DarkShadow
05-20-2009, 10:46 AM
I think they were just trying to assist with CPR, personally.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RPVs4gFfr0
A group of Birmingham police officers beat an already-unconscious suspect with fists, feet and a billy club, a battering caught on videotape until a police officer turned off the patrol car camera.
Authorities believe the video, taken in January 2008 after a chase by several area law enforcement agencies ended when the fleeing suspect's van flipped, has been seen by numerous Birmingham officers and as many as a half-dozen supervisors over the past year.
But top city and police officials weren't made aware of the taped beating until they were contacted by the district attorney's office three months ago.
In fact, investigators say, the suspect, Anthony Warren, didn't even know he'd been beaten until the tape surfaced in March... -- http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/05/birmingham_police_beating_vide.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RPVs4gFfr0
A group of Birmingham police officers beat an already-unconscious suspect with fists, feet and a billy club, a battering caught on videotape until a police officer turned off the patrol car camera.
Authorities believe the video, taken in January 2008 after a chase by several area law enforcement agencies ended when the fleeing suspect's van flipped, has been seen by numerous Birmingham officers and as many as a half-dozen supervisors over the past year.
But top city and police officials weren't made aware of the taped beating until they were contacted by the district attorney's office three months ago.
In fact, investigators say, the suspect, Anthony Warren, didn't even know he'd been beaten until the tape surfaced in March... -- http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/05/birmingham_police_beating_vide.html