ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — Security cameras captured a disturbing video of a group of Atlantic City police officers assaulting a man, beating him mercilessly with blunt weapons, and finally siccing an attack dog on his neck and head as he lay helplessly face-down in the street. The shocking abuse seems to be done with the approval of the police chief, who watched the video and saw no reason to discipline his officers.
David Connor Castellani, age 20, was removed from the Tropicana Resort and Casino on June 5th for being a few months under age 21. Footage provided by casino showed what happened outside on Pacific Avenue.
Around 3:10 a.m., video shows Castellani surrounded by at least 4 police officers on the sidewalk outside the casino. With his hands raised in the air, officers searched his pockets. They talked to him briefly, and quickly let him go.
After about a minute-long phone call, he returned to the group of officers, raises his hands, and apparently asked the officers a question. The silent video does not hold details of this conversation, but Castellani’s parents later narrated that their son was asking them if he could return to the car which he arrived in, evidently on casino property. Details of this conversation are not known, but it resulted with Castellani being quickly turned away, with tensions raised on both sides.
Castellani crossed the street and walked away from the officers. He was obviously upset at the interaction. Several times as he walked away, he turned around as if to react to an ongoing conversation being shouted between the officers and himself. He can be seen responding to the officers, raising his hands excitedly. He paused briefly to shout down the street but continuing to walk the other direction, widening the distance between himself and the officers.
After a heated verbal exchange that lasted roughly a minute, the surveillance video shows four officers running into the frame and assaulting Castellani. His hands were clearly visible and held down at his sides. There was no threat posed at all. “They bum-rushed the kid,” his father later described.
Castinalli was beaten mercilessly with punches, kicks, knees, and a baton. One officer knelt on his head. Another beat his calves with a club. Finally a 6th officer showed up and immediately sicced an attack dog on the man, laying face down. The German Shepherd clamped down on his neck and actually dragged him several feet, then reinserted its fangs into his head with subsequent bites. The dog's handler simultaneously punched Castenalli in the head.
Who do you think was charged with Assault? Not the violent assailants. Police claimed that Castenalli choked the police dog while it made a meal of his skull, and claimed that he managed to punch a police officer during the onslaught of brutality.
Following the gratuitous beating, some of the gang members stood around laughing and one even appears to take a picture of the victim with his cell phone.
Unsurprisingly, the chief sees no reason to discipline his henchmen, charges have been laid on the victim, and the bloodthirsty cops and their ravenous attack dog are still on the streets.
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David Connor Castellani, age 20, was removed from the Tropicana Resort and Casino on June 5th for being a few months under age 21. Footage provided by casino showed what happened outside on Pacific Avenue.
Around 3:10 a.m., video shows Castellani surrounded by at least 4 police officers on the sidewalk outside the casino. With his hands raised in the air, officers searched his pockets. They talked to him briefly, and quickly let him go.
After about a minute-long phone call, he returned to the group of officers, raises his hands, and apparently asked the officers a question. The silent video does not hold details of this conversation, but Castellani’s parents later narrated that their son was asking them if he could return to the car which he arrived in, evidently on casino property. Details of this conversation are not known, but it resulted with Castellani being quickly turned away, with tensions raised on both sides.
Castellani crossed the street and walked away from the officers. He was obviously upset at the interaction. Several times as he walked away, he turned around as if to react to an ongoing conversation being shouted between the officers and himself. He can be seen responding to the officers, raising his hands excitedly. He paused briefly to shout down the street but continuing to walk the other direction, widening the distance between himself and the officers.
After a heated verbal exchange that lasted roughly a minute, the surveillance video shows four officers running into the frame and assaulting Castellani. His hands were clearly visible and held down at his sides. There was no threat posed at all. “They bum-rushed the kid,” his father later described.
Castinalli was beaten mercilessly with punches, kicks, knees, and a baton. One officer knelt on his head. Another beat his calves with a club. Finally a 6th officer showed up and immediately sicced an attack dog on the man, laying face down. The German Shepherd clamped down on his neck and actually dragged him several feet, then reinserted its fangs into his head with subsequent bites. The dog's handler simultaneously punched Castenalli in the head.
Who do you think was charged with Assault? Not the violent assailants. Police claimed that Castenalli choked the police dog while it made a meal of his skull, and claimed that he managed to punch a police officer during the onslaught of brutality.
Following the gratuitous beating, some of the gang members stood around laughing and one even appears to take a picture of the victim with his cell phone.
Unsurprisingly, the chief sees no reason to discipline his henchmen, charges have been laid on the victim, and the bloodthirsty cops and their ravenous attack dog are still on the streets.
READ MORE :: Gang of Atlantic City officers brutally beat man, release an attack dog to gnaw on his neck | Police State USA
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all the way down the sidewalk. When the cops let you walk, then walk. I am not saying this was all on the up and up, particularly the canine. But, really, it looks like this kid was really begging for a good whoopin'. Those kinds of requests rarely go unheeded for long. It's a shame it came to this but he really brought it on himself. It went way too far for sure.
