‘Shut Up You Mother F***er!’: Man Suing PA State Police After Gruesome Beating & Arrest (Watch the Video Here)
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(Source: Daily Mail)
A man is suing the Pennsylvania State Police, alleging police brutality after he was beaten so severely that one of the officers broke his hand punching him during the arrest, WBNG-TV reports. Video of the incident, which occurred in late 2010, was caught on one of the state trooper’s dash cameras but was just uploaded to YouTube a few weeks ago.
The suspect, Robert Leone, of Vestal, N.Y., was reportedly pulled over on suspicion of committing a minor hit-and-run in Bradford County, Pa. Some of Leone’s injuries are displayed in a gruesome mugshot where his entire right eye is swollen shut and his face is extremely bruised.
In the video, a terrifying scene plays out. Two Pennsylvania State Police cars box in Leone’s vehicle as troopers instruct him to exit. Shortly later, another trooper is seen shooting Leone with a Taser through the sunroof.
The same officer is then seen jumping off the car, kicking Leone as other officers cuff him. The troopers reportedly testified that Leone was fighting and resisting them, but the video doesn’t clearly show him being violent towards police.
Trooper Scott Renfer reportedly broke his hand after delivering “blow after blow” to Leone’s head. The suspect also argues he was repeatedly kicked and Tased while he was off-camera.
In the raw video, one of the state troopers can be heard yelling at Leone: ”Do you know who you’re messing with? This is the Pennsylvania State Police.”
The verbal abuse that ensued is undeniable.
“F***ing pull over means be pulled the f*** over. You’re going to be somebody’s f***ing butt f*** inside,” another officer can be heard yelling.
(Source: Daily Mail)
Towards the end of the video, Leone can be heard moaning in apparent terror as he repeatedly tells officers he is “sorry.”
“Are you f***ing stupid?” a trooper asks.
“I’m sorry,” Leone says again before continuing to moan loudly.
“Shut up you mother f***er,” a different officer shouts back at him.
The lawsuit asserts police did not allow EMS personnel to treat Leone at the scene and refused to let him be transported by ambulance to the hospital. Instead, they hogtied him and threw him in the back of a police car before taking him to get medical attention.
Meanwhile, the trooper who broke his hand beating on Leone’s head rode in the ambulance en route to the hospital.
(Source: Daily Mail)
Joan Leone, Robrt’s mother, told WBNG she was horrified when she spoke to her son for the first time after his arrest.
“They put him on the phone and he starts screaming that he has been beaten within an inch of his life. They tried to kill him through the night. He has been threatened that they are going to kill him and make it look like a suicide or an accident,” she said. “[Leone said] That these guys are crazy and you’ve got to get me out of here, they’ve been beating me. And the minute they said that, they pulled the phone from him and I was disconnected.”
Leone was convicted in late 2010 of a number of charges, such as assault, fleeing or eluding police and resisting arrest. He is currently serving a 48-month prison sentence. And though the incident happened more than a year ago, his supporters are still advocating for Leone’s release and want the officers involved to face punishment.
Author and former Pennsylvania state trooper Larry Hohol has made it a personal mission to get justice for Leone. He was the one who uploaded the video to YouTube and he regularly posts updates on the case on his website. He says Leone’s case reminds him of the infamous Rodney King beating.
Further, roughly 50 protesters took to the streets about month ago in Towanda, Pa., advocating for Leone’s release and punishment for the officers who beat him up.
“There‘s possibly a good chance that there’s a cover up at all levels,” said Mike Kitner, one of the protesters. “We just want some answers, we want somebody to come down and look into it because we’re not getting any.”
In a statement to WBNG, the Bradford County Commission said:
The Bradford County Commissioners are certainly concerned about any allegations of inappropriate treatment inflicted on any individual involved in the criminal justice system.
The Commissioners recognize that there are two sides to every story and a pending Federal Lawsuit should answer some of those questions. However, the County’s sole involvement in this matter is their legal obligation to incarcerate prisoners who have been remanded to their facilities through the court system by a District Magistrate or a County Judge.
Bradford County District Attorney Dan Barrett said Leone had “abusive levels” of the stimulant drug Adderall in his system when he was arrested, WBNG reports.
The raw video of Leone’s arrest can be seen, below. (Warning: Graphic Language)
(H/T: Daily Mail)
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neocon1
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 4:02pmthe police are armed to the teeth with glocks, sticks, tazers, vests and are terrified to get hurt.
They hide behind masks and attack in wild mob frenzies. Most of them are rhoided up ******** looking to get some licks in.
We are seeing the beginning of brown shirted government goons abusing those they are being paid to SERVE and PROTECT.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 5:02pmI don’t think so.
I think it is conditioning. They deal with many bad people. At times when when someone gives them a little trouble, they go off on them. These people need some sort of psychological help before this happens. There are people that leave fields like psychology or law enforcement because they are thru with dealing other peoples problems. They are spent. I wonder if police department budget for psychological help for officers.
It is a very dangerous at that point for an officer because the person in the vehicle could have a weapon. They could have a weapon, they could just be freezing out of panic or they could be passively resisting. In the latter two, you don’t go go Rambo on them.
If it were my kid I wouldn’t condone them leaving the scene of an accident but I would be suing these cops for everything.
Report Post »txjb
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 5:17pmwalkabout , the way you are cowing down now tells me you would probably do NOTHING if he was your son .
