Sister: "I AM SO MAD"- 'HE WAS WALKING TO HIS HOUSE-He Got Beaten By Oakland Police & Almost Killed'

FRI NOV 04, 2011 AT 06:02 PM PDT
Vet Oakland Cops Almost Killed Owned Brew Pub+Disturbing Interview With Sister (UPDATEDx2)
bySteven DFollow

UPDATE: Local El Cerrito newspaper where Sabeghi's Brew Pub, Elevation 66 is located has a story with a photo of Mr. Sabeghi in the sidebar.
http://elcerrito.patch.com/articles/elevation-66-co-owner-seriously-injured-by-police-news-report-says
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Kayvan Sabeghi, one of the three main who started the popular Elevation 66 brewpub in El Cerrito, suffered a lacerated spleen and other injuries in a beating by Oakland police on duty for the Occupy Oakland protests Wednesday night, according to the UK Guardian newspaper and one of his Sabeghi's partners.

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"He was walking down 14th (14th Street in Oakland) away from the protest," Kelly said. "He walking to his house. He got beaten by police. He's got a lacerated spleen, maybe a couple of broken ribs too."

http://elcerrito.patch.com/articles/elevation-66-co-owner-seriously-injured-by-police-news-report-says

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"I am absolutely furious," (Sabeghi's sister Shoole Sabeghi) said. "I'm absolutely furious at the way they treated my little brother. I'm so mad. They hurt him and then they refused to help him."

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/11/04/1033346/-Vet-Oakland-Cops-Almost-Killed-Owned-Brew-Pub+Disturbing-Interview-With-Sister-(UPDATEDx2)

and exposed publicly for beating a peaceful protester who is a vet. Names....

just to stir up trouble...

probably my favorite & one of the best movies of all time.

Casey: I wouldn't pray just for a old man that's dead, 'cause he's all right. If I was to pray, I'd pray for folks that's alive and don't know which way to turn.

I always cry.

is going to have problems the rest of his life.

I have had no problems related to that.


not that this makes the slightest difference to the OP .. just wanted to throw that out there. :)


aA

Too late to edit my post :)

"Sabeghi told police he wanted to pass so that he could reach his home but that police refused, Kelly said. Sabeghi asked why he couldn't be allowed to return home and was attacked by police with batons, Kelly said. Kelly said he got his information from Sabeghi and another source that he didn't identify."

It does sound like they used excessive force. Was an initial police action justified in any way?

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Personally I think that police forces - all police forces - need civilian review boards with open public participation and hire/fire power over both officers and police chiefs. This hire/fire power should override any authority granted to officials of the local government.

when they question authority or disagree verbally with them. They MUST protect the citizenry from evil.

Gotta teach them scum a lesson.

Hell, I didn't even advocate for it. I said 'I'm starting to think it's justified' to use a gun for self-defense against attackers.

Why police are any more justified to murder innocent, unarmed people than anyone else is kind of a mystery to me. Anyone care to explain why an innocent person should allow themselves to be murdered by police?

In the meanwhile, I do not advocate for violence against police. I advocate for audio and video recording of them. All of them at all times while they are on duty.

I'm really not sure what's so wrong with that.

Some of the mods re absurdly quick on the trigger (see what I did there...?) with anything that might presume to suggest someone might actually fight back (physically) against the totalitarians. Had a friend get banned for a relatively mild "offense," and he said "screw this" and never came back.

Er, well...his actual statement was rather more colorful. =P

One of my best friends from high school is locked up in Texas State Prison for 10 years for having the audacity to defend himself when the cops decided to kick his ass. He's a tough bastard. I once saw someone throw a tire iron at the back of his head...it bounced off. He then picked it up and handed it back to the guy and offered a fair fight. Needless to say, the cops bit off more than they could chew. Took a few fat ass cops to take him down. But 10 years, just gone. He'll be out next September, finally.

What kind of 'free county' incarcerates anyone for not letting the police beat them to or near to death?

Anyone who accepts that is a traitor to freedom and democracy. Period.

I defy even the freeptards and teabaggers to argue with that.

Just know what you're in for...in the fight, and after.

They had no reason to impede his progress of getting home. He did nothing wrong.

This was just more thugs with badges to hide behind beating up a person 'just because they can'.

If a cop tells you to get on all fours and bark like a dog are you going to do it? If you refuse, just how badly can they beat you for you to consider it justified? Will you apologize to them after they beat you? Or will you bark like a dog and thank them for not beating you?

give the police wide berth. I've encountered a few OPD over the years who were professional and could turn off their inner asshole. By and large every one I grew up with, no matter rich or poor, black brown or white avoid OPD as much as possible. The rot is from the top down as far as I can tell.

