More Proof that the Law Does Not Apply to Cops.
A cop was once again found ‘not guilty’ for beating the piss out of an innocent man. This time a Dover cop. With a folder full of abuse complaints, none of which were allowed in at trial. Despite a video showing him kicking said innocent man.
My conclusion: More proof that Delaware is a police state.
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Move forward with the civil suits. Maybe taxpayers will eventually get tired of paying for this type of behavior from law enforcement.
beating the piss out of an innocent man
Just pointing out that it is still illegal to beat the piss out of a guilty man, certainly once you have him down on the ground. At any rate police officers are not in a position to determine guilt or innocence.
Even If it turns out the victim “was no angel” or had just shoplifted a bag of chips or something, that still doesn’t give a free pass for a beating.
Even if the victim had “grabbed for the officer’s gun,” nope – if you then shoot him, you have obviously won the alleged struggle for the gun and are simply shooting him for retribution.
Do we know the racial composition of the jury, or was that information withheld from the public?
The officer did not need to kick him, but Lateef Dickerson is not an innocent man. He is a career criminal candidate and a menace to society and innocent law abiding citizens.
Why should Lateef Dickerson’s past have any bearing on this case? Webster’s lawyer was happy to bring Dickerson’s record up, but the prosecution was not allowed to reference any of the 29 complaints against Webster. That seems fair.
Second, the jury was 9 women, 2 of whom were black, and 3 men, 1 of whom was Asian. I hope The News Journal, Delaware State News or someone who covered the trial is trying to track a few of these folks down. I would love to hear their rationale.
I know the answer to that question, but you should ask Judge Wharton.
It’s because in our awesome criminal justice system, defense attorneys can drag victims through the mud, while the rights of the accused to a fair trail would be impugned if any past offenses were brought to light. Ask any judge or lawyer. We can”t have a trail for a homicide suspect that’s say, 25 years old, and bring up all his past violent felonies because that would bias the jury…..
^You just made Mike’s point.
“…Lateef Dickerson is not an innocent man.”
Why do we have so many people who want the police to cover every job in the legal system? So strange. It is as if they’ve never heard of the concept of due process, or trial by jury. Never heard of it for some people, anyway.
“The officer did not need to kick him, but Lateef Dickerson is not an innocent man.”
The second part of that sentence it totally irrelevant. Dylan Roof is not an innocent man (he is hardly a human).. but he got Burger King.
When a statement is made that the person is innocent, it’s relevant to point out that he’s not. Try to keep your knees motionless.
cops should beat people for alleged past crimes. got it.
No, Ben, my point is that people are claiming a motivation for the comment that is not in evidence. Someone claimed he was an innocent. LL could have simply been correcting that mistaken (in his view) statement.