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Police Brutality and Abuse of Power in USA
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UVA student jailed for possession of bottled water, ice cream
A University of Virginia student spent a night and good part of the next day in jail after seven plain-clothes agents from the state’s Alcoholic Beverage Control division ambushed her.
The student, 20-year-old Elizabeth Daly, made the mistake of walking to her car with bottled water, cookie dough and ice cream in a dark supermarket parking lot near the UVA campus, reports The Daily Progress.
The seven agents sprung aggressively into action, suspecting that the student was carrying was a 12-pack of beer. She was actually carrying a sky-blue carton of LaCroix sparkling water.
Police admit that one of the high-strung agents vaulted onto the hood of Daly’s car. She contends that one of them also drew a gun.
It’s not clear what about Daly’s appearance gave the six police officers the belief that they had probable cause to confront her en masse.
Daly, along with two roommates who were in the car, did what reasonable, unarmed people usually do when violently pounced upon by seven people. They tried to get away.
“They were showing unidentifiable badges after they approached us, but we became frightened, as they were not in anything close to a uniform,” Daly said in a written account, according to The Daily Progress.
“I couldn’t put my windows down unless I started my car, and when I started my car they began yelling to not move the car, not to start the car. They began trying to break the windows. My roommates and I were … terrified,” the student also wrote.
According to court records obtained by the Charlottesville paper, Daly “grazed” two agents with her vehicle. At this time, the records state, the unidentified passenger in the front seat of her SUV was yelling “go, go, go” and simultaneously diving into the back seat.
Once the three students managed to make it out of the parking lot, they called 911. Daly testified that her goal was to drive immediately to a police station. However, she was stopped by a vehicle with identifiable sirens and lights.
Daly had just left an annual UVA “Take Back the Night” vigil on the famous campus founded by the man who drafted the Declaration of Independence. She was eventually able to explain that she had purchased the water and junk food for a sorority benefit. She also apologized.
The seven Alcoholic Beverage Control agents were not satisfied. They charged Daly with three felonies: one count of eluding police and two counts of assaulting a law enforcement officer. In Virginia, each of these Class Six felonies carries up to five years in prison and up to $2,500 in fines.
The seven agents then had her hauled to the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail.
The incident occurred April 11. Charlottesville Commonwealth’s Attorney Dave Chapman deigned to drop the criminal charges this week.
“You don’t know all the facts until you complete the investigation,” Chapman told The Daily Progress in defense of his own actions and the actions of the Alcoholic Beverage Control agents.
It’s unclear why Chapman’s investigation took some 80 days.
The Charlottesville broadsheet also does not mention how much Daly paid her defense attorney, Francis Lawrence.
A spokeswoman for Alcoholic Beverage Control’s regional office, Carol Mawyer, refused to provide details other than saying that the bureau’s agents cunningly wear plainclothes.
“This has been an extremely trying experience,” Daly wrote in her statement. “It is something to this day I cannot understand or believe has come to this point.”
A University of Virginia student spent a night and good part of the next day in jail after seven plain-clothes agents from the state’s Alcoholic Beverage Control division ambushed her.
The student, 20-year-old Elizabeth Daly, made the mistake of walking to her car with bottled water, cookie dough and ice cream in a dark supermarket parking lot near the UVA campus, reports The Daily Progress.
The seven agents sprung aggressively into action, suspecting that the student was carrying was a 12-pack of beer. She was actually carrying a sky-blue carton of LaCroix sparkling water.
Police admit that one of the high-strung agents vaulted onto the hood of Daly’s car. She contends that one of them also drew a gun.
It’s not clear what about Daly’s appearance gave the six police officers the belief that they had probable cause to confront her en masse.
Daly, along with two roommates who were in the car, did what reasonable, unarmed people usually do when violently pounced upon by seven people. They tried to get away.
“They were showing unidentifiable badges after they approached us, but we became frightened, as they were not in anything close to a uniform,” Daly said in a written account, according to The Daily Progress.
“I couldn’t put my windows down unless I started my car, and when I started my car they began yelling to not move the car, not to start the car. They began trying to break the windows. My roommates and I were … terrified,” the student also wrote.
According to court records obtained by the Charlottesville paper, Daly “grazed” two agents with her vehicle. At this time, the records state, the unidentified passenger in the front seat of her SUV was yelling “go, go, go” and simultaneously diving into the back seat.
