Did Cops Beat a Canadian Man to Death for Hugging the Wrong Woman?
- Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:06am by
Buck Sexton
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A Canadian man visiting relatives on the Caribbean island of Grenada apparently hugged the wrong woman, and local police allegedly beat him to death for that honest mistake.
via Daily Mail
That is the story of Oscar Bartholomew as relayed by the Daily Mail, and officials are calling for an inquiry into what appears to have been a sickening overreaction by police officers on the island of Grenada.
On the day in question, Bartholomew stopped at a police station so that his wife, Dolette Cyr, could use the bathroom. At that point, he allegedly mistook a female plainclothes police officer for a friend of his, snuck up behind her, and lifted her off the ground in what was described as a “bear hug.”
“I got you today,” he yelled.
The female officer immediately began screaming “rape” so other officers would come to her aid.
Widowed Dolette Cyr (AP Photo)
At that point, witnesses say five other officers rushed towards the incident and began to furiously beat Bartholomew, who resisted with kicks as he went to the ground. The vicious beating put him on a coma as he lay dying on the street.
Bartholomew Family Funeral AP Photo
Two autopsies reported that Bartholomew died of severe trauma to the head. The five police officers have been charged with manslaughter, and if convicted, face 15 years in jail.
Police Brutality Protest AP Photo
Bartholomew’s death has sparked outrage on the tiny Caribbean island as citizens have claimed police brutality is a systemic, commonplace occurrence. An inquiry has been started to investigate Grenadian police brutality over the last several years.
(H/T: Daily Mail)
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Comments (117)
Alborn49
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 1:00pmNot getting why this is a story of interest in USA. Is it a slow news day?
Report Post »Witness1974
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 1:37pmIsn’t injustice anywhere important in the USA?
Report Post »OklahomaBound
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 2:00pmBecause it gives PauItards and L!btards a chance to vent about the evils of police, they hate cops because they lock them up for their many criminal activities.
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 2:01pmNo, Americans don’t care about genocide in Africa, why would we care about one dead Canadian in Grenada?
Report Post »Halloween
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 2:03pmWITNESS1974—> Yes, injustice is important to the United States no matter where it is. Lets send in the bombers and the Marines and start another war to right the wrongs of the injustice. Your silly, get a grip on life!
Report Post »robert
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 2:50pmdrphil69
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 2:01pm
“No, Americans don’t care about genocide in Africa, why would we care about one dead Canadian in Grenada?”
And what makes Africans so special to you? I mean, there are acts of genocide all over the world. I don’t see anybody worrying over that either. Why do you seem to be disturbed because we don’t wring our hands with worry and angst because primitives in Africa kill each other? They’ve been doing that non-stop for 5000 years. Nobody can stop them no matter what is done.
You‘re like the little white brainwashed zombie who got up during a Bill O’Reilly talk at one of the universities and was pitifully lamenting that he‘s outraged the US doesn’t do more about aids in Africa, to which O’Reilly replied: “What do you want me to do, go over there and put a condum on them?”
Why don‘t you go to Africa and place your body between a black murderer and victim if you’re really interested in stopping African genocide? It won’t make a difference, of course, but that would at least show you cared. You wouldn’t be like the rest of us who you chastize for not caring about Africans killing each other.
You‘ve been brainwashed into believing you’re morally superior if you show a preference for Africans in any way, like the moron Bono.
If this African had been beaten by white police in another country, you’d be screaming racism at the top of your lungs, because that’s what you have been programmed to d
Report Post »Abysmal
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 3:31pmGreat question, Alborn49!
This story is important in context with another recent story posted on TheBlaze regarding an L.A. cop that punched an unruly female bus passenger in the face. In that story, the woman was clearly agitated and yelled directly in the face of the police office. The officer responded but rearing back a punching the woman in the face, in what appears to be an act of frustration.
Oddly enough, most Blaze commenters are taking the side of the police! Some justify this because they believe spitting was involved, but spitting is not reported in the story, is not evident in the video, and is not alleged by the police. Regardless, we the people delegate a tremendous amount of power to the police, and as such, they must be held to a equally high standard. It is never okay for a police officer to abuse the authority they are afforded out of frustration or anger.
Individual police officers must be held accountable for abusing their authority. Otherwise, it is likely their abuses will escalate over time, and some day we may begin seeing cases similar to this story here in the USA.
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 3:38pm@ Drphil69
Report Post »Thinking of Bill Clinton and Rwanda, right? That was a long time ago. Since then, Bush showed compassion to Africa (anti-AIDS efforts, for example). I’m not saying that the U.S. government should be involved in other countries at all, but the hipocrites on the Left are absolutely without shame.
