According to the Authoritarian wing of the GOP and police unions, police are never capable of acting stupidly toward the subjects under their control. Submit completely, don't disagree and don't criticize - our Beloved Public Servants are ready to protect you.
Boise ombudsman says police officer used excessive force in an arrest this year
Boise Police Chief Michael Masterson, in a release, said he agreed with Murphy's conclusion that serious policy violations were made by that officer and another officer who erased a recording of an interview with the suspect at the jail. The two officers, whose names were not released, were among eight officers who responded to the incident in early 2009.
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The suspect said that he was hit three times with a Taser after he was already handcuffed and face-down on the floor. Murphy's investigation found evidence that the suspect was hit twice with the Taser — once in the back before he was handcuffed and once in the buttocks after he was cuffed.
Murphy said the officer who used the Taser -— described as Officer #3 in the report — also coarsely threatened to use the Taser in the man's anus and genitals. Murphy's report says that use of Taser on a man's buttock's does not violate policy in and of itself; the question is whether it was "reasonable and necessary."
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So the other officers present didn't whistle down their fellow gang-banger, and when the incident got investigated, the Bullies in Blue tried the ol' Thin Blue Line coverup. Awesome public service, guys.
The best part? Some of it did get broadcast over the radio. If you have delicate sensibilities, you might want to skip this.
The exchange between Officer #3 and the suspect during the incident was captured on a police officer's recorder. Murphy transcribed some of it in his report:
Officer #3: Do you feel this?
Complainant: Yes, sir.
Officer #3: Do you feel that? That’s my -
Complainant: Okay
Officer #3: -Taser up your ass.
Complainant: Okay
Officer #3: So don’t move.
Complainant: I’m trying not to. I can’t breathe.
"This exchange, especially the complainant’s response, strongly suggests that, at that moment anyway, the Taser was pressed between the Complainant’s buttocks and near his anal area," Murphy wrote in his report on the incident.
Two circular burn marks 1 to 2 centimeters in size were found on the suspect's buttocks, Murphy said.
Officer #3 also threatened to use the Taser on the suspect's genitalia.
Here's more of the transcribed recording of the exchange between Officer #3 and the suspect:
Officer #3: Now do you feel this in your balls?
Complainant: I do, sir. I’m not going to move. I’m not gonna move.
Officer #3 Now I’m gonna tase your balls if you move again.
A minute later, this exchange occurred:
Officer #3: Okay, I’m gonna take this Taser out of your asshole now. Are you going to fight with me?
Complainant: No, not at all, sir.
Apparently, it looks like this fine example of a person still has a job. Since no public official is allowed to express any criticism whatsoever of the Gang in Blue, I will.
Stupid, Evil, Bloodthirsty thugs now define the face of policing for all too many of us, white and black, rich and poor alike. Their material demands sap the lifeblood of our communities, their militarization endangers us all, their commands escalate conflict.
We need a real dialogue, not this WATB nonsense where they claim the upper hand from the outset as "endangered public servants".