Martese Johnson's feet were shackled night of his arrest

[marym625]

Being beaten for no reason, arrested on false charges and cuffed wasn't enough. The ABC cops also shackled this honor student's feet.

This has to end. It has to. It just has to



ABC News Chicago report on Martese Johnson, a Chicagoan, arrest.

UVA STUDENT MARTESE JOHNSON 'SHOCKED' BY VIOLENT ARREST, VOWS TO FIGHT CHARGES

"At no time throughout the encounter did Martese present, as has been reported by some in the media, a fake ID. Nevertheless, Virginia ABC officers who were present on the scene questioned by client about being in possession of fake ID," said Daniel Watkins, Johnson's attorney. 

Here is how police say it happened. Their arrest report cited Johnson as "very agitated and belligerent" and suggesting that he was intoxicated, stating that he would be released on $1,500 bail "when sober."

But he was not legally drunk, blowing only a. 02

http://abc7chicago.com/news/uva-student-shocked-by-violent-arrest-vows-to-fight-charges-/565656/

Another ABC News report

Bar Owner Says Martese Johnson Was 'Cordial, Respectful'

The co-owner of the Charlottesville bar that Martese Johnson tried to enter before his bloody arrest said that the University of Virginia student was "cordial and respectful" and did not appear to be drunk.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/bar-owner-martese-johnson-cordial-night-arrest/story?id=29818409

Maybe, just maybe, this time, the cops don't have a prayer of escaping justice. But we thought that with Eric Garner, John Crawford, the innocent child, Tamir Rice and so many others.

At what point will the federal government step in and end the insanity?

#BlackLivesMatter

[SamKnause]

1. K&R

I agree.

This has to STOP !!!!!!!!

[marym625]

2. We need to keep up the protests

Whether that means actually marching or attending meetings, writing to representatives, etc, we cannot stop until this does.

Thanks for the k&r

[daleanime]

124. Hell yes.....

[marble falls]

3. We need to start seriously pressuring the Justice Department. Police Depts can't/won't weed

out their bad apples.

[marym625]

5. Yes. And we need to have laws that appoint

A special prosecutor, far removed from the police involved, for every case of police brutality. We cannot ever allow a prosecutor that relies on the police department involved to be in charge of filing charges. It's a conflict of interest

[The Wizard]

24. Agreed

Having the fox guard the chicken coup? What could possibly go wrong?

[erronis]

30. Or how about independent observers from the UN or the High Commissioner for Human Rights?

It's pretty obvious that our own "justice" departments, attorneys-general, thugs-in-blue aren't up to taking care of the citizens' rights.

[marym625]

34. The DOJ has been pretty much useless in this

Couldn't agree more

[malaise]

4. Institutional racism exists at every level

but the times are a changing

[marym625]

10. I don't see it

I wish I did. With this happening like it does, when the cops continually have impunity, I just don't see it.

Don't get me wrong, we've made progress since 40 years ago. But we have come to a stand still. In fact, it seems to be going backward.

But we can and must change that

I appreciate and respect your reply.

[tblue]

121. Me neither.

Wish it was so though.

[marym625]

7. gino's makes great pizza

[pinboy3niner]

8. "Delivered in 45 minutes or less"

[marym625]

11. That was closer to 45 seconds!

Good stuff, Gino's pizza delivered by MIRT!

[BlueCaliDem]

78. MIRT is *the BEST*. Saves us all a lot of heartburn. :-) eom

[marym625]

86. They're working this thread!

Makes me happy I hit such a nerve. I hope MIRT is having fun playing the game of cat and mouse.

[cyberswede]

13. ...or in this case, under 3 minutes

I'm surprised anyone would take the time to sign up just to go *poof* almost immediately. Most of the time, only 3-4 people even see the post. Pretty worthless hobby. LOL

[marym625]

16. Me too

They must really be bored. Sad little lives

[niyad]

44. wasn't there a sock or troll last week who registered something like 50 times in less

than a day? MIRT was right on top of that one, as I recall.

living proof that some people have wayyyyyyy too much time on their hands--or are getting paid well.

[cyberswede]

45. same guy!

...same pitiful existence, evidently.

[niyad]

47. or else getting paid well.

[cyberswede]

52. If so, he's grossly overpaid

...at any amount.

Most ineffective trolling ever. The posts are gone almost immediately. Sad, really.

[pinboy3niner]

53. If somebody's paying for that, they are being had

[ladjf]

9. Never. nt

[marym625]

12. excuse me?

Last edited Wed Mar 25, 2015, 11:04 AM - Edit history (1)

Sorry, I didn't realize you were answering the last part of the OP. I guess I am too tired right now.

