It happened three months ago, on July 1st. It went viral. And then it got lost track of amidst Ferguson. Usually settlements take years, but Marlene Pinnock, pummeled on a freeway ramp by a California Highway Patrol officer, has received monetary justice quickly, if not her psychic and physical well being back.
Breaking Update: Marlene Pinnock who was punched repeatedly by a California Highway Patrol officer in an incident caught on video will receive $1.5 million under a newly reached settlement, and the officer has agreed to resign.
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And, oh yeah. The officer resigned. Just resigned. Not arrested. Not charged with assault and battery, or attempted murder. Just resigned. Probably find another police job in some town like Ferguson.
A bit of an interview with Ms. Pinnock which was published September 1st.
He just kept on beating, like he was never going to stop.
CM: How are you feeling today?
Marlene Pinnock (MP): I’m feeling a little down, not too good.
CH: She’s injured, and injury is not limited to physical injuries. There are emotional injuries and there’s exacerbation of mental health injuries and emotional injuries. But, physically, we have photos of her back. She looks like old school, fresh from the middle passage like she’s been whipped from the gravel on her back.
Her nose was bleeding. They wouldn’t let her wipe it. She had two black eyes. They hid her under aliases so she can heal.
FC: Was the officer making any statements when he was beating you?
MP: He didn’t say anything. He said not anything. He just was beating me, as though he was trying to kill me, like he was trying to beat me to death. He wouldn’t stop beating me. He just kept on beating, like he was never going to stop.