cops at it again … this time in TX ...

[littlewolf]

http://www.myfoxaustin.com/story/29130347/elderly-georgetown-man-files-federal-lawsuit-accusing-swat-officers-of-using-excessive-force

An elderly Georgetown man says SWAT officers took him to the ground and broke his hip.
His attorney has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the city and county.

The 82-year-old man lives about five blocks away from the sheriff's office in downtown Georgetown.
He says sheriff's deputies and Georgetown police came to his home in full swat gear in late September to serve a search warrant regarding his nephew who had been staying with him.
Video shot by someone driving by that day shows Herman Crisp sitting in a chair on his lawn with a friend. He says when the officers arrived; they threw a flash-bang device at his home, knocking him out of his chair.

He says officers slammed him to the ground and handcuffed him. He says the force broke his hip. He says officers searched his home and before they left, helped him back inside, but didn't call paramedics. His family members say they found him the next day on the floor in his own feces.

more at the link.
of course no one on the police dept will go to jail.
and of course this guy is 82 thin as a rail and black
he was a real threat to those SWAT cops.

I hope he wins a large sum of money and the city fires some folks ...

[TexasProgresive]

1. he's gotta lotta gall living in Georgetown while black

[Archae]

2. Nope, it'll be the same old same old...

The elderly gentleman will get money from local taxpayers, and the vicious cops will get off scot free.

It's long past time the lawsuit judgments get taken from the local Fraternal Order of Police, THEN they'll start policing their own ranks.

[Takket]

3. whatever happened to...

knocking on the door?

[TexasTowelie]

4. Link to the Williamson County Sun that I posted last night:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/107825744