Posted on 08/09/2006 7:11:51 PM PDT by SmithL
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. - A high-ranking sheriff's officer apologized Wednesday for insensitive comments he and other officers made about demonstrators after a free speech summit in 2003 in Miami.
The comments wound up in a police-training video produced a day later. The video shows Maj. John Brooks and other officers praising each other for shooting protesters with rubber bullets.
"Looking back at the tape, in hindsight, I shouldn't have said those things," Brooks said in a report published Wednesday night on The Miami Herald's Web site.
Broward County Sheriff's officials said no one would face disciplinary action in connection with the training video.
A civilian investigative panel last week concluded that police indiscriminately used stun guns, tear gas and other weapons and unlawfully arrested and searched protesters during massive demonstrations at the 2003 Free Trade Area of the Americas.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Was this a riot, or a peaceful protest?
""Looking back at the tape, in hindsight, I shouldn't have said those things," Brooks said in a report published Wednesday night on The Miami Herald's Web site."
Quick, let's put that quote into the truth translator:
"Looking back at the tape, in hindsight, I shouldn't have said those things when a camera was on."
Am I wrong for not feeling sorry for this guy - the same guy that volunteered to help Clinton's thugs kidnap Elian Gonzalez?
The spoiled brats think that the police should coddle them like mommie does when they take a tantrum.
Was the woman in Homeland Security in Florida who profiled Rush Limbaugh ever disciplined?
"The spoiled brats think that the police should coddle them like mommie does when they take a tantrum."
Whatever it was the police appear to be extremely unprofessional.
Massive rioting calls for massive use of rubber bullets.
This guy may deserve a medal...but apologize?
Apologizing for comments made while working at a Free Speech Summit???? Is it me or has this country lost its mind?
So, if I call a Law Enforcement Officer a Jack-Booted Thug, Highway Obstructing, Revenue Enhancement Specialist, and then apologize later, I get unarrested, right?
Did they apologize to Elian's relatives?
Sounds more like a Sedition Summit.
maybe
I agree that they should not used rubber bullets on the bastards. They should have used lead bullets.
I remember those "domonestrations".
This is what happens when the PC police run amok. I have checked my hand-dandy pocket version of The Constitution and nowhere does it guarantee anybody the right to not be offended or have their feelings hurt.
Cool!
Do I get "paid administrative leave" until that happens?
That would be perfect.
And anytime you get ANY of these Euro-Trash with their So-Called "PROTESTING" ( what the MEDIA calls in; in reality we all know what the Bandana-Masked teen-boppers do to harass the Police at these GEORGE SORROS BACKED things!
I like EUROPE cauise when ANY Economical Summit or FTA is held- ALL the far left nuts cases come out to START RIOTS to get attention anyhow!
Although- The police SHOULD know that AFTER the events; ANY comments they amke will be over heard and leaked to the press by INSIDER SPIES for the left!
(Think Isreal is the only ones who don't really knwo just how many IRANIAN SPIES there are in THEIR Military!- Imagine how many Libbie spies are in a Police UNION ORIENTATED " John Kerry for President " setting?!!)
It seems that our law officers are being required to apologize for every act of good police work, particularly those that are caught on tape and taken out of context.
It's remarkable that any criminals are caught at all anymore, what with the PC Fascists tying the hands of our law officers behind their backs.
They talk about indiscriminate firing of rubber bullets....they haven't seen my (soon to be patented) design for a rubber-bullet-firing Gatling gun.
"snicker"
You could always sue
Sorry, giving a hippie a bath, it's hard not smile...
he was not being politicaly correct. thats just tired.
Lost along time a go!
praising each other for shooting protesters with rubber bullets
So what's the big deal? At least they didn't kill anyone with real bullets.
My thoughts exactly. Ironic, no?
Almost comical.
"So what's the big deal? At least they didn't kill anyone with real bullets."
I completely disagree with most of what these "free speech" protestors have to say but I think its pretty darn scary to imply we citizens should be thankful when our public servants choose not to shoot us with real bullets.
If anyone wants to see the tapes.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/15228898.htm
They should use real bullets much more often than they do.
LA Riots, for example
nope,
NOR is there going to be an investigation in the customs security leak.
Imagine if that woman was part of the british investigation...
"They should use real bullets much more often than they do.
LA Riots, for example"
From the video this is an extreme abuse of power and these cops should be jailed. I watched the first clip and it was not a violent protest and the police were not threatened. Simply amazing that nothing will be done. How many here will scream when its our cause they are shooting us for.
The LA riots however were extremely violent.
Do you agree they should have shot to kill the rioters ?
"The LA riots however were extremely violent.
Do you agree they should have shot to kill the rioters ?"
All the rioters or any of the rioters? No
If a rioter represents a threat to someone else then the use of deadly force should be an option. It shouldn't be the solution.
The guy who threw the brick at the truck drivers head got off with less than attempted murder because it couldn't be proven that he knew that a brick to the head could cause death. Deadly force would be appropiate for someone pulling people out of cars and assaulting them.
If they are looting and burning then the use of deadly force would be appropiate.
If they are standing on the street corner and not obeying orders to disperse it would not be appropiate to shoot them.
Hard to make these decisions in a riot but thats too bad. Cops are not the judge, jury and executioner. In this video they did not shoot people throwing rocks or representing a threat. They were shooting indiscriminately. Shooting thru the ladys sign and hitting her in the head could easily have blinded her. The attitude they displayed afterwards was extremely unprofessional and further proof we don't want whacked out cops to have the power to start using deadly force indiscriminately.
In general I objected to the way the cities were turned into police states during these world order boondoggles. Perfect examples of how our own military and police will be used against us if the UN/liberals get their way.
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