Stupid, Dumb and Just Plain Ignorant Cop Thread
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Is it not fascinating just how often people who have trouble with cops ALSO happen to be up to no good- and to have outstanding arrest warrants? Or else they suffering from some mental illness that normally wildly spendthrift LIE-berals suddenly cannot find the money-gravy to offer treatment to these ill people! it is remarkable how stingy LIE-berals are with mental health issues!
AS for cops and blacks- consider this:
Here is an article illustrating yet again that most of the black people who have beefs with the cops are to often HIDING something! With some comments of my own in brackets):
Confrontation between cop and black man goes viral 19/40
DALLAS -- A police supervisor in Texas is defending the actions of a constable who was in a confrontation last week with a young man. Millions have seen the cellphone video, and some believe the constable crossed the line.
The cellphone video captures a moment when a Harris County constable stopped 20-year-old Marlin Gipson as he and his brothers were passing out business cards for his lawn service last week.
"I'm kind of busy, I'm trying to make money," Gipson can be heard saying in the video.
The officer then says, "Yeah, but when I saw you, you were going from door to door."
Gipson did not have an ID card on him when asked by the officer.
(How odd that they guy is trying to drum up business but has no ID on him?)
Then, the situation got tense, after Gipson asked the constable for his information.
"Tell you what," the officer says. "Just turn around and put your hands around your back."
"For what? Hey! Nope," Gipson says.
He instead left the scene.
Gipson spoke with CBS News and showed us the business cards he was handing out.
(So what information is on the card? An anonymous cell phone number or something?)
"I would still be doing this right here," Gipson said as he fanned out the cards in his hand. "Lawn service, making money that's the goal… trying to support our family."
(AS any good cop can tell you- going door to door handing out cards is a great way to scope out a neighbourhood and get an idea of who is home and when and can give an inventory of what sort of stuff might be laying about and available to be picked up by a sharp eyed thief! It is certainly the case in my neighbourhood.! A few years back I spotted what appeared to be an old homeless guy hanging out at the nearby convenience store and on that grey, drizzly day the sad old guy was asking people to give him a few minutes indoors at their home to dry off and maybe have a cup of coffee- and wouldn’t you know- every single one of the 5 people who let the guy follow them home for a coffee to ward off the chilly freezing rain that was falling GOT ROBBED the next day! So asking strange people roaming in your neighbourhood Why they are there is not evil!)
Constable administrator Alen Rosen said Gipson left because of an outstanding misdemeanor assault warrant.
(And there it is- the standard reason why a black guy wants to keep away from a cop!)
"So when originally stopped and questioned by the officer, that was why he really didn't want to say who we was," Rosen said.
(After all-IF you are in legitimate business would you not want your name known? Cops own lawns that need care too you know!)
Constables came to his house later that day. Gipson recorded that, too. He said constables broke down his door, tased him and sicced a K-9 on him that left bite marks on his arm.
"I can't even lift certain stuff no more," Gipson told us. "My arm is still numb in certain spots. I can barely lift it up."
But Rosen says his officers did nothing wrong.
"We gave Mr. Gipson, before the police dog went upstairs, we told him four different times, we even yelled, 'police dog, police dog come out,'" Rosen explained.
(Yes- all black goofs believe in that magic incantiation that can make trouble disappear! The black guy has only to shout loud enough :I didn’t do NOTHING” and hey- the trouble will melt away- or not if you are a black criminal!)
The Harris County constable says they have body camera video that backs up their side of the story, but they have not released it.
(Yeah, no doubt saving it for the judge since Black Lives Matter are reverse bigots and do not care what is on a video! The truth is that the major beef that Black Lives Matter have with cops is that the law wins most of the time-in the end!)
(Utterly twisted Black concepts of equality dictate that cops should LOSE at least fifty percent of the time! If BLM goofs had their way- cops would not be allowed to arrest a black man unless they also arrested some white guy. And that IS essentially what they are advocating when they complain that blacks are jailed in disproportionate numbers!)
(Cdn natives pull this same crap by griping about the number of natives in jail- this IN SPITE of the reality that given a choice of a fine or jail time- natives chose jail and white guys more often pay the fine!)
(For a white guy- jail is scary- an unknown place full of goofs who hate white people- with the bonus that the white guy has his car towed and is evicted from his apt while the stuff belonging to the native is stored away on the reserve til he returns. |For the native- going to jail is a relative inconvenience compared to the white guy-hence the native willingness to pick jail time over fines!)
Some thoughts:
Here is an article exposing some popular LIE-beral myths. With some comments of my own in brackets):
Many progressives causes are based on myths
By Lorne Gunter , Edmonton Sun. First posted: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 06:59 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 07:13 PM EDT
Many of the causes championed by “progressive” politicians like Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and Ontario’s Kathleen Wynne are based on myths.
The myth that police are inherently racist, that income distribution is unfair, that the rich don’t pay their share of taxes, that a “green” energy future free of fossil fuels is just a wand-wave away, that higher taxes and deficit spending will grow the economy, that radical Islam is not a threat, that governments spend less on First Nations than on other Canadians, and so on, are all mostly wrong.
Like many myths, though, they are very powerful, especially in the age of social media where trendy ideas go viral almost instantly.
The problem with myths, though, is that if governments devise public policy based on them, they will never solve real problems. They will simply waste time and billions of tax dollars on social programs that will have little or no effect.
The hottest example of myth-making in the public realm at the moment is the Black Lives Matters movement in the United States.
There’s no denying police in some places in the U.S. stop and search African-American males more often and with less cause than they do white males.
A recent study by Harvard economist Roland Fryer, who is black, found police were 17 per cent more likely to lay their hands on blacks than on whites they had stopped. They were 18 per cent more likely to shove an African-American against a wall, 16 per cent more likely to use handcuffs and 25 per cent more likely to use a baton (although police use batons against blacks during just five in every 10,000 stops).
But the finding that surprised Fryer (and most other observers) was that African-Americans were actually 22 per cent LESS likely to be shot by police.
You wouldn’t know it from media reports, but American cops don’t shoot more blacks than whites.
The belief that whites are targeting blacks is not borne out by FBI statistics, either.
In 2014, there were just over 6,000 murders in the U.S. in which the race of the victim and killer were known.
Just seven per cent of black murder victims were killed by whites; 91 per cent were killed by other blacks- a fact never mentioned by Black Lives Matter. African-Americans also committed 48 per cent of American murders, despite being just 12 per cent of the U.S. population. Meanwhile whites committed 47 per cent, even though they make up 63 per cent of Americans.
No doubt there is still real racism in the U.S. And it is something Americans must confront.
