Posted on 01/11/2012 11:27:08 AM PST by Altariel
When Jermaine Green and his fiancee Violet Roberts got on a Metro bus in Bellflower Monday night, they took notice of another passenger.
"The lady got on the bus with a stroller full of pillows, she was very polite, said hello to everyone and sat down," Green said.
At the next stop, two LA County sheriff's deputies, one male and one female, boarded the bus and called the passenger by name.
"They said get off the bus. She then started cursing at (the female deputy). You could tell she had special needs. After that they grab her, she curses him out, calls him a big shot, next thing you know he gives her a big shot," Green said.
Green captured the incident with his cell phone's video camera.
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Green claims the deputies then tried to intimidate him when he refused to hand over his cell phone.
"He comes to me and says you can be under arrest if you don't give me that video," Green said.
Green said the deputy then asked if he had any warrants.
"I said no, I'm a veteran, I just came back, I have six years, I have no record, and he said 'We'll see about that.'"
Why didn't Green want to hand over this video to the deputies involved?
"I think they would try to cover it up. I think a lot of things get covered up and people need to come forward if they see something, report it because it can't be fixed unless it's brought to the public's attention," Green said.
A sheriff's department spokesman told NBCLA over the phone the department would not comment on this case and would not look at the videotape, but the spokesman said the department does investigate all use of force claims.
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This is not personal, why are you trying to make it personal, which is against FR rules? It is objective reality based upon evidence.
The L.A. Police Department is an ongoing criminal conspiracy of some low rent scumbags and their enablers, and their criminality is helps immeasurably by those members of the public who think a Police officer beating a woman and stealing the evidence of it is just fine with them.
I have had ZERO runs in with Law Enforcement outside of a traffic ticket in Florida (which I, being in my USAF uniform, managed to talk my way out of) and in San Diego (which has a reputation as a fine upstanding Police Department - if a bit heavy handed) and he said I was the friendliest guy he stopped all week - and wrote me a ticket! So no, all my “run ins” with Law Enforcement have been quite peachy - but thanks for trying to make it personal.
So why are you such a boot licker? Do you have some sort of crush personally on members of L.A. law enforcement? It seems to be a personal thing for you.
Im sorry massa im going.
Allmendream he is not worth the effort. He thinks that the police can do no wrong and that mittens is the man.
‘Servile boot licker’ doesn't seem to even encapsulate the enormity!
I think it might be that his nose is stuck someplace that makes it impossible for him to see reality.
What is the difference between a brown noser and a sh*t head?
Depth perception.
Let’s see. They won’t look at the tape, but they will investigate. UUUUH, OK!
How do you explain the deputies demands for the camera?
“All assumption you could as easily assume that the deputies just wanted to hassle her. If they are not arresting her then she does not have to get off the bus.”
What if, for the sake of argument she had been banned from riding the bus and had got on anyway? Could the police remove her then? Or would they have to arrest her for being on the bus had she been banned?
“And look at how quickly you allege “police brutality” when there is no evidence of such in the video.”
I have seen the video. Both officers had her hands then the male hauled off and slugged her in the face! Just damn!
Yes that could have been the case and then the officers should have placed her under arrest. They did not, so what were they doing.
Sounds like harassment to me.
Agreed
You’re both basement-dwelling trolls and I am female, which is very clear in my user name.
I respect the law. That doesn’t mean I lick their boots; that must be some sick sex fantasy you have, allmendream.
The suspect bus rider does not respect the law or other member of the public. She is and was a nuisance. She has a history of violence and prior arrests for assault. She was disturbing the peace. That is a misdemeanor offense and she has to pay the price.
I am glad the sheriff’s deputies arrived to arrest her and protect the public.
You two also respect the law or you would be in jail or prison. You are too cowardly to actually commit the crimes you admire, so you sit at your computers and talk like juvenile delinquents. I am not impressed.
There is a misdemeanor offense called "disturbing the peace." That is what Julie Nelson was doing. The sheriff's deputies were responding to a 911 call from a member of the public who, among others, was being threatened by Ms. Nelson.
Would you prefer the public take the law in their own hands and take her down? I think she would have ended up in worse shape that way.
Audio of 911 call and further info here: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-woman-struck-by-deputy,0,6826531.story
Last but not least, a snip from the story: Baca says the woman has a history of mental problems. She has four prior convictions for assaulting cops and a reputation for getting into conflicts with people, according to Baca.
I was makin a joke, sheesh!
Jermaine Green, who taped the confrontation via his cellphone SAYS that the deputy " threatened to arrest him if he did not hand over his phone." You just have to take Green's word for it, as there is no other evidence the deputy said this.
I know what you were doing. It’s called “ridicule.”
Depth perception dear, depth perception.
I don’t care where and when you claim to have served this nation. Speaking with you is BENEATH me.
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