Deputy dumps quadriplegic out of wheelchair

[BridgeTheGap]

Traffic violator says he assumes deputy did not believe he’s unable to stand - Today Show

It’s hard to shock people in this modern wired world, but even the chief deputy of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office in Florida found the security camera video of a jailer dumping a quadriplegic man out of his wheelchair appalling.

“It can happen to anybody at any time,” the man in the wheelchair, Brian Sterner, warned TODAY co-host Meredith Vieira on Wednesday in New York. “Hopefully, that’s what will come out of this, that this negative way of dealing with life and people will change.”

The incident, captured on surveillance video and viewed by thousands on the Internet, occurred on Jan. 29 when Sterner was being booked in the county jail on a warrant for a traffic violation. It came to light only in the past week when Sterner, still angry at the treatment he received, called a Tampa television reporter, who obtained the tape and broke the story.
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“It’s not about one deputy, it’s not about the sheriff, it’s not about the governor,” Sterner sad. “It’s about this ridiculous — ridiculous — down-pression of people across the world, economic or whatever you want to call it. It’s just like Rodney King got beat on the street and I got thrown out of my wheelchair. It happens to people every day. It’s just now there’s cameras that catch it.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23144420

[Joanne98]

1. I hate these bastards! K&R!

[aquart]

2. One small benefit to the loss of privacy.

They see what we do and WE see what they do.

[cloudbase]

3. That whole "us vs. them"

attitude will become their reality.

[caseycoon]

4. K&R This is indefensible! n/t

[1776Forever]

5. Welcome to Florida!!!

:argh: Disgusting!

[Pacifist Patriot]

7. *sigh*

It can happen anywhere. I do believe that is his point.

[Hepburn]

6. I live in LA....

...the Ramparts Scandal made a lot of people all too aware that cops lie and lie often...and they really are not that nice and they do shitty things like dumping a man out of his wheelchair or setting up innocent people to be convicted, etc.

That bastard should be fired for doing this and...he should forfeit his pension for that kind of conduct. This is on top of any criminal charges for the battery he perpetrated on this handicapped man.