Report Post »KOCHLEFFEL
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 5:28pmNEOCON
Report Post »I agree, here come the Nazi hoodlums of America.
I hope this guy sues for lot of money, unfortunately, the tax payer gets stuck with it.
This is not police, these are a punch of uneducated bullies put in uniforms.
SLEAZYHIPPOs ILLEGITIMATE OFFSPRING
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:16pmWhile we don’t really know the story behind the video and no one here on the blaze has read or heard all the evidence, it does seem to be excessive when the man was already subdued. I beleive that our police force is simply a reflection of our greater society. As our society becomes less respectful, less civil, and less cerebral (more base), so do the various institutions that are no better than the pool of people that are recruited from to fill those positions. More and more both police and politicians seem to become more drunk on the exercise of their power and authority. It is my belief that when the state takes ever more increasing control of the people the temptation of the police force is to feel above the people and to abuse their authority. Of couurse I know there is great oofficerss outt there, but I do believe will see more and more abuse of power as individual liberties continue to be eroded.
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:17pmwalkabout, you are wrong. It is not all about conditioning. I’m sure that the police deal with stupid people on a daily basis, but, if they cannot handle carrying out their duties of securing the peace and collecting evidence so that SOCIETY can judge the accused and punish accordingly, then they should be terminated on the spot. Also, I can personally testify to the fact that many police are steroids users and abusers and they are as dangerous or more dangerous than the criminals that they arrest.
Report Post »Ragnars Repos
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:57pmBehold the tip of the too powerful politician’s spear: U.S. law enforcement.
‘To Protect and Serve the Powerful Politicians’
As you Americans allow your politicians to wrest more and more power from you, you are growing an evil monster that will certainly feed on you.
Big government = powerful politicians = absolute power = corruption = slavery = ‘punishment’ from their henchmen (U.S. law enforcement), and eventually the military.
There is only one other way for all of this to end, and that’s a return to individual freedom.
This country is screaming toward tyranny.
The IRS will enforce Obamacare, folks. Just how do you suppose that will turn out for you and your loved ones?
You are all going to have experience with the state’s officials in the coming years, and ultimately it will not turn out well for you.
What is happening to your country now is EXACTLY what our founders were trying to prevent.
This is face of abuses of power–it is your future, Americans. Unless, you turn back now.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:14pmSgtB
I think some police & mental health professionals are around too many problems for too long. There was a Highlander episode about an immortal that had too much “evil” from dealing with the bad immortals. It is a fiction series I know. But we see it in Nietze’s saying (Paraphrasing) be careful when you fight with dragons or you may become one.
I said in this post or another on this story that nothing should be off camera. Tech is cheap enough that cops should have their own personal cameras. In this case I think the cop knew he was going too far because he took it off camera. He knows the viewing angle of the camera.
If they were on steroids & that affected their judgment I just as soon as take them out back.
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:45pm.
I don’t know when it happened, but it’s now
“Us against them”.
I suspect it about the time DHS was formed, and cities got tons of new
killing gear. Well, all that training, and you gotta kill someone.
Even worse is that these cops will get off, and their partners will lie to cover for them.
I have long suggested that cops should all be forced to carry a small voice recorder.
Report Post »No recording, no prosecution. Be proud of what your fellow comrades do.
scruffycat
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 10:04pmI love the way the cops can still dish out a brutal “wake-me-up” style beating when one is needed, like this case with some mouthy little wiener. Go call mommy and tell her “waah waah waah” you wiener.
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 11:33pmDidn’t you guys see last year where they beat that pour homeless man to death in California? The poor guy was calling out “Daddy Daddy..help me! THese guys use these people as punching bags no doubt to relieve tension and stress.. So sad for their victims.
Report Post »FormerLEAcademyInstructor
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 3:33amWelcome to what has been SOP for years–curbside justice. Technology has simply brought it up close and personal to a video player near you, sometimes in just minutes after the act. Kelly Thomas (beaten to death a year ago by Fullerton, CA PD officers for ‘contempt of cop’) was just one of many more who will unjustifiably die under color of authority at the hands of raging police. I know because I and my back-up administered the same brand of justice one night in the early 80s–before everyone carried video cams and mandatory recorders that could refute my sworn testimony. I finally had to leave law enforcement (aka: human garbage removal) or lose my soul.
Someday the citizens will reach their saturation point and push back–harder than authorities can imagine. Go view Oakland PD’s Memorial Wall for the year 1973. “He who does not learn from history is condemned to repeat it.”–G. Santayana. In other words, “What goes around comes around.”
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 8:17amWhen the citizens if this country finally get sick of this crap and the SHTF, the cops will never know what hit them. These goons think that the people are on their side and that they cannot ever be beaten. Watch them run like scared rabbits, ripping their uniforms off in order to blend into the populace. That is what they always do. If it gets to that point, and it will, they will be decimated.
Report Post »KoolAidDrinker
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:33amNothing to see here folks, let’s move along…..
Report Post »Red Meat
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:40amThe union will protect them.
Report Post »Interceptor911
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:57amWow. you sound like an occupy member.
I am a police officer. I am really getting sick and tired of people like you whining that the police are to aggressive or too well armed. Let me tell you something. More of us are aware of what going on in the government and are against it more than you think. We will be the ones who will be forced to make a stand one way or the other when the stuff hits the fan. We will be the ones facing off against the feds, or some of our own who are willing to follow illegal orders or turn on the people we are supposed to protect.