Again, my apologies. Thank you for the reply

[TeeYiYi]

38. I believe...

...it's an answer to the last question in your OP:

"At what point will the federal government step in and end the insanity?"

TYY

[marym625]

39. Oh thank you!

I was so confused considering the poster. But I was looking at the beginning of the OP and actually forgot I asked that. I was thinking it was to the BLM.

Too tired I guess. Thanks so much!

[Jefferson23]

14. That photo is chilling and heartbreaking. The enforcers allegedly keeping everyone safe..ugh. K&R

[marym625]

15. Yeah, keeping the world safe from young black men

Disgusting.

He looks so young. He is so young. Just makes it that much harder to watch

[JPZenger]

104. If they can treat a highly respected student leader like this...

If they can treat a highly respected and well-educated student leader like this, right across the street from a major university, with cell phone cameras watching over them and plenty of bystanders, you really have to wonder how other innocent people are being treated in less public situations.

Among other merit scholarships he won and leadership posts he held, he is the only African-American to be currently elected to UVa's Honor Board. That Board oversees UVa's 150 year old Honor System.

[marym625]

105. absolutely!

We watched on video as they shot down John Crawford and Tamir Rice in cold blood. Nothing happened to the cops. Absolutely no doubt many others, not caught on tape, are being mistreated

[Enthusiast]

18. Kicked

and recommended a whole bunch!

Just horrible.

[marym625]

20. Thank you

When there are two "name removed" in tthis short of time, I know I did something right.

Thank you

[blackspade]

19. Don't bother reading the comments section....

My mistake.

Racist comments out the ass.

[marym625]

21. I almost never do

Makes me too angry. But thanks for the warning!

[blackspade]

32. I get furious.

The disconnect from reality is almost too much to take.
This is why I think that schools are failing. Not because of math scores, but because basic civics and cultural history are not taught.
They can't be easily quantified on standardized tests.

As a result we all get stuck with a bunch of ignorant tone deaf racists and bigots who in turn elect a bunch of ignorant tone deaf racists and bigots who then systematically destroy whatever fragile progress we have made toward racial and sexual equality over the last 50 years....

[marym625]

63. so true

Yes, we went from number 1 to what, 34th in education? And it shows.

[BlueCaliDem]

79. Well written!

[blackspade]

88. Thanks!

[abelenkpe]

22. In Virginia

Loved living in the state that still romanticizes the confederacy. Hope there's justice. That would be refreshing

[marym625]

23. I am guessing

That first part was sarcasm. Loved living in a state that still romanticizes the confederacy.

I hope the cops are not just let go but are charged, prosecuted and convicted

[appalachiablue]

25. There are many people who live or have lived in VA who don't ever think about the CSA much less

romanticize it. Like me and relatives, black and white. The systemic racism has to end. He looks so young and vulnerable. Authoritarian brutes is what they act like.

[marym625]

26. Thanks for this

I didn't know what to make of the post I replied to. I have to believe that was sarcasm and maybe was talking about law enforcement.

[appalachiablue]

31. Looked like a lame attempt at some passive aggressive criticism. Fail.

[marym625]

36. Yes, I think so

Nope. It was sarcasm. Very glad.

[abelenkpe]

33. Definitely sarcasm

I do hope they are charged and convicted. Really tired of the injustice.

[marym625]

37. Oh good!

Thanks for the clarification!

[Omaha Steve]

27. .

[marym625]

35. I know.

Truly unreal. I am glad he's alive though.

[damnedifIknow]

28. Yeah something is terribly wrong

At least he is alive to talk about it.

[marym625]

29. much like Cook County Sheriff Department

[marym625]

48. How ridiculous

Being beaten bloody, arrested and shackled for no reason is very much against the law.

[Rex]

51. That sad little repeat troll, why do they keep coming back?

IMO, repeat trolls are even sadder than people with no life.

[marym625]

55. got me

Evidently they think they're upsetting someone. Just helps the argument against racism. Bring it.

[Rex]

57. Yeah no doubt their pea sized brain is all aflutter with joy

thinking that once again they have foiled those dastardly DUers and their liberal agenda! It's just so dam pathetic, I pity people with less than a life.

[marym625]

58. I do pity stupid

And this person is stupid

[Rex]

67. They must be, thinking anything they type is going to disrupt or change us.

If only these losers really knew how much we laugh at them, they would probably stop. I guess 3 brain cells doesn't allow room for much thought beyond simpleton trolling.

[Rex]

68. Seriously, is it you just have no life beyond simpleton trolling?

You can drop the act, why do you troll here over and over? Nobody cares.

