Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Gilbert, AZ — The family of Kyle Cardenas has filed a notice of claim with the Gilbert Police Department after they say, police beat him and tasered him until his heart stopped.
According to the claim, Cardenas’ family called the VA Crisis hotline on Sept. 12, 2015, and asked for medical help for their son. Cardenas was suffering from PTSD-induced delusions, so his family specifically asked for no police and a crisis team instead.
However, according to the claim, rather than getting the crisis team, who is trained to handle these situations, they got untrained cops from the Gilbert Police department.
Cardenas, clearly in a state of delusion, and in need of medical help, could not comply with the multiple officers screaming at him, so the officers escalated to violence after Cardenas resisted. The claim states that officers used excessive force because Cardenas was unable to comply.
The notice reads in part:
“The police charged into this bedroom as well and attempted to restrain Kyle again. During the melee, the officers Tased Kyle at least seven times, sprayed OC spray directly into Kyle’s face, struck Kyle multiple times with their batons, punched Kyle in the face with closed fists, kicked and kneed Kyle in the thighs and legs, and ordered one of the K-9 unit dogs to attack and bite Kyle.”
The multiple hits with the taser, clearly in violation of their use, stopped Cardenas’ heart, according to the claim.
“Fortunately for Kyle and his family, the emergency department personnel were able to revive him, but not before he suffered permanent and debilitating physical and emotional injuries,” the notice of claim said.
The Gilbert police have refused to comment on the case citing the ongoing administrative investigation.
This incident highlights two failures on behalf of government. The first failure is the inability of the VA to respond to a veteran who has PTSD without leaning on the police, their batons, tasers, and fists for help — completely the opposite of what the family asked for.
The second failure is on behalf of the Gilbert police officers who couldn’t resolve a situation involving a mentally unstable individual without resorting to violence and nearly killing him.
Sadly, veterans, especially those with PTSD are victims of the police far too often.
The Free Thought Project reported on the murder of Tommy Yancy, a father of two, who was savagely beaten to death by five law enforcement officers during a routine traffic stop on Mother’s Day. Yancy, a veteran who suffered from PTSD, served in Afghanistan and Iraq in the 259th Field Service Unit following the 9/11 attacks.
In January of last year, a video emerged of a 70-year-old veteran abused by police for walking with a cane.
In February 2015, an officer pleaded not guilty after gunning down Raymond Keith Martinez, 51, an unarmed homeless veteran who was loitering, but posed no threat to anyone. In another incident that month, another officer turned away as his partner beat an innocent and handcuffed veteran- so that the assault would not be captured on his body camera.
In March of last year, police gunned down a naked and mentally ill veteran in broad daylight.
In April 2015, a horrifying video was posted online of a police officer beating a veteran in front of her child, after she screamed out that she was pregnant. Her 9-month-pregnant stomach was left covered in bruises.
The list goes on and on. A search of the term “veteran” on our website should be enough for any person with a “support our troops” sticker on the back of their car to be outraged, so where are they?
It is truly tragic how many men and women survive wars abroad just to come home and be killed by the muscle for their own government.
“… his family specifically asked for no police…”
Their first mistake was expecting compliance.
“… the officers Tased Kyle at least seven times, sprayed OC spray directly into Kyle’s face, struck Kyle multiple times with their batons, punched Kyle in the face with closed fists, kicked and kneed Kyle in the thighs and legs, and ordered one of the K-9 unit dogs to attack and bite Kyle.”
Had that been MY family member, at that point EVERY PIG IN THAT ROOM WOULD HAVE CAUGHT ONE IN THE BACK OR THE HEAD!
INCLUDING THE DOG!!!
Hopefully now they realize that it has never been the Iraqis, the Taliban, Al Qaeda, ISIS, or any other group on the other side of the world attacking our freedom. The thugs doing that are right here at home.
History shows that the active-duty military will join in on the side of the pigs if ordered to do so, even to the point of attacking vets (e.g., the Bonus Army). However, many will likely desert to defend their families if there’s ever a full-blown collapse of civilization. That’s uncharted territory.
The Gilbert Police……………does not surprise me. A bunch of young uneducated, ignorant sons of whores with badges. As an Iraqi Veteran myself this kind of police abuse inflicted upon a brother Vet for no reason at all I see as traitorous and treasonous. When we start killing these murderous cops what are they going to do then? Do not ever call cops to assist with a Veteran suffering from PTSD, there is an independent crisis team in Arizona that can handle these situations. In Phoenix there is PTSD groups that can provide a phone number to these crisis teams. Do not call the VA, the VA in Phoenix is the worse hospital in the world, they will cause even more problems. There is a great PTSD Program in Prescott.
This is how our government and military treat SOLDIERS who volunteer to fight their wars for them.
STOP FLUCKING SIGNING UP FOR THE MILITARY.
If they have no one to fight their battles, they will stop waging wars….
they sure as hell won’t fight themselves, and they never allow any of
their own family to fight.
WAKE UP. STOP JOINING THE MILITARY.
This is the price YOU will pay if you make back it back home.