-Caveat Lector- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 12:43:31 -0500 From: The Republican <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Deputies Sue Driver They Beat [Note: To all those law honoring law enforcement and corrections officers who are members of this list, or personal friends, or both. I realize that the type of incidents described below, and in other articles sent to this list, do not represent the majority of officers or jurisdictions. However, the loss of respect for individual rights, the principle of innocence until proven guilt, and the subsequent abuse of police power, is growing daily in this nation and must be opposed. My personal opinion is that most officers realize that this trend towards a police state is also a threat to their freedoms and liberties as well. Incidents of police abuse makes the job of decent officers that much more difficult, and you will hear the term "de-policing", where decent officers hesitate to uphold rightful law for fear of being labeled a racist or as an abuser. The decent law honoring officers of this nation need and deserve our support, we would indeed be in trouble without them. We often find ourselves in situations where law enforcement is asked to enforce bad, or illegal, laws, while ignoring the enforcement of lawful laws. - Tony] Deputies Sue Diabetic Driver They Beat After Traffic Stop August 10, 2001 10:07am Two Frederick County sheriff's deputies are suing a diabetic man they beat after a traffic stop, contending his complaints about the incident hurt their careers. Eric J. Winer and Jeffrey A. Norris are seeking more than $68,000 from Frederick T. "Tom" Moore IV of Virginia in a lawsuit moved last week to U.S. District Court in Baltimore. Moore filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit in federal court last year, accusing the officers of violating his civil rights. Both lawsuits stem from a June 12, 1998 incident, in which the deputies suspected Moore of drunken driving before discovering he was suffering from diabetic shock. Court records indicate the officers chased Moore's Toyota truck about nine miles on Route 15 in Frederick County before they were able to block and stop him. When Moore still failed to heed their commands - doctors later said he was slipping into a diabetic coma - the deputies broke a window to his truck, doused him with pepper spray, beat him with a police baton and sent a police dog into the truck. Only after Moore was removed from the truck did the officers notice a card identifying the driver as a diabetic hanging from the truck's rearview mirror, the officers' complaint says, whereupon they immediately called for medical help. Moore spent four days in the hospital for dog bites and other wounds from the beating, but the officers' complaint says he apologized to them "for any harm he may have caused" at the emergency room. The incident prompted a local grand jury inquiry and investigations by the U.S. Justice Department and the FBI for possible civil rights violations. None of the probes led to criminal charges. In their lawsuit, however, the officers say the inquiries and publicity portrayed them unfairly. They contend Moore's criticism of them in media interviews was "highly offensive," considering they had "prevented serious harm, injury and/or death" to Moore. [Forwarded For Information Purposes Only - Not Necessarily Endorsed By The Sender - A.K. Pritchard] ------------------------------ A.K. Pritchard http://members.ll.net/chiliast/ http://rosie.acmecity.com/songfest/189/ To subscribe to "The Republican" email list - just ask! 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