Seriously, we all just laugh and laugh and laugh at your pathetic attempts at trolling.

[Rex]

72. That makes no sense. Why do you hate black people so much?

Before you go and come back again, why? What did they ever do to you? Did your parents raise you to be this way?

[arcane1]

73. This is how they masturbate.

[Rex]

74. Awww dam! No wonder they are such sad creatures.

That gives new meaning to the phrase, 'you're doing it all wrong'.

[pinboy3niner]

77. One recently registered (VERY briefly) with a username...

...that was the word 'fap' repeated over and over.

[Rex]

80. LMAO! Poor trolls...they keep doing it wrong!! Their Precious must feel neglected.

THIS is what happens if you skip the talk with your kid about the Birds and the Bees!

[arcane1]

81. LOL Exactly! And they keep coming back for more.

[Rex]

49. Enjoy your stay!

Ya'll come back now ya hear?

[bpj62]

40. Public Intoxication

Here is a scary thought. The charge of public intoxication does not have a sobriety test attached to it. The charge is solely at the discretion of the officer and what he or she determines to be public. Same goes for disorderly conduct it is simply up to the officer to determine what they will or will not accept. I am surprised that a BAC was actually preformed. Probably because of the injury he suffered and they wanted to ensure that he was in fact intoxicated which turned out not to be the case. Also being released on bail for such a minor offense is truly odd.

On a different note each year I go to an annual brew festival that is held outside of Leesburg Virginia in June. At the last one there was this motor coach/tour bus that was decked out in the colors of the Commonwealth of Virginia. It turns out that the Alcohol Control Board in Virginia has a rather large budget and so they bought nice toys that they take to events like this and then arrest people if they appear to be intoxicated. Gotta make money somehow since we have cut the tax base.

[marym625]

64. yikes!

Considering the time between him walking away from the bar and his ending up on the ground, the bar owner's statement and the fact he wasn't legally intoxicated, I think the ABC cops will have a tough time with their charges sticking.

But you raise a valid point

[JPZenger]

106. Oh, you mean the Alcohol Agent's $750,000 custom built "Command Bus"

http://media.graytvinc.com/images/ABC+command+bus.JPG

[VA_Jill]

41. There is no reason whatsoever

for the Virginia ABC to even HAVE cops! None. This is the same bunch that terrorized Elizabeth Daly, a WHITE FEMALE student at UVA, last summer. Elizabeth sued the ABC for $40M. They settled out of court for $212K, which will probably pay the rest of her tuition at UVA. I think I see another lawsuit coming their way.... Gov. McAuliffe really needs to disband this outfit. They are nothing but a bunch of little SS wannabes. They treat the JMU students up here in Harrisonburg with the same contempt.

[marym625]

65. Yeah, fake cops are usually worse than the real thing.

And in this day and age, that's saying a great deal

[JPZenger]

108. The Dem. Gov. announced an initial set of reforms to the agency today

More reforms are likely to happen after the State Police complete their investigation of the alcohol agents.

[Rex]

46. He was arrested. Just leaving a comment before

bye bye time?

[marym625]

50. Pretty racist

Bye bye

[Major Nikon]

110. This dipshit would be better off writing his smallminded gibberish on the shithouse wall

[marym625]

113. Would certainly make a bigger impact there

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

54. Just that photo is enough to send shivers down my spine.

geesh

[marym625]

56. It is pretty retched

Very retched.

[jwirr]

59. These actions are disgraceful. They disgrace all the policepersons. They disgrace all of us. This is

not America.

[marym625]

60. If only it weren't

But, alas, this is America and it is a disgrace

[awoke_in_2003]

114. The good cops disgrace themselves...

by not getting rid of the bad ones.

[jwirr]

115. Yes, but in a way they are also victims of the bad cops and the thin blue line system.

[awoke_in_2003]

116. Maybe we need to go back...

to the days of civilian review boards. Didn't some major cities used to have entities like this, that acted as an oversight to police actions?

[jwirr]

120. I don't know but it is a good idea.

[marym625]

62. MIRT - great job!

Must be fun to get them so fast no one even sees the post!

[Rex]

70. It's back!

[marym625]

84. yep

Missed them this time. Nothing interesting I'm sure

[Rex]

87. Never is anything interesting about them.

If you've seen one racist/sexist pig-troll, you've seen them all. Your thread sure does seem to have them riled up.

[marym625]

92. I think it's just one child

Who was suspended from school. Or is faking being sick.

[KamaAina]

69. "The co-owner of the Charlottesville bar"

In an earlier thread on this atrocity, someone pointed out that there are no standalone bars in Charlottesville. The place is also a restaurant; Martese may well have gone there to eat.

edit: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026383206#post68 And it's from VA_Jill, who presumably has firsthand knowledge of the subject.

