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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Wed Sep 30, 2015, 06:34 AM Sep 2015

Cops raid house, arrest the people they came for, then beat a disabled relative bloody

http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/police-taser-and-beat-innocent-disabled-vet-hold-quadriplegic-wife-gunpoint-demand

The cops were raiding the home of Lisa Hayes' mother, with a search-warrant, where Ruther and Lisa Hayes lived. The cops were looking for their nephews, Joey L. Guy, 30, and Louis H. Scott, 33.

The cops busted in, found the two men in the living-room and handcuffed them without incident. The two men told the cops that their aunt is in the back and that she's quadriplegic.

The cops busted into the backroom where Ruther Hayes was giving the quadriplegic Lisa Hayes, which was lying naked on a bed, a sponge-bath.
- They screamed at her at gunpoint to stand up.
- Ruther Hayes identified himself as a disabled veteran and gave the police-officers his military ID-card. When he attempted to pull a bedsheet over his naked wife, the cops beat him up, then they tasered him, then they beat him up some more, then they arrested him for resisting arrest.

Ruther Hayes was later released without charge.

Joey L. Guy and Louis H. Scott got a single charge of possession of drug paraphernalia.
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Cops raid house, arrest the people they came for, then beat a disabled relative bloody (Original Post) DetlefK Sep 2015 OP
K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Sep 2015 #1
OMG this is the worse. classykaren Sep 2015 #2
Omg. If only the lawsuits would stop this cruelty. Duppers Sep 2015 #3
Pfft. It's not the cops' money. Why would they care? DetlefK Sep 2015 #4
Fire their asses! Duppers Sep 2015 #7
It's time for the insurance companies to step up. In the tourist industry, the 1monster Sep 2015 #9
Does Genghis Khan train these people? damnedifIknow Sep 2015 #5
Have they no shame? I would try to locate the cop's mom's and let them know the lack Dustlawyer Sep 2015 #6
Excellent point! Duppers Sep 2015 #8
gang members with badges uponit7771 Sep 2015 #10
k&r Liberal_in_LA Sep 2015 #11
you CANNOT train the evil out of people.NT bonniebgood Sep 2015 #12
Someone should start letting communities know exacty how much $$ nadine_mn Sep 2015 #13
Yet another chilling police abuse story PatSeg Sep 2015 #14
Pace Pope Francis, but these homicidal rogue police need to be sentenced Joe Chi Minh Sep 2015 #15
It seems that... gregcrawford Sep 2015 #16
Sue them personally. The Wizard Sep 2015 #17
You can't. If they were working when they did it, the city, state, employer is going to pay. Shrike47 Sep 2015 #30
Fucking Jack-Booted THUGS!!! FUCK PIGS LIKE THIS!! I personally know some very decent officers Ghost in the Machine Sep 2015 #18
Remember: This is ALL brought to you by the WOD as intended. Eleanors38 Sep 2015 #19
People with disabilities are harassed and brutalized by police everyday. mentalsolstice Sep 2015 #20
Utterly disgusting! Dont call me Shirley Sep 2015 #21
In case you had the slightest doubt KamaAina Sep 2015 #22
None. Rex Sep 2015 #23
So if it had been a white disabled person.... mentalsolstice Sep 2015 #24
#DisabledLivesMatterToo KamaAina Sep 2015 #28
angry, disgusted k and r niyad Sep 2015 #25
These cops are not worth pissing on if they were ever on fire. Dawson Leery Sep 2015 #26
Every fucking day. n/t Comrade Grumpy Sep 2015 #27
They have lost all decency and humanity PumpkinAle Sep 2015 #29
proibition was stupid too. pansypoo53219 Oct 2015 #31
K&R stage left Oct 2015 #32

Duppers

(28,117 posts)
3. Omg. If only the lawsuits would stop this cruelty.
Wed Sep 30, 2015, 08:13 AM
Sep 2015

Hope the couple are awarded a ton from the Delaware State Police. This is inhumane and insane.


DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
4. Pfft. It's not the cops' money. Why would they care?
Wed Sep 30, 2015, 08:18 AM
Sep 2015

It's the city's money. And if the city needs money they raise taxes or ask the cops to find more people they can fine something.

Duppers

(28,117 posts)
7. Fire their asses!
Wed Sep 30, 2015, 08:38 AM
Sep 2015

These scummy bad cops are costing cities money.

Cops fining more people? Indeed that's exactly what they're doing in Baltimore! My son just yesterday got a refund on a $285.+ fine that he was able to prove was illegal! His car was illegally towed and impounded.

Shit just goes on and on.





1monster

(11,012 posts)
9. It's time for the insurance companies to step up. In the tourist industry, the
Wed Sep 30, 2015, 08:55 AM
Sep 2015

insurance companies refuse to insure drivers who have three minor accidents (like hitting the rear view mirror against a sign post on a very narrow street). Drivers who have one medium to major accident are dropped by the insurance companies immediately.

Drivers who are dropped from the insurance policies are let go because they can no longer drive for the company.

Insurance companies insuring law enforcement agencies could and should set up a system that does hold the individual LEO responsible for his/her own behaviors. Insurance agencies can and should refuse to insure law enforcement agencies and municipalities that refuse to effectively train and police its officers.

