Beaten & tazed while lying naked in snow, 5 months in jail ...then the dash cam released

[Liberal_in_LA]

Cold Beating Caught On Police Dash Cam

The incident occured back in January between the suspect Darrin T. Ring, seen standing next to his car in the dash cam video, and a Tennessee police officer.

The officer demands that he take his hands out of his pockets. The officer gets impatient and that`s when several officers take him down.

Ring can be heard on tape screaming in pain as officers repeatedly shock him with a taser and spray him with pepper spray.

The officers bark contradictory orders at Ring to roll over, but warn him if he moves, they will shoot him.

Ring complies and the officers shock him with the taser again!

At this point in the dash cam video Ring is now completely naked, lying in the snow and officers have ripped his clothes off.

http://www.39online.com/newsfix/kiah-newsfix-cold-beating-story,0,7599137.story

A man who has spent 5 months for purportedly resisting arrest has had all the charges against him dropped pursuant to his lawyer coming across incriminating evidence of how things actually went down the night of his arrest.

Coming across a video tape, that had been running all the while by a police dashboard camera, the tape shows, Darrin Ring, a 34 year old unarmed man being stripped by 4 police officers, handcuffed, viciously beaten and then tasered whilst he lay screaming and shivering naked in the snow.

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After Chris Davis, the county sheriff was notified that a lawsuit was pending, he adamantly defended his deputies. But that all changed when he caught wind of the FBI later investigating after the video first went public.

At present, Tim Hedge, James McCord, Benjie Lee and Joe Parnell have all been placed on leave. That said one has to wonder, what inspired the officers to such capricious behavior and at what point do those people who are served to protect society from maladjusted individuals and criminals, become the very thing that we should never tolerate from upholders of the law?

http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2011/07/caught-on-tape-police-stripping-unarmed-man-kicking-beating-him-and-then-tasering-him-while-he-lays-naked-screaming-in-the-snow/

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[Iggo]

2. Yay, Cops!

They're the best!

[spanone]

3. they ran this on the local news here in nashville, disgusting.

[ZombieHorde]

4. Police officers are scary people.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhxLLjMA9AA

[PufPuf23]

45. Thanks, I never knew there was a TAZ video.

I believe the vast majority of police officers are scary people with personality defects based on my nearly 60 years of crime free life (except what would be minor soft drug violations at worst - use of soft hippie drugs - and traffic tickets).

There is a culture of mutual protection, racism, bullying, lying, and corruption behind the blue line.

I have seen this every where I have lived, within a Fed agency for 16 years that had LE positions (I was a technician turned manager and research scientist post university that resigned under Reagan), and my own family (a BIL that was a corrupt cop).

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Not gonna defend this, but you want an explanation?

I am willing to bet something in the last 72 hours that triggered a response (not a good one) to a contempt of cop incident. It is a real situation... and cops should be aware of it at all times, to avoid this.

It goes without saying a new psych profile is in order as well as removal from the force.

[nomb]

9. The County Police around here used to AVOID applicants w/ criminal Justice degrees or who WANTED to

..or who wanted to be cops.


They liked to get healthy well adjusted kids that just wanted a job and weren't all wrapped up in it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. You need people who want to live the life style

it is a lifestyle. But you need to screen every one of your applicants. IN my view they should be re-screened every three years... yes things happen in the field.

[izquierdista]

14. Now it's a lifestyle?

"Gay" is a lifestyle; having violent outbursts is a psychopathology. If it is a lifestyle, I'd rather my neighbors were of the gay lifestyle than the cop lifestyle.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. Having been a medic and worked side by side with cops

yes, it is one. It is a high stress life style where for many complex sociological reasons, especially in large cities (LAPD is a perfect example) they get isolated from the population they serve. Why they should be re-screened every three years. Hell, I have a few personal family members who should have been screened before they made corporal, let alome sergeant.

[nomb]

20. Sounds like you also like to live your role and keep the big-screen alive at all times.

It's a job. Healthy people go home after work, those that can't should seek professional advice from a licensed care-giver.

Even in the biggest baddest cities few cops will ever fire a weapon on duty in their careers.

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. Whatever dude so personal attack are fine?

Funny thing happened on the way to the Police Academy (in many places) it is called a lifestyle for many reasons by cops themselves and those familiar with law enforcement.

I also noticed you did not adress the need to re-screen these folks.

But after the personal attack what did I expect?

[Broderick]

24. Why do you think you know everything

Like Indian Cinemas to what Police Academy recruits think and feel based on a "life style" choice?

