Arrested. Charged. Incarcerated. No investigation. No corroboration. No conclusive evidence

[upstatecajun]

other than a traumatized eyewitness.

Hit-and-run policing: editorial

Welcome to the nightmare that keeps Charles and Patricia Geiger awake at night.

Eight Cleveland police officers showed up on the couple's Lakewood doorstep at 12:30 a.m. March 2, accusing Charles Geiger of injuring an off-duty cop in a hit-and-run at a downtown garage. Geiger assured them that he was at a local Lakewood restaurant with his daughter at the time of the incident. The daughter produced a receipt as proof. The police dismissed it. They put Geiger in a spotlight on the front lawn where the injured officer identified him from the back seat of a cruiser.

Geiger was arrested. His wife, Patricia, was identified as his passenger. Patricia told the officers she was driving the couple's vehicle. She and six friends had attended a show at Playhouse Square. Her husband was not present. Patricia said she used a different exit from the garage than the one where the officer was struck. She was arrested on suspicion of obstructing justice. A male officer remained in the room with Patricia as she changed out of her pajamas. He had the decency to turn his back.

http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/04/hit-and-run_policing_editorial.html

[TheKentuckian]

1. The Police is a gang that sees themselves as above the law and separate from the people.

The institution needs to be re-tooled and rebooted or abandoned.

The exist not to protect and serve but rather to extract revenue without taxes and to harass the population to limit movement and to make us more docile.

[BanzaiBonnie]

7. Thank you for pointing this out

Police as a gang, can and do misuse power over others. Their guiding force, is force. That does not mean I think they are bad people. I believe they are caught up in a top down system that rewards violence and retribution over those they believe have done wrong.

[yardwork]

2. Way to encourage people to go to downtown Cleveland. Good job, Cleveland.

If this couple were not white and apparently affluent, they'd probably still be in jail. Meanwhile, the way they were treated will discourage them and all their friends and neighbors from ever again going to downtown Cleveland, as it reinforces every stereotype and fear.

Way to go, Cleveland.

[midnight]

3. K&R Where is the justice dept?

[xchrom]

4. recommend

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. fucking scary

shit

[druidity33]

6. I thought you were talking about

Bradley Manning, from the title of the post... i was about to say you forgot to include 'Tortured'.

:shrug: