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Philadelphia Police Beating Victims Sue; Evers-Williams Gets Freedom Award
August 7th, 2009Philadelphia Police Beating Victims Sue
The three misidentified Black men who were snatched from their car, beaten a kicked by several Philadelphia Police officers are suing the city police department. Dawayne Dyches, Pete Hopkins and Brian Hall were all found innocent of charges related to the May 5, 2008 shooting that police they committed. On Thursday, a mostly Black grand jury found that the swarm of officers, who were caught by a TV news camera pummeling the three men, did not use inappropriate force. Thus, they will not be compelled to stand trial for what many observers contend was an apparent abuse of power. Immediately after the videotape was released showing the melee, Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey fired four officers, saying, he had been around a long time and knew police abuse when he saw it. Robert Gamburg, who represented Dyches in the criminal case, expressed shock at the grand jury’s decision. “If it was so lawful, why were people fired and the video showed police literally running from the scene, getting in their cars and literally back away and speeding off?” But John McNesby, president of the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police, said he was not at all surprised by the decision. “We expected this result from the beginning. We said all along these officers did their job and that this was knee jerk reaction from the city, a fire-aim-ready approach.” The grand jury concluded in its report, which followed a 14-month investigation, that forced used by “the police was helpful rather than hurtful; the kicks and blows, in other words, were aimed not to inflict injury but to facilitate quick and safe arrests.”
Evers-Williams Gets Freedom Award
The National Civil Rights Museum has named former NAACP Chairwoman Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers, winner of the National Freedom Award, The Memphis Commercial Appeal has reported. She is one of three other winners of the 18th annual awards, which will be announced later. Medgar Evers had been the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP for about nine years when he was gunned down in 1963. The sniper, Byron De La Beckwith was convicted of the slaying in 1994 – mainly through the dogged persistence of Evers-Williams, who served as chairwoman of the NAACP from 1995 to 1998.
Fact is that Blacks commit a disproportionate amount of crime. If you are biased enough to deny this, then look up the races of prisoners in the US. Then ask yourself this question: ‘What locations/cities do the most crime occur in? And what group commits most of the crimes in the said place?’
These cops, some of which ARE actually racist, have to deal with so many crimes in the Black neighborhood. If Blacks (in general) didn’t do so much wrong, guess what? There wouldn’t be any police brutality, or profiling!! Do Asians get profiled? Are they on the receiving end of police beatings? NO. While i believe the cops acted unprofessionally in this particular case, please take ownership of wrongs the Black community have committed. BET only shows incidences (very small number) of the police beating/injuring/killing Blacks, but if they wrote of every crime that a member of the Black community committed, they would be writing forever. In 2009, there are MANY more wrongs that are committed by Blacks, than vice versa.
Its funny how the article states….”On Thursday, a mostly Black grand jury found that the swarm of officers, who were caught by a TV news camera pummeling the three men, did not use inappropriate force.”
UMlaw writes about how blacks commit a disproportionate amount of crimes. Now…how racist is that? Mr. Law says look at the race of prisoners, but have u every thought about how many “blacks” were framed, beaten into a confesstion. No one is saying that crimes by blacks are not commited, but every black person doesn’t commit crimes. U sound so stupid by saying if blacks didn’t do so much wrong they wouldn’t be profiled, that’s a lie. Blacks have been profiled since forever, starting with slavery…read your history books. oh…i forgot your history books don’t tell the real story about black history. Mr. Law i hope u fail your bar exam..because it would be a disgrace to have u defending someone of color or working against them, because your comment shows you have already profiled black people and they would not have a fair chance innocent or guilty!!!! Black is Beautiful…
@UMLAW ..MOST ASIANS ARE SUBSERVIENT TO ANY THING IN A UNFORM AND ESPECIALY TOWARD THE WHITE RACE, THIS IS HOW THEY HAVE BEEN BRAIN WASH SINCE BIRTH. YOU CAN TAKE YOUR EXAMPLES FORM NORHT KOREA , JAPAN AND CHINA. THE COMPANY, THA GOVERNMENT AND THE FLAG COMES BEFORE FAMILY. KEEP TALKING SUB.
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@Squid Hunter aka Orangutan: if you’re gonna make a blanket statement that Asians are subservient, then I guess i can make one about Blacks that they’re lazy, dumb, and violent….yes? And if being subservient means making good money, and staying out of crime, then MAN, I’M HAPPY. ARE YOU LIVING THE GOOD LIFE? LOOK IN THE MIRROR, AND ASK YOURSELF THIS. I AM LIVING IT, DUMMY.
