Wrong guy: Cops beat up lottery player

Comment #60

rdgrnr — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:24:49 GMT

I hope he is well compensated too. I'm glad we can agree on that.

Comment #59

louise black — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:13:22 GMT

No, it doesn't make me happy ,never when innocent people are kill or hurt, I was referring to the man in San Jose, that was beaten by the cops. Truly hope he's compensated although he will probaby still have flashbacks.No one should be above the law.

Comment #58

rdgrnr — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:06:10 GMT

Your eyes didn't lie to you Weezy. You saw what the liberal news media wanted you to see. They cut out the first minute and a half where he was attacking the police. And you continue to believe everything they tell you and everything they show you. They count on people like you to believe them and you never let them down. People like you, who can't think for themselves are the life-blood of the mainstream news media.

I think you can stop worrying about Rodney's bruises now though Weezy. They... [ More ]

Comment #57

louise black — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:37:01 GMT

YOU ARE SO RIGHT !!!! A criminal or not the law is suppose to be follow and in this case it wasn't ,some people kill me to say oh! he's a criminal so we don't have to follow the law. That why we have the courts, they(police) can't be judge, jury and executor.Oh! that the first time our eyes lied to us,the police actually started it by not following procedures.That was EXCESSIVE FORCE!!! anyway you look at it. It was wrong also for innocent people to be killed or hurt.Another example free speech... [ More ]

Comment #56

rdgrnr — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:18:08 GMT

I agree with your opinion.

And Rodney was one of those who deserved to have their arses handed to them on a platter.

No doubt about it.

Comment #55

Puffalishous — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:05:54 GMT

What I do not understand is why names like liberal and conservative are tossed around like they hateful meanings to them. I thought right was right and wrong is wrong . The bottom line is police have a difficult job to do. Some policeman do their jobs and do it well. Some abuse their power... just like many people who have power sometimes tend to do. There are many people who were wrongfully abused by cops and some who deserved to have their arses handed to them on a platter. Let me also say tha... [ More ]

Comment #54

rdgrnr — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:56:31 GMT

Thanks for the link Jarasan.

I read the whole thing which further bolstered my position.

Maringoman saw the picture and that was enough for him to join the ladies in devotion to Rodney.

I was hoping that maybe he might have at least read the part about the lady police officer who Rodney spat blood on while laughing in the police car who later killed herself.

Not that he or the ladies would care.

Comment #53

rdgrnr — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:46:39 GMT

I'm convinced, it's genetic.

Comment #52

maringoman — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:30:51 GMT

That thing about Rodney King. I am on the side of the ladies saying police used excessive force.

There was 4 policemen kicking and bludgeoning 1 man, right? They could have easily pinned him

down and hand cuffed him unless they didn't care for his life and were trying to arrest, prosecute and sentence him all at once..

Comment #51

jarasan — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:16:48 GMT

History lesson, I think this is correct:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots

This part is the most revealing of the true capabilities of law enforcement and why I never worry about the govt. TAKING OVER as long as we got 2nd amendment. Police are human and are seriously outnumbered don't let them take your firearms!

From the article:

Although the day began relatively quietly, by mid-morning on the second day violence appeared widespread and unchecked as heavy looting... [ More ]

Comment #50

rdgrnr — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:33:31 GMT

I think we could agree (maybe not) that the lawsuit was found in his favor to avoid more bloodshed.

53 people dead and they make him a multi-millionaire for causing it. Wow.

Not only a multi-millionaire but the dreamboat and heart-throb of multitudes of swooning women.

Oh, Rodney

Comment #49

rdgrnr — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:26:45 GMT

Au contraire, mon frere. Excessive force was not used. They were trying to subdue and cuff him - he was resisting.

I'll ask you the same question I asked the other lady: Seeing that the force you call excessive wasn't working, what should they have done? They had already tased him twice to no effect and pummeled his arms and legs with their batons and it wasn't working. He still wouldn't allow them to cuff him at that point.

What is your answer to that question?

What should they have do... [ More ]

Comment #48

truecritic — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:09:38 GMT

I think I get it. If the cops are looking for someone and find the correct person then and only then are they justified to use a taser, brass knuckles, kicking, punching, nightsticks and bullets. Fully justified.

