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So this week I had to work days which is really rare for me. My SWAP BUDDY is on VACA for the Month of July so I had to do 4 DAY TOURS. WEEP WEEP. Anyway, we had a pretty serious PIAA today. One driver was 85 years old and I am not sure about the other driver. When I saw both drivers before I even asked what happened I had it in my mind that it had to have been the "OLD MAN" that caused the accident and just as I thought he did. Turns out that he BROKE his C5/C6 and is now paralyzed from the nipple line down. The other driver only had minor injuries I think. He decided that he was going to make a left into a shopping center and I guess he didn't see the other car coming N/B. Later on there was a car parked in a FIRE LANE in our town which is a NO NO but usually just a hit on the siren and the people come out of the store and move. After 8 min I wrote him a ticket.. Well 4 min later here comes this "OLD MAN" walking out of a bank at a snails pace. I should have known by the HANDICAPPED PLATES but I figured I would wait and see. He got mad at me because I gave him a ticket. I told him that he should have parked in one of the MANY HANDICAPPES spots that are provided. I followed him for a little while because I got stuck behind him and he drove so bad. What to do? Here is my question. When should we start giving yearly DRIVING tests to the elderly? I have always said about 70 or after any major injury/medical conditon. I know most of us have/had grandparents/parents that are older and still drive. My Grandmother turned in her license a couple of years ago at 83 or something like that. Mainly because she had knee surgery and she knew that her reaction time was slower than previous years. I guess it didn't hurt that I told her how bad it was for her to drive. That was the hardest thing for her to do. I know that out ELDERS are so DEPENDENT on their own, but we read and see it all the time about an ELDERLY person crashing into a store front or this and that. I know as a PO I can fill out a form and send it to the DMV if I feel that a driver should not DRIVE. Just wanted some opinions. My mind is made up about what I would do. I know that the INSURANCE COMPANIES would never go for it because they would lose so much money but something has to be done. I don't want this to turn into a DISCRIMINATION about he ELDERLY or for anyone to say that their PARENTS/GRANDPARENTS are great drivers or any of that. Try and be objective and try and think of some of your calls involving the ELDERLY and DRIVING. BTW, no more days till I actually have to keep them. THANK GOD.

I know what test I took and I have no regrets. I happen to have alot of PROFESSIONAL FF friends. We bust each others chops. I have GREAT PERKS are you KIDDING ME and I don't hate because I am not a FF. How come when it is a topic about VOLUNTEER VERSUIS PAID LE gets thrown into the TOPIC?

I know ther are a lot of law enfrocement in here---how manny of you volunteer as cops?? not the same?? why not?? if i had free police protection my taxes would be down--- that alone shouldl shut this topic off Yeah Right I am going to VOLUNTEER MY TIME TO BE A POLICE OFFICER. But there is AUXILLARY P.O's. I could never understand that. More for crowd control and traffic but people still do it for FREE. I guess I just sit in my OVERPRICED POLICE DEPT and LISTEN TO ALL THE VOLUNTEER CALLS. I BET THAT EACH PAID FF DEPT IN WESTCHESTER MAKES MORE MONEY THAN I DO A YEAR. Other than MT VERMON. TO SIT IN A FIREHOUSE AND LIFT WEIGHTS AND EAT GREAT MEALS AND WATCH TV WHAT A GREAT LIFE. Oh some of you might even go out to EARN YOU MONEY SOMETIMES. Back to the issue at hand.

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You are a member of a UNION being involved in LE aren't you? Who in PROFESSIONAL FF is not in the IAFF? I would have to say that any NEW FF is stupid if the first thing they don't do is JOIN THE IAFF. Just like any UNION it helps with CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS and it also helps if you get into LEGAL TROUBLE by providing a LAWYER for you. I am sure there are other reasons but those are the two that I can come up with. Do you really think that CONGRESS would pass something that did away with VOLUNTEERS? Not a chance. Look at all the votes that they would be losing in their DISTRICTS. They are not going to risk that. Plus how are they going to fill in the areas that are covered by VOLUNTEERS NOW? They certainly aren't going to make them all paid and they aren't going to make a bigger area for the PAID SERVICES now to cover. So I wouldn't worry about a thing. Are there any FF jobs out there that say that being PAID forbids you from VOLUNTEERING? If they do and you get caught VOLUNTEERING what happens?

