Posted on 08/31/2012 8:19:19 AM PDT by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Brutal LAPD arrest caught on video; Department investigating cops seen bodyslamming nurse twice during cell phone traffic stop (VIDEO)
The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating two officers who were allegedly caught on surveillance camera slamming a nurse on the ground twice — and then fist bumping afterward — during a recent traffic stop.
The two officers pulled over Michelle Jordan, 34, of Sunland, Aug. 21, for allegedly talking on her cell phone while driving in Tujunga, in northeast Los Angeles, the department said.
Jordan pulled into the parking lot of a Del Taco restaurant and got out of her car to confront the officers, cops said.
The taco joint's surveillance video appears to show the officers, both men, yanking the 5-foot-4 inch registered nurse from the open driver's seat and then slamming her on the ground to cuff her.
The duo then yank Jordan to her feet and bring her to the patrol car, where they pat her down.
Moments later, one of the cops slams the married mom to the ground a second time.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
Yeah...but I can’t really see a defense for the fist-bump.
The key thing here isn't even laws. When I was in New Mexico, I brought up the issue of firearm restrictions (which are pretty plainly prohibited by the State's Constitution) to law enforcement -- I either got justifications* or excuses**, so it can't be the violation of laws that's the issue here. It is, IMO, instead the power that they wield; as it is the multitude of laws and the ability to selectively-enforce them are nothing less than blank checks on power. (Look at the Costco shooting from a few years back, or how government officials are generally safe from arrest/punishment [Gunwalker], or no-knock raids, or property-seizure [on the assumption you're guilty]; all of it is this: power unconstrained.)
* - "We don't allow guns in courthouses, so we can have a state-law prohibiting them on university campuses."
** - "It's not something we can do anything about." (Despite actual laws against fraud, malfeasance, conspiracy, deprivation of civil rights, etc that could apply.)
I’m sure Mayor Villaigor -whatever his name is-—
will address this very incident at the upcoming Democratic
National Convention.
Which will be a hoot to watch, either way.
Personally, the video is more than I can handle, but maybe you'd be happier if they'd just shot her?
“I think it’s now official. Freerepublic is a cop-hating forum.
You left out racist, homophobic and misogynistic”
Having a bad morning? Pretty odd that the misogynists are fuming about a woman who was roughed up by the cops. Maybe you need a trip to dictionary.com before you start calling names.
I didn’t have to go far to find the reflexive defense of police comment.
They are public servants. I for one don’t feel served when i see brutality like that.
Finally got to see the video - that second ‘slamming’ in particular was uncalled for. The officer’s intent from the start was to slam her to the ground. The way he stepped his left foot over to gain leverage before the slam makes it obvious. She was NOT doing anything that warranted such action.
If the police want to continue to have public support, they need to police themselves. People like these guys need to be shown the door, and perhaps serve a little time behind bars as well.
Read it again without overlooking the ‘/s’.
Here in NYC they don’t police one another. They defend one another. The Blue Wall.
Rehearsing for future jobs at DHS, maybe?
“If the police want to continue to have public support, they need to police themselves.”
For many, that ship has sailed and is over the horizon.
Particularly when her ‘offense’ was talking on a cell phone.....
“Here in NYC they don’t police one another. They defend one another. The Blue Wall.”
That is true in many jurisdictions. Most, if not quite all.
Most of the time they are right. This wasn’t one of those times.
“Read it again without overlooking the ‘/s’.”
OK - sorry. Guess that must meam smiley face, sarcasm, or something else. I just thought it was a typo.
No problem. ‘/s’ means that the preceding was sarcasm and you are now switching the sarcasm mode to ‘off’.
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