Central Florida police officer savagely assaults 66yr old man suffering from dementia

[Hugabear]

http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/video-shows-officer-beating-66-year-old-man-suffer/nGMgh/

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In the video, Melbourne police Officer Derek Middendorf is shown giving Albert Flowers a front kick to his stomach.

Middendorf then punched Flowers repeatedly while he was on the ground.

In a report, Middendorf said Flowers walked towards him in an aggressive manner at a fast pace and he couldn't tell whether he had a knife in his hands.

Flowers' nephew, Garrick Flowers, said he yelled at the officer to stop and told him his uncle has dementia.
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WARNING: the video is pretty brutal. Simply unbelievable. :

[Ed Suspicious]

1. Getting really fucking sick of seeing videos like this! What can we do to stop this kind of

thuggery?

[demosincebirth]

3. And some wonder why cops are, now. being regarded as a "necessary evil."

[Zalatix]

14. I call them "police gangs" for a reason.

[99Forever]

2. AND they charged the 66yo man with Assault on a Police Officer.

Sickening. Welcome to the new, improved "Land of the Free, Home of the Brave."

[Hugabear]

6. Apparently "resisting arrest" means trying to defend yourself when the cops beat you senseless

For example, placing your hands over your head as the police rain down blows upon you could be considered "resisting".

[Swede]

4. Video is not a policeman's friend.

This guy is a brutal bully.

[bakpakr]

5. When policemen break the law,

then there isn't any law - just a fight for survival.

Billy Jack

[greytdemocrat]

7. Wow.

There is something wrong with that cop. Unless something else happened that the vid doesn't show, that cop should be fired and I'm pro LE.

[99Forever]

10. Not just "fired," but..

.. but prosecuted criminally for Felony Assault, and False Imprisonment, then both he and the dept. he works for sued civilly for his clear violations of his victim's Civil Rights. Until bad cops and those that employ them are held accountable for their misdeeds, brutal police assaults on law-abiding citizens will continue.

[Marrah_G]

8. That cops needs to lose his job.

The second one who tazed him also needs to be on the unemployment line.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

9. As does the Chief of Police

[Marrah_G]

11. Absolutely

[cojoel]

12. back in the Rodney King days

this kind of thing seemed so unusual for police conduct. Now, I think the only thing unusual was that somebody had some pretty decent video recording equipment available in the right place to record it on video. Today, nearly everybody has that built into their cell phone, and consequently more and more of these things are being recorded.

[Cali_Democrat]

17. Yup...and what you're also noticing now is...

many places are making it illegal to record cops. So instead of attempting to improve police conduct, they're just trying to make recording them illegal.

[Iggo]

13. Yay, Cops!

They're the best!

[Dead_Parrot]

15. Someone else guilty of "walking while black"

What a surprise.

[Scuba]

16. "He couldn't tell whether he had a knife in his hand" ....

... so he kicked the shit out of an old, confused man. Good thing he "couldn't tell if he had a rocket propelled grenade in his hand".