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Post by WaTcHeR on Nov 16, 2006 14:19:18 GMT -5
11.16.2006 - About a half-dozen retired police officers picketed Wednesday outside the Daily News over the newspaper's recent coverage of videos showing Los Angeles police officers punching and using pepper spray on suspects. Carrying signs reading "Warriors Have Courage," "Support the LAPD, Not Gangs," and "Twisted Journalism," the officers said they specifically objected to a headline last Friday that read "LAPD Violence: Same Old Story?" and linked the recent incidents to the 1991 beating of motorist Rodney King by four cops. The protest came less than a week after an 18-second video surfaced on YouTube.com showing an LAPD officer repeatedly punching a suspect in the face in an Aug. 11 scuffle in Hollywood. On Monday, a video emerged showing an officer pepper-spraying a handcuffed suspect in a patrol car in February 2005. Both of the videos appear to have been taped by bystanders. Protest organizer Chris Biller, a retired 29-year veteran of the West Valley Division, said media reports about the videos could make officers so sensitive to what onlookers might be recording that it jeopardizes their safety. "These people in blue are our children. They do the right thing and are our only line of defense," Biller said while picketing on the sidewalk in front of the newspaper's Woodland Hills office. He said the group intends to picket the Los Angeles Times next week. Retired LAPD Officer Pat Connelly said he wanted to show his support for the thousands of officers who are willing to put themselves in harm's way to make the city safer. "Time and time again it seems we try to convict them before (all the facts) come in," he said. The retired officers said they don't condone police brutality, but also believe the public needs to understand how tough the job is. They also said tactics that might look improper to the public - including punches known as "distraction" strikes - are authorized by the department. "We're warriors and we're proud of it," Biller said. Daily News Editor Ron Kaye said he respects the retired officers' point of view and the progress made by the LAPD in carrying out department reforms. "The recent disclosure of videotaped incidents involving LAPD officers and suspects has revived concerns about excessive force," Kaye said. "It's our job to report what happened and raise questions of public importance. "I think we fulfilled our public obligations in these stories properly without overstepping the boundaries." dailynews.com/news/ci_4667324
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Post by WaTcHeR on Nov 16, 2006 14:19:18 GMT -5
11.16.2006 - About a half-dozen retired police officers picketed Wednesday outside the Daily News over the newspaper's recent coverage of videos showing Los Angeles police officers punching and using pepper spray on suspects. Carrying signs reading "Warriors Have Courage," "Support the LAPD, Not Gangs," and "Twisted Journalism," the officers said they specifically objected to a headline last Friday that read "LAPD Violence: Same Old Story?" and linked the recent incidents to the 1991 beating of motorist Rodney King by four cops. The protest came less than a week after an 18-second video surfaced on YouTube.com showing an LAPD officer repeatedly punching a suspect in the face in an Aug. 11 scuffle in Hollywood. On Monday, a video emerged showing an officer pepper-spraying a handcuffed suspect in a patrol car in February 2005. Both of the videos appear to have been taped by bystanders. Protest organizer Chris Biller, a retired 29-year veteran of the West Valley Division, said media reports about the videos could make officers so sensitive to what onlookers might be recording that it jeopardizes their safety. "These people in blue are our children. They do the right thing and are our only line of defense," Biller said while picketing on the sidewalk in front of the newspaper's Woodland Hills office. He said the group intends to picket the Los Angeles Times next week. Retired LAPD Officer Pat Connelly said he wanted to show his support for the thousands of officers who are willing to put themselves in harm's way to make the city safer. "Time and time again it seems we try to convict them before (all the facts) come in," he said. The retired officers said they don't condone police brutality, but also believe the public needs to understand how tough the job is. They also said tactics that might look improper to the public - including punches known as "distraction" strikes - are authorized by the department. "We're warriors and we're proud of it," Biller said. Daily News Editor Ron Kaye said he respects the retired officers' point of view and the progress made by the LAPD in carrying out department reforms. "The recent disclosure of videotaped incidents involving LAPD officers and suspects has revived concerns about excessive force," Kaye said. "It's our job to report what happened and raise questions of public importance. "I think we fulfilled our public obligations in these stories properly without overstepping the boundaries." dailynews.com/news/ci_4667324
