Got em! 4 cops fired after Philly beating
I posted the vid of this a few weeks back but it looks like justice was somewhat served.
Four Philly cops fired for beating incident
Some are angry that 10 cops got off
Two weeks after at least 18 Philadelphia Police officers were videotaped beating and
stomping three Black men during a traffic stop, Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey fired four of the policemen and disciplined four others. Mayor Michael Nutter and Ramsey, both African Americans, have said they are troubled by what they saw in the videotape, which was recorded by television news helicopters. Police contend that the three beating victims were involved in a drive-by shooting that occurred in North Philadelphia earlier that day. An attorney for one of the three defendants, however, says he believes the officers initially thought that his client was the triggerman who killed a veteran Philadelphia Police officer. The attorney argues that once the officers realized that his client was not the cop killer, who was later captured, they changed their story – tying them to the drive-by – to justify the beating. Nutter said that the penalties handed down by the city “represents our effort to ensure that officers – and more importantly citizens – understand the engagement they should expect out on the street,” Philly.com reports. So what about the other 10 officers caught on video? Ramsey said the tape actually proved that they acted within Police Department guidelines. That wasn’t the answer that many Philadelphians were seeking. On Monday, a couple dozen protestors gathered outside of the Police Administration Building to express their displeasure. “We want them all fired,” said Sultan Ashley-Shah, the Philadelphia head of the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, according to Philly.com. But Sharpton wasn’t so critical. “For you to take this action before the legal process is unprecedented,” Sharpton said. “For you to take this action now, shows some real muscle and seriousness about addressing police brutality. For you to step up like this, the police union is not going to be happy. This is a new era in accountability.” The officers could still face criminal prosecution.
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Two weeks after at least 18 Philadelphia Police officers were videotaped beating and
stomping three Black men during a traffic stop, Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey fired four of the policemen and disciplined four others. Mayor Michael Nutter and Ramsey, both African Americans, have said they are troubled by what they saw in the videotape, which was recorded by television news helicopters. Police contend that the three beating victims were involved in a drive-by shooting that occurred in North Philadelphia earlier that day. An attorney for one of the three defendants, however, says he believes the officers initially thought that his client was the triggerman who killed a veteran Philadelphia Police officer. The attorney argues that once the officers realized that his client was not the cop killer, who was later captured, they changed their story – tying them to the drive-by – to justify the beating. Nutter said that the penalties handed down by the city “represents our effort to ensure that officers – and more importantly citizens – understand the engagement they should expect out on the street,” Philly.com reports. So what about the other 10 officers caught on video? Ramsey said the tape actually proved that they acted within Police Department guidelines. That wasn’t the answer that many Philadelphians were seeking. On Monday, a couple dozen protestors gathered outside of the Police Administration Building to express their displeasure. “We want them all fired,” said Sultan Ashley-Shah, the Philadelphia head of the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, according to Philly.com. But Sharpton wasn’t so critical. “For you to take this action before the legal process is unprecedented,” Sharpton said. “For you to take this action now, shows some real muscle and seriousness about addressing police brutality. For you to step up like this, the police union is not going to be happy. This is a new era in accountability.” The officers could still face criminal prosecution.bet.com
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