The problem with that philosophy is they make more mistakes than you or I will ever know about. That is why they have rules to play by. Not using excessive force would be one of those rules. It is a total shame that Rodney King became the poster child for excessive force because afte... [ More ]

Comment #47

cope — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:51:30 GMT

My philosophy is that it's not about how many people you can arrest, it's about how many people you can help.

I will refrain from commenting on the article until more details are released.

However, if the law enforcement officers violated Mr. Amador's rights, then they should be tried and punished through the criminal justice system.

Comment #46

jarasan — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:13:12 GMT

Congratulaltions! Hopefully you will bring honor to your badge. Too many laws make your job very difficult. Presume innocence always.

Comment #45

TheGameGrl — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:01:35 GMT

Okay rd,. Where you fail to concede is: Excessive force was used. And until you can fairly agree it was we have no further need to talk.

I respect life and differences, pity you toss mud at folks when they disagree with you. I shouldnt be surprised that you cant separate the actions of a person from the person themself.

Comment #44

tiggs95 — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:51:16 GMT

ridge runner and tiggs wish you the best in your career..Do good it sounds like you will..

Comment #43

cope — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:46:50 GMT

In somewhat related news.....

I have 19 days left in the law enforcement academy.

Because I have a full-time job, it has taken me almost one year of weekends to complete the academy.

Over half of the academy has been spent studying and understanding the U.S. Constitution and the rights of citizens.

You may now resume your bashing of law enforcement personnel.

Comment #42

tiggs95 — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:45:23 GMT

Reginal Denny...Nuff said...

Comment #41

jarasan — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:38:54 GMT

You hit the lottery. And then you get hit, and then win the lottery. suey suey suey. Now if he played a QP..............

Comment #40

rdgrnr — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:35:53 GMT

Thank you LANTERN.

Thanks for standing up for what's right even though it's not politically correct.

That's what a lot of these people are afraid of - not looking sympathetic enough to the plight of today's cause celebre.

It just wouldn't be cool.

Comment #39

rdgrnr — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:29:14 GMT

Ahh, another Rodney supporter... join your friends here, you're in the majority.

Comment #38

LANTERN — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:24:20 GMT

While more than often enough you can't tell the police away from the criminals, it is almost kind of incredible that some people defend criminals, I of course don't go by shoot and or beat up now and ask questions later, that of itself is criminal behavior, but people have to have something very wrong with them to defend proven criminals.

I more than completely agree with what rdgrnr has said so far on all of his posts here on this thread.

It seems to me that it is insane behavior to defen... [ More ]

Comment #37

Ticket$cratcher — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:28:29 GMT

fugg da police

Comment #36

rdgrnr — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:57:35 GMT

Are you just a teeny bit concerned that excessive force was used by you Rodney supporters in the murder of all those innocent people?

Or are you only worried about poor little Rodney who got 3.8 million of the taxpayers money and partied it away on dope and hookers

Comment #35

rdgrnr — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:51:33 GMT

I didn't drag you into anything, you posted that you agreed and it was completely voluntary. If you don't stipulate what you're agreeing to, well, we're not mind-readers.

They used excessive force?

He refused to be cuffed and he refused to stay down.

What would you have done, just let him walk away

Comment #34

Ladee — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:31:40 GMT

i agree with the fact that excessive force was used and that is all....dont drag me into all that other crap.....

Comment #33

rdgrnr — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:16:07 GMT

Would you agree if it was a member of your family that was viciously murdered?

You people amaze me.

Liberalism truly has to be a psychotic condition and genetic in origin.

Nobody teaches their kids to root for the bad guys when they're growing up, do they

Comment #32

Ladee — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:45:05 GMT

Comment #31

rdgrnr — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:23:56 GMT

...to be fair...

To be fair? You libs always come out on the criminals side, the murderers side, the rapists side, the bad guys side, every time! To be fair?

Couldn't you just once consider the victims of these animals you rush to defend?

Do you know the devastation placed on the families of the 53 people murdered?

