Unprovoked: Courtroom video shows Denver sheriff's deputy attacking shackled inmate

[Jesus Malverde]

http://www.coloradoindependent.com/145994/unprovoked-courtroom-video-lovingier-sheriffs-deputy-attacking-waller

Denver’s safety department waited a year to discipline a sheriff’s deputy for grabbing a man who was appearing before a judge in a Denver County courtroom and slamming him into a wall.

The deputy, Brady Lovingier, is the son of Bill Lovingier, who headed the sheriff’s department from 2006 to 2010. The safety department disciplinary report on the incident found “no legitimate reason” for Lovingier to attack inmate Anthony Waller in Judge Doris Burd’s courtroom.

The judge had a full view of the September 11, 2012, assault and filed an excessive force grievance against Lovingier. But that didn’t speed up the investigation by a department that long has been criticized for downplaying – and, in some cases, ignoring – abuse by its officers.

A formal response didn’t come until late September 2013, when the city suspended Lovingier for 30 days for the kind of assault that would see a civilian arrested, convicted and incarcerated for in Denver.

Getting your day in court.

[ZombieHorde]

1. We are a very violent people. nt

[morningfog]

2. Way to stand up judge. It's your courtroom.

[Catherine Vincent]

3. How pathetic is that?

[El_Johns]

10. +1. Unbelievable. No, I guess it's all too believable.

[Egnever]

11. Why go after the judge?

seems like without the judge this never would have been addressed at all.

"The judge had a full view of the September 11, 2012, assault and filed an excessive force grievance against Lovingier"

[jsr]

4. Tip of the iceberg.

[Comrade Grumpy]

5. What a punk, and what a punk criminal justice system.

[Ghost in the Machine]

6. Another jackboot who thinks he's above the law... Whaddayaknow'boutdatshit???

Can you imagine if some DUers got their wishes and ONLY COPS were allowed to carry guns??

Peace,

Ghost

[30cal]

7. suspended for 30 days

are you kidding......


police union?

[jsr]

12. Plus his daddy

[Gravitycollapse]

8. "You don't turn on me, boy." - Sounds like something out of the deep south pre-civil war.

[icymist]

9. And some wonder why people call cops thugs.

Give them a gun and a badge and these 'peace keepers' think they have a right to do whatever violent acts they dream up.