Unarmed Black Man punched,stomped,kicked & bitten by a dog before dying in New Jersey pig custody
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A New Jersey man died while in police custody Tuesday, and the incident is now under investigation.
Police say the incident happened at 10:53am when Vineland Police responded to a call about a disorderly man. They arrived on the scene and found 32-year-old Phillip White.
“Shortly thereafter, officers called for medical assistance in response to White appearing to be in respiratory distress,” a spokesperson for the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office said to NBC Philadelphia. “During the incident White was handcuffed and restrained.”
White was taken to a hospital in an emergency vehicle accompanied by police. Officials say that White became unresponsive and CPR was performed on him by medical personnel. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. However, what is in dispute is what happened between the moment police arrived on the scene and his death.
“They punched him, stomped him, kicked him and then they let the dog out of the car,” said Ricardo Garcia. “The dog bit him on his face and around his body. There’s no call for that. Once a man is handcuffed and unconscious, you should have stuck him in the patrol car and take him to the police station. Instead they decided to beat him right here.”
Another witness seems to back up Garcia’s account. Luis Martinez said White did nothing wrong and that police were using excessive force.
“The other cop let the dog out and they just kept punching him and the dog kept biting him at the same time,” Martinez said. “He was on the floor. Like, he was knocked out.”
However, law enforcement is disputing their claims. A source told NBC Philadelphia that White had a violent struggle with police and that he remained combative and conscious while being arrested.
“Sadly, this call for service resulted in an ‘in–custody, non-shooting death’ which is being investigated by the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s office,” said Vineland Police Chief Timothy Codispoti.
Chief Codispoti sent his condolences to the family: “Our sincere thoughts and prayers are with the family of the deceased and with the Officers involved,” he said.” I ask that everyone allow time for our justice system to now investigate this matter to its truthful conclusion. The Vineland Police Department is cooperating with the prosecutor’s office and I urge anyone with information regarding this incident to contact the prosecutor’s office with your information. At this time updates regarding the progress of this investigation are being released through the prosecutor’s office.”
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philly.com/philly/news/local/20150403_Anger_over_Vineland_man_s_death_in_custody__police_defend_actions.htmlAnger over Vineland man's death in custody
The use of a police dog and other force against a Vineland, N.J., man who died in police custody Tuesday has stirred outrage from an activist and family members, while a lawyer representing the officers involved says their actions helped avoid a shooting.
Phillip White, 32, was handcuffed and became unresponsive in an ambulance after Vineland police responded to a report of a disorderly person around 11 a.m. in the 100 block of Grape Street. Police reported that White was having "respiratory distress" when they called for medical assistance.
Stuart Alterman, an attorney hired by the police union to represent the officers, said Thursday that White was banging on a police cruiser and going "berserk."
Alterman said that White tried with both hands to pull one of the officers' weapons from a holster, and that he attempted to disable a safety mechanism that would prevent the gun from coming out.
A canine officer who responded to the scene released a dog on White, which caused him to let go of the officer's weapon, Alterman said.
"The deployment of the canine alleviated the necessity to employ lethal force," Alterman said. He added that "the Vineland police officers involved acted in a most professional and restrained fashion when dealing with an individual really going berserk, and attempting to pull one of the officer's guns away."
The officers have not been identified.
Walter Hudson, chairman of the Salem County-based civil rights group National Awareness Alliance, said he spoke to witnesses who alleged that police were punching and beating White in addition to using a canine.
"They never saw at any point Phillip reach for a gun," Hudson said. "It was more of the officers being the aggressor."
Alterman called the allegations that police beat White "absurd."
"Nobody was beating Mr. White," Alterman said. "The officers were using a level of force reasonable and necessary to protect themselves and others."
He declined to elaborate on that level of force.
Hudson, who said he spoke to White's family the day of the incident, said White's mother, father, and younger brother were distraught.
"The emotions are real high right now, which is understandable," he said.
Hudson said the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office, which is investigating White's death and the officers' actions, has provided White's family with "no answers."
Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said Thursday that "the matter is under investigation" and that the results of an autopsy were pending. She declined to comment further.
White's incident is the second fatality in three months involving police in Cumberland County.
In December in Bridgeton, 13 miles west of Vineland, Jerame Reid, 36, was shot and killed by police during a traffic stop. Bridgeton police said Reid, a passenger in the stopped car, was reaching for a gun.
Hudson organized several protests after the Dec. 30 incident. He said that Reid's hands were up and that Reid was unarmed when police shot him.
The investigation by the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office into Reid's death remains ongoing. -
Their words vs the cops words we know who'll get the benefit of the doubt.
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290 people in the first three months smh.
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northside7 wrote: »290 people in the first three months smh.
I said it before it's become a sport to them... -
northside7 wrote: »290 people in the first three months smh.
That statistic is insane..... -
GOAT country
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northside7 wrote: »290 people in the first three months smh.
How many cops have been killed? At the rate they ? people you would think they be getting hunted down and sniped from buildings. -
To be a black person gotdamn smh.
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Watch them try to coerce the witnesses. ? these pigs.
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northside7 wrote: »290 people in the first three months smh.
dude im literally staring at my monitor trying to process this ? .. 290 PEOPLE THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR... but these ? white people swear we don't have a policing issue.. insane -
Filthy pigs.
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They killed 1100 people last year.
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stringer bell wrote: »
Is this in general or exclusive to Black people? Either way, that number is insane. -
They killed 1100 people last year.
Crazy stuff. Would still be insane even if all of them were guilty and the cops were 'justified' in killin' them, let alone when you factor in that a lotta these guys were slain for no reason -
carbonated.tv/news/vineland-cops-allow-k9-to-maul-new-jersey-man-to-death-videoGraphic new footage has emerged showing the shocking encounter between Vineland police officers and New Jersey man Phillip White as he was mauled by a K-9.
In the video, one of the cops also tries to confiscate cell phones from people who were capturing the violent arrest on camera.
White died in custody on March 31 after cops were dispatched to the 100 block of Grape Street responding to reports of a disorderly person.
While witnesses claimed White, who was reportedly unarmed at the time, “didn’t do anything wrong,” and was beaten even after he fell unconscious, police insist that he remained “combative” and was so aggressive that one cop suffered a “serious shoulder injury.”
White was arrested by police and then taken to the hospital in “respiratory distress,” according to the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office. However, he became unresponsive on the way and was later pronounced dead at Inspira Medical Center.
The family of the 32-year-old man is concerned about the circumstances surrounding his death and has called for an investigation into the incident.
“The public and Mr. White's family deserve answers as to how Phillip was killed and why there is a lack of oversight of local police," said Conrad J. Benedetto, the attorney representing the family, in a press release, adding White’s death is “the second police-involved force incident in Cumberland County within 91 days.”
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stringer bell wrote: »northside7 wrote: »290 people in the first three months smh.
I said it before it's become a sport to them...
Were in competition with Brazil -
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It's pretty crazy to see how far it has to go for the force used by law enforcement to be universally viewed as excessive.
Generally, there seems to be an out for 'em, no matter how ugly their actions look. -
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I always wonder do the cops not know people have cellphone cameras? now it seems like every week i see a new video of a black man being abused by police.
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stringer bell wrote: »
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but but was his girl light skin or dark skin????