ABC: Fired officer claims woman's 'fall' gave her black eyes, broken teeth

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Source: Raw Story

After Angela Garbarino was arrested in Shreveport, Louisiana last November on suspicion of drunk driving, she wound up lying on the police station floor in a pool of her own blood with two black eyes, a broken nose, two broken teeth, and other cuts and bruises.

Garbarino says that Officer Wiley Willis beat her up after turning off the police video camera. Willis's attorney insists that Garbarino slipped and fell when Willis tried to prevent her from leaving the room. However, Garbarino says that the extent of her injuries are proof that she was beaten...

Read more: http://rawstory.com/news/2008/ABC_Was_woman_victim_of_police_0219.html

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-Diane

[khaos]

1. yeah right..

[melody]

4. The black and white really doesn't do the injuries justice -- they were AWFUL

That man is a monster with no place on ANY police force.

[my2sense]

17. Yes - I'd like to see the color photos n/t

[asthmaticeog]

16. I've slipped and fallen plenty of times.

And I never got back up looking anything *close* to that fucked up. Do cops still wonder why people hate them?

The color image:


God damn.

[my2sense]

18. This is ridiculous

and his ass is walking the streets?

[orleans]

19. oh my god!

why wasn't that motherfucker arrested?
"Officer Wiley Willis"
what a fucking PIG BASTARD!

[melody]

2. Saw this on the news last night -- he should not only have been fired but also arrested and charged

She had two massive black eyes (really they were half-face bruises), and all the other injuries. This only happened
in a fall if she was flung off the Empire State Building.

[sakabatou]

3. Slipped and fell my ass.

[my2sense]

5. Oh My Dayum

No way were those injuries a result of a fall. Man the police brutality we've seen in the last week or so is frightening.

[balantz]

7. The police brutality has been on the rise this past year from what I've seen.

They are recruiting people who will comfortably fit the fascist mold that has been designed by our federal governmnent. This is the "trickle down" we get!

[Tempest]

8. Here's something I'd like to know

How many police in the last 5 years accused of brutality are Iraq war veterans?

[balantz]

12. That's a damned good question. I wonder if the info. is available?

Also, are firms like Blackwater involved in training? Are police forces hiring those mercenaries? I wouldn't be surprised in the least.

[my2sense]

13. Exellent Point!

I have a girlfriend that works for Child Protective Services near an Army base and she says there has been a significant increase in abuse as troops return.

If cities/counties/states are employing these veterans....we're just seeing the tip of the iceburg. Surely there is psychological testing before hiring - right?

[Divernan]

27. Or Blackwater mercenaries?

nt

[IronLionZion]

37. That is an excellent question.

Also a lot of less-than-impressive people have been hired as cops without sufficient background checks. This happened a lot in Rudy Giuliani's NYPD. There was bad brutality back then.

[Arkansas Granny]

15. What many don't realize is that many regular police officers

are National Guard members and have been called up to serve in Iraq. I have heard several references to local departments in our area losing officers and being understaffed due to the war. This may be leading to them scraping the bottom of the barrell to fill these vacancies.

[VP505]

6. No way in hell

did that happen from a slip and fall. That PIG beat her senseless, plain and simple, I hope she sues and demands he be arrested and tried for felony assault and battery.

[HughBeaumont]

9. Police: The Legal Gang.

UNbelieveable. Can't law enforcement do a better job of weeding out sociopaths, bullies, abusers and headcases? Or are we merely not caring that our police forces seem to consist of out-of-control thugs? What century am I living in?

[micraphone]

10. This is the way..

They 'Serve and Protect'.

Women anyway.

Thanks god she was not in a wheelchair.

[ret5hd]

30. and blacks...and the poor...

hell, if you aren't an upper-middle class (or better) white or the mother of a cop, just forget it.

[NOLALady]

35. Hell,

They got a cops wife in New Orleans a couple of years ago for a traffic violation.
They went after his Mother when she came out of the house screaming at the officers to stop.

[DiverDave]

11. That women was beat

and the asshole walks, unbelievable.

He should be charged based on the evidence we have, I wonder what the cops have?

[my2sense]

14. His firing is admission of misconduct

His firing is admission of misconduct...why not charge his ass like they would any other citizen that would beat a woman senseless?

[orleans]

20. exactly. special treatment for cops who beat & kill people

because they are part of the cop club is total bullshit.

jesus! i am so sick and tired of hearing about these fucking assholes and their dirty, immoral behavior! time to give them all good psych. tests and get the fuck rid of these violent assholes.

[my2sense]

22. Hell What's Next

Was it just last week we saw a woman being raped (without penetration) by a group of these bastards when she called them for help. What the hell are we to do? I think Naomi Wolfe is right. We are so screwed.

[orleans]

23. i was thinking of that too

and the "don't tase me bro" and the bitch that poured the guy out of his wheelchair...ugh!

[my2sense]

24. What's Also Frightening

is the lack of OUTRAGE by citizens regarding these incidents. It seems no one gives a shit until it happens to them or their loved ones. Some folks are so busy following Britney and watching American Idol that they see these things as trivial and not affecting them. They better wake up!

[melody]

26. There has actually been quite a bit of outrage -- it led to the dismissal n/t

[my2sense]

29. I mean from the MEDIA and other

citizens of this country...not just locally. There seems to be a rise in abuse and it seems it's just accepted as an isolated incident.....it looks more like a dayum trend to me.

