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Salvatore Rivieri's History of Violence

Salvatore Rivieri is a police officer with the Baltimore Police Department.  He was put on paid administrative leave in February, after he was caught on video assaulting a 14-year old.  Maybe that 14-year old was a disrespectful punk who deserved to be taught to show some respect?  That's a pretty revolting worldview, but it's one many people like Justice Antonin Scalia have.  Fair enough; let's move on. What did the artist in this video do to deserve Officer Rivieri's wrath? How many other people have Officer Rivieri abused throughout his 17-year career?  How many of those outbursts were not caught on video? 

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on August 09, 2008 (boomark / email).