ThePostman
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 4:50pmOKLAHOMABOUND
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 2:00pm
“Because it gives PauItards and L!btards a chance to”
You sir are part of the problem in this country. You didn’t need to use language like that but you did. Of course, we all know that ad hominem attacks are used by those who have lost the intellectual argument. It happens at every third grade recess on playgrounds all across America.
Report Post »recoveringneocon
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 5:08pmDid we not invade Grenada? (back in the 80′s) Time to send the troops back in.
Report Post »recoveringneocon
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 5:12pmor we can keep sending them millions in aid.
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 6:48pmWhile I‘m certainly against police brutality shouldn’t we at least have their account of what happened from their perspective before jumping to conclusions?
Report Post »WeekendAtBernankes
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 9:01pm@OklahomaBound You’re an idiot.
Report Post »jespasinthru
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 9:45pmHe was a tourist with money, visiting the Third World. That’s why it made the news.
Report Post »Sheepdog911
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 6:17amSorry guys, but … his intentions are irrelevant here. An unidentified man who was hanging around in a police station grabbed (attacked) an undercover officer and started yelling. Put this scenario in any other workplace and you would get the same results. Tragic, but his actions resulted in his demise. This guy belongs on the list of Darwin Award nominees. This guy created the perception of an immenent threat to another officer, the other cops reacted accordingly. Ask yourself how you’d react if a stranger walked up and grabbed one of your kids in your yard and started yelling. I’d like to nominate this guy for a Darwin Award.
Report Post »4x4conserve
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 12:43pmWould someone really commit rape in the lobby of a police station?……
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 6:46pmCheck out the story of the 18 yr old girl in downtown Chicago just two weeks ago.. Gang raped right outside a concert on the city streets.. Google it or check it out on the Council of Conservative Citizens webpage.
Of course she was a white girl so i’m sure she deserved right?
Hey what’s the odds of the gangbangers being white? lol
Report Post »robert
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:48pmhengineer11
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 6:46pm
“Check out the story of the 18 yr old girl in downtown Chicago just two weeks ago.. Gang raped right outside a concert on the city streets..”
That’s a good point T.E. That happens all too often in this country.
In fact, according to the Dept. of Justice’s web site, there are an average of 37,500 black on white rapes per year, but I’ve NEVER, EVER heard of anyone complaining about that. In fact some of these brainwashed zombies will call somebody a racist for just reporting the information and complaining about it.
Well, here’s another stat that will send them into apoplexy: There are so few white on black rapes (less than 10 in any given year) they don’t show up statistically.
Report Post »KeithOlberdink
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 12:28pmFor once it wasn’t an American police officer…..whew!
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 12:58pmIf it had been in America, cries of “racism” would be ear-piercing.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 4:15pmTawana Brawley?
Report Post »EveLeRieux
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 12:23pmI hope they all go to prison to keep them off the streets and set an example to other officers. Yelling rape in the police station she knew her police buddies would go overboard. She probably helped to kill him. Her little ‘drama queen act’ got a man killed and she needs to go to prison along with her mudering buddies.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 12:16pmCanada must be far different from the U.S. I don’t think very many American black people would consider stopping into the police station to use the bathroom. I doubt too many Grenadans do either after reading this story.
Report Post »OklahomaBound
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 2:04pmThat‘s because most of them have warrants out for their arrest due to their own crime ridden culture so it wouldn’t exactly be smart to stop in for a bathroom break at a PD.
DREDGE
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:52amNot the good ol’ USA buddy!!!!!
Report Post »No “affirmative action” down there!!!
HoggKilla
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 12:38pmCant remember how many times that’s happened… Walking around.. needed to pee, found the nearest police station.
Somehow, I don’t think were getting all the facts. Somethings missing.
Heres the real story. The guy used his girlfriend as an excuse to enter station. His real intentions was to cause harm to the officer who either arrested or offended him prior to. He attacked the officer from behind. He got the beat down of his life for doing so.
Report Post »navydoc2008
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 5:40pm@hogkilla – Wow you are a clairvoyant! Can you please tell me what color underwear I have on and if I am going to win a million dollars. Why do people like you have to make wild assumptions? Take a second look and actually read the article (you know, the words). He is Canadian, visiting, he doesn’t live there. Why make wild assumptions that he has had run-ins with police? You make yourself sound liek a racist or just plain old ignorant.
Report Post »HoggKilla
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 7:59pm@ NAVYDOC2008 – Will you win lotto – NO you’ll be a broke loser the rest of your life, Color of your underwear – pink.
