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JoeOtterbein

(7,700 posts)
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 01:27 PM Apr 2020

'Horrific Abuse of Power': California Police Launch Investigation After Viral Video Shows Deputy Pun

Daily Beast

Sacramento’s Black Lives Matter chapter said there is “not one reason that validates a full-size armed man, to sit on, punch, and try and break the arms of a child.”

Pilar Melendez
Reporter
Updated Apr. 29, 2020 12:51PM ET / Published Apr. 29, 2020 12:17PM ET

A California deputy is under investigation after a disturbing viral video showed him punching and choking a teenage boy during an arrest, authorities said.

The Rancho Cordova Police Department and the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office announced an “investigation into the use of force by our deputy” after a video of the April 27 incident posted on Twitter on Tuesday received more than two million views and was shared by former Democratic presidential candidates Julian Castro and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA).

“This is a horrific abuse of power,” Harris tweeted. “This officer must be held accountable.”

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'Horrific Abuse of Power': California Police Launch Investigation After Viral Video Shows Deputy Pun (Original Post) JoeOtterbein Apr 2020 OP
The asshole's name is Brian Fowell dalton99a Apr 2020 #1
Mutha Fuck, even during a plague !? Fuck, of course the SMALL kid is black and the cop punches uponit7771 Apr 2020 #2
FTP. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2020 #3
he came close to slamming KT2000 Apr 2020 #4
Saw that on Twitter Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2020 #5
I know this is California, not East Cornpone, Arkassippi, but Aristus Apr 2020 #6

dalton99a

(81,486 posts)
1. The asshole's name is Brian Fowell
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 01:32 PM
Apr 2020
14-year-old Elijah Tufono recounts the moment Rancho Cordova Police officer Brian Fowell pinned him to the ground, after busting the teen for having tobacco.

https://local21news.com/news/nation-world/police-investigating-after-officer-is-caught-on-camera-cuffing-punching-teen

uponit7771

(90,339 posts)
2. Mutha Fuck, even during a plague !? Fuck, of course the SMALL kid is black and the cop punches
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 01:32 PM
Apr 2020

...the kid in the face.

Jus damn

Aristus

(66,363 posts)
6. I know this is California, not East Cornpone, Arkassippi, but
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 04:07 PM
Apr 2020

will the cops rally around their own, or will we get some actual justice?

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