Wild Bill Taylor wrote:

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:23:43 GMT, "Robin"
<robinandtami@hotmail.nospam.com> wrote:

"duke" <duckgumbo32@cox.net> wrote in message
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On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 06:23:14 GMT, "Too stupid to come up with a better
name than
default" <default@easynews.com> wrote:

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 05:49:19 GMT,

On 10 Oct 2005 21:00:08 -0700, "J Young" <youngopinions@aol.com>
wrote:

Haven't the Negroes of Louisiana suffered enough without some cowardly
red-neck, yellow-bellied sheriff beating some poor old man to a pulp?
Thank God news cameras caught this ordeal on tape. Shame once again
visits the Bayou state.

Wait! You're mistaken. The high sheriff of Nawlins is a purple lipped,
black-belly.
NOTE: The opinions expressed here represent the opinions of the poster,
and may not represent the opinions of those who have other opinions

Officer Smith, who has been on the force for eight years, was arrested
and charged on Sunday, with colleagues Lance Schilling and Robert
Evangelist. All are white. Mr Davis, who is black, suffered a swollen
left eye and cuts.

Two questions:

1. Was the assailed guilty of misconduct first?

His crime was to approach a mounted officer to ask about the curfew.
Another officer then broke in and threatened to "kick his *****," and preceded
to do so.

2. Were the assailants acting specifically out of racism?

The assault victim said he does not believe the officers acted out of
racism. He may be a bit naive though.

You're betting your ***** on what the media said. You have little regard
for your *****.

Were you there? Are you an eyewitness? No? then YOU'RE betting on the
media, too.

"duke" <duckgumbo32@cox.net> wrote in message
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On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:23:43 GMT, "Robin"
<robinandtami@hotmail.nospam.com>
wrote:

Two questions:

1. Was the assailed guilty of misconduct first?

His crime was to approach a mounted officer to ask about the curfew.

Sounds like you'll bite on anything. Are you saying they just elected to
beat
him up in front of national cameras out of general principle?

Not at all unlikely given what those guys have been through. I smell a post
traumatic stress disorder defense coming up.

duke wrote:

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:23:43 GMT, "Robin"
<robinandtami@hotmail.nospam.com>
wrote:

Two questions:

1. Was the assailed guilty of misconduct first?

His crime was to approach a mounted officer to ask about the curfew.

Sounds like you'll bite on anything. Are you saying they just elected to
beat
him up in front of national cameras out of general principle?

Sounds like you'll say anything without even having read about it
yourself. Since you're obviously too lazy to look for an article on your
own I'm providing one from the Washington Post today:

Beaten New Orleans Man Revisits Scene

By RACHEL LA CORTE
The Associated Press
Tuesday, October 11, 2005; 5:58 PM



NEW ORLEANS -- Robert Davis stood at the corner of Bourbon and Conti
streets in the French Quarter and stared in disbelief at the brown stain
on the sidewalk.

"Is that my blood? It must be," said the 64-year-old retired elementary
schoolteacher, who was arrested and repeatedly punched by police over the
weekend. "I didn't know I was bleeding that bad."

The confrontation, captured on videotape and broadcast across the country,
has put another unwanted spotlight on the beleaguered, exhausted police
force in this storm-struck city.

Three officers pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from the incident
and the U.S. Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation.

Davis disputed contentions by police that he had been drinking.

"I haven't had a drink in 25 years," Davis said Monday. "I didn't do
anything. I was going to get a pack of cigarettes and taking my evening
constitutional."

The two city police officers accused in the beating, and a third accused
of grabbing and shoving an Associated Press Television News producer who
helped capture the encounter on tape, pleaded not guilty to battery
charges and were released Monday.

After a hearing, at which trial was set for Jan. 11, officers Lance
Schilling, Robert Evangelist and S.M. Smith were released on bond. They
left without commenting. They were suspended without pay Sunday.

Police Superintendent Warren Riley said any misconduct found in an
investigation would be dealt with swiftly. He noted the video showed "a
portion of that incident."

"The actions that were observed on this video are certainly unacceptable
by this department," Riley said.

Davis is black; the three city police officers seen on the tape are white.
But Davis and police officials have said they don't believe race was a
factor.

Two other officials in the video appeared to be federal officers,
according to police. Numerous agencies have sent officers to help in the
aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and police spokesman Marlon Defillo said
it would be up to their commanders to decide if they would face charges.

Davis had stitches under his swollen left eye, a bandage around a finger
and complained of aches in his left shoulder and soreness in his back. His
lawyer said he suffered fractures to his cheek and eye socket.

The confrontation came as the New Orleans Police Department _ long plagued
by allegations of brutality and corruption _ struggles with the aftermath
of Katrina and the resignation last month of Police Superintendent Eddie
Compass.

Davis said the confrontation began after he had approached a mounted
police officer Saturday to ask about curfews in the city when another
officer interrupted.

"This other guy interfered and I said he shouldn't," Davis said. "I
started to cross the street and _ bam _ I got it. ... All I know is this
guy attacked me and said, 'I will kick your *****,' and they proceeded to do
it."