That was like AIRWOLF manuvers. What you really missed was me in the big boat below.

Why don't you ALL LEAVE IT ALONE. RATS. "SETH I SAW THEY CURSED WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT"? BABIES. Hopefully SETH has other things to do then monitor this site 24/7. He does have a job right?

I can't believe this. Shamus went to the ACADEMY with my buddy and I did many and EMS call with him in MT VERNON. GOD REST YOUR SOUL Shamus.

Lawsuit: Immigration raids in Westchester, Long Island, violated Hispanics' civil rights By WIRE AND STAFF REPORTS (Original publication: September 21, 2007) NEW YORK - Lawyers for Hispanics in Westchester and Long Island have filed a federal lawsuit charging authorities with violating civil rights by raiding their homes without court warrants. In some instances, officials have burst into homes before dawn to look for people who didn't live there, the lawsuit claims. The lawsuit was filed yesterday in a federal court in Manhattan on behalf of 15 people, seven of whom are U.S. citizens. They say their suburban homes were raided earlier this year. Arguing that the raids violate constitutional protections against unreasonable searches, the suit seeks unspecified damages and a halt on the home raids until Immigration and Customs Enforcement develops legal guidelines for them. ICE spokesman Mark Thorn said he had not seen the legal filing, but the agency does not comment on ongoing lawsuits. According to the lawsuit, a program dubbed Operation Return to Sender dispatched armed federal agents to homes in search of illegal immigrants thought to have lingered after being ordered to leave the country. But the people sought often weren't there and couldn't "reasonably" have been expected to be, according to the legal complaint. In one case, authorities raided a home in East Hampton, on eastern Long Island, around 4:30 a.m. on Feb. 20 in search of a man who had moved out in 2003, according to the lawsuit. The family still living there were U.S. citizens, except for a child who is a legal resident awaiting naturalization. "Because the immigrant communities are afraid to publicly challenge these home raids, they've been getting away with it," said Foster Maer, an attorney with the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund. The advocacy group and a private law firm, LeBouef, Lamb, Greene & McRae, brought the suit.