Is this google again?

[The Doctor.]

54. Hmmm. In your response I see very clearly that you have not bothered to understand

the position from which nadin speaks.

In fact, it appears none of the respondents have bothered to listen at all.

The clue is how they either do not refer to any specifics at all, or how they refer to very localized circumstances.

The 72 hour trigger is very real, and very well supported. There are variations that range from 12 hours out, but cops that get divorce papers, go through break ups, or are otherwise left bereft tend to take shit out on people more than cops who have stability in their lives.

I wish I had studies to point to, but background checks on cops who are assholes tend to show that they do have interpersonal issues.

[nomb]

56. Yeah sorry, but "interpersonal issues" need to get fired - as do those who watch or join the fun....

[The Doctor.]

60. ???

[guruoo]

59. Repugs cut COPS program that was created to address the LEO cultural isolation issue

Community Policing is comprised of three key components:

* Community Partnerships
Collaborative partnerships between the law enforcement agency and the individuals and organizations
they serve to develop solutions to problems and increase trust in police.
o Other Government Agencies
o Community Members/Groups
o Nonprofits/Service Providers
o Private Businesses
o Media

http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/default.asp?item=36


However, I'm not sure where the COPS program stands today after (big surprise) Republicans cut it's funding....
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=republicans+cuts+funding+community+policing+&oq=republicans+cuts+funding+community+policing+&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=s&gs_upl=18412l18412l2l20282l1l1l0l0l0l0l401l401l4-1l1l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=6a5d70cc77c92acd&biw=1600&bih=725

[Broderick]

23. Given that choice

You get what you get. Life style? ufta.

[Mariana]

25. You forgot to mention prosecution.

Removal from the force is insufficient response to crimes like these.

[nadinbrzezinski]

27. That goes without saying

but I would pursue it at a federal level... and there are many reasons for that as well.

[Iggo]

41. You nailed it.

The same thing should happen to the cops as what would've happened to Mr Ring if it were the other way around.

If he'd've tackled, handcuffed, stripped, and tortured a police officer, what kind of sentence would he be looking at? That's what the cops should serve.

[ZombieHorde]

37. I would not be surprised if your scenario was true.

Like you said, it doesn't excuse it, but understanding police brutality may help in stopping it.

[atreides1]

6. Maybe Abu Ghraib was their inspiration

The prisoners there were stripped naked and humiliated...that's what these SS thugs wearing badges were trying to do!

This is why I believe that psych evaluations should be an annual event for all law enforcement and the military, and it should be conducted by an independent group of doctors with no connection to those being evaluated.

[shanti]

52. no maybes about it

with all of the ex-military in LE, it was bound to happen.

[anarch]

7. hey, come on, you don't know how tough it is out there for the boys in blue

sometimes you just gotta taser a guy, strip him naked, throw him in the snow and kick his ribs in. Or, shoot a guy in the back of the head, throw him in the trunk of his car, and set that car on fire. Or kick in somebody's door in the middle of the night and machine gun their four pound poodle. Just, you know, to protect yourself.

[Uben]

8. Three cops need to lose their jobs......

....and NEVER be allowed to work in law enforcement again....after they get out of prison. There is no excuse for their behavior other than trying to opress a citizen of his rights. By the same token, the officers should lose all their rights and rot in fucking hell forever!

A dirty cop is just like a thief. They lie, steal, and take advantage of others. BAsically, scum.

And, I come from a family of law enforcement officers.

[Sherman A1]

12. +1000

[ZombieHorde]

13. Most to all of the force is probably corrupt. What are the odds the only cops

to show up at the scene are the three dirty cops?

Seems more likely to me the police in that town are simply corrupt.

[LanternWaste]

26. After this, therefore because of this... nt

After this, therefore because of this...

[ZombieHorde]

28. I understand what you are saying, but think about it. What are the odds the only three corrupt cops

in the force showed up at the scene? Very slim. Probability points to a corrupt police force.

[nomb]

31. Really probably points to a failure of leadership. Everyone in charge should be fired - the 3 shou

The three people who committed this crime never should have felt this was an acceptable action.


I prefer my public workers to break the law, alone, off-camera and in the dark without witnesses.


At least that way I'm reassured that at least they know what they're doing is wrong and socially unacceptable.

[nadinbrzezinski]

32. Start at the top

problems of this sort flow from the top.

