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From Philly.com:

Two years ago, eight Philadelphia police officers drew national scrutiny when a news helicopter caught them kicking and beating three murder suspects.

Tonight, their comrades will toast them with free beer and munchies. The officers will be the guests of honor at a bash hosted by the Fraternal Order of Police celebrating their reinstatement.

“Our Guys Are BACK!” proclaims an FOP flyer inviting officers to the free happy-hour party at the FOP office, on Spring Garden Street near Broad.

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Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey fired Officers Patrick Gallagher, Vincent Strain, Patrick Whalen and Robert Donnelly, demoted Sgt. Joseph Schiavone and suspended Officers Jonathan Czapor, Demetrios Pittaoulis and Sean Bascom after a Fox 29 aerial news crew filmed them arresting Pete Hopkins, Dwayne Dyches and Brian Hall at 2nd and Pike streets after a long chase.

The video showed numerous cops kicking and punching the suspects while they were on the ground.

But a grand jury cleared the officers of criminal wrongdoing. A separate jury acquitted Hopkins, Dyches and Hall, who had been suspects in a North Philadelphia triple shooting.

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

    police force,the original AMERICAN GANGSTER!

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

    After reading this, I must sauy;
    BAD BOYS, whatcha gonna do whem they come for you…….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BABYURL33/ BABYURL33

    I HOPE SOMEONE BEAT THESE DAMN COPS UP LET ME GUESS THESE COPS WERE WHITE…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DMY19151/ DMY19151

    F**K THE POLICE!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/shango24/ shango24

    when u all get tired

    they will fall

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

    they alway will do us like that i wish it would end the pigs are just raceis no one is looking in to it 2 ways to treat people the white way and the black way

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

    That will let you know that they throw parties after they beat ya ass

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

    All three were murder suspects and I’m assuming must have been guilty.I don’t care if they were black or any other race they got what was coming to them.They gave the police an accuse.

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

    White Supremacy at its best

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/tygatony9/ tygatony9

    HERE IS WHAT THE POLICE FORCE IN GENERAL IS SAYING TO THE COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY THE MINORITY COMMUNITY, WE ARE NOT HERE TO SERVE AND PROTECT YOU INSTEAD WE ARE HEAR TO ABUSE AND MURDER YOU AND THEIR BOSSES OBVIOUSLY AGREE. MY VIEW OF THE POLICE FORCE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME AS A TERRORIST THAT ARE PAID TO KILL AT WILL AND HAVE NO FEAR OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND THEIR MAIN TARGET ARE BLACKS AND LATINOS, THAT IS WHY ONLY WHITE PEOPLE WILL ARGUE THAT THEY ARE JUST DOING THEIR JOBS (NOT SURPRISING). I WOULDN’T TRUST A COP TO TELL ME THE TIME OF DAY, THEY ARE THE KKK WITH A BADGE AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THEIR CORNER ARE EVEN WORST BECAUSE THEY ALLOW THESE EVENTS TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. AS THE GENTLEMEN BEFORE SAID “WHITE SUPREMACY AT ITS BEST”

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

    @ LJSPACEMAN, why were they guilty because they were black and accused of committing a murder? I thought you were innocent until proven guilty by a court of law? Also, it turns out that they were acquitted. I’m sure they probably weren’t “angels”, but people don’t pay their taxes to have the police go around beating up people regardless of what they may have done. This doesn’t surprise me at all.

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

    If anyone can find me an article that says the suspects aren’t the murders , then I’ll admit I was wrong for what I wrote.

    But the fact their isn’t any mention about the suspects being innocent says their guilty.Like they say karma a bi*** when it comes back around.Everything seems like evil white men beat up innocent black men , why can’t they’ve just been beaten up because their murders and none of the cops wanted to take a chance.

    Yeah it sounds messed up , but I’d rather them get beaten than shot dead so if they are innocent/framed/ or whatever else at least they can state their story in court.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/romon928/ romon928

    When i first saw the video(the original when it happened)I thought it was gang fight. Those cops obviously used excessive force. I don’t care what race or what those guys were accused of doing. That was totally unnecessary.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/new_vision_89/ new_vision_89

    “every dog has his day” this is how “Lakewood 4″ happen

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

    @ LJSPACEMAN, that’s cool and I can accept that. Don’t get me wrong, I have much respect for the police and law enforcement in general. I myself was a former civilian employee of the Chicago Police Dept and I have several relatives and friends that are either cops or sheriff’s deputies. However, I can not and will not tolerate police misconduct and police brutality in any form. The Police are supposed to serve and protect, not beat up and harass. Sometimes I feel that the cops are nothing but a street gang with the law on their side.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Khalif2000/ Khalif2000

    Well, if I have to choose between cops and thugs, I have to choose COPS. At least they work.

