Police State USAGALVESTON, TX — More than a dozen wedding guests were brutalized by police officers during a raid on a wedding party at a hotel. Cops fired tasers, used batons, and generously applied pepper spray to the guests of a bride and groom hours after their wedding. Among them was former pro-baseball star Brandon Backe, who said the shoulder injuries that he received from police caused his pitching career to end.
After causing a gaping head wound, bruises, hair pulled out, a broken nose, and pepper spray on numerous individuals, the only reprimand any of the officers received was a paperwork violation. Interestingly, none of the 3 dozen cops reported any use of force.
Wedding Crashers
An event that should have been happy and memorable turned into violence and chaos when the Galveston Police got involved. A couple had just exchanged their vows and were celebrating with friends and family at the San Luis Hotel.
Everything was fine until an off-duty police officer thought that he had witnessed the bride’s brother, Daniel “Cole” O’Balle, 19, walking outside with an alcoholic beverage in his hand. Suspecting an under-aged adult had consumed a beverage without government permission, and violated the “open container” prohibition law, he phoned the police department for backup.
Police officers arrived to confront Mr. O’Balle. Joe and Shannon Belluomini, guests of the wedding party, witnessed the altercation and said that O’Balle was complying with security. Nonetheless, “out of nowhere, mayhem started,” explained Joe Belluomini to KTRK.
When the Belluominis tried to defuse the situation, they became targets themselves. Shannon Belluomini explained to KTRK that her husband was grabbed by the throat as Mr. O’Balle was assaulted. “The officer that had a baton in his hand started beating Cole with it. And then there just seemed like there were more and more officers.”
As Shannon Belluomini witnessed Cole O’Balle getting pummeled with baton strikes, she tried to intercede to protect his head, which was gashed open and bleeding. “That’s when they grabbed hold of me and threw me backwards and basically encased me with mace. It felt like acid being poured over my face and my eyes and my chest.”
As the commotion ensued, the wedding party came out to see what was the matter. Police lashed out violently to all who came within striking distance.
A total of 34 officers stormed the scene, prepped to handle what was described as a “riot.” Witnesses said the officers swarmed into the bar swearing at patrons and beating, pepper spraying, and tasering people without provocation.
Gil O’Balle, the father of the bride, saw that the police had split his son’s skull open and was attacked himself just for asking what had happened. Gil was then tased, pepper sprayed, and arrested
“I never thought I would have to go into a room and pray for my brothers life within hours of getting married,” said the bride, Amanda Lankford to KTRK.
Cole O’Balle had to be flown via helicopter to a hospital for immediate medical care. Cops arrested 13 people for ‘resisting arrest.’
Baseball Career Ruined
Brandon Backe, a pitcher for the Houston Astros, was in attendance to the wedding since he was a childhood friend of the groom. As a pro-baseball player he had appeared in the World Series in 2005. The injuries he endured during the commotion would ultimately lead to surgeries, permanent pain, and a ruined career.
“I heard a frantic voice saying, ‘They got Cole.’ I could tell by the tone of the voice that something wasn’t right,” explained Backe in court.
When Backe and others went outside to see the horrific head injury that Cole O’Balle had sustained, they were told by Officer Nicholas McDermott “back the f— up!” according to Backe.
But Backe said there was no more room to back up. “Chill out, we can’t back up. You’ve got enough room,” Backe replied. He says at that point several officers attacked him. He says he was struck until he fell to the ground and received a beating until his face was bloody. He said one officer kicked him in the face, breaking his nose.
Backe said that officers slammed his body into a concrete curb and then piled on top of him, beating him continuously. His shoulder took a hard blow from the concrete. “I hit the ground hard and they just got on top of me,” he said.
That pain in that shoulder never subsided, Backe said in court. After surgeries and prolonged pain, his baseball career was forced to an early conclusion. “You want to be able to hang it up yourself, not let someone else hang it up for you,” he said.
The incident occurred over on October 5th, 2008, but is still being worked through the court system. The incident caused twelve people to join a lawsuit against the Galveston Police Department for allegations of brutality. Brandon Backe is seeking damages for his career being destroyed.
Here is a brief video that was recorded during the incident. Note the use of taser as individuals — including the bride’s father — were not resisting.
