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why stealing a minivan full of donuts is a bad idea.
Posted by: Gravis ()
Date: May 21, 2009 11:01AM

i couldnt help myself, i had to say it. :P

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US police fired over beating film
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Five US police officers in Birmingham, Alabama have been fired for beating an unconscious suspect who had crashed his car in a police pursuit.

The attack on Anthony Warren took place in January 2008, but police video footage has only just been made public.

It was uncovered in March by prosecutors preparing a case against Warren for assaulting an officer, for which he was later convicted.

Officials said other officers had seen the video but never reported it.

The video was captured on 23 January 2008 by a camera mounted on a police car dashboard.

It shows Warren, who had been questioned about possible drug activity, driving at speed along a motorway, pursued by at least three police cars.

He swerves around one vehicle before hitting and injuring a police officer on foot.

Warren then turns onto a slip road and appears to swerve before the car rolls into a ditch, but a cut in the video makes it unclear how he came to lose control of the car.

He is thrown from the car window and lies in the ditch not moving before the policemen rush over and begin beating him.

At least one officer jumps onto Warren with his fist raised and another uses a baton to hit him. Warren does not move throughout the attack.

'Horrific tampering'

The footage emerged as state lawyers were preparing a case of attempted murder against Warren for the police officer he hit on the road.

District Attorney Brandon Falls said the video police provided as evidence stopped before the footage of the beating and he only saw the full version by chance a week before the trial.

But Mr Falls said he did not believe race was a motivation in the attack on Warren, who is black, saying both black and white officers were involved.

Wendy Crew, who is representing Warren in a civil case against the police, accused the police of interfering with evidence.

She said there had been no reason to use "excessive force" against Warren but that the "deliberate tampering of evidence" by police was "just as horrific" as the attack itself.

Lawyers for Warren said he was hospitalised after the incident and was not aware that he had been beaten until the video came to light.

The five policemen have not been identified but Police Chief AC Roper said they were veteran officers who had acted in a "shameful" manner.

He said his department had "terminated 50 years of combined service due to 10 seconds of injustice".

"No doubt this guy was a menace to society, but he didn't deserve what happened to him, bottom line," Mr Roper was quoted as saying by Birmingham News.

"I fully support our officers and fully believe in officer safety, but this video speaks for itself."

The authorities believe that many police officers and supervisors had watched the video in the year before it was made public but had not reported it.

Mr Roper said a review would be carried out into "supervisor's actions, reporting mechanisms and policies".

The officers can appeal against their dismissal.

Warren pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and was given a 20-year prison sentence.

Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford said the incident was a reminder of Alabama's history of police brutality and segregation.

"In Birmingham, Alabama, in the present day, it is not acceptable," he said.

no doubt this guy is no good but cops cant do that. unfortunately, it doesnt seem like the cops on the video it will be prosecuted or the ones who didnt report it after seeing the video will be punished.


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."095042938540

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Re: why stealing a minivan full of donuts is a bad idea.
Date: May 21, 2009 11:24AM

The driver was an asshole for hitting the cop on foot, and I certainly understand why the cops were worked up and beat him. However, cops shouldn't do that. Also, it's not tampering with evidence because the cops' actions after the hit-and-run weren't on trial, though not reporting this to Internal Affairs was certainly an ethical lapse. I'm also not sure all five cops should have been fired, since it seems only two or three cops were really egregious in their actions.

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Re: why stealing a minivan full of donuts is a bad idea.
Posted by: MrMephisto ()
Date: May 21, 2009 11:25AM

Dead men tell no tales.

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Re: why stealing a minivan full of donuts is a bad idea.
Posted by: pgens ()
Date: May 21, 2009 12:35PM

I guess the guy was lucky he didn't have a spine injury after being ejected... that beating would probably have taken care of any chance he had of walking or moving again.

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Re: why stealing a minivan full of donuts is a bad idea.
Posted by: Gravis ()
Date: May 21, 2009 02:50PM

WashingTone Locian Wrote:
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> The driver was an asshole for hitting the cop on
> foot


to be fair, from what the article says, he was swerving to avoid running into another car, not to hit the cop.


> not reporting this to
> Internal Affairs was certainly an ethical lapse.


it wasnt a lapse at all, it's called "protecting your own [at the detriment of others]" which is WRONG.


> I'm also not sure all five cops should have been
> fired, since it seems only two or three cops were
> really egregious in their actions.


any action a cop takes to intentionally harm someone should always be met with the maximum penalties. we cant afford to have criminals running the show.


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."095042938540

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Re: why stealing a minivan full of donuts is a bad idea.
Posted by: SaMiViMa ()
Date: May 21, 2009 11:59PM

Gravis Wrote:
> any action a cop takes to intentionally harm
> someone should always be met with the maximum
> penalties. we cant afford to have criminals
> running the show.


I agree with you.

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