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

    The police has no respect or fear of us, and until we do something to earn their fear or respect, the beatings will continue.

    @Khalif2000, at least they work? What? Are you looking for a boyfriend. You, dumbfuk.

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

    “LJSPACEMAN If anyone can find me an article that says the suspects aren’t the murders , then I’ll admit I was wrong for what I wrote.”

    @LJSPACEMAN, this same article says “A separate jury acquitted Hopkins, Dyches and Hall,”
    WTF! Learn to read man. Damn!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/46D/ 46D

    All I can say is, I hope they like what they see when they look in the mirror. You can lie to everyone else , but when you are alone you can’t lie to yourself. They were wrong!!! All parties involved should be ashamed & disgusted, but they aren’t. One word: KARMA!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/n0gar/ n0gar

    As bad as it is with cops getting a license to kill and beat down anyone, black shoot each other everyday as a way of expression, but they are scared straight of the white man! Once a white comes, they are too afraid to even reach for a weapon. Let a black bastard (that’s what they think of each other) come around with just the wrong LOOK and its war!

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

    nogag, man you ,re so damn right,you ain,t said nothing but the truth.

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

    I hope they like what they see when they look in the mirror. You can lie to everyone else , but THE CAMERA DON’T LIE….. They were wrong!!! All parties involved should be ashamed & disgusted, but these cops aren’t.Cops getting a license to kill and beat down anyone they want… Police are supposed to serve and protect.. not beat people up and harass them. Sometimes I feel that the cops are nothing but a STREET GANGS with the law on their side…AND…they throw parties after they beat THAT AZZ…

    POLICE FORCE IS SAYING TO THE COMMUNITY , WE ARE NOT HERE TO SERVE AND PROTECT YOU INSTEAD WE ARE HEAR TO ABUSE AND MURDER YOU AND THEIR BOSSES DON’T CARE….People don’t pay their taxes to have the police go around beating up people regardless of what they may have done. This doesn’t surprise me at all.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/hard2figga/ hard2figga

    Ramsey, the same guy who said that the 3 cops charged with Robbing drug dealers and selling drugs are “history”? Yeah, he’s probably in on all the crimes his “policemen” do. When it comes to people wearing a badge, ARM YOURSELVES and SHOOT FIRST. Because they can’t be trusted. Its YOU against THEM. I have no respect for cops.

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

    I think hitting the child with a car was more than enough payback for the crime he allegedly committed. We do not even know it what was reported is true. Police will leak what they want to the press and because ‘we the people” continue to give away our rights, just accept it as the truth. That is until it happens to you or someone you know personally. The sad fact is the way Black People/African Americans are treated by the many of those who we PAY to protect and serve is despicable, but is it not new. It is one of the primary reasons when police try to get information from the same community that it is silent. Many feel police cannot be trusted. What I find remarkable is someone tried to penalize the person and the station for showing the tape. Really! The sad truth is, this happens so often and police are rarely if ever charged with anything. But what can happen and often does is the city is sued and these types of images almost guarantee a ruling in favor of the plaintiff. Kudos, to the media outlet that had the courage to air the tape and yes we will let our voices of disapproval be heard and we will place our petitions before the very people who have condoned and allowed this type of behavior. But more importantly, we need to hit the city, state and participants in the pockets. If the community starts to sue every time one of these nuts behaves in a way unbecoming to an officer, the powers that be will have to make corrections to the system. Otherwise, it will become entropic began to feed on itself into non-existence. I do not think all police are bad. My brother is a police officer and he is a good guy. I have had good encounters with police as well as very bad ones. I will not allow the way some nuts’ behavior dictate how I view the world or people. As a black woman who was five or six when Malcolm X and Dr. King were killed, I have seen this country allow some foul stuff to take place with the ones doing it calling themselves patriots. But through it all, people of the same culture have stepped away from the mess and said you do not speak for me. Hey police officers involved, you do not speak for the rest of the police. What I also like to see is police taking a stance against something so blatant. The blue code should only be evoked in honorable situations. The duty or oath every officer takes should be to the citizens, the tax payer who is paying the salary.

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