At least 6 Ferguson officers apart from Brown shooter have been named in lawsuits
Source: W Post
By Kimberly Kindy and Carol D. Leonnig
Federal investigators are focused on one Ferguson, Mo., police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager, but at least six other police officers in the towns 53-member department have been named in civil rights lawsuits alleging the use of excessive force.
In four federal lawsuits, including one that is on appeal, and more than a half-dozen investigations over the past decade, colleagues of Darren Wilsons have separately contested a variety of allegations, including killing a mentally-ill man with a Taser, pistol-whipping a child, choking and hog-tying a child and beating a man who was later charged with destroying city property because his blood spilled on officers clothes.
One officer has faced three internal affairs probes and two lawsuits over claims he violated civil rights and used excessive force while working at a previous police department in the mid-2000s. That department demoted him after finding credible evidence to support one of the complaints, and he subsequently was hired by the Ferguson force.
Police officials from outside Ferguson and plaintiffs lawyers say the nature of such cases suggests there is a systemic problem within the Ferguson police force. Department of Justice officials said they are considering a broader probe into whether there is a pattern of using excessive force that routinely violates peoples civil rights.
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sheshe2
(83,993 posts)Dammit! We are past time for justice and humanity.
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)Sorry but it won't
this is the Supreme Court officially sanctioning and condoning the wanton murder of US Citizens.
The message is clear - FEAR US - DO AS WE SAY OR DIE - We Work for the 1% all others are "Purps"
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)It's the nudge-nudge--wink-wink crew but the cell phone cameras are now watching. The people. Bring it into the Light so it can be seen and acted upon.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Now the GOP Libertarian Baggers actively call for the dismantling of the federal government to allow full control to these little fiefdoms where such horrors are normalized.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)It's all going to come out and be examined under a microscope. Hopefully a warning to other departments that might be getting into a bad culture.