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INDIANAPOLIS — The city’s police chief called Thursday for the firing of a white officer who he said repeatedly struck a 15-year-old biracial boy in the face during an arrest after the teen had been subdued by other officers.

Chief Paul Ciesielski said Officer Jerry Piland needlessly struck Brandon Johnson several times during the May 16 arrest near the boy’s home. Johnson was left with gaping wounds on his swollen face and a black eye.

“It was a difficult decision, but I know it was the right decision to terminate his employment because that certainly serves as an example that we have a zero-tolerance policy,” Ciesielski said at a news conference.

Ciesielski’s recommendation will go to the Civilian Police Merit Board, which ultimately will decide whether to fire Piland.

The teen’s family and black community leaders have called for a federal investigation into whether Johnson’s civil rights were violated. Piland, 36, and the other three officers directly involved in the arrest are white, while Johnson’s mother is black and his father is white.

“I’m grateful to have one bad cop off the streets, but there was a lot of wrongdoing here that day,” Johnson’s mother, Chantay Chandler, said at a news conference Thursday at the family’s home. Family representatives called on the department to fire the four officers directly involved in the arrest, but not a fifth officer who stood on the periphery.

“One token firing is not enough,” said the family’s attorney, Stephen Wagner.

Ciesielski said one of the other officers, Stacy Lettinga, received a reprimand for wrongfully arresting another youth at the scene, and that the three others had been exonerated. None of the five had any prior record of excessive force, and Piland has received several commendations.

Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi said last week that he was investigating the matter and had not decided whether to bring charges against any of the officers. He said he decided not to charge Johnson because it wasn’t in the best interests of the teen or the community.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sexybrotha2k3/ sexybrotha2k3

    I notice it doesn’t say what they were attempting to arrest him for.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/odoggz/ odoggz

    @sexybrotha2k3,
    I was looking for that myself!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    I was looking for the reason as well..

    But I’m also wondering why they felt the need to mention his ‘bi-racial’-ness…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Johnny_Walker/ Johnny_Walker

    But I say go**amn!!

    WFT?!? craziness…

    @CaliFemme23
    Probably because a lot of Blacks wouldn’t ‘agree’ (like it matters) that this kid was Black in the first place. So they made it clear.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blkballa1/ blkballa1

    The reason why they mention his bi racial heritage because the news is the news always trying use our race for their ratings with situations like this.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jayevans20/ jayevans20

    You have a lot of cowards that hid behind a badge all the time.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dpj20/ dpj20

    This is why its so hard to like The Police :|

    Most of them bastards are just dirty
    I think Ive only met about 2 really cool ones

    My barber is one of them

    The think just because they have a badge they run shyt but
    I really don’t care

    Some people be like ” Yes sir officer” but not I , If you dont give
    me respect you wont get it

    I had a Muslim stick in my mouth one time and the motherfukers
    thought it was a blunt :| and they tried to stop me
    and the man was rude as f**k . he didnt apologize or anything.

    I feel sorry for that kid, So the next time he’s in trouble
    he might not ever wanna deal with the Police again .

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/infinite_question/ infinite_question

    send that officer to iraq to go try that shyt. i want him to put his hands on a real black man, and stop beatin on little boys who cant fight back. better yet, send him to tony hayward’s estate. if he comes out with yony’s head, he can have his job back. i say this to say that us blacks (even poorer non-blacks) are over policed and under educated when it comes to our rights. why does it matter what he was being arrested 4? he is still innocent until proven guilty, right? what could a 15 year old possibly do to deserve that type of beating. i mean its not like he polluted an ocean, killed innocent civillians in a drone attack, or sent a million pensions down the tube in some ponzi scheme.
    i have a suggestion, police should have to live in the area they “protect”. that way, we dont have these white dudes with badges gettin they “colonialism” on, at the expense of my tax dollars. they probably thought he was an immigrant and asked to see his “papers”. police can not carry out a sentence. im gettin tired of this “judge dredd” style law enforcement 2, but what we gone do about it?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    Johnny_Walker/blkballa1,

    Ahhhhh. I see….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/AsileeDotCom/ AsileeDotCom

