Saturday, July 05, 2014

CHP punching woman on the 1-10, for walking on the freeway. I guaran damn tee you that cops do not report treating people this way, unless they are caught on camera doing it


Police say that the woman needed to be restrained and was endangering herself and motorists by walking on a busy road in the west of Los Angeles.

above via http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-28178238



So, like I've said before, record every interaction you have with cops, and any you witness where they are abusing their job... as they certainly will always get away with such astonishingly illegal behavior unless we catch the violators on film and get them kicked off the police force.

Imagine for a moment how many times that cop has sat through police brutality training, and beat up other perpatrators, who are "innocent until proven guilty" I believe the legal phrase is, and taken justice into his own hands/fists to punish/condemn/sentence people for anything he's felt they've done wrong.

I bet you, all of you, that the California Governor, the California Highway Patrol Chief of Police, and this particular officers supervisor and department had does and says nothing about this.


The news had this to say: 
The California Highway Patrol has vowed to carry out a thorough investigation after a video emerged of one of its officers repeatedly punching a pinned down woman on the side of a Los Angeles freeway.

The woman had been walking on Interstate 10 west of downtown Los Angeles, endangering herself and people in traffic, and the officer was trying to restrain her, CHP Assistant Chief Chris O'Quinn said at a news conference. O'Quinn said the woman had begun walking off the freeway but returned when the confrontation occurred.

The video shows the woman struggling and trying to sit up while the officer punches her in the face and head until an off-duty law enforcement officer appears and helps him handcuff her.

Passing Driver David Diaz recorded the Tuesday incident and provided it to media outlets including The Associated Press. He told the AP in a phone interview Friday that he arrived as the woman was walking off the freeway. He said she turned around only after the officer shouted something to her.

"He agitated the situation more than helped it," said Diaz, who started filming soon after.

The officer is on administrative leave while the patrol investigates. He has not been identified.

The video caught the attention of local civil rights leaders, who expressed shock and outrage at their own news conference.

3 comments:

  1. Well Jess, I see you tube has removed the video because they didn't want anyone to see it. But I'm glad you were able to put it on for us, even if it was just for a few hours. I don't know what exactly the whole story was on why the cop went primitive on that woman, cause honestly I didn't see her take a swing at the officer. ??? Anyway, for those of us who saw it that cop needs to be brought before his superiors and get straitened out. OR FIRED! So much we don't know but need to.

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    1. The video still works on my site... maybe you hit a glitch. That video has spread far past You Tube though, and can be seen on Vimeo, Facebook, and many many other sites and formats. I can't see her swing at him, just walk away from him. He needs to be fired. The next woman to piss him off could be your daughter, mom, or sister.

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  2. I see that the YouTube Police are on the job, protecting the California Highway Police. I don't remember seeing anything like this watching CHiP's on TV years ago. Maybe I missed the episode where Ponch and Jon beat the shit out of a woman.

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