Inkster police fire officer in motorists' videotaped beating

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Inkster police fire officer in motorists' videotaped beating
| April 15, 2015 | Updated: April 15, 2015 8:04pm

INKSTER, Mich. (AP) — Police in suburban Detroit have fired a white police officer who was videotaped beating a black motorist during a traffic stop.

Teamsters Local 214 representative Al Lewis tells MLive.com that Inkster police fired Officer William Melendez on Wednesday.

The January arrest of 57-year-old Floyd Dent has drawn widespread protests.

Wayne County Circuit Judge David Groner said Wednesday that Dent's lawyers could receive 12 more minutes of dash cam video. Defense lawyer Nick Bennett says he saw only highly edited video.


Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Judge-orders-police-to-release-video-in-beating-6202005.php

[Larry Engels]

1. The people of Inkster, MI need to start all over again.

Fire the cops and rename the town.

[libdem4life]

2. The power of video. The old responses don't work. You wonder why when they know they

are being filmed. Like Slager...adrenaline. Now have to control it. Imagine that.

[DeSwiss]

3. Here's the cowardly piece of garbage ''protecting and serving.''

- Which is why I say FUCK ALL COPS!

K&R

[christx30]

4. Which answers the question,

"Why would an innocent person run from the police?"
The answer is because an innocent doesn't want to be killed or beaten by some out of control asshole with a badge

[Judi Lynn]

5. Doesn't seem a human being would let him/herself do something like that, any time, any place.

What a shame there are others around who want these monsters to harm others, too, who live vicariously through their viciousness.

A whole lot of parents haven't been raising their children right, teaching them instead to follow their impulses, emotions, at everyone's expense. Ugly, ugly mistakes of nature.

[Alkene]

7. Ugh.

Hard not to advocate for "Punishment-in kind" justice for criminal cops' behaviors.

On TV.

A spin-off of, "Cops?"
Bad cops, bad cops. Whatcha gonna do? ...

No, that would be wrong.

[rpannier]

8. They do have that spin-off

[Alkene]

9. Perfect.

And as the theme plays, drag that cop out of HIS car, and have some roid-raging freak punch the crap outta HIS face as he helplessly tries to defend himself against psychopathic abuse and trauma.

Mmm, no. That would not be coming from a loving place.

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. kick