Felony?

[downzero]

I'm pretty sure what I'm witnessing here is an aggravated battery. Someone please explain to me why I'm wrong.

WARNING: NSFW - LANGUAGE

YouTube - DNC Protests: Police slam CodePink protester to the ground

No charges were filed.
Cop who shoved DNC protester to the ground cleared by Denver DA : Updates : The Rocky Mountain News

 

[ihateiraq]

oh my.


in his defense though, she did tell him to do it again. its not gentlemanly to refuse a lady.

 

[serpicostraight]

obvious case of jbts at work but im sure it had something to do with officer safety.

 

[downzero]

oh my.


in his defense though, she did tell him to do it again. its not gentlemanly to refuse a lady.

I just wonder if he felt like a tough guy after hitting a woman with a baton. I know I would, especially if instead of going to jail, all I got was a new job that didn't require me to be on the street in the heat and cold.

 

[Muddy_Ford]

oh my.


in his defense though, she did tell him to do it again. its not gentlemanly to refuse a lady.

Lady!

I don't think asking him to do it again was very smart though.

Either way that was a disturbing video.

 

[Benny]

Just out of curiosity, where is the video showing what she was doing before this happened?

This clearly looks like aggravated assault, but I could show you "aggravated assault" with anyone defending themselves, if I am only taping the right(/wrong) part.



(I'm not defending this officer's actions, but knowing what she was doing prior to the baton strike is fairly pertinent to this thread.)

 

[Muddy_Ford]

I just wonder if he felt like a tough guy after hitting a woman with a baton. I know I would, especially if instead of going to jail, all I got was a new job that didn't require me to be on the street in the heat and cold.

He probably did, and then in his mind he was rewarded. I can't call what he got punishment.

 

[jd4320t]

Just out of curiosity, where is the video showing what she was doing before this happened?

This clearly looks like aggravated assault, but I could show you "aggravated assault" with anyone defending themselves, if I am only taping the right(/wrong) part.



(I'm not defending this officer's actions, but knowing what she was doing prior to the baton strike is fairly pertinent to this thread.)

Agreed. I hate the little youtube snips that don't show what was really going on.

 

[ihateiraq]

I just wonder if he felt like a tough guy after hitting a woman with a baton. I know I would, especially if instead of going to jail, all I got was a new job that didn't require me to be on the street in the heat and cold.

im all for police laying the lumber when its necessary, and i understand anyone can be dangerous, but i have a hard time believing she needed to get hit like that.

anything could have happened before the camera panned over to that scene, but just going off the video, that was brutality.

 

[serpicostraight]

was i hearing things or did he say get out ***** right before he hit her?

 

[ihateiraq]

was i hearing things or did he say get out ***** right before he hit her?

i think it was "back it up". or maybe thats just what i would have said.

 

[Muddy_Ford]

Just out of curiosity, where is the video showing what she was doing before this happened?

This clearly looks like aggravated assault, but I could show you "aggravated assault" with anyone defending themselves, if I am only taping the right(/wrong) part.



(I'm not defending this officer's actions, but knowing what she was doing prior to the baton strike is fairly pertinent to this thread.)

Agreed. I hate the little youtube snips that don't show what was really going on.

In these statements, much wisdom, there is.

 

[jd4320t]

All I can hear him say is "back it up!"

 

[Muddy_Ford]

I heard "Back it up!" too.

 

[downzero]

The 5 letter word for female dog was definitely uttered by the officer.

 

[Whosyer]

More on the subject.

The Legend of Pine Ridge: Alicia Forrest of Quartzsite, Arizona Charged with Criminal Interference Following a Confrontation with the Denver Police

As of March 19 2009, charges against the protester had been dropped. No civil suit had been filed against the officer. Can't find anything more current.

 

[samot]

I like how she is explaining it to the press & they ( thye cops) hurry up & grap her and rip her from the press so she cant tell her side of the story!!
& Joe... unless she was "touching or spitting on the cop he had NO "right" to do what he did..
I LOVE COPS

 

[public servant]

Just out of curiosity, where is the video showing what she was doing before this happened?

According to the Denver D.A.'s office as reported by the Denver media...

"A thorough review of all the evidence compels the conclusion that a woman failed to comply with repeated lawful police orders to move back," said Lynn Kimbrough, spokeswoman for the Denver DA's office.


"She then grabbed an officer's baton, pushing it away. The officer pushed back, using the baton, and the woman fell to the ground. She was not injured. It was these facts that were considered in the decision."


I wasn't there, however, so I'm really not sure of the events that transpired. I'll leave it to those that were.

 

[Dogman]

Life's a B***h, then she falls down.

Clear case of provocation, she did something that caused him to do something that she regretted.

 

[DaKruiser]

"She then grabbed an officer's baton, pushing it away. The officer pushed back, using the baton, and the woman fell to the ground. She was not injured.

It would be nice if "we the people" were treated with the same kid gloves by lawyers. If anyone else would have done that, no matter how much she deserved it, We would be charged with a felony. That was brutality. She was wrong, that was not the solution.

I'm not saying anyone should get away with this sort of thing. Just saying there should be no difference in how someone is prosecuted. Justice should be blind!