Am I good or what?
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:45amObviously these cops are union thugs.
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:52amDo they have unions in Granada?
Report Post »Halloween
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 2:11pmBy definition, yes, they have unions!
Report Post »FaithfulFriend
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:43amPeople who hijack posts with “Ron Paul” this or that are morons.
Report Post »imperative
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 12:36pmAnd how is this post any different?
The only Ron Paul references I see at this point were instigated by an anti-Paul comment:
“OK Paulbots, here’s your opportunity…”
Report Post »NoNannyState4me
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 1:03pmHow long have you had Tourette’s? I will pray that your blurting problem heals.
Report Post »republitarian
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:27amYes. Do I hate headlines in the form of a question?
Here’s something left out of this version of the story:
“Five other officers rushed to the woman’s assistance and Mr Bartholomew tried to kick one of them and resisted arrest as he was held down, handcuffed and his ankles were bound.”
Report Post »NewLife56
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:22amSo the man is going to rape a woman while his wife is taking a pee? And they just get a manslaughter charge?
Report Post »Sloburn
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:17amWhat you have to keep in mind is the personality of ANY policeman. They are all bullies, and want to boss and intimate people. Good police departments recognize this and have rules that most of the time prevent it from taking over. However, look at the guy pepper sprayed to death over a 12 hour period in Tampa last month. It is just the nature of the person attracted to that job.
My advise, stay as far away from any and all of them as possible.
Report Post »Mahakala
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:28am@Sloburn. You’re an idiot.
Report Post »DirectlyUnPCman
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:40amAre you a criminal? Is that why you feel that way?
Report Post »jeffile
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:48amI resent your ignorant and prejudiced posting. My son and son-in-law are both police officers and are more decent than most of the rest of the population. I suggest, if you ever need a police officer , to instead call a hippie.
Report Post »billrow
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:57amI have witnessed this bully attitude by police many times. No I have never been arrested nor am I a criminal. However,even when I have call police to report a crime, I have been mocked, belittled and at times threatened and accused. It makes me wonder sometimes what causes this us and them attitude with public servants.
Report Post »Okfalls
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 12:24pmGood call.
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 1:51pmJudging by your comments Slow One, you should be equally stay away from of quite a few us here at the Blaze as well.
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 2:17pm@jeffile
Report Post »Your post shows your own- prejudiced posting. My son and son-in-law are both police officers and are more decent than most of the rest of the population. I suggest, if you ever need a police officer , to instead call a hippie
They and their familys feel they are better than most as stated in your above post. And you I would rather calla hippie at least I can assume him to be high on something a cop you never know. Until cops handle their bad apples they will never get my support.
Halloween
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 2:22pmOOKSAPY— So, you represent The Blaze? Are you the editor? No, you’re just another mammas boy living in the basement who is never going to leave the house.
Report Post »Rob Adkerson
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 3:09pmIn many places, Plano, Tex. for instance, police are required to have a four year degree. Clearly all of those cops are more educated than you are. (And since you seem to lack simple logic, which is taught in an “intro to” any subject, they are likely more intelligent than you are.)
Report Post »TEXASGRANNY73
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 5:47pm@Jeffile The police in my area are the best. You can thank yours for me as one citizen who appreciates. It is the climate in this country that makes people so antsy (thank you BHO). But call a hippy is good. Saying that, law enforcement is no different than any other job (always a few bad apples).
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:16amShoot first or in this case beat down first and ask questions later. Sad
Report Post »robh
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:09amUsually rapists yell, “I’VE GOT YOU NOW!”, so I belive the female cop.
Report Post »Liberalismsamentaldisorder
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:06amClearly there’s more to this story. She’s IN the station, and she yells rape? How long did he hug her? Somethings wrong here, she’s surrounded by cops, all she probably had to say was “who are you?” in some raised voice and surely attention would’ve come her way. Yelling “rape” is telling….
Report Post »rwinestock
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 12:27pmI agree. She needs to receive a severe punishment. She had the ability to stop it, but no brains to think like that. So sad.
Report Post »idarusskie
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 8:01amhow was he grabbing her by the boobs in public?
Report Post »Diomasach
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:02am“he allegedly mistook a female plainclothes police officer for a friend of his”
And we know this how? Did he really have time to explain himself as he was being beaten?
Report Post »geomann
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:48amThe guy would not have stopped at a police station, of all places, if weren’t an upstanding citizen. I take the story at face value, and tend to think the female officer over reacted. She was probably a feminest or something, and didn’t take kindly to being over powered by a man. She showed him, huh? Terrible…just terrible.