Once the three students managed to make it out of the parking lot, they called 911. Daly testified that her goal was to drive immediately to a police station. However, she was stopped by a vehicle with identifiable sirens and lights.
Daly had just left an annual UVA “Take Back the Night” vigil on the famous campus founded by the man who drafted the Declaration of Independence. She was eventually able to explain that she had purchased the water and junk food for a sorority benefit. She also apologized.
The seven Alcoholic Beverage Control agents were not satisfied. They charged Daly with three felonies: one count of eluding police and two counts of assaulting a law enforcement officer. In Virginia, each of these Class Six felonies carries up to five years in prison and up to $2,500 in fines.
The seven agents then had her hauled to the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail.
The incident occurred April 11. Charlottesville Commonwealth’s Attorney Dave Chapman deigned to drop the criminal charges this week.
“You don’t know all the facts until you complete the investigation,” Chapman told The Daily Progress in defense of his own actions and the actions of the Alcoholic Beverage Control agents.
It’s unclear why Chapman’s investigation took some 80 days.
The Charlottesville broadsheet also does not mention how much Daly paid her defense attorney, Francis Lawrence.
A spokeswoman for Alcoholic Beverage Control’s regional office, Carol Mawyer, refused to provide details other than saying that the bureau’s agents cunningly wear plainclothes.
“This has been an extremely trying experience,” Daly wrote in her statement. “It is something to this day I cannot understand or believe has come to this point.”
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Texas Teen Jailed facing 8 yrs in Prison after Making Sarcastic Threat on Facebook
NEW BRAUNFELS – An Austin man wants to warn other parents and teenagers that statements made on social media websites can land them in jail.
Justin Carter was 18 back in February when an online video game "League of Legends" took an ugly turn on Facebook.
Jack Carter says his son Justin and a friend got into an argument with someone on Facebook about the game and the teenager wrote a comment he now regrets.
“Someone had said something to the effect of 'Oh you're insane, you're crazy, you're messed up in the head,’ to which he replied 'Oh yeah, I'm real messed up in the head, I'm going to go shoot up a school full of kids and eat their still, beating hearts,’ and the next two lines were lol and jk.," said Carter.
“LOL” stands for “laughing out loud," and “jk” means “just kidding," but police didn’t think it was funny. Neither did a woman from Canada who saw the posting.
Justin’s dad says the woman did a Google search and found his son’s old address was near an elementary school and she called police.
Justin Carter was arrested the next month and has been jailed since March 27. He’s charged with making a terroristic threat and is facing eight years in prison, according to his dad.
“These people are serious. They really want my son to go away to jail for a sarcastic comment that he made," added Carter.
Unfortunately for Justin his comments came only two months after dozens of youngsters were killed in a massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut back in December of 2012.
“Justin was the kind of kid who didn't read the newspaper. He didn't watch television. He wasn't aware of current events. These kids, they don't realize what they're doing. They don't understand the implications. They don't understand public space,” said Jack Carter.
Friends and family have started an online petition they’re hoping will garnish more attention for Justin’s plight. You can find it by clicking here.http://www.change.org/petitions/rel...tigative-criteria-for-terroristic-threat-laws
“If I can just help one person to understand that social media is not a playground, that when you go out there into social media, when you use Facebook, when you use Twitter, when you go out there and make comments on news articles, and the things you are saying can and will be used against you," added Jack Carter.
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Ya know the guy should not have been there, i get that. And that dog was defending it's owner. I would sue the living shit out of that police Dept and the vengance i would take towards the office who killed my dog the next 3 generations of his family would feel it.
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Houston Women File Suit Against DPS For Roadside Cavity Searches
July 3, 2013 - Two young women were stopped for speeding on Memorial day 2012 in Brazoria County, Texas. The women had just finished enjoying their holiday at Surfside Beach on the Texas coast when they were pulled over on Highway 288.
After approaching the vehicle, Trooper Nathaniel Turner asks one of the women to exit the car. In the video the woman is heard asking “can I put my dress on? I just have my swimsuit on.”
The trooper replied “no don’t worry about it.” The woman is seen exiting the car wearing a white barely there bikini with a beach hat on.
The trooper radios back attempting to gather more information on the women.
