Video shows white officer kicking black man in face

[Jesus Malverde]

A police dashcam video released Thursday shows a black suspect being kicked in the face by a white police officer who was charged this week with assault.

The video, recorded in August 2013, was released by Dover police after a federal judge ruled last week that it was no longer considered confidential. The judge's ruling came in a lawsuit filed on behalf of the suspect by the American Civil Liberties Union.

Recorded by another officer's dashboard camera, the video shows Dover Cpl. Thomas Webster IV kicking Lateef Dickerson after Dickerson gets down on his hands and knees in response to commands to get on the ground.

Dickerson, 30, was knocked unconscious and suffered a broken jaw, police said in a news release Monday after Webster was charged.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Dover-police-officer-charged-with-assault-video-6249479.php

Video at the link.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

1. Wish I could say it's unbelievable. Sadly, it's not. This has to stop! Now!

[longship]

2. When in the fuck is this shit going to end?

Getting sick of this shit.

And I hope every single incidence of this shit is filmed and that film reaches the public.

I fear that is the only way this shit is going to end.

But all these bad cops have got to go to jail, with no fucking doughnut! That means prison terms in general population where they can receive their fellow prisoners' respect for their former office.

That would be justice in a just world.

[Comrade Grumpy]

3. At least this one is being charged. Seems like we're seeing a bit more of that.

I think the cops are starting to run a little scared, or at least the smart ones are.

And I think that's a good thing.

[Midnight Writer]

4. Isn't it time for a documentary film compiling all these videos in one place?

I apologize if one is already out there. It just seems to me that it would be a very powerful undeniable statement to see all of these incidents one after another (maybe without commentary). As is, a person may catch one now and then on the news, but it is the number of these incidents, if reported one after another, a video list of atrocities, that could sway even a skeptical viewer that there is a real problem that needs to be dealt with.