WCPO in cincy currently has the full raw footage available on their website.
Recently the Minneapolis police were accused of sodomizing a drug suspect with a plunger. The local NAACP came out immediatly against the police, and several local citizens groups and local activists came out immediatly too. They didn’t wait to see if the story had any validity. They held a news conference showing the man, in pain, hunched over, barely able to walk, and ultimately collapsing in front of the cameras.
But wait! There is more to the story? Footage taken earlier in the day by a local news crew show an agile and clearly healthy man running away from the news crews. The whole news conference deal was an act, a sham. Yet the local activists refused to back down from their original position. Why the heck didn’t they say, “you know, this guy may have hoodwinked us a bit, we’ll get back to you in a bit once we find out more information”. Instead, they stick to their guns, and loudly discredit themselves in front of all the news cameras.
Note to activists: Sometimes people are bad. By blindly assuming the worst in all situations, you may occaisionally appear to be in league with these bad people. This does not help your cause.
To answer your question, yes, the point contact of a nightstick is much more painful and debilitating than being smacked with the length of the club. Think of someone hitting you with the point of a high heeled shoe instead of the flat part. Clubs have been known to break when swung instead of jabbed, which leaves the cop without a non-lethal weapon (other than pepper spray). The “PR” that most cops carry these days are not really designed for flailing. That handle sticks out at a right angle for a reason.
Some riot sticks actually have a steel ball on each end to facilitate damage upon contact.
This could be taken any number of ways: Why not kill 2 birds with one stone. Let the CPD circle jerk all over him. He’ll be sticky - and the police will be showing their love and admiration for all members of the community.
It was racism. Listen to what the guy says as he lunges at the cops (unprovoked). He calls them “white rednecks”, and something about what “my momma” taught me.
Also, the preliminary coroners report that I heard was that the bruises were on the arms and legs, and nowhere on the torso. I’ll be interested to see the final report.
He still might have died, I can’t believe that putting a few thousand volts through mr. universe would have been any better than a few hits from a stick. It wasn’t the beat down that killed him.
NurseCarmen you missed another chapter in that Minneapolis story. The guy has been arrested again for drug offenses. The other thing is, apparently this guy has a known habit of hiding drugs in his rectum. Which is enough to make you wonder…