[orleans]

44. i know. the indifference is amazing. n/t

[nebula]

54. This is what a police state looks like

Welcome to Germany, circa 1940!

[kimmylavin]

21. Oh, bullshit.

Before he even turns off the camera, when you see him handcuffing her, he smacks her into the wall and she falls. This guy was probably just aching to beat her, and he took advantage of the incredibly strange police procedure in this jurisdiction that allows you to turn off the camera.

[fed-up]

25. why in the hell are they allowed to turn off the camera????? nt

[pitohui]

45. it's shreveport, louisiana

people from south louisiana just avoid going there, the place has a rep for nazi behavior and attitudes

i can see from the photo this was no fall-- someone had to aim the blows into her eyes but how can she get a fair civil hearing in shreveport to pay for her injuries? they'll never jail this cop there -- hope i'm wrong but i doubt i am

[provis99]

47. Shreveport=redneck central

I hear Monroe is even worse; Baton Rouge is nice though; sort of like Big Easy Lite.

[Warpy]

28. Yeah, you have to wonder how clumsy his kids are, too

because that's a classic batterer's explanation of how the wife or kid ended up in the hospital on a ventilator.

They need to go after that guy. There's little worse than a bad cop. Fortunately, they're a minority in most places.

[fascisthunter]

31. Maybe Other Cops Should Take That Cop Out Back

and beat the shit out of him. It's cops like this that make the rest look bad.

[Heywood J]

50. Seconded.

If I were another cop, I'd be pissed that he just put my life on the line. Now, because of his actions, other cops won't get assistance in bad situations, they won't get answers to investigation questions, they'll get resistance to arrest, extra complaints of excessive force, and perhaps jeered and taunted. People are more likely to stand back and watch the suspect attack the officer because they'll figure he had it coming.

The other police officers should be ashamed of this and moving to rectify the situation. If he was fired, there's more than enough justification to bring charges and take care of him.

[juno jones]

32. Remember towards the end of Clockwork Orange

When Little alex's droogs reappear? And they had all grown up to become policemen who could beat with impunity?

[NOLALady]

33. I guess he got the memo.

It's open season on women, children and paraplegics.

[superconnected]

34. Why was he dismissed and not arrested?

[my2sense]

36. That's the question

If any other citizen had done this their ass would be in the pokey....no questions asked. His firing is admission of misconduct...he should have been immediately charged with assault.

[my2sense]

38. kick

[Prefer]

39. Was he using steroids?

How many cops use steriods?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

40. Look at her forehead.

She was peeled open like a tangerine there. That ain't no fall. Besides, the tape does not show someone falling-down drunk. Most of her motor abilities are intact.

My expectation is sapper gloves on his hands when he punched her several times or he bounced her head off a wall or table edge a few times. I would expect he has a history of violence against women and prisoners that his police force has taken great pains to conceal.

[Baby Snooks]

41. "I am the law therefore I am above the law"

This is happening more and more around the country and the reality is the Justice Department just ignores it because the Justice Department is now completely corrupted along with everything else in this country.

It is part of the "oligarchy" that has been established by Republicrats.

And Nancy Pelosi wished the Pink Ladies were just homeless people because she could just call the police and have them thrown in jail. And would have. Or had someone else call for her. You wonder how many times she has had someone call for her and had the homeless people arrested. When you don't like the reflection in the mirror you smash it. Or call the police and have it taken away. Out of sight, out of mind.

When are people going to wake up to what has happened in this country?

[my2sense]

42. Distractions

People are so consumed with distractions that they do not see what is going on. It's like most don't give a dayum until it happens to them or their loved ones.

[CDM gone Dem]

43. I'm a klutz & have never ended up looking like that!

I'm pretty much your average klutz. I can fall up stairs and run into walls. I can fall over while standing still. I even walked right into my lamp once. But I have NEVER in all my trips, falls, etc ended up looking like that. Ever.
This is an outrage. If I had shown up at the police station looking like that & claimed someone abused me, they would have arrested him/her right away. But because the abuse happened AT the police station & the camera was conveniently turned off, no crime occurred. Disgusting.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

46. I'm sure she probably did fall

when he slammed her face down on the floor.

Sonofabitch!

[Blue_Tires]

48. if officer willis has a wife/GF, she should move out NOW

[nebula]

49. That pig is a coward and a piece of shit.

I hope that woman's husband finds him in a dark alley somewhere.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

51. You see... Cough, Cough, she fell..and hit the floor with her EYES

Give me a freakin' break, how stupid does he think we are?

Also maby its time to put two cameras up, one they know about and one hidden.

[anitar1]

52. She must have fallen from a great height. Sure. n/t

[Uncle Joe]

53. Bullshit, he didn't turn that camera off so as not to record a fall, and

he kept looking at his hands for blood, and I've never seen anyone that bruised in both eyes from a mere fall!

[NoodleyAppendage]

55. I'm SO SICK of giving Police the Benefit of the Doubt in these Cases. ASSAULT. Pure and simple.

That sorry ass excuse for an officer, let alone human being, should be incarcerated in a facility where the inmates will show him what it's like to be victimized.

FTP!

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