@skilled2: how is stating the facts about Blacks and crime being racist? You need to think twice about throwing the term ‘racist’ out there…it is used too nonchalantly by members of the Black community. You’re bringing up slavery…really? How does that hide the fact that approx. 40% of the prison population are made up of Black men? How many of them would had to have been “framed” (as you put it) to even out that ratio? Doesn’t make sense now, does it? Why can’t you explain to me why Asians are never on the receiving end of police brutality? One reason may be that they commit a significantly less amount of crime than Blacks and Latinos….does this make sense? Oh, and i passed the bar. Did you know that there are several types of attorneys? MANY LAWYERS ARE ACTUALLY NOT TRIAL ATTORNEYS…WOW, BLOWS YOUR MIND DOESN’T IT?
@UMLAW..I MAY HAVE TO CHANGE MY WORDS JUST IN CASE B.E.T. AND YOU WON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT IAM SAYING. YOU PEOPLE NEE YU SMAR GUY!! YOU NO TAR ABOUT YU OWN PEOPLE PROBLES!! YU WORK FO FEE FO DEM. TO SOLVE ASIAN PROBLEM SO NO MAR SNEAKY SNEAKY INTO USA.
@UMLAW… You sound BEYOND racist, for one thing I would like to say ” I’m Black, and I’m Proud”, For two it’s so unfair for you to stereo type, the crime going on in the world, by race, now you may have TRIED to get a point across, by saying that if Blacks didn’t do so much wrong they wouldn’t get profiled, But I don’t get your point, because there isn’t one there to be made! As quiet as kept if we gone take it there, “Me being “UN-RACIST” what race commits the most rapes, child pronography, kidnapping, triple murders/Suicide crimes? Blacks? I don’t think so, You have your nerve, but one thing we all know for sure, your definately being taken care of, because GOD looks after all his “FOOLS”. I can’t believe you have the audacity to get on this site, and express your feelings in such a “RACIST” way, but to all my people that comment TO UMLAW’S STEREO TYPED comment about our ethnic background, let him know ” WERE BLACK AND WERE PROUD!” and for you UMLAW I hope god bless you with some Got-D@*N-Sense!
@UMLAW….., the prison is made up of too many black men to you, but can you count the number of them that they have let got, for crimes they’ve been locked up for decades for but later found they havn’t commited? No because your dumb, and Racist like we say! And the reason for those imprisonments are partly because of ” UNJUSTIFIABLE, CROOKED COPS, AND RACISTS” as yourself, sit and think about that for a minute, and then tell me how you like them apples, I’m only a 22 year old “Black Woman” and I seem to have more sense then you! You talk about the crime my race commit but I’m in college, working, no kids, never been to jail in my life, You wanna talk about other people in my race thats doin that or better? I don’t think so you just wanna point out the bad! Get-A-F@#%!N-Life dude.
Sorry guy’s few of these comments on here make me angry, and just makes me have ALOT
Sorry guy’s reading a few of these comments make me angry! and I have alot to say about em’- @ FROST, about the majority of the jury being black, i’m so glad that it was that way i put the smile on a smiley face, and again stereo typing like UMLAW up there, what about the number of times a black man has been convicted by a mostly white/caucasion jury? nobody talks about that, because we could care less, but you guys however are so racist that you can’t hide it, and that’s rediculous, you both need to grow up! and move on.
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I’ve been following the National Police Misconduct Research Project’s (InjusticeEverywhere.com) bad cop news stories at
http://www.twitter.com/injusticenews
for a couple of weeks now and let me tell you it is disturbing how many criminals there are with a badge and the power of the state behind them.
Please get the word out about this site if you can…
This site and police abuse news feed was started by a victim of police brutality and misconduct.
—http://injusticeinseattle.blogspot.com/2007/11/my-story.html—
It is disturbing, but there is no one else really tracking just how prevalent police abuse and crime against the public really is. The stories we hear about in the major media are just the tip of the iceberg! Also, if anyone can donate $5 to help keep this site going that would be great. You can read the full story on this at InjusticeEverywhere.com. If there’s going to be any changes in police accountability it’s going to take a concentrated effort to educate the general public about just how out of control cops have become.
Sorry here’s that link.
http://injusticeinseattle.blogspot.com/2007/11/my-story.html
The police should just lot you people genocide your selfs off! That wouldn’t be racisted.
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To my people: Please ignore the negative comments of UMLaw. Just like the devil, this individual is trying to caused trouble and angry among us just to make themselves feel good.
These type of PEOPLE are tunnel vision, racist mind people who think they know all about us, but in reality they don’t know S —.
UMlaw may be riding high on his/her ASS right now, but as the saying goes, WHAT COMES UP, MUST SOMEDAY COME DOWN, and because of this person racist, ego, shallow attitude, this person someday in their life is going to come down, falling FLAT ON THEIR FACE.
A BLACK PERSON IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME AND PULL THIS PERSON BACK UP FROM THE GROUND.