Student: ‘Beating So Bad Thought I Was Going To Die’

[Swede]

This stuff never ends.



Police charged Jordan Miles, 18, with assault and resisting arrest Jan. 11 because, they said, he fought with the officers who thought a "heavy object" in his coat was a gun. It turned out to be a bottle of Mountain Dew.

Miles said he resisted because he thought the men were trying to abduct him and didn't identify themselves as police.

Miles' family and attorney said he was hit with a stun gun and hospitalized after the violent Homewood struggle during which a chunk of his hair was yanked out and a tree branch went through his gums.

http://www.wpxi.com/news/22311848/detail.html

[Joanne98]

1. It's sick.

[noamnety]

2. When silence speaks louder than words

Even though the reporter treated it as a nonissue, how many of us knew the student's race before clicking the link?

[tango-tee]

15. Yep.

Then clicked the link and suspicion was confirmed. Like another poster said "caught walking while Black". It is a disgrace.

[lpbk2713]

3. The pics tell it all.

He looks like he was thrown out a three story window and landed on his face.

Guilty of felony possession of Mountain Dew. :sarcasm:

[WestSeattle2]

4. An honors student, also a violinist, resisting police? Right. This

story needs to be followed closely, and three officers fired and imprisoned. Their story is simply not believable, not even close. If that's the best they can come up with, they should have already been fired. This one will be interesting to monitor; it's such a clear cut case of police brutality.

[niyad]

5. a tree branch went through his gums? beyond sickening.

[TexasObserver]

6. Dangerous 5'6" viola playing honor student apprehended for walking while black.

That's the real story. Three goons with badges do what they do all the time, except this time it's an exemplary student and their misdeeds are exposed.

[blueamy66]

7. Gotta love the men in blue

not

[chimpymustgo]

8. How horrible for this young man. I pray there is justice in this case, that he recovers fully and

gets restitution.

[mdmc]

9. cause hes a black man (or minority) (I didn't read the story)

but I know the deal.. Am I right?

[Tailormyst]

12. Yup- young black man

He is a mess, I hope he sues the shit out of them.

[mdmc]

13. i do as well my friend

peace and low stress..

[Gman2]

10. Were moving towards Brithish system of stop and hassle.

[Odin2005]

11. Fascist pigs.

[mdmc]

14. --

[noamnety]

16. Other articles say he might not have even had the mountain dew

"According to the affidavit, the object in Miles' pocket turned out to be a bottle of Mountain Dew. But Miles says he didn't have anything in his pocket and rarely drinks Mountain Dew."

I can't imagine any motivation for him to lie afterwards about having the mountain dew - that makes it sound like the cops grabbed a random item afterwards and claimed it was in his pocket as an attempt at a coverup/justification on the affidavit. That sounds pathetic - planting a soda on someone - but then again, not any more outrageous than this as a reason to assault a person: "The criminal complaint says Miles was standing against a building "as if he was trying to avoid being seen."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100122/ap_on_re_us/us_arts_student_beaten