The American Court System is so naive and
gullible that they don't understand that
assault and battery charges filed by the
police are a cover-up for police brutality.
The emailed story below is an example. Witness the brutal video at http://www.seenoevilsam.com/kneedrop.htm At the intersection of Front and 9th, several police cars showed up, with their sirens blazing. A swarm of officers jumped out of their cars, all decked out in riot gear. They got in formation and began marching toward us. They followed many of us around the intersection. At the south-west corner of that intersection, the soldiers told us to disperse. We began to disperse, crossing over Front street to the north-west corner of the intersection and then walking north along that sidewalk. I suddenly heard some officers shouting behind me. I turned around and saw three soldiers sprint towards a demonstrator on a bicycle and tackle him into the bushes at full speed. Because this demonstrator was not doing anything unusual, simply riding slowly along with the rest of us, we were all very shocked. We immediately began protesting this brutal behavior and pleading with the officers not to hurt him. The riot police began pushing us back from the scene, shouting "Back away, back away!" and using their nightsticks to intimidate us. They would not answer our questions: "Why are you attacking him?" "What did he do?" Then, a woman next to me slowly started making her way towards the activist. She rubbed up against one of these riot cops, and then two of them immediately tackled her into the bushes. I instantly reacted by putting my arm out and shouting "No, what are doing?! Leave her alone!"When my arm touched the officer, three of them tackled me into the bushes. After they had pulled me out, one of them sent two crushing blows to my head -- one to the left side of my face, and the other behind my left ear. They then threw me to the ground. One officer dropped his knee, heavily, on to the region of my upper neck and lower head. This was very painful. And the right side of my face was hurting very badly as the weight of his body continued grinding it into the concrete. I loudly pleaded for him to stop, but he kept this intense pressure and pain going. It seemed as though this lasted a full two minutes. After he had got off of my head, I was kept on the ground for a few more minutes and then taken away. At no time during this brutal overreaction did any of the officers tell me that I was under arrest. The only thing they shouted at me was "Shut up, shut up!" after they had tackled me into the bushes and were trying to pull me out. I did struggle with them while I was in the bushes, but only slightly. I certainly never punched or kicked any of them. And I would have been completely compliant if they had just told me that I was under arrest and to place my hands behind my back. In other words, I would have obeyed their orders if they had treated me like a human being, and a citizen, rather than some kind of wild animal. But that is exactly how the police treated all of us that day. As though we were crazed animals who had to be tackled, beaten, and shackled -- while they wore their military gear, as though they were in a war. We were not treated with any dignity, or respect. We were not treated as citizens who were exercising their constitutional right to peacefully assemble and express themselves. Also, I was never read my Miranda rights. And I wasn't told what I was charged with until I was booked into the county jail. They did not ask me my name at the scene of the "crime"; not until I had arrived at the jail. They initially told me that I was being charged with "disorderly conduct." And hour later, they changed it to "unlawful assembly". But the paperwork they gave me says "failure to disburse". And three hours after I had been processed (photographed and fingerprinted), the officer who had kneeled on my head showed up at the jail and said that he was adding the charge "assault -- battery upon a police officer." Why three hours later? Had he discussed this with his superiors? Perhaps after realizing that his brutality was captured on video tape by the local media, he had to justify it by adding the assault charge. Thank you. Scott Bonner Boise, Idaho |