STAY IN THE KNOW: (From Political Blindspot) “I think we all know what would have happened if he wasn’t there,” Octavius Johnson said of his childhood friend who secretly recorded four police officers brutalizing him. “It would have been swept under the rug,” Johnson concluded.... But the Omaha police firing these officers has not satisfied the Johnson family, who with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) have filed suit seeking damages for the anxiety and depression that have surfaced in the months since. A full eight officers have been named in the suit with another 24 who remain unnamed..... The suit alleges that dozens of Omaha police officers turned a parking violation into a brutal arrest, unconstitutional raid on the family’s house, and confiscation of video that was taken of these illegal police actions. All of this stemmed from Octavius Johnson parking his truck on the wrong part of the street. A secondary video taken by Johnson’s childhood friend shows the incident from a second story vantage point. Police can clearly be seen grabbing an non-resisting Johnson by the neck, and throwing him to the ground, then punching him numerous times, as other officers rush in..... Octavius’ brother Juaquez, was chased and then arrested for filming the arrest on a camera phone, even though he was on private property, and did not interfere with the illegal arrest. It is a breath of fresh air to see the Omaha Police Department act quickly to fire these officers, but the Johnson family is right, were it not for that second video of the assault, no action would have been taken on their complains alone. They would have been ignored, shrugged off and ultimately they would have been prosecuted for the crimes alleged in the illegal arrest, crimes which they never committed. EXACTLY: If this video hadnt come out, these INNOCENT young men would have likely been convicted of the false charges made by police in their falsified police report. And all this over a parking ticket? You would think these brothers were Osama bin Laden with the way the police force came out in masse toward the end of the recording, including aerial surveillance from helicopters. Absolutely ridiculous.
Posted on: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 10:21:34 +0000
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