| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Aussiesuede
Franchise Player
Joined: 27 Jul 2005
Posts: 10964
|
 Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 9:05 pm Post subject: New Colorado Police Accountability Law Already Working |
|
|
| Quote: | A Greeley Police officer was formally charged by the Weld County District Attorney’s Office on Monday after fellow officers reported him for excessive force.
In a press release, the Greeley Police Department said Officer Ken Amick responded to a report of a man threatening to burn down City Center North on June 7. The suspect making threats was identified as 36-year-old Matthew Wilson, who had a warrant out for his arrest.
Police said Amick found Wilson in the lobby of city hall across the street from City Center North and placed him in handcuffs. Wilson became agitated and complained about his wrists hurting, according to police. Police say Amick then placed Wilson in a chokehold, and another officer had to intervene.
Lane stated a new law that went into place in June of 2020 could have been the push that led fellow officers to report Amick to supervisors.
“The handwriting was on the wall. They probably thought it was the right thing to report the brutal cop, the law requires them to report him and they were looking at charges if they didn’t report him,” Lane said.
|
Police Acountability
Video
_________________
I'm On point, On task, On message, and Off drugs. A Streetwise Smart Bomb, Out of rehab and In denial. Over the Top, On the edge, Under the Radar, and In Control. Behind the 8 ball, Ahead of the Curve and I've got a Love Child who sends me Hate mail. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
loslakersss
Franchise Player
Joined: 31 Dec 2008
Posts: 11853
Location: LA
|
| Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 9:50 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Love to see stuff like this. Not only is it helping to hold bad cops accountable for abuse of power but it also encourages other cops to report/intervene. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
jodeke
Retired Number
Joined: 17 Nov 2007
Posts: 67631
Location: In a world where admitting to not knowing something is considered a great way to learn.
|
| Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 1:40 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I hope their careers aren't in jeopardy for crossing the Blue Line.
_________________
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