Everyday we deal with stuff that would make people like yourself run in fear or break down crying. We aren’t government goons, assshat. We are the ones running into the schools or shopping malls when there is an active shooter while people like yourself run away. We have lost 49 of our brothers and sisters this year already. Last year we lost 173 officers. Local police are your last line of defense and your first responders when something happens. We aren’t trying to take away your rights. We do however sometimes have to protect people from themselves by enforcing laws.
Sure there are some bad apples out there that make the rest look bad, You have that in anything. But in this guys case, and in all the others, you don’t know the full story of what happened. You only see that one little bit of tape.
Maybe next time you need help you should call the occupy crowd.
Report Post »darkknight91
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:11amWho will protect the union when SHTF? Arm up, people. This isn’t going to end pretty?
Report Post »teresabird40
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:21amSIGN AND SHARE
http://www.change.org/petitions/pennsylvania-justice-system-an-investigation-of-the-police-brutality-committed-against-robert-leone
http://www.causes.com/actions/1664300?fb_action_ids=4154045939747&fb_action_types=causes%3Asign&fb_source=timeline_og
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/296/884/998/demand-justice-for-robert-charles-leone/
Report Post »AdmiralQ
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:30amto Interceptor. It is no excuse for what happened here, the guy is on theground cuff and put him in the car, don’t beat the crap out of them. all these cops FIRED no if and or buts for dishonoring the uniform with their actions
Report Post »commonsensefreethinker1
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:55amWhat a bunch of *****’s! 5 cops to arrest 1 little white guy, What a joke! they drive around all day with nothing to do building up their frustration just waiting for a little adrenaline rush and when this guy comes along they have to take it all out on him. I’m glad to see the one fat ass broke his hand.
Report Post »FlamingFartSyndrome
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:56amThis is true. Unfortunately there are people who support the police no matter what. I am very supportive of police, but scenes like this are an obvious abuse of power. The police state will be worse, because video evidence, personal narratives, etc., will have even less affect than it does now. Its hard to understand why so many people defend the police in any situation no matter what the evidence. And yes, policemen do get stressed and scared, but thats why they go through training so they don’t overreact and beat the crap out of some non-hostile person. “With great power comes great responsibility.”
Report Post »Question with BOLDness
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:27amThis has obviously been going on since ‘Rodney King’ and is still going on today. I‘ve heard and assume there are ’good‘ cops but from what I’ve ‘learned’ in my(previous) law classes, it is a VERY corrupt organization. This came from a black man with 30+ years on the police force. He taught us that the police lie, cheat and do whatever it takes to ‘bring somebody down’. The whole government is corrupt.
Report Post »Bruce P.
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 12:05pmINTERCEPTOR — “We have lost 49 of our brothers and sisters this year already. Last year we lost 173 officers.”
The year is half-over, 49 (if the number is accurate) is well below last year’s trend. Let’s hope it says at 49. Every death is a tragedy…each one represents someone who will never see their spouse, child, sibling or parent again. Horrifying.
At the same time, in 2010 (latest year I could find statistics for…) there were over 1500 officers involved in excessive force complaints. 127 deaths were associated with credible excessive force reports. This is on top of the 354 officers accused of sexual assault the same year, over 50% of which were committed against minors.
According to the Cato Institute, murder, sexual assaults and physical assaults happen at a rate of 5.5, 67.8 and 264.7 respectively per 100,000 officers. These are each ABOVE the same rates among the general population (5, 28.7, 262.8, respectively). (SOURCE: http://www.policemisconduct.net/statistics/2010-annual-report/)
Yes, most officers are not going to be involved in anything like this. However, such platitudes are more often than not an attempt to whitewash the issue. There shouldn’t be a single incident of excessive force or sexual assault by someone with a badge and we should be working to eliminate those.
Report Post »Leavon
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 12:06pmWhy was the Camera adjusted away from the confrontation with the suspect? That tells me that the police were already planning on not wanting something to be seen on camera, that tens to lend credibility to the claim of abuse and assault by the police.
Report Post »KWN
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 12:17pmOk, you try standing on the Cop’s side anmd see how you would react. You can’t just talk to idiots like this. Even when they’re hurt they want to fight. At the end of the daqy, the cop will go home and the bad guy will be behind bars……
Report Post »teaisstronger
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 12:20pmThe COPS are on steroids and when they see something like this they become shark like. You could see them running to join in on the beating. Nothing going to be done because this was a white male they attacked. You could even see on of the police officers attempting to tear off one of the doors so he could get at the man and join into the beating. Police will even beat up mentally retarded and diabetics sending them to eRs for no justification. A man who had a legal concealed carry permit was beaten to a pulp, the COPs did not care that he had a carry license.
Report Post »teaisstronger
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 12:25pmCOPS would never have done this to a Black Man no matter what the Black Man was doing. If this was done to a Black, those COPs would now be in a Federal Lockup and Federal SWAT teams would have over the Pennsylvanian State Police Headquarters. This is why white males donot want to get out of their cars when several police have arrived.
Report Post »SolitudeBliss
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 12:58pm@Interceptor911 Well said and Thank you for your service and to all the men and women who serve and protect.