Operating As Trained
For all the brutality and wanton attacks committed that night, no officers were fired. As far as the chief was concerned, every instance of force was justified. The only complaints that Galveston Police supervisors had was that the incident wasn’t documented properly. According to the Houston Chronicle:
An internal police investigation completed in March 2009 found that officers followed department policy in making arrests and applying force but that 13 officers failed to properly document the incident. Nine officers were suspended without pay, and four were issued written reprimands.
No “use of force” forms were filed at all, despite a gaping head wound, hair pulled out, a broken nose, pepper spray on numerous individuals, and obvious signs of bruising and beating on the arrested wedding guests.
While these omissions were themselves upsetting, many were shocked by the lack of acknowledgement of the brutality, and the lack of discipline following it.
“Split a skull open — bleeding on the brain — and its a paperwork violation?!” remarked Gil O’Balle.
http://www.policestateusa.com/2014/galveston-wedding-beatdown/
wtf….and why are people not seeing how bad things are yet?
Because this probably won’t be reported in the news, or if it is, it will be reported as an “isolated incident.” I’m not sure how many people realize that this kind of thing happens twice per week.
The Zionist news will never leave the American people with reason to believe there’s anything for them to worry about.
Hey Han & JR,
This actually happened in 2008, and according to the report is still in the court system. You would think this would be an open and shut case, but no some of the corporate code enforcers didn’t file paperwork. The whole incident is enough to make ones head explode. 🙁
They can kill without fear of prosecution. The police are the main criminal gang in the u.s. They extort, setup road blocks and terrorize peaceful protests. They have executed people on video that documented blatant murder and not been prosecuted. People have gone to court with video evidence proving police lies only to have the judge refuse to allow the video and believe the police lies and give a guilty verdict. We are living through absolute tyranny with not much more to go before all freedom is wiped out and we have regular filmed public executions for revenue and more. George Orwell would not have imagined the extent of our enslavement all because of the zionist plague with their belief they will rule over a gentile enslaved population which will be do their bidding or die!!! God help us!
And there was only 34 officers that responded to an “under-aged drinker” complaint???? Wow, those Galveston PD are some kind of brave SOB’s to go on a call like that without the entire force – Were the jaywalkers left out there un-ticketed by themselves??
“Suspecting an under-aged adult had consumed a beverage without government permission, and violated the “open container” prohibition law, he phoned the police department for backup.”
He needed backup to handle an underage drinker?
BAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAAHA!!!!! How old is this cop? 2? My goodness, who the hell hired this coward? I thought they hired tough guys to be cops. This guy probably couldn’t even handle tying his shoelaces without back-up. Where do they find these guys? Both he and the guy who hired the him should be fired for stupidity.
Whatever happened to talking to the guy first? Enough with the “shoot first and ask questions later” crap, already.
Unfrigginbelievable….
Police have become a serious danger to society.
They perform NO function to benefit mankind anymore,
Its time to do away with them.
People please you know why this is happening, we have a culture of impunity. Politicians, bankers, drug kingpins, cops, and other degenerates are protected under the law all the time, from everything. You are to be made to fear them.
There will never be any justice in the system for you. Get used to it, one day probably for no reason it will be your turn, or my turn or someone we know. And there will be nothing you can do about it because just like Neo in the matrix you are trapped in this system you have allowed to be built.
And if you think you can over throw it and build a new one, think about it for a minute. What fills the vacuum while you are doing that? What temporary measure will stabilize the country while you institute a new system? Can you get enough people to agree on what should be done?
Since the 1970’s some of us have been trying to tell others who the police serve. And we got funny looks, or called names or worse. Fine, all it takes is time and you will see for yourself.
And all these folks that want to go back to the constitution, I have a question for you, what do think allowed all this happen? Provisions in he constitution and groups of men empowered to interpret them. End of story. Give a monkey a loaded gun and what do you think will happen?
It’s totally insane that this can happen over an open container violation. It’s getting to the point where cops need to be shot on sight as a simple matter of self-preservation.
I don’t know where they find these freaks, or what they teach them, but it really looks like they want them to get killed for an excuse to bring in the military or something.
Whatever their plans, we can’t live like this. These cops have to be stopped. They’re making everyday life impossible.
There is only one effective way to deal with government tyranny, the same way patriots displayed at the Bundy ranch standoff–deadly force.
When the courts fail to meet out impartial JUSTICE over police abuse, you have to visit the police when they are off duty and get it yourself. Their names and addresses are not impossible to get.