Do you know the psychological damage done to 2500 innocent people shot, stabbed and beaten for no reason? Men and women? Can you imagine the nightmares of the women and c... [ More ]

Comment #30

TheGameGrl — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:37:04 GMT

dang now I gotta go change my name and identity how'd you know I am a six shooter gun toten Rupublican who shows no mercy . Gosh I am shakin in my gucci boots.. Normally I am fair minded but really I dont right care for your insults, so place them in your pocket and be somewhat civil on here. Thank you !

and to be fair ..my signature really holds true here....

Comment #29

rdgrnr — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:29:35 GMT

I agree and if he doesn't settle out of court I hope he takes them to the cleaners in court.

He was an innocent man.

Comment #28

computerhead723 — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:22:14 GMT

well this case should be settled out of court .......he will get a large settlement

Comment #27

rdgrnr — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:42:07 GMT

Yeah, and he was on parole on top of it and then he gets awarded 3.8 Million Dollars and then spent it all on booze, dope and hookers.

Poor, poor Rodney. I feel so sorry for him.

Comment #26

tiggs95 — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:37:08 GMT

tiggs agrees ridge but some,many,people will never see it that way..So sad..

Comment #25

rdgrnr — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:33:16 GMT

53 innocent people brutally and viciously murdered and over 2500 shot, stabbed or beaten survivors.

And who are our libs concerned about?

The criminal who started the whole thing, as usual.

Just like when they have their candlelight vigils for murderers on Death Row.

They don't have any candlelight vigils for the victims of the murderers though.

Ever.

Now tell me who's wacked in the head

Comment #24

tiggs95 — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:52:08 GMT

tiggs is moving as we speak to San Jose that's where all the action is..Some guys have all the luck..Some cop threatened to beat up tiggs when tiggs was 20 years old and a punk..Man did tiggs ever miss the boat..

Comment #23

rdgrnr — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:09:02 GMT

What part of Stay on the ground did he not understand?

I cannot believe with all the innocent people murdered by people like you and the rest of his supporters going on a killing spree, that anybody would have the unmitigated gall to come out in his support.

Innocent people were dragged out of their vehicles and beaten to death in front of their families and you want to whine about a criminal being tased and having his arms and legs whacked with batons while resisting arrest?

Are you in... [ More ]

Comment #22

temptustoo — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:09:24 GMT

Comment #21

Littleoldlady — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:41:13 GMT

I agree 100%.

Comment #20

TheGameGrl — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:35:54 GMT

okay where you folks FAIL to stand back and be realistic is that He (R King) was excessively beatn and held. I dont care if he had a record or not, it was EXCESSIVE force!!! Which part is so difficult to understand?? Somehow you are each of the mind set that its contingent on your education or where you stand in the eyes of society as to whether its OKAY to beat the heck out of someone or not. SOrry No one and I mean no one is ABOVE another in life. We are equals and deserve the same rights to f... [ More ]

Comment #19

rdgrnr — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:22:53 GMT

I don't think you can compare this case with the Rodney King case. Rodney King was a common criminal, fleeing police and resisting arrest when finally caught. A lot of innocent people lost their lives in the aftermath of that idiot's actions.

The guy in this case had done nothing wrong.

Comment #18

victorl3ichiban — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:23:36 GMT

I live in San Jose and the police are horrible here. I hope this guy sue them good. This was on my local news. Another reason why I want to get out of this city. The education, job, and surrounding are horrible in San Jose. San Francisco is much better.

Comment #17

jeffrey — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:41:42 GMT

Ha Ha Ha, it occurred at NMIMT in 1987. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. I was a Dean's list student with a 4.0 GPA in Physics, Mathematics, and minors in Engineer and Astrophysics. I worked as a computer programmer in the lab and I was at the campus pool. Many details, hard to make up eh. Doubting Thomas? I have also been cuffed and stuffed for bank robbery later released. I looked like the general description and drove a similar car. While transporting scientists from Alb. NM to... [ More ]

Comment #16

four4me — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:08:20 GMT

We just had a cop here shoot a man to death in an ally behind a bar a few weeks ago the cop said he assaulted his woman in the bar... the guy who got shot was a two tour Iraq marine vet... witnesses said he had his hands up when the cop unloaded his gun.... the cop is now indited for murder.