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Post by WaTcHeR on Nov 10, 2006 13:52:21 GMT -5
11.10.2006 - LOS ANGELES - Video footage posted on YouTube.com showing a police officer repeatedly striking a suspect in the face during an arrest three months ago has triggered an FBI investigation. The video shows two officers holding down William Cardenas, 24, on a Hollywood street as one punches him several times in the face before they are able to handcuff him. The struggling suspect yells repeatedly "I can't breathe!" The footage, shot by an area resident, came to the FBI's attention Thursday, prompting investigators to open a civil rights inquiry into the Aug. 11 incident, agency spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said. The police department has begun its own criminal and administrative investigations into the officers' use of force, said police spokesman Lt. Paul Vernon. The officers were identified as Alexander Schlegel and Patrick Farrell. Both have been reassigned to administrative work. "There's no denying that the video is disturbing," Chief William Bratton said at a news conference. "But as to whether the actions of the officers were appropriate in light of what they were experiencing and the totality of the circumstances is what the investigation will determine." Vernon said Cardenas is a known gang member who had been wanted on a felony warrant for receiving stolen property. In an arrest report obtained by The Associated Press, the officers said they tried to arrest Cardenas as he and two others were drinking beer on a sidewalk. Cardenas ran and the officers caught up to him, tripped him and swarmed over him to apply handcuffs, the report said. The officers described repeated blows to the suspect's face in the report, as well as his efforts to resist, and their concern that he might grab one of their guns during the brawl. "The suspect's hand covered my partner's gun holster so I yelled at my partner to watch his gun. My partner responded by capping his gun and delivering a left elbow to the suspect's face causing the suspect to let go of him," the report said. With Cardenas still resisting, one officer used pepper spray on him, but that had "little effect," the report said. The officers were only able to handcuff him after two of his friends arrived and told him to stop fighting, according to the report. Cardenas suffered cuts and bruises on his arms, leg and face, and received stitches on an eyelid. His attorney, B. Kwaku Duren, accused the officers of violating his client's civil rights and claimed department investigators were stalling. "I think the LAPD is being caught covering up an obvious excessive use of force," he said. Cardenas, who was held without bail, faces charges of resisting arrest. Authorities learned of the video footage when the defense made it public Sept. 14 during Cardenas' preliminary hearing, police said. The district attorney's office will decide whether to continue with the case, which is scheduled for trial Nov. 20, said spokeswoman Jane Robison. See the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVW5_PJHzR4news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061110/ap_on_re_us/videotaped_arrest
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Post by WaTcHeR on Nov 10, 2006 13:52:21 GMT -5
11.10.2006 - LOS ANGELES - Video footage posted on YouTube.com showing a police officer repeatedly striking a suspect in the face during an arrest three months ago has triggered an FBI investigation. The video shows two officers holding down William Cardenas, 24, on a Hollywood street as one punches him several times in the face before they are able to handcuff him. The struggling suspect yells repeatedly "I can't breathe!" The footage, shot by an area resident, came to the FBI's attention Thursday, prompting investigators to open a civil rights inquiry into the Aug. 11 incident, agency spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said. The police department has begun its own criminal and administrative investigations into the officers' use of force, said police spokesman Lt. Paul Vernon. The officers were identified as Alexander Schlegel and Patrick Farrell. Both have been reassigned to administrative work. "There's no denying that the video is disturbing," Chief William Bratton said at a news conference. "But as to whether the actions of the officers were appropriate in light of what they were experiencing and the totality of the circumstances is what the investigation will determine." Vernon said Cardenas is a known gang member who had been wanted on a felony warrant for receiving stolen property. In an arrest report obtained by The Associated Press, the officers said they tried to arrest Cardenas as he and two others were