    Oh…well um…yea.
    Just too much s.hit going on these days to give a s**t about this. This is nothing new.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/da-scorpio/ da-scorpio

    I live in Indianapolis and i just saw this on news. It is alot of racism going on here in Indiana. But even if thats not the case here our city is becoming a mess. Usually eveytime i watch the news its someone murdering babies like everyday.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Oriedo/ Oriedo

    This is a horible article blog foreal.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MrBiggsnDenver/ MrBiggsnDenver

    “It was a difficult decision, but I know it was the right decision to terminate his employment…”

    WTF? Difficult!? LoL There shouldn’t have even been a SECOND thought! Ohhh, the things that white folks say! I wonder if they even realize how IGNORANT they can be and are at times – excuse me, the MAJORITY of the time!

    I lived in Ohio for over 20 years (originally from Detroit and HATED it there!) before I moved to CO, so I am familiar with people who come from places like Indiana and Kentucky and they still have a very, very, very long way to go! I certainly don’t miss all those r*dneck accents, that’s for sure!

    P.S.
    Black people, we also have a long road ahead! It’s gotten somewhat shorter, but it’s still long as hell! I’m looking forward to the day when some of us stop considering the entertainment business as a first choice and make it a distant 4th or 5th or 10th!

    :-)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MrBiggsnDenver/ MrBiggsnDenver

    Just finished the rest of this article and these people are on some straight-up BS! This person needs to be FIRED and IMPRISONED!

    “…leaders have called for a federal investigation into whether Johnson’s civil rights were violated.”

    Once again, WTF!?! Did they SEE what happened to this boy? There is NO F*CKING reason for a GROWN man, who also happens to be carrying a very large GUN to beat up on ANYBODY like that!

    OH, man! If this h*nkey goes to jail/prison I HOPE to everything that is still good in this F’d up world that he get’s gang raped, s*it on, pissed on, kicked, punched, drops the soap every day and everything that could possibly happen to a person while they are locked up!

    What this mofo did was a uncalled for and a blatant abuse of power and position! And it doesn’t matter to me if the cop/person was black, white, cappuccino or whatever! It’s just SICK!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MyChickisBad/ MyChickisBad

    No matter what he did, no child deserves to be beat like that. On the flip side if it was the parents, they would be locked up and charged with child abuse. How do the police keep getting away with theses types of assalts on citizens. There should be no hearing to determine whether or not he should be fired. If any officers beats a civilian like that, they should be fired on the spot. I don’t know why anyone would put up with this kind of police brutality. Just because they have badges, don’t make what they did any better. Anyone who beats a 15 year old boy like this, deserve prison time.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/X-TORTION/ X-TORTION

    I’d like to see how that f****t cop would do against a grown man one on one.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/neva1betta/ neva1betta

    man HELL NAW!!! AS a parent, i wouldve been going to jail smh

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ReezWar/ ReezWar

    In the words of my nigga P-troy “ALL MY NIGGAS ABOVE THE LAW”. This that shyt that get dem merked.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/xdrialovex/ xdrialovex

    WTH!!!!!! this is unacceptable!!! this is really sad…another sad thing is that my sister’s cousin was just killed by a cop two days ago…he was tazered in water which electricuted him and killed him instantly. he was only 22 and a twin…I hope nothing bad happens to ppl but these cops got it coming to them. you never see where a white guy was beaten or killed by a damn cop senselessly!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/StickUP_Kid/ StickUP_Kid

    smh, i am happy they actually fired the cop!! Usually they try and justify why the cops actions were necessary.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/easy_one65/ easy_one65

    F**K THIS!!!!!…F**K THIS!!!!!!…..AAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!….F**K THIS!!!!!!!!!!BULLS**T!!!!!!!!!…….MUTHAF**KA SHOULD BE FOUND AND HUNG!!!!……SICK OF THIS S**T!!!!!!!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/STREETxtc/ STREETxtc

    carry a video camera with you at all times and get paid, you looking for money take that ass whipping and get paid, I got a friend who does this as a fulltime job, just going around and asking office why is he harrassin him and the cop get s pissed and goes off like clock work and you get paid, nuff said

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/easy_one65/ easy_one65

    Fifteen-years-old…these f**king monsters…BE A REAL MAN AND SQUARE DOWN WITH A REAL MAN!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Chocolate_Gul/ Chocolate_Gul

    That poor things face

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Bleubutterfly83/ Bleubutterfly83

    “It was a difficult decision, but I know it was the right decision to terminate his employment because that certainly serves as an example that we have a zero-tolerance policy,” Ciesielski said at a news conference.