Do Police Use Tasers Too Often? Recent Incidents Raise Questions About Risks, Abuse (Sept. 21, 2007) -- Two incidents this week in which police used Tasers to subdue nonviolent suspects have thrust the popular stun gun into the spotlight again and raised new questions about the device's use and potential misuse by law enforcement officials. Monday, police in California shocked a 15-year-old autistic boy with a Taser. Two days later, during a speech by Sen. John Kerry , D-Mass., at the University of Florida, officers Tasered a 21-year-old student who refused to stop asking the senator questions. The weapon -- used by some 11,500 police agencies in more than 44 countries, according to its manufacturer, Taser International -- has been criticized by civil rights groups for years. They have questioned Taser's status as a "nonlethal weapon" by pointing to incidents in which people who have been stunned later died. While neither of the two suspects in this week's incidents died or were seriously injured, the cases have focused attention on the increasing use of Tasers by police and the widely varying ways that use is regulated. Who can be shocked, under what circumstances, for how long, and how many times varies from state to state and department to department, a fact that critics say allows for abuse. Taser International, which offers no guidelines on use of the weapons, says this allows police agencies to tailor their use according to local guidelines and case-specific needs. Autistic Boy Tasered While on the face of it, shocking a 15-year-old autistic boy with 50,000 volts of electricity for "acting suspiciously" but nonviolently might seem over the top, the Orange County (Calif.) Sheriff's Department maintains the device was used for the boy's own good. "The use of the Taser was definitely justified," Jim Amormino, a sheriff's department spokesman told ABC NEWS.com. "The deputy had two seconds of contact with the suspect before he started screaming and running into traffic." "If he hadn't been Tasered, he could easily have been killed by a car. The suspect, the officers, drivers on the road and pedestrians all could have been at risk if the suspect continued into traffic," he said. Many Taser incidents might well have otherwise required the use of lethal force, and they've thus saved lives, according to Richard Jerome, a lawyer and former Justice Department official who now consults on police accountability. "Clearly, Tasers are a important tool for law enforcement," Jerome said. "They're used by police departments to lower the incidence of more serious use of force." In the other incident this week, University of Florida President J. Bernard Machen Tuesday called the Tasering and arrest of student Andrew Meyer "regretful" and launched a university inquiry, calling on the state police to investigate. Monday officers took down Meyer before a roomful of people after the college senior grabbed a microphone and asked Kerry a series of questions, including whether he'd been a member of Yale's secret society Skull and Bones . After Meyer was on the ground and surrounded by officers, he is a heard to say, on a widely circulated video of the incident, "Don't Tase me bro!" In another filmed incident that went viral on the Internet this week, an Ohio woman was Tasered earlier this month multiple times, including while handcuffed and seated in the back of a police cruiser. Continuum of Force Heidi Gill, 38, said she feared for her life when Police Officer Rich Kovach Tasered her over and over again after a bar argument in Warren, Ohio. "I didn't think I was going to make it out of there. I just wanted this pain to stop. This electrocuting and Tasering. ? I didn't know what Tasering even was," Gill said. Kovach was placed on paid leave pending an investigation. Each of these incidents demonstrates what police officers already know: Interactions between the police and suspects can be volatile and require the officer to quickly sum up a situation. Police departments each develop their own "use of force continuums," a series of escalating steps that officers employ to determine when and how much force should be deployed against a suspect. "Some departments put Tasers pretty high on their force continuum, some pretty low down at the level of pepper spray," said Mona Cadena, the deputy director of Amnesty International's western region. "Cops, of course, will come into contact with violent individuals and have to respond, but they should always use the minimum … force for the threat that is posed. The question out there is: Is it appropriate to use a Taser on a student who is just being a nuisance, or on senior citizens or children or pregnant women." Amnesty International has been tracking Taser use in the United States since 2001 and says it is difficult to know the medical risks involved because little independent research has been done. It is also difficult to know whether Tasers are being misused because there is no national standard for keeping track of their use. Multiple Shocks "Cops have to register firearms and record every time they discharge them. That information then goes into a national database, but there is nothing like that for Tasers. We're concerned with use and reporting and a lack of regulation," she said. Taser International said it has created a weapon that when used properly can safely and effectively subdue suspects. Moreover, every weapon it produces, unlike, say, a billy club, electronically registers the time, date and duration of a shock. Recent incidents, including the April 2006 death of a 56-year-old, wheelchair-bound Florida woman who was Tasered 10 times and later died, stirred controversy for the company. However, the manufacturer says it is the police who should be taking the heat. "We don't teach use of force techniques. We train the trainers and give them as much information as possible to use it safely," said Steve Tuttle, spokesman for Taser International. "Every agency is going to use it differently, based on their own use-of-force guidelines. Sometimes it will be used against people passively resisting, other times against more active resistance," he said. Tuttle said that in some cases multiple shocks are necessary and can be done safely. "Multiple applications have good outcomes in arresting someone safely. We've shown that multiple applications are not dangerous. We don't limit the number of bullets in a gun," he said. Tuttle said it was frustrating that every controversial use has reporters focusing on the company instead of the agencies using the weapon. Gun manufacturers are not called to comment every time cops misuse their firearms, he said. "The media never reports on all the planes that land safely. But thousands of Tasers are used safely every day. Every Taser has a computer chip that records the time, date and length of duration." Taser-Related Deaths No federal agency keeps track of injuries or deaths related to Taser usage. Amnesty International claims that since 2001 it has registered 270 "Taser-related deaths," or incidents in which a Taser was used prior to a suspect's death "but not deemed the primary cause of death by a coroner or medical examiner." Amnesty International has recorded only seven cases in which a medical professional directly linked a Taser to death. "In 2004, there were 48 related deaths. In 2005, there were 65 related deaths. That's a 27 percent increase," said Amnesty's Mona Cadena. "More cops using more Tasers equals more deaths. We have to ask ourselves: Is the Taser really nonlethal?" Taser has its own figures. In the 54 wrongful death cases brought against the company, it has won every single one. "We're 54 and 0 in wrongful deaths cases. In a courtroom sound bites don't count. We have time to debunk the junk science and demonstrate the safety of our product," Tuttle said. In many Taser-related deaths, the victims were using drugs, were overweight and in an already excitable state some doctors call "excited delirium."

