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HATE, VIOLENCE, AND DEATH ON MAIN STREET USA2008LAPD Caught on Tape Beating a Homeless IndividualJuly 24: An unnamed homeless man sat peacefully eating sunflower seeds on Skid Row whenpolice approached <strong>and</strong> unwarrantedly assaulted him. The LAPD officer squad proceeded to “kneethe man in the mid section <strong>and</strong> strike him forcefully in the head with clenched fists”. It wasreported that people watching the incident immediately cried for the police to stop. Such eventswere later confirmed by a video tape that was rolling the entire time. After police backup hadcome, the medical staff took the homeless man immediately to the hospitalAUGUST:Panama City, FloridaHomeless Man Arrested <strong>and</strong> Beaten by Police Officers for Simply ‘Looking Homeless’August 3: A homeless man, John Paul Kimbro, 37, was falsely arrested by Panama City BeachPolice officers on the night of August 3 rd . The officers approached Kimbro because he looked like‘a transient’ <strong>and</strong> then asked him to show his ID. Kimbro was within his legal rights when he refusedto do so, yet the officers arrested him <strong>and</strong> took him back to their headquarters. Video surveillancetapes show that the officers placed Kimbro into a headlock, slammed him into a wall <strong>and</strong> punchedhim violently. When Kimbro was taken to the county jail, he was pepper-sprayed for refusing tocooperate again. Sgt. Jimmy Warr was suspended for 5 days <strong>and</strong> then resigned for his involvementin the incident. Two other officers are currently under investigation.85
HATE, VIOLENCE, AND DEATH ON MAIN STREET USA2008APPENDIX A: SOURCESJANUARY1/3/08 Monroe, Louisiana Sources:Gunter, Johnny. Horne gets 20 years for stabbing homeless man. The NewsStar.com, August 20,2008. Available at:http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880820019Associated Press. Homeless man’s attacker sentenced to 20-year term. WXVT-TV Delta-News,August 21, 2008. Available at:http://www.wxtv.com/global/story.asp?s=8876623&ClientType=PrintableGunter, Johnny. Cascio to serve time in prison.Thenewsstar.com.http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080919/NEWS01/809190313/1014.1/18/08 Akron, Ohio Source:Miller, Donna. More Arrests in Beating of Homeless Akron Man, Akron, Ohio, The Plain Dealer,January 18, 2008, available athttp://blog.clevel<strong>and</strong>.com/metro/2008/02/_two_more_people_have.html1/20/08 Manatee County, Florida Source:Local <strong>and</strong> State News, News Manatee, January 27, 2008. Available at:http://www.newsmanateearchive.com/2008-12-27-local.asp1/22/08 Athens, Georgia Source:Robbers Steal Shoes of Homeless Man, Athens Banner-Herald, January 24, 2008, available athttp://www.onlineathens.com/cgi-bin/printme2005.pl1/24/08 Lakewood, Colorado Source:Homeless Man Sues Police after Alleged Dog Attack, Lakewood. Colorado, CBS 4 Denver, January2008, available at http://cbs4denver.com/local/lakewood.police.lawsuit.2.637753.htmlFEBRUARYFebruary-October, Hayward, California Source:Eric Kurhi, Suspect ID’d in Hayward Serial Rape Case, Inside Bay Area, February 6, 2009.Available at: http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_11648351?source=most_viewed2/1/08 Cambridge, Massachusetts Source:Smith, Erin. Men Attack, Stab Homeless Man. Cambridge Chronicle, February 1 st 2008, Availableat http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/homepage/x11515592132/7/08 Honolulu, Hawaii Source:86
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