Monday, January 23, 2012

anticapitalist:

Cop Turns Off Video Equipment, Beats 66-Yr-Old Man w/ Dementia

A Melbourne, Florida cop turned off his audio and video equipment before beating a 66-year-old man suffering from dementia “for no apparent reason,” WFTV reports.

The officer turned off his video and audio equipment before the beating. The department was able to extract the video from the hard drive, but not the audio.

The only disciplinary record the officer received for the incident was a written reprimand for turning off the recording equipment.

Flowers was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer.

“It’s ridiculous. Clearly from this video there was no assault on a law enforcement officer. We asked for a speedy trial. We want a jury to see this video,” attorney Paul Bross said.
This is how it works in America, the cops beat the hell out of you, then charge you with assaulting them. Good thing they were able to recover the video, there is no way a man with dementia would be trusted over a gang of police officers in court.

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  1. crippledwizard reblogged this from theinvisiblecommission
  2. sostrongsheburnsheaven reblogged this from pixyled and added:
    (The original video had since been removed, but I linked to another source with the full video.) I cried watching this...
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  6. sweetbutterbliss reblogged this from sixtyforty and added:
    Wtf? The victim was charged with assault?
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    What the fuck? ugh.
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    This is fucking disgusting.
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    I’m disgusted.
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    And nothing will happen to him like the pigs who killed Sean Bell and Diallo honestly fuck the pigs. Huey was right we...
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    i wish i lived in a country where i could be truly shocked to learn this. fuck!
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    Fuck the police.
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