Unarmed man beaten by police

[Kevin]

Shit just got real.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/201...utality-video/

The police officer caught on tape brutally beating an unarmed Michigan man goes by the name “Robocop.” He’s been sued “at least four times for excessive use of force, cost the city more than $1 million in legal settlements and received more citizen complaints than any other in the city,” according to an LA Times 2003 report. One million-dollar payout was over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man during a traffic stop in 1996. And he faced federal corruption charges but was later acquitted for a three-year corruption campaign that included false accusations of drug possession very similar to those against Floyd Dent.

What a terrible department that it would continue to employ filth like this. Departments which continue to employ officers after those officers just one time are found to have used excessive force... but 4 times? Damages in excess of one million dollars? I always like to think there might be a reasonable explanation for all of this, but what could it be?

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Originally Posted by Kevin

Shit just got real.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/201...utality-video/



What a terrible department that it would continue to employ filth like this. Departments which continue to employ officers after those officers just one time are found to have used excessive force... but 4 times? Damages in excess of one million dollars? I always like to think there might be a reasonable explanation for all of this, but what could it be?

So much liability on the part of the city to keep this officer on the payroll. Why is this person still an officer?