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Related: About this forumInexcusable Police abuse once again in Indiana
Just disgraceful
Keep your smartphone cameras rolling at ALL times in a Police encounter
WhoIsNumberNone
(7,875 posts)It makes one wonder if this kind of shit has always been this widespread (obviously it's always been this way in the South), and we're only seeing it now thanks to cel phones. Have the cops always been this disgraceful?
Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)Cops in big cities have always been a problem. Such environments have never fostered a productive communal relationship between officers and civilians, for various reasons. In smaller towns, however, where most people were at least passingly familiar with one another, things weren't quite as bad, or so I've heard from a few retired police officers.
henr16
(1 post)You think that's something take a look at this!
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1387732301516718&set=vb.100008398830128&type=2&theater
noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)zebonaut
(3,688 posts)The key is to remain calm. "May I leave now officer,, or am I being detained".....
gopiscrap
(23,756 posts)passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)Maybe guns too. Teach them a little diplomacy, like the Brits use.
gopiscrap
(23,756 posts)xocet
(3,871 posts)http://www.gohammond.com/contact-us/
Address:
Hammond City Hall
5925 Calumet Avenue
Hammond,IN 46320
Telephone:
(219) 853-6300
Here is more on the incident:
Tuesday, October 07, 2014
HAMMOND, Ind. (WLS) --
A police officer broke a car window and used a stun gun on a man during a traffic stop in Hammond, Ind., as a 14-year-old boy in the backseat recorded video on a cell phone.
Lisa Mahone and her boyfriend, Jamal Jones, accuse the officers of excessive force, false arrest and battery in a federal lawsuit. The couple said they were on their way to visit her dying mother.
"My first thing that I said to them, 'My kids in the car. My momma's passing. Can we please just make this as quick as possible. Here's our information. Can we go to the hospital?' He threw that out the window," Jones said.
Mahone was pulled over at 3:45 p.m. on September 24, 2014, at 169th Street and Cline Avenue Service Road because she and Jones were not wearing seat belts as required by Indiana law, a fact she does not dispute. Mahone produced her driver's license for police.
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http://abc7chicago.com/news/hammond-pd-accused-of-excessive-force/340230/
Here is a longer version of the video of the disturbing incident:
Here is more on the Hammond Police Department:
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The Hammond Police Department has been mired in controversy recently after several uses of excessive force. Additionally, there is a federal lawsuit pending after an HPD officer crashed a family cookout and shot a family pet in the face while inside its own yard, secured by an electric fence. In yet another recent incident, an officer was filmed whipping an HPD K-9 and lifting off the ground it by its leash. Both officers were supported by department officials and faced no consequences.
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http://www.policestateusa.com/2014/jamal-jones/
Here is one of the separate incidents (noted above) that involved the Hammond Police Department - WARNING the pictures of the wounded dog are graphic:
Pit bull shot in face, Hammond cop claims self defense
By Lisa Chavarria, FOX 32 News Reporter
Posted: Jun 10, 2014 6:32 PM CST
Updated: Jun 15, 2014 6:32 PM CST
HAMMOND, Ind. (FOX 32 News) -
A family is outraged after their pit bull was shot by a police officer, Monday.
The dog was recovering at home on Tuesday afternoon. One and a half-year-old pit bull mix, Lily was shot in the face.
Norma Maldonado said her five children love to play with her and were doing so that day.
"Very lovable. She loves everybody that comes here, she's very playful," said Maldonado.
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http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/25744512/pit-bull-shot-in-face-hammond-cop-claims-self-defense
Here is the other of the separate incidents (noted above) that involved the Hammond Police Department - WARNING the treatment of the dog is disturbing:
Here is a longer version of the video with NSFW language and WARNING the same disturbing behavior towards the dog:
Is the Hammond Police Department steeped in a culture of violence that extends from the use of excessive force on people to the abuse of animals? All of the above incidents took place this year - 2014. Maybe it seems hyperbolic to ask the question, but should the Hammond Police Department be investigated by the DOJ for their apparent culture of violence?
gopiscrap
(23,756 posts)they're out of control everywhere. It's time to rise up and teach them that they work for us! No wonder so many people hate their guts!
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)That's according to the snip I saw this morning on MSNBC. And according to the story it was a justified stop, in which case the police have the right to request ID, and ask him to step out of the car for safety reasons.
Why? This frustrates me. Why couldn't he just show some ID? And get out of the car? Why provoke an incident?? Why not just get out of the fucking car?
I'll surely get flamed. But I'm just not feeling to sorry for the guy in this instance.
That is all.