Some cops are good a lot of them are scared to death, carry a gun because it's their only defense mechanism.

Comment #15

four4me — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:00:28 GMT

Correct me if I'm wrong, Fou4Me

All depends on who you are the guy that got beat up after a basketball game was some big shots son so they will file a law suit.

Us peons would be lucky if we weren't killed instead of beat up by the cops in the city. Especially with their shoot first answer questions later stance they have adopted.

Comment #14

TheGameGrl — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:49:15 GMT

I am truly shocked at the remarks here! My goodness these are civil servants, Here to protect us folks from crime! So often PRAISE and GLORY goes out to them ...and now they are being downcasted????Think of how brave they had to be to have loaded guns and tasers in hand to approach this innocent man who had no weapon at all! . WHat fear must have been under the surface for them! ANy Good lawyer will defend these officers as Protecting the community!

Okay with that ludricous statement fro... [ More ]

Comment #13

HaveABall — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:07:21 GMT

It is good to know that the San Jose Police Department is training their police officers to kick people in the face! After all, it is always good 'surprise strategy' to do this. Another benefit is that putting a blacked out/unconscious suspect person (rather than a conscious person) into a squad car is a superior on-the-job-workout. Plus, the tax paying citizens haven't refused to pay for any blood removal cleanings thus far.

What a nightmare. I would probably have received a heart attack if... [ More ]

Comment #12

TheOtherOne — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:25:25 GMT

ouch.

Prime example why I dont take showers in public places if I can help it. And when I do, they are fast.

Like Thrust says, did you consult an attorney

Comment #11

Set4life — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:02:58 GMT

Several officers surrounded him on the ground snip so tough lol. Takes several men to take down 1 guy, so much for training. Next stop....after a nice beat down to:

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Comment #10

THRUST — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:57:42 GMT

Last year, Santa Paula agreed to pay $250,000 in a lawsuit by a man who claimed he suffered a serious back injury when he was taken to the ground and shocked twice in 2006.

http://www.latimes.com/sns-ap-us-odd-taser-lawsuit-award,0,435997.story

I think he was awarded $1 Million.

Comment #9

Litebets27 — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:49:02 GMT

It has become almost routine for some law enforcement agency to beat up on someone here in Maryland. But I haven't heard of anyone getting compensated for the beating. An apology maybe.

Correct me if I'm wrong, Fou4Me....

I believe, the FBI shot a young man,(in the Glen Burnie MD area) in the face after mistaking him for a bank robber. I do not remember him getting anything from that.

Comment #8

THRUST — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:48:11 GMT

Did you consult an attorney

Comment #7

jeffrey — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:38:56 GMT

I was in the shower at the pool when vandals destroyed the ceiling. I was taken naked to jail for the crime and later released. Naked in jail, what an experience. Nobody appologized to me. I was completely innocent. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Wish I could have gotten a million.Would have changed my life. Instead, I have the memory.

Comment #6

TheOtherOne — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:38:03 GMT

I'd gladly take a beating by the CA infamous cops for some scars and a million bucks after a lawsuit

Comment #5

TigerAngel — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:24:25 GMT

Exactly. Also a reminder to be careful what you wish for. You never know what avenue it will take to get to you... ah, I could tell you stories...

Comment #4

joker831 — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:20:44 GMT

I hope he gets a really good lawyer so these idiot cops can't get a job in law enforcement anywhere.

Comment #3

Litebets27 — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:17:35 GMT

But seriously....I wonder what the Law Officers defense will be on this one.

Comment #2

Litebets27 — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:14:45 GMT

Bingo

Comment #1

THRUST — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:48:25 GMT

I am guessng he won't need the lottery to become a millionaire...

Wrong guy: Cops beat up lottery player

Lottery Post — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:58:07 GMT

A San Jose man has hired a lawyer after police wrestled him to the ground, handcuffed him and kicked him in the face in a case of mistaken identity.

The victim, 23-year-old Henry Stevens Amador, had walked into his neighborhood convenience store Friday to buy a lottery ticket.

As Amador was walking to his car, he says he was rushed by a police officer with a gun pointed at him and another who knocked him to the ground.

Several officers surrounded him on the ground, where he was bloodied... [ More ]