Report Post »RIDEMODELS
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 1:55pmI guess if he was black he would not have gotten that…….Liberals are great aren’t they mr. cop…….You cannot touch the guys that mouth off to you, so you take it out on the white guy…….While the liberal porn magazines are making designs on getting your daughters naked in them…….Pretty neat the way liberals can pit you against yourself and reap the benefits of millions of dollars, while you make chicken feed doing the hard work……..SHEEP……WWJD??
Report Post »darkknight91
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 1:59pmInterceptor, you talk just like these cops do: with contempt and arrogance. Stay out of my foxhole, punk.
Solitude, you and Interceptor should get a room.
Report Post »RJL
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 2:05pmLaws are laws and when you disobey you suffer the consequences.
Let’s see a car driving recklessly after hitting someone or something and possible killing them? The guy is high or drunk on who knows what? And now 95% of Blaze readers siding with this convict and possible killer?
This is like the 3rd story in the past two weeks about hating the traffic laws, hating those that try to enforce the law, and wanting to kill those that try to make the highways safe for me and my family to travel on?
Doing that which is right in your own eyes. I see bad things about to happen when people can’t be trusted to help uphold the law.
Report Post »RaydocX
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 2:14pmsorry, that doesn’t wash… if they taze, they are exscoriated for using too much force… if they shoot, they are called murderers. pepper spray works to varying degrees but can afflict the officers as well.
when you run from the po po, there is an adrenaline response. they have ZERO idea why you ran. anyone who tries to run should expect to be ruffed up. when we started acting like police could not be human and had to behave with ever changing, never police focused rules of engagement, we became part of the problem. i often wonder why anyone would want to be a policeman ‘or woman’ as the only thing they get is grief… they deal with the dregs of society and the good people either turn their back on them or throw them under the bus at the first hint of ‘too much force.’
i’ll say it again… if the police stop you. stop. don’t run.
then again, to the police, be careful barging into homes without offering warning… i know as well that there are ample cases where the power of the badge went to an officer’s head, or where a computer error or ill human intent sent a breach team to the wrong address.
in short, i support the officers until the whole story is known. and i suppor their enforcing the current laws, but will stand against this becoming a police state.
Pax!
Report Post »burnteye86
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 2:32pmNo, that so called police officer doesn’t need psychological help. What he needs is prison time where he will get the kind of treatment only inmates can give him.
Report Post »Too_Far_Gone
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 2:47pmNever, never trust a cop, %99.9 of them are glorified garbage.
Report Post »wdittgasn
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 3:04pmThe mug shot says it all….. There is no excuse for the guy to look like that….. There were a half dozen officers there, he should easily be able to be arrested without the beating he received…… I hope he wins his case…. I’m sorry if anyone is offended by my remarks, but this is ridiculous!
Report Post »Abraham Young
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 4:00pmTo blame psychological problems denies the truth. Officers need religion, not psychology. We all need religion. Look at where the secular society is taking us. Do we want to go?
These Pennsylvania troopers are proud of who they are. Is this a good thing?
Report Post »madasblazes
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:14pmSickening.
He was continually beaten in the back of the squad car; trying to verbalize, “help”, “okay”, “I’m sorry”; all through thuds and growns and screams. They abused him. They assaulted him, repeatedly, to the point of unconsciousness then did it some more.
He was alone and merely ‘suspected’ of something.
If you have a son, who is A.D.D. and alone and ‘suspected’ of something..PRAY hard for his safety from evil, hateful people like this.
These thugish-criminal-cops almost killed this kid.
(One cop BROKE his OWN hand beating him so hard over and over).
Absolute power corrupts.
Report Post »Sickening.
jcvillar
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:03pmAnother advertisement for the right to bear arms. This is exactly what the Framers were warning future generations about. Why did it take 2 years for this to get released? Why didn’t the defense attorney have it? I smell a small town public defender who puts the cops first and the client last.
Report Post »Ken_the_postmaster
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:17pmWow you are complete idiot!
Report Post »Bluedog78
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 12:24amOh boo hoo and cry me a river, this dummy was drugged up and driving, crashed into some average joe, tried to drive off, then doesn‘t give up when he’s caught. He walks away with bruises and a black eye and we’re supposed to hate all cops now? Give me a break, There have been stories of police abuse on this site and others, this isn’t one of them.
Report Post »Enuff Zenuff
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 3:59amStare at his swollen bloodied face until you feel sick to your stomach…
Now close your eyes and imagine how much more sick to your stomach you’ll feel when you can’t even identify the crushed and lifeless bodies of your spouse and children after he’s run over them in his next attempt to evade police.
Until you’ve had to walk in the shoes of these officers and scrape the yet-to-be identified human remains of your loved ones off your shoes while cleaning up the accident scene caused by a drunk or runaway driver… until then, you have no right to judge their actions in subduing jerks like this.
Do you think most cops really enjoy subduing whiny, snotty, disrespectful lawbreakers who’ve never been taught by their cowardly parents to feel anything for anyone but themselves? After doing a hit & run, leading police on a dangerous high-speed chase, causing an accident, resisting arrest, being handcuffed and even hogtied in a cruiser, this kid still chose to spit at an officer! What else can the officers conclude but that the police didn’t have his attention yet!
