Judge: Black man beaten by police was stopped illegally

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Updated 1:26 pm, Thursday, February 16, 2017


PHILADELPHIA (AP) A Pennsylvania judge has ruled that police illegally stopped a 22-year-old unarmed black man in Philadelphia before a dozen mostly white officers surrounded him and beat him in an encounter captured on video .

Common Pleas Judge Kai Scott on Wednesday ruled that drugs police seized from Tyree Carroll cannot be admitted as evidence because the arresting officer wasn't legally permitted to stop and search Carroll, Newsworks.org reported (http://bit.ly/2lVBT4W).

A spokesman for the Philadelphia district attorney said prosecutors haven't decided whether to appeal to Superior Court.

A narcotics officer testified he approached Carroll on April 3, 2015, suspecting he'd recently sold drugs. The undercover officer grabbed Carroll by the arm, leading to a confrontation in which officers kicked, punched and cursed at him.



Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Judge-Black-man-beaten-by-police-was-illegally-10937237.php

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Tyree Carroll with his daughter.

[logosoco]

1. So much to comment on here!

First, it is way past time to end the drug war!!!

Second, this young man deserves quite a large settlement from this. The number of police in this case is a crazy waste of taxpayer money. As will all the appeals in court until he finally gets the settlement.
Third, this contributes to a vicious cycle: cops do something that causes the city to have to pay out. Then the budget has short falls. Then the cops have to be even more aggressive in the streets to hope to come up with charges that can involve a fine to refill the coffers.

This is one HUGE area in America that needs to have major reform, but none of it is on "the presidents" list of things to do to make America great. This here is the exact stuff that is making America NOT great!

[DK504]

2. The new Rodney King beat down.

I am shocked he lived through that, how he didn't have internal bleeding or collapsed lung is a miracle.