Vallejo,California pig beats an unarmed black man then pulls his gun on crowd of witnesses...

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  • stringer bell
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    http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Vallejo-police-officer-videoed-beating-man-10997960.php
    Vallejo police officer videoed beating man remains on duty

    A Vallejo police officer seen in two cell-phone videos tackling and beating an unarmed man on the center median of a road and aiming his gun at onlookers, will remain on patrol duty as officials investigate the incident, authorities said.

    “Just like anyone else, officers are innocent until proven guilty,” Lt. Jeff Bassett of the Vallejo Police Department said in a statement. “Violence is always ugly, but police officers are exposed to violent situations everyday and they are required to overcome that violence, not just match it.”


    Bassett did not elaborate on why the officer chased the man. He said the officer involved in the beating was not placed on administrative leave despite the two videos posted on social media on Saturday.

    The department is investigating the incident and will take the “appropriate action if any policy or law has been broken,” Bassett added.

    The incident occurred around 1 p.m. Friday after police received a 911 call from gas station attendants reporting the man was threatening her.

    The man entered the gas station and attempted to buy a Greyhound bus ticket to Sacramento, which are sold there, the owner of the Valero told The Chronicle on Monday.

    His credit card didn’t work when the cashier attempted to run it five or six times, the owner said. When the attendant handed the rejected credit card back, the man became angry, said the owner, who asked not to be identified.

    “He started acting belligerent with (the attendant). She got scared and called the police,” the owner said, adding that the attendant is 21 years old.

    The owner added that the man began cursing and forming his fingers in the shape of a gun, threatening the attendant and others inside the gas station’s mini market.

    Throughout the incident, the man was yelling, “I am ? ! I am the police! You cannot do anything to me,” the owner said.

    In one of the videos, the police officer, whose name was not released, chases a man across Fairgrounds Drive in Vallejo. The man then sits on the center median as the police officer runs up to behind him, flinging his arms around the man and throwing him to the ground as onlookers scream in protest.

    The officer, wearing rubber gloves, mounts the man, punching him in the head and repeatedly striking him with an object that appears to either be a flashlight or a baton. As the crowd comes closer, the officer screams, “Shut up! Get back!” as he reaches for his gun.

    As a backup officer rolls up in a patrol car, the first officer continues striking the man.

    In the second video, the police officer is seen yelling at the crowd to back off as he pulls his gun out of his holster and points it at unseen bystanders before re-holstering it. A bystander can be heard screaming, “Shoot me!” as the officer points his gun.


    The officer continues to hit the man several more times as he and the backup officer attempt to put the man in handcuffs.

    “It’s important that no one make any assumptions without having all the available facts,” Bassett said.

    Well it's obvious the Vallejo gives no ? .. That pig is still on duty and they're already publicly justifying his actions.. You can already guess how their internal "investigation" is going to end...
  • Kwan Dai
    Kwan Dai Members Posts: 6,929 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Well, we all know alot of Black people are full ? and need to be fumigated. So, the officers actions are totally within reason.