Infowars – by Mikael ThalenA Seattle police officer who stomped on a handcuffed man’s head in 2010 was cleared of wrongdoing this week after Interim Seattle Police Chief Harry Bailey agreed that a concussion made him do it.
According to reports, Seattle police officer Garth Haynes, who was off-duty and out of uniform at the time, began fighting several men who confronted him as he violently restrained a woman outside a bar.
Haynes was charged with fourth-degree assault for stomping the man’s head after police arrived but was later found innocent when he told jurors that he felt “dazed” during the incident. Haynes also told the jury that he believed the woman on scene had stolen his coat and that he never intended to stomp on anyone.
Although acquitted of assault in 2012, Haynes received a 10-day suspension from his department for excessive force, which was immediately appealed by The Seattle Police Officers Guild.
After reviewing medical records from the incident, a doctor hired by city attorneys stated that Haynes had received a “low-level concussion” that likely made him not understand his own actions.
“It is possible that the concussion could account for Officer Haynes’ behavior in the immediate aftermath of the incident,” the doctor’s report said.
With this “evidence,” the city was able to convince Interim Police Chief Bailey to reverse the suspension and remove the excessive force charge from Haynes’ record. City attorneys even accused the three men from the 2010 incident of racism in the appeal, alleging that they approached Haynes because he was black, not because he was grabbing a woman.
“I’m glad to see that the city attorney’s office had an ah-ha moment and realized, and in fact agreed with, what we’ve said all along, that Officer Haynes was the victim of a racially motivated beatdown,” Seattle Police Officers Guild President Ron Smith said.
According to city spokeswoman Kimberly Mills, first responders never found evidence that Haynes had received a concussion to begin with.
“There was no diagnosis of a concussion when Officer Haynes was evaluated by medical personnel following the incident,” Mills said.
Despite Mill’s evidence, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced during a Monday press conference that he would not challenge the city’s decision, but would work to fix police corruption issues.
“We have a complaint process, an appeals process, and a punishment process that is broken,” Murray said.
Tim Leary, a lawyer who previously represented the man who was stomped on, was seemingly shocked at the city’s decision.
“I think there are significant questions where an officer is claiming a concussion caused him to be confused and lack the ability to control his actions when he’s stomping on the head of a hand-cuffed suspect he’s upset with,” Leary said.
Chief Bailey’s decision comes only days after more than 125 Seattle officers filed a private lawsuit against city officials and the U.S. Justice Department for attempting to stop them from regularly using violence.
“Chief Bailey’s decision comes only days after more than 125 Seattle officers filed a private lawsuit against city officials and the U.S. Justice Department for attempting to stop them from regularly using violence.”
That is the main problem with police in this country (they just want to beat us a little more)
I have a feeling that soon many people will start having their own concussions resulting in them sending these gestapos back to Hell!
Thats going to be my new excuse.
“Oh I shot the cop because he gave me a concussion. It made me do it”. lol
Precendent was only set for the cops. The proletariat are not afforded the same legal protections of cops.
time for a takeout
and i’m not talking fast food!
we all should remember all these excuses they use to abuse us..
so when we turn the tables we can use the same lines against them..
be careful what you wish for cops..pushing a society to realize we dont need you , ends up rendering all of you un-necessary and a threat to our further happiness
thus delt with by the same ways and means you pepetrated upon us.
its going to be a riot when you finally figure it out..(pun intended)
Usually they say: “I FEARED FOR MY LIFE”, that’s the tried-and-true cliche cops use to justify anything they do.
Any excuse to keep a lunatic on the force. The bosses like cops who beat people who are already in handcuffs.
They’ll get theirs.
““It is possible that the concussion could account for Officer Haynes’ behavior in the immediate aftermath of the incident,” the doctor’s report said.
With this “evidence,” the city was able to convince Interim Police Chief Bailey to reverse the suspension and remove the excessive force charge from Haynes’ record.”
Unfrigginbelievable….
How about all of those people with mental problems who called the police for help only to get shot to death by them or if they were lucky, were put in prison, only to be beaten and tortured some more? What about their evidence? They don’t count because they are not a police officer? F**K YOU!
One set of rules for the thugs in blue,and body armor,and a complete different set for the citizens that they prey on. They are the biggest violent street gang in the USSA today be far!