SAPD beats wrong man in case of mistaken identity and is left paralyzed from neck down.

[stan4]

Originally Posted by TrapperL

So you witnessed this event? Did you SEE him NOT resisting arrest? Unless you were there, you have no right to judge anything and attacking our police with WTF kinda statements. As far as his injuries, from the pics, I've come home from a bad night at the bars looking far, far worse. There seems to be a lot of acting in his injuries and like it was said, some are from his surgeries. An Aneurysm is not caused by a beating. It is a direct result of high blood pressure that is not treated. Gotta love the liberals and their lies to make a story look good and sell. When you consider that this "news" agency is designed and directed 100% towards bashing any and all police depts, you can't assume they have the truth or would publish it any other way. Afterall, they managed to get two of his supposed injuries wrong. Wonder what else they got "accidentally" got wrong.

I work in the ER.
I see lots of wtf police moments. I also see criminals who require a beat down, no question about it. I have seen take downs where the force used was way out of line. I have seen people who needed to be tazed then and there. I have seen cops beat a guy's head against a wall just for TALKING. I have seen cover-ups and I personally have been threatened not to say something about an instance of police brutality.

And if you frequent bars and come home beat up on a regular basis, trusting you, your logic, or your level of maturity regarding the attack and brutalizing of a totally innocent dude would be a waste of time.

This man, the old grandfather out for a walk, the tennis star standing outside a hotel...all getting nailed for no reason. It's wrong, it's sick, and there should be much harsher consequences.

[Azure110]

Originally Posted by stan4

This man, the old grandfather out for a walk, the tennis star standing outside a hotel...all getting nailed for no reason. It's wrong, it's sick, and there should be much harsher consequences.

I was thinking of the old grandfather and the tennis star too when I heard about this local incident.

Punishment in those cases was pretty light too although the officer that beat the grandfather is going through a retrial now.

[KM1174]

oops?

[WilGar]

Originally Posted by TrapperL

So you witnessed this event? Did you SEE him NOT resisting arrest? Unless you were there, you have no right to judge anything and attacking our police with WTF kinda statements. As far as his injuries, from the pics, I've come home from a bad night at the bars looking far, far worse. There seems to be a lot of acting in his injuries and like it was said, some are from his surgeries. An Aneurysm is not caused by a beating. It is a direct result of high blood pressure that is not treated. Gotta love the liberals and their lies to make a story look good and sell. When you consider that this "news" agency is designed and directed 100% towards bashing any and all police depts, you can't assume they have the truth or would publish it any other way. Afterall, they managed to get two of his supposed injuries wrong. Wonder what else they got "accidentally" got wrong.

Normally I take up for the officers. With that said, individuals appearing from nowhere running straight at me while I was in broad daylight taking pictures of my wife's office, I would be fighting back against two or three unmarked, apparent thugs.

[clay1]

You can't resist an unlawful arrest. That is called self defense,you bootlicker.

[bspray]

Originally Posted by Hedgehog_Mom

An aneurysm can be caused by trauma to the head. High blood pressure is not the only cause. Cerebral Aneurysms Fact Sheet

Let's not let a silly thing like facts get in the way of maintaining the 'blue wall'.

[Rustybolt]

Also reminds me of the incident where Delaine Mathieu's (WOAI-TV) uncle had a diabetic episode on 1604 and was unconscious on the side of the road in his vehicle. Two SAPD officers stopped behind him and proceeded to beat the crap out of him when he wouldn't (and he couldn't) comply with their orders to get out of the vehicle. They got him out, pinned him to the ground, and not until he had broken ribs and contusions on his face did they ask if he was diabetic. McManus brushed it off in an on-camera interview that the officers needed more training on how to handle people having a diabetic episode. I know WOAI agonized over airing the story. The media treads a fine line in their reporting on anything derogatory about the police and losing access to the "inside scoop" needed to be competitive in their reporting. Still, the LEO's I know...I couldn't see them doing something like this, but I believe that there are some that, in their zeal to mete justice, make a routine of crossing the line. Policing is hard and often an ugly business, but there needs to be a daily commitment to maintain the discipline to stay in the right and remain beyond reproach in their conduct. May be hard to do, but if they can't do it, then they shouldn't be in that line of work. A few bad ones really make it hard on the ones who are professionals.

[WilGar]

Originally Posted by Rustybolt

Also reminds me of the incident where Delaine Mathieu's (WOAI-TV) uncle had a diabetic episode on 1604 and was unconscious on the side of the road in his vehicle. Two SAPD officers stopped behind him and proceeded to beat the crap out of him when he wouldn't (and he couldn't) comply with their orders to get out of the vehicle. They got him out, pinned him to the ground, and not until he had broken ribs and contusions on his face did they ask if he was diabetic. McManus brushed it off in an on-camera interview that the officers needed more training on how to handle people having a diabetic episode. I know WOAI agonized over airing the story. The media treads a fine line in their reporting on anything derogatory about the police and losing access to the "inside scoop" needed to be competitive in their reporting. Still, the LEO's I know...I couldn't see them doing something like this, but I believe that there are some that, in their zeal to mete justice, make a routine of crossing the line. Policing is hard and often an ugly business, but there needs to be a daily commitment to maintain the discipline to stay in the right and remain beyond reproach in their conduct. May be hard to do, but if they can't do it, then they shouldn't be in that line of work. A few bad ones really make it hard on the ones who are professionals.

One can only hope that any contact is with the professional not the rogue.

[zhugeliang1]

Police can do WHATEVER they want regardless of "the law", because the law will back them up. Always has been this way, always will be.

Police brutality has always been around for decades for this reason.