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An autopsy has been released in a wrongful death suit of a 150 pound 17-year-old, implicating Alabama Police.
The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences has ruled the cause of death undetermined, not because the death is suspect, but instead because any number of multiple police inflicted injuries or a combination of them could be the culprit(s).
The findings included blunt force injuries and anoxic/hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, which is when the brain does not receive enough oxygen.
Nancy Smith, the mother of the teen, filed a federal lawsuit in March claiming assault and battery, wrongful death, and excessive force.
The lawsuit claims Smiths son was set up in a drug sting by Huntsville Police using an 18-year-old confidential informant. At some point an officer in plain clothes ran towards Smiths son without identifying themselves.
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http://appalachianareanews.com/teen-dead-after-alabama-police-cut-throat-open-to-retrieve-drugs/
Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)are these pigs learning that a drug conviction is do important that they need to shove sharp objects down people's throats to retrieve suspected evidence?
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)Just fucking disgusting.
A Little Weird
(1,754 posts)He was killed for no reason.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)A Little Weird
(1,754 posts)Everything about this was wrong.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,376 posts)The reason they did it was because this young man didn't do exactly what they said to do exactly when they said to do it.
Sorry sonny, but we are in charge and you're now fucked.
I've lost every single ounce of respect I have ever had for all law enforcement.
The distance from Officer Friendly to killing me can be measured with a micrometer these days.
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)I am so angry re: the waste of money that is the War on Drugs I don't know where to start.
There is an entire pseudo-military police force out there just waiting to be at the beck-and-call of a dictator.
Thanks, Ronald Reagan. Thanks.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)I would bet the victim was African American.
Baitball Blogger
(46,754 posts)Warpy
(111,323 posts)We're having a little problem with militarized cops here in New Mexico, too.
Mostly, their excuse is the Drug War, something that needs to be ended NOW.
This is insane.
Baitball Blogger
(46,754 posts)They say it's the Drug War, when it's probably something else.
Warpy
(111,323 posts)while mounting a terrorist war against the American people.
Bandit
(21,475 posts)There is so much money involved they have to keep "The Drug War" booming.
gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)and stupid ass corporate whores like Fox run shows that glamorize these ass stains on steroids!
LadyHawkAZ
(6,199 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,754 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)Bonx
(2,065 posts)Here's a link to an actual news story about this:
http://www.waff.com/story/25442740/autopsy-sheds-light-on-teen-allegedly-killed-by-police
niyad
(113,518 posts)Bonx
(2,065 posts)and the title of the news story I linked.
And more factual details.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_MDMA_on_the_human_body#Overdose
Terra Alta
(5,158 posts)May he rest in peace, and may those responsible for his murder(and yes, it is MURDER) be held responsible.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)Blue Owl
(50,485 posts)Life in prison for that POS
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)951-Riverside
(7,234 posts)NO! NO! NO! You've gotta charge those cops right away. We cannot allow this type of stuff happen in America!
This is reaching North Korean level of brutality or even worse.
They're cutting people's throats now?
WHAT THE HELL?
NO!!!! I don't care what the excuse is, this cannot be allowed EVER.
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)I think they went through the poor child's mouth and cut it from the inside. Not that that makes it any better.
951-Riverside
(7,234 posts)1. They were undercover (allegedly never identified themselves)
2. They pepper sprayed him
3. They cuffed him
4. They sat on him
5. They shoved a sharp instrument down his throat during that chaos.
The poor kid was probably choking on the pepper spray when they did that.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)Ghost in the Machine
(14,912 posts)murdering innocent civilians due to the fact that their own people "investigate" the incident and clear the PIGS! Each case of deadly force should be investigated by an impartial civilian inquiry, with at least a lawyer or two on the inquiry board.
We'll still have the cop defenders running around here praising almost everything they do, though.... even the "only cops should own guns" sub-set of the contingent.
Ghost
951-Riverside
(7,234 posts)because if you remain silent, the future isnt going to be pretty for that line of work. People may take a beating or tasering but they're not going to let you start cutting their throats open. Its just not gonna happen, I don't care what "the policy" says.
Corruption is one thing but if world history is any indicator, people don't take kindly to abuse from "authority". We all need to stop, take a moment to look at who is putting these rules and policies in place, take a look at who is training officers, take a look at who is being hired onto these departments, if we don't it's going to get out of hand real fast.
It looks like undercover cops cuffed him, cut his throat open and got away with it.
This is mind boggling.
You don't even see this type of stuff in Mexico unless its done by the cartels.
oneofthe99
(712 posts)It's only going to get worse
How many times do we need to hear about police brutality to accept the fact it's an epidemic
951-Riverside
(7,234 posts):kick:
951-Riverside
(7,234 posts)Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)Last edited Thu May 8, 2014, 11:37 AM - Edit history (1)
We must all understand addiction, so that we can see that Huntsville, Alabama cops HAD to force a sharp object down that kid's throat.
You see, DeWayne McCarver's team appear to be ADDICTED to finding drugs. They are so ADDICTED, they see that little packet of drugs they're looking for as FAR MORE IMPORTANT than human life.
So, if you are a young person in Huntsville, Alabama, they can do WHATEVER THEY WANT to find DRUGS. They can beat you to a pulp and force sharp objects down your throat because THEIR ADDICTION IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR LIFE!!!!
DeWayne McCarver and his Oh So Moral buds will throw your body away like a used piece of trash once they are done digging around your soon-to-be corpse. Your human soul and spirit are meaningless. Because DRUGS!!!!! DRUGS are dangerous unless DeWayne McCarver and his buddies have them! They must KILL to get them! It's the law, ladies and gentlemen!
I feel so sorry for the Huntsville cops because they didn't find any drugs on this kid. All that work for nothing!
The kid is just collateral damage. ALL OF OUR KIDS ARE NOW COLLATERAL DAMAGE.
The Huntsville, Alabama Police department has made it clear; Your child's life is far less important than finding DRUGS and they WILL kill your child to find some!
Woohoo! Alabama rocks! Take your kids to Huntsville Alabama for vacation this year! IF YOU HATE THEM.
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)IronLionZion
(45,503 posts)doctors can do this sort of thing, not cops.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)They have forfeited their right to not be immediately put to death by the local authorities!
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Maybe if we summarily execute enough teenagers, we can finally stop teh pot.