Police Officer Sentenced To 18 Months

hi all

i apologize in advance if it was posted already. i couldnt find it so i decided to post this.

Police Officer Sentenced To 18 Months

it is about a cop who hit the hell out of a handcuffed man. he got 1 and half year for that. just watch for yourselves. i post this just so others can see cops and law enforcement in general for what they are.

to mods, if you think this was posted before please close it or if you think someone could make a better job of reopening this thread i am all for it.


[edit on 10-3-2010 by marsvolta]

I'll drink to that !!!


Maybe a little bacon will make those jailhouse balogna sandwiches taste better.

and people eat up some bs "appeals" from cops on here.

I like this piece. Should quite up the, "Cops get away with everything while we get charged" crowd.

BTW, would you fix the censor circumvention in the OP?

Originally posted by intrepid
I like this piece. Should quite up the, "Cops get away with everything while we get charged" crowd.

BTW, would you fix the censor circumvention in the OP?

should be a break from the latest "cops are out there to protect you" threads.

BTW, what "circumvention" in the OP are you talking about?

oh i see it now. *fixed*

Originally posted by marsvolta
oh i see it now. *fixed*

No prob, I type as I think as well. Gets you sometimes.

As I see it, the positive cop threads to the negative ones are out numbered 5 to one. The nature of CT's to have a problem with the PTB though. The thing about this that struck me was that in those 5-1 threads they always say that the cops get away with everything. This proves otherwise.

I am not a law enforcement officer, but I have done some training in the field, and I think that the application of synecdoche here is ridiculous. One corrupt or immoral officer doesn't condemn or even define all of law enforcement. Just because an American citizen commits murder, is all of America guilty? Murders happen every day in America, yet we don't define ourselves as "murderers".

Don't judge the chicken by its feathers, eh?

Originally posted by Captain Reynolds
I am not a law enforcement officer, but I have done some training in the field, and I think that the application of synecdoche here is ridiculous. One corrupt or immoral officer doesn't condemn or even define all of law enforcement. Just because an American citizen commits murder, is all of America guilty? Murders happen every day in America, yet we don't define ourselves as "murderers".

Don't judge the chicken by its feathers, eh?

comparing a regular citizen to a LEO is incorrect. the latter is expected to uphold the law. it is their JOB. and like someone somewhere pointed out it`s not those infamous "few rotten apples" anymore, but a rotten orchard already.

Originally posted by intrepid

Originally posted by marsvolta
oh i see it now. *fixed*

As I see it, the positive cop threads to the negative ones are out numbered 5 to one. The nature of CT's to have a problem with the PTB though. The thing about this that struck me was that in those 5-1 threads they always say that the cops get away with everything. This proves otherwise.

well as you can see it`s not merely a rant about bad cops. there`s a vid to back it up.

Originally posted by marsvolta
well as you can see it`s not merely a rant about bad cops. there`s a vid to back it up.

I'm not debating that. I know there's bad cops. This tool got what he deserved. Mind you that will be about 12 months in Seg. 2/3 time for good behavior.

I'm just saying that they are held accountable as well. Unlike what I've read here.

Originally posted by intrepid

Originally posted by marsvolta
well as you can see it`s not merely a rant about bad cops. there`s a vid to back it up.

I'm not debating that. I know there's bad cops. This tool got what he deserved. Mind you that will be about 12 months in Seg. 2/3 time for good behavior.

I'm just saying that they are held accountable as well. Unlike what I've read here.

well, he got unlucky and got caught on tape. otherwise, me thinks, we wouldnt have even heard of it. in other cases which we do get to hear from time to time all that LEOs get is being "fired" for some time. i am kind of lazy now to go look up that case of a cop who turned off the camera and brutally beat a woman. i think she was arrested for DUI or something. he was allegedly fired and then later..reinstated.

[edit on 10-3-2010 by marsvolta]

Dude, I just pooped myself.
That officer arrested me for drunken driving two years ago.
As soon as I saw his picture, I said, "wow, that looks just like the cop thaat busted me!"
Then his name came up, I went, no way.

