Denver Artist Beaten Bloody By Police

[BakedAtAMileHigh]

I called the Mayor's office right after I read about this...I still don't want to believe it happened in the city I love but Denver cops have a terrible history of violent abuse and botched arrests.

Local artist Eric Winfield was walking through a very busy section of Lower Downtown Denver right after a Rockies/Red Socks game. He was carrying a painting and had just crossed in front of the dance club La Rouge when he was tackled from behind by three police officers. The officers slammed Winfield's head into the pavement repeatedly: a move a few might recognize as a variation on the old neo-nazi skinhead favorite known as a "curb-check" specifically designed to break the victim's teeth against concrete.

Two of the three cops who beat this poor dude are professional cage fighters in their time off from the police force.

Here is the link to Winfield's photo-blog, which features several shots taken directly after the beating. I haven't posted them directly because they are really brutal:
http://denverpolice.wordpress.com/2010/02/10/83/

Here is the "Justice for Eric Winfield" Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/justiceforericwinfield

And local paper Westword's story about the incident:
http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2010/02/beaten_by_denver_cops_artist_e.php