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Two friends who had planned to visit a Seattle sports bar claim they ended up being kicked, arrested at gunpoint and held in jail for several hours by a cop who said he intended to "make stuff up."
Part of the arrest of Josh Lawson, 23, and Christopher Franklin, 22, on Nov. 16, 2010 is caught on tape by the officer's dashboard camera.
But key moments of the arrest that should have been captured on video are missing and it was unclear whether the officer intentionally neglected to turn on the dash cam. None of the released footage shows the officer in the moments he made the stop or kicked Lawson.
The accusations against Richardson are among many that have put a spotlight on the Seattle Police Department and it comes after the release of a Department of Justice report in December that said "serious concerns about practices that could have a disparate impact on minority communities" were raised by its review. ...............(more)
The complete piece is at: http://news.yahoo.com/seattle-arrest-questions-cops-dash-cams-194643944--abc-news.html
xchrom
(108,903 posts)Response to marmar (Original post)
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CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)...with these issues. I'm glad that the DOJ is paying attention and looking
into these egregious acts against US citizens. Obviously, someone in the
Obama Administration recognizes that there is a problem.
It may not get solved in our lifetime, but I'm happy that Obama's DOJ is
doing something and not ignoring the problem.
There are many good police officers who truly "protect and serve" but there is
a growing number of police who seem to think that they have power that they
do not have. And they use that power to abuse others. This is wrong. They
work for us. Lying and unprovoked and unnecessary beatings are unconscionable
and I hope this officer is appropriately punished for what he has done.
gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)they all do this shit...most of them are loser military types with an arrogant dictatorial bent. Part of he problem has been fucking Faux with their show COPS. All of a sudden it became cool to be arrogant and disrespectful to the communities citizens (yes, even criminals are citizens) it also became passe to trample on civil rights. This is what we get for not being vigilant!!!! Even a fucking cop pulls shit like this we should be out in the streets wreaking havoc until the situation is corrected. NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!!!
surfdog
(624 posts)And I have a witness, I would simply kill the motherfucker he'd be a corpse on the ground laying in a pool of his own blood , wouldn't even think twice about defending myself from somebody that was attacking me
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)Thought you'd want to know.
AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)"Clearly if the officer had made stuff up, he would have been in hot water."
Yea. Right.