Miscellaneous

It's a Good Thing Rodney King wasn't Black AND Quadriplegic

A few weeks ago, we showed you video of the Hillsborough, Florida police harshly dumping a quadriplegic out of his wheelchair, thinking -- I suppose -- that he was faking it. There was an investigation and, ultimately, I believe the police department apologized.

I don't think they meant it.

Why?

Because cops at the very same prison did the same fucking thing to another wheelchair inmate. After discovering that a quad serving a 10-year-prison sentence had a crack pipe, the fuzz took the man to a holding cell and dumped him out of his wheelchair, leaving him there for over an hour (this guy, who tried to stab an officer with the glass crack pipe, may have arguably deserved it a little).

My favorite part: The incident report, which stated that deputies then "relocated Rayburn from his wheelchair to the holding cell floor." Relocated? Ha! You can see the video here.

This is also the third case of alleged abuse at the jail in the last two weeks. In between the wheelchair dumping incidents, the cops also broke a woman's arm. Here's the video of that:

Full post as published by Quiz Law on February 28, 2008 (boomark / email).