drinking beer on a sidewalk. Cardenas ran and the officers caught up to him, tripped him and swarmed over him to apply handcuffs, the report said. The officers described repeated blows to the suspect's face in the report, as well as his efforts to resist, and their concern that he might grab one of their guns during the brawl. "The suspect's hand covered my partner's gun holster so I yelled at my partner to watch his gun. My partner responded by capping his gun and delivering a left elbow to the suspect's face causing the suspect to let go of him," the report said. With Cardenas still resisting, one officer used pepper spray on him, but that had "little effect," the report said. The officers were only able to handcuff him after two of his friends arrived and told him to stop fighting, according to the report. Cardenas suffered cuts and bruises on his arms, leg and face, and received stitches on an eyelid. His attorney, B. Kwaku Duren, accused the officers of violating his client's civil rights and claimed department investigators were stalling. "I think the LAPD is being caught covering up an obvious excessive use of force," he said. Cardenas, who was held without bail, faces charges of resisting arrest. Authorities learned of the video footage when the defense made it public Sept. 14 during Cardenas' preliminary hearing, police said. The district attorney's office will decide whether to continue with the case, which is scheduled for trial Nov. 20, said spokeswoman Jane Robison. See the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVW5_PJHzR4news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061110/ap_on_re_us/videotaped_arrest
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Post by WaTcHeR on Nov 4, 2006 12:39:02 GMT -5
Judge Victoria Rossetti needs to be pulled off the bench, she apparently cares more for dirty cops then she does about the general public.
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Post by WaTcHeR on Nov 4, 2006 12:39:02 GMT -5
Judge Victoria Rossetti needs to be pulled off the bench, she apparently cares more for dirty cops then she does about the general public.
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Post by WaTcHeR on Nov 4, 2006 12:33:42 GMT -5
11.04.2006 - A Beach Park man who used his Illinois State Police patrol job to humiliate young couples pleaded guilty Wednesday in Lake County Circuit Court to forcing one couple to make snow angels while naked.
Officer Jeremy Dozier, 33, entered a negotiated plea to official misconduct and was sentenced by Judge Victoria Rossetti to 30 months probation, paying $500 each to Lake County CrimeStoppers and LaCASA, perform 200 hours of public service work, and consume no drugs or alcohol. Rossetti also sentenced Dozier to 12 months of periodic imprisonment, but stayed that pending successful completion of the remainder of the sentence.
The conviction carries a maximum of five years in prison. The recommended plea and sentence were negotiated by prosecutor Kenneth LaRue and defense attorney Michael Melius. Rossetti accepted both recommendations.
Dozier previously was convicted in Cook County Court for a similar, unrelated case and sentenced to six months in jail. A Cook County judge described Dozier as "smug, not sorry," but did not choose a prison sentence because Dozier had a strong record as a trooper, earning several commendations and awards. Dozier has been suspended by state police and is facing possible termination.
According to police, in the incident on Feb. 4, 2005, shortly before midnight, a young couple was in a car parked behind an antique store in Gurnee, just south of Grand Avenue and east of the Tri-State Tollway.
The 19-year-old woman, a student at Ball State University in Indiana, and her boyfriend, a sailor, had just had sex, according to the police report, when a flashlight was shined in the window and the car door pulled open.
The couple said that outside was a uniformed state trooper who ordered them, while they were still naked, to lie on the ground and make snow angels.
The Sun-Times reported that the Cook County conviction was based on an incident along the Tri-State Spur near Northbrook, when Dozier approached a parked car and ordered two young people inside to strip, run to a ditch, urinate and come back. Instead, the couple ran into their car, thinking Dozier was an imposter, and drove to the Lake Forest Oasis for help. They called State Police and the dispatcher sent Dozier, not knowing he had been involved. The couple fled and from the man's Wauconda home and called local police.
They have since filed a civil lawsuit against Dozier, according to the published report.
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Post by WaTcHeR on Nov 4, 2006 12:33:42 GMT -5
11.04.2006 - A Beach Park man who used his Illinois State Police patrol job to humiliate young couples pleaded guilty Wednesday in Lake County Circuit Court to forcing one couple to make snow angels while naked.
