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U of Maryland student beaten by police

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University of Maryland Student Brutally Beaten By Police After Basketball Game

Newly-released video showing police officers brutally beating a University of Maryland student is raising questions as to whether the officers lied in a sworn statement to cover up their actions. The video directly contradicts the officers' sworn statements after the events, and already, one officer has been stripped of his powers as the Prince George's County police chief promises a full investigation.

Other students on campus said the attack on McKenna wasn't the only time that police beat students the night of the basketball game. One student told WJLA-TV that he witnessed at least five attacks, and McKenna's lawyer has a theory explaining why.
 
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you should have entered a point , a counterpoint or somce position!!! Al you have at this time are videos I think.

OK, fair enough.

This sort of thing needs to be exposed and protested, or we're likely to descend into a police state.

How's that?
 
OK, fair enough.

This sort of thing needs to be exposed and protested, or we're likely to descend into a police state.

How's that?
We've been a police state for a long time now. Can you imagine how many brutal beatings don't get caught on tape?
 
You know, typically, I would cover all bets saying that the cops will get off. I mean, historically, most of the time, they always do. But this time, I'm not so sure.

The days of cops beating the **** out of people simply because they usually get away with it, are nearing an end.

However, I don't think they will ever stop beating the **** outta people in L.A. or New Orleans. It's tradition there. Who are we to buck tradition? :mrgreen:
 
I would suspect that this young man is being hounded to death by lawyers.


Probably so. If it were me, I'd be looking for the meanest pit bull of a lawyer I could find, even if I had to draw a pentagram on the floor and conjure him up. The cops would pay.
 
You know, typically, I would cover all bets saying that the cops will get off. I mean, historically, most of the time, they always do. But this time, I'm not so sure.

The days of cops beating the **** out of people simply because they usually get away with it, are nearing an end.

However, I don't think they will ever stop beating the **** outta people in L.A. or New Orleans. It's tradition there. Who are we to buck tradition? :mrgreen:

It's a tradition that needs to end and those responsible need to serve life without parole in general population.
 
Police abuse their authority routinely. That is what happens when you give a group absolute power backed by the local government and little supervisory force monitoring their actions. Self-reporting doesn't work as they can easily lie, and the justice system tends to take the word of police over the public any day.

In Canada there have been numerous scandals against the RCMP (our equivalent of the FBI) in the past two years, a couple of cases which led to public inquiry, and the whole thing has been a joke. The RCMP is blatantly protected by the government no matter how obvious it is to the intelligent members of the public who can see that abuse happened.

Cops get off easy.
 
Two of the officers involved have already been suspended and two more suspensions are likely.

Given the video evidence ... and the fact that the FBI is investigating .... those involved are quite likely to be terminated and then prosecuted.

I believe the Cheif of the U of Maryland Police Department needs to be fired and I believe he needs to lose his pension. Why? Because he had the sheer unmitigated gaul to put his badged thugs on PAID suspension. This is an
unforgivable attempt to avoid punishing those who are OBVIOUSLY guilty and should forever end his law enforcement career.

The FBI is NOT going to just let this go. The officers in question, who lied during and investigation, are guilty of corrption of justice, assualt with the intent to cause serious bodily harm, unlawful arrest, and false imprisonment at the very least.

The other officers involved who lied to cover for their cop buddies are guilty of corruption of justice and conspiracy. All of them need to be serving life without parole in general population.
 
Police abuse their authority routinely. That is what happens when you give a group absolute power backed by the local government and little supervisory force monitoring their actions. Self-reporting doesn't work as they can easily lie, and the justice system tends to take the word of police over the public any day.

In Canada there have been numerous scandals against the RCMP (our equivalent of the FBI) in the past two years, a couple of cases which led to public inquiry, and the whole thing has been a joke. The RCMP is blatantly protected by the government no matter how obvious it is to the intelligent members of the public who can see that abuse happened.

Cops get off easy.

