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Miami Police Officer Is Suspended After Kicking Handcuffed Man in Head

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/04/us/miami-police-kick-man-video.html

The suspect in a car theft was already face down on the ground and motionless. A Miami police officer had him handcuffed.

Then, as seen in a video recorded by a witness on Thursday morning, another officer came running toward the suspect, David Vladim Suazo, kicking him in the head before joining the other officer in pinning him to the ground. It seemed to many on Facebook to be an entirely unnecessary use of force, as the man showed no resistance to the arrest.
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Police street justice.
Now what discipline should the Officer face?
 
A few days suspension. That oughta do it.
 
apdst said:
A few days suspension. That oughta do it.
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Yep, that seems like a similar penalty to what someone kicking a police officer in the head would get. ;)
 
Fired and tried for use of excessive force. Then gets sued.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
Yep, that seems like a similar penalty to what someone kicking a police officer in the head would get. ;)
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I guess Suazo shouldn't have stolen a car and then endangered innocent lives by running. I have a hard time expressing mush sympathy for scumbags like that.
 
apdst said:
I guess Suazo shouldn't have stolen a car and then endangered innocent lives by running. I have a hard time expressing mush sympathy for scumbags like that.
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No sense in having Judges. Just have the Police arrest and assign the sentence.
 
JANFU said:
No sense in having Judges. Just have the Police arrest and assign the sentence.
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LOL...Suazo wishes that a little kick to the head was his sentence.
 
apdst said:
I guess Suazo shouldn't have stolen a car and then endangered innocent lives by running. I have a hard time expressing mush sympathy for scumbags like that.
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It is not the job of police to impose a "street justice" sentence. At the time that the suspect was kicked, he was already in police custody and posed no threat to police or others. Only a scumbag would kick someone handcuffed and laying on the ground using the justification that they felt fleeing from police warranted a good beating.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
It is not the job of police to impose a "street justice" sentence. At the time that the suspect was kicked, he was already in police custody and posed no threat to police or others. Only a scumbag would kick someone handcuffed and laying on the ground using the justification that they felt fleeing from police warranted a good beating.
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I doubt this goes anywhere. Especially since the cop is hispanic.
 
apdst said:
I guess Suazo shouldn't have stolen a car and then endangered innocent lives by running. I have a hard time expressing mush sympathy for scumbags like that.
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Two wrongs do not a right make...that is what's wrong with the world now...SMH...
 
Elvira said:
Two wrongs do not a right make...that is what's wrong with the world now...SMH...
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Don't steal a car and you won't get roughed up by the cops.
 
apdst said:
Don't steal a car and you won't get roughed up by the cops.
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A PO's job is not to rough up a criminal...a PO's job is to enforce the law...
 
Elvira said:
A PO's job is not to rough up a criminal...a PO's job is to enforce the law...
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Sometimes it is. If a subject is resisting, he's going to get roughed up.
 
apdst said:
Sometimes it is. If a subject is resisting, he's going to get roughed up.
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That's didn't look to be the case here...the PO's seemed to have the situation under control...he kicked the man just because he could...and now he's caught on tape...good...
 
apdst said:
Sometimes it is. If a subject is resisting, he's going to get roughed up.
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He wasn't resisting. You are justifying the cop kicking this man (already down and handcuffed) when it's clearly not justifiable. How many times must you read that he was NOT resisting. The cop's use of force was not warranted and the cop should be fired. Can cops ever be wrong, according to you? Admit the cop was wrong and move on.


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He should be suspended pending an internal review and then terminated. The local DA should charge him with the appropriate crime and prosecute.

A message needs to be transmitted that police "vigilante justice" will not be tolerated.
 
Elvira said:
That's didn't look to be the case here...the PO's seemed to have the situation under control...he kicked the man just because he could...and now he's caught on tape...good...
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You didn't see things from the cop's perspective.
 
PoliSciXtina said:
He wasn't resisting. You are justifying the cop kicking this man (already down and handcuffed) when it's clearly not justifiable. How many times must you read that he was NOT resisting. The cop's use of force was not warranted and the cop should be fired. Can cops ever be wrong, according to you? Admit the cop was wrong and move on.


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Sometimes. This cop may be wrong, because the video isn't 100% of the evidence. There may be evidence that justifies his actions. I don't usually rush to judgement as quick as you people do.
 
Rogue Valley said:
He should be suspended pending an internal review and then terminated. The local DA should charge him with the appropriate crime and prosecute.

A message needs to be transmitted that police "vigilante justice" will not be tolerated.
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But what if the internal review clears him? Fire him and charge him anyway?
 
ttwtt78640 said:
It is not the job of police to impose a "street justice" sentence. At the time that the suspect was kicked, he was already in police custody and posed no threat to police or others. Only a scumbag would kick someone handcuffed and laying on the ground using the justification that they felt fleeing from police warranted a good beating.
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Yep. More importantly is no one should be in favor of this kind of behavior because if you accept it as a norm then what happens when you're the recipient? An officer might be having a bad day and decide your answer warrants getting knocked in the head. It's easy to say bad guys deserve it, but cops are not there to mete out justice. Don't get me wrong, I can totally understand the anger toward someone who endangered the lives of others, but it's not an officer's place to take that frustration out on people they're apprehending.
 
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