It seems a lot of these are coming forward nowadays, and a recent case in Maryland has the university up in arms.
Does anyone have an additional information on this? They originally charged the students with assault on police but those were dropped shortly afterwards.
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Last edited by Liberator on Apr 13th, 2010 at 07:19 PM
I laughed out loud when they started beating him. Not because I found an innocent man getting beaten, funny, but because of how absurd and illegal this was...and also because he was skipping around like an idiot, just like I would be. hahaha What was even funnier: falsified reports. I sure hope they clean house, quick fast and in a hurry. I also hope criminal charges are filed and 3 police get fines and community service, just like any other criminal.
I refreshed the page and saw your post. How dare you beat me to it.
They should get sent to jail just as you or I would, if we charged a skipping fat-kid; slammed him into a wall; knocked him unconscious and then proceeded to stomp his rotund motionless body.
They should also be kicked from the force and barred from ever joining again.
sigh.... i am sure happy for camcorders and video phones.. you would think cops would start realizing this sh#@ when they are thinking of doing this sh#@ in large group gatherings...
also what the police did is more then just assault and battery it is assault and battery with a deadly weapon with the intend to do harm or bodily injury..
a year in the slammer would be the least i would expect not adding other charges like falsifying police report also the other cops not doing anything should also be reprimanded or fired for allowing that Sh#$.. the minute one honest police officer looks the other way for the actions of a dirty police officer is the minute he too is a dirty officer.
fair enough, but there are legitimate concerns about a raciallized and aggressive police force that aren't there from a normally just aggressive police, are there not?
agreed. Not only did they assault with weapons with the intention of harm, but they did also falisfy reports. I will be watching this very case very closely, it makes you wonder whos side these ***** are on.
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What did the student say to the police? There could have been a good reason, depending upon what was said. Like if he had said "I have a bomb, and I'm going to kill everyone". That would have lead to this kind of response. I'm not saying that is what he said, but we don't know. We should not assume that the police are at fault until both sides are told.
read the police report if the student had said that i am sure the police would have put it in their report,... now stop giving the cops and their lawyers ideas.
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What I read was that no one knows what the student said. That means that the reporter doesn't not know what the student said. That does not mean that someone else does not know. So, you tell me what he said...
"I have a bomb" would certainly be probable cause for stopping the individual physically and searching their person.
I'm glad its either "cops are right" or "cops are wrong", not that beating a person for no given reaon, when one is trained to physically subdue people in better ways, is a bad thing and probably counter-productive to a terrorist attack anyways (beating really doesn't prevent exploding).
"This is police brutality pure and simple," said Griffiths, who plans to file a civil lawsuit against police on McKenna's behalf.
Griffiths says the beating is only half the story. This is the sworn statement of charges against McKenna by the police alleges assault on a police officer and disorderly conduct. It claims McKenna "struck those officers and their horses causing minor injuries," and that McKenna was "kicked by the horses and sustained minor injuries."
The video does not support either of the police claims.
McKenna suffered a head wound requiring multiple staples. The injuries to his body match the pattern of the police batons -- not horses hooves
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