LF: Innocent 59-year-old Mother Assaulted by Cops in Walmart for No Reason

Title: Innocent 59-year-old Mother Assaulted by Cops in Walmart for No Reason
Source: Free Thought Project/al.com, Birmingham
URL Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/59 ... rt-police/#LxdCRYDbLEl3Qdw6.99
Published: Dec 3, 2016
Author: Matt Agorist
Post Date: 2016-12-03 13:51:03 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 4950
Comments: 20

Homewood, AL — Homewood police department has launched an internal investigation after video of their officers assaulting a 59-year-old mother in Walmart has gone viral.

The victim, Brenda Rivers had done nothing wrong, committed no crime, and was minding her own business when she was targeted by police who mistook her for a criminal.

Without a warrant or reasonable articulable suspicion, as Rivers did not match the description of the actual suspect, police detained her and demanded they be allowed to search her belongings.

“He just accused her,” Rivers’ husband said, trying to explain to cops that they had just entered the store. “He wanted to go through her purse without a search warrant or anything. Our rights are being infringed.”

For demanding police get a warrant to search her, Rivers was assaulted, wrestled to the ground, placed in handcuffs, and humiliated as police detained her for nearly thirty minutes. All the while, her husband is demanding they stop the abuse.

Instead of simply reviewing the Walmart security camera footage, police went off half-cocked and just started grabbing and searching people. Rivers was the second woman to wrongfully be accused by police.

According to the bystanders in the video, even the woman who had her wallet stolen tried to tell police that it was not Rivers. However, they had already smelled blood in the water.

“I felt very emotional watching this go on. I had to record it because it’s time for something to be done about the mistreatment from police,” Jasmine Thomas, the woman who filmed the abuse, told AL.com. “This is unacceptable and the officer violated her rights. It’s very sad that we have to endure things like this or even witness it. I really hope this open everyone eyes and make them aware of what’s really going on now.”

According to Homewood police, officers were dispatched to Walmart around 8 p.m. after a woman who was shopping with her daughter claimed her wallet was stolen from her cart while she looked at toys. A wallet theft is apparently a felony in Homewood, Alabama.

However, the felony charge is irrelevant considering the fact that Rivers was not the one who committed the crime.

The video of the incident in Walmart has quickly begun to go viral as the excessive force used on this poor innocent woman is nothing short of blood-boiling.

“My mama is traumatized and my daddy is very disturbed at what happened,” said the couple’s daughter, Monica Dawkins. “She’s in a lot of pain. That was excessive force.”

“What if it was your mother?” Dawkins asked an officer as she protested Friday night. “How would you feel if it was your mother, 30 years older than you right now, and somebody body-slammed her to the floor? How would you feel? Would you not be angry? Would you not be hurt? Would you not want answers?”

In a press conference Friday night, Homewood police Lt. Eric Hampton said Homewood police want to be transparent. “We would like to ensure and foster trust, and also mutual respect, between the community, the Rivers family and our agency,” he said.

According to AL.com, activist Carlos Montez Chaverst Jr. said Rivers’ clothing didn’t fit the description of the suspect. The victim told police the suspect was wearing a skirt and boots, and Rivers was wearing burgundy pants and shoes. “She shouldn’t have been detained to begin with. There’s a lot of missing pieces to this deal,” Chaverst said.

“We’re ready to galvanize,” he said. “We want the mayor to speak out, we want the police chief to speak out. We’re asking for transparency. We want honest and full, complete details as to what happened.”

When AL.com asked about Chaverst about the police statement that accused Rivers of failing to comply with police, Chaverst said, “Comply? Police make up their own policies. Comply is whatever they say comply is. That’s how comply works.”

Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA. This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state. Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world. Follow @MattAgorist on Twitter and now on Steemit

Go right ahead and refuse. But keep in mind that a guilty person would also refuse.

Just be prepared to accept the consequences, given that the cops don't know you did nothing wrong.

Next time try this. Cooperate with law enforcement and, if you feel they overstepped their authority, write a letter to the Police Commissioner and your local newspaper, tell them about it, and demand they do something about it.

Instead of simply reviewing the Walmart security camera footage, police went off half-cocked and just started grabbing and searching people.
Rivers was the second woman to wrongfully be accused by police.
According to the bystanders in the video, even the woman who had her wallet stolen tried to tell police that it was not Rivers. However, they had already smelled blood in the water.

"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."

In Deckard-think, cops are guilty until proven innocent. Then they're still guilty.

Authorities recently arrested a 59-year-old woman caught on surveillance footage using children to pickpocket people at the Snuffer's restaurant in Addison. The video showed the woman, later identified as Gail Denise Pratt, getting a girl to steal from a woman's purse, KDFW-TV (Channel 4 reports). A credit card stolen then was later used at several stores. A man reported seeing her July 7 in line at a Dallas post office, where police arrested her, Channel 4 reports.

The cops were too stupid, too lazy or didn't give a shit about nabbing the real culprit.

And you cop-sucking assholes see no problem with that.

Crawl back under your rock scumbag.

"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."

The Free Thought Project cannot be relied on to post a truthful accounting of any event.

Boy, you must have a crystal ball wedged up your ass. You have no DIRECT KNOWLEDGE, never looked at evidence, read police reports, watched video or interviewed witnesses.... and you fucking know it all from a YELLA criminal cock sucker written article.

Why have jury trials... why don't you travel around the country and profess your voodoo. Save the tax payers some money.

You're too fucking stupid to understand that the "fake news" helped get Trump elected, that's why leftists like you made up the list.

"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."

You fucking idiot - the link goes to a "mainstream" news source, you know, the only kind you believe.

And yet you still whine and bitch about "fake news" sites, which proves my point about your laughable "yellow journalism" assertions.

In Gatlin-speak - fake news is news that Gatlin is afraid to hear. Cognitive dissonance in action.

Listen up queerbait, it's pretty fucking childish for a (supposedly) grown man like you to stick his fingers in his ears and go "la-la-la...I can't hear you".

"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."

If she is really innocent,it seems to me she has excellent grounds for a false arrest suit against the local PD as well as against Wal-Mart.

Then there is the suit for public humiliation,pain and suffering,and who knows what else a lawyer can dream up?

BOYCOTT PAYPAL AND CLOSE YOUR PP ACCOUNTS NOW! ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO SO,TOO!

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when itâ€™s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.

BOYCOTT PAYPAL AND CLOSE YOUR PP ACCOUNTS NOW! ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO SO,TOO!

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when itâ€™s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.

She playing the legal lotto game, thinking she'll get a couple of thousand from someone.

She is very unlikely to cash in. She was detained/arrested for failure to comply with the officer instruction to wait until the witness on scene could id her or clear her.

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul

"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul

"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul

"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul

"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."