Comments on: Video of police officer’s meltdown highlights abusive traffic stops http://jonathanturley.org/2007/09/12/video-of-police-officers-meltdown-highlights-abusive-traffic-stops/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:11:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jonathanturley http://jonathanturley.org/2007/09/12/video-of-police-officers-meltdown-highlights-abusive-traffic-stops/#comment-183 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:11:43 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2007/09/12/video-of-police-officers-meltdown-highlights-abusive-traffic-stops/#comment-183 It is shocking to hear such accounts. However, the most common abuse remains the arresting of individuals who merely challenge police or object to their treatment of others. Some officers have developed a very low tolerance for such criticism and know that they will not be punished for filing charges under such ambiguous provisions as failure to obey an order or disorderly conduct.

]]> By: Rosh Hashanah Function in Florida Leads to Police Action and Arrests « JONATHAN TURLEY http://jonathanturley.org/2007/09/12/video-of-police-officers-meltdown-highlights-abusive-traffic-stops/#comment-182 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:10:35 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2007/09/12/video-of-police-officers-meltdown-highlights-abusive-traffic-stops/#comment-182 [...] Rosh Hashanah Function in Florida Leads to Police Action and Arrests Published September 13th, 2007 Constitutonal Law , Bizarre , Justice , Society In what appears to be case of unnecessary force and arrest directed against students, Orlando police arrested individuals at a college Rosh Hashanah prayer service. It is a common complaint from students: they object to treatment by officers and are promptly arrested. I have seen a number of these abuses, where officers punish citizens for voicing objections by making them spend the night in jail or face arraignment. For the most recent story, click here This follows a shocking video recently of another officer openly taunting a young man with his ability to make up reasons to arrest him. For the vido, click here [...]

]]> By: UncaPaul http://jonathanturley.org/2007/09/12/video-of-police-officers-meltdown-highlights-abusive-traffic-stops/#comment-176 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:12:24 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2007/09/12/video-of-police-officers-meltdown-highlights-abusive-traffic-stops/#comment-176 About 30 years ago, I listened to a retired sherrif’s deputy in Ohio brag about how he used to randomly pull over and beat up “punks” at night just to relieve the boredom and “put them in their place.”

This guy is probably lucky that the cop didn’t pull him from his car, beat him, and destroy the guy’s camera. Given that the officer’s own tape of the incident went “missing,” the police force in question has a bit of a habit of losing evidence when it’s convenient.

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