But permitting the myth to spread unchecked that police and other whites are targeting blacks- and to have the myth reinforced by progressive politicians willing to play the race card to win votes- is having disastrous consequences on American society.
Canada’s progressives fan similar myths over the number of aboriginals in our jails. They insist First Peoples are “over represented” in Canadian prisons.
(OF course natives are `over represented` -its what happens when your life is screwed up and you make stupid mistakes!)
This feeds race-based resentment towards the police and the justice system. So far, this resentment has not metastasized the way it has in the States, but it has led to more lenient sentencing laws for aboriginals and expensive new social programs.
The truth, though, is that First Peoples are incarcerated in almost exactly the same proportion as the amount of crime they commit. They are not victims of widespread, official racism.
But don’t tell that to progressive politicians or reporters. They want to see themselves as saviours of the oppressed. So even where people are not oppressed, they have to believe they are.
Time for cops to publicly apologize to Francie | MANDEL | Toronto & GTA | News |
Video: Ohio officer placed on leave after violent arrest of black man captured on video
WASHINGTON POST
First posted: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 11:43 AM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 12:02 PM EDT
Police said they had perfectly legitimate reasons to pull over Richard Hubbard III as he drove through the Cleveland suburb of Euclid, Ohio, on Saturday morning. Hubbard, a 25-year-old black man, had rolled through an intersection, they said, and a search on the 2011 Hyundai showed the owner had a suspended license.
But what began as a routine traffic stop quickly escalated into violence.
A bystander captured video of an officer slamming Hubbard to the ground and punching him repeatedly before taking him into custody. The footage went viral over the weekend, drawing some 6 million views on Facebook.
On Monday, police released dash cam footage of the violent arrest.
Both videos have left city officials, activists and outraged locals questioning whether the officer was justified in using such force against Hubbard, who appears in the footage to be passively resisting.
"The videos of the incident on Saturday morning raise some very serious concerns," Euclid Mayor Kirsten Gail said in a statement. "We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all use of force by police are both lawful and justified. I can assure you the incident will be reviewed thoroughly and appropriate action will be taken."
In a statement, police told local media that a "violent struggle" broke out after Hubbard ignored orders to face away from the arresting officer so he could be taken into custody. Police officials have not identified the officer but said he has been placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation.
"This entire incident will be reviewed, in detail, so that the public can have a full and open understanding of the series of events that led to this violent encounter," a department spokesman said.
The dash cam video, first posted by Cleveland 19, offers the most complete account of what happened. It opens with a squad car pulling over Hubbard and a female passenger, who were riding through town in a silver Hyundai. An officer tells Hubbard he stopped him for a traffic violation and says the vehicle shows a suspended license.
Step out, he tells Hubbard. Then, "face away from me."
In a matter of seconds, the traffic stop turns violent.
Without clear provocation, the officer shoves Hubbard against the car and grabs him by the arms. They tumble into the center of the street, then collapse onto the pavement. A second officer rushes to help his partner. The passenger, a black woman, gets out and shouts at them to stop.
"Bae, please look at me," she pleads as the officers try to pin Hubbard to the ground. "Bae, stop. Please listen, just let them do what they do."
One officer can be seen slamming Hubbard against the pavement, then punching him several times. Though police would go on to say that Hubbard was resisting arrest, the video appears to show him lying on the ground and trying to block the officer's blows with his arms.
Panic sets in when one of the officers says he sees Hubbard "reaching down." Hubbard tells the officers he doesn't have a gun on him, then screams, "Record this (expletive)! Record it!"
Hubbard's companion retrieves a cellphone from the car. One of the officers punches Hubbard eight more times in the head or upper body. Bystanders arrive. Then more police, sirens wailing.
Officers cuff Hubbard's hands behind his back.
"Look at this," one bystander yells. "He ain't resisting."
Two other officers handcuff Hubbard's companion. "What am I under arrest for," she asks.
The video ends with the pair being taken away by police.
Facebook user Lashaunda Malone captured a different angle from the doorway of a building across the street. Her video opens just as Hubbard and the officers fall to the ground.
As the woman films, a child can be heard asking, "Mommy, what are the police doing?"
"Oh my god, he's punching him," the woman says.
The officer can be seen sitting on top of Hubbard and punching him at least six times on his face or head while his partner stands over them. Hubbard covers his head with his arms and writhes on the pavement. At one point, he appears to lie limp, then throws up his arms again as the officer strikes him several more times.
Later, as Hubbard lies on the ground in handcuffs, one officer presses Hubbard's face against the asphalt while the same officer punches him in the back of the head.
The arresting officer was treated at a hospital for unspecified injuries.
Hubbard was charged with driving under suspension and resisting arrest. He was medically examined at the Cuyahoga County Jail Euclid Anned jail and posted bond shortly after. A booking photo posted by Cleveland 19 shows Hubbard with bloody cuts above his right eye and swelling on his forehead. It wasn't clear Monday if he had retained an attorney.
The videos fell especially hard on the northeast Ohio community, which is still grappling with the death of Luke O. Stewart, an unarmed black 23 year old, who was shot and killed in March by a Euclid officer investigating a suspicious vehicle report.
On Saturday night, protesters led by Black Lives Matter activists rallied at the site of Hubbard's arrest. Michael Nelson, an attorney for the Cleveland NAACP was among those who attended.
"There seems to be some aggression and at no time have we seen de-escalation take place," Nelson told Cleveland.com. The footage, he said, "is disturbing regardless of the underlying circumstances."
Demonstrators rallied again on Monday night at City Hall to demand greater accountability from police. Local organizer Rian Brown told Cleveland.com that Hubbard's arrest and other violent encounters between police and young black men were part of a larger problem.
"The city government fails to respond to black folks," he said. "This is nothing new. This is something we are seeing all across the country."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=12y_twVJnbU
Video: Ohio officer placed on leave after violent arrest of black man captured o
Video: Ohio officer placed on leave after violent arrest of black man captured on video
WASHINGTON POST
First posted: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 11:43 AM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 12:02 PM EDT
Police said they had perfectly legitimate reasons to pull over Richard Hubbard III as he drove through the Cleveland suburb of Euclid, Ohio, on Saturday morning. Hubbard, a 25-year-old black man, had rolled through an intersection, they said, and a search on the 2011 Hyundai showed the owner had a suspended license.
But what began as a routine traffic stop quickly escalated into violence.
A bystander captured video of an officer slamming Hubbard to the ground and punching him repeatedly before taking him into custody. The footage went viral over the weekend, drawing some 6 million views on Facebook.
