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2007-07-25 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Judge acquits New Orleans cop in videotaped beating

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Posted by gorb 2007-07-25 01:13|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 The judge is probably an ex-prosecutor. Robed ex-defenders are known to acquit guilty criminals. Justice should be blind to all but the facts. It isn't.

Posted by McZoid 2007-07-25 07:19|| 2007-07-25 07:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Did you see the video?
The guy just kept fighting, you can't cure stooooopid.
After Katrina hit, I'd say the cops were just about as wound up as they could be, and for good reason.
Not the time to go screwing with them. I don't buy the story of the unprovoked attack for one second, he was more than likely being irrational and got his head busted for it.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-07-25 08:51|| 2007-07-25 08:51|| Front Page Top

#3 They also cleared a doctor down there for giving hot shots to 4 of her patients to put them down during the hurricane.
I think the plan is to acquit all the locals, combine all the charges and indict Bush...

Posted by tu3031 2007-07-25 09:22|| 2007-07-25 09:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Yeah, I saw the video. Review it for yourself. Please take careful note of how Mr. Davis was doing nothing worth mentioning at first and the cops decided it was in the interest of public safety to bash his head against the wall about a dozen times. Strictly following police procedure the whole time, I'm sure. /sarc.

He didn't deserve to have his face punched in just because he is wiggling around a bit due to a "fight or flight" reaction that the police intentionally provoked by beating his head against a wall. There were four of them. If they could free up one hand long enough to pound on the guy's face they should have used it to cuff him. Everyone standing around was pretty much pi$$ed off at the police. Both black and white. The police were aggressive with the bystanders because they needed to be to keep them off the police who were being a$$holes. The guy on the horse was doing his best to shield the action from being captured by the camera. The police aggressively tried to confiscate the video of the event even to the point of beating the reporter with the camera. What odds would you give that it would still be around today had they succeeded? I didn't think so. One of the police involved committed suicide supposedly because of this. Mr. Davis was not aggressive or violent, just upset by unprofessional police behavior. He only got a bit resistant after they tried to beat the crap out of him because he didn't show them the proper "deference" so they thought they would teach him a lesson. And I don't give a flying fuc& what the circumstances are the police are there to serve and protect, not beat the crap out of some guy so they can "vent" their frustrations. Apparently it wasn't so bad for these guys or they wouldn't have had the extra energy to beat on the guy.

And I didn't know being obnoxious in response to being provoked was a punishable offence. I guess the judge got that wrong, too.

Posted by gorb 2007-07-25 17:37|| 2007-07-25 17:37|| Front Page Top

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