:-)

[Mariana]

29. That's what always happens, everywhere.

It's not just in this town. You never, ever hear of one cop observing another cop committing a crime against a person, and then arresting the criminal cop on the spot. You don't hear of them tasering, tackling, beating, striking, shooting, threatening or restraining their colleagues in any way, no matter what they are doing. No, they either stand by and watch or, more frequently, they join in the fun themselves. EVERY SINGLE TIME. No way it's a few bad apples, and no way it's restricted to a few corrupt towns.

[ZombieHorde]

34. I just googled "cop arrests cop" and "police officer arrests police officer," and I came up with

nothing. You seem to have a good point.

[nomb]

35. Wow. I can't even imagine the day when a Police Officer intercedes in a beating to defend a Citizen.

Sad, isn't it?

[ZombieHorde]

36. Yes, I think it's sad. nt

[Mariana]

40. I think it's outrageous.

It should be ROUTINE. We should frequently hear stories or see video about how Officer XYZ began to beat a suspect and Officer ABC put a stop to it by whatever means. Instead, we see report after report, video after video of multiple officers acting together to harm a person illegally, or standing by doing nothing while it happens.

[Uben]

42. It's that code of silence thing......

...that they all buy into. Cops don't rat out cops. That's where the corruption starts...when they feel cops are above the law because they enforce it. But, they can't be above the law if they refuse to enforce it. They become criminals by their silence.

[Mariana]

46. In this case, they didn't just keep quiet.

They jumped in and participated. They tortured this man together, as a team. That seems to happen more often than not, when multiple officers are present when a crime like this is being committed.

[Liberal_in_LA]

47. and the boss stuck up for them, even with the video evidence.

When is it appropriate to strip a suspect nude, in the snow, in front of everyone?

[Uben]

49. I can think of a couple of situations where they might do it........

...if the guy was on fire or soaked with a dangerous chemical. HEck, I've had to strip down to my underwear in public. I was carrying a glass jar of muriatic acid and wasn't being careful enough. I let it hit a steel antenna pole and it got all over my pants leg and boots. It was right in front of a restaurant, but I shucked those boots and pants faster than Sarah Palin can quit a job! Fortunately, I was not burned, due to my proficiency of removing clothing fast. It coulda been a nasty ordeal.

[Pooka Fey]

55. Since Abu Graib. n/t

[Liberal_in_LA]

43. Recent cases of drunk officers being driven home rather than arrested for DUI

[backscatter712]

39. These cops need to be drawn and quartered! n/t

[izquierdista]

11. Members of the NWILEA database?

I'm just asking, does anyone know who the administrators are of the NWILEA database? That would be the "Never Work In Law Enforcement Again" database.

There's a sex offender registry, a roll of convicted felons who can't vote, public records of tax cheats who haven't paid their liens, where's the database of people too violent to be trusted with authority? People like this should never have sidearms and should be EXTREMELY limited in their employment options.

[lumpy]

18. Glad the FBI was investigating this. Might just be the difference

between justice and negligence.

[Uben]

19. They just need to change jobs...

....like pressing them license plates for thirty years.

[sabrina 1]

15. Disgusting, I hope he wins millions from this. Money is all they

understand. Morals mean zero, or doing what is right. They let him sit in jail for five months knowing there was evidence that would show who the real criminals were.

[Liberal_in_LA]

16. and the police commander backed them up until the FBI got involved.

Holy crap. Even a video doesn't shake the cops from supporting other cops. They could eat a baby on video - the other cops would say the baby reached for a gun.

[malaise]

21. Sue them brother

big time

[hootinholler]

30. Kick for later n/t

[Blue Owl]

33. A dude can't abide with that kinda police state bullshit

n/t

[truebrit71]

38. I'm sure they are just a few bad apples...

....surely a coincidence that there are so many stories about them...:sarcasm:

[bemildred]

44. Sue. Sue for the big bucks. nt

[MilesColtrane]

48. Oink

[meow mix]

50. good thing there are so many cop shows... a constant propaganda of how awsome cops are.

on fictional TV shows. :rofl:

while reality is kept in the dark.

[BigBearJohn]

51. Sounds like a bunch of republicans

[Lucian]

53. Most cops suck.

They all have a power trip.

What sane person would actually want to be a cop?

[HCE SuiGeneris]

57. Your concluding line says it all.

The rabbit hole continues to widen.

[Dawson Leery]

58. I know a lawyer who successfully sued for damages to a 13 year old.

The porker broke his left arm. The lawyer won a million dollars from the town and cost the piggie his job. The FOP (the union that must be busted) cried, but they lost.
Their may think that their little fraternity makes them special, even though the Koch's are going to throw them to the curb only to be replaced by mercenaries.