On Monday, police released dash cam footage of the violent arrest.
Both videos have left city officials, activists and outraged locals questioning whether the officer was justified in using such force against Hubbard, who appears in the footage to be passively resisting.
"The videos of the incident on Saturday morning raise some very serious concerns," Euclid Mayor Kirsten Gail said in a statement. "We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all use of force by police are both lawful and justified. I can assure you the incident will be reviewed thoroughly and appropriate action will be taken."
In a statement, police told local media that a "violent struggle" broke out after Hubbard ignored orders to face away from the arresting officer so he could be taken into custody. Police officials have not identified the officer but said he has been placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation.
"This entire incident will be reviewed, in detail, so that the public can have a full and open understanding of the series of events that led to this violent encounter," a department spokesman said.
The dash cam video, first posted by Cleveland 19, offers the most complete account of what happened. It opens with a squad car pulling over Hubbard and a female passenger, who were riding through town in a silver Hyundai. An officer tells Hubbard he stopped him for a traffic violation and says the vehicle shows a suspended license.
Step out, he tells Hubbard. Then, "face away from me."
In a matter of seconds, the traffic stop turns violent.
Without clear provocation, the officer shoves Hubbard against the car and grabs him by the arms. They tumble into the center of the street, then collapse onto the pavement. A second officer rushes to help his partner. The passenger, a black woman, gets out and shouts at them to stop.
"Bae, please look at me," she pleads as the officers try to pin Hubbard to the ground. "Bae, stop. Please listen, just let them do what they do."
One officer can be seen slamming Hubbard against the pavement, then punching him several times. Though police would go on to say that Hubbard was resisting arrest, the video appears to show him lying on the ground and trying to block the officer's blows with his arms.
Panic sets in when one of the officers says he sees Hubbard "reaching down." Hubbard tells the officers he doesn't have a gun on him, then screams, "Record this (expletive)! Record it!"
Hubbard's companion retrieves a cellphone from the car. One of the officers punches Hubbard eight more times in the head or upper body. Bystanders arrive. Then more police, sirens wailing.
Officers cuff Hubbard's hands behind his back.
"Look at this," one bystander yells. "He ain't resisting."
Two other officers handcuff Hubbard's companion. "What am I under arrest for," she asks.
The video ends with the pair being taken away by police.
Facebook user Lashaunda Malone captured a different angle from the doorway of a building across the street. Her video opens just as Hubbard and the officers fall to the ground.
As the woman films, a child can be heard asking, "Mommy, what are the police doing?"
"Oh my god, he's punching him," the woman says.
The officer can be seen sitting on top of Hubbard and punching him at least six times on his face or head while his partner stands over them. Hubbard covers his head with his arms and writhes on the pavement. At one point, he appears to lie limp, then throws up his arms again as the officer strikes him several more times.
Later, as Hubbard lies on the ground in handcuffs, one officer presses Hubbard's face against the asphalt while the same officer punches him in the back of the head.
The arresting officer was treated at a hospital for unspecified injuries.
Hubbard was charged with driving under suspension and resisting arrest. He was medically examined at the Cuyahoga County Jail Euclid Anned jail and posted bond shortly after. A booking photo posted by Cleveland 19 shows Hubbard with bloody cuts above his right eye and swelling on his forehead. It wasn't clear Monday if he had retained an attorney.
The videos fell especially hard on the northeast Ohio community, which is still grappling with the death of Luke O. Stewart, an unarmed black 23 year old, who was shot and killed in March by a Euclid officer investigating a suspicious vehicle report.
On Saturday night, protesters led by Black Lives Matter activists rallied at the site of Hubbard's arrest. Michael Nelson, an attorney for the Cleveland NAACP was among those who attended.
"There seems to be some aggression and at no time have we seen de-escalation take place," Nelson told Cleveland.com. The footage, he said, "is disturbing regardless of the underlying circumstances."
Demonstrators rallied again on Monday night at City Hall to demand greater accountability from police. Local organizer Rian Brown told Cleveland.com that Hubbard's arrest and other violent encounters between police and young black men were part of a larger problem.
"The city government fails to respond to black folks," he said. "This is nothing new. This is something we are seeing all across the country."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=12y_twVJnbU
Video: Ohio officer placed on leave after violent arrest of black man captured o
So basically, if a cop is out of vacation days, all he has to do is beat up a black man to get extra, paid time off?
Man, I gotta JOIN that union!
Man, I gotta JOIN that union!
The criminal cops will be held not guilty but the city folks will have to pay millions in compensation to the innocent victims. Strange, but as usual, there is no condemnation from the anti-government right wingers who normally condemn abusive government while affirming 2d Amendment rights.
‘Rape by cop’: Dashcam footage shows student’s 11-minute vaginal search
17 Aug, 2017
Dashcam footage has been released showing three Texas police officers subjecting a college student to a shocking road-side vaginal search that lasted 11 minutes.
Charneisha Corley was a 21-year-old college student with no criminal history when she was pulled over by police in Harris County, Texas on June 21, 2015, for allegedly running a stop sign.
Corley, now 23, was told to step out of the car after deputies said they smelled marijuana. After officers found nothing in the student's vehicle, Corley was told a female deputy had been called to conduct a body search.
Upon the deputy’s arrival, that search resulted in Corley apparently being body-slammed to the ground, her pants being roughly ripped off, her legs spread and her vagina probed for 11 excruciating minutes, the newly released dashcam footage shows.
The incriminating footage was released Monday by Corley’s lawyer, Sam Cammack, in an attempt to vindicate his client who has been charged with two misdemeanors; resisting arrest and possession of 0.02 ounces of marijuana.
Cammock, who called the incident “rape by cop,” said that prior to the assault, one officer can be heard saying on the tape: “oh we’re going to find something, if we have to put our hands on her.”
“The same officer bodyslammed Ms Corley, stuck her head underneath the vehicle, and completely pulled her pants off leaving her naked and exposed," Cammock told KRIV.
“They then took Ms Corley and put her ankles behind her ears, both of her ankles, in a spread-eagled position, and begin to search for something in Ms Corley’s cavity in her vaginal area,” the lawyer added.
Harris County prosecutor Natasha Sinclair said, “No one in this office stands by the search the way it was conducted.”
“No one condones that. No one thinks it's appropriate. It should not have happened,” she said. However, the deputies involved may not be punished for their actions, with Sinclair saying: “Bad decisions, bad judgement, may not rise to the level of criminal offence.”
The two deputies, Ronaldine Pierre, 34, and William Strong, 37, were put on office duties pending the outcome of the case against Corley and could face prosecution depending if the case goes to trial.