Autopsy: Perez blood-alcohol level 0.29 percent By JORGE FITZ-GIBBON AND JONATHAN BANDLER THE JOURNAL NEWS (Original publication: September 18, 2007) MOUNT KISCO - A homeless Guatemalan immigrant had a blood-alcohol level nearly four times the legal driving limit when he was found dying on a Bedford road, an autopsy report said. The 28-page report, reviewed by The Journal News yesterday, also suggests that Rene Javier Perez briefly regained consciousness while being treated at Westchester Medical Center after being found April 28. The 42-year-old vagrant appeared intoxicated, "confused" and "combative," the report said. The documents also said Perez went into cardiac arrest five minutes after doctors placed tubes in his body to help him breathe. He was resuscitated but went into cardiac arrest again shortly thereafter and died early the morning of April 29, according to the Westchester County Medical Examiner's reports. Perez's death is listed as a homicide, with the official cause as internal bleeding and abdominal injuries - cuts to the mesentery and mesenteric vessels. His death led to an indictment charging Mount Kisco Police Officer George Bubaris with second-degree manslaughter, unlawful imprisonment and official misconduct. Bubaris was suspended without pay and is free on $100,000 bail. Perez was found on Byram Lake Road late April 28, less than one hour after he made a drunken 911 call to Mount Kisco police from a village coin-operated laundry. Bubaris and two other officers who responded to the call - Lt. Edward Dunnigan and Officer Edward Dwyer - were named as part of the investigation by Bedford police and the Westchester District Attorney's Office. Dunnigan and Dwyer were not named in the indictment but remain on modified duty pending an interview review by the Mount Kisco Police Department. Perez was a known alcoholic who had been living the life of a vagrant and sleeping in woods behind a Mount Kisco supermarket. According to the autopsy report, he had a 0.29 percent blood-alcohol level. The state's legal limit for driving while intoxicated is 0.08 percent. "At that blood level, he must have been falling on his face constantly. He must have had some alcohol with him on the road. He must have been drinking right up till the end," said Edward Hayes, Bubaris' lawyer. Hayes still refuses to say whether Perez was in Bubaris' vehicle the night of his death, but he said after reviewing the blood-alcohol level that "I can't believe there's a cop in the world stupid enough to take a comatose vagrant up and dump him by the side of the road." A death report said medical staff at the Valhalla hospital smelled alcohol on Perez's breath. The report describes Perez as "well-developed, well-nourished" at the time of this death. He was missing several teeth and had a bruise to his nose, a scraped left knee and a bruise on his inner left arm that may have been a result of his treatment at the hospital, the report said. The autopsy also reports that there were external bruises to the abdomen, accompanied with bulging. In one gory detail, the coroner said 3 liters of blood gushed out during the exam. Jonathan Lovett, a lawyer who filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of Perez's brother against the village, town and Bubaris, said the description of the bruises and the extensive internal injuries makes him wonder why Bubaris was not charged with any assaultive behavior. He suggested that the District Attorney's Office was not prosecuting the case aggressively. "You don't fall down, pick yourself up and fall down on the same shaped objects. He was hit with something," he said. "They've positioned themselves to have a very uphill prosecution." Lucian Chalfen, a spokesman for District Attorney Janet DiFiore, declined to comment. I am sure that the COPS force fed him to drink also. Can they please just drop this case. What a crock.