Officer Jeremy Dozier, 33, entered a negotiated plea to official misconduct and was sentenced by Judge Victoria Rossetti to 30 months probation, paying $500 each to Lake County CrimeStoppers and LaCASA, perform 200 hours of public service work, and consume no drugs or alcohol. Rossetti also sentenced Dozier to 12 months of periodic imprisonment, but stayed that pending successful completion of the remainder of the sentence.
The conviction carries a maximum of five years in prison. The recommended plea and sentence were negotiated by prosecutor Kenneth LaRue and defense attorney Michael Melius. Rossetti accepted both recommendations.
Dozier previously was convicted in Cook County Court for a similar, unrelated case and sentenced to six months in jail. A Cook County judge described Dozier as "smug, not sorry," but did not choose a prison sentence because Dozier had a strong record as a trooper, earning several commendations and awards. Dozier has been suspended by state police and is facing possible termination.
According to police, in the incident on Feb. 4, 2005, shortly before midnight, a young couple was in a car parked behind an antique store in Gurnee, just south of Grand Avenue and east of the Tri-State Tollway.
The 19-year-old woman, a student at Ball State University in Indiana, and her boyfriend, a sailor, had just had sex, according to the police report, when a flashlight was shined in the window and the car door pulled open.
The couple said that outside was a uniformed state trooper who ordered them, while they were still naked, to lie on the ground and make snow angels.
The Sun-Times reported that the Cook County conviction was based on an incident along the Tri-State Spur near Northbrook, when Dozier approached a parked car and ordered two young people inside to strip, run to a ditch, urinate and come back. Instead, the couple ran into their car, thinking Dozier was an imposter, and drove to the Lake Forest Oasis for help. They called State Police and the dispatcher sent Dozier, not knowing he had been involved. The couple fled and from the man's Wauconda home and called local police.
They have since filed a civil lawsuit against Dozier, according to the published report.
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Post by WaTcHeR on Jan 31, 2006 15:26:38 GMT -5
01/31/2006 - ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. - A state trooper has been convicted of forcing a couple to strip after he found them in a parked car along a Cook County highway last June.
A jury on Monday found Jeremy Dozier, 32, guilty of four counts of bribery and four counts of misconduct, all felonies. He was immediately taken into custody after Cook County Judge Thomas Fecarotta ordered his bail revoked.
The couple said they were relieved by the verdicts, delivered after four hours of deliberation.
"We're just glad it's done and now we can live our lives not in fear," said Dimitry Baum, 23, who was with his fiance, Maria "Masha" Boyko, 19, when confronted by Dozier.
Baum and Boyko both testified during the trial that Dozier, a a 10-year state police veteran, gave them Breathalyzer tests and then ordered them to disrobe and urinate in a roadside ditch. Boyko said they took off their clothes but sped away when Dozier stepped away from the car.
Dozier claimed that Baum and Boyko stripped on their own. He testified that he ordered them to stop before he returned, embarrassed, to his squad car.
Dozier's attorneys were "bitterly disappointed" and considered the jury's decision an "unjust verdict," said defense attorney Ralph Meczyk.
Prosecutors said they were pleased with the trial's outcome.
"He violated his oath (as a police officer)," said Assistant State's Attorney William Merritt.
Dozier was suspended from his job during the trial and faces dismissal proceedings, state police said. He could receive probation to up to seven years in prison when he is returns to court to be sentenced March 1.
Dozier also faces felony charges in Lake County related to a similar incident April 29 in Gurnee, when he allegedly confronted a couple in a parked car and told them to take off their clothes and run around a construction site.
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Post by WaTcHeR on Jan 31, 2006 15:26:38 GMT -5
01/31/2006 - ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. - A state trooper has been convicted of forcing a couple to strip after he found them in a parked car along a Cook County highway last June.
A jury on Monday found Jeremy Dozier, 32, guilty of four counts of bribery and four counts of misconduct, all felonies. He was immediately taken into custody after Cook County Judge Thomas Fecarotta ordered his bail revoked.
The couple said they were relieved by the verdicts, delivered after four hours of deliberation.
"We're just glad it's done and now we can live our lives not in fear," said Dimitry Baum, 23, who was with his fiance, Maria "Masha" Boyko, 19, when confronted by Dozier.
