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MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
Mon Dec 8, 2014, 02:21 PM Dec 2014

Grand Jury Clears Two Former Jasper Cops Who Beat Woman in Jail



Grand jury clears 2 former Jasper officers of brutality
By Brooke Crum

A Jasper County grand jury cleared two former police officers who were caught on video manhandling a woman inside the police station last year.

Ricky Grissom and Ryan Cunningham will not face criminal charges for their role in the May 5, 2013, incident.

Police station surveillance video showed the officers wrestling Keyarika Diggles to the ground while dispatcher Lindsey Davenport watched. One of the officers grabbed a handful of Diggles hair and slammed her against the police station counter. Together they dragged her by her feet into a darkened holding cell.

Diggles, who was arrested on suspicion of unpaid traffic tickets, claimed she was left on the floor for hours without medical attention and subjected to a strip search.

The Jasper City Council fired Grissom and Cunningham shortly after the incident. Davenport, who apparently conducted the strip search, was fired later.

http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Grand-jury-clears-2-former-Jasper-officers-of-5904753.php
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Grand Jury Clears Two Former Jasper Cops Who Beat Woman in Jail (Original Post) MrScorpio Dec 2014 OP
And this is a surprise because ???? CincyDem Dec 2014 #1
Is is prejudice to say they Faux pas Dec 2014 #2
i must admit to wondering the same thing. hifiguy Dec 2014 #3
They seem to like the "skinhead" look Bandit Dec 2014 #4
well they seem to be missing the goatee belzabubba333 Dec 2014 #6
What the hell has happened to this country!! newfie11 Dec 2014 #5

CincyDem

(6,355 posts)
1. And this is a surprise because ????
Mon Dec 8, 2014, 02:28 PM
Dec 2014


As the rules were explained to me this weekend, until the alleged victim is "sleeping and white they won't indict".
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