How many more deaths must it take America, before you finally ask,
what has changed so dramatically in the last 10 years that this kind of police interaction has become accepted as the norm?
At least five Los Angeles police officers are under investigation in the death of a woman who stopped breathing during a struggle that included an officer stomping on her genital area and the use of additional force by others to take her into custody, police officials confirmed Thursday.
The altercation in front of her South Los Angeles apartment was captured by a patrol car's video camera.
A female officer threatened and the actually did kick her in the genitals.
To threaten it is actually outrageous, to actually do it, is an act of insanity
When asked by The Times about the incident, LAPD Cmdr. Bob Green confirmed that one officer, while trying to get Alesia Thomas into the back of a patrol car, threatened to kick Thomas in the genitals if she did not comply, and then followed through on her threat.
How long was she in distress in the back of the car?
After officers forced Thomas into the back seat of the police car, she is seen on the video breathing shallowly; she eventually stopped breathing.
"I take all in-custody death investigations very seriously," LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said in a statement late Thursday. "I am confident we will get to the truth no matter where that leads us."
Violence now seems to be standard procedure.
What are the odds of 2 such incidence, both being against women, within 24 hours of each other?
The uncouth question is: Who taught the police their training techniques and my guess would be JINSA's LEEP program paid for by a fully funded grant from the Department of Homeland Security, and how many of these same such actions have gone unchecked?
The incident came to light a day after Beck announced he was transferring a captain from his command after a separate videotaped incident in which officers were shown slamming a handcuffed woman to the ground. Beck said
