Spartan Posted February 12, 2015 Report Posted February 12, 2015 Sureshbhai Patel was walking on the footpath outside his son's home in Madison, Alabama, when patrol cops accosted him because someone called the police to report a suspicious character in the neighbourhood. Patel, who came to the US only two weeks ago to help his son and daughter-in-law with their 17-month-old child, was roughed up, shoved to the ground, and cuffed — a standard operating procedure that usually involves excess force if the suspect is coloured. The incident, which occurred last Friday, left Patel temporarily paralyzed and hospitalized for surgery. On Monday, the Madison police issued a statement saying the department had suspended the officer concerned and were investigating the use of force in the case. The police also wished Patel a "speedy recovery", while suggesting there may have been a "communication barrier". Apparently, when the police officer attempted to frisk Patel, the 57-year-old grandfather attempted to pull away, following which he was "forced to the ground, which resulted in injury". The police also said they were responding to a call about a man looking into the garages of people in the neighbourhood. Sureshbhai Patel, who is not fluent in English, was roughed up, shoved to the ground, and cuffed by policemen in Alabama. Patel's son Chirag acknowledged that his father speaks mainly Gujarati and Hindi and has limited English, but he maintained that his father was not looking into other people's garages, and he clearly told the police his house number when he was stopped. "There is nothing suspicious about Patel other than he has brown skin," said Hank Sherrod, the attorney retained by the family told the local media. "This is just one of those things that doesn't need to happen. That officer doesn't need to be on the streets." While the family plans to sue the police, the incident underscores the well-chronicled police brutality against minorities and coloured people in America even as its president goes around the world delivering lofty lectures about tolerance, human rights, and civil liberties. The US has the largest number of incarcerated people in the world, far more than the dictatorships and totalitarian regimes it chastises (and also patronizes), and it hardly seems embarrassed about its awful record. On Tuesday, the MacArthur Foundation announced an initial five-year, $75 million investment that "seeks to reduce over-incarceration by changing the way America thinks about and uses jails". The foundation said its safety and justice challenge will support cities and counties across the country "seeking to create fairer, more effective local justice systems that improve public safety, save taxpayer money, and lead to better social outcomes". According to the foundation, there are nearly 12 million local jail admissions every year in America. Nearly 75% of the population of both sentenced offenders and pretrial detainees are in jail for nonviolent offences like traffic, property, drug, or public order violations. Local jurisdictions now spend $22.2 billion annually on correctional institutions. Alabama itself has a reputation as a poor, racist, underdeveloped state. Its intolerance is in the news right now on account of many of its local officials defying a federal ruling legalizing same-sex marriages, a situation worthy of a presidential lecture on forbearance.
chipanjichiru Posted February 12, 2015 Report Posted February 12, 2015 communication problem papam...
aragorn Posted February 12, 2015 Report Posted February 12, 2015 repost, ninna disco aindhi, naaku aithe mandipoindhi, veelu sue chesthe better. edavalu kunchum cultures meda classes eyandi edavalee kee. america antha multiculture society aina ee police la kee inka mind lo kee adhi ekkala. until police lo koda full multicultures raka pothe situation emi improve avadu. indians koda cherala :3D_Smiles_38:
kissan Posted February 12, 2015 Report Posted February 12, 2015 repost, ninna disco aindhi, naaku aithe mandipoindhi, veelu sue chesthe better. edavalu kunchum cultures meda classes eyandi edavalee kee. america antha multiculture society aina ee police la kee inka mind lo kee adhi ekkala. until police lo koda full multicultures raka pothe situation emi improve avadu. indians koda cherala :3D_Smiles_38: chitti uncle nowadays posting chaddi (stale) news :3D_Smiles_38:
puli_keka Posted February 12, 2015 Report Posted February 12, 2015 parents ki chala kashtam, main ga communication.. manaki okati chepthe ee daffa gallu inkoti artham cheskuntaru.. tension lo if you move hands, mana dggara lighter lekunna weapon undi anukoni vaadu gun teesthadu.. endho asalu
siru Posted February 12, 2015 Report Posted February 12, 2015 few months ago nenu blacks meda cops racism gurinchi veste evadu care cheyala...ippudu inidan ki jaraga gane desis ki cops racism telisi vachindi... all the minorities in US should look after each other man..there is no other way to curb racism
puli_keka Posted February 12, 2015 Report Posted February 12, 2015 few months ago nenu blacks meda cops racism gurinchi veste evadu care cheyala...ippudu inidan ki jaraga gane desis ki cops racism telisi vachindi... all the minorities in US should look after each other man..there is no other way to curb racism anthe kada man.. ferguson riots appudu , if you are a white cop and k1ll a b1@ck guy , you can escape ani jokes vesthe navvukunnam, manaki kagane reaction ilaane untadhii ga
libraguy863 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Posted February 12, 2015 Evaro complain chesaru ata picha p.... Gallu looking into garages emundi andulo sadist fckers NC uni lo papam 3 turokollani evado kalchadu ata Racist fcker
siru Posted February 12, 2015 Report Posted February 12, 2015 anthe kada man.. ferguson riots appudu , if you are a white cop and k1ll a b1@ck guy , you can escape ani jokes vesthe navvukunnam, manaki kagane reaction ilaane untadhii ga exactly...atleast now indians will know how the pain of parents of the black kids who were murdered by racist cops cops gallaki black brown theda vundadu...racists yedavalu
siru Posted February 12, 2015 Report Posted February 12, 2015 Evaro complain chesaru ata picha p.... Gallu looking into garages emundi andulo sadist fckers NC uni lo papam 3 turokollani evado kalchadu ata Racist fcker complain chesina vadi mistake emundi? he didnt know the story of that old man... its the cop who should know better...they know they can get away with anything unless one cops gets punished...these kind of sh*t happens
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