    I WANNA KNOW WHAT WAS SO “DIFFICULT” ABOUT THE DECISION OF FIRING HIM?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/doraindeville/ doraindeville

    I’m in Law enforcement also so if an officer did something stupid then he deserves to be let go. on the same note, what did the teen do that caused police to be called?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MS_SC69_1/ MS_SC69_1

    They should take his a%% out in front where he beat that child. Then let them beat his a%% the way he beat the yo kid.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/babytonnie/ babytonnie

    @ doraindeville….regardless of what the young man did I’m sure it did not warrant the unnecessary violence that ensued especially after as the article points out he had been subdued. I’ve been privy to situations where the police get overzealous one of which led to the shooting of a young man for no reason. I’m not one of those people that run around preaching the “f*uck the police” gospel but I think that if we as citizens are to place our lives in the polices hands for safe keeping then I would expect the individuals involved to set aside personal problems and prejudices to work as justly as possible.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/prettynikki126/ prettynikki126

    WELL I STAY IN INDIANAPOLIS. I GUESS HIS BROTHER HAD GOT INTO TROUBLE AND THE POLICE SAID BRANDON WAS STARTING A “RIOT”. WHICH GIVE NO EXCUSE FOR THIS. I’VE HEARD THAT ALL BRANDON WAS TRYING TO DO WAS CONSOLE HIS BROTHER. BUT THIS IS CRAZY AND THESE ARE NOT ALL THE PICTURES OF WHAT HAPPENED. THERE NEEDS TO BE JUSTICE CAUSE THIS SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DAREALRECKLESS/ DAREALRECKLESS

    where are all the sambos that like to make any and every excuse for the police?…………

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/alifah34/ alifah34

    I hope the officer was puny as hell cuz he beat this boy like he was a grown man. He couldn’t jus restrain him?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bvince/ bvince

    If there was a legit reason for the cop to beat him, the kid would still be in jail. The reason the chief is saying he is going to fire him tells me that there is no proof of a crime and the cop didn’t fear for his life.

    A clear violation of civil rights,aggravated assault, official oppression, and criminal misconduct and this is just off the top of my head. I have taken on a few cases like this and it doesn’t end well for the cop.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Purd_Man/ Purd_Man

    damn almost like the BART officer who killed that kid “thinkin” he had hid taser… same situation… BART officers had the guy face down wit his hands behind his back wit 2 officers on him…why do u still need to taser him??? if this kid was already unde control then wat threat was he to the officer to be beaten???

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/stylemaker2020/ stylemaker2020

    MY QUESTION IS, WHEN WE ARE GOING TO STOP DOING JUST THIS HERE TO EACH OTHER?

    PROTEST? I SEE WORSE THAN THIS INFLICTED BY MY OWN PEOPLE IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD!

    GET SOME UNITY AND STOP KILLING YOUR OWN FOLKS THEN I WOULD STAND UP FOR INSTANCES LIKE THIS.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ihateinteracial/ ihateinteracial

    im glad they called this mutt what he is a half breed

    moving on

    this boy should be gratful that he was struck

    because of this sacrafice he will be rewareded with more money then he would of on his own without this event make in such a short period of time after the lawsuit lol

    again when we as a people start sniping these mofo’s then we will have less of a problem

    it seems in this world the only ones brave enuff to take theses krakka dog smelling beastial creatures on is the arabs.

    niccas and there half breed counter parts will learn one day

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/NC-Majyk/ NC-Majyk

    To ‘ihateinteracial’ You are a moron! This kid is still a human being you azz! Do you honestly think he had a choice in deciding what race he is? And how do you know what or how he will grow up.. oh wait.. you must see yourself in him so your pissed off because you never amounted to shyt!
    Your just another reason abortion should be legal.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lamonte_H/ Lamonte_H

