More Police Brutality

[Half Cocked]

Police body cams help police defend themselves against unfounded accusations. They also help expose cases of police brutality as in this case where a 71-year-old man is thrown down a flight of steps by one of Louisville's finest.

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyErcxtrc-g[/media]

 

[smithers599]

Well, they served and protected the s___ out of him!

 

[kenpoprofessor]

You gotta support those cops dude, they go out there everyday and risk their live for us :mrgreen: These same guys would show us the same courtesy, and like the man said, I've lost faith in people employed by the government to do the right thing. Unless I know them personally, they are not people to trust.

Have a great, gun carryin', Kenpo day

Clyde

 

[thom]

If you were one of the cops, how would you have reacted to going on a call where a woman said she was shot in the head by her husband? Put yourself in the officers place. Don't you think that you would want to go home safely after your shift?
No I am not a cop.

Thom

 

[smithers599]

If you were one of the cops, how would you have reacted to going on a call where a woman said she was shot in the head by her husband? Put yourself in the officers place. Don't you think that you would want to go home safely after your shift?
No I am not a cop.

Thom

I hope that I would see an old, frail man, apparently unarmed, in a non-threatening posture, and that i would say, "Sir, please turn around so I can put these handcuffs on you." I hope that i would use the amount of force necessary to effect the arrest, which would not include throwing him down the stairs to smash his face onto the bricks. Then I would go home safely.

 

[kenpoprofessor]

If you were one of the cops, how would you have reacted to going on a call where a woman said she was shot in the head by her husband? Put yourself in the officers place. Don't you think that you would want to go home safely after your shift?
No I am not a cop.

Thom

I hope that I would see an old, frail man, apparently unarmed, in a non-threatening posture, and that i would say, "Sir, please turn around so I can put these handcuffs on you." I hope that i would use the amount of force necessary to effect the arrest, which would not include throwing him down the stairs to smash his face onto the bricks. Then I would go home safely.

I have to agree, those cops went in with guns and attitude, they were going to "get some" no matter what. If they want to go home safe, then quit acting like jackasses when interacting with the public, and maybe, just maybe, cops can get the respect they had when they were "peace officers" and not "Law Enforcement". And maybe, people will quit shooting at them because they behave the way they do in this video, and lie about the whole thing.

Have a great, gun carryin', Kenpo day

Clyde

 

[338lapua]

If you were one of the cops, how would you have reacted to going on a call where a woman said she was shot in the head by her husband? Put yourself in the officers place. Don't you think that you would want to go home safely after your shift?
No I am not a cop.

Thom

So many cop boot lickers these days. How does someone get shot in the head and make a phone call and have a conversation? That would be the first clue. They could have put him in cuffs without going full piggggy on him and throwing him to the ground. So a call from a coherent woman saying her husband shot her in the head gives them the rights to throw someone on the ground, he was just as confused as his wife who made the call was as to why they were there. If cops are so concerned about going home every night go find another job like selling real estate or cars. If you take the money you take the risk. Wah my job is dangerous and I might die so I throw a old man on the ground, waaaaahhhh, at least I went home safe. That action could have put the guy in a nursing home for the rest of his life but hey at least he went home safe.

Some of the people here will tell the cops to be safe if they had their guns taken and thank them for their service.

 

[thom]

My relatives always said that I was an instigator. Or my Dad would say, "What the heck is wrong with you"? I guess the answers here prove that correct.

 

[pneuby]

https://www.wdrb.com/news/elderly-louisville-man-slammed-to-the-ground-by-lmpd-in-2019-says-he-no-longer/article_b45f0db8-08b9-11ef-b228-af19aa913e70.html

That's effin' discgracefull, all-around. I sure hope that the news agency follow-up with the records request.
At the very LEAST, I would have to shit-can the offend-icer that pulled-pushed the old-guy.
For the one describing the event to the press? At least a couple of weeks-pay, and of course, some
good-old mandatory re-training on Use of Force protocol.

 

[Suck My Glock]

When you're so well known for abusing your taser against suspects that your fellow cops nickname you "Taser Face",...you might be a badge-heavy authoritarian dikwad.

https://www.actionnews5.com/2024/06/11/taser-face-resigns-second-police-agency-serious-misconduct/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1LR8_-kAVjV-0kPdSRbFUhdI5xWl4rBHzG43lB4qkTNAk0_fDHvsXg7es_aem_AQsO-T3ipHzJnjmUD-luIHqxk90LVkf8L7Y8Y6VGwca_haneZbNQGh_CLvvcmQllPhyDYC92jA3ndKubK_K5TA7w

‘Taser Face’ resigns from a second police agency for serious misconduct

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (WMC) - A former Memphis cop who used excessive force with his Taser so many times he was called “Taser Face” has resigned from another police agency for serious misconduct.

