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"Fell & injured herself?" Yeah right. :mad:
YouTube - Cop caught on Tape: Police Beat a Woman almost to Death
Ikasu
08-09-2009, 10:46 PM
She fell!? You don't get those injuries from a fall, unless it was a fall off a cliff.
Seems this is from 2008...
YouTube - Police Brutality: Woman Beaten Off Camera (graphic)
VotingHillary
08-09-2009, 10:49 PM
Good Lord. And she was handcuffed! But she did all that in a fall? Give me a break. :atwitsend:
La. Woman Admits to Attempting to Leave the Booking Room: Fired Officer Says Woman Fell, but She Says He Beat Her When Camera Was Off (http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=4309643&page=1)
(ABC, Feb 20, 2008)
A handcuffed Louisiana woman who emerged from a police holding room with two black eyes and broken teeth said that after the arresting officer turned off a monitoring camera he slammed her against a wooden door and then against a metal locker.
Video shows DWI suspect lying in a pool of blood in a police station.Angela Garbarino also admitted that while the camera was off she tried to leave the room despite orders from Officer Wylie Willis to stay put.
Garbarino spoke to "Good Morning America" for the first time about what happened during those minutes that the camera was turned off.
"It was very painful," she said. "Officer Willis came over to me to the chair. He threw me against the door. He slammed me against that black file locker [seen in the video]."
Garbarino, who described the incident as "a nightmare," contends that Willis physically abused her, but Willis' attorney said she was inebriated and disorderly.
"Although unfortunate, her injuries were caused by her own erratic behavior and her failure to comply with lawful, reasonable and standard instructions for persons under arrest," said Willis' attorney Eron Brainard in a statement to ABC News. "Officer Willis was presented with an intoxicated and extremely belligerent female criminal suspect who had just been arrested by other officers for the highly dangerous offenses of Driving While Intoxicated."
Though police and Garbarino agree the situation was uneasy, Garbarino said she was not so drunk she couldn't recall the incident.
"I remember everything," she said. "I wanted to make a phone call and he wouldn't let me. I repeatedly asked him why he wouldn't let me make a phone call. He just ignored me."
When pressed on whether she tried to leave the room, Garbarino paused and answered, "Yes."
Garbarino said her injuries included two black eyes, two broken teeth and bruises on her arm and shoulder.
Her attorney Ron Miciotto said his client also suffered a broken nose and a severe cut on her forehead. He added that once Willis turned the video camera back on, Garbarino could be seen lying on the floor in a pool of blood. Viewers can see him checking his hands to see whether blood is on them, Miciotto said.
"On three occasions he looks down on his hands to see if there is any blood on his hands," Miciotto said.
Authorities fired Willis after the incident and he is contesting his dismissal. Willis may be bolstered by the support of his police union.
What makes Garbarino's injuries and situation more curious is the fact that Shreveport police Willis turned off the interrogation-room camera after he and Garbarino exchanged words.
"The video can be turned off or on at any time," Miciotto said of rules governing the recording of police bookings.
However, with a woman, "you would think you want the video running the whole time so that the whole story is told," he added.
The video shows Garbarino requesting a phone call.
"You're not going to let me call anybody?" she asks on the video. "I have a right to call somebody right now and I know that. Is this on the record?"
The footage documents Wiley attempting to read Garbarino her rights, but he runs out of patience and things get tense. He seems to forcefully put her in a chair.
"Don't touch me again. Get away from me," Garbarino says after a scream.
Then, Wiley walks over to the police camera recording the booking and turns it off. What happens next is a mystery, but when the video resumes the handcuffed Garbarino is sprawled on the floor and silently lying in a pool of her blood.
Another officer arrives and takes a cursory look before Garbarino is wheeled out on a stretcher. In addition to her bruised face, Garbarino's injuries also included two broken teeth.
VotingHillary
08-09-2009, 10:55 PM
After re-watching, I am really surprised a female officer wasn't present. That seems to be such basic common sense thing to me. The turning off of the camera doesn't help his cause.
turning off of the camera doesn't help his cause.
If I was on a jury, I'd brand him guilty right there.
Why turn the camera off? Because he wanted to do something he didn't want the camera to record. There is no other plausible explanation.
What a crock of SHIT! Fell and injuried herself my ass!:atwitsend:
What a crock of SHIT! Fell and injuried herself my ass!:atwitsend:
Yes, the standard type of absurd statement put forward by just about every man that has ever bashed a woman before behind closed doors: "Oh, she ran into the door" type nonsense.
Makes me so angry.
TheTaoOfBill
08-09-2009, 11:02 PM
Wow...not enough evidence my ass.
Think of what would happen if you or I were locked in a room with a woman by ourselves. And if when we came out of that room the woman was lying in a pool of her own blood with those injuries.
What would happen to us? WE'D BE ARRESTED!!
Bullshit...
LadyLazarus
08-09-2009, 11:06 PM
Makes me so angry.
This is so bizarre, but this almost happened to my friend who was falsely arrested for a DUI without proof. And when she refused to take the sobriety tests, they coerced her and threatened her. She told me she was literally afraid the cops were going to hurt her. She ended up complying so she'd didn't get hurt, but I really need to send this video to her.
This is so bizarre, but this almost happened to my friend who was falsely arrested for a DUI without proof. And when she refused to take the sobriety tests, they coerced her and threatened her. She told me she was literally afraid the cops were going to hurt her. She ended up complying so she'd didn't get hurt, but I really need to send this video to her.
Email her (http://www.commongroundpolitics.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=47921) the link to this thread!
It might not be "breaking news" given this is from 2007/2008, but these kinds of events should never be forgotten. Too often such stories are swept under the carpet and sometimes they need to be brought back into the spotlight.
LadyLazarus
08-09-2009, 11:18 PM
Email her the link to this thread!
Just did! :thumbsup:
Just did! :thumbsup:
:thumbsup:
foxyladi
08-10-2009, 09:41 AM
She fell!? You don't get those injuries from a fall, unless it was a fall off a cliff.
the pictures tell the real story
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