“There is an odor of marijuana in the vehicle,” says the trooper. The women are then separated.
The plaintiff’s attorney Allie Booker says “she’s trying to lean against the car and comply with their orders, but every now and then she has to get some relief from the hot car.”
During the forty minute stop, the trooper even goes as far to answer one of the women’s phones. The trooper is heard telling the caller “I don’t know if that’s who is in custody right now, but I got one so you’ll have to call back whoever’s phone this is.”
According to a local news station, the two women have filed a lawsuit against the Department of Public Safety (DPS) claiming they were mistreated when “authorities forced them to undergo embarrassing body searches right on the side of the road.”
DPS Director Steven McCraw responded to the suit claiming they have not received a copy of the lawsuit but added “The department does not and will not tolerate any conduct that violates the U.S. and Texas constitutions, or DPS training or policy.”
A female trooper arrives on the scene and proceeds with a body cavity search on the females along the highway for everyone to see.
The attorney representing the other plaintiff says “they feel violated, you’re on the side of the road in front of the free world.”
Before the search the trooper tells the young woman “we’re about to get up close and personal with you womanly parts.”
The women complained that the trooper failed to change her gloves during the cavity searches.
DPS says the department’s inspector general immediately conducted an internal investigation. Trooper Jennie Bui, who performed the search, was terminated a few days ago and Trooper Nathaniel Turner is under suspension.
The women’s attorneys say their clients just want justice for the “physical pain and mental anguish” they experienced that day.
The Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office has declined to comment while the suit is pending litigation.
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This story is brutal and frightening!
Report: Bicyclist Flees Country After Oregon Police Force Catheterization
“Looks like we get to do it the fun way”
July 12, 2013 - Jason Barnes, a 26-year old native Venezuelan residing in Aloha, Ore., was riding his bike one evening last October when his friend was stopped by police for riding without lights.
Barnes was traveling along Tualitin Valley Highway outside of Portland, Ore., when police made a quick maneuver pulling into the bike lane ahead of the cyclists waiting for them.
When the cyclists got closer, the officer said “Hey how’s it going, you know you’re supposed to have lights on your bike right?” Barnes’ friend Steven Liddicoat replied, “Yeah I know.”
The officer then proceeded to ask for Liddicoat’s ID. Meanwhile, Barnes stopped his bike about 25 yards back because he didn’t want to be involved in the traffic stop, especially since he hadn’t broken any laws.
The officers made their way towards Barnes anyway and asked him for his ID. He told the officers that he had not violated any laws and wasn’t required to present his ID.
The cops continued to threaten and intimidate Barnes into providing his ID, but still he refused.
One of the officers then told Barnes that he witnessed him riding his bike standing up, which is a crime in the state of Oregon. Barnes was skeptical of the statute, so he asked the officer to provide the Oregon State Legislative numbers on the law. The officer denied knowing them and began to make calls on his radio.
Officer Joshua Wilson shortly arrived on the scene and began the interrogation on Barnes all over again, demanding he present his ID. Officer Wilson read the statute to Barnes and told him he was being charged with “failure to use a bicycle seat.”
The penalty for failing to use a bicycle seat under Oregon state law is a misdemeanor traffic violation.
Once informed he was being formally charged, Barnes provided his ID.
Liddicoat, the friend who was the original reason for the stop, was told he could leave and wasn’t given a ticket for riding without lights.
Questions regarding whether or not Barnes had been drinking soon followed. Barnes told the officers he did not wish to answer any questions without a lawyer present.
Officer Wilson arrested Barnes for driving under the influence (DUI) and put him in the back of the police car.
Once in the back of the car, Barnes tried calm himself, leaning back and closing his eyes, attempting to relax. Within a few minutes, Officer Wilson while driving the patrol car, began taking photographs of Wilson with his eyes closed.
Barnes believes the officer wanted a snapshot of him with his eyes closed in an attempt to make it look like he was “passed out.”
Barnes said he was trying to meditate and would appreciate it if the officer kept his eyes on the road, but the officer continued to take photographs.
Upon arrival at the jail, Barnes was asked to submit to a breathalyzer test, but refused. The officer confirmed that no new charges could be brought against him and that he did in fact have the right to refuse.
