Racism often combines with violence against women: One the one hand, public - even presidential - outrage at Donald Sterlings nonsensical private conversation with his partner; and on the other hand, no official statements of condemnation when a criminal beats an African-American woman senseless in front of witnesses. This guy certainly looks like hes never beaten a woman before, doesnt he - even with MMA-style gloves - and the fact that shes black seems to give him an additional moment of pause... Another instance of racial profiling and abuse against African Americans - just last year the LAPD distinguished itself for profiling Mr David Cunningham, who turned out to be... a judge, cf. David Millward for the UK Telegraph, 7/4/14: Earlier this year David Cunningham, a black American judge, filed a $10 million claim alleging racial profiling and excessive force after he was handcuffed and put into a police car when he was stopped for not wearing a seat belt. To add insult to injury, the beating happened during the national-holiday week, right before the fourth of July. Now we can all feel more safe and secure, knowing that our taxes are well-spent to recruit the right people to serve the community. Text of the CBS article: LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The California Highway Patrol responded Thursday to a YouTube video showing an officer punching a woman along the side of the freeway. The CHP officer is shown punching the woman on the ground more than 11 times in the face. She doesn’t appear in the video clip to resist. On Thursday, the CHP issued a statement that said: “The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is aware of the video and we are looking into the incident. As a matter of policy, every time there is a use of force by our officers, there is a review conducted to determine whether the use of force was appropriate. That will be done in this case, however, since there is an ongoing investigation, it would be premature to comment on this specific video segment without reviewing the entire incident.” The confrontation was caught on cellphone video by a man driving by. On the YouTube video, he seems shocked that the officer is hitting the woman. What started the confrontation and what triggered the rough takedown and arrest is unclear. The video was shot along the 10 Freeway near La Brea Avenue early Tuesday evening. When the video starts, the officer is seen trying to detain the woman. She gets a few steps away from him, but he gets her to the ground. He briefly struggles with her before repeatedly punching her in the face. After a few moments, a plainclothes officer enters the picture and helps the CHP officer put the woman in handcuffs. The man who shot the video identifies himself as a music producer who lives in Los Angeles. David Diaz told CBS2′s Rachel Kim he was horrified to have witnessed the confrontation. He called it a definite case of police brutality. Diaz said he saw the barefoot woman walking around the off-ramp when he noticed a CHP officer chase her around a truck. He said the punches were “excessive and brutal.” “He just pounded her,” Diaz said. “If you look at the video, there are 15 hits. To the head, and not just simple jabs. These are blows to the head. Blows. Really serious blows. And this is ridiculous to me.” He added, “I find it hard to believe there [was] no other remedy in this situation.” losangeles.cbslocal/2014/07/03/chp-answers-excessive-force-charge-in-beating-of-black-woman-on-side-of-10-freeway/
Posted on: Sun, 06 Jul 2014 23:45:55 +0000