Well folks, here we go again. I posted a diary about our good ole' New York Cops at their best. Here is another video that just adds to what I was stating before.
The day after a video emerged of a cop knocking a cyclist to the ground, a second video alleging police brutality surfaced today in which an NYPD officer is seen whaling away at a man's legs with a baton.
{Disclaimer: this video is brutal, so the weak of heart should beware!}
I can't seem to find the video on YouTube yet...but, HERE is the story and video of more New York Cops at their best....NOT!!
Here is what the cops say that happened.
According to the criminal complaint, Harrington and fellow Officer Joel Medina said they encountered Cephus - who they thought was drunk - around 8 p.m. on Delancey Street under the Williamsburg Bridge.
When they stopped him from entering a nearby park, they said he swung an umbrella at them and struck both officers "with closed fists about the body."
But according to the person that is being charged claims that he wasn't drunk and he didn't do what he was being charged of.
Cephus says he wasn't drinking that day and denies having gotten physical with the officers.
"I was with some friends at a cookout," he said. "I stepped out of the park to get some ice. The officers told me I couldn't return because they said I had alcohol. I told them it was only ice.
Well you can read the rest of the story yourself. I wonder when the brutality will ever end??????
Oh get this!!!!
Cephus - a truck driver from Brooklyn - said that when he arrived at the police station following a trip to the emergency room, he saw the two men who shot the video. They said they had been busted for disorderly conduct. But earlier, they had managed to slip the tape to one of Cephus' friends..
So folks, beware if you tape cops committing crimes in the line of duty, you too might be charged like they were.
Amazing. Doesn't it just make you sick. This IS America isn't it???? I do wonder sometimes.
UPDATE: I was able to find the YouTube video of the beating. Here ya go. I hope you have a strong stomach, cuz it turned mine into mush.