Topic: Law Officers in the News
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Thu 04/13/17 10:44 PM
First story, from ABC News ( http://abcnews.go.com/US/georgia-police-investigating-disturbing-video-allegedly-showing-officer/story?id=46774065 ):

Two Georgia police officers have been fired today after videos surfaced online showing a man being punched and kicked during a traffic stop, police said.

The Gwinnett County Police Department in Lawrenceville, Georgia -- about 30 miles outside of Atlanta -- called the videos "shocking" and "disturbing" and announced today that two officers had been fired and that criminal investigations had begun.

The first video to surface shows an officer kicking a handcuffed man in the head as he lays in the middle of a major roadway during a traffic stop. That officer, identified as Master Police Officer Robert McDonald, was terminated today, police said.

A second video discovered by police, taken by a witness from a different angle, "shows the man getting out of the car with both hands up," according to police. "As he stands with his hands up, [Sergeant] Michael Bongiovanni strikes the man in the face," the police said in a statement.

Bongiovanni, a supervisor, was also terminated, the Gwinnett County Police Department announced.

"The revelations uncovered in this entire investigation are shocking. We are fortunate that this second video was found and we were able to move swiftly to terminate a supervisor who lied and stepped outside of his training and state law," the police said in a statement announcing the second officer's termination. . .

. . . The nearly two-minute video, taken by a witness on a cellphone, appears to show a police officer pull a driver, who is black, from his vehicle and struggle with the man before placing him on the ground and putting him in handcuffs.

Another officer is seen running over to assist and appears to stomp the handcuffed man in the face as he lays on the street. The officers then pick up the man and put him in the backseat of a police vehicle.

[Gwinnett County Police Chief Butch] Ayers said he felt "mad" and "upset" when he saw the video, adding that the man was "clearly not resisting" and the video "speaks for itself."



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Second story, from CBS affiliate KOTV in Tulsa:

A video of a man verbally harassing a Tulsa police officer during a traffic stop is getting a lot of attention on social media.

The video was posted Tuesday afternoon by a man named Eddie Kash - it shows Tulsa Police Officer Justin Beal talking to individuals during a vehicle stop. . .

. . . The almost four-and-a-half-minute video continues to escalate as Beal remains calm as he is peppered with profanities.

"What you want to shoot a n*****. This ain't Mike Brown mother f******. This ain't no mother - I'm chosen. I'm the chosen, you know. Look at this p**** *** cracker. Ain’t got s*** else to do. Violate my rights p****. Violate mine, I promise you I'm a get paid," they say in the video.

Sergeant Shane Tuell said these types of situations occur too often.

"This is something we deal with out in the field a lot. We deal with individuals that try to taunt us, that say racial slurs to us, that say things that try to provoke a reaction and it's videoed and they want a reaction," Tuell said.



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Sad isn't it. Your thoughts?


no photo
Fri 04/14/17 09:17 AM
Cops and criminals have a tough job?smile2

msharmony's photo
Fri 04/14/17 02:17 PM

First story, from ABC News ( http://abcnews.go.com/US/georgia-police-investigating-disturbing-video-allegedly-showing-officer/story?id=46774065 ):

Two Georgia police officers have been fired today after videos surfaced online showing a man being punched and kicked during a traffic stop, police said.

The Gwinnett County Police Department in Lawrenceville, Georgia -- about 30 miles outside of Atlanta -- called the videos "shocking" and "disturbing" and announced today that two officers had been fired and that criminal investigations had begun.

The first video to surface shows an officer kicking a handcuffed man in the head as he lays in the middle of a major roadway during a traffic stop. That officer, identified as Master Police Officer Robert McDonald, was terminated today, police said.

A second video discovered by police, taken by a witness from a different angle, "shows the man getting out of the car with both hands up," according to police. "As he stands with his hands up, [Sergeant] Michael Bongiovanni strikes the man in the face," the police said in a statement.

Bongiovanni, a supervisor, was also terminated, the Gwinnett County Police Department announced.

"The revelations uncovered in this entire investigation are shocking. We are fortunate that this second video was found and we were able to move swiftly to terminate a supervisor who lied and stepped outside of his training and state law," the police said in a statement announcing the second officer's termination. . .

. . . The nearly two-minute video, taken by a witness on a cellphone, appears to show a police officer pull a driver, who is black, from his vehicle and struggle with the man before placing him on the ground and putting him in handcuffs.

Another officer is seen running over to assist and appears to stomp the handcuffed man in the face as he lays on the street. The officers then pick up the man and put him in the backseat of a police vehicle.

[Gwinnett County Police Chief Butch] Ayers said he felt "mad" and "upset" when he saw the video, adding that the man was "clearly not resisting" and the video "speaks for itself."



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Second story, from CBS affiliate KOTV in Tulsa:

A video of a man verbally harassing a Tulsa police officer during a traffic stop is getting a lot of attention on social media.

The video was posted Tuesday afternoon by a man named Eddie Kash - it shows Tulsa Police Officer Justin Beal talking to individuals during a vehicle stop. . .

. . . The almost four-and-a-half-minute video continues to escalate as Beal remains calm as he is peppered with profanities.

"What you want to shoot a n*****. This ain't Mike Brown mother f******. This ain't no mother - I'm chosen. I'm the chosen, you know. Look at this p**** *** cracker. Ain’t got s*** else to do. Violate my rights p****. Violate mine, I promise you I'm a get paid," they say in the video.

Sergeant Shane Tuell said these types of situations occur too often.

"This is something we deal with out in the field a lot. We deal with individuals that try to taunt us, that say racial slurs to us, that say things that try to provoke a reaction and it's videoed and they want a reaction," Tuell said.



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Sad isn't it. Your thoughts?




same as always

people will be individuals FIRST, their unique experiences and struggles can't possibly be known merely by a job title and a job title does not change those experiences and struggles which generally shape their own decisions and actions.


Dodo_David's photo
Fri 04/14/17 03:05 PM
An update to the first story:

89 cases involving Georgia cops fired for punching, stomping black driver are dropped

adj4u's photo
Fri 04/14/17 05:58 PM


SAN ANTONIO —

Three local law enforcement officers, arrested for DWI within hours of each other Thursday night. Gena Rodriguez and Harold Thomaston both San Antonio police officers and both arrested within hours of each other Thursday night......

.....A Bexar county deputy was also arrested for DWI Thursday night.

"I am furious, there is no other way to put it, I am just furious, said Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar.......

http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/two-san-antonio-police-officers-charged-with-dwi

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imo any time a public official and especially law enforcement officers get CONVICTED of a crime they should get at least 150% of the punishment
that a regular citizen gets as they are in business of stopping crime
and therefore should know better than to break the laws they are paid
to enforce .....

and any officer covering up for them should be charged with aiding and
abedding in the commission of a crime and get @ least 50% of the
normal punishment for committing the crime once CONVICTED