Dustlawyer

(10,494 posts)
6. Have they no shame? I would try to locate the cop's mom's and let them know the lack
Wed Sep 30, 2015, 08:36 AM
Sep 2015

of respect and decency their son's and maybe daughters were exhibiting. I doubt it was female cops, I don't think they would stand for that either.

nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
13. Someone should start letting communities know exacty how much $$
Wed Sep 30, 2015, 09:11 AM
Sep 2015

shithead cops cost the taxpayers in lawsuits every year. That sounds callous, but seriously the only way to wake up some people is to hit their wallet. Obviously, no one is charging cops with crimes (the occasional token sacrifice maybe) and lawsuits don't deter bad cops. The city just pays up, or shuffles the shithead to another unsuspecting community.

How the fuck do you look in the mirror everyday knowing that you beat up an innocent person for shits and giggles?

I do not believe all cops are bad - I have worked with and known some very good ones. But good lord, the bad shit outweighs the good.

Sorry for my potty mouth, I am unable to read stories like this without cussing - its get angry or cry.

Joe Chi Minh

(15,229 posts)
15. Pace Pope Francis, but these homicidal rogue police need to be sentenced
Wed Sep 30, 2015, 09:45 AM
Sep 2015

to execution without appeal and quickly, since the evidence, even when not not on film, is compelling. If necessary, in view of the incorrigible racism of so much of the populace, dispense with juries, as they did in Norther Ireland.

The torture and slaughter of innocent citizenry is morphing from an epidemic into a pandemic. The Nazis had nothing on these home-bred American scum. In fact, I believe many are 'white supremacists', who worship Hitler, who himself proclaimed that barbarism was not something to be ashamed of.

The result was a most bitter irony: the very people who had been exemplars of drawing order out of chaos, a divine commission laid on us all, found themselves led into the ultimate meat-grinder by the ultimate Lord of Misrule and agent of chaos. The US has been heading down that road for a long, long time. From 30% plus of the German population voting for Hitler, it went to 93%, as a result of the intimidation of his Nazi street thugs, bawling in the street at the houses to wake people up early to vote - with the tacit threat of reprisals. A clear indication is that the vote of the political prisoners in for Hitler in Auschwitz of all places was in the high nineties! I kid you not. How the Republican purgers of your electoral rolls must eat their heart out at that thought!

Every drop of innocent blood shed by those African Americans will be avenged by God almighty. 'Vengeance is mine. I WILL REPAY: were his words.' What fun it will be for the many good African Americans to see justice satisfied at last. And never ever ending. How about that!

gregcrawford

(2,382 posts)
16. It seems that...
Wed Sep 30, 2015, 09:48 AM
Sep 2015

... ever since Bratton's "Broken Windows" theory of law enforcement gained popularity, police departments have been actively recruiting psychopaths, while encouraging blatant bigotry, and the infiltration of white supremacists. The brass promote a siege mentality that regards even the most law-abiding citizens as "The Enemy." Their needless savagery intimidates the populace into submission, and those who don't submit IMMEDIATELY get killed.

When the Trans-Pacific Partnership completes the corporate takeover of our government and the abandonment of even the pretense of democracy, the militarized police forces will be required to obliterate any hint of dissent, so most of us will probably be targeted.

Stories like this one are now a daily occurrence, and the frequency will only accelerate, so don't buy any green bananas. The proverbial substance is going to hit the fan with a resounding splat a lot sooner than you think.

Ghost in the Machine

(14,912 posts)
18. Fucking Jack-Booted THUGS!!! FUCK PIGS LIKE THIS!! I personally know some very decent officers
Wed Sep 30, 2015, 11:47 AM
Sep 2015

and know that they would never act like this, nor would they condone/cover-up for any other "officer" who acted like this.

I hear chatter all of the time, and some of it is that there is going to be a lot of backlash against abusive pigs like this. My only hope is that none of the good ones get caught up in the fray.

NOTE: I am in NO WAY condoning violence against ANY Officers, just repeating some things I have heard. I have a nephew in the Academy in Georgia right now, and my sister is worried sick about him once he graduates. I think he will be alright though, he was an Army M.P. for a few years before getting out of the service, so he has more training skills to start with.

Peace.

Ghost

mentalsolstice

(4,460 posts)
20. People with disabilities are harassed and brutalized by police everyday.
Wed Sep 30, 2015, 05:27 PM
Sep 2015

Yet this thread and any other bringing this to light will sink like a rock. Because....

mentalsolstice

(4,460 posts)
24. So if it had been a white disabled person....
Wed Sep 30, 2015, 08:05 PM
Sep 2015

Sorry, people with disabilities have been historically harassed and brutalized by LEOs, regardless of race or gender. I'm outraged that this post and the other, http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027215811, are getting little attention from from the folks with BLM or Bravenak avatars. We're all in this together, and each group should show support for one another. I give credit to the 12-20 people who respond to posts about police brutality against PWDs. However, it's disheartening to these posts sink like a rock.

PumpkinAle

(1,210 posts)
29. They have lost all decency and humanity
Wed Sep 30, 2015, 11:12 PM
Sep 2015

they are nothing more than jack booted thugs with a license to maim and worse.

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