All you cowards who want to sue the police over this incident – you gotta ask yourself, ‘Do I wanna hear this kid’s screams of protest or my own as I bury my loved ones after this human garbage pulls this stunt again?’ If you side with this POS kid, then I pray he takes your family before he takes what’s left of mine… I’ve buried enough of mine already.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 5:39am@INTERCEPTOR
You only see that one little bit of tape.
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Well, duh, whose fault is that?
=> “We do however sometimes have to protect people from themselves by enforcing laws.”
Report Post »——-
“Sometimes” as in this case? If the answer is no, zip it. It’s not your duty to lecture on the rather dubious topic of “protecting people from themselves.” If the answer is yes, exactly what “laws” were those thugs in uniform enforcing when they beat that kid’s eye shut? Do you realize they could have caused irreparable damage to his eye, asshat?
kryptonite
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 5:59am@ENUFF ZENUFF
Report Post »Do I wanna hear this kid’s screams of protest or my own as I bury my loved ones after this human garbage pulls this stunt again?’
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False dichotomy.
Survivorguy.bob
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 12:55pmMaybe you would prefer the police wear bright floral colors and carry their gear in a nice purse, The police could hand out candy and rainbow stickers to pacify violent perpetrators. If the police could drive a Prius or a Smart car then the offenders wouldn’t be intimidated and just give themselves up peacefully. Oh hey here’s a idea, instead of jail everyone could down to your OWS tent and talk out their differences, smoke a big old peace pipe full of medical marijuana and have a group hug.
Report Post »AUsername
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:59pmThis is why my profile of a terrorist would be an skinhead just look at how many of the attacks they do about 99 percent of them not the Muslims.
Report Post »Truthbeliever2
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 4:35pmGo back to college and retake English 101 please.
Thanks :)
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 5:15pmTruthbeliever2
You nailed it.
I wonder is A_User_Name ever bother to look up the FBI crimes stats. Probably not, as it would get in the way of trolling.
Report Post »Pounding_hammer
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 5:24pmHey TRUTHBELIEVER2, how did you know he was trying to speak english? You can type any language into Google Translate now-a-days and get this
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:26pmPounding_hammer
Good Point. The Blaze staff would have a ‘chance’ of knowing if they checked the IP of the poster.
Report Post »lel2007
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:59pmMinneapolis, MN – Late June 2012 at 2:45AM a Mr. King was beaten by police after raising his hands in the air and stating he carried a CC Permit and a concealed weapon. Mr. King had not been drinking or committing any crime. While returning to his parked car, police noticed a “bulge” under his shirt and asked him what is was. At that time Mr. King put his hands above his head and declared both permit and weapon. The police officer grabbed King by the throat and slammed him into a build, yelled “GUN GUN GUN!” to nearby officers. The police took King down to the side-walk (rather hard), pressed charges and took King to the hospital. Absolutely ZERO local coverage, and yes, Mr. King is black.
Report Post »guntotinsquaw
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 4:09pmI don’t know about local coverage, but that story was on the Blaze and the Drudge.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 4:10pmWell….Sharpton was busy with the Zimmerman fisaco and let this one be taken care of by holder.
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:58pmApparently, there is no code of conduct for these low lifes. No honor. Not fortitude. They are armed thugs. These tyrants should never be in a position of authority.
I wonder how they treat their wives and kids when they “get out of line”….
Report Post »Gums
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 6:19amWhat sick disgusting PIGS they are. I hope they have short and miserable lives. I can personally attest their their perverted minds — power tripping perverts. The drug war made the United States a police state, they are everywhere on every road just pulling people over all day everyday. Conservatives and liberal politicians built superfluous prisons with over-zealous law enforcement and they make a living off of our incarceration and fines. Screw them all. I really get mad when I realize the US has twice the per capita incarceration rate as the Communist Chinese and we still have people that have the audacity to say they are freedom lovers and drug warriors simultaneously?? We are building prisons while Latin America is building cities it makes me want to puke. These A-holes need to settle the F down. We need to do something — decriminalize drugs and legalize and regulate weak ones — Like weed. And if anyone out there thinks WEED is such a a big problem that it is worth throwing millions of Americans in prison then you are an ignorant fool and if you are a conservative you should not be surprised when Americans hate the USA.
Report Post »PaBowHunter
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 7:56am@Gums
Report Post »First of all my friend I’m not sure if the chinese prison population is lower per capita than the USA, but even if it is true, it’s more than likely due to the fact that they simply kill many of their prisoners.
Secondly, millions of Americans ARE NOT in jail due to criminal charges stemming from selling marijuana. 99.9 percent of all criminal charges related to marijuana offense are plead out to a summary offense not much different than a traffic ticket.
Lastly, marijuana is a gateway drug which many young people use then graduate to heroin or other extremely addictive narcotics. So NO, let’s not make marijuana legal so you can sit around, get high and repeatedly watch PT109 while crushing bag after bag of Doritos.
Brad Wesselmann
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:51pmThis all began when they stop being peace officers and became law enforcement…two completely different mindsets and it comes from our “do as I say, not as I do” government.
Wake up!
Report Post »single stack
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:51pmThe biggest problem is that they‘ve been militarized and trained to the mindset that they’re going into combat when they start their shift. They‘re taught to consider anyone who isn’t a cop as hostile.
Report Post »I know a lot of cops and I‘ve been hanging out with them when they’re relaxed with their guard down and listened to how they think. It’s terrifying.
