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The Enemyboard :: View topic - TV video shows Philly officers kicking, hitting 3 suspects
TV video shows Philly officers kicking, hitting 3 suspects
By PATRICK WALTERS, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 46 minutes ago
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_re_us/videotaped_police_beating
A half-dozen police officers kicked and beat three men pulled from a car during a traffic stop as a TV helicopter taped the confrontation.
The video, shot by WTXF-TV, shows three police cars stopping a car Monday, two days after a city officer was shot to death responding to a bank robbery.
The tape shows about a dozen officers gathering around the vehicle.
About a half-dozen officers hold two of the men on the ground.
Both are kicked repeatedly, while one is seen being punched;
One also appears to be struck with a baton.
The third man is also kicked and ends up on the ground.
"On the surface it certainly does not look good in terms of the amount of force that was used," Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said.
"But we don't want to rush to judgment."
The officers were responding to a report of a shooting nearby, police said.
It was not immediately clear what preceded the confrontation.
Ramsey said Philadelphia officers have been on edge since Saturday, when Officer Stephen Liczbinski was fatally shot with an assault rifle after a robbery.
Police fatally shot one of the robbery suspects;
Another was arrested Sunday and a third man is still being sought.
"There is also a lot of heightened emotions since Sgt.
Liczbinski was murdered on the streets just Saturday," Ramsey said.
Liczbinski was the third officer slain on duty in the city in the last two years.
Attorney D.
Scott Perrine, who represents the three men seen in the video, said that as terrible as the officer's death was, it does not excuse such actions by police.
"We don't take into consideration the emotions of police officers when it comes to the discharge of their duties.
... Your emotional state, being tired, doesn't justify what's on that video," Perrine said.
He said one of his clients suffered a welt on his head the size of a baseball and one of his legs was seriously injured;
He didn't know the extent of any injuries on the other two men.
Perrine also said he did not know what preceded the traffic stop but called the actions seen on the tape unjustified.
"It clearly shows a lack of any reasonable investigation before these police yank these individuals out of the car and take turns delivering blows," he said.
"This is a time for a thorough investigation to see what it is that happened here."
A court official said late Tuesday that the men had been charged with criminal conspiracy, aggravated assault, simple assault and reckless endangering.
Bail was set for two of the men, while the third was awaiting arraignment.
Lt.
Frank Vanore, a police spokesman, did not immediately return a call for comment from The Associated Press.
Copyright © 2008 The Associated Press
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 4:34 am
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Mayor: Officers' Actions 'Inappropriate'
Video Shows Police Kicking, Punching Suspects
POSTED: 9:21 am EDT May 8, 2008
UPDATED: 9:22 am EDT May 8, 2008
PHILADELPHIA -- The actions of a throng of police officers shown on a videotape kicking and punching three shooting suspects during a traffic stop were inappropriate, Mayor Michael Nutter said Thursday.
'Unacceptable' Police Beating Caught On Tape
A sergeant and five officers have been removed from street duty as authorities investigated the footage.
More than a dozen officers were involved, and Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said investigators were having the videotape enhanced to try to identify how many were actually striking the suspects.
Information will be sent to prosecutors, who will determine whether to press charges.
"It absolutely shows inappropriate behavior," Nutter said in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America." "There is a way to take people into custody ...
And there (are) not acceptable ways of taking people into custody."
Police stopped the suspects' car while investigating a triple shooting Monday night.
No weapons were found in the car or on the suspects, Ramsey said, but officers said they had seen them shoot three people on a drug corner moments earlier.
The video, shot by WTXF-TV from a helicopter, showed three police cars stopping a car on the side of a road.
Officers gathered around the vehicle and pulled three men out.
About a half-dozen officers held two men on the ground on the driver's side.
Both were kicked repeatedly, while one was punched;
One also appeared to be struck with a baton.
On the other side of the car, the video showed, more officers kicking a third man who ends up on the ground.
The three suspects -- Dwayne Dyches, Brian Hall and Pete Hopkins -- were each charged with attempted murder in the shooting, police said.
The beating happened two days after the fatal shooting of a city officer, the third killed on duty in two years.
Ramsey said officers have been on edge since Officer Stephen Liczbinski was killed, but that they still need to maintain a high standard of conduct.
Liczbinski was shot with an assault rifle after a robbery Saturday.
One suspect was fatally shot by police soon after, another was arrested Sunday and a third was captured late Wednesday.
"There nothing our policy that would allow kicking individuals and taking them into custody in the manner I saw on the tape," Ramsey told "Good Morning America."
D.
Scott Perrine, an attorney for the three men seen in the video, has said that, as terrible as the officer's death was, it does not excuse what police did to the suspects.
Dyches had a welt on his head the size of a baseball, and one of his legs was seriously injured, Perrine said.
He said he didn't know the extent of the other men's injuries.
The mother of one of the suspects said she was outraged.
"I'm horrified to see that our city cops would beat some human being like they did, like a gang-style fight," Leomia Dyches said.
"I'd like to see them tried for what they did."
Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press.
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