And yes, completely believable. Similar scenes are played out all over the country. Police departments are now militarized and overreact without consequence against innocent citizens.

Police officers disciplined over wedding brawl

Nine officers will be suspended, with the lengths of time ranging from two to seven days, and four will receive written reprimands in connection with the October 5 disturbance.

The disciplinary actions stem from the violation of Galveston police administrative procedures, which stymied investigators trying to determine whether rules about the use of force had been violated.

Were they sternly-worded reprimands?

of the police?

the usual bootlickers come along with that shit. "They broke the law", "they defied authority", blah blah blah.

Domestic terrorists!

Therein lies the clue you seek...

But for shit like this, it is considered serious.

So glad I live in a somewhat gun sane state, Ca.

They're the best!

Speaking of ships sailing and seeing the hidden brick wall at the back of the theater that you never suspected existed sounds a lot like the end of the movie, The Truman Show. I like both the quote and the movie.

Are we "there" yet?

They had a tough job. . .where's the photo of the cop bringing milk to someone? We need that now to prove they aren't all bad.

eom

If you don't want the cops to bet the crap out of you don't be suspected of underage drinking.
(but do I really need this smiley?)

if you don't want to be beat up by cops.

But if you're a right wing nutter in Nevada, it's the police running away and handling them with kid gloves.

Fuck cops!

You can tear down barricades and the cops will do nothing.
We know who is favored and who is not.

When you hire more cops they have an institutional interest in meddling in everything, sticking their nose into places where it doesn't need to be. In other words, they need to justify their jobs.

And this is why it will keep getting worse:

For all the brutality and wanton attacks committed that night, no officers were fired. As far as the chief was concerned, every instance of force was justified. The only complaints that Galveston Police supervisors had was that the incident wasn’t documented properly.

No such thing as an 'off-duty' cop,. well, maybe when they are sleeping, but they are probably dream policing.

But hey man, if they dont crack some skulls over some suspected drinking, they,.. whats the line, oh yeah, they might not 'make it home to their families'

steroids and their own self importance. How hard would it have been for the original kop to flash his badge and ask the guy to keep it inside? Instead, he went straight from chess to Global Thermonuclear War.

he hasn't played a game since June 2009.

Astros' Backe one of 10 people arrested in brawl with police October 6, 2008

HOUSTON -- Houston Astros pitcher Brandon Backe was among 10 people arrested during a brawl with police at a weekend wedding reception in a Galveston hotel bar.

The bride's father, 19-year-old brother and a FEMA coordinator were also arrested Sunday at the hotel, a command center for emergency workers after Hurricane Ike went through Galveston Island on Sept. 13.

Police spokesman Capt. Walter Braun said an internal affairs investigation has been launched.

The 30-year-old Backe, a member of the wedding party, ignored police orders to back away from the fight, and struggled with officers who attempted to handcuff him, according to police reports.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3629594

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081018&content_id=3629890&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou&partnerId=rss_hou


http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/backebr01.shtml

I haven't heard the name backe in ages, and that's why!

regardless, still a pretty ugly story. I wonder why militias weren't there to protect them from this government oppression?

He and eleven other victims sued several Galveston cops in federal court.

Backe testified that he heard a cry referring to Cole O'Balle, the suspected underage drinker (and the brother of the bride):

Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt, in an order filed March 29, granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss part of the lawsuit pertaining to 18 city employees in their official capacities.

Hoyt refused, however, to dismiss the entire lawsuit and allowed claims against the city to continue. The plaintiffs’ claims against the city employees were duplicative of the claims asserted directly against the city, the dismissal order states.

http://www.khou.com/news/local/Judge-dismisses-part-of-H2O-lawsuit-involving-former-Astros-pitcher--119327654.html

his ERA ballooned and his innings pitched fell from 114 to 15. He had 31 saves in '08 and got a big pay raise. By the end of '09 he was out of the game.

militarized.