I know too much to ever respect or trust a cop. I especially despise the SWAT thugs. There are a lot of itchy trigger fingers just waiting for their chance.
Mil-Dot
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 8:23amSingle,
Report Post »I agree. Get them alone without their 7 or 8 buddies and most of them are cowards. They rely on disproportionate advantage in order to win. One on one, they are no different than any other man. They are not super heros. They die just like anybody else. Do not fear them. Despise them.
ChiefGeorge
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:44pmThe common man is now the bane of every police officers existence. Decent folk back in the day needed not worry about this sort of thing. It was obvious they were decent and you could easily profile them as such, clean shaven, well groomed, shirt tucked in..polite, cooperative. This is all but gone in our society and our police officers are dealing with more nut cases everyday and some of them average everyday people. Kelly Thomas was a young man in Fullerton, CA beat to death by police after a long **** chat on the sidewalk. He was not a criminal nor was he involved in a crime. They just thought he was since someone reported cars being broke into in the area. They smashed his face to pieces with the butt end of a taser. He died days later from massive face trauma. Cops need to throttle back! Make a clean arrest and let the courts sort it all out.
Report Post »Jeffreyeast
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 4:05pmThe common man??? Running from the police while higher than a kite,then fighting back when trying to be placed in handcuffs??? The common man??? That to me gives the police every right to fight to win…Sounds more like a selfish,common criminal…His fault not the cops…When his parents told him he could be anything he wanted to be,he should have never chose to be a common criminal / A-hole…
Report Post »Just_Us
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 4:32pmHey Jeffreyeast,
Report Post »Who is going to beat the crap out of the cops who broke the law? What about hiding behind a gun and badge so you can beat people. They are not judge or jury…they are there to enforce laws, not punish crime. The only difference I see between the perp and the cops is that the cops commit crimes with no repercussions. We were much better off with the police force of 30 years ago, today we just have hardened criminal with badges and guns. Taking up for them makes you just as big an ***** as they are.
Truthbeliever2
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 4:40pm@Jeffreyeast
You sound just like a gung ho lets kick the living **** out the common man PIG!
Just FYI…
Report Post »toto
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 4:51pmWhile it can be argued that the police need to have an off button that is triggered as soon as the person is contained, in the case you mention, I believe the police were called by a witness that saw him breaking into the cars.
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:03pmFurthermore, that young man was schizophrenic, not on his meds, and did not deserved to be beaten to death by the police or anyone else. There are better ways of subduing a suspect that beating the tar out of him/her.
Cincinnati had an incident of an obese man being forced to put his hands behind his back in such a way that he suffocated. The police did not bother to link cuffs together to provide for the suspects immense girth.
The training for exceptions seems to be severely lacking.
Report Post »javasport
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:04pm@Jeffrey
Report Post »Aderall isn’t a drug that you lose control of your mental or physical faculties. t also doesn;t give you a sense of invincibility like PCP. It can if you take it in large quantities but that will kill you and they didn’t exactly take him to the hospital to treat aderall abuse did they? They took him for his police beatdown. If I were a cop at the scene, I would have pulled a gun on that jack-booted police thug. That was uncalled for.
KidCharlemagne
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:44pmThis is what happens when the federal government starts handing out “free” money (federal grants) in order to encourage local law enforcement agencies to hire more police officers….
They eventually get so dependent on federal money that they will go out and hire ANYBODY and stuff ‘em inside a uniform so that they can keep on getting those government grants:
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Report Post »“Though a rapid transition to a federalized police force is unlikely here in America, an incremental shift to greater federal control is already occurring”
Lance Eldridge: “The Federalization of Local Law Enforcement”
neidermeyer
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 4:31pmThe Federal money may have increased the numbers of police but all my life the police have had a reputation as extremely heavy drinkers and abusers which of course put them and kept them at the top of the divorce statistics for at least the last 40 years. You add to that already volatile mix heavy prescription medicine abuse (steroids) , and make the easy path to overtime pay being to suit up in black pajamas and beat people up in midnight raids… what do you expect … make me your sheriff and I’ll cut the department budget and make the streets safer (with fewer arrests).
Report Post »battles
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:03pmThe collapse of the currencies of the world due to uncontrolled government spending will be very hard on most people, but it will also be a blessing as the multitude of cops are sent packing for lack of government funding.
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 8:28amRight on Battles,
Report Post »Then, they will be on their own just like the rest of us. Oh sure, they will band together, attempting to survive, but they will be found out. We will see who wants to be a jack booted thug then will we not?
travis
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:42pmwe wonder how the germans turned on their own people. these guys aren’t far off.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:50pmthere imports from there and the USSR dude
Report Post »AZRACISTBIGOT
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 4:06pmWas he charged with assulting the officers fist with his face or just impeding the flight of a nightstick?
The cops sound like sharks in a feeding frenzy.
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:39pmEvery week a video like this is posted. We need to wake up and realize these thugs are going to be the ones taking our guns from us. Not to mention they have drones, APC, body armor, machine guns, sniper rifles, and complete lack of judgement.