Cop indicted in immigrant death faced brutality suit in '05 By TIMOTHY O'CONNOR THE JOURNAL NEWS (Original publication: September 14, 2007) NEW YORK - The Mount Kisco police officer facing criminal charges in the death of a homeless Guatemalan immigrant was named in a police brutality case involving two 14-year-olds during an incident at a Bronx school in 2005. New York City paid the teenagers $40,000 to settle the federal lawsuit filed last year against George Bubaris and 10 other NYPD officers and supervisors, according to court records. The lawsuit accused police from the 49th Precinct in the Bronx of kicking 14-year-old Lance Velez, then throwing him into a police van before turning pepper spray on him, as the cops broke up a fight between middle school girls outside F.D. Whalen Junior High School in the Morris Park neighborhood on April 4, 2005. Another 14-year-old, Fabian Parker, charged that he was roughed up and pepper-sprayed after complaining about police tactics. No charges were filed against the youths, their lawyer said. The lawsuit accused some cops of participating in the alleged attack and others of doing nothing to stop it. But it does not say what role each officer, including Bubaris, was accused of playing. "My clients really couldn't say from memory who did what. There was a lot going on," said Michael Hueston, the lawyer who represented the youths in the case. "Either way, it was a pretty brutal attack." In court papers, New York City denied the police did anything wrong. Hueston said the city's Civilian Complaint Review Board cleared the cops of any wrongdoing. A city lawyer who represented the police in the case did not return calls seeking comment. Bubaris' lawyer in the Mount Kisco case, Edward Hayes, said Bubaris was only vaguely aware of the lawsuit and denied any wrongdoing. He pointed to the relatively low settlement figure as indicative of the case's value. "The city regularly settles these cases for their nuisance value and that's what happened here," he said. Bubaris was indicted last week by a Westchester County grand jury on charges of second-degree manslaughter, official misconduct, and unlawful imprisonment in the death of Rene Javier Perez, a homeless 42-year-old man who was found dying by the the side of a road in Bedford on April 28. Bubaris was one of three Mount Kisco officers who responded to a drunken 911 call for assistance by Perez from a village laundromat that night. Bubaris told police headquarters that it was not a police matter. The two other officers, Edward Dwyer and Lt. Edward Dunigan, went on another call. Forty minutes later, Perez was found unconscious on a desolate stretch of Byram Lake Road in Bedford four miles away. He died the next morning at Westchester Medical Center. The medical examiner's office said Perez died from internal bleeding and ruled the death a homicide. Bubaris, 30, has pleaded not guilty and is free on bail. Bubaris, who lives in South Salem, joined the Mount Kisco Police Department in August 2006 after several years as a police officer in New York City. In the NYPD case, Hueston said he did not know if Bubaris was alleged to have physically harmed the two youths or whether he was merely one of the officers on the scene. "He doesn't stand out as a main actor," he said. "But it's hard to say because there were several officers there." Velez claimed he offered no resistance as police kicked him in the head, struck him in the throat and threw him into parked vehicles. Parker said he was thrown into a fence, choked, and placed in a headlock after he complained about the cops' actions. Velez and Parker said they were handcuffed and sitting in a police van when they were pepper-sprayed. "Someone took pepper spray and sprayed it inside the van to make them shut up," Hueston said. The case was settled in January, with the city paying $15,000 to Parker and $25,000 to Velez. The MEDIA should have a gag order on this case. Of course you know that PROSECUTORS are going to go out of their way to find out any DIRT on OFFICER BURBARIS. I understand that the JURY is going to hear about this in court but come on. At least give this guy a chance. It is bad enough that our JURY SYSTEM LETS GO FAMOUS WIFE KILLING MURDERERS. He doesn't even remember the incident. I am sure that is not the only scuffle he was involved in in THE BRONX. I bet ya he wishes that he stayed in the CITY NOW! I DISLIKE THE MEDIA. CAN I SAY THAT?

