Jersey City Man Shot in the Face and Blinded by Police Faces 30 Years in Prison
On January 10, 2010, 18-year-old Kwadir Felton was shot in the face and permanently blinded by Jersey City, N.J., Police Sergeant Thomas McVicar. Yet it is Felton who faces decades in prison.
McVicar insists he was forced to open fire because Felton tried to rob him at gunpoint. Felton, now 22, vehemently denies having been armed.
At his trial in November, Felton testified that he had just left a baby shower and was on his way to his girlfriend's house when he heard someone say, "Yo, you little black mother fucker, you better get the fuck down before I blow your fucking brains out."
"There's no reason to have a weapon on me," Felton told the courtroom. "That's not me. I was raised better than that."
There is evidence to suggest Felton is telling the truth. PQ His fingerprints and DNA were nowhere to be found on the weapon in question, the police version of events is full of holes and discrepancies at every turn, and witnesses have been harassed into silence by authorities.
More: Truthout - Well worth the read. Pigs Gone Wild.
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Sick of hearing about this shit, by the way. I think it's time for the Justice Department to start doing some digging & start putting crooked cops on trial. Ridiculous that this is still a problem in 2014. 