In college my roommate was beaten to a pulp by cops in our home. I was arrested that night for calling the police on the police. After my 911 tape was used my charges were cleared but the cops had no issue taking the stand and telling two completely different stories. Of course since they were honorable policemen the judge hit my roommate with all charges. The whole system is corrupt.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 4:05pmwhat needs to happen is that people need to defend civilians form charges and put them all on the cops who do this. or militia community retaliation would work nice to but if people were awake enough to charge the cops for their crimes against humanity than there would be no need to do the militia strategy. If i am even a juror i will charge the pig and let the civilian go if that happens and more people need to do that.
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 4:42pmI think we need a repeal of all federal gun laws. The only gun laws we should have if any are local gun laws. This would allow the American citizens to be armed to the point they feel safe. If the police thugs have armed trucks, machine guns, and body armor the only thing that combat that is RPGs, machine guns, and body armor. You give the citizens the ability to get those weapons cops will stop this nonsense.
Now people saying RPGs? Yeah RPGs. These cops will drive an armored truck through the front of the persons house, fire in flashbangs and tear gas, use drones, have snipers, and follow it up with 20 cops armed with machine guns to storm a house. They wont drive that truck through your house with the prospect of it getting blown up by a RPG. This would force police to use common sense and non lethal tactics when dealing with US citizens.
I would rather have few problems with RPGs than daily and weekly problems with jackboot thugs.
Report Post »toto
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 5:05pmWhat I find interesting is that the liberals are responsible for things like Waco and Ruby Ridge and are definitely the one that want only the police to have any fire power at all. In the above cases the people did not attack anybody, the “police” attacked them. Conservatives need to get on boards and volunteer with the police departments and support the good guys against the bad. Not a good thing to indict all cops for the sins of the few. We must all make sure that as the public we set the parameters and hold them to it without putting them in danger. The ones suing are not sweet innocents and should not be able to get rich off this stuff, but the cops involved if proven to be culpable should be gone and all benefits terminated.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 5:20pmWith technology getting cheaper & miniaturized everything should be on camera. We should have to rely on a dash cam.
Cops need personal cams. Nothing should be off camera.
It would protect the reputation of good cops, convict bad cops & convict lawbreakers.
Report Post »mitcha_ca_sux
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:53amExactly, Govt Judges listen to Govt agents, end of story. It matters not what you say if the Judge ignores you and puts all of the weight of the truth on the Govt agent. In court the first thing the Highway Patrol says is how many years he’s been on the force and the judge uses that to weight the scales even more.
Revolution NOW…
Report Post »AngryK9
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:39pmCops are pretty much a bunch of thugs that are drunk with a little power.
Report Post »neocon1
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 4:04pmUNION thugs at that
Report Post »vivrobbins
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 5:33amCops lie too.
Report Post »lassiegirldawn
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:39pmI just hope that the hand that the cop broke was his trigger hand.
Report Post »MRMANN
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 4:10amYes, me too. So many rogue policemen these days–why? Roids? Too many meds? Recreational drugs & alcohol? No moral anchor? Anyway, it’s disturbing & perplexing, and casts a long, negative shadow on the majority of policeman who are straight arrows.
Report Post »sawbuck
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:31pmThis is getting out of control…
Report Post »Clear evidence of to much power and above the law mentality .
MAULEMALL
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:52pmWhat a douchbag
Report Post »Jeffreyeast
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 4:10pmI agree with MAULEMALL
Report Post »sawbuck
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 5:21pmYou two will assimilate well in the new utopia that’s almost complete..
Report Post »Who would have guessed their indoctrination techniques …
would have work so well on idiots.
RecoveringRepublican
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:25pmAs a Juror on this case against the PA Police Dept. I would have to rule Not Guilty, Your Honor.
Report Post »Weiners Wiener
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:31pmYou would side with the police? You are a fool. Maybe next time it’ll be you.
Report Post »RecoveringRepublican
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:37pmI don’t see a crime. I just heard a lot of whining and some yelling. Not Guilty!
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:55pmUnbelievable. Let‘s pray you’re never summoned for jury duty then.
Report Post »Just_Us
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 4:36pmRecoveringRepublican – You will be the people killed first, as soon as your usefulness is gone. You will be mowed down like grass as you scratch your head and wonder where it all went wrong. I have piles of rocks with more sense than you.
Report Post »mitcha_ca_sux
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:18amIts morons like you that give Republicans a bad name.
Report Post »h20sue
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:24pmI realize how bad crime has become and it continues to worsen, but I’m just disgusted with the language. I don’t know all the facts that contributed to this, but the brutallity is not good. My prayers and thoughts are with every deputy, sheriff, state trooper, and attorney. There are a few “good men and women” who honor their jobs, and positions, however;… unfortunately, there are a few who are too forcefull and don’t know their own strengths. This is what gives law enforcement a bad name.
Criminals around our area are not scared of law enforcement and they take things to extremes, so I have to admire any man or woman who works in the legal field. May the Lord keep the safe. Even attorney’s who win or lose cases are subject to being shot. This is a sad.
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:40am” My prayers and thoughts are with every deputy, sheriff, state trooper, and attorney.”
Really? You are a lapper. A lapper of your own puke. You believe anything that comes from “the govt”
Report Post »You are one of them.
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:20pmI believe the Police were justified, he obviously didn’t have a Obama 2012 sticker on his car, didn’t pull over fast enough, and probably had a Ice Tea and Skittles before he drove. He could have been on bath salts also, Police just can’t be too careful now days, they should be allowed to tase, beat, or shoot anyone they feel they need to, and then sort it out later. Besides, we all have free healthcare now, it won’t cost anyone anything to get that jaw wired shut, those broken ribs to be taped, or that foot to be amputated.
