[Peace-discuss] Champaign police

["E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森"]

This is by no means an isolated incident with the Champaign police,
but it is the normal fruit.  I have had some conversations with
"Champaign's Finest".  This is exactly how they are.

Perhaps it's also what the Good People of Champaign want?

/...a long train of abuses and usurpations,
pursuing invariably the same Object
evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism,
it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government,
and to provide new Guards for their future security...
/
On 11/22/11 10:39, Karen Medina wrote:
> A public screening of the recently released video of Champaign police
> abuse which occurred in June 2011.
> Tuesday, November 22, 2011
> 6pm, before the city council meeting at 7pm
> Salem Baptist Church / 500 East Park Street Champaign, IL
>
>    
>> Video of Champaign Police Choking Black Youth while in Handcuffs
>>
>> http://www.ucimc.org/content/video-champaign-police-choking-black-youth-while-handcuffs
>>
>> On June 5, 2011 Champaign police choked a 20 year old African-American man
>> in the back seat of a squad car while he was in handcuffs. His crime? Asking
>> why he had been stopped, roughed up, and pepper sprayed while walking in
>> campus town.
>>
>> Here is the video from the squad car of the entire 53 minute incident:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP76Oc3-fMw
>>
>> The choking occurs at 2:31:25 am according to the time stamp, although the
>> police begin to profile the man at 2:16:35. At 26:50:00 they pull up to
>> several youth, nearly knocking them with their car. They grab the one youth
>> who does not resist physically. At 2:27:08 they pepper spray him. 2:30:00
>> the youth continues to ask what he was doing and why he is under arrest.  He
>> explains that he was helping his sister home. At 2:31:25am you hear him say
>> "Do not touch me sir!" after which you can see an officer jump on him, grab
>> him by the throat, and choke him.
>>
>> This video release comes just weeks after 18 year old Calvin Miller showed
>> up at City Hall on crutches with a swollen eye and bumps on the back of his
>> head. Calvin said police beat him while in handcuffs.
>>
>> Another Youth, Gary McFarland, showed up at a press conference about police
>> abuse a few days later with his jaw wired shut. His statement was that
>> police broke his jaw while after they pepper sprayed him, threw him to the
>> ground and put him in handcuffs.
>>
>> Unlike Calvin's case, the City of Champaign has refused to release the squad
>> car video in the June 5th incident, but it was been obtained anonymously and
>> posted here.
>>
>> The youth in this video submitted a complaint to the city; it was considered
>> unfounded. After escalating pressure about police abuse, the City Manager
>> and States Attorney have asked the State Police to review if there was
>> misconduct. The State Police do not have a history of providing independent
>> investigation that is trusted by the community.
>>
>> In a recent press conference, the City Manager refused to answer questions.
>>
>> Related articles:
>>
>> Over 100 Stand with Calvin Miller
>>
>> http://ucimc.org/content/stand-calvin-miller-tuesday-night-champaign-city-council
>>
>> Probe Sought in Troubling Arrest
>>
>> http://www.news-gazette.com/news/courts-police-and-fire/2011-11-20/probe-sought-troubling-arrest-champaign.html
>>
>> City Manager Refuses to Answer Questions About Police Abuse:
>>
>> http://ucimc.org/content/champaign-city-manager-holds-not-very-newsy-press-conference-police-violence
>>      
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