    The REAL question is, “WTF did this 15 year-old DO to have the fuzz on him? (Let’s face it, folks, the cops don’t just go around beating ANYONE these days, unless they got “time on their hands”, like them teen kids, themselves.) Are today’s police getting “bored and corrupt”, like Denzel in TRAINING DAY? or is there more mystery behind what goes on in Indianapolis? (Hope that ain’t one of them “small towns”….)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/NotTrapped/ NotTrapped

    LAMONT you’re wrong…. COPS DO THIS tpy e of thing when they’re having a bad day.
    WAKE UP! We’re not in a perfect world; and this child did not deserve this.
    1. WHEN ILL WE AS A PEOPLE COME TOGETHER AND STOP POLIC BRUTALITY?
    2. WHY SHOULD WE WAIT UNTIL THIS OCCURS TO COME TOGETHER?
    3. IF WE STAND TOGETHER and a united community IN THE FIRST PLACE; WE WOULD

    ENCOUNTER THIS PROBLEM!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/down4whatevaWA/ down4whatevaWA

    ihateinteracial,,, WTF is wrong with you? how could you? why would you? you need your a-s kicked, you stupid f-uck!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lennykravitzswife/ Lennykravitzswife

    DOESN’T THIS EVER GET OLD? WHITE TRASH RACIST NOBODY COPS BEATING AND KILLING US B/C THEYRE MAD SLAVERY IS OVER? WHEN DOES THIS S**T STOP? THE FAMILY NEEDS TO FILE A LAWSUIT AGAST CRACKER ASS CRACKER INDIONAPOLIS PD WITH A JEWISH LAWYER FOR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DAMAGES. IT DOES NOT STOP WITH ‘TOKEN FIRING’.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/misterexplorer/ misterexplorer

    Judicially speaking of course-There are all types of sons…there some good sons and some bad sons, and then there are these Redneck Sons of B***hes that I’m forced to obtain my justice through in the Kansas Federal Distric Court; Missouri Western District Federal Court, Western Division; Illinois Northern District Federal Court, Eastern Division; 10th Circuit Court of Appeals; 8th Circuit Court of Appeals; 7th Circuit Court of Appeals!-You know what you are!-Happy Father’s Day!-Born to do battle, drafted at birth!-Michael E. McKinzy,Sr.-06-12-2010

  • http://iwantmuzik.com/forum/current-news/22080-15-year-old-brutally-beaten-indianapolis-police.html#post69773 15-Year-Old Brutally Beaten By Indianapolis Police – iWantMuzik

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST/ CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST

    @Lamonte_H WTF is you saying and where have you been dirty cops,police,and law enforcement etc…has been doing this type of sh!t long before mine and your time…it didn’t stop when freedom ring it got worse they traded in their horse and sheet for higher jobs. Hadn’t you learned anything dirty law enforcement don’t need a real reason to beat or kill anyone…just the chance and opportunity to do wrong and not get caught.
    @doraindeville-if you work in law enforcement and you got to question this type of sh!t then you need a new job because you are no better than the dirty cops who did this sh!t and going off your response to your comment you might be one of those cops who close his eyes to his partners wrong doing.(JMO)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Miss_Juicie/ Miss_Juicie

    that is more than sick….how can they say “whether or not there was excessive force used is still to be determined…” UH HELLO THE KID IS BEATEN AND BLOODY…to me that screams excessive…be it an adult or kid theres no reason for a COP to treat ANYONE like that! Heres a kid who, at 15, actually looks like a 15 yr old kid for a change. He is probably a good kid and after this its gonna wreck him…hes not gonna want to have any opinion of cops other than a crappy one because some kokk sukker cop had to be an ash hole! sickenin in my book and ANY officer who does that, along with the ones that stood by and let it happen, should be fired and charged with abuse and in this case it should be child abuse. This young man and his family are in my thoughts! IF WE CANT STOP VIOLENCE FROM COPS AGAINST PPL HOW CAN WE STOP VIOLENCE BETWEEN OURSELVES????