If you like the way things are going, keep voting for the liberals and progressives, Pennsylvania has and they got what they voted for, so don’t gripe.
Report Post »JQCitizen
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 4:01pmAs a Pennsylvanian, I couldn’t agree with you more on the states voting record. There are many reasons I am happy to be a Pennsylvanian. THAT is NOT one of them.
I hope this guy wins his lawsuit. NO ONE should look like this after having been in a 10-1 dispute with well-equipped well-trained enforcers.
Report Post »bankerpapaw
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:19pmHow could he have resisted? He never got the chance. Just give these cops jack boots and put an
Report Post »SS on their collars. Some, note I say some, cops are totally out of control.
Eleutheria
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:52pmI’ve never met a police officer or state trooper who was anything but a subsidized waste of water.
However, I have the utmost respect for the elected office of sheriff. They are held accountable every year they come up for reelection and they behave accordingly. When you meet a sheriff’s deputy you will note a palpable distinction between how he behaves and how a police officer behaves. They are generally more cordial and soft-spoken. Another neat fact about sheriffs is that they have more authority over their county than either the governor or the President of the United States. My father has made nice with his sheriff for these very reasons. My father’s sheriff suggested that he obtain a CCW and offered to give him the authority to carry inside the county without even taking the test. That is an exhibition of trust which has fostered respect and reciprocal trust. It’s also a predilection you will not see in any police officer.
Report Post »wdittgasn
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 3:32pmBANKER…. You forgot the skull and crossbones insignia and a nice long shiny dagger.
Report Post »Ty Coon
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:19pmCops, used to be just regular guys. Nowadays, they are ex-military rejects with shaved heads and a steroid raging aspect that is displayed perfectly in this video. I hope the young man gets ZILLIONS and it all comes personally from the 6 or 7 subhumans who beat him mercilessly !
Report Post »Locked
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:18pmReminds me of the cop from “Desperation.“ Wonder if he was cawing ”Tak!” as he beat the guy.
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:17pmDisgusting. These animals should be locked up forever.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:16pmits hard to feel sorry for him because of his record but these thugs do it to people who don’t do anything like that, so many cops especially from the military, just attack and hit people with stuff whenever they can there basically the American Taliban. I suppose if they enjoy killing people it may carry over to their job afterwards and they enjoy doing it to tax paying citizens.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:42pmI so fear for this country. I’m not sure the Oath Keepers outnumber those who would gladly take down Americans.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:52pmprobably no more than 10 million of those terrorists in this country and than we have 320 million normal folks left, our chances look good if they come to try to put Americans in concentration camps or confiscate guns, post hole diggers are great just bury them in a random spot in the ground and than gl finding it.
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 4:05pmIn every society there are those who, for whatever reason, mostly revenge, will take the govt money and beat their fellow Americans for their politician masters. There have always been and will always be rejects that grow up to be cops. They had them in Nazi Germany, they had them in Cuba, they have them here. There is only one way to deal with them. When the SHTF, you have to choose a side. With the goons, or against the goons. No other choice.
Report Post »feverpitch
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:14pmwhere‘s Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson gettin’ the folks all worked up over this injustice. Oh, that’s right, he’s white. Stupid ******* probably deserved it.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:12pmThe same exact thing happened to a friend of mine. We conservatives who support the police have to realize that this sort of thing happens FREQUENTLY. Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts ABSOLUTELY. The police have the job of apprehending, not delivery body blows JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT!
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:17pmAs a former cop I have to agree with you. While most cops are great guys and I would trust them impatiently, the remainder scare the absolute life out of me. Have seen too many of them and that is the main reason that I am not longer a civilian cop.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:19pmForgot the mention that these law enforcement miscreants are protected by the unions as much as teachers are protected for screwing up our children. When I was a civilian cop I had to be in two of these unions to keep my job.
Report Post »Weiners Wiener
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:36pmThank you for pointing out something that has driven me nuts for years. Conservatives are so bad about turning a blind eye when it comes to dirty cops like these savages, and it makes not sense. Corrupt police are an extension of corrupt politicians. They are covered for by liberal unions and nanny state big government clowns. But because they shoot guns, too many on the right think that they can identify with them. By definition, there is *nothing* conservative about police officers who abuse their position of authority to harm others, criminal or not.
Report Post »jungle J
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:11pmThe progressives have forced these type into the legitimate enforcement agencies to undo the good one throught their mentally ill actions..the sane know what is going on.
Report Post »Bruce P.
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 12:14pmConservatives share as much as the blame, in their desire for “law and order” they have been, for far too long, too willing to turn a blind-eye to police misconduct or justify it.
Report Post »Chamber
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:07pmYou know, I’m not surprised. We have had several incidents in the last few years regarding PSP troopers out of the Chambersburg Pa barracks. I think the PSP has some type of serious internal problem and it should be addressed.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:07pmI think he’s screwed, wrong color.
Report Post »Man-On-A-Mission
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:42amWhat ever…it happens to blacks way more than whites….and most cases are not filmed.
Report Post »chjaka
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 2:59pmYou’re right HKS. @M on a M: LOL WTF are you smoking?
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