Yep. Here we go again, this time caught on tape. And before you write to tell me it was a gang member who probably deserved it, let me remind you that my 90 year old Mother just 7 weeks post-op from major hip surgery wasn't a gang member or a drug dealer or a drunk driver or a burglar or wanted for any crime whatsoever. And I, a partially disabled sleeping woman, wasn't any of those things either. Yet, my Mother stopped breathing from fright and her plight was ignored by an enraged sheriff's deputy while he was busy attacking me and breaking my back, while my white as a ghost terrified daughter-in-law watched in horror and was prevented from coming to our aide. It has now been 5 years and 8 months since we were the victims of police brutality and we are still waiting our day in court as their enablers circle the wagons and throw every possible legal maneuver against us to avoid facing the ultimate judgment of the judge and of a jury. How many of these types of cases have their been in that 5+ year period? Way way too many. Don't be fooled by their excuses. It isn't the adrenaline of the incident that causes these violent attacks. It is their training, their overall mindset and the policies at the top which advocate the position that anyone not wearing a badge is a lying scumbag degenerate deserving of whatever they get, and most of all their selection processes which weed out anyone but the most sadistic and violent before the recruits ever get to Academy graduation.
I know that feeling of not being able to breath. I had my head held down into a thick down comforter and until I was close to passing out from suffocation. It was only when the 250 lb. officer jumped on my back, driving his knee into it, that I reacted to the instant pain with enough involuntary movement to raise my head for a quick breath before I was again held down into the comforter with an iron grip around my neck. Animals!
YouTube video of violent arrest triggers LAPD probe
Life on the street: The footage, shot by an area resident, shows two officers holding down William Cardenas, 24
The FBI has opened an investigation into video footage of a police officer repeatedly striking a suspect in the face during a struggle on a Hollywood street.
Scroll down to watch the footage. Warning: Strong violence
The officer and his partner described repeated blows to the suspect's face in their written arrest report, as well as efforts by the man to resist and their concern that the man might grab one of their guns, according to the document obtained by the media.
Federal investigators initiated a civil rights inquiry Thursday after the video from the three-month-old incident came to the bureau's attention Thursday, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said.
The footage, shot by an area resident, shows two officers holding down William Cardenas, 24, on a sidewalk as one punches him several times in the face before they are able to handcuff him. The struggling suspect yells repeatedly, "I can't breathe!"
The Police Department has begun its own criminal and administrative investigations into the officers' use of force during the August 11 arrest, said police spokesman Lt. Paul Vernon.
The officers were identified as Alexander Schlegel and Patrick Farrell, and both have been reassigned to administrative work.
"There's no denying that the video is disturbing," Chief William Bratton said at a news conference. "But as to whether the actions of the officers were appropriate in light of what they were experiencing and the totality of the circumstances is what the investigation will determine."
Authorities learned of the video footage, which has been posted on YouTube, when the defense made it public September 14 during Cardenas' preliminary hearing, police said.
The district attorney's office is reviewing whether to continue with the Cardenas case, which is scheduled for trial November 20, said spokeswoman Jane Robison.
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