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/0rlandoantho/ 0rlandoantho

    yelp. that’s all over the news here. i know they shouldn’t of done that but we still have 2 look at the facts. if he did push on the police inciting a gathering, that shouldn’t of happened at first.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/digijerk/ digijerk

    He probably deserved it,I have seen the police whoop some but before and i wanted to jump in and help kick some kids ass cuff him and beat him after he was cuffed.I mean tell the truth people yall know some police are out of control but some of them are right if you disagree then your relative or child is the one that deserve the beating.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Tizzy/ Tizzy

    Brandons brother was being arrested for breaking into a home in their neighborhood. The only truth we actually know. Many of the injuries on Brandons face is called road rash, while being held to the pavement attempting to be cuffed he fought thus the rashing marks from the pavement and cause of some of the bruising around the eye. I was not there so all I have is the stories floating from both sides of this victim (who happens to be something like 5’9 and about 200 pds) It was initially reported he was angry because police were arresting his brother and he began fighting the police after being asked many times to go back into his home. It has been stated he was yelling for his friends and neighbors to get involved (attempting to insight a riot) the officer who has been terminated was off duty but lives in this neighborhood and heard the call go out. There have been many homes broken into in this area so he responded. The story has many twists and turns and only those directly involved know the truth. Now the mother, lawyer, and ministers involved in all of this are making Brandon out to be a sweet innocent child. They are saying he was in full compliance with the officers and did nothing whatsoever wrong. Just as this all broke I looked up this kids MySpace page and well let’s say it read young thug all over it and these boys are no strangers to the law. He had a statement somthing like “I gets mine anyway I can” He didnt deserve to be beat BUT if these injuries were incurred during the course of trying to detain him then so be it, if it is true and the officer kept plowing on him after he had been cuffed and subdued then the officer gets what he gets. Why were the charges dropped against Brandon? We are only teaching him to scream foul each and every time he gets in trouble. We will read about him again and his brother there is no doubt in many of the communities minds about this. Sadly, it will be one or both of them being shot by an armed home owner during a mid-day break-in!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Tizzy/ Tizzy

    Here is a link to one article with links to many other articles on this story.

    http://www.fox59.com/news/wxin-no-charges-filed-against-johnson-060410,0,266916.story

  • http://blacknews3.wordpress.com/2010/06/12/your-black-news-61210/ Your Black News – 6/12/10 « Black News, African American News

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jada_la/ jada_la

    WOW! Ihateinteracial, Sounds like you lost your girl to a brother or a bi-racial person. Get over it you’ll find someone else.

  • http://blackgossip2.wordpress.com/2010/06/12/your-black-news-61210/ Your Black News 6/12/10 « Black Gossip for Black America, Black Celebrities included

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DameDivalicious/ DameDivalicious

    @ MyChickisBad……Bleubutterfly83

    Co-signs with the both of you.

    I’m so tired of hearing these crazy basketcase cops doing sh*t like this. There are psychology tests they all have to take before even becoming cops. What I like to know is how they get through it and this sh*t happening on a daily basic?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MidwestDiva77/ MidwestDiva77

    I Wasn’t There But I Know 1st Hand COPS WILL LIE! They Do It Everyday! The Boy Just Happened 2 Have Alot OF Witnesses! That’s Why They Took Action! He Lucky! Imagine What They Would’ve Done If It Was Just Him & His Brother..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/STREETxtc/ STREETxtc

    HE GOT KNOCKED THE F**K OUT

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Rukous68/ Rukous68

    LMAO He said something slick to the police and they went to work on his ass that’s what happened.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/edical/ edical

    The thing is this. No matter what he did. The COPS are supposed to be professionals.

    Do what you can to Cuff him. After he is detained, there is no reason to continue to beat him.

    It is very unprofessional and wrong to continue to beat on someone after they are helpdless.

    Let the courts decide the punishment if he was resisting arrest.

    The kids was unarmed and the cops had them out numbered. That’s what tasers are for.

    No excuse for that.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/rayskilla6/ rayskilla6

    “One token firing is not enough,” said the family’s attorney, Stephen Wagner.

