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The Mesa Police Department has had many problems come to light in recent years; it’s clear that there is a rotten culture there.
In a recent video released by the department officers can be seen beating a black man who has committed no crime and is not actively resisting. He apparently was passively resisting by refusing to sit down. Totally inexcusable and sickening. Video in the link:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cb...nter-of-beating-video-was-already-under-fire/
In 2016, the department found itself in the national spotlight after Philip Brailsford, then a Mesa police officer, fatally shot Daniel Shaver, a white pest control worker, while responding to a 911 call.
And in February of this year, Mesa police found themselves at the center of a local firestorm when an 84-year-old woman was injured after police were called to her residence. Police initially told the woman’s family that she had slipped and injured herself, but body camera footage later released by the department showed that an officer had grabbed the woman and forced her to the ground, leaving her with multiple bruises.
Clearly this department has problems ranging from hiring to training to discipline practices. Not only do we need to increase the Department of Justice’s unit in charge of police accountability but also every department’s internal affairs division should be beholden to a civilian oversight organization. Any other suggestions?
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In a recent video released by the department officers can be seen beating a black man who has committed no crime and is not actively resisting. He apparently was passively resisting by refusing to sit down. Totally inexcusable and sickening. Video in the link:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cb...nter-of-beating-video-was-already-under-fire/
In 2016, the department found itself in the national spotlight after Philip Brailsford, then a Mesa police officer, fatally shot Daniel Shaver, a white pest control worker, while responding to a 911 call.
And in February of this year, Mesa police found themselves at the center of a local firestorm when an 84-year-old woman was injured after police were called to her residence. Police initially told the woman’s family that she had slipped and injured herself, but body camera footage later released by the department showed that an officer had grabbed the woman and forced her to the ground, leaving her with multiple bruises.
Clearly this department has problems ranging from hiring to training to discipline practices. Not only do we need to increase the Department of Justice’s unit in charge of police accountability but also every department’s internal affairs division should be beholden to a civilian oversight organization. Any other suggestions?
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