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September 10, 2013
A Texas officer has been caught on camera beating up several members of a family. According to KHOU.com, Harris County Deputy Jimmy Drummond followed the son home for allegedly speeding, then attacked members of his family when they approached him. (...)
... the officer, who's due in court on Friday, broke the son's ribs, bruised his father's face, and dragged his mother.
Video at link:
http://www.alternet.org/caught-camera-texas-cop-beats-whole-family-because-son-was-speeding?src=newsletter894535
Throw away the keys
PD Turk
(1,289 posts)It would've taken more than one cop
jsr
(7,712 posts)Drummond is now a captain with the Montgomery County Constable Precinct 3 office.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)This guy is dangerous
Rex
(65,616 posts)etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)Is charged with anything or being awarded for this?
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)I'm taking odds that the cop gets off. Disgusting.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)black or Hispanic.
Off to go find out now.......
Well they were white. That is actually pretty amazing.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)or at least perceived that way by the rest of us in Harris County. It's also mostly rural, with plenty of people moving from Houston to live in the exurbs (because their former 2-hour daily commute wasn't long enough, I guess.)
When I saw Montgomery County was involved, I was no longer nearly as surprised.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Constables are elected positions. Some counties only have the one elected constable, but large counties like Harris will have an elected constable for each precinct and several deputies under them. They tend to have the least training and oversight for all LEOs and for some counties the deputies tend to make less than other LEOs. Their primary responsibility is to serve warrants and other documents for the court and most of them used to be limited to that function, but now they can do most anything any LEO can do. The Barney Fife factor is pretty high with these guys.
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)Las Vegas, for instance.