Confirmed in an email sent to infowars, Barnes told police, “I was riding a bicycle, not operating a motor vehicle, and since it does not require a license I am not legally obligated to participate in ANY of the sobriety tests presented to me on this night.”
Officer Wilson replied, “Good, that’s what I thought you’d say.”
The officer asked him to submit a urine analysis (UA) to which Barnes declined. The officer replied “OK, perfect. Looks like we get to do it the fun way.”
By this time Barnes needed to use the restroom, but refused to provide the specimen. The officer told him he couldn’t use the restroom until he provided the “evidence” he needed.
“That’s illegal and you can’t deny me the basic right to use the restroom,” said Barnes. The officer insisted he could use the restroom once he provided the “evidence.”
Officer Wilson attempted to find another officer to transport Barnes to the hospital, and also to locate a judge that would sign a warrant in the middle of the night so he could obtain the “evidence” he needed.
Once at the hospital, with Barnes on the verge of wetting his pants, Officer Wilson arrived with the signed warrant. While Barnes’ hands were handcuffed in the front, the officer escorted him into the restroom and instructed Barnes to urinate in the cup.
Barnes still refusing, urinated into the urinal but not the cup. Barnes said the officer then tried to grab his penis and the cup, attempting to force him to urinate into it. Failing at this attempt, Barnes said the officer became angry and pushed him hard against the wall causing Barnes to urinate on himself.
“By my own power I dropped to my knees and went face down on the ground, trying to pinch off my urine flow,” said Barnes.
“Officer Wilson then came over and stood with full force on the small of my back, applying painful pressure to my bladder which made it so I could not stop urinating. I remained on the bathroom floor in the hospital in a puddle of my own urine while he used his radio to call security.”
“I was then told they were going to catheterize me.”
Barnes expressed his “religious and moral objections” adding that he strongly opposed this action.
Panicked, and begging and pleading with officials not to catheterize him, the hospital staff proceeded to strap down his feet while officers and security guards held down his arms. Barnes continued to plead with staff saying he’d submit the UA via the cup, but Officer Wilson refused to wait any longer and ordered the catheter.
Barnes said, “After Officer Wilson and the others assisted the medical staff in removing my pants and underwear, he took my penis in his hands and forced a very long catheter into my urethra while I was screaming, crying, and very much sober and awake.”
“The invasion felt nothing short of rape. I screamed for an attorney and an impartial observer and received none. The pain was excruciating, the procedure was humiliating, and the worst wasn’t over.”
“Once officials got my sample and pulled the catheter out, the pain was so severe it induced an instant gag reflex, I vomited and dry heaved onto the floor. This was by far the worst pain and experience that ever happened to me.”
In a separate incident, ABC News reports that 22-year old Stephan Cook claims police forced a catheter in him after he refused a drug test in 2008.
Cook is suing several law enforcement agencies in central Utah for a total of $11 million, accusing officials of violating his civil rights.
The case is scheduled to go to trial in 2014. Under Utah state law, this gross violation of his human rights should be considered rape.
Utah law defines “object rape” as the penetration of the genital or anal opening of another person over the age of 14, by any foreign object, instrument or device. This crime is a first degree felony punishable by 5 years to life in prison.
While the reason remains unclear, even after obtaining the urinary sample, police still conducted a blood draw on Barnes.
Back at the jail, Barnes deeply disturbed and traumatized, was told by police, “You know, they were just going to let you go if you showed your ID.”
According to Barnes, when the booking officer began sorting through his inventory, he sorted his items with a pen and Officer Wilson said, “Watch out your pen is probably yellow now.” They laughed.
Next the officer said, “Be careful it might turn brown too.” They laughed again.
Barnes has since filed a complaint against the Washington County Sheriff’s Office asking for immediate disciplinary action against all officers involved.
Barnes was formally charged with DUI, assaulting a police officer and tampering with evidence, but a week later all charges were dropped. He never was informed of his blood alcohol limit that night, but suspects it was well below the limit.
Barnes was inspired to submit his story to several news agencies after hearing about the outrage of forced blood draws, but they declined to pick it up.
He has since left the country and moved back to Venezuela where Barnes says he feels “much safer.”
He suspects this incident is related to his involvement in local protests, including the Occupy Movement.
When infowars reached out to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office for comment regarding the complaint, Sheriff Patrick Garrett said he had to “look into the records.”
