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30 Jun 2011, 10:27 pm

also hog tied and dragged to jail because he had a speech impediment which "confused" the officer

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/06/30/c ... ohio-teen/

I hope those officers lose their job for this...there is no reason to treat him like that.


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30 Jun 2011, 10:51 pm

It's good to be the police in a police state. :evil:


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30 Jun 2011, 11:47 pm

John_Browning wrote:
It's good to be the police in a police state. :evil:


ya you know that officer at the most will be just transfered, but more likely be given PAID leave.

When I lived in Minnesota, there was a border patrol officer that did a hit and run on a elderly pedestrian...did he go to jail?? No he got transfered to Alaska...which I guess is punishment itself considering in remote towns the only way in and out is by plane or copter.
But that is not the point, he should have been arrested like every other Joe. Had that been a non-police citizen that did that....the judge would have thrown the book at him.


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30 Jun 2011, 11:58 pm

Good thing they didn't kill him. They would have gotten away with that, too. With paid leave.



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01 Jul 2011, 12:45 am

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Good thing they didn't kill him. They would have gotten away with that, too. With paid leave.


ya some people with mental disabilities are prone to seizures, so tazing could have killed him if he had epliepsy. the more I realize that we are no longer in america, the more I want to move out of the US. I bet you didn't know this, but when we were looking for a farm to rent, we found that many small farmers are fleeing the US.

I really want to leave, but my sister and brother can be so nieve when it comes to what is really happening.

I hate it for that boy, he will probably be so traunatized that he will never ride his bike again

Unless the police officer is a total dunce, why would he have been confused by the boy's speech problems enough to call 20 cars for back up...helloooooo excessive use of force.


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01 Jul 2011, 3:51 am

I think if this happened in the UK the officers involved would be facing charges of common assault or ABH. The civil claim would be quietly settled out of court afterwards.

But it wouldn't have got that far - since he's a minor if they thought he was at risk they would have just have taken him home to his parents.



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01 Jul 2011, 4:57 am

I hope they win big in a civil suit.


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01 Jul 2011, 5:38 am

Nevermind the civil claim. The officers involved should be facing criminal charges.



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01 Jul 2011, 6:14 pm

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Nevermind the civil claim. The officers involved should be facing criminal charges.


Most of the time, when a officer in the US does something illegal, they are put on PAID leave or transfered to someplace undesirable.

There was a story a few years ago where this officer who was really a rapist with a badge kept raping all these women, get transfered rape more women get transfered again and rape more and so on...and it just continued for 5 years untill the press got wind of it and smeared him all over the media for a few weeks. Then they fired him and pressed charges and promiced reform that never happened.

It is called the blue wall where police officals and officers behind the blue wall can do anything becides outright chopping people up and they get a pat on the hand and keep working without any justice being done.


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01 Jul 2011, 6:27 pm

Sounds like our politicians over here (UK expenses scandal).

Apparently, theft is only theft if you're a commoner. If you're a politician, it's a perk. They're apparently above the law, even when it comes to committing fraud and stealing from their employer.

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02 Jul 2011, 3:02 am

If the police are guilty of thuggery I hope to goodness that they parents sue the police to kingdom come, but do we know the whole story yet ?


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02 Jul 2011, 3:36 am

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If the police are guilty of thuggery I hope to goodness that they parents sue the police to kingdom come, but do we know the whole story yet ?


accordinf to the article, he was released due to mental incompetence....so thats sounds like the whole story. I hope the boy gets real justice for what will probably cause alot of fear about going out in public again. I guess anouther version of shoving the mentally disabled in an attic, not to be seen by society.


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02 Jul 2011, 6:27 am

Opps double post, sorry folks


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04 Jul 2011, 6:40 pm

Oh my freaking god! What a freak! :evil:


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15 Jul 2011, 3:37 pm

Disgusting they should of be sacked which part of "protect and serve" didn't they understand if the boy failed to pose a threat then there was no need to purse him with such force

maybe there should be a iq test for the police, as those two are nothing but scum


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18 Jul 2011, 5:57 pm

So it took 20 cops to apprehend one mentally handicapped individual?
That kind of over-response in itself would trigger a meltdown in someone.
People always say we need more police protection but if this kind of thuggery is the result I'll pass.
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