Alabama policeman charged with assault after Indian man thrown to ground, injured

[NoGOPZone]

Source: Reuters via Yahoo

An Alabama policeman has been charged with assault after a man recently arrived from India said he was left partially paralyzed when an officer threw him to the ground during a morning walk, authorities said on Thursday.

Sureshbhai Patel, 57, sued the city and two officers in a civil rights complaint filed on Thursday, alleging race factored into his treatment, his attorney said. The FBI said it was also investigating.

Police officials in Madison, Alabama, apologized to Patel and his family at a news conference on Thursday afternoon. They said one of the officers involved in the incident last Friday had been arrested on an assault charge, and officials had recommended he be fired.

Patel, who speaks no English, moved from India to northern Alabama about two weeks ago to help his son's family care for a 17-month-old child, said his lawyer, Henry Sherrod.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/fbi-probes-alabama-police-force-against-grandfather-india-211301769.html

[al_liberal]

1. I live here!

And while this is Alabama this story has offended me from the start. Now I'm pissed that the PD allowed that initial story of "dark skinned guy looking in house and garage windows" to be disseminated.

The fucking guy was walking on the sidewalk! And Madison, AL is a progressive city by any mid 18th century standard.

I'm disgusted beyond belief and I hope the city is sued to the point of bankruptcy.

[salin]

4. thanks for sharing how the story was originally, locally portrayed.

Hard to explain the giant gulf between "looking in houses and garage windows" vs. walking on the sidewalk. Completely different story. Completely different imagery per reading the story - thus significant.

[leftynyc]

6. They tried to pull the same crap

that slug Zimmerman got away with. Make the brown person so freeking scary, the poor cop just HAD to take him down. Unfortunately it's not the cops that would pay up in a civil suit, it's the taxpayers.

[Comrade Grumpy]

2. Maybe, finally, things are starting to turn a bit. The cops are starting to get charged...sometimes.

This one and that killer NYPD rookie a day or two ago.

[brooklynite]

3. The Madison Police Chief has recommended that he be fired.

[Glimmer of Hope]

5. So sad and disgusted by this. That poor man.

[kwassa]

7. This would never have happened if it wasn't captured on video.

The police said in an earlier statement that Patel put his hands in his pockets and tried to pull away as officers patted him down.

Police on Thursday released video of the incident, recorded from inside a patrol vehicle. It showed Patel standing with his hands behind his back with two uniformed officers in a residential neighborhood.

Two videos, one from each of two patrol cars. The second one has the conversation on it.

[Jesus Malverde]

8. These Police are savages.

Welcome to America.