The following is an excerpt from a Seattle, Washington newspaper of Tuesday, where the black community is accusing this poor rookie cop of all sorts of nonsense. Check out the video that I have linked below to judge for yourself. The latest is that dumb ass Al Sharpton is on his way to Seattle to stir up more trouble. We hear lots of crap about police departments all over the country, but 99 1/2 % of them are good cops, simply trying to do their job. Not only doing their job, but at times doing it under pressure of getting hurt, or possible killed. I really object to the crowds bitching that a female was punched in the face. Yes she was, and she probably should have gotten worse. When a police officer confronts a person for good reason and tells that person what they must do..........well.....that should be the end of it....Forget the fact it was a woman. What difference does that make. This officer was simply doing his job and now he is going to have all sorts of problems because of the stupid media and their constant shit of not covering the news 100 %, but only putting the parts in that help sell papers, or make for good video.
Posted: 1:28 pm PDT June 15, 2010Updated: 6:49 pm PDT June 15, 2010
SEATTLE -- More information has been released about what led up to an officer seen on video punching a young woman in the face during a scuffle on Monday.Leaders of several community groups said the officer overreacted and that the punch was "wrong."According to probable cause documents, 19-year-old Marilyn Levias and a 17-year-old girl were in a group of four people who had jaywalked across Martin Luther King Way South near Rainier Avenue South to get to their friend.Officer Ian Walsh approached the group and was attempting to gather information when Levias began walking away, documents stated.He said to her, “You have jaywalked and you are required to identify yourself so that I can issue a citation, if you refuse you will be arrested for obstruction.” Levias continued to walk away, the officer said.At this time, a witness started recording video of the scene.Walsh walked up to Levias and grabbed her arm and attempted to handcuff her. “Levias began twisting around and pull away in an attempt to get away,” documents said.The officer gave her a verbal commanded to stop resisting, but “Levias ignored those command and continued to struggle with Officer Walsh, ” documents said.As Walsh was handcuffing Levias, the 17-year-old girl ran up behind Walsh and pushed him.“Walsh found himself struggling with two people,” documents said. Police said the struggle lasted for approximately two to three minutes.Video showed Walsh throwing a punch and hitting the 17-year-old girl.Documents said the 17-year-old girl complained of a sore spot on her face, but declined medical aid.The 17-year-old was handcuffed and booked into the Youth Services Center for investigation of felony assault.Levias was pulled away by witnesses, documents said. She was arrested and booked into the King County Jail for obstructing a police officer.KIRO 7 found court records that show Levias has been arrested for assaulting a police officer before. According to court documents, Levias kicked a King County Sheriff's deputy in the stomach while she resisted arrest at the Ruth Dykeman Center in Burien. She was living in the center last year in the care of Child Protective Services.
UNCUT: [Warning: Profanity] Complete Video Of Incident
SURVEY: Officer Justified In Throwing Punch?Acting Deputy Police Chief Nick Metz said the Seattle Police Department's Office of Professional Accountability is investigating the incident.Metz said at a news conference Tuesday the department is withholding judgment until the OPA investigation is complete.UNCUT: Deputy Chief's News Conference"Force never looks good. It's never pretty," Metz said. But he also noted, "We do have a number of concerns about the tactics the officer used and employed at the time.""We do train in the use of punching," Metz said, noting he was not commenting on Monday's incident.Metz said the two women who were stopped for jaywalking bear much of the responsibility for the incident for not cooperating and resisting arrest.In a news conference carried live on kirotv.com, Seattle Urban League CEO James Kelly called the punch an overreaction that recalled the kicking two officers delivered to a Hispanic suspect in an April 17 incident caught on blah, blah, blah.............Officer hitting female video ( check out the video for yourself)http://www.kirotv.com/video/23904547/index.html