It remains unclear what the status of the complaint is.
When asked what the lawful reason generally is for forcing a catheter on someone he replied, “I’m going to tell you one more time, I need to look into the records before I can answer.”
If you’d like to express your concerns over this incident, you can reach the Washington County Sheriff’s Department at:
[email protected] OR [email protected]”
Report: Bicyclist Flees Country After Oregon Police Force Catheterization
“Looks like we get to do it the fun way”
July 12, 2013 - Jason Barnes, a 26-year old native Venezuelan residing in Aloha, Ore., was riding his bike one evening last October when his friend was stopped by police for riding without lights.
Barnes was traveling along Tualitin Valley Highway outside of Portland, Ore., when police made a quick maneuver pulling into the bike lane ahead of the cyclists waiting for them.
When the cyclists got closer, the officer said “Hey how’s it going, you know you’re supposed to have lights on your bike right?” Barnes’ friend Steven Liddicoat replied, “Yeah I know.”
The officer then proceeded to ask for Liddicoat’s ID. Meanwhile, Barnes stopped his bike about 25 yards back because he didn’t want to be involved in the traffic stop, especially since he hadn’t broken any laws.
The officers made their way towards Barnes anyway and asked him for his ID. He told the officers that he had not violated any laws and wasn’t required to present his ID.
The cops continued to threaten and intimidate Barnes into providing his ID, but still he refused.
One of the officers then told Barnes that he witnessed him riding his bike standing up, which is a crime in the state of Oregon. Barnes was skeptical of the statute, so he asked the officer to provide the Oregon State Legislative numbers on the law. The officer denied knowing them and began to make calls on his radio.
Officer Joshua Wilson shortly arrived on the scene and began the interrogation on Barnes all over again, demanding he present his ID. Officer Wilson read the statute to Barnes and told him he was being charged with “failure to use a bicycle seat.”
The penalty for failing to use a bicycle seat under Oregon state law is a misdemeanor traffic violation.
Once informed he was being formally charged, Barnes provided his ID.
Liddicoat, the friend who was the original reason for the stop, was told he could leave and wasn’t given a ticket for riding without lights.
Questions regarding whether or not Barnes had been drinking soon followed. Barnes told the officers he did not wish to answer any questions without a lawyer present.
Officer Wilson arrested Barnes for driving under the influence (DUI) and put him in the back of the police car.
Once in the back of the car, Barnes tried calm himself, leaning back and closing his eyes, attempting to relax. Within a few minutes, Officer Wilson while driving the patrol car, began taking photographs of Wilson with his eyes closed.
Barnes believes the officer wanted a snapshot of him with his eyes closed in an attempt to make it look like he was “passed out.”
Barnes said he was trying to meditate and would appreciate it if the officer kept his eyes on the road, but the officer continued to take photographs.
Upon arrival at the jail, Barnes was asked to submit to a breathalyzer test, but refused. The officer confirmed that no new charges could be brought against him and that he did in fact have the right to refuse.
Confirmed in an email sent to infowars, Barnes told police, “I was riding a bicycle, not operating a motor vehicle, and since it does not require a license I am not legally obligated to participate in ANY of the sobriety tests presented to me on this night.”
Officer Wilson replied, “Good, that’s what I thought you’d say.”
The officer asked him to submit a urine analysis (UA) to which Barnes declined. The officer replied “OK, perfect. Looks like we get to do it the fun way.”
By this time Barnes needed to use the restroom, but refused to provide the specimen. The officer told him he couldn’t use the restroom until he provided the “evidence” he needed.
“That’s illegal and you can’t deny me the basic right to use the restroom,” said Barnes. The officer insisted he could use the restroom once he provided the “evidence.”
Officer Wilson attempted to find another officer to transport Barnes to the hospital, and also to locate a judge that would sign a warrant in the middle of the night so he could obtain the “evidence” he needed.
Once at the hospital, with Barnes on the verge of wetting his pants, Officer Wilson arrived with the signed warrant. While Barnes’ hands were handcuffed in the front, the officer escorted him into the restroom and instructed Barnes to urinate in the cup.
Barnes still refusing, urinated into the urinal but not the cup. Barnes said the officer then tried to grab his penis and the cup, attempting to force him to urinate into it. Failing at this attempt, Barnes said the officer became angry and pushed him hard against the wall causing Barnes to urinate on himself.
