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(9,086 posts) Sun Oct 11, 2015, 02:03 AM Oct 2015

Taking out the trash while black, violently assaulted by cops [View all]

DALLAS — It's dash cam video that Dallas police commanders never wanted the public to see.

Keep in mind, Damon Williams, the man in the video, broke no laws. He wasn't under arrest when a Dallas police officer put him in a headlock and threw him to the ground. It all happened as the man's wife and children watched.

The Dallas City Council recently paid $125,000 to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit.

"Who knows what does that do an 8-year-old boy that watches the police body slam his dad?" said Don Tittle, a Dallas civil rights attorney who represented Williams.

Williams suffered a shoulder injury during the incident, he said.
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http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local/dallas-county/2015/10/09/dallas-police-altercation-lawsuit-excessive-force/73690602/

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Taking out the trash while black, violently assaulted by cops [View all] Cheese Sandwich Oct 2015 OP

Terrorizing The 99% - To Protect And Serve The 1% cantbeserious Oct 2015 #1

+1000 ^^^ This Guy gets it ^^^ FreakinDJ Oct 2015 #7

Glad he got a decent settlement out of the incident. n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2015 #2

It should have been bigger--especially since lawyers will take at least half. nt tblue37 Oct 2015 #15

Just go to the end of the article... strategery blunder Oct 2015 #3

No kidding, we need to empty the jails of pot smokers and fill them with bad cops. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #4

Agreed passiveporcupine Oct 2015 #5

Well the killer of Tamir Rice was 'justified' malaise Oct 2015 #6

Exactly. DFW Oct 2015 #8

Kick, kick, kick! Heidi Oct 2015 #9

A pattern of behavior suffragette Oct 2015 #10

++++++++ uppityperson Oct 2015 #11

A one day suspension? Really? LWolf Oct 2015 #12

Thank god the cop was not fired. Glassunion Oct 2015 #13

The settlement should have been bigger. nt tblue37 Oct 2015 #14

Absolutely. They got off on the cheap. Vinca Oct 2015 #16

Yes but also reform the cop system to stop these abuses. Cheese Sandwich Oct 2015 #17

Notice the sum of the cops' concern as expressed in this paragraph: tblue37 Oct 2015 #18

These comments are so revealing: tblue37 Oct 2015 #19