Criminal charges against the deputies involved were dropped by the DA on August 4, the day the case was set for trial, but refiled minutes later citing new “secret” evidence. Cammock has asked for a special prosecutor with no ties to Harris County to handle the case.
Cammack told LawNewz that the female deputy made a deal with DA prosecutors to testify against the other two deputies in exchange for avoiding indictment. Cammack called the prosecutors' process “disgusting,” because he believes it denied necessary information to the grandy jury.
“At the end of the day … I believe this District Attorney did a favor for somebody,” he said.
video
https://www.rt.com/usa/399842-texas-deputies-vaginal-search-college-student/
17 Aug, 2017
Dashcam footage has been released showing three Texas police officers subjecting a college student to a shocking road-side vaginal search that lasted 11 minutes.
Charneisha Corley was a 21-year-old college student with no criminal history when she was pulled over by police in Harris County, Texas on June 21, 2015, for allegedly running a stop sign.
Corley, now 23, was told to step out of the car after deputies said they smelled marijuana. After officers found nothing in the student's vehicle, Corley was told a female deputy had been called to conduct a body search.
Upon the deputy’s arrival, that search resulted in Corley apparently being body-slammed to the ground, her pants being roughly ripped off, her legs spread and her vagina probed for 11 excruciating minutes, the newly released dashcam footage shows.
The incriminating footage was released Monday by Corley’s lawyer, Sam Cammack, in an attempt to vindicate his client who has been charged with two misdemeanors; resisting arrest and possession of 0.02 ounces of marijuana.
Cammock, who called the incident “rape by cop,” said that prior to the assault, one officer can be heard saying on the tape: “oh we’re going to find something, if we have to put our hands on her.”
“The same officer bodyslammed Ms Corley, stuck her head underneath the vehicle, and completely pulled her pants off leaving her naked and exposed," Cammock told KRIV.
“They then took Ms Corley and put her ankles behind her ears, both of her ankles, in a spread-eagled position, and begin to search for something in Ms Corley’s cavity in her vaginal area,” the lawyer added.
Harris County prosecutor Natasha Sinclair said, “No one in this office stands by the search the way it was conducted.”
“No one condones that. No one thinks it's appropriate. It should not have happened,” she said. However, the deputies involved may not be punished for their actions, with Sinclair saying: “Bad decisions, bad judgement, may not rise to the level of criminal offence.”
The two deputies, Ronaldine Pierre, 34, and William Strong, 37, were put on office duties pending the outcome of the case against Corley and could face prosecution depending if the case goes to trial.
Criminal charges against the deputies involved were dropped by the DA on August 4, the day the case was set for trial, but refiled minutes later citing new “secret” evidence. Cammock has asked for a special prosecutor with no ties to Harris County to handle the case.
Cammack told LawNewz that the female deputy made a deal with DA prosecutors to testify against the other two deputies in exchange for avoiding indictment. Cammack called the prosecutors' process “disgusting,” because he believes it denied necessary information to the grandy jury.
“At the end of the day … I believe this District Attorney did a favor for somebody,” he said.
video
https://www.rt.com/usa/399842-texas-deputies-vaginal-search-college-student/
Cop Caught Celebrating Death Of Charlottesville Counter Protestor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdhARCNSBzA&t=319s
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Dashcam footage shows cop punching black man during stop in Cleveland suburb
Mark Gillispie and Dake Kang, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Friday, August 18, 2017 10:49 PM EDT | Updated: Friday, August 18, 2017 11:07 PM EDT
CLEVELAND — A dashcam video of a traffic stop that led to a white police officer with a history of disciplinary issues repeatedly punching a black man and hitting his head on pavement appears to show a different sequence of events than police had originally described.
The initial statement from police in the Cleveland suburb of Euclid said Richard Hubbard III, who was pulled over on suspicion of having a suspended driver’s license, had refused Officer Michael Amiott’s orders to “face away” after getting out of his car Aug. 12 and then began resisting. But the video obtained this week in a public records request appears to show Amiott not giving Hubbard a chance to comply, Hubbard’s attorney said Friday.
“Your own two eyes and common sense can lead to only one reasonable conclusion as to the propriety of the level of force used for a basic traffic stop and whether or not my client had a chance to comply,” attorney Christopher McNeal said.
The dashcam video shows Amiott opening the car door and Hubbard getting out. Within a second of Amiott ordering him to “face away,” the video shows the officer grabbing Hubbard’s arms and wrestling him to the ground in the middle of a street as Hubbard’s girlfriend jumps out of the car and rushes over.
The video shows Amiott bashing Hubbard’s head against the pavement several times and then punching him in the head more than a dozen times as Hubbard tries to defend himself.
“Babe, stop,” Hubbard’s girlfriend implores, kneeling on the road and screaming as Amiott punches him repeatedly.
Some of the punches were thrown after Hubbard, who’s 25 years old, spread his arms out and appeared not to be resisting. Increasingly frantic, Hubbard’s girlfriend yells at officers that Hubbard is unarmed.
Hubbard is finally handcuffed with the help of another officer and taken to jail, where police say he was examined and then released after being charged with resisting arrest and driving with a suspended license.
Amiott has been placed on administrative leave pending a review, Euclid police spokesman Lt. Mitch Houser said Friday.
The police union that represents Amiott issued a statement to WJW-TV that says: “We stand with Officer Amiott and we hope that people will not rush to judgment, but rather will understand the literally-split-second decision and response required of our police and will let the administrative review process play out.”
Cellphone video that first drew attention to the arrest was taken from a nearby business. It shows Hubbard being struck but doesn’t show the traffic stop or the first part of the arrest when Hubbard is taken to the ground. The video has been viewed more than 7 million times on Facebook.
Amiott was hired by the Euclid Police Department in September 2014. He was reprimanded for hitting a driver with a handgun, mishandling evidence, losing his temper in front of his commanding officer and being involved in two crashes in police vehicles, according to personnel files released Friday.
Before Euclid, Amiott was an officer in Mentor, east of Cleveland. Amiott resigned in April 2014 after an internal investigation concluded he had lied to other officers when explaining why he stopped a man for a suspended driver’s license.
Mentor personnel files show that Amiott was cited for two vehicle accidents, eight speeding violations and one motorcycle violation while he was on a learner’s permit before he was hired as an officer. In his application, Amiott indicated that the “danger” aspect of being an officer was one reason he was drawn to the job.
Police Chief Scott Meyer apologized Wednesday for not having responded publicly in “a more timely fashion.” Mayor Kirsten Gail said the videos “raise some very serious concerns.”