Report Post »seemsew
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:28amWould sure need more info than what is offered here. To scream “rape” there surely would have to be more going on than a big bear hug. If not, this woman is totally nuts and should carry some of the blame for the man’s death. Police reaction way too harsh, too. UNLESS we don’t know the rest of the story.
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:27amOK Paulbots, here’s your opportunity to be the isolationists, oh I’m sorry , I meant “noninterventionalist” that you claim to be. Ignore this story and don’t comment.
Report Post »mcFirst
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:37amRon Paul has compassion for all.
Why would anyone not care about justice. Freak accidents, injustices happen everyday. Did Jesus cure all diseases, no, we all need to choose how much we can do.
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:01amHey Mcfirst, don’t interviene. I think the montra is “we are not the world’s police. Let them figure it out themselves” right??? A Canadian in Granada.
Report Post »Roaran
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:15amSorry, but anyone who wants to argue with our position, following the Constitution and only going to war when we declare it, is not American and is not deserving of any respect.
If you want to go to war with whomever whenever you want, amend the Constitution, until then, do us all a favor and pack your bags and head to the USSR or to the People’s Republic of China.
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:21amEasy Roar, I’m supporting the Ron Paul position here. Here’s your cake, now eat it.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:36amActually gunner, we are the worlds police, and we’re bankrupt, thats the problem bro !!! Im not a paulbot, but im comin around. Screw the third world turds… Im tired of spending my grandkids money to protect the likes of South Korea et al. If they want us there, then cover every penny of our costs, otherwise , see ya !!! Ron Paul is nuts, i agree… And i think thats why i like him!!!
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 12:05pmDetroit, we are broke because of domestic spending. Look at social security and those who never paid a dime into it but get a fat check every month. Nice stimulus program as well. Billions to the top three, welfare, infrustructure (union jobs), and social security.
Report Post »Halloween
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 2:17pmYes, lets warm up the jets and bomb Grenada. Send in the marines again and wipe them out in the name of justice. Go back to playing WII with your friends.
Report Post »drago
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 3:55pm@Jlgunner
Report Post »Dangit JL, did you have to wind them up.?>_<
omgfolks
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:27amShe Screamed Rape? In the middle of a Police Station? A cop cry’s rape in the police station? The woman is responsible for this mans death just as much as those five thugs who beat him to death. They should all get life for taking this mans life. This is just so damn sad…
Report Post »JRHelgeson
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:24amWhoa, after reading the article, I would have to say that this guy made a fatal error. You don’t screw around with people like that, especially ones that are armed. Tragic story, but no more tragic than someone who takes a corner a bit too fast, loses control and pays with their life.
I do not believe for a moment that the officers set out to kill the guy. They were coming to the defense of a fellow officer that was being attacked.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:31amHonest mistake is possible. Yet I can see this coming to America when Obama forms his new police-milita and unleashes it upon the US people.
Report Post »Liberalismsamentaldisorder
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:08amComing to her aide, yes. Beating him to death? Really? 15 blows to the head….I’ll betcha after the first few, he was no longer a threat…
Report Post »2012OBAMA2012
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 7:57pmJRHELGESON, you claim you read the article. how is that possible, when you seem to think the cop was wearing a gun and uniform, when the article that you claim you read clearly states, that the cop was in plain clothes, not a uniform. She was obviously in the lobby, since civilians were there. So it is more believable that he mistook her for a friend of theirs. Where is your sensitivity. And again, why would a cop yell rape, when a person says I’ve got you today. Blame the victim is so common.
Report Post »idarusskie
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 8:06amthe guy must have grabbed her in a sexual way. Maybe he had a woody as well. Then they notice that she looks like his wife.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:21am.
Report Post »Third World Island what do you expect?…..Paradise?………..
Babeuf
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:20amThe cops deserve more than 15 years in jail
Report Post »C. Schwehr
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:19amHave you hugged a policeman today? DON’T!
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:19amWhy would a guy, who just happens to stop in a police station, of all places, so his wife could use the restroom, think he sees a friend of his in this police station in a country he was visiting?
Report Post »Something is wrong with this story.
moreteaplease
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 12:07pmYep, and why would a guy try to rape a woman in a police station who just happens to also be a cop?
Report Post »Too much ambiguity here.
Just A Private
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:16amShe screamed rape? What is wrong with her? unless the story is leaving out something about him ripping away her clothes.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:24amBut screaming rape or blowing a whistle or claiming to have aids is the prescribed tactic for women dealing with men they don’t know. Just ask Nappy Janet.
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