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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUnprovoked: Courtroom video shows Denver sheriff's deputy attacking shackled inmate
http://www.coloradoindependent.com/145994/unprovoked-courtroom-video-lovingier-sheriffs-deputy-attacking-wallerDenvers safety department waited a year to discipline a sheriffs deputy for grabbing a man who was appearing before a judge in a Denver County courtroom and slamming him into a wall.
The deputy, Brady Lovingier, is the son of Bill Lovingier, who headed the sheriffs department from 2006 to 2010. The safety department disciplinary report on the incident found no legitimate reason for Lovingier to attack inmate Anthony Waller in Judge Doris Burds courtroom.
The judge had a full view of the September 11, 2012, assault and filed an excessive force grievance against Lovingier. But that didnt speed up the investigation by a department that long has been criticized for downplaying and, in some cases, ignoring abuse by its officers.
A formal response didnt come until late September 2013, when the city suspended Lovingier for 30 days for the kind of assault that would see a civilian arrested, convicted and incarcerated for in Denver.
Getting your day in court.
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)morningfog
(18,115 posts)Catherine Vincent
(34,491 posts)El_Johns
(1,805 posts)Egnever
(21,506 posts)seems like without the judge this never would have been addressed at all.
"The judge had a full view of the September 11, 2012, assault and filed an excessive force grievance against Lovingier"
jsr
(7,712 posts)Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)Ghost in the Machine
(14,912 posts)Can you imagine if some DUers got their wishes and ONLY COPS were allowed to carry guns??
Peace,
Ghost
30cal
(99 posts)are you kidding......
police union?
Gravitycollapse
(8,155 posts)icymist
(15,888 posts)Give them a gun and a badge and these 'peace keepers' think they have a right to do whatever violent acts they dream up.
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