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TWO POLICE OFFICERS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO AREA HAVE BEEN
PLACED ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AFTER A PUBLIC
DEFENDER RELEASED VIDEO SURVEILLANCE OF THEM
BEATING UP A MAN BY THE NAME OF STANISLAV PETROV.
THE CHRONICLE REPORTS THAT THE ALAMEDA COUNTY DEPUTIES
WERE PLACED ON LEAVE TWO DAYS AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE
VIDEO WHICH LAUNCHED AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION.
RIGHT NOW THE PUBLIC DEFENDER IS ASKING FOR THE FEDS TO GET
INVOLVED.
AFTER YOU WATCH THE VIDEO YOU WILL SEE WHY.
>> ON THE *** GROUND!
>> HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK.
>> OBVIOUSLY HE SUFFERED SEVERAL BROKEN BONES IN HIS HANDS
AND ARMS.
HE HAD MULTIPLE LACERATIONS TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD
BECAUSE THEY KEPT HITTING HIM WITH THE BATONS.
YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHY THEY DID THIS.
PART OF THE EXCUSE IS THAT HE WAS ARMED AND A GUN WAS
LATER RECOVERED.
BUT YOU SAW THE TAPE, HE WAS ON THE GROUND AND THEY KEEP
YELLING AT HIM TO STAY ON THE GROUND.
WHAT MIGHT'VE HELPED WAS TO CHECK FOR THE GUN AFTER YOU
HAVE ALREADY SMASHED HIS HEAD IN 30 DIFFERENT TIMES.
IT IS BECAUSE HE HAD BUMPED A POLICE CAR AND THEN RAN
AWAY FROM COPS.
THAT WAS THE CRIME.
>> THAT HAPPENED RIGHT AFTER A HIGH-SPEED CHASE.
HE WAS A SUSPECT IN A CARJACKING.
AND BY CARJACKING I DON'T MEAN THAT HE PUT A GUN TO
SOMEONE'S FACE, HE STOLE A CAR.
>> BY THE WAY, HE WAS POSSIBLY ON DRUGS. WHY WOULD YOU RUN?
IF YOU ARE HIGH AND YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING STUPID.
YEAH, I GOT IT. WHAT HE DID WAS TERRIBLE AND STUPID. I GET IT.
BUT WE PAY YOU TO BE UNDER CONTROL.
WE PAY YOU TO BE THE RESPONSIBLE PERSON.
WE GIVE YOU A BADGE, A GUN, THAT BATON.
WE CAN'T HAVE YOU ACTING LIKE A THUG.
IT IS INCUMBENT UPON YOU TO STOP HITTING THE GUY.
>> I THINK THIS CASE PERFECTLY ILLUSTRATES EXACTLY WHY A
LOT OF COPS ACT THE WAY THEY DO.
THEY DON'T LIKE TO BE QUESTIONED, THEY DON'T LIKE
ANYONE TO RESIST, AND IF THEY DO IT WARRANTS A BEAT DOWN
LIKE THIS.
TO BE HONEST, I AM SO DESENSITIZED TO THESE STORIES
THAT AFTER I WATCH THAT VIDEO AS HORRIBLE AS IT WAS THE FIRST
THING THAT
CAME TO MY MIND WAS, THANK GOD THEY DIDN'T SHOOT HIM TO DEATH.
AT THIS POINT WHEN YOU COVER A STORY USING FATALITY BY
COPS, THEY END UP SHOOTING SOMEONE TO DEATH PREMATURELY.
>> IF HE HAD A GUN THEY WOULD'VE BEEN SO JUSTIFIED.
I HOPE COPS DON'T TAKE THIS WRONG- NOW THEY ARE IN
TROUBLE BECAUSE THEY BEAT THE LIVING CRAP OF HIM ON TAPE.
>> THERE IS AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION.
THE PUBLIC DEFENDER WANTS THE FEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS.
AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION USUALLY MEANS WHY DON'T YOU HAVE
A WEEK OR TWO OFF, THEN YOU WILL COME BACK AND WE WILL
FORGET ABOUT THIS STORY.
>> I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY HE COULDN'T BE HANDCUFFED AND
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE VIDEO OVER 30 BATON STRIKES.
THIS IS THE STATE WE LIVE IN.
I GUESS IF YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT ñ COULD HE HAVE DIED?
OF COURSE. IT DOESN'T MATTER COPS CAN DO ANYTHING THEY WANT.
IF YOU LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE COPS CAN DO ANYTHING THEY
WANT, THAT IS LITERALLY A POLICE STATE.