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   "Zman"  wrote in message   
   news:Cmdzb.400808$HS4.3240351@attbi_s01...   
   > Dateline: Cincinnati, OH - 12/2/2003   
   >   
   > CNN News   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > A 350-pound man who died after being beaten by police when they tried to   
   > subdue him had an enlarged heart, and cocaine and PCP in his system, the   
   > Hamilton County coroner's office said Monday.   
   >   
   > A statement from coroner Carl Parrott Jr. said Nathaniel Jones, 41, "had a   
   > markedly enlarged heart, consistent with hypertensive heart disease."   
   >   
   > Preliminary results of drug testing showed the presence of cocaine and   
   PCP,   
   > or "angel dust," in Jones' system, the coroner's statement said.   
   >   
   > "Each of these drugs is a central nervous system stimulant and has been   
   > associated in some cases with bizarre and violently aggressive behavior,"   
   > the statement said.   
   >   
   > The incident Sunday morning was captured on videotape by a camera mounted   
   on   
   > a police cruiser.   
   >   
   > The tape showed four white police officers using nightsticks to subdue   
   > Jones, who is black, after he lunged at one officer.   
      
   "Bizarre and violently aggressive behavior,"  in this particular case was   
   obviously associated with pigs beating a person using their nightsticks in   
   their attempt to "subdue" a person in distress.   
      
   > The video sparked outrage in Cincinnati, where four days of rioting   
   erupted   
   > in April 2001 after a white police officer killed an unarmed 19-year-old   
   > black man.   
   >   
   > "How many of our people have to die before the city decides to do   
   something   
   > about it?" Nathaniel Livingston Jr. of the Coalition for a Just Cincinnati   
   > told The Associated Press.   
   >   
   > "We are not trying to say that this gentleman was innocent. I don't know   
   > what the circumstances were, but I have seen the film, and the kind of   
   > beating that I observed would raise questions in anyone's mind," said Dr.   
   > Calvert Smith, president of the Cincinnati chapter of the NAACP.   
   >   
   > Mayor defends officers   
   > Cincinnati Mayor Charlie Luken said the officers were trying to control   
   the   
   > situation and protect themselves.   
   >   
   > "They controlled the situation, and even after they start trying to get   
   the   
   > man down and telling him what to do, you can see him continue to wail and   
   > struggle and grab the nightstick," Luken said.   
   >   
   > "The police officers had a legitimate interest in making absolutely   
   certain   
   > that they protected their own lives and their own safety."   
   >   
   > Luken, in an interview Monday night with CNN's Aaron Brown, added: "It is   
   > never pretty to watch, but if you look at the tape carefully, you'll see   
   > that the officers are carefully avoiding hitting this individual in the   
   > head."   
   >   
   > The coroner's preliminary report said Jones had linear bruises on his   
   right   
   > calf, right thigh, right buttock and right lower back, but "there was no   
   > evidence of transmission of force to internal organs."   
   >   
   > The six officers involved were put on administrative leave, standard   
   > procedure in cases in which someone dies in custody, said Lt. Kurt Byrd of   
   > the Cincinnati Police Department.   
   >   
   > Their treatment upset Roger Webster, president of the Fraternal Order of   
   > Police in Cincinnati.   
   >   
   > "The officers were treated as criminals," he said. "They were read their   
   > rights. In that video, what did these officers do wrong?"   
      
   Justifications provided by the chief on account of pigs beating an innocent   
   individual can hardly be called "treating pigs as animals" they are.  I hope   
   people were able to see the tape where pigs were read their rights while   
   being arrested for their actions.   
      
   > Video shows attack, beating   
   > The incident began at 5:45 a.m. Sunday, when the manager of a White Castle   
   > restaurant called the Cincinnati Fire Department to report a man   
   unconscious   
   > on the floor, Byrd said.   
   >   
   > When paramedics arrived, they found Jones and a woman with him who was   
   also   
   > in some sort of medical distress, he said.   
   >   
   > Jones then regained consciousness, began acting strangely and left the   
   > restaurant, Byrd said.   
   >   
   > At that point, following standard procedure, the fire officials called   
   > police.   
      
   Police should not have been involved, if it's an obvious case of medical   
   distress. And pigs obviously had no business of chasing after the business   
   for ambulance gains.   
      
   > The videotape shows two white officers approaching Jones. The camera   
   records   
   > Jones saying, "White boy, redneck," then lunging at one officer and   
   > attempting to put him in a headlock. (Account of video)   
   >   
   > At that point, the officers wrestle Jones to the ground and use their   
   metal   
   > nightsticks to subdue him.   
   >   
   > They appear to strike him around the shoulders and torso numerous times,   
   > yelling repeatedly, "Put your hands behind your back!"   
   >   
   > Four more officers arrive, including one black officer. The fight ends   
   after   
   > three minutes with Jones lying on the ground handcuffed.   
   >   
   > At that point, the officers realized Jones was not breathing and called   
   > paramedics. After attempting CPR, the paramedics apparently took Jones to   
   a   
   > hospital, where he was pronounced dead.   
   >   
   > New procedures   
   > The riots in 2001 began after the shooting death of Timothy Thomas, who   
   was   
   > wanted on prior charges of fleeing police. The disturbances resulted in   
   > dozens of injuries, more than 800 arrests and widespread property damage.   
   >   
   > Civil rights leaders blamed what they called years of abuse by the police   
   > department for the anger in the black community. Thomas was the 15th black   
   > person killed by police since 1995.   
   >   
   > The city requested a federal investigation that led to an agreement in   
   April   
   > 2002, signed by U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft, specifying when and   
   how   
   > officers should use force, when and how they should chase suspects, and   
   how   
   > they should deal with the mentally ill.   
   >   
   > It also improved the procedures used in investigating complaints of police   
   > use of force and of police misconduct.   
   >   
   > In February of this year, a black man was shot and killed by a white   
   officer   
   > who had chased him running from a store that had been broken into, police   
   > said.   
   >   
   > A Citizen Complaint Authority review panel, the police and the county   
   > prosecutor decided the shooting was justified because the suspect was   
   > beating the officer with his nightstick, the AP reported.   
   >   
   Telling those stories AFTER the killings of their "suspects" and assailants   
   does not contribute to the FACTS which may have been deliberately distorted   
   due to the killing.  Because the facts may also show pig's murderous attempt   
   to destroy evidence together with the dead victim.   
      
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