Both said the traffic stop would be “thoroughly” investigated to determine whether the officer followed departmental rules and procedures.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and the Cleveland branch of the NAACP issued a statement saying they are “profoundly concerned.”
“We are appalled by the brutality seen in these videos,” ACLU Executive Director J. Bennett Guess said. “This behaviour underscores a disturbing pattern of extreme use of force by police in our state and across our nation.”
Euclid Fraternal Order of Police stands with officer following violent arrest video | fox8.com
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ACLU of Ohio and Cleveland Branch NAACP Condemn Euclid Police Officer’s Extreme Use of Force | ACLU of Ohio
Dashcam footage shows cop punching black man during stop in Cleveland suburb | W
Mark Gillispie and Dake Kang, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Friday, August 18, 2017 10:49 PM EDT | Updated: Friday, August 18, 2017 11:07 PM EDT
CLEVELAND — A dashcam video of a traffic stop that led to a white police officer with a history of disciplinary issues repeatedly punching a black man and hitting his head on pavement appears to show a different sequence of events than police had originally described.
The initial statement from police in the Cleveland suburb of Euclid said Richard Hubbard III, who was pulled over on suspicion of having a suspended driver’s license, had refused Officer Michael Amiott’s orders to “face away” after getting out of his car Aug. 12 and then began resisting. But the video obtained this week in a public records request appears to show Amiott not giving Hubbard a chance to comply, Hubbard’s attorney said Friday.
“Your own two eyes and common sense can lead to only one reasonable conclusion as to the propriety of the level of force used for a basic traffic stop and whether or not my client had a chance to comply,” attorney Christopher McNeal said.
The dashcam video shows Amiott opening the car door and Hubbard getting out. Within a second of Amiott ordering him to “face away,” the video shows the officer grabbing Hubbard’s arms and wrestling him to the ground in the middle of a street as Hubbard’s girlfriend jumps out of the car and rushes over.
The video shows Amiott bashing Hubbard’s head against the pavement several times and then punching him in the head more than a dozen times as Hubbard tries to defend himself.
“Babe, stop,” Hubbard’s girlfriend implores, kneeling on the road and screaming as Amiott punches him repeatedly.
Some of the punches were thrown after Hubbard, who’s 25 years old, spread his arms out and appeared not to be resisting. Increasingly frantic, Hubbard’s girlfriend yells at officers that Hubbard is unarmed.
Hubbard is finally handcuffed with the help of another officer and taken to jail, where police say he was examined and then released after being charged with resisting arrest and driving with a suspended license.
Amiott has been placed on administrative leave pending a review, Euclid police spokesman Lt. Mitch Houser said Friday.
The police union that represents Amiott issued a statement to WJW-TV that says: “We stand with Officer Amiott and we hope that people will not rush to judgment, but rather will understand the literally-split-second decision and response required of our police and will let the administrative review process play out.”
Cellphone video that first drew attention to the arrest was taken from a nearby business. It shows Hubbard being struck but doesn’t show the traffic stop or the first part of the arrest when Hubbard is taken to the ground. The video has been viewed more than 7 million times on Facebook.
Amiott was hired by the Euclid Police Department in September 2014. He was reprimanded for hitting a driver with a handgun, mishandling evidence, losing his temper in front of his commanding officer and being involved in two crashes in police vehicles, according to personnel files released Friday.
Before Euclid, Amiott was an officer in Mentor, east of Cleveland. Amiott resigned in April 2014 after an internal investigation concluded he had lied to other officers when explaining why he stopped a man for a suspended driver’s license.
Mentor personnel files show that Amiott was cited for two vehicle accidents, eight speeding violations and one motorcycle violation while he was on a learner’s permit before he was hired as an officer. In his application, Amiott indicated that the “danger” aspect of being an officer was one reason he was drawn to the job.
Police Chief Scott Meyer apologized Wednesday for not having responded publicly in “a more timely fashion.” Mayor Kirsten Gail said the videos “raise some very serious concerns.”
Both said the traffic stop would be “thoroughly” investigated to determine whether the officer followed departmental rules and procedures.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and the Cleveland branch of the NAACP issued a statement saying they are “profoundly concerned.”
“We are appalled by the brutality seen in these videos,” ACLU Executive Director J. Bennett Guess said. “This behaviour underscores a disturbing pattern of extreme use of force by police in our state and across our nation.”
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T.O. cop faces criminal charge in 2015 assault case
By Chris Doucette, Toronto Sun
First posted: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 01:00 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 01:03 PM EDT
A Toronto cop faces a criminal charge for allegedly assaulting a 23-year-old man during an arrest that happened nearly two years ago at a North York highrise complex.
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit says the incident unfolded near Jane St. and Maple Leaf Dr., north of Lawrence Ave. W., on Nov. 30, 2015.
But the police watchdog only began investigating after being notified of the alleged assault 11 months later, on Oct. 31, 2016.
Cops responded to a 911 call in the area shortly after midnight, the SIU said in a statement released Wednesday, offering no further details of the emergency call.
“Outside of an apartment complex at 300 Queens Dr., police officers arrested a man who was sitting in a taxi cab,” the SIU said. “The man sustained serious injuries in the course of the arrest.”
Following an investigation, the SIU has charged Toronto Police Const. Joseph Dropuljic with one count of assault.
Both the SIU and Toronto Police are not commenting any further now that the incident is before the courts.
Dropuljic is scheduled to appear in court at 2201 Finch Ave. W. on Sept. 7.
The SIU investigates cases involving police when there has been death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault.
cdoucette@postmedia.com
T.O. cop faces criminal charge in 2015 assault case | Toronto & GTA | News | Tor
By Chris Doucette, Toronto Sun
First posted: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 01:00 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 01:03 PM EDT
A Toronto cop faces a criminal charge for allegedly assaulting a 23-year-old man during an arrest that happened nearly two years ago at a North York highrise complex.
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit says the incident unfolded near Jane St. and Maple Leaf Dr., north of Lawrence Ave. W., on Nov. 30, 2015.
But the police watchdog only began investigating after being notified of the alleged assault 11 months later, on Oct. 31, 2016.
Cops responded to a 911 call in the area shortly after midnight, the SIU said in a statement released Wednesday, offering no further details of the emergency call.
“Outside of an apartment complex at 300 Queens Dr., police officers arrested a man who was sitting in a taxi cab,” the SIU said. “The man sustained serious injuries in the course of the arrest.”
Following an investigation, the SIU has charged Toronto Police Const. Joseph Dropuljic with one count of assault.
Both the SIU and Toronto Police are not commenting any further now that the incident is before the courts.
