the "missing" video, I was told it would soon be released.
Now here again it looks as though it’s referenced...even though they NOW claim it does not exist.
Interesting. (I have filed a request for this video.)
Its no wonder the grand jury found that the cop’s actions didn't rise to the level of "criminal culpability". How could they with the BCI investigator spellchecking the sheriff’s own reports and passing them on as FACT.
This isn’t so much an investigation report as it is a smear campaign against Hope Steffey.
The cops can polish this turd as much as want, this STILL STINKS!
BTW I don't know why they bothered to black out the names of Nurse Coren Lennon and the jail psychologist Thomas Anuszkiewicz, aren't they PROUD of the work they do?
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