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Union Label Donating Member (451 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-09 02:56 PM
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Hula Hoop Lady sues a Norfolk pig for his assault on her
Lawyers for Pamela Brown, also known as the Hula Hoop Lady of Granby Street, plan to file a lawsuit in Circuit Court today against an officer who shocked her repeatedly with a stun gun last year.

The lawsuit, provided to The Virginian-Pilot by one of the lawyers, Howard Copeland, says Officer Nicholas Parks violated Brown's civil rights and used excessive force during the incident in October. It asks for $5 million in damages.

Brown, 49, was charged with making excessive noise and assaulting Parks after he responded to a noise complaint on the median of Granby Street near Wards Corner, where she hula hoops. Brown suffered a brain injury in 1977 when she was hit by a truck, and she has seizures and short-term memory loss.
http://hamptonroads.com/2009/01/lawyers-hula-hoop-lady-sue-officer





I never heard of the Hula Hoop Lady lady before and after reading her story and watching the video I'm FUCKING FUMING!
I don't like the oinkers anyway but this shit is off the charts. :mad:

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Fran Kubelik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-09 02:58 PM
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1. Ugh. Your post would have so much more impact if you could refrain from calling police "pigs"
...and "oinkers".
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Union Label Donating Member (451 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-09 02:59 PM
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2. What would you call them?
It's how I feel after seeing the what they do in person.
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-09 03:00 PM
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3. Why? You want some lipstick for the pig?
Edited on Tue Jan-06-09 03:03 PM by NCevilDUer
OP calls em like he sees em. And that cop was a pig.

On Edit: Good cops don't get sued for millions of dollars for use of excessive force. There are cops that see the badge as an honor - and others that see it as a license.
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Fran Kubelik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-09 03:01 PM
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4. That cop was.
I don't think the label was meant as exclusive to that cop.

I think the cop in question was horrible, fwiw.
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Fran Kubelik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-09 03:02 PM
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6. That cop was.
I don't think the label was meant as exclusive to that cop.

I think the cop in question was horrible, fwiw.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-09 03:01 PM
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5. +1
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-09 03:07 PM
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8. True. My experiences with Norfolk police have been very good. Va. Beach police are the rude ones.nt
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Clovis Sangrail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-09 03:09 PM
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10. how about fascists?
or maybe jackbooted thugs?
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-09 03:11 PM
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11. And I thought it was going to be a zany story about a livestock accident when I clicked!
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-09 03:15 PM
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14. Call them what they are: Private Security Force for The Ruling Class n/t
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Howardx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-09 03:17 PM
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15. no it wouldnt
how many netnannies are there on du anyways?
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Fran Kubelik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-09 03:23 PM
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16. Oh. You called me a net nanny.
You hurt my feelings. :)
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brentspeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-09 03:02 PM
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7. Are you aware that there are DUers who are cops?
Or have loved ones who are cops?
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atreides1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-09 03:12 PM
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12. Then there would be a chance for bias?
Personally I like to think that some cops are decent people who will do the right thing, but in reality I'm not sure.

To those DUers who are in law enforcement, and to those with family members in that line of work, have you ever seen another officer do something that you knew was wrong?

Did you report it?

Did you try to stop it before it escalated?

If you did then you have proven that some police officers are decent and do the right thing when needed!

If you didn't do anything, why not???
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Union Label Donating Member (451 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-09 03:13 PM
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13. Do you realize
I have seen more than 10 San Jose police officers beat unarmed people unconscious?
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-09 03:08 PM
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9. That's also a residential area, so noise is an issue. The "Times Square of the South." nt
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