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he was undergoing a hypoglycemic seizure.
Judging by the numerous reports we’ve seen, some
police also seem to have no problem harassing, picking
fights with or even killing less-mobile members
of society.
In the month of October, we learned that a wheelchair-ridden,
schizophrenic double-amputee was
gunned down by Houston PD after threatening an
officer with a pen. The officer who shot the man argued
he believed the pen to be a dangerous weapon.
In September, we were baffled by a bizarre case
in New Jersey where an on-duty police officer broke
into the apartment of a wheelchair-bound couple
and assaulted them along with their 4-year-old son.
Then, once the officer was taken into custody, he
kicked the window of the patrol car out enabling
his escape, until he was eventually captured again.
“Then he grabbed my grandchild (and) he said, ‘I
want the boy, I want the boy,’” the female victim’s
father, who didn’t witness the incident, recalled
from his family’s account. When police arrived, they
found the perp, Sgt. Mark Lee, sitting on a couch
inside the apartment naked. The female victim’s father
said, “He took his clothes off, gun, uniform, and
pants, and tried to jump out the window.” In late
October, Lee’s bail was reduced after a test found
he had calcium deposits on his brain facilitating a
neurological disorder.
In September, we also witnessed footage of a
botched detox drop-off where a Minnesota police
officer began punching a difficult, mouthy wheelchair-bound
drunk man five times in the head before
slamming him onto the floor, allegedly splitting
his head open. The officer then threatened the nurse
in attendance with arrest for merely offering assistance.
Video footage shows that the disabled man
provoked Officer Richard Jouppi prior to his assault.
September also saw a 77-year old woman get
dragged out of her car for failing to give an officer
her license and insurance fast enough. As the Keene,
Texas officer’s lapel and dash-cam footage show, the
woman simply attempted to provide an explanation
for her alleged speeding. The officer shouted over
the woman demanding her license and insurance,
fomenting a verbal standoff eventually leading to
the officer forcibly dragging the woman out of her
car. The officer has faced no disciplinary action; in
fact, his superior officer approved of his conduct.
In August 2012, video surfaced of a July 1 altercation
where Saginaw, Michigan police shot a homeless
man 46 times. Moments prior, he was arguing
with officers in broad daylight, wielding a knife. The
man, 49-year-old Milton Hall, had been described as
suffering from “serious mental health issues.”
To top it all off, one instance shows police seem
genuinely confused on exactly when to issue tickets
as one Piedmont, Oklahoma officer exemplified. The
officer made international news when he issued the
mother of a three-year-old a ticket for public urination
after he witnessed her son micturating while
playing out in the front lawn. The officer was made
an example of and fired. To my knowledge, this is
the only police officer in this report that was fired
for what he did, even though he didn’t physically
harm anyone.
Are these just a few freak instances that happened
to be latched onto by media and exploited, or is the
opposite true? Do these types of stories take place
far too frequently to report?
By calling attention to the ongoing corruption,
of which there are virtually countless more examples,
we hope to curb the problem. We encourage
citizen journalists and whistleblowers everywhere
to remain vigilant and urge our civil servants to be
mindful of their actions.
Whatever the excuses for these deplorable acts,
we can assume the encroaching police state will
successfully continue expanding unless we exercise
utmost diligence to hinder it.
Adan Salazar is currently the associate editor at
Infowars.com, writes often for Infowars Magazine
and is an avid civil rights and due process advocate.
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