Ossining police probing cause of homeless immigrant's death By SHAWN COHEN THE JOURNAL NEWS (Original publication: September 15, 2007) OSSINING - Police didn't yet know what caused a 50-year-old village man to fall and die yesterday in a residential driveway, in part because no witnesses had come forward by late in the day. But they were continuing their investigation, trying to determine whether Jose Daniel Naula-Zhagul, a homeless Ecuadorean immigrant was possibly drunk or had any confrontations that could have contributed to his death. "We're going back to a timeline to try and see where he was in the last 24 hours, what he was doing and who he was with," Ossining Police Chief Joseph Burton said. "It looks like he fell, but we're looking to find the reason he fell. "We're processing this as a crime scene." Naula-Zhagul had had several run-ins with the law in the past for public drinking and medical calls, Burton said. His body was found on the driveway outside 47 Broad Ave., just west of Route 9, shortly before 9:30 a.m. When police arrived, the body was face-down on the pavement with a head wound. He was unresponsive to paramedics' lifesaving efforts, the chief said. Burton said police were awaiting the results of an autopsy from the Westchester Medical Examiner's Office. The police chief said there were no bottles of alcohol near the body. There was no indication he had been shot or stabbed, or that he had fallen from the adjacent house. Since no witnesses had come forward, police didn't know whether he may have been pushed or tripped. Police spoke with two of Naula-Zhagul's daughters, who live locally, before releasing his name yesterday afternoon. Neighborhood residents and merchants said Naula-Zhagul had two other adult children in the area, a son and another daughter. He worked occasional construction jobs, they said, but was known to have a drinking problem and had been seen staggering on the sidewalk earlier in the morning. "He'd walk around drunk," said Miguel Enriques of Ossining, who said he'd played soccer with the man and considered him a friend. "I'd tell him to stop, but he didn't listen." He had been in Ossining for at least six years, witnesses said, but his wife was still in Ecuador. I believe that is how the Mt Kisco story started out. We all no what happened next. Back in the day I heard that the POLICE had to go door to door to find out I think how many people lived in houses. They would then pass that on to the CENSUS BUREAU. There should be a way for us to monitor HOW MANY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS are in our area. I know that it would have to be HUGE TASK FORCE to do this but something has to be done. It is getting out of control. BTW he was a really good man and father and a hard worker. YEAH RIGHT.

I don't even look at the site unless I am work. Then it takes me 20 min to find out how to sign in. Bookmarked at home right for the forums.

What is everybody elses policy? I think in most cases the Patient will be an RMA once the barbs are removed. Of course if there is a more serious underlying medical problem the PERP should be checked out.

Here is the problem for having a 10-13 party before a trial. We don't know the full story. I believe in my HEART that he didn't do anything and it was just a bad luck scenarion. But if for some reason evidence comes out that we didn't know about and he is found guilty we just paid for his TRIAL. I have never missed a 10-13 party in WESTCHESTER OR STAMFORD since I became an LEO. I think that after the trial is done you have the party to help pay for the legal fees then. At least we would know the outcome. Just my OPINION. AGAIN I don't think he did it and I would like to see some HEAT ON BEDFORD PD. CHIEF IS A WEASEL that pawned it off on MKPD. I was talking to a neighboring job the other night and we all said the same thing. We drive a person that is maybe a nuisance to the neighboring town and then let them out. I guess we have to be more careful now.

I actually loved to nasally intubate somebody. I thought it was quite easy. Of course the PT is conscious when you are doing it maybe that is why I liked it so much. In the scenario above I know that it was contraindicated when a person has a head injury. That could have changed but I doubt it.

HOW DARK CAN WINDOW TINT BE IN NEW YORK? Darkness of tint is measured by Visible Light Transmission percentage (VLT%). In New York, this percentage refers to percentage of visible light allowed in through the combination of film and the window. Windshield Non-reflective tint is allowed on the top 6 inches of the windshield. Front Side Windows Must allow more than 70% of light in. Back Side Windows Must allow more than 70% of light in. Rear Window Any darkness can be used. I have heard of some Prick Cops making a person pull the Tint off right where they were. Although I don't really care about tint on cars it gives you good probably cause to pull the car over.

