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Trooper filmed 'brutally beating woman on side of California hwy (For Her "Protection")
Daily Mail ^ | 7-4-2014 | Lydia Warren

Posted on 07/04/2014 12:27:26 PM PDT by equalator

A California trooper has been filmed brutally beating a woman on the side of a highway - but authorities claimed he simply stopped her for her own safety.

A passing motorist recorded the unidentified California Highway Patrol officer as he punched the woman at least 11 times in the head along the 10 Freeway in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

On the video uploaded to YouTube, the woman can be seen trying to protect herself by putting up her hands but she does not appear to resist the trooper.

'The most animalistic, most brutal way to subdue someone is to pound someone's head into the concrete with really big blows to the head,' witness David Diaz told ABC7

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: JRandomFreeper
You may believe in the law if you wish, but I am pretty sure if that had been you getting your head beat in, you hopefully would have fought back. If not I pity you because you will be taken advantage of.
What that storm trooper did was way out of line and totally inappropriate to the situation. Any man of honor would have kicked that son of a bitch in the head, then stomped his face into the pavement.
Unless you would like to tell me that Jack Booted Thug was trained to restrain a person by repeatedly pounding them in the face with a closed fist.
121 posted on 07/04/2014 2:30:28 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: glyptol
Is CBS domestic enough for you?

CHP Answers Excessive Force Charge In Beating Of Woman On Side Of Freeway
July 3, 2014 11:44 PM

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The California Highway Patrol responded Thursday to a YouTube video showing an officer punching a woman along the side of the freeway.

The CHP officer is shown punching the woman on the ground more than 11 times in the face.

She doesn’t appear in the video clip to resist.

On Thursday, the CHP issued a statement that said: “The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is aware of the video and we are looking into the incident. As a matter of policy, every time there is a use of force by our officers, there is a review conducted to determine whether the use of force was appropriate. That will be done in this case, however, since there is an ongoing investigation, it would be premature to comment on this specific video segment without reviewing the entire incident.”

The confrontation was caught on cellphone video by a man driving by.

On the YouTube video, he seems shocked that the officer is hitting the woman. What started the confrontation and what triggered the rough takedown and arrest is unclear.

The video was shot along the 10 Freeway near La Brea Avenue early Tuesday evening.

When the video starts, the officer is seen trying to detain the woman. She gets a few steps away from him, but he gets her to the ground.

He briefly struggles with her before repeatedly punching her in the face.

After a few moments, a plainclothes officer enters the picture and helps the CHP officer put the woman in handcuffs.

The man who shot the video identifies himself as a music producer who lives in Los Angeles.

David Diaz told CBS2′s Rachel Kim he was horrified to have witnessed the confrontation.

He called it a definite case of police brutality.

Diaz said he saw the barefoot woman walking around the off-ramp when he noticed a CHP officer chase her around a truck.

He said the punches were “excessive and brutal.”

“He just pounded her,” Diaz said. “If you look at the video, there are 15 hits. To the head, and not just simple jabs. These are blows to the head. Blows. Really serious blows. And this is ridiculous to me.”

He added, “I find it hard to believe there [was] no other remedy in this situation.”

122 posted on 07/04/2014 2:31:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Safetgiver

Concrete or no, a freeway shoulder is designed to be very hard.


123 posted on 07/04/2014 2:32:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Sivad

California State Police were merged into the CHP a few years aback.

CHP wasn’t happy about it.


124 posted on 07/04/2014 2:33:41 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: 5th MEB
I wouldn't be there in the first place.

And my size and physiology precludes me from kicking anyone in the head without climbing them like a rabid ferret.

I can control my right index finger, though.

Yes. I insist on the rule of law.

From everyone. Especially the police.

/johnny

125 posted on 07/04/2014 2:34:07 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: ifinnegan

My guess is that you are in law enforcement, and thoroughly brainwashed by your training. Otherwise I cannot believe you are trying to justify that thuggery, that you actually tell yourself it’s ok because he is preventing mass murder. Maybe your old mother will get this treatment some day when she wanders out of a nursing home, and the cop who finds her wandering in traffic prevents her committing mass murder by beating the everloving crap out of her like this...