Dropuljic is scheduled to appear in court at 2201 Finch Ave. W. on Sept. 7.
The SIU investigates cases involving police when there has been death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault.
cdoucette@postmedia.com
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Man allegedly beaten, sexually assaulted by cops, speaks out
By Chris Doucette, Toronto Sun
First posted: Friday, August 25, 2017 07:32 AM EDT | Updated: Friday, August 25, 2017 07:43 AM EDT
A 25-year-old man claims he was yanked out of a taxi steps from his North York home, then beaten and sexually assaulted by Toronto cops who mistook him for a suspect in a shooting.
Nearly two years later, the victim is speaking out about his alleged ordeal, which prompted the Ontario Special Investigations Unit to charge one officer criminally this week.
“It’s haunting,” the young man, who asked not to be identified, said Thursday during a news conference at the African Canadian Legal Clinic.
The incident unfolded as the man left his highrise near, Jane St. and Maple Leaf Dr., and hopped into a cab just after midnight on Nov. 30, 2015.
He remembers seeing cruisers on the street but didn’t think much of it until officers suddenly swarmed the taxi.
When one cop revealed there was a report of gunfire in the area and asked to see his identification, the man said he told the officer he didn’t have any but would go back to his apartment to obtain some.
He claims officers hauled him out onto the sidewalk violently and one cop put him in a headlock and asked where he was hiding the gun.
As the officers searched him, he claims one cop reached down the front of his pants and “groped” his genitals.
Afterward, the man alleges he was knocked to the ground by a knee to his back, then kicked and punched repeatedly as he cried out for help.
According to the man, he was dragged along the pavement, thrown into a police car.
He was released with no charges once his mother, who witnessed the alleged mistreatment, showed officers his Canadian passport. She called for an ambulance to take her son to the hospital.
On Wednesday, the SIU revealed an officer — Toronto Police Const. Joseph Dropuljic — had been charged with one count of assault.
Police are not commenting because the matter is before the courts.
cdoucette@postmedia.com
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By Chris Doucette, Toronto Sun
First posted: Friday, August 25, 2017 07:32 AM EDT | Updated: Friday, August 25, 2017 07:43 AM EDT
A 25-year-old man claims he was yanked out of a taxi steps from his North York home, then beaten and sexually assaulted by Toronto cops who mistook him for a suspect in a shooting.
Nearly two years later, the victim is speaking out about his alleged ordeal, which prompted the Ontario Special Investigations Unit to charge one officer criminally this week.
“It’s haunting,” the young man, who asked not to be identified, said Thursday during a news conference at the African Canadian Legal Clinic.
The incident unfolded as the man left his highrise near, Jane St. and Maple Leaf Dr., and hopped into a cab just after midnight on Nov. 30, 2015.
He remembers seeing cruisers on the street but didn’t think much of it until officers suddenly swarmed the taxi.
When one cop revealed there was a report of gunfire in the area and asked to see his identification, the man said he told the officer he didn’t have any but would go back to his apartment to obtain some.
He claims officers hauled him out onto the sidewalk violently and one cop put him in a headlock and asked where he was hiding the gun.
As the officers searched him, he claims one cop reached down the front of his pants and “groped” his genitals.
Afterward, the man alleges he was knocked to the ground by a knee to his back, then kicked and punched repeatedly as he cried out for help.
According to the man, he was dragged along the pavement, thrown into a police car.
He was released with no charges once his mother, who witnessed the alleged mistreatment, showed officers his Canadian passport. She called for an ambulance to take her son to the hospital.
On Wednesday, the SIU revealed an officer — Toronto Police Const. Joseph Dropuljic — had been charged with one count of assault.
Police are not commenting because the matter is before the courts.
cdoucette@postmedia.com
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LARGO, Fla. — A Florida sheriff has fired a decorated deputy who was recorded taunting an autistic student at the middle school where he provided security and guidance.
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Q - How many Royal Canadian Mounted Police does it take to change a light bulb?
A - Two - one to change the bulb and one to charge up the tasers just in case someone protests the changing of the bulb.
Made that joke up years ago when cops were tasering lots of people and denying rights. Cheers!
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How many Canadians does it take to change a light bulb?
Five.
One to drive across the border and buy the new bulb at an American outlet mall.
One to object that not enough women, minorities, and FNs were consulted on the decision to change the light bulb.
One to actually change the bulb.
One to translate the whole thing into French.
And one to drop the puck.
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Cop recorded punching man had multiple past complaints
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 07:53 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 08:00 PM EDT
EUCLID, Ohio — A white police officer seen on video punching a black man more than a dozen times in a traffic stop has received multiple complaints about his behaviour during his three years in the police department.
According to documents obtained by The Associated Press through an open records request, Officer Michael Amiott received four letters of reprimand and one formal citizen complaint as a Euclid officer but was never disciplined beyond written citations. He was cited for pistol-whipping a driver with a handgun, mishandling evidence, losing his temper in front of his commanding officer and being involved in two crashes in police vehicles.
Some Euclid residents stepped forward last week to express concern about Amiott’s previous conduct. Euclid police hired Amiott in 2014 after he resigned from his previous position in Mentor, east of Cleveland.
Euclid police spokesman Lt. Mitch Houser and Euclid police union president Dave Trend did not return calls and messages seeking comment. The Euclid mayor’s office declined to comment, citing a pending investigation. No one answered at two phone numbers listed for Amiott.
Amiott has been suspended without pay for 15 days after the violent arrest of Richard Hubbard III that was captured on video Aug. 12. Police dashcam video shows Amiott ordering Hubbard to “face away” after Hubbard steps out of his car and then within seconds wrestling Hubbard to the ground.
Cuyahoga County prosecutor Michael O’Malley said his office has conferred with the U.S. attorney’s office and is investigating Amiott.
Amiott first became a full-time police officer in July 2013 in Mentor. He’s a nephew of Richard Amiott, a former Mentor police chief who died in May. Michael Amiott was allowed to resign rather than be fired in April 2014 for lying to other officers about why he stopped a man for a suspended license.
Euclid police hired Amiott five months later. Houser said the Euclid police chief at the time, now retired, was aware of Amiott’s forced resignation when he hired him.
The cellphone video of Hubbard’s arrest was viewed more than 7 million times on Facebook. It sparked outrage across the country and has inflamed racial tensions in Euclid. Angry residents confronted Euclid’s mayor and police chief at a City Council meeting last week.
Here are some recent incidents that have provoked controversy about Amiott’s conduct, detailed in police reports and footage obtained by the AP:
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YOUTH SOCCER COACH PEPPER SPRAY
Shawn George, 25, a Euclid soccer coach, was arrested by Amiott on July 31 after asking questions while Amiott and two other officers were patting down and handcuffing juveniles.