“By my own power I dropped to my knees and went face down on the ground, trying to pinch off my urine flow,” said Barnes.
“Officer Wilson then came over and stood with full force on the small of my back, applying painful pressure to my bladder which made it so I could not stop urinating. I remained on the bathroom floor in the hospital in a puddle of my own urine while he used his radio to call security.”
“I was then told they were going to catheterize me.”
Barnes expressed his “religious and moral objections” adding that he strongly opposed this action.
Panicked, and begging and pleading with officials not to catheterize him, the hospital staff proceeded to strap down his feet while officers and security guards held down his arms. Barnes continued to plead with staff saying he’d submit the UA via the cup, but Officer Wilson refused to wait any longer and ordered the catheter.
Barnes said, “After Officer Wilson and the others assisted the medical staff in removing my pants and underwear, he took my penis in his hands and forced a very long catheter into my urethra while I was screaming, crying, and very much sober and awake.”
“The invasion felt nothing short of rape. I screamed for an attorney and an impartial observer and received none. The pain was excruciating, the procedure was humiliating, and the worst wasn’t over.”
“Once officials got my sample and pulled the catheter out, the pain was so severe it induced an instant gag reflex, I vomited and dry heaved onto the floor. This was by far the worst pain and experience that ever happened to me.”
In a separate incident, ABC News reports that 22-year old Stephan Cook claims police forced a catheter in him after he refused a drug test in 2008.
Cook is suing several law enforcement agencies in central Utah for a total of $11 million, accusing officials of violating his civil rights.
The case is scheduled to go to trial in 2014. Under Utah state law, this gross violation of his human rights should be considered rape.
Utah law defines “object rape” as the penetration of the genital or anal opening of another person over the age of 14, by any foreign object, instrument or device. This crime is a first degree felony punishable by 5 years to life in prison.
While the reason remains unclear, even after obtaining the urinary sample, police still conducted a blood draw on Barnes.
Back at the jail, Barnes deeply disturbed and traumatized, was told by police, “You know, they were just going to let you go if you showed your ID.”
According to Barnes, when the booking officer began sorting through his inventory, he sorted his items with a pen and Officer Wilson said, “Watch out your pen is probably yellow now.” They laughed.
Next the officer said, “Be careful it might turn brown too.” They laughed again.
Barnes has since filed a complaint against the Washington County Sheriff’s Office asking for immediate disciplinary action against all officers involved.
Barnes was formally charged with DUI, assaulting a police officer and tampering with evidence, but a week later all charges were dropped. He never was informed of his blood alcohol limit that night, but suspects it was well below the limit.
Barnes was inspired to submit his story to several news agencies after hearing about the outrage of forced blood draws, but they declined to pick it up.
He has since left the country and moved back to Venezuela where Barnes says he feels “much safer.”
He suspects this incident is related to his involvement in local protests, including the Occupy Movement.
When infowars reached out to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office for comment regarding the complaint, Sheriff Patrick Garrett said he had to “look into the records.”
It remains unclear what the status of the complaint is.
When asked what the lawful reason generally is for forcing a catheter on someone he replied, “I’m going to tell you one more time, I need to look into the records before I can answer.”
If you’d like to express your concerns over this incident, you can reach the Washington County Sheriff’s Department at:
[email protected] OR [email protected]”
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If you break the law you do. He didn't have lights on his bike, that is against the law. Even here, I have to have lights on my bike, if I don't then they can either confiscate my bike or give me a ticket, take me to jail, or all three. If you're suspected of criminal activity, you have to show your ID. That is the law. If a police officer simply walks up to you and asks for your ID, you can refuse, Oregon does not have stop and identify laws in that regard, same with my state Michigan.
For anyone who is skeptical there are bike light laws in Oregon:
ORS 815.280 - Violation of bicycle equipment requirements - 2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
Portland bike light enforcement starts soon | Bicycle Transportation Alliance
In short, he broke the law. Was the excessive force, necessary? No, the officers should be fired for that. But still, he broke the law.
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I wonder if people will feel that excessive force will be responded to by people shooting more cops to 'defend themselves' against police brutality.
Thats the start to a civil insurrection right there.
Thats the start to a civil insurrection right there.