Beneath the Spin*Eric L. Wattree
EXCELLENCE IS THE KEY TO BLACK EQUALITY
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A FORMAL COMPLAINT TO CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL XAVIER BECERRA
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POLICE BRUTALITY
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This cell phone video shows a police officer, Brian Fowell, in Rancho Cordova, California, slamming a 14-year-old child, Elijah Tufono's, face and body into the pavement, and then punching him in the head repeatedly, after accusing him of being in possession of a cigar. The child has a heart condition, has never been in any trouble, and was later released without being charged with a crime.
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This is a perfect example of how America is being converted into Trumpworld. The Rancho Cordova police department is already trying to downplay and justify this cop’s actions, so we need to stay on top of this situation. This fascist cop needs to be immediately fired and charged with a felony. We have enough problems in the community without being forced to pay the salaries of goons who think they have free rein to brutalize Black children on a whim.
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Far too many of these cops are taking
Trump’s illegal, un-American, and fascistic advice to heart when he told the cops
of this land to rough people up during arrests. Trump has never been
known for being a deep thinker, and in this case what he’s failing to consider is, simply being arrested doesn’t mean that the person is guilty of a crime.
Trump is living by Russian standards, not America’s - or at least, what we profess to be American standards of justice - but he doesn't seem to know the difference, so it's up to the people to educate him, and his dimwitted followers, what it means to live under a Constitution.
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TRUMP
TELLS COPS THEY SHOULD ROUGH PEOPLE UP MORE DURING ARRESTS
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“Please, don’t be too nice,” he said, to laughter from the crowd.
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“Please, don’t be too nice,” he said, to laughter from the crowd.
It is clear that the police department has already gone
into full damage control. Sgt. Tess Deterding, spokesperson for the Sheriff’s
Office, stated the following:
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The officer was on patrol in the area of Mills Station
Road and Mather Field Road because of complaints of hand-to-hand sales of
alcohol, tobacco, and drugs to minors. “The deputy saw what ‘he believed to be
a hand-to-hand exchange’ between an adult and juvenile. As the deputy turned
around, he lost sight of the adult, who left the area. When the deputy
approached the juvenile, the juvenile was uncooperative and refused to give the
deputy basic identifying information”. Thereafter, the officer tried to detain
Tufono and he was “physically resistive”,
and that led to the beating.
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In plain English, the spokesperson is saying the officer was patrolling the area due to unspecified public complaints. When the deputy saw what he ‘assumed’ was an exchange between an adult and a juvenile he turned around, but he didn’t keep track of the adult - who should have been the prime suspect. So he approached the child. The child refused to give him any identifying information, which any inexperienced child might do – kids tend not to carry ID. In response the officer tried to arrest him, but the child was “physically resistive” (resistive, how?), and that led to the a full-grown man's brutal abuse of a child one-third his size over the unchildlike possession of a cigar. The child was never charged with a crime.
In plain English, the spokesperson is saying the officer was patrolling the area due to unspecified public complaints. When the deputy saw what he ‘assumed’ was an exchange between an adult and a juvenile he turned around, but he didn’t keep track of the adult - who should have been the prime suspect. So he approached the child. The child refused to give him any identifying information, which any inexperienced child might do – kids tend not to carry ID. In response the officer tried to arrest him, but the child was “physically resistive” (resistive, how?), and that led to the a full-grown man's brutal abuse of a child one-third his size over the unchildlike possession of a cigar. The child was never charged with a crime.
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This cop not only followed Trumps advice, but he looked like he was getting far too much pleasure out of abusing this child. So we know without a doubt that if he's allowed to get away with this atrocity with impunity, it's not likely to be the last time he'll indulge in this kind of behavior. In fact, he might even find a way to justify killing a Black person in the future - and God forbid that he should run across a Black child with an open container! So, enough is enough. We must make this moment of personal joy for this officer be a moment that will define the rest of his life.
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The community must stay on top of this, and all such matters, and we must remain focused on this particular incident until this rogue cop is out of a job and behind bars. It's important for the community to make an example of this brute. We've got to make this bully a poster child for every rogue cop in the country who might even consider committing a crime of brutality against one of our children. We must make it abundantly clear that wearing a badge doesn't make a person a judge, jury, and executioner, and it's important that we drive that point home with perfect clarity. That's the one, and only way, we can protect our children, and keep them safe from abusive predators with a badge.
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So we've got to make it abundantly clear to these people that their badge doesn't represent a hunting license, and that going into law enforcement is not an avenue designed to vent their bigotry with impunity.
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So we've got to make it abundantly clear to these people that their badge doesn't represent a hunting license, and that going into law enforcement is not an avenue designed to vent their bigotry with impunity.
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RANCHO CORDOVA POLICE DEPARTMENT
(916) 362-5115
ERIC L. WATTREE
Http://wattree.blogspot.comEwattree@Gmail.com
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