A northwest Indiana family has sued Hammond police, claiming officers used excessive

[damnedifIknow]

CHICAGO (CBS) – A northwest Indiana family has sued Hammond police, claiming officers used excessive force when they broke a car window and used a stun gun on Jamal Jones during a traffic stop last month.

CBS 2’s Jeremy Ross reports Jones, his girlfriend Lisa Mahone, and Mahone’s two children were driving to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County on Sept. 25, after Mahone got a call from doctors telling her that her mother was in grave condition."


Hammond police pulled their car over because Mahone was not wearing her seatbelt, according to the lawsuit.

Meantime, Mahone’s 14-year-old son Joseph was sitting in the back seat with his younger sister, and began recording the encounter with police on his cell phone."

Disturbing video at link: http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/10/07/hammond-family-sues-police-for-excessive-force-during-traffic-stop/

[tk2kewl]

1. that's some fucked up shit right there

[damnedifIknow]

3. I don't want to believe this is real

I sure as hell hope not.

[SamKnause]

5. ?

[damnedifIknow]

6. I know it's real

Just wish it wasn't.

[Rhinodawg]

2. WTF is going on in that state ?

[Savannahmann]

21. It isn't one state.

It's all states. We're only now getting the videos, and pictures, to show that truth.

[SamKnause]

4. Disgusting, absolutely disgusting !!!!!!!!

I hope parents are not teaching their children that the police are your friends.

Armed gangs in blue, black, and camouflage are not their to protect and serve citizens.

If lawsuits affected the economics of the police unions this madness would stop.

[tk2kewl]

8. at least these parents taught their son well enough that he knew to not to trust the cops ..

... and so he took the video

[SamKnause]

9. I am grateful their son

videoed the violent, criminal, unnecessary incident.

[tk2kewl]

10. and that the cops either didn't notice or didn't care

[MohRokTah]

7. More murderous thugs with badges.

EVERY cop is NEVER to be trusted.

NOT A SINGLE ONE, THEY ARE ALL PART OF THE SAME ROTTEN APPLE BARREL!!!!

[Jenoch]

14. Using your logic

every Democratic U.S. House member is never to be trusted because of James Traficant.

Not all cops are murderous thugs.

[Mariana]

20. So how do you tell one from the other

when you encounter a cop? You can't. It's just reasonable always to behave as if any particular cop you run into is violent and dangerous and wants to hurt you.

[Jenoch]

23. I guess that's why the vast majority

of Americans assume all politicians are crooks.

[alcibiades_mystery]

11. "If only he would have complied..." Shithead police apologists in 3....2....1....

[brush]

12. THIS IS WHAT'S CALLED ABUSE OF AUTHORITY

All that needed to be done was give the driver a ticket for no seat belt and send them on their way to the hospital.

But no, they had to escalate the situation because of a need to emasculate the black guy in front of his woman/wife and kids. Something they wouldn't dare try that one-on-one without their guns as they would be afraid of getting their ass kicked.

Too many thug cowards and bullies out there hiding behind guns and a badges.

Screen all police academy applicants with psych evaluations before letting them on the police force.

[valerief]

13. Damn. But because the kid was recording, we could clearly see the dad was

reaching for the cop's gun--through the barely opened window and closed door. At least, that's what the cops will say.

This pig brutality is horrific, and I know this isn't the worst of it.

The war on drugs has created this shit. Drug arrests = funding. It's an abomination.

[brush]

15. Pls reword your first sentence or use the sarcasm gif as it seems to say . . .

that the passenger reached for the cop's gun.

In case you don't know the code it's, colonsarcasmcolon. But type the actual colon symbols not the words colon.

[Rex]

16. It's like we are the enemy, all we have are our cell phones.

And they hate us for it. Cameras? The only cameras they like are the ones pointing in our direction.

9/11...wow did it forever change things.

[Comrade Grumpy]

17. I'm going to have start rooting for the cop killers if this shit keeps up.

[Gormy Cuss]

18. What's he complaining about? They only tazed him.

Reading the "fear for their safety" nonsense, he's lucky to be alive.

Hoyda said, “In general, police officers who make legal traffic stops are allowed to ask passengers inside of a stopped vehicle for identification and to request that they exit a stopped vehicle for the officer’s safety without a requirement of reasonable suspicion.”

Hoyda said Jones refused repeated requests to exit the car, so the officers requested a squad car equipped with video recording equipment, and again asked Jones to get out of the vehicle.

A request is voluntary and refusal of such does not constitute suspicious activity. I'm sick of LEO use of this when they really mean demand, as in with authority to invoke consequences for not complying.

[reflection]

19. One of the officers involved in the incident...

has been previously named in two excessive force lawsuits that resulted in settlements paid out by the city of Hammond.



http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/watch-cops-smash-window-to-use-taser-on-passenger-during-seat-belt-traffic-stop/

[etherealtruth]

22. As Corduroy says ....

(I am fairly computer illiterate, so my attempt to post the image will likely fail ... image at the link)



https://twitter.com/IsaacFitzgerald/status/449646082616619008