WATCH: Video shows Louisiana cops pulling man off tractor and choking him to death while serving exp
Source: Raw Story
Martin Cizmar
03 AUG 2018 AT 17:39 ET
Armando Frank of Louisiana is killed by cops in a botched arrest on an erroneous warrant/Screenshot
New video obtained by The Advocate shows the botched arrest of a Louisiana man who was killed by police in what experts excessive force.
Armando Frank, 44, was wrestled off a tractor at Walmart by police serving an arrest warrant on him in October 2017.
Armando Frank, 44, was being arrested on a warrant for minor charges stemming from a neighbor dispute. The charges of simple criminal trespassing and attempted unauthorized entry into a dwelling and had resulted in court-ordered treatment at VA hospital.
Frank died from manual strangulation after the encounter shown in the video. In the video, a law enforcement officer climbs on the tractor behind Frank and applies a choke hold while another officer tries to pull Frank down. Frank goes limp, and the officers drag his lifeless body to a patrol car.
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/watch-video-shows-louisiana-cops-pulling-man-off-tractor-choking-death-serving-expired-warrant/
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.... no need for the judge or jury. Extra-judicial death is fine and dandy if the victim is black,.... apparently.
Freedom and justice for all .....
Goddam motherfucking heroes!
in my book, Been PIGS since my early interaction with them in anti-war demonstrations....after coming out of Vietnam. Still PIGS. And how disrespectful is dragging his lifeless body to the police car? Didn't even try to revive him. Yep, still pigs.
Mure murderous pigs these days ESPECIALLY if the alleged criminal is African-american. But trumps white supremacy amerika give them the extrajudicial right to slaughter anyone of brown skin without any real consequence. THIS IS AMERIkkkA, 2018.
(note that his event happened last year)
Records: Man fatally choked by Avoyelles deputies had long history of mental illness
BY JIM MUSTIAN | jmustian@theadvocate.com Aug 3, 2018 - 6:45 pm
Link: https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/courts/article_1100a0bc-9738-11e8-8811-47413a26fa22.html
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The Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office referred Armando Frank to the local coroner in 2013 for psychiatric treatment, according to hundreds of medical and law enforcement records obtained by The Advocate. In Louisiana, coroners are responsible for mental health commitments.
Records from the federal Department of Veterans Affairs show Frank suffered from chronic anxiety, "difficulty coping" and hallucinations, among other complications. In 2016, following a dispute with neighbors, Frank received court-ordered treatment at a VA hospital in Pineville.
Very sad how we fail to properly reference mental illness in the justice process and even more sad what we're doing with people who suffer and are without adequate insurance coverage.
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