Ethics

Another Example of Police Brutality

By Ed Brayton

Here's yet another example of police brutality against a schizophrenic man in Passaic, New Jersey.

Surveillance tape from Lawrence's Grill and Bar in Passaic on May 29 shows a police car pull up to Ronnie Holloway, who is standing still on the curb outside the restaurant. After a few moments Holloway zips up his sweatshirt -- because the female officer in the car instructed him to do so, Holloway said.

At that point, the other officer in the vehicle, Joseph R. Rios III, exits the car, grabs Holloway and slams him onto the hood of the police car. He then pummels Holloway with his fist and baton.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on June 13, 2009 (boomark / email).