126 posted on 07/04/2014 2:36:26 PM PDT by ladyrustic
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To: JRandomFreeper

Agreed.


127 posted on 07/04/2014 2:37:13 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: ifinnegan

ifinnegan
Since Oct 18, 2012

view home page, enter name:

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Return
ifinnegan hasn’t created an about page.


128 posted on 07/04/2014 2:41:19 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

You seem to have an awful lot of faith in the law, must be a lawyer huh?
When the laws are no longer followed by our elected and appointed authorities, and are used instead to oppress the citizens, then comes the time for citizen enforcement and the rope of Judge Lynch.
When the laws are twisted in word and intent by the enforcers of that law; and upheld by a court system that takes the word of the police over the citizen regardless of evidence to the contrary, then yes you break the law in order to legitimately enforce or change those laws.


129 posted on 07/04/2014 2:45:31 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: BenLurkin

The individual who shot the film, embossed his promotional logo on it, then gave the sensationalized interview is a self-described music producer. He gave a number of interviews, including one in which he described the woman as appearing to be under the influence of some substance.


130 posted on 07/04/2014 2:46:47 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (Hoaxey Dopey Changey)
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To: equalator

131 posted on 07/04/2014 2:47:35 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: JRandomFreeper
Those that wrote the book that defined defensive raising of the hands as non-compliance need to be put out of business.

That would be Webster you're talking about, as far as I can see. If your not complying with a directive to lie face down and put your hands behind your back, that's noncompliance, isn't it?

Of course, I don't know if he was telling her that, or what, but it seems apparent that that is what he wanted her to do, and he did accomplish that objective. The blows took place over a period of about 10 seconds, and he got her flipped over and cuffed in another 5 or 10 seconds. Look close and you can see she is still mouthing off while she's being cuffed.

132 posted on 07/04/2014 2:47:47 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: equalator

133 posted on 07/04/2014 2:48:12 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: JRandomFreeper

“I’m not one for extra-judicial punishment. I’ll be happy if the officer gets punished under the rule of law.”

When was the last time that ever happened? When the law no longer is enforced on government officials then extra-judicial punishment becomes necessary.


134 posted on 07/04/2014 2:49:36 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: Safetgiver

Then you don’t drive So. Cal. freeways, the entire shoulder is concrete to the sound wall or center divider.
Always covered with dirt, trash and other crap of course.


135 posted on 07/04/2014 2:50:00 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: ifinnegan

I must really need eyeglasses. ...damnit!!!

Your homepage says 2012...


136 posted on 07/04/2014 2:50:20 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: CodeToad

I love that graphic! I downloaded it immediately.


137 posted on 07/04/2014 2:50:59 PM PDT by gop4lyf (Claire Wolfe called. She said the Awkward Phase is over.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

“The cop is applying extra-judicial punishment. And you want more of the same to happen to him.”

In that case, the punish would certainly fit the crime.

The problem in our society is that we want to play by the rules instead of desiring the proper outcomes. When the rules no longer support the proper outcomes we still keep to the rules.


138 posted on 07/04/2014 2:51:06 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: 5th MEB
Nope, not a lawyer.

I know the laws are too many, and not enforced.

My aim is to shove rule of law down the throats of liberal politicians.

Personally, I ignore or break laws every day. Everyone does. But I'm not a government official, and I don't beat people because I'm angry or on steroids.

My intent is to hold everyone responsible and subject to the rule of law.

The concept of the rule of law is not the laws of the land.

I prefer that to no rule of law, because I know what a little guy like me can do, if not protected (and restricted) by a true rule of law.

It ain't pretty. I have recipes.

/johnny

139 posted on 07/04/2014 2:51:57 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: dr_lew
she is still mouthing off

And that part really grates on you, don't it?

/johnny

140 posted on 07/04/2014 2:53:33 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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