I grew up in oakland, and we had a few officers in our neighborhood we knew to avoid, as teens who were just having fun do. I know exactly what you mean.

but ya, it sucks to have that complex that cops are dangerous, because when you actually NEED one, you are afraid to ask for help.

...not that OPD *would* help anyway...

I grew up in Brooklyn, and it was the same way.

aka Blue Meanies (because of the blue jumpsuits they wore at the time). They were just vicious then.

BTW, just got a call from the Police Benevolent Association asking for donations. I told them that I am philosophically opposed to supporting the police, having observed the past 50 years of brutality.

Man, PIGS are really giving good cops a bad name right now, all around the country.

I'd be just as furious as his sister is, and in fact, I am.

:(

The poor guy was writhing in pain and yelling for help.

--imm

if not, is she doing anything to stop them?

if she is not directly responsible for the beatings, then she should ask for help to protect her citizens, no?


Has Progressive Democrat Mayor Quan made any statement at all in recent days?

to wonder if elected officials actually control police departments anymore.

whoever did this needs to be prosecuted for battery or attempted murder, since they left him w/o medical attention.

and the cops did it on an american. jail should be closed down and the plot line to Shawshank Redemption should be carried out. :(

Plain and simple.

I suggest a democrat run for the position of Oakland mayor and telling them to back off and busting their pay and pensions to shit.

Got abused by OPD when she was an activist. Oh wait my sarcameter must need calibration.

Some one should protect the citizens......

Remember her, she was the young lady killed by pro-regime militants during the 2009 protests. She, like this person, wasn't even participating.

My guess is the riot cops have an adrenaline rush and they want blood. They know that such behavior in at the main protests are dangerous because there are lots of people and they will be on camera. However, if you find someone in the back alley, well then all bets are off.

force against the citizens?

is it time for the National Guard to be called, Progressive Democrat Mayor Quan, or are you approving of the actions of your Pigs?



Has Progressive Democrat Mayor Quan made any recent statements since changing her position to allow the protesters to stay before releasing her hounds on them again?


Progressive Democrat Mayor Quan is very confusing and flip floppy as to her position regarding the senseless beating of her citizens. I really wish she would clarify the city's position.

:banghead:

So... Blackout on everything Occupy Oakland.

Surprising? No. Not. At. All.

Just. Expected.

So we send our kids to war, only to bring them home to be beaten up by gangbangers in cop costumes.

Our Constitution does not appear to be worth the paper it's printed on.






For Kayvan


Recognizing that I volunteered as a Ranger, fully knowing the hazards of my chosen profession, I will always endeavor to uphold the prestige, honor, and high esprit de corps of my Ranger Regiment.

Acknowledging the fact that a Ranger is a more elite soldier who arrives at the cutting edge of battle by land, sea, or air, I accept the fact that as a Ranger my country expects me to move further, faster and fight harder than any other soldier.:

Never shall I fail my comrades. I will always keep myself mentally alert, physically strong and morally straight and I will shoulder more than my share of the task whatever it may be, one-hundred-percent and then some.

Gallantly will I show the world that I am a specially selected and well-trained soldier. My courtesy to superior officers, neatness of dress and care of equipment shall set the example for others to follow.

Energetically will I meet the enemies of my country. I shall defeat them on the field of battle for I am better trained and will fight with all my might. Surrender is not a Ranger word. I will never leave a fallen comrade to fall into the hands of the enemy and under no circumstances will I ever embarrass my country.
Readily will I display the intestinal fortitude required to fight on to the Ranger objective and complete the mission though I be the lone survivor.

—Ranger Handbook SH 21-76<1>

stomach and only stand to reinforce the conversation in this country that many of the police have become an arm of the 1%, no longer enforcers of law, but rather, tax payer funded militant protectors of the rich and powerful minority who are trying every trick in their playbook to stop the peaceful assembly of the majority seeking redress from a government hijacked by the plutarchy.

This country is no longer being governed, it is being ruled, most of us now know it, they know we know it, and they really don't know how to stop what is happening.

Their corporate media is failing them, their bought and paid for government officials can no longer fool us with their phony speeches and promises, their infiltrators and provocateurs are having little success, their tools in the police force are showing themselves for the brutal thugs they really are, and We the people, finally, are in the streets and not backing down from authority rule trying to force blind obedience on the majority using violent, militant tactics, on behalf of those who are clinging to their power, trying to somehow stop the freedom of speech and assembly in our alleged Democracy.

You assist an unjust administration most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil administration never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil.
A good person will resist an evil system with his whole soul. Disobedience of the laws of an evil state is therefore a duty. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Lou