    I totally agree, but as we know that’s the norm, “we’ll fire one guy to pacify the negro’s” Shyt sometimes they don’t even get fired they just get a slap on the wrist. Most police are bogus, and since Newsone and these other sources time to time like to put out skewed statistics on this or that, allow me to make one: 95% of cops are crooked in one way or another, only about 5% actually do the job with the intentions of doing good and serving and protecting the community(and not just the white community)

    Oh and to the person that said something idiotic as “he talked slick and they beat his azz” That is very insensitive and moronic thing to say, no matter what this kid could have said, still doesn’t warrant he to be beaten like that especially if 2-3 officers already have him subdued and under control. Obviously you have never been a victim of police brutality, but making dumb statements like that you should be!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Stan_Vinyl/ Stan_Vinyl

    Here we go again… I vow to fight back whenever I am stopped. I will begin verbal and defend myself at all costs! I will also record via video or take pictures with my phone if I see any of you (my black cultutre) being harrassed or mishandled by the police!

    That’s my word.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/masculine31/ masculine31

    @Rukous68 – Very Ignorant comment *(hopefully ur kids don’t get beat like this)*

    @STREETxtc – UR a WHITE dude on blackplanet, making comments like that! REALLY?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/maybeican/ maybeican

    they wonder why the officers are getting killed this event will lead to more problems.(propaganda) time

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/soveu34/ soveu34

    He’ll be rehired after he files his lawsuit and back in the community terrozing more children. They should just send him to his folks side of the hood and see if he survives the gunshots those homeowners will have for his azz if he touches one of their little precious non black child(ren).

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/soveu34/ soveu34

    @Tizzy, it was said that his lil brotha was reported to the police for kicking in the door of an abandon house and not home robbery atleast the article I read on BV stated that.

  • http://ballyscorner.linkdreamer.com/?p=75922 OBAMA , WE ARE UNDER ATTACK NATION WIDE ! http://newsone.com/nation/associatedpress3/15-year-old-brutally-beaten-by-indianapolis-police/ | Bally
  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Anders1159/ Anders1159

    These wild dirty racist pigs or so called cops don’t protect people anymore, they wanna scare people in the streets, if he was my son, man, I don’t wanna say what I would have done but I know for sure it would have been too bad for this racist cop, I swear.
    I have never seen a white man getting beaten by black cops in my life.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/JUICY_LIPS407/ JUICY_LIPS407

    WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW DIRTY SON OF A B***H F**KING PIGSSS ARE SERIOUS????????????????? AND THERE SUPPOSE TO BE COPS????? COPS CANT DO THAT SHYT THEY ACTING LIKE DA KID TOOK OUT A GUN OR SOMETHING RACISTTTTTTTTTTT MOTHAF**KERSSSSSSSSS I HOPE THEY GO TO PRISON FOR THAT SHYTTTTTT

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/raymondowens/ raymondowens

    white cops do not care if you are black, chocolate or damn near white, they do not like black males

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SUMMER_SO_FINE/ SUMMER_SO_FINE

    I tell you boy the African American race does not stand a chance regardless. At least they fired him instead of posting him on ‘desk duty’ until further investigations like they usually do, especially in New York. They would have never beat him like this had he been a white boy. I don’t care how many black presidents you put in the white house, WHITE AMERICA RULES especially when they can still committ hate crimes like this with out a conscience. Black cops don’t go off on the rampage and beat the heck out of white kids, you’ll never see that. Still, after all that has taken place from the beginning until now, the so called ‘black’ race remains hated and the brutality continues. Our people have fought, marched, died, been hung and still, it’s like it will never end. Some times it reall sickens me to point I don’t even want to be here anymore. It’s as if there is no ending. It comes back around though.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MR_PURE3000/ MR_PURE3000

    U NEVER HEAR ABOUT BLACK COPS BEATING UP ON PEOPLE, ITS ALWAYS “WHITE COPS” BEATING UP ON PEOPLE,, THE PROOF IS IN THE BAG,, DAM SHAME THEY ACT LIKE GANGS WITH BADGES LOOKING TO BEAT UP SOMEBODY

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SexyMoneyMaker/ SexyMoneyMaker

    @ mr_pure3000

    thats a deep statement and unfortunately seems all to true

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1sugapooh/ 1sugapooh

    I think they should beat whom ever is responsible the same way they did this child. It couldn’t have been my son because I would be in prison right now. regardless no 15yr old deserves to be treated this way. i hope they rot in jail!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/light__bright/ light__bright

    I hate cops. And always will.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/phazex_female/ phazex_female

    “Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi said last week that he was investigating the matter and had not decided whether to bring charges against any of the officers.”