The officers were responding to a call reporting a juvenile with a gun at a playground. They patted down two black juveniles and handcuffed one white juvenile who had a backpack containing a BB gun.
George confronted officers while they were detaining the juveniles and called a lawyer, the report said. George was ordered to leave multiple times but refused, prompting Amiott to try to handcuff George. When George tried to livestream the arrest with his cellphone, Amiott tossed George to the ground and pepper sprayed him several times.
“I thought I was going to die that day,” George told WKYC. “I was treated like I was a career criminal.”
George, who’s black, was bruised during his arrest and charged with obstruction and resisting arrest. He declined to comment when approached by the AP. He’s due in court Sept. 7 for a pretrial hearing. No formal complaints or citations were filed against Amiott over the incident.
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LIBRARY ARREST
Amiott confronted a black 16-year-old girl and two other juveniles entering a public library around 3:30 p.m. on April 13, telling them they were barred from entering without an adult until 4:30 p.m. According to Amiott’s police report, they started horsing around by the library until he came out to order them to leave. The 16-year-old yelled at him, using a curse word, leading Amiott to take her to an office to write her up for disorderly conduct.
The girl pulled away and told Amiott to get off her, the report said. Amiott handcuffed the girl and took her inside to search for identification and weapons. When Amiott tried to open her bag, the girl refused.
“You’re not touching my bag,” the girl told Amiott, as shown on a bodycam video. Amiott then grabbed her and pulled her to the ground. The video shows Amiott pressing his knee into the girl’s back as she lies face down on the floor, crying. The girl was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
Her mother criticized Amiott in comments to WKYC but declined to comment when contacted by the AP. Juvenile court records in Ohio are sealed from public view. No formal complaints or citations were filed against Amiott over the incident.
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CITIZEN COMPLAINT
On April 1, Amiott pulled over a man driving to a paint store, swore at him, slammed a car door on his leg, and threatened to pepper spray and jail him, according to a citizen complaint filed in April.
Christopher Spencer’s complaint was ruled “not sustained” by Euclid police. Chief Scott Meyer said there was no evidence to prove or disprove Spencer’s claim and advised him to keep a “cool head” during police encounters.
Amiott charged Spencer with having an obstructed windshield. The charges were later dropped. A man at an address listed for Spencer declined to comment.
In this Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017 image taken from video provided by the Euclid Police Dept., Euclid police officer Michael Amiott grabs Richard Hubbard to arrest him on a street in Euclid, Ohio. (Euclid Police Dept. via AP)
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 07:53 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 08:00 PM EDT
EUCLID, Ohio — A white police officer seen on video punching a black man more than a dozen times in a traffic stop has received multiple complaints about his behaviour during his three years in the police department.
According to documents obtained by The Associated Press through an open records request, Officer Michael Amiott received four letters of reprimand and one formal citizen complaint as a Euclid officer but was never disciplined beyond written citations. He was cited for pistol-whipping a driver with a handgun, mishandling evidence, losing his temper in front of his commanding officer and being involved in two crashes in police vehicles.
Some Euclid residents stepped forward last week to express concern about Amiott’s previous conduct. Euclid police hired Amiott in 2014 after he resigned from his previous position in Mentor, east of Cleveland.
Euclid police spokesman Lt. Mitch Houser and Euclid police union president Dave Trend did not return calls and messages seeking comment. The Euclid mayor’s office declined to comment, citing a pending investigation. No one answered at two phone numbers listed for Amiott.
Amiott has been suspended without pay for 15 days after the violent arrest of Richard Hubbard III that was captured on video Aug. 12. Police dashcam video shows Amiott ordering Hubbard to “face away” after Hubbard steps out of his car and then within seconds wrestling Hubbard to the ground.
Cuyahoga County prosecutor Michael O’Malley said his office has conferred with the U.S. attorney’s office and is investigating Amiott.
Amiott first became a full-time police officer in July 2013 in Mentor. He’s a nephew of Richard Amiott, a former Mentor police chief who died in May. Michael Amiott was allowed to resign rather than be fired in April 2014 for lying to other officers about why he stopped a man for a suspended license.
Euclid police hired Amiott five months later. Houser said the Euclid police chief at the time, now retired, was aware of Amiott’s forced resignation when he hired him.
The cellphone video of Hubbard’s arrest was viewed more than 7 million times on Facebook. It sparked outrage across the country and has inflamed racial tensions in Euclid. Angry residents confronted Euclid’s mayor and police chief at a City Council meeting last week.
Here are some recent incidents that have provoked controversy about Amiott’s conduct, detailed in police reports and footage obtained by the AP:
———
YOUTH SOCCER COACH PEPPER SPRAY
Shawn George, 25, a Euclid soccer coach, was arrested by Amiott on July 31 after asking questions while Amiott and two other officers were patting down and handcuffing juveniles.
The officers were responding to a call reporting a juvenile with a gun at a playground. They patted down two black juveniles and handcuffed one white juvenile who had a backpack containing a BB gun.
George confronted officers while they were detaining the juveniles and called a lawyer, the report said. George was ordered to leave multiple times but refused, prompting Amiott to try to handcuff George. When George tried to livestream the arrest with his cellphone, Amiott tossed George to the ground and pepper sprayed him several times.
“I thought I was going to die that day,” George told WKYC. “I was treated like I was a career criminal.”
George, who’s black, was bruised during his arrest and charged with obstruction and resisting arrest. He declined to comment when approached by the AP. He’s due in court Sept. 7 for a pretrial hearing. No formal complaints or citations were filed against Amiott over the incident.
———
LIBRARY ARREST
Amiott confronted a black 16-year-old girl and two other juveniles entering a public library around 3:30 p.m. on April 13, telling them they were barred from entering without an adult until 4:30 p.m. According to Amiott’s police report, they started horsing around by the library until he came out to order them to leave. The 16-year-old yelled at him, using a curse word, leading Amiott to take her to an office to write her up for disorderly conduct.
The girl pulled away and told Amiott to get off her, the report said. Amiott handcuffed the girl and took her inside to search for identification and weapons. When Amiott tried to open her bag, the girl refused.
“You’re not touching my bag,” the girl told Amiott, as shown on a bodycam video. Amiott then grabbed her and pulled her to the ground. The video shows Amiott pressing his knee into the girl’s back as she lies face down on the floor, crying. The girl was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
Her mother criticized Amiott in comments to WKYC but declined to comment when contacted by the AP. Juvenile court records in Ohio are sealed from public view. No formal complaints or citations were filed against Amiott over the incident.