He's a Milwaukee County Sheriff.
Unfreakin' believable.

He showed up for a few court dates in his swat uniform,

and yeah, he was a real bleep.

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I think that if the officer had remembered that there was a functional camera there would have been no story. I would not be surprised if his habit was to rough up the drunks a little -just because he can. My guess is that he thought the surveillance was non functional at the time- these pansies always cry when they're caught out red handed and hung out by there peers. I bet if I handcuffed someone, put them in the back of my car and beat the stuffing out of them I'd get more than 18mos!!

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At first I thought I liked that pretty chick, Mercedes. Then she opened her mouth and said the word "exchanged." How can the officer exchange blows with a gentleman hand-cuffed behind his back? As if the officer was holding up the law that suspects cannot have access to a restroom while in custody. Then she went on to say that the gentleman "rose right back up" after being beaten. "Riots in the streets like he is Rodney King." There should be a zero-tolerance against perversions of justice. 18 months? Slap on the wrist.

And the other officers reported him? I wonder they are just standing there watching this officer beat a "suspect." I hope they squealed on their partner when Internal Affairs showed up. I bet they all stated they didn't observe it.

However, I do not think he should do 18 months. 3 months max with a suspended sentence after that would have sent the message.

[edit on 11-3-2010 by ExPostFacto]

Also, to add,
While the Fox report claims he got 18 months in prison, that appears to be incorrect.

He got 9 months in the House of Corrections, which is not prison.
The HOC is jail, and it is the jail you are sent to when you are a likely candidate for Huber/electronic monitoring.

Link to sentence

How do I know this?
It is where I was sent on a 90 day sentence based on his false testimony.
I served 45 days, and was released on electronic monitoring, which I'm sure is exactly what will happen with him.

[edit on 11-3-2010 by Oaktree]

Originally posted by marsvolta
i post this just so others can see cops and law enforcement in general for what they are.

Well, you can say that, because it's a free country, but you've started off with a false premise...

A cop beating the hell out of a cuffed suspect is NOT fairly representative of "law enforcement in general" — Cases of police brutality are the exceptions, NOT the norm.

I come from Houston, Texas, which had the worst police department in the nation at one time. Those guys didn't just beat handcuffed suspects, they kicked handcuffed suspects into the bayou and watched them drown. THAT was insanity, it was a reason for every Houstonian to fear their police department.

Hell, there are songs about how bad the police were in Houston.

I can tell you right now, after living through the Houston experience, that most LEOs (law enforcement officers) today are clean-cut and courteous and disciplined and very serious about doing the right thing.

I know this because I come from a law enforcement family, and I still deal with LEOs all the time. I'd say 98% of LEOs are good old boys, and a small handful of them are ass holes, and their extreme actions are the reason these videos end up circulating on the Internet.

I mean, if you wanted to be fair, you'd post links to the other 17 million mundane police stories across the nation every day, the stories of traffic stops, of assisting motorists, of working these grisly automobile accidents, of escorting funeral processions and menial stuff like that.

THAT is what LEOs are, in general. They're public servants. Underpaid, in my opinion.

— Doc Velocity

The OP's argument that this exposes cops and LEOs "for what they are" is just ridiculous. By your logic, you could say that the cop is also a male, so therefore all males are now exposed for "what they really are" by this incident.

The fact that this incident was reported and he was convicted shows that not all LEOs are corrupt.

POLICE ARE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO OUR SOCIETY. Some people are stupid, some are corrupt, some are ignorant, and some are just bad. Police happen to also be regular people, and are prone to human error.

I am in no way defending this particular officer, but I am defending LEO's in general. Yes, there are some bad apples, but the orchard isnt rotten, maybe the farmer that tends it misguided, but that is another thing entirely.

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He only got what he deserved because there was probably no way to cover it up, and sweep it under the rug. Cops only get charged and convicted if there's no other choice, not as a rule.