10 San Bernardino deputies placed on leave after beating caught on video

[Ptah]

Source: Los Angeles Times

Ten San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies were placed on paid administrative leave
Friday after TV news video showed them beating and kicking a suspect.

Sheriff John McMahon announced the move to place the deputies -- including a sergeant
and a detective -- on leave during a news conference Friday afternoon.

“I am disturbed and troubled by what I see," he said. "It does not appear to be in line
with our policies and procedures.”

He asked the public to have patience as the use-of-force case is being investigated.
Since the video was released, the sheriff’s department has received numerous
threatening phone calls, emails and posts on social media, he said.



Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-san-bernardino-deputies-kick-man-pursuit-20150409-story.html

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Good start

[samsingh]

1. trouble is that it might be in line with unofficial 'policies and processes'

why else is it paid leave.

[TexasProgresive]

12. SOP it's always paid leave while the investigation is done.

Something in line with "innocent until proven guilty." Let the process happen and then we will see.

[samsingh]

16. ok - too bad cops don't seem to understand that principle

[A Simple Game]

20. Ah, I see. So if the cops came upon me kicking and punching a prone person they would just

send me home and let the process happen? I think I would be in jail hoping someone could make my bail, then a trial.

No what needs to start happening is treating the cops like we would be treated, jail and trial. That "process" is good enough for us, it should be good enough for them. Let the cops set the example for why we should have faith in the system.

Edit to add: And mandatory drug testing for the cops after any questionable incident.

[Cheese Sandwich]

22. Yep this is it.

Cops who break the law should be held to the same standard as everyone else.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

27. +1. nt

[roguevalley]

18. HOW!? HOW DO YOU DO THIS?! i AM AT A LOSE FOR WORDS AT THE DEVOLUTION OF

PEOPLE!

[MicaelS]

32. Do they belong to a Union?

If so that might have a lot to do with it.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

2. FUUUUUUUUUUCK

[Shrike47]

3. Paid vacation. How brutal.

[blkmusclmachine]

29. That's about the extent of it. No reprecussions, whatsoever.

[marym625]

4. so sick of a paid vacation for these monsters

[winstars]

5. Usual Right Wing Meme: OFFICERS HAVE RECEIVED DEATH THREATS, how predictable....

I am sure no more than normal..

[winstars]

6. Lest we not forget, the full six minute video below:

third video I believe:

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Man-on-Stolen-Horse-Stunned-by-Sheriffs-Deputies-in-IE-299250951.html

[movonne]

7. sure give them a paid vacation...this is a sick, sick country....

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. Victim's mugshot:

from Twitter photo
https://twitter.com/TonyNBCLA/status/586624684571004928

[winstars]

13. Probably taken yesterday, before the bruises got really colorful!!!

I am sure during the trial, civil or criminal or both we will see lots of photos of his beaten body.

[Larry Engels]

21. This is how he looked before:

Kinda got his face rearranged.

[obxhead]

9. Paid indefinite vacation.

The poor officers are just heartbroken I bet.

[blkmusclmachine]

30. Laughing all the way to the beach.

[Scurrilous]

10. A nice paid vacation so they can rest their kicking leg.

[RoccoR5955]

11. Bastards get a paid vacation for screwing up!

Unbelievable!
This has GOT to change!

[DeSwiss]

14. "It does not appear to be in line with our policies and procedures.”

- Geeze, I wonder what's got him stumped? Why he's not sure? I mean, I can't think of a single scenario in which this behavior could somehow be considered justified by its ''appearance.''

Not unless your ''policies and procedures'' were written by Joseph Goebbels.



''If we don't fight now, I guess we'll have to be kicked.....''

[Faryn Balyncd]

15. They need to be prosecuted & the entire department investigated to see how

the departmental culture allowed officers to think they could get away with this.

[Duppers]

17. +100

The victim needs a good atty to sue the pants off these cops personally.

[jeff47]

23. Can't sue the cops personally.

They have what's called qualified immunity. As long as they were acting in their official capacity, you can't sue the government employee. Instead, you can only sue the supervising government. (State police -> sue the state, sheriff deputy -> sue the county, etc.)

The theory behind this is the supervising government is fundamentally responsible for ensuring its agents behave according to the law. And you don't want Citibank suing individual IRS agents as an intimidation tactic.

The "real" penalty for the individual officers is supposed to be criminal prosecution. That, obviously, does not happen as often as it should.

[tishaLA]

28. The SB County Commissioners already had a meeting with his attorneys today

It looks like they are taking this seriously,.

The problem, though, is that the LA County Sheriff's department has had a series of scandals both on the streets and in overseeing prisons that have failed to effect change in any significant way IMO. San Bernardino might do a better job--it's far less populated and the financial ramifications of a suit might mean more to them than the millions LA County paid out to means to them--but I'm not very hopeful.

[Kingofalldems]

19. They should have been arrested.

What more do you need after the video? Even the talkative dispatcher went silent during the beating.

[valerief]

24. PAID leave. That's the tipoff. They're getting off scott free.

Even if Pusok is an asshole, they're worse assholes.

[Kablooie]

25. Yay! They get rewarded with a paid vacation! Going rogue can really pay off handsomely!

[asharpwone]

26. So do any of us think these guys who kicked a suspect in the head should

have licenses to own guns or knives or other weapons for the rest of their lives?

Please respond with your own opinoin on this.

Do people who kick suspects in the head deserve to ever own or use guns again?

I'm just wondering what people think.

[blkmusclmachine]

31. http://dustinstockton.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/polsta2.jpg