Baum and Boyko both testified during the trial that Dozier, a a 10-year state police veteran, gave them Breathalyzer tests and then ordered them to disrobe and urinate in a roadside ditch. Boyko said they took off their clothes but sped away when Dozier stepped away from the car.
Dozier claimed that Baum and Boyko stripped on their own. He testified that he ordered them to stop before he returned, embarrassed, to his squad car.
Dozier's attorneys were "bitterly disappointed" and considered the jury's decision an "unjust verdict," said defense attorney Ralph Meczyk.
Prosecutors said they were pleased with the trial's outcome.
"He violated his oath (as a police officer)," said Assistant State's Attorney William Merritt.
Dozier was suspended from his job during the trial and faces dismissal proceedings, state police said. He could receive probation to up to seven years in prison when he is returns to court to be sentenced March 1.
Dozier also faces felony charges in Lake County related to a similar incident April 29 in Gurnee, when he allegedly confronted a couple in a parked car and told them to take off their clothes and run around a construction site.
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Post by WaTcHeR on Mar 2, 2007 11:45:39 GMT -5
If We The People started hanging a few of the bad cops, I'm sure the rest of the cops would stop the police abuse on the citizens.
We The People don't have to put up with this crap!
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Post by WaTcHeR on Mar 2, 2007 11:45:39 GMT -5
If We The People started hanging a few of the bad cops, I'm sure the rest of the cops would stop the police abuse on the citizens.
We The People don't have to put up with this crap!
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Post by WaTcHeR on Mar 2, 2007 11:43:15 GMT -5
The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has reversed a Las Vegas court decision and ordered a trial on charges a Metro police officer used excessive and unnecessary force in arresting Frankie Davis. Davis was held for police after security at the Las Vegas Club found him in a private area of the club in November 2001. He was unarmed and handcuffed when Officer David Miller asked permission to search him. When Davis said no, Miller allegedly slammed the man's head against a wall hard enough to dent the wallboard, threw him into a second wall breaking his neck, then pinned him face down on the floor, pushing a knee into Davis' back. Finally, the officer turned him over and punched Davis in the face, according to court records. Officer Miller was disciplined by his department. Nonetheless, a Las Vegas judge dismissed Davis' lawsuit. Davis appealed and, Wednesday, won a reversal, which ruled Miller's use of force "extremely severe." "Trespassing and obstructing a police officer, as those offenses were committed by Davis, are by no means such serious offenses as to provide an officer with a reasonable basis for subduing a person by the means employed by Officer Miller," the court wrote. "Here, Davis posed no immediate threat to Officer Miller or to anyone else. Davis was unarmed, in handcuffs, and never attempted to harm Miller or anyone else in any way." The appellate court in San Francisco ruled Officer Miller's actions violated Davis' Fourth Amendment rights and ordered he get a trial of his suit accusing Miller of unreasonable force and battery. "A reasonable juror could find that Officer Miller's decision to slam Davis head-first into a wall multiple times, and to punch him in the face while he lay prone on the ground was not merely an exercise or abuse of discretion, but instead constituted a deliberate and willful disregard for the law, or malicious conduct," the opinion states. www.tahoebonanza.com/article/20070302/Nevada/103020037
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Post by WaTcHeR on Mar 2, 2007 11:43:15 GMT -5
The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has reversed a Las Vegas court decision and ordered a trial on charges a Metro police officer used excessive and unnecessary force in arresting Frankie Davis. Davis was held for police after security at the Las Vegas Club found him in a private area of the club in November 2001. He was unarmed and handcuffed when Officer David Miller asked permission to search him. When Davis said no, Miller allegedly slammed the man's head against a wall hard enough to dent the wallboard, threw him into a second wall breaking his neck, then pinned him face down on the floor, pushing a knee into Davis' back. Finally, the officer turned him over and punched Davis in the face, according to court records. Officer Miller was disciplined by his department. Nonetheless, a Las Vegas judge dismissed Davis' lawsuit. Davis appealed and, Wednesday, won a reversal, which ruled Miller's use of force "extremely