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n2doc

(47,953 posts) Tue Feb 10, 2015, 09:47 PM Feb 2015

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Grandfather visiting Alabama from India stopped by police , left partially Paralyzed

Madison police last week roughed up a 57-year-old Indian citizen who was walking on the sidewalk outside his son's home, leaving the older man temporarily paralyzed and hospitalized with fused vertebrae.

"He was just walking on the sidewalk as he does all the time," said his son, Chirag Patel, this morning. "They put him to the ground."

No crime had been committed. Madison Police on Monday issued a statement saying the department had suspended the officer and were investigating the use of force in this case. The police statement wished the man a "speedy recovery."

Chirag Patel, an engineer for one of the many government contractors in Huntsville, said he had just bought a one-way ticket for his father, bringing him from the small Indian town of Pij to his new home in fast-growing suburbs of Madison.

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Grandfather visiting Alabama from India stopped by police , left partially Paralyzed (Original Post) n2doc Feb 2015 OP

what the heck SummerSnow Feb 2015 #1

fuck tha police frylock Feb 2015 #2

No doubt! n/t xocet Feb 2015 #6

. LiberalElite Feb 2015 #3

I'd been to Alabama once in the late 90s. As a result of that trip, GP6971 Feb 2015 #4

I think I installed the first 5 routers in that state in the late 90's DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2015 #7

Spent a little time in Dothan myself tkmorris Feb 2015 #8

To paraphrase W.C. Fields, I spent a month in Alabama one week. ColesCountyDem Feb 2015 #20

I laughed out loud when I saw the reference to GP6971 Feb 2015 #21

Sad report. Suspended isn't enough... nt AnotherDreamWeaver Feb 2015 #5

That cop deserves jail time, but he won't get it. Vattel Feb 2015 #9

"Paid Leave", uh, no, uh, "Administrative Leave", yeah, that's the ticket . . hatrack Feb 2015 #15

No doubt the grandfather asked for it. OldRedneck Feb 2015 #10

slammed to the ground simply because a neighbor is suspicious Liberal_in_LA Feb 2015 #11

The United Police States of America Ramses Feb 2015 #12

It seems there is a new story every day like this. :( nt Mojorabbit Feb 2015 #13

What if this happended to grandpa Jindal? Apn Feb 2015 #14

Great point, wow just the thought. appalachiablue Feb 2015 #18

The cops, "Wished the man a speedy recovery" AgingAmerican Feb 2015 #16

what the irisblue Feb 2015 #17

Unbelievable. God awful racism & ignorance. Poor innocent man & young family. appalachiablue Feb 2015 #19

Not everyone in AL is this stupid, but sadly too many more are. countmyvote4real Feb 2015 #22

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)

1. what the heck

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2015, 10:08 PM

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frylock

(34,825 posts)

2. fuck tha police

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2015, 10:13 PM

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xocet

(3,873 posts)

6. No doubt! n/t

Reply to frylock (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 10, 2015, 10:50 PM

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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)

3. .

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2015, 10:17 PM

Feb 2015

Welcome to America!

Hey, he's brown-skinned. Can't be too careful.

P.S.: they wish him a "speedy recovery"??? WHY because he isn't an African American? Ooopsie?!?!???!!!???

GP6971

(31,220 posts)

4. I'd been to Alabama once in the late 90s. As a result of that trip,

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2015, 10:24 PM

Feb 2015

I've added Alabama to one of the places I won't go back to if given the choice. Spent 4 days there in Dothan and I saw people of color constantly harassed by LEO. Alabama is the only US state on my list.

DisgustipatedinCA

(12,530 posts)

7. I think I installed the first 5 routers in that state in the late 90's

Reply to GP6971 (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 10, 2015, 10:55 PM

Feb 2015

not literally, but somewhere close. I don't want to go back either.

tkmorris

(11,138 posts)

8. Spent a little time in Dothan myself

Reply to GP6971 (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 10, 2015, 10:55 PM

Feb 2015

It is, I firmly believe, populated by some of the shittiest people on the planet. The ignorance in that town is so thick it was hard to breathe on some days.

ColesCountyDem

(6,943 posts)

20. To paraphrase W.C. Fields, I spent a month in Alabama one week.

Reply to GP6971 (Reply #4)

Wed Feb 11, 2015, 12:26 AM

Feb 2015

I will NEVER set foot in the state in the state again.

GP6971

(31,220 posts)

21. I laughed out loud when I saw the reference to

Reply to ColesCountyDem (Reply #20)

Wed Feb 11, 2015, 12:31 AM

Feb 2015

W.C. Fields. Thanks for the laugh!!!!!

AnotherDreamWeaver

(2,852 posts)

5. Sad report. Suspended isn't enough... nt

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Tue Feb 10, 2015, 10:41 PM

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Vattel

(9,289 posts)

9. That cop deserves jail time, but he won't get it.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2015, 11:00 PM

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Others languish in prison for nonviolent drug offenses.

hatrack

(59,593 posts)

15. "Paid Leave", uh, no, uh, "Administrative Leave", yeah, that's the ticket . .

Reply to Vattel (Reply #9)

Tue Feb 10, 2015, 11:40 PM

Feb 2015

Next, even assuming he's fired for this, he'll go and get hired by the Cleveland PD, then Ferguson.

OldRedneck

(1,397 posts)

10. No doubt the grandfather asked for it.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2015, 11:07 PM

Feb 2015

After all:

1. Alabama
2. Dark-skinned
3. Alabama
4. Possibly wearing a turban (obviously with a suicide bomb hidden in it)
5. Alabama

Yep. Ol Grandpa asked for it.

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)

11. slammed to the ground simply because a neighbor is suspicious

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Tue Feb 10, 2015, 11:23 PM

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Ramses

(721 posts)

12. The United Police States of America

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2015, 11:25 PM

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is what this corrupt right wing country really should be called. Fascism by any other name.

Mojorabbit

(16,020 posts)

13. It seems there is a new story every day like this. :( nt

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Tue Feb 10, 2015, 11:36 PM

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Apn

(1 post)

14. What if this happended to grandpa Jindal?

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2015, 11:39 PM

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If this had happened to Bobby Jindal's Indian Grandfather how much you wanna bet that he would go television and defend the white police officers? I would bet it all.

appalachiablue

(41,177 posts)

18. Great point, wow just the thought.

Reply to Apn (Reply #14)

Wed Feb 11, 2015, 12:21 AM

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AgingAmerican

(12,958 posts)

16. The cops, "Wished the man a speedy recovery"

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Wed Feb 11, 2015, 12:00 AM

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...from the savage body slam they did to him for no reason.

Such nice people those police....

irisblue

(33,034 posts)

17. what the

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Wed Feb 11, 2015, 12:12 AM

Feb 2015

hell....best wishes for the man & his family
so much for any Indian investment in the sweet home state. jerks

appalachiablue

(41,177 posts)

19. Unbelievable. God awful racism & ignorance. Poor innocent man & young family.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Wed Feb 11, 2015, 12:25 AM

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countmyvote4real

(4,023 posts)

22. Not everyone in AL is this stupid, but sadly too many more are.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Wed Feb 11, 2015, 12:35 AM

Feb 2015

I lived there in the mid to late 70's before making my exodus to NYC in 1981. This was well before the introduction of RW talk radio and Faux News began their systemic brainwashing of 'Merka. Even then there were gay bars (plural) in B'ham with drag queens no less. There have since been great strides and perhaps even further setbacks, but you can't paint a state, region or people with one brush as happened in this horrible incident. Prayers for the Patel family.

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