Ethics

Juries Don't Convict Cops, Film at 11

By Ed Brayton

Here's an appalling case from Denver, where a cop chased down a 15 year old boy and stomped him so hard it nearly killed him. Here's what happened to the kid:

In the end, the boy lay prone and handcuffed on the ground with several of his ribs smashed, his kidneys half- pulverized and his liver lacerated.

Here's how other cops at the scene described what the officer in question did to the kid:

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on March 22, 2009 (boomark / email).