    Let him experience a beat-down and I bet then he’d be singing a different tune. Bastids.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cherronw/ cherronw

    Some of these officers need to remember that they are to protect and serve

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Tizzy/ Tizzy

    @ soveu34: Yes I have read many different “stories” about this case. I also work in a field where I am around IMPD officers several times a week. There are so many different stories that it is hard to sift to the reality of it all. Here is a link to one reporting: http://www.wthr.com/global/story.asp?s=12504856

    Some of what was reported by Channel 13 news:

    According to a police report, officers had just arrested the teen’s younger brother for trying to break into a nearby home. Officers said Brandon was yelling at them for arresting his brother and trying to incite a crowd of witnesses.

    “Apparently this was getting out of hand to the point that they felt threatened by other family members and it was starting to become a situation that could have easily got out of hand and caused a lot of problems,” said IMPD Lt. Jeff Duhamell.

    Officers on scene said they tried to cuff Brandon, but he violently resisted and fought them even after they got him on the ground. Brandon has a different version of events.

    “He just swung and hit me like this, and I fell to the ground, and then I looked up and he punched me twice and then another came and held me down and then got the knee in me and one had his foot on my back, holding my head down with that, so I couldn’t do anything,” says Brandon, describing how the officers got him on the ground.

    I am the first to say I am glad this officer is no longer able to work the streets in this capacity. Why were there no officers cameras running? It has been stated back up was called because there was a crowd forming and there was much anger over the arrest of the younger child. I guess with all the kids involved in this (another had been arrested also) why was Brandon the only one who happened to have a physical altercation? Why was no other child (they were black, mixed, and white) not accosted by any of the 5 officers accused of being out of control? So many questions that we will never get an answer for because no one in this whole ordeal is telling the whole truth, from the witnesses to the kids to even the police.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LastManStandingTall/ LastManStandingTall

    Until I hear something that changes my mind, I think the girl did something to provoke her beatdown. I mean, the cops didn’t pick her name out of a hat to whip her. She had to do something. She either hit one of the officers first or was being a typical mouthy black girl because her parents failed to teach her to respect her elders, or authoritah (LOL)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MrSyncDreams/ MrSyncDreams

    I hate to say it, but this kid like everyone else who gets they azz kicked by the police probably resisted arrest. He either ran or just straight out resisted. Maybe he didn’t. I’m just guessing. Don’t get me wrong I’m not on the cops side for beating him. Most of the time when this happens. The victim resist arrest. Just like the girl who got punched in the face in the other video. Her friend clearly is shown resisting arrest. I don’t understand it

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MrWantSomeNewBooty/ MrWantSomeNewBooty

    So sad. This must be open season of 15 years olds by the crooked police.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MrBrains/ MrBrains

    Okay, you got your “crooked cop.” Stop trying to make a conspiracy out of it. A loud-mouth punk runs into a bad-tempered cop. This is what happens. Totally strip the cop of all association with law enforcement, then make him do some minimal time. But some of these young boys need to start taking some responsibility for their words & actions. Enslaved blacks did NOT bleed for your right to act like a f*cking monkey…Grow some pride.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/digitalblaq/ digitalblaq

    police serve and protect and kick A**

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/crispus_moorer/ crispus_moorer

    people and the cell are always recording but the sister was dead wrong because baby sister was going to do the police said so that what goes on so please do like the says o.k. thank you

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/AfricanSpeech/ AfricanSpeech

    biracial boy beaten like a black boy. Thus, biracial = black…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/darkmans_skin/ darkmans_skin

    That is the one drop rule.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/XX_Random-Thought_XX/ XX_Random-Thought_XX

    Now this is some bulls**t! I’m glad that motherf**ker lost his job and I hope someone beats his ass repeatedly.

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