William Melendez is a shining example of police corruption and thuggery
This week the trial against former Michigan police officer and thug William Melendez begins. He's charged with the vicious assault, captured on his dash cam, of Detroit autoworker, grandfather, and black citizen
Richard Dent. Jury selection began Monday and the trial will start shortly thereafter.
Melendez, 47, has pleaded not guilty to charges of misconduct in office, assault with intent to do great bodily harm and strangulation. He faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. He was fired in April from the Detroit suburb's police force.
Dent, 58, who has said he suffered memory loss and other damage from the beating, earlier this year reached a $1.4 million settlement in a civil lawsuit against the city of Inkster, which has a majority black population but a majority white police force.
Melendez has a
long history of being an absolutely terrible human being and the events of January 28 of this year seem to be consistent with his tenure as an Inkster police officer. In Melendez's defense,
his entire department seems to condone this kind of police brutality.
Also, in Melendez's defense—before the Black Lives Matter movement, he was cruising through life, having already been named in at least 12 brutality lawsuits, and seemed to be able to game the system pretty easily. But the worm has turned with the Inkster chief of police having to resign and poor Billy boy looking at quite a few years behind bars. Good riddance to bad rubbish.