[marym625]

89. I'm guessing at that time of night

The restaurant was closed and it was strictly operating as a bar. And being St Patrick’s day, they were being extra careful

[JPZenger]

107. Yes, when they get crowded, this business limits to 21 and older

Normally, the businesses that sell alcohol allow persons under 21 to enter but not drink. On St. Patrick's Day night, this business decided to limit entry to persons over 21, so they could sell more alcohol. Martese may not have realized that, until he had a cordial conversation with the co-owner, who was originally from his same hometown of Chicago.

In any case, Martese had showed a valid ID showing he was 20 years old. Then the 3 alcohol agents took him down and bashed his head into the sidewalk.

The alcohol agents had warned the co-owner in advance that they would be watching his business closely because it had the word "Irish" in its name and because they needed to prevent "a riot." Because the ABC agents had warned him that they were going to be watching his business closely, the co-owner decided to personally work the door.

This restaurant is immediately across the street from the large UVa Medical Center and the part of UVa that was designed by Mr. Jefferson, in the middle of a row of pleasant student-oriented businesses.

[uponit7771]

76. More proof police are generally threatened by men of color

[Rex]

83. Even ones that look and are completely harmless.

It must be the skin color, there is no other reason I can think of. That young man looks harmless. Besides, I just read that the place he was going into is a restaurant and a bar. So he might have been going inside to eat.

2015 and a black man cannot enter a restaurant on a college campus, without getting beatdown by racist cops.

Totally unacceptable.

[marym625]

98. damn!

We sure are keeping some little snot busy. It's hilarious!

[Rex]

99. Yeah someone must be skipping school today.

I think you are spot on. Some little snotbox missed the school bus on purpose.

[marym625]

100. exactly

Are you MIRT?

[Rex]

101. No.

Not on MIRT. Looks like a full time job.

[marym625]

102. must be

[marym625]

91. hateful. just hateful actions by the cops.

I think there's some truth to what you say, but believe it's mostly just racist, hateful action committed by stupid cops.

[uponit7771]

93. So true, it's just the cops have either incubated the hateful racist or gave them quarter in their..

... LEO culture.

When that 5% group strike out against citizens of color they're blatant and unrestrained... like they know they're be given cove

[marym625]

95. Well said.

Very well said. Thank you for that

[Sunlei]

94. police use any tiny excuse (expired sticker) to stop people and ramp-up the brutality

Any little excuse to go through your stuff, get into your house or your car, look at your wallet contents. God Forbid you get 'upset' with the oppression. They'll hurt you or kill you if you speak at them.


police should not even be allowed to handcuff or ground people or use shockers on them

[marym625]

97. couldn't agree more

Have you seen the ACLU findings on Chicago cops that came out yesterday? Worse than NYPD. And don't even have a reason

https://www.aclu.org/criminal-law-reform/chicago-leads-new-york-city-use-stop-and-frisk-police-new-study-finds

Chicago leads New York City in use of stop-and-frisk by police, new study finds

[Unknown Beatle]

109. They give cops power and they

don't know how to use it, so they abuse it.

[marym625]

118. I think they are taught how to abuse it

Truly believe that

[99th_Monkey]

111. The requirements for getting convictions for murdering unarmed citizens are too onerous

the bar is too high, so all the DoJ can to is issue "reports" that are damning, but which the
M$M virtually ignore altogether. This is just how it is.

Or so says Eric Holder.

[marym625]

119. and I say Holder is weak.

A coward. When such blatant racism is found as in Ferguson and only 2 cops lose their jobs, that's complete and total bullshit

[MannyGoldstein]

112. He should be THANKING the police!

They could have observed him "reaching for his waistband".

[marym625]

117. I hate even thinking

"He's lucky he's alive. " but in the reality of the militarized police, the impunity when killing mentally ill and the poor, people of color and most often young black men, or just beating them bloody, it's the reality that is our racist, law enforcement society.

Really sucks. Beyond unconscionable. Horrific

[ncjustice80]

122. Its unfortunate the mob didnt rescue him.

3 agents vs 30-40 students? Instead they chose to just stand around and film it.

[marym625]

123. I think what they did was the only choice they had

Without ending up in jail and beaten themselves. Or worse.

It is an interesting thought. No doubt that the crowd could have stopped it. But it would not take long for many more cops to show up and even less time for one of them to pull out their weapon and use it on a few people.

In a case like this, where it is so obvious that the cops are in the wrong, I wonder what would have happened in court. I know what should happen, but I believe that each person defending Johnson would end up doing time.