I was on Patrol and listening to Howard Stern. He thought that it was a joke at first until the second Plane hit. The AIR went dead for a couple of seconds. I was called in off the road from my Chief who wanted me to go to the City because of my EMS background. I remember driving with some of my other co workers on the WEST SIDE HIGHWAY. Completley shut down. No cars other than Emergency Vehicles. Like a Ghost town. Very Eerie. We staged at the Jacob Javits Center right across from the Ferry. For the next 14Hrs I was in the City. Helping with Traffic and other things. Got home, showered and worked another Day tour. This was when I was only 4 months out of the ACADEMY so I actually worked my day tours. For the next 10 days we went down to GROUND ZERO. When I hear never forget it pisses me off. Who is ever going to FORGET THAT DAY? I won't even watch the news because I don't need to see what happened 6 years ago. The MEDIA has to keep showing it over and over again. Mention the names of all that died and move.

Westchesters Academy is a joke compared to what I saw on this show. I haven't been through the Academy in some time. I hear they are trying to be more serious about the training and PT. I have to say this that the PT EXAM for LACSD is ALOT EASIER THAN WESTCHESTERS. Numbers wise I mean.

On TV last night there was a show I was watching and one of the segments had to do with Police Brutality. They basically showed a couple of clips from various agencies where a person being arrested was shot, beaten or restrained for being violent. 1 of the cases showed a 300+lb AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN in Cinncinati, OH being beaten with batons over 20 times. In the video you the officers keep repeating "stop resisiting" after each strike. They showed this video to civilians on the street who were appaled to say the least. Then the show showed the whole video. When officers first arrived it showed the PERP hit one police officer. As the video played it showed him trying to grab the PR24 and one of the other officer guns. I think this guy later died as a result of an enlarged heart and large quantities of PCP and COCAINE in his system just like RODNEY KING. Another case involved a Police officer on a traffic stop. When the officer gave the operator a Female African American she threw the ticket out of the window. He then opened the drivers door and physically removed her and attemtped to cuff her by throwing her to the ground. Third case was an AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE holding a knife in public. There are lots of police around him. One officer comes out of nowhere and shoots the man. I think he died right there. They then showed that this person was in front of the White House and had been making advances towards the officers when he was shot. Although he was not directly looking at the officer that shot him. The final segmet showed a WHITE FEMALE trying to put into a restraint chair. She is physically resisting and then appears to pass out. Her father happens to be the FL Attorney General or something like that. What they didn't show was that she had been placed in the chair before and got out some how. The video goes onto show that after she is "passed out" she opens 1 eye and looks around and is also moving around in the chair. EMS arrives and they do a finger stick and she winces although she is supposed to be unconscious. Of course she is suing. SHE has had multiple arrests for resisiting arrest in the past. You prob need to see the episode or at least the videos but out of these cases how many are would you think are POLICE BRUTALITY? How many times are you watching the news and they show a portion of a video of the POLICE BEATING a subject? Look at what is going on in YONKERS right now. I hope they do a follow up on this show so I can see what happens.

I really hope that he found NOT GUILTY. There is something more to this than the media is letting us know. Why did it take 4 months to indict him? The other funny this is that Jonathan Lovett is usually the lawyer that defends COPS when they are having a problem with there job. Hope he has a good lawyer. Funny a NON CITIZEN is probably going to hit the lottery with a FEDERAL LAWSUIT. This is some COUNTRY WE LIVE IN.

I agree with the last 2 posts. I read what Seth wrote and of course I tried to defend the POLICE side of it. But it does seem as to be bashing of cops. You know Seth, your AUNT and COUSINS should have said that you own EMT BRAVO, maybe he would have driven them back to CO. LOL

What I don't get is why this OFFICER was alone. Don't they ride two to a car down in the BRONX? Maybe if he was alone he was on a detail and couldn't leave the area IE a stakeout or something else. Maybe he could have called for another unit but maybe that would have blown his cover. None of us were there so you can't monday morning quaterback. It sucks that it happened but it happened. They got to the HOTEL safe and probably back to CO safe. I think the only question here is, DID THE YANKEES WIN THE GAME and did they enjoy being in the past STADIUM IN THE BASEBALL WORLD?

It is better than sitting at WMC at 9a on a Fri after being out late on a Thurs. As long as everyone is safe I am all for this.