Colin Berryhill resigned from the Memphis Police Department before he could be disciplined back in 2020, but quickly found employment with the Southaven Police Department.

A partnership with the Action News 5 Investigators and the Institute for Public Service Reporting revealed Berryhill recently resigned from Southaven after the Internal Affairs Bureau said he removed a citizen from his home, detained him without probable cause, would not tell the citizen why he was being handcuffed and placed into a patrol vehicle.

The Southaven Disciplinary Review Board said Berryhill violated its policy for serious misconduct and neglect of duty.

But just like the Memphis Police Department, Southaven Police allowed Berryhill to resign before he could be fired.

An investigation by Action News 5 and the Institute for Public Service Reporting revealed Berryhill violated MPD’s excessive force and weapons policies three times in less than a year.

According to MPD’s internal documents, the first time Berryhill violated their excessive force policy was when he tased a juvenile in the back. The second time he tased a man suffering mental episode and whose arms were held by four other officers. The third time Berryhill used his Taser excessively was on nonviolent man who was handcuffed.

That night, an MPD supervisor on scene told Berryhill he’d earned a new nickname: “Taser Face.”

Berryhill “abruptly resigned” the night before his disciplinary hearing and took a job with Southaven Police the following month.

Late last year, we had set up an interview with the now-retired Southaven Police Chief Macon Moore to discuss why he’d hired Berryhill despite his record.

Macon backed out of the on-camera interview at the last minute, but told us off-camera he was not concerned about Berryhill’s past.

Berryhill’s application for Southaven Police does show he answered “yes” to the question asking if he’d been suspended, terminated or resigned prior to termination or during an internal investigation.

The reason he listed was being suspended for two days following a crash where he was ruled at fault. There was no mention of the excessive force or the fact that Memphis Police were considering firing him.

Southaven did ask Tennessee’s law enforcement oversight agency about Berryhill. An email shows the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission (POST) said at the time, no disciplinary history was reported to them but to contact MPD with any questions.

It’s unclear if Southaven ever did that.

Berryhill resigned from Southaven Police in March 2024, after nearly 3.5 years on the force.

The Investigators spoke with Berryhill. He said he’s no longer in law enforcement but wouldn’t say what he was doing.

However, Berryhill is still allowed to police in Mississippi and Tennessee. His police certification has not been revoked in either state.

 

[Suck My Glock]

On another episode of "ONLY COPS SHOULD HAVE GUNS",....


https://www.actionnews5.com/2024/06/14/former-fbi-agent-convicted-sexually-assaulting-11-year-old-girl-while-serving-state-trooper/?tbref=hp

A former FBI agent was convicted Friday of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl while serving as an Alabama state trooper — a law enforcement job he landed even after he was kicked out of the FBI amid earlier claims that he raped a co-worker at knifepoint.

The FBI has said Bauer forged a letter that scrubbed his record clean and helped clear the way to his hiring by the Alabama state police in 2019. The document, obtained by AP, confirmed his decade of “creditable service” and deemed him “eligible for rehire.”

The case also highlights the slipshod system of decertification in the United States in which problematic officers have remained in law enforcement by joining a new agency or relocating to a different state. For years, federal law enforcement agencies did not provide data on fired or disciplined agents to the National Decertification Index.

Alabama authorities either overlooked or were unaware of Bauer’s earlier misconduct. AP’s investigation found he omitted his ouster from the FBI on his application to the Alabama state police, including that he had been suspended without pay and stripped of his security clearance in 2018 amid a string of sexual misconduct allegations he faced working in the FBI’s New Orleans office. An internal inquiry found that Bauer, at a minimum, violated FBI policy, including by having sex in an FBI vehicle.

 

[baja]

It's interesting, these types of posts always reminds me of High School.
I knew 2 guys that talked about going into law enforcement.
The first guy liked to beat on people and thought law enforcement would be the perfect way to keep doing it 'legally'.
The second guy was smaller and got beat on occasionally and thought law enforcement would be the perfect way for him to be the one to do the beating.
So when I see these posts I'm not surprised.