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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThings That Shouldn't Happen When Walking the Dog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=92&v=6xRXY3o7GCEWhen 16-year-old Matthew Robinson and his mother, Eva, took their dog out for a walk one September evening four years ago, they never once thought theyd end up in a federal courtroom. Yet thats where they have been as their terrifying case against two police officers was put in the hands of a jury this week in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Tased, beaten, and terrorized the Robinsons were not suspected of any crime when they were stopped by police beside their home in Dover, Arkansas.
The catalyst for the stop was innocent: Matthew looked and waved at Dover Deputy Marshall Steven Payton as he drove by. Payton admitted this behavior is perfectly legal, yet said he found it suspicious. That led to Matthew being beaten, tased multiple times, kicked, searched, and arrested while his mother was also beaten, handcuffed, choked, and arrested. Her glasses were broken as her face was repeatedly slammed into the hood of a patrol car."
https://www.aclu.org/blog/speak-freely/neither-served-nor-protected
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Things That Shouldn't Happen When Walking the Dog (Original Post)
damnedifIknow
Oct 2015
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I firmly believe that a majority of US cops are bullies at heart. The rest are enablers.
CBGLuthier
Oct 2015
#1
"Photographs show 22 separate taser marks on Matthew’s torso, sides, shoulder, stomach, and lower
prayin4rain
Oct 2015
#10
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)1. I firmly believe that a majority of US cops are bullies at heart. The rest are enablers.
There may be some who want to serve and protect but the vast majority want to express their authority. Tiny little men who want to control people with their fists, tasers, batons, and guns.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)2. Let's hope the jury comes to the right decision
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)4. It was settled out of court (for far to little).
In the end, Sergeant Stevens and Pope County settled with the Robinsons just before the verdict for $225,000.
Part of the problem is that this doesn't effect the department or the officers at all. What incentive do they have to change when they basically get away with it?
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)6. too bad
NBachers
(17,007 posts)3. Police torture and brutality against an innocent child and his mother.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)5. This stuff makes me feel sick to my stomach...
These Militias need to be disbanded.
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)7. Simply horrific. nt
KG
(28,749 posts)8. let's stop pretending we don't live in a police state...
prayin4rain
(2,065 posts)10. "Photographs show 22 separate taser marks on Matthew’s torso, sides, shoulder, stomach, and lower
back."
I would have gotten myself and my son murdered if they were torturing my son like that in front of me. This is horrifying.