severe." "Trespassing and obstructing a police officer, as those offenses were committed by Davis, are by no means such serious offenses as to provide an officer with a reasonable basis for subduing a person by the means employed by Officer Miller," the court wrote. "Here, Davis posed no immediate threat to Officer Miller or to anyone else. Davis was unarmed, in handcuffs, and never attempted to harm Miller or anyone else in any way." The appellate court in San Francisco ruled Officer Miller's actions violated Davis' Fourth Amendment rights and ordered he get a trial of his suit accusing Miller of unreasonable force and battery. "A reasonable juror could find that Officer Miller's decision to slam Davis head-first into a wall multiple times, and to punch him in the face while he lay prone on the ground was not merely an exercise or abuse of discretion, but instead constituted a deliberate and willful disregard for the law, or malicious conduct," the opinion states. www.tahoebonanza.com/article/20070302/Nevada/103020037
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Post by WaTcHeR on Feb 28, 2007 16:08:24 GMT -5
Officer Donnie Aaron A former Greenwood police officer charged with murder has been arrested on new charges. Thirty-two-year-old Officer Donnie Aaron is now charged with aggravated assault after an incident involving his ex-girlfriend. Aaron has been free on $100,000 bond since the fatal shooting two years ago of Ronald Jamison. He claims he came home from lunch and found Jamison in his driveway and shot him 11 times in self-defense. Aaron's second-degree murder trial is set to begin next month. Now, he's back in custody and a hearing has been set for Friday to determine whether his bond should be revoked. www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S=5983566&nav=0RY5
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Post by WaTcHeR on Feb 28, 2007 16:08:24 GMT -5
Officer Donnie Aaron A former Greenwood police officer charged with murder has been arrested on new charges. Thirty-two-year-old Officer Donnie Aaron is now charged with aggravated assault after an incident involving his ex-girlfriend. Aaron has been free on $100,000 bond since the fatal shooting two years ago of Ronald Jamison. He claims he came home from lunch and found Jamison in his driveway and shot him 11 times in self-defense. Aaron's second-degree murder trial is set to begin next month. Now, he's back in custody and a hearing has been set for Friday to determine whether his bond should be revoked. www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S=5983566&nav=0RY5
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Post by WaTcHeR on Feb 28, 2007 11:48:15 GMT -5
May I be the first to offer to kick Officer Steve Thompson ass?
Officer Steve Thompson is real tough when he hits someone in handcuffs, what a pussy.
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Post by WaTcHeR on Feb 28, 2007 11:48:15 GMT -5
May I be the first to offer to kick Officer Steve Thompson ass?
Officer Steve Thompson is real tough when he hits someone in handcuffs, what a pussy.
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Post by WaTcHeR on Feb 28, 2007 11:43:42 GMT -5
Video on link below: The case against a Topeka Police officer charged in a videotaped jailhouse altercation has been thrown out, at least for now. Officer Steve Thompson was to stand trial Tuesday for an incident last April at the Shawnee County Jail involving William James Bell. Their confrontation was captured on jail surveillance video. Court records show prosecutors Monday asked for a delay because Bell, who they call a material witness, can't be found. The judge denied the request, so prosecutors asked the case be dismissed without prejudice, meaning they could re-file the charges. A grand jury had indicted Thompson on misdemeanor charges of mistreating a confined person and domestic battery. www.wibw.com/home/headlines/6095251.html
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Post by WaTcHeR on Feb 28, 2007 11:43:42 GMT -5
Video on link below: The case against a Topeka Police officer charged in a videotaped jailhouse altercation has been thrown out, at least for now. Officer Steve Thompson was to stand trial Tuesday for an incident last April at the Shawnee County Jail involving William James Bell. Their confrontation was captured on jail surveillance video. Court records show prosecutors Monday asked for a delay because Bell, who they call a material witness, can't be found. The judge denied the request, so prosecutors asked the case be dismissed without prejudice, meaning they could re-file the charges. A grand jury had indicted Thompson on misdemeanor charges of mistreating a confined person and domestic battery. www.wibw.com/home/headlines/6095251.html
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