That kind of bull**** doesn't fly here. When cops break the law and get caught ... they pay for it. In 1991, a man named Rodney King was viciously assaulted by the LAPD. In the original hearing the police were cleared. Then ... a HUGE multi-state riot broke out. Shortly their after ... the police were re-tried and found responsible for their actions. All of the officers involved were terminated. At least three of them were tried and convicted in a criminal court; Stacey Koon being the most nutorious of the three.
 
According to videos I've seen, the case is rather cut and dried. I'd scratch my head to see the cops involved getting off in any manner.

It's not like Meyer at U of F. That guy was attempting to incite a riot, not to mention resisting afterward and shooting off his big fat mouth. While he deserved a few thousand volts in him, this Maryland kid sure didn't deserve the beating - at leats from what I've seen and know.
 
The other officers involved who lied to cover for their cop buddies are guilty of corruption of justice and conspiracy. All of them need to be serving life without parole in general population.

Why?

They have been trusted by the public and they betrayed that trust. For this, they will be fired from their profession, prosecuted, and ruined. That's far more than any civilian would get for lying under oath in courts these days and far more than the general American in a public fight.

Life in prison? Murderers get less than that. Hell, even Islamic terrorists are given sympathy. Free Gitmo, but "**** the police."
 
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The kid deserved it

While our police officers need to be aware of their tempers and the situation, I'm inclined to agree. It's what he'd get in a third world country if he tried to incite the crowd against our troops. Of course after the beating, he'd be hauled off and dropped off on the other side of the country too.

Inciting a riot may result in the deaths of people and cause great destruction to private and government property. It's not something to be dismisssed with a kind word.
 
Why?

They have been trusted by the public and they betrayed that trust. For this, they will be fired from their profession, prosecuted, and ruined. That's far more than any civilian would get for lying under oath in courts these days and far more than the general American in a public fight.

Life in prison? Murderers get less than that. Hell, even Islamic terrorists are given sympathy. Free Gitmo, but "**** the police."

Fair enough. Maybe not life but certainly at least five years without parole and they should be forced to pay compensation out of their own pockets.
 
Wrong.

Please refrain from spreading your hate in this thread.

It's not exactly hating. It's a situation that got out of hand, but inciters of bad crowd behavior have caused lots of damage from riot to riot. If they ignite the beatings of people via a riot than perhaps they should rate one too.
 
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Wrong.

Please refrain from spreading your hate in this thread.

LOL So classic of you.

Explain my hate. I'd love to hear your BS.

Or did you just throw that out there because it sounds good in your mind?
 
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In the March 3 video, student John McKenna, 21, is seen skipping down a street, celebrating his school basketball team's win over Duke. He comes to a stop before two mounted police officers, and backs away from them. A second later, three officers in riot gear ram into the student and begin beating him with batons. The officers struck McKenna more than a dozen times, leaving him unconscious and bleeding in the street.

Wow...another inaccurate description of why the student got beat. The student was obviously showing off for his friends and decided to skip over to the mounted officers and sarcastically ask 'can i pet your horse' in the middle of a riot. He got his ass beat for it in return, and i bet he'll never pull a stunt like that again.
 
It's not exactly hating. It's a situation that got out of hand, but inciters of bad crowd behavior have caused lots of damage from riot to riot. If they ignite the beatings of people via a riot than perhaps they should rate one too.

Top,

The kid was walking down the street in a dance step. I cannot see how that merits a beating from the police.

I realize the dangers of rioting but this guy was buy himself, walk-dancing down the road.

Did I miss part of the video?

I dunno.... I just do not see how he deserved a beating.
 
Top,

The kid was walking down the street in a dance step. I cannot see how that merits a beating from the police.

I realize the dangers of rioting but this guy was buy himself, walk-dancing down the road.

Did I miss part of the video?

I dunno.... I just do not see how he deserved a beating.

Well I don't know the full happenings either, but I'd bet that these police officers didn't simply pick a random kid to beat on for nothing. I'm thinking this kid deserved a spanking.
 
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