More Good Cops: Cop savagely beats Hawaiian man after he performs native ‘healing prayer’ near seal

[Katashi_itto]

A Hawaiian man has filed a lawsuit against a Honolulu police officer, and the city that employs him, after the cop savagely beat him for praying next to a sun-bathing Hawaiian monk seal on the beach.

According to Courthouse News, Jamie Kalani Rice was on Nanakuli beach on Sept. 10, 2014, when he approached a seal lying on the sand, believing it to be injured or dying. Rice then sat about ten feet away from the seal, chanting and rubbing sand between his hands and on his body as part of a ritual prayer.

Because the area was posted with a “Do not disturb” sign asking visitors to not harass the seals, a bystander called police and officer Ming Wang responded.

In the video, Wang can be seen approaching and speaking with Rice as he knelt in the sand, before snapping his baton out and later grabbing a can of pepper spray and shaking it menacingly.


http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/cop-savagely-beats-hawaiian-man-after-he-performs-native-healing-prayer-near-seal-on-the-beach/

[GreatGazoo]

1. "I got it all on film" says the guy who zoomed all the way out so you can barely see

the exchange after 10 minutes of stand-off. Sounds like the couple shooting video are the ones who called the cops, then the cop beats the guy and she cries.

The beating is excessive but there are goods laws against harassing wildlife to indulge one's own stupidity.

[libdem4life]

2. Yes, well there are also good laws, soon to be better, about Protect and Serve.

I didn't get from the article he was harassing wildlife as he was not in contact. And someone's religious beliefs are not stupidity. Respect is in order.