ACLU seeks communications on alleged assault by officer

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By RANDALL CHASE

DOVER, Del. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union is seeking records of communications between the Delaware attorney general's office and Dover city officials about a case in which a dashcam video shows a police officer kicking a man in the face.

The ACLU filed court papers Friday seeking the documents.

The organization sued the city last September over the alleged assault of Lateef Dickerson by Cpl. Thomas Webster IV in 2013. Police last month released a dashcam video showing Webster kicking Dickerson in the face when he was on the ground on his hands and knees.

Dickerson, 30, was knocked unconscious and suffered a broken jaw.

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[complendio]

1. Thank God for video cameras

I cannot imagine how it was back in the 30's, 20's, etc.

[Judi Lynn]

2. People were just lost, I'm sure! Completely hopeless. The cameras came not a moment too soon.

Hope they can't find a way to make it illegal, which they've considered, to film cops in action.

Welcome to D.U., complendio.

[christx30]

4. They tried to make it illegal.

People have been jailed under BS charges like wiretapping. The the courts, thankfully, shut that down.

[libdem4life]

3. I wasn't there but cops then did not have military training and trained that everyone that

comes into their shooting range is a danger, thus a target. It was Officer Friendly days.

My years in LA County in the 70s, it was bad for the Mexicans. Up North, not nearly the same itchy fingers...perhaps because the per capita income is higher and there are fewer minorities...due to distance from the border and employment mostly in the Inland Empire.