There are so many things wrong with this country now — not the least of which, the cops are out of control:
Gilberto Powell says the police were following him in their cruiser as he was walking home. The police report says the officers decided to stop Gilberto after they noticed a “bulge” in Gilberto’s pants. After an officer tried to conduct a patdown, the report claims Gilberto attempted to flee.
Gilberto denies trying to run away and says he did everything the officer asked him to do.What happened next resulted in the photograph above.
After Powell was finally handcuffed and questioned, the officers realized he was “mentally challenged, was not capable of understanding our commands, and that the bulge in his waistband was a colostomy bag,” the report said. (source)
By that time, Gilberto had been hit, knocked to the ground and the bag had reportedly been ripped from his body. The father says by the time he and Gilberto’s mother ran outside to their son, the cops had removed Gilberto’s pants and had him out there in his boxer shorts.
The mother asked the officer, “Didn’t you know he was a Down Syndrome kid?” to which the cop responded, “I’m not a doctor, I didn’t know.”
The family’s attorney Philip Gold said that it should’ve been immediately obvious that Gilberto has special needs:
If you just look at Gilberto, he 5-foot-3, 130 pounds with Down Syndrome, it’s 100 percent obvious he has Down Syndrome,” he said. It’s impossible to believe [the police’s story] if you hear one word out of Gilberto’s mouth.” (source)
Thanks to Thomas Soldan Attorney at Law.
“There are so many things wrong with this country now…” A militarized police force is one, but here are few more. Under the heading of net neutrality. AT&T has entered into talks with DirecTv to buy that company. Comcast and Time Warner Cable are already in takeover talks. If both of these deals get done then AT&T/DirecTv and Comcast/Time Warner Cable will have well over 50% of cable/satellite subscribers in the US. Under the heading of “Corporations are people too, my friend.” Drug manufacturer Pfizer is in talks with London based AstraZeneca to buy that company. Pfizer is in financial trouble. Taking over AstraZeneca will boost their bottom line. Because Pfizer intends to move its corporate offices to London they will also realize a huge tax advantage as well.
The goal of police is to incite rebellion. Where upon they can enact the will of the 1% by unleashing death on anyone who objects. Calling them ‘peace officers’ or ‘police’ is such a joke anymore.