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Dad who died during arrest 'begged for his life'; witness videos seized
www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com ^ | Thursday, May 09 2013 07:07 PM | BY LAURA LIERA AND JASON KOTOWSKI

Posted on 05/11/2013 9:03:23 AM PDT by redreno

Blood stains are still visible on the sidewalk at the corner of Flower Street and Palm Drive, where a Bakersfield man struggled with as many as nine officers and later died this week.

David Sal Silva, 33 and the father of four young children, died early Wednesday morning after deputies say he fought with them and CHP officers who'd responded to a report of a possibly intoxicated man outside Kern Medical Center.

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To: jocon307
I hope the city controller is ready to start dusting off the checkbook.

Isn't this the same jurisdiction as ol' Ed Jagels and his child abuse witch hunts? If so, that "checkbook" has had lots of withdrawals already.

22 posted on 05/11/2013 9:44:54 AM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (I remember when a President having an "enemies list" was a scandal. Now, they have a kill list.)
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To: redreno

Prayers up for the man’s family.

May justice be done.


23 posted on 05/11/2013 9:45:51 AM PDT by sauropod (Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
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To: Venturer

Geez. In 1974 we’d see a drunk guy, tell him to get in the car (if h was a danger to himself or others) and take him home. If he gave us any crap we’d kick him in the nuts, take him to jail where he’d sober up and let him go. I think we were Peace Officers then. No Tasers.


24 posted on 05/11/2013 9:46:36 AM PDT by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: drypowder
Cops think they are the ones in jeopardy during events such as this so they gang up to take the trouble maker out so they, the cops, don't get hurt.

Reading this and all the other cop hating threads that pollute Free Republic, that seems like a logical position to take.

25 posted on 05/11/2013 9:46:41 AM PDT by eddie willers
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To: NowApproachingMidnight

“Remember folks. Never talk to a pig. Always ask for a lawyer.”

My 6 and 9 year olds have been told to never voluntarily allow police access to our property, to never agree to entry to our home, to a search, and to never speak with them or answer their questions.

They are to ask for their parents and remain silent.

They have been drilled on how to interact with state agents.


26 posted on 05/11/2013 9:46:49 AM PDT by Bshaw (,A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: redreno

This is how they are now trained:
Act with maximum force first; disregard innocence or nonresistance of target; concoct story later; superiors will justify.


27 posted on 05/11/2013 9:47:00 AM PDT by Huskerfan44 (Huskerfan44)
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To: ClearCase_guy; MestaMachine; thouworm; Rushmore Rocks; Oorang; dragonblustar; jersey117; ...
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I don't know how new this technique is, but apparently if you videotape the cops misbehaving, they can now take away your phone because it is "evidence" from crime scene. I wonder how often the cops end up "destroying evidence"?

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28 posted on 05/11/2013 9:47:38 AM PDT by LucyT
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To: redreno

Once every gun in the country is safely in the hands of the government, these guys with badges will become our loving protectors. Nothing to worry about.


29 posted on 05/11/2013 9:48:45 AM PDT by DPMD
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To: Rusty0604

Watch the Wayer Town videos on youtube.


30 posted on 05/11/2013 9:49:06 AM PDT by sport
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To: jocon307

I hope the district attorney is dusting off the law books, and put those cops in prison for assault, manslaughter, or any other charge they can be convicted of. At least, the cops should never be allowed into law enforcement ever again.

They went totally nuts in this case. The badge has no such power to harm a citizen except in defense of another, and these cops went way beyond the limits of their authority.

Just my opinion, for what it is worth.


31 posted on 05/11/2013 9:49:12 AM PDT by txnativegop (Fed up with zealots)
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To: eddie willers

“I bet you love listening to Hip-Hop all day.”

Can’t stand the genre. Nor can I stand feaux Freepers attempting to impersonate someone with a thought.


32 posted on 05/11/2013 9:49:29 AM PDT by Bshaw (,A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: Rusty0604
Katrina proved already they would.

It won't be called "gun confiscation," it will be done for "public safety," which makes it OK.

33 posted on 05/11/2013 9:49:42 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (So?)
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To: who knows what evil?
make the cop union/cop pension fund pay for it...
34 posted on 05/11/2013 9:50:48 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Bshaw

My mistake.

You just sound like every cop-hating, ‘snitches wind up in ditches’, CIA invented AIDS, Malcolm X wannabe that I was confused.


35 posted on 05/11/2013 9:52:46 AM PDT by eddie willers
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To: eyeamok
Maybe it is time for a new Cell Phone App that automatically uploads ALL VIDEO TAKEN to Cloud Storage before the Jack Booted thugs STEAL YOUR PROPERTY in an effort to cover up their MURDERS.

I'll go along with that.

36 posted on 05/11/2013 9:59:26 AM PDT by bgill (The problem is...no one is watching the Watch List!)
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To: eyeamok

i know at least one app exists.


37 posted on 05/11/2013 10:01:42 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: txnativegop
I hope the district attorney is dusting off the law books, and put those cops in prison for assault, manslaughter, or any other charge they can be convicted of.

It SEEMS like a lot of DA's throw these cases. That's perfect, because the juries get the blame. In my area, a cop flipped out and gunned down a lady and got three years for manslaughter.

And in Maryland, off duty cops killed a man with Down Syndrome. After public outrage, they couldn't even get the grand jury to charge them. If they were "ham sandwiches" they'd be on trial for murder!

38 posted on 05/11/2013 10:05:05 AM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (I remember when a President having an "enemies list" was a scandal. Now, they have a kill list.)
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To: eddie willers

YOU sound ike the guy who begs for an extensive cavity search from every cop, metermaid, TSAtwit or jackbooted thug you encounter.


39 posted on 05/11/2013 10:05:46 AM PDT by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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To: Forgotten Amendments

What has gone wrong with this country? I was not raised or taught to treat people in that fashion. So the guy was drunk, pick him up, take him to jail to sober up and release him the following morning.

Our country is developing an all-pervasive anger management problem at the very least.


40 posted on 05/11/2013 10:08:18 AM PDT by txnativegop (Fed up with zealots)
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