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Videos said to show Homestead officer in 2 unprovoked attacks
Miami Herald ^ | 8/3/12 | CHRISTINA VEIGA

Posted on 08/08/2012 2:15:01 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

The Miami-Dade state attorney’s office on Friday released videos that prosecutors say show Homestead Police Sgt. Jeffery Rome kicking a 69-year old man unconscious and pepper-spraying another man repeatedly in the face...

The videos are part of the evidence the state will use to prosecute Rome, who was one of three Homestead police officers arrested last month in connection with a string of alleged attacks outside a Homestead bar where migrant and immigrant farm workers go for a night out.

(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: abuse; corruption; illegals
I think this guy ought to be prosecuted if he violated the law. But I find it ironic this took place at a tavern where authorities KNOW illegal aliens hang out...and none of them seem to have been arrested.

Supposedly the video was caught as part of a human trafficking investigation, but south Florida, especially the Homestead area, is rife with illegals. But all that could apparently be found is this rogue cop.

1 posted on 08/08/2012 2:15:15 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

Well if he’s attacking people unprovoked, I’m GLAD they arrested him.


2 posted on 08/08/2012 2:17:11 AM PDT by Shimmer1 (government health officials seem to have the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.)
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To: Shimmer1

When cops attack.


3 posted on 08/08/2012 2:24:21 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Demoralization is a weapon of the enemy. Don't get it, don't spread it!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Just because someone is illegal it doesn’t give the police or anyone else the right to abuse them.

Arresting them is a waste of time, they would get turned loose before the police finished the paper work.

Looks like the Homestead Police could use a weight program too.


4 posted on 08/08/2012 4:05:57 AM PDT by Venturer
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