Jenn:

See Packratt #14′s video link. She was “offered” or requested medical attention but IMHO the firefighters/paramedics clearly deferred to the officer and not the requesting patient! After what that maniac cop did to her, she should have been taken to a hospital for evaluation. As far as I am concerned, the firefighter/paramedics failed in their duty.

I looked at this video and thought she was just kicking her shoes off. She looked to be compliant to me. My initial reaction, had I thought she was about to become assaultive, would have been to SHUT THE DOOR. She was not that close to it and the door was almost shut anyway. That guy was looking for an excuse to kick her 15 year old, maybe 100 pound butt.

This should definitely be a felony charge. And, can someone explain to me why she was not offered medical attention?

I’ve witnessed a number of incidents involving ridiculously excessive force displayed by officers, going all the way back to when I was a small child. And it’s not like Burien is some hood. Yes, we’ve got a relatively high crime rate, but that’s largely due to the fact that the buffer between Seattle and Burien is unincorporated King County (White Center) which is full of projects and has no police force of its own. Regardless, our crime rate is no justification for the malevolent lawlessness displayed by the local department.

As teenagers, we were in perpetual fear of the police, two in particular. We could expect to be harassed, randomly searched and assaulted. The one particularly frightening officer was eventually removed from the force for allegedly shooting one too many unarmed civilians, the last one being a teenager. The other, officer Rayborn, is cited in the the article I linked to below. And suits brought against the department for this kind of conduct? Well, they ended like you’d expect any suits against police officers to end – Acquittals and hung juries. I went to school with the “drug user”, Mike Winchester, referenced in the quote below. Nice guy.

“Keller and two other officers were arrested in 2003 and charged with unlawful imprisonment and fourth-degree assault. They were accused of pepper-spraying and hitting Michael Winchester, a drug user they wanted to turn into an informant, to punish him for not returning their phone calls.

Prosecutors also alleged the three officers drove Winchester to the Green River and threatened to throw him in. But in 2004 a jury deadlocked 8-4 in favor of acquitting the police officers on five of the six charges, and the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office decided not to retry the case.”

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002693371_suit20m.html

Thank you, Mr. Balko, for adding to the media coverage of this incident.

and are all the “bite me”s Hayne/West in-jokes?

They will be able to provide evidence that he actually killed her.

I love how the second cop bravely protected the girl against this loser’s assault. Brave heros like that POS are why we make so many tv shows and movies about cops. It was particularly courageous the way he kneeled there and held her still while the other guy beat her in the head. I bet he has played that particular role before.

Hey, while you are down there superhero, why don’t you suck your buddy’s cock again?

#33… Even if the beating were justified and all that, if you’re too much of a pussy to be able to stand being hit by a shoe from a 15 year old girl, you’re not qualified to be a police officer. You’re a pussy (and that’s the kindest word I can think of for you).

Sir, I believe you owe an apology to all the pussies of the world.

I agree that talk of sentencing this turd to butt sex is barbaric (with apologies to turds.) Instead, fly him over to Phoenix, plant an ounce of herb on him and let Joe Arpaio’s goons do their normal stuff.

Judging by his career history, I don’t think this guy has anger issues. I think he’s a cold blooded sociopath who was just frustrated, and this girl was a convenient target for his frustration. Or he felt like he needed a workout. I think he plead not guilty because he honestly doesn’t feel he did anything wrong. It’s not like he hit someone in his own family or another police officer, and it’d be my guess that that’s as far as his empathy extends regarding other people. Hell, he was probably thrilled that the shoe actually hit him, and he probably assumed the “pain and injury” it caused him would negate any repercussions.

PS: The shoe hit his thigh, the toilet hit his shin.

ZappaCrappa has his fingers crossed that this cop will be the next one to die in the line of duty…or not in the line of duty…either was works…

Good to point out all sides of the issue, but
I think I’ll go with the ‘just another bully in uniform’ theory. 99 3/4 %
of the time it’s the right way to go when you’re dealing with this subject.

So the obvious question in my mind is, “how often is this happening when there are no cameras rolling?”

My guess is, every 15 minutes.

I sadly note that the courageous officer’s partner felt no such obligation. My SWAG is that for every dirty cop there are two to cover-up for their “brother in blue” and five who look the other way.