There is a disturbing video out of Skokie, Illinois where Cassandra Feuerstein is shown being thrown face first into a concrete bench by officers after her arrest for DUI. Feuerstein, 47, is suing for the alleged abuse, which included four deputies stripping her and leaving her in a cell without her clothes. Several bones were broken in her face.
Feuerstein was arrested for DUI after officers found her pulled over at the side of the road and asleep behind the wheel. The video below shows a calm Feuerstein who asks to call her husband and kids. Officer Michael Hart calls her out of the cell, and less than 20 seconds later, the video shows Hart throwing the 110-pound woman back into the cell — face-first into a cement bench.
A police report says that Feuerstein was not looking at the camera when being processed and then charged her with resisting arrest while being brought back to the cell. The subsequent charge raises obvious concerns. We have previously seen where, after an abusive arrest or seizure of property, police will add charges against the alleged victim. Notably, in this case, the State’s Attorney later dropped the resisting arrest charges and Feuerstein pleaded guilty to drunk driving. What is not clear is if the prosecutors saw this video and failed to take any actions. There is no report of any discipline for the officers.
The police report states that the resisting arrest charge was based on the grounds that Feuerstein “knowingly resisted … in that she pulled away from (the officer) and placed both her hands on the sides of the cell door all in an attempt to not be placed into the holding cell.” That charge appears entirely spurious and abusive and reads like a transparent effort to coerce a victim into silence in hopes of a plea deal. Yet, again, the officer does not appear to have been disciplined and the prosecutors took no action other than dropping the obviously baseless charge.
Neither the police chief nor the city would make any comment. The pictures and video below however speak for themselves.
Source: NBC
Ahhh…..ROME
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. If that cop did that to my wife or daughter, even my friend, it would be me facing charges next because I would beat that MF badly. The cops mentality in this country is disgusting
Once again the Gestapo cops brutalize an American citizen. These fascist goons should be fired and prosecuted for violation of the woman’s civil rights.
BarkinDog,
Just a little geography for you. Park Forest is not close to Skokie. Skokie is just north of the city limits of Chicago, while Park Forest is a far south suburb. I could take you 1-2 hours by car, depending on traffic to get to Park Forest from Skokie. It is approximately 45-50 miles.
Her federal civil suit against the igPays can be grounded upon one of the federal civil rights acts. A person who is a cop is a “state actor” and if he/she violates the civil rights of a person then they can be liable under Title 42 of United States Code Section 1983. If you sue for conspiracy against the perps who conspired, even by their silence and coverup for each other, you can allege Section 1985(3). You can get punitive damages. You can sue the City involved but not the State sovereign if it is state igPays. You can not get punitive damages against a municipality. Monnell doctrine. You can also get attorneys fees paid on top of nominal damages, actual damages, punitive damages. Section 1988.
But, this part of Illinois is becoming a Pirate Territory and the lord only knows what kind of treatment one would get in a federal court there suing opCays and city officials. Nothing has been done to the igPays who murdered the 95 year old WWII veteran in his own room at his nursing home when he refused some medical treatment. They said he was armed with a shoe horn and so they tased him and then shot him in the stomach with a shotgun. Park Forest, IL, not far from Skokie in the Greater Chicago area.
That story was on this blog.
Would love to see that S.O.B. try that crap with me. Bet his mommy is real proud of her coward as* son assaulting a helpless woman.
OT OT OT
c’mere baby and give me a hug
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/man-accidentally-shoots-kills-girlfriend-during-hu/nbFdm/
this article sums it all up perfectly
http://beforeitsnews.com/war-and-conflict/2013/10/military-militarizes-cops-with-4-2-billion-of-hardware-546-million-in-2012-the-us-is-now-an-occupied-nation-picture-2449148.html
im sorry os i respect your opinions and definitely the facts that you post the majority but this is not a isolated incident. unless you meant for that precinct then its still not isolated the below link is a site dedicated to the crimes committed by cops that the lame stream media will never tell us..
http://www.policemisconduct.net/
and lets not leave out the fact that we now have a cop posted on the front page of all lame stream media for attempting to break the window of the suv containing Mr lien and his family… he’s a black cop so he was marched into the court house/room alone and like the perp he is.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/undercover-lied-role-biker-beatdown-suv-driver-source-article-1.1479369
until the people wake up and begin to understand that the irs is a illegal entity set up to rob us to pay the rich. then this will continue to happen. because it isnt coming out of their pockets. and in todays society they no longer even pretend like they are going to discipline the criminals uh i mean cops.!!!!
come on now there is a reason israeli military members are training our cops and we all know the truth. the crooked cops are meant to shut us up and keep us from defending our rights and freedoms.. what gets me is these stupid axx cops don’t realize they are hated just as much if not more then us civilians because they have turned against their fellow americans. and are wholly owned by the real crooks. who still won’t allow them the pay they so called deserve for putting OUR LIVES on the line its no more about cops putting their lives on the line. but oh boy when the day comes that karma reminds them of who and what they truly are!!!!!! PUNKS IN UNIFORMS WITH A GUN AND BADGE…
This video is damning to the officer who pushed her. He should be “toast”. She appears to have a “civil” suit against the officer, the entire chain-of-command, and the city. Sh doesn’t need to be the additional victim of a coverup.
They should NOT be able to keep her from suing them with some BS about “public” immunity since as of the FALL of 2012 there was an NC case where Rodney Dale Class prosecuted his own case as a “private attorney general (PAG)” under an 1866 law of the Federal Act and won his initial case and prevailed in the appeal the result of which places almost everyone in government, elected office, agencies, police, etc. in the “private” and NOT the “public”!. Because they operate in the “private” they possess NO “public” immunity from prosecution and can be sued in the “private” without permission for ALL their “stuff”.
Because the case was won initially and then prevailed in the appeal it can now be cited in court. Had they not appealed it could not have been cited but since they did …..
Happy hunting!
Unrelated case above btw. Just thought you would be interested in it
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/10/justice/lapd-officer-charged-assault/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
LAPD officer charged with assaulting arrested woman, who later died
By Greg Botelho, CNN
updated 10:38 PM EDT, Thu October 10, 2013
Skokie is not all that far in miles from Park Forest where the police shot and killed a 95 year old WWII veteran in his nursing home room with a taser and then a shotgun and killed him. See the article on this Turleyblog.
What is it with the runts in Chitown?
Skokie. REAL men wear badges.
What a Manly thing to do– beat up a woman.
Can someone send these creeps in Skokie this blog so that they read what we have to say?
Where is Skokie, anyway?
[music]
I’m just an oakie from Skokie
We just live off farts and LSD.
Some fools listen to our stories…
Bigger lies have fallen on deaf ears.
Oh, I’m just an oakie from Skokie..
Illinois ain’t got nuthin but mean men.
We can whip,,, kids, puppies and women…
Ethics ain’t got no traction way out here.
[to the tune of Oakie From Miskogie.]
This is nothing new.
Neither the police chief nor the city would make any comment.
Of course not, if they don’t immediately condemn the act, then you can bet they will shut up or say it will all come out in court…when they KNOW it won’t even go to court, and they will be denying FOIA requests until the case is settled by their insurance company, who will not even take that chance with that much evidence in a trial. (They then can blame the insurance company)
So the taxpayers will take a big hit, either for the suit or the raise in insurance, and the cops will hope it quietly goes away.
And if you keep on them when the case is finally settled, (after years), they try to say it’s an “old” case & settled, so move along…there’s nothing to see here…
It was the same way in the Hope Steffey case.
Reblogged this on ExCop-LawStudent.
Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn, next stop is Viet Nam.