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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Baltimore City man is seeking $35 million after he says a police officer beat him up for no reason at all—but he may get less than that if he wins.
Rochelle Ritchie has video of the incident and just how much the man could actually get.
According to the alleged victims’ attorney, once a judge takes a look at the case, he or she is more likely to drop the amount to $5 million.
But the police department says Truss disobeyed the officer’s original orders to stop loitering.
In a statement of probable cause, when Cosom asked him to leave, he says Truss stated `[expletive] you. I will see you when I get outside.”
Sometimes, yanno you just have to punch someone when they're cuffed. They might have, like, the teeth from Alien
Sometimes, yanno you just have to punch someone when they're cuffed. They might have, like, the teeth from Alien
That was an elbow...get your shit straight.
Dude mouthed off to the wrong black cop.
We need more black cops in Ferguson..that'll fix everything.
Silly liberals...
So what happened to those cops?
Roorda says the judge did right—he told News 4, police videos like these should be used to protect police.
So what happened to those cops?
The Judge found the second guy not guilty because she saidRoorda says the judge did right—he told News 4, police videos like these should be used to protect police.
ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - A former St. Louis police officer has been cleared of assault charges and wants his job back.
Rory Bruce was accused of punching a handcuffed teenage suspect in the face in February 2012. Prosecutors say the assault was caught on video.
A judge found Bruce not guilty last Thursday.
Now, the St. Louis Police Officer Association is asking the chief to reinstate Bruce.
Tuesday, after a Freedom of Information Act request by KSDK, St. Louis Police released video from a police vehicle of the incident in question.
Prosecutors say the video shows Bruce abusing his power, but they say Associate Circuit Judge Theresa Burke never watched the video before acquitting the officer of assault charges.
Prosecutors say the video shows the former officer on a stop in February of 2012. They also say he crossed the line in the video when he punched a handcuffed 16 year old. The St. Louis Police Officers Association says it was a defense tactic.
Bruce was fired for his actions but last week a judge cleared him of 3rd degree assault. But the video was not allowed as evidence in the bench trial.
In a statement, Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce says, "We are disappointed that Judge Burke did not view the videotape footage... which we believe clearly shows Rory Bruce beating a handcuffed teenager."
"Police officers have to make split second decisions in life and death situations and I don't think that folks over at the Circuit Attorney's office or folks up in Internal Affairs should second guess them based on their brief impression of a video tape," says Jeff Roorda with the SLPOA. "It doesn't tell the whole story," he says.
NewsChannel 5 is still trying to answer the question "why wasn't the video allowed at trial?"
In the meantime, the union wants Bruce reinstated as a police officer. The Department declined to comment saying it is a personnel matter.
Loitering wasn't the reason for the beating. Mouthing off was. And this is very typical of young ghetto Blacks. They seem compelled to "talk shit," the way Michael Brown did, rather than quietly complying or cooperating with police, which leads to situations such as seen in that video.Ahhhh I thought he had a weapon, like a toy gun or a toy sword....or no weapon at all, but this guy had the nerve to be committing the crime of loitering. LOITERING!!!
ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - A former St. Louis police officer has been cleared of assault charges and wants his job back.
Rory Bruce was accused of punching a handcuffed teenage suspect in the face in February 2012. Prosecutors say the assault was caught on video.
A judge found Bruce not guilty last Thursday.
Now, the St. Louis Police Officer Association is asking the chief to reinstate Bruce.
Tuesday, after a Freedom of Information Act request by KSDK, St. Louis Police released video from a police vehicle of the incident in question.
Prosecutors say the video shows Bruce abusing his power, but they say Associate Circuit Judge Theresa Burke never watched the video before acquitting the officer of assault charges.
Prosecutors say the video shows the former officer on a stop in February of 2012. They also say he crossed the line in the video when he punched a handcuffed 16 year old. The St. Louis Police Officers Association says it was a defense tactic.
Bruce was fired for his actions but last week a judge cleared him of 3rd degree assault. But the video was not allowed as evidence in the bench trial.
In a statement, Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce says, "We are disappointed that Judge Burke did not view the videotape footage... which we believe clearly shows Rory Bruce beating a handcuffed teenager."
"Police officers have to make split second decisions in life and death situations and I don't think that folks over at the Circuit Attorney's office or folks up in Internal Affairs should second guess them based on their brief impression of a video tape," says Jeff Roorda with the SLPOA. "It doesn't tell the whole story," he says.
NewsChannel 5 is still trying to answer the question "why wasn't the video allowed at trial?"
In the meantime, the union wants Bruce reinstated as a police officer. The Department declined to comment saying it is a personnel matter.
Loitering wasn't the reason for the beating. Mouthing off was. And this is very typical of young ghetto Blacks. They seem compelled to "talk shit," the way Michael Brown did, rather than quietly complying or cooperating with police, which leads to situations such as seen in that video.Ahhhh I thought he had a weapon, like a toy gun or a toy sword....or no weapon at all, but this guy had the nerve to be committing the crime of loitering. LOITERING!!!
By no means do I approve of police brutality, but I don't regard what is shown in that video as brutality. That guy had a beating coming. He asked for it. And I believe there is no other way for police to deal with individuals like him. Because beating the shit out of them is the only way to keep them under control. Without that the streets won't be safe for peaceful people to walk in.
As far as I'm concerned that Black cop did the right thing.
So the job of the police is to keep people from "mouthing off" and the penalty should be a beating.
But you dont advocate violence tho
So the job of the police is to keep people from "mouthing off" and the penalty should be a beating.
But you dont advocate violence tho
No. The job of the police is to enforce laws at all levels, including anti-loitering laws, which calls for instructing offenders to move along. In the example seen in the above video the police were acting on the complaint of a citizen and the offender saw fit to issue a lot of unnecessary nonsense.
If allowed to get away with it, next time it would be escalated and sooner or later the same result would occur -- or worse, as in the example of "Big Mike" Brown. That punk had reached the level of insolence where he thought it was okay to physically attack the cop.
I will ask you who is better able to understand and to deal with ghetto Blacks -- Black cops or White cops? What the Black cop in this example did is avoid a lot of unnecessary nonsense in the future. Because all that wise-ass had to do when told to move along was move along and keep his stupid mouth shut.
Elbowing the handcuffed kid was uncalled for.
Got it...You couldve just stated you were an apologists instead of typing so much
Got it...You couldve just stated you were an apologists instead of typing so much
That is meaningless ad hominem. If you disagree with my observations tell us specifically why.
