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| Not Again! Cincinnati Police Kill Black Man |
| 12.01.03 (11:36 pm) [edit] |
A [b]Black man[/b] died after being fatally clubbed by officers in a videotaped beating that raises new allegations of the long-standing institution of police brutality against African Americans in the city of Cincinnati.
According to varied accounts, a White Castle fast-food restaurant employee called 9-1-1 early Sunday to report that a man had passed out on the grass outside. Emergency personnel arrived and reported that the man was awake and "becoming a nuisance," according to police radio transmissions.
The first two officers to arrive were shown on video striking Jones after he reportedly ignored orders to "stay back," lunged at an officer and put his arm around an officer's neck.
Jones then fell forward onto the officer as the two momentarily went out of the camera's field of view.
The officers then knocked Jones to the ground, fell on him, jabbed or struck him with nightsticks at least a dozen times over several minutes until he was handcuffed and lifeless. They kept yelling, "Put your hands behind your back!" as they struggled to handcuff him.
Additional police officers arrived.
They rolled Jones onto his back and one officer was heard saying: "He's still got a pulse. I don't see him breathing."
Officers called for an ambulance. But he died within minutes of arriving at the hospital.
The officers who were at the scene - five whites and one black - were placed on administrative leave, which is standard procedure whenever a suspect dies in custody.
[i]Now Comes the Controversy[/i]
Preliminary autopsy results showed that the 41-year-old man had an enlarged heart, and his blood contained cocaine and PCP. What is not clear is whether the blood screening found only trace amounts of the illegal substances or if Jones was likely under the influence at the time. And an enlarged heart is not surprising for a man who stands just 5'6" at an unhealthy 350 pounds.
Cincinnati Mayor Charlie Luken without investigation has defended the actions of the nightstick wielding officers and has already rejected community activists' demands to force the Chief of Police to resign.
According to the Rev. Damon Lynch III, who has led Cincinnati's Black community in a battle against what it calls the abuse of authority by police. "I wish they were trained as well in negotiation as they are in using their" night sticks."
The November 30th beating is another in a long series of
incidents that have resulted in the deaths of Black men at the hands of White officers.
The fatal shooting of an unarmed black man in a dark alley by a white officer in April 2001 set off three nights of rioting, which involved the beatings of several unarmed whites. Police arrested 837 persons during the violence, and 62 were charged with felonies.
But what is perhaps more despicable than the loss of Nathaniel Jones' death on Sunday is the unbelievable threat posed Monday by Roger Webster, Fraternal Order of Police union president.
Webster said officers might again "de-police," or refrain from actively pursuing criminals, as they did after the public outcry in 2001. Violent crime jumped more than 50 percent in a two-month period, especially in the predominantly African American, Over-the-Rhine area just north of downtown.
Webster and the politically conservative Fraternal Order of Police should be shunned for this threat. No situation imaginalbe calls for supposed-to-be honorable men from upholding their oaths as officers. The "depolicing" was a deplorable action in 2001 and the very thought of it now is without regard.
Whether the use of force by the six officers were justified or not; one things for sure, the racial wounds of America have been pricked once again. And the social conservatives appear to be drooling at the smell of blood.
Already, the political ideaologues are painting the picture of Nathaniel Jones as a criminal deserving of his own death. How often must we hear them refer to possible drug use, prior arrests and convictions, not to mention his outstanding warrants.?
They are already calling the officers heroes who valiantly saved their own lives from an unarmed man who happened to weigh an unhealthy 350 pounds.
When will they question the insufficiencies of law enforcement practices used across the country? If we live in a drug culture and suspects are believed to be under the influence, are officers adequately trained to handle such persons? How about the mentally ill?
And what's wrong with an investigation into the officers and their actions. Particularly in light of the very recent history of still unacknowledged police abuse in Cincinnati.
Let's be clear, the Conservatives have fueled this incident because they believe they have a winner here.
A large Black man caught on tape lunging at an officer before he is beaten to death. Now let's sweep away every police beating we have seen or heard of under the rug. Because according to them racism doesn't exist and police do not use excessive force on African American men.
--Proletariat
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