———
CITIZEN COMPLAINT
On April 1, Amiott pulled over a man driving to a paint store, swore at him, slammed a car door on his leg, and threatened to pepper spray and jail him, according to a citizen complaint filed in April.
Christopher Spencer’s complaint was ruled “not sustained” by Euclid police. Chief Scott Meyer said there was no evidence to prove or disprove Spencer’s claim and advised him to keep a “cool head” during police encounters.
Amiott charged Spencer with having an obstructed windshield. The charges were later dropped. A man at an address listed for Spencer declined to comment.
In this Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017 image taken from video provided by the Euclid Police Dept., Euclid police officer Michael Amiott grabs Richard Hubbard to arrest him on a street in Euclid, Ohio. (Euclid Police Dept. via AP)
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Calgary police brass, union defend officers charged with kidnapping, assault
First posted: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 04:58 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 08:58 PM EDT
Both city police and Calgary's police union are throwing their support behind three officers facing kidnapping and assault charges dating back over seven years.
Speaking to media at a Wednesday afternoon press conference, Supt. Don Coleman was unequivocal in his support for the three senior officers, accused in the 2010 kidnapping and assault of a man connected with a youth exploitation investigation.
"I know these officers personally, I've worked around them, and they're excellent officers and incredible people," Coleman said.
"They really have served the public well, and are some of the most dedicated and committed people you'll ever want to meet — their intent that day was to return safely a young female who was being sexually exploited."
The three officers, at the time attached to the CPS vice unit, were tasked with locating a young girl they planned to apprehend under the Protection of Sexually Exploited Children Act (PSECA).
In the course of their investigation, the three officers — accompanied by a fourth — took into their unmarked police van a man believed to have information on the whereabouts of people involved in the youth's exploitation.
During a 20-minute drive, two of the officers allegedly assaulted the man, then dropped him off where he was picked up.
The victim, who never made a formal complaint against the officers, died several months after the incident — a death deemed neither suspicious nor connected with the allegations.
The CPS professional standards section began their investigation in June 2015, based on a report made by the fourth officer in the vehicle. That officer has since resigned from CPS.
The case was subsequently handed over to the Edmonton Crown Prosecutor's Office, who on Wednesday recommended kidnapping and assault charges against the three.
Det. Reagan Hossack, an 18-year member of the CPS, faces kidnapping charges.
Sgt. Mark Schwartz, a 16-year member of the service, and Det. Paul Rubner, a 25-year member, have been charged with kidnapping and assault.
When asked for his reaction to the accusations, Supt. Coleman didn't mince words. "What we expect from our officers is the dedication and commitment these three have shown," he said.
"The investigation puts forward a set of circumstances that was reviewed by the Edmonton crown, which meets in their eyes the threshold for charges.
"These are allegations, and then we'll see and support the process once the matter goes before the courts."
The Calgary Police Association, representing the service's over 2,000 sworn officers, also vouched for the accused officers.
Saying he's had lengthy conversations with the three officers, CPA president Les Kaminski told Postmedia that "extenuating circumstances" are at play in the investigation which will be made clear in court.
"That it has come to this is disturbing for all members of the Calgary Police Service," he said.
"These officers were in the executive of their lawful duties, and are waiting anxiously to have all of the facts presented in court."
Support for the accused aside, Coleman emphasized the importance of due process in the matter as it works its way through the courts.
"We are supporting the officers, but we also supported the process by conducting the investigation and putting the matter before the independent crown," he said.
"That doesn't preclude support for our officers."
The officers have been placed on seven-day administrative leave. After that, their status will be decided by police chief Roger Chaffin.
bpassifiume@postmedia.com
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First posted: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 04:58 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 08:58 PM EDT
Both city police and Calgary's police union are throwing their support behind three officers facing kidnapping and assault charges dating back over seven years.
Speaking to media at a Wednesday afternoon press conference, Supt. Don Coleman was unequivocal in his support for the three senior officers, accused in the 2010 kidnapping and assault of a man connected with a youth exploitation investigation.
"I know these officers personally, I've worked around them, and they're excellent officers and incredible people," Coleman said.
"They really have served the public well, and are some of the most dedicated and committed people you'll ever want to meet — their intent that day was to return safely a young female who was being sexually exploited."
The three officers, at the time attached to the CPS vice unit, were tasked with locating a young girl they planned to apprehend under the Protection of Sexually Exploited Children Act (PSECA).
In the course of their investigation, the three officers — accompanied by a fourth — took into their unmarked police van a man believed to have information on the whereabouts of people involved in the youth's exploitation.
During a 20-minute drive, two of the officers allegedly assaulted the man, then dropped him off where he was picked up.
The victim, who never made a formal complaint against the officers, died several months after the incident — a death deemed neither suspicious nor connected with the allegations.
The CPS professional standards section began their investigation in June 2015, based on a report made by the fourth officer in the vehicle. That officer has since resigned from CPS.
The case was subsequently handed over to the Edmonton Crown Prosecutor's Office, who on Wednesday recommended kidnapping and assault charges against the three.
Det. Reagan Hossack, an 18-year member of the CPS, faces kidnapping charges.
Sgt. Mark Schwartz, a 16-year member of the service, and Det. Paul Rubner, a 25-year member, have been charged with kidnapping and assault.
When asked for his reaction to the accusations, Supt. Coleman didn't mince words. "What we expect from our officers is the dedication and commitment these three have shown," he said.
"The investigation puts forward a set of circumstances that was reviewed by the Edmonton crown, which meets in their eyes the threshold for charges.
"These are allegations, and then we'll see and support the process once the matter goes before the courts."
The Calgary Police Association, representing the service's over 2,000 sworn officers, also vouched for the accused officers.
Saying he's had lengthy conversations with the three officers, CPA president Les Kaminski told Postmedia that "extenuating circumstances" are at play in the investigation which will be made clear in court.
"That it has come to this is disturbing for all members of the Calgary Police Service," he said.
"These officers were in the executive of their lawful duties, and are waiting anxiously to have all of the facts presented in court."
Support for the accused aside, Coleman emphasized the importance of due process in the matter as it works its way through the courts.
"We are supporting the officers, but we also supported the process by conducting the investigation and putting the matter before the independent crown," he said.
"That doesn't preclude support for our officers."
The officers have been placed on seven-day administrative leave. After that, their status will be decided by police chief Roger Chaffin.
bpassifiume@postmedia.com
On Twitter: @bryanpassifiume
Calgary police brass, union defend officers charged with kidnapping, assault | C