> Writing about a couple of Minneapolis cops accused of assault Dyna Sluyter writes: > > The house where these perps were busted has been > supplying drugs and > prostitutes for months now. After a couple of this gang's other drug > houses in Hawthorne were closed down they continued > operations at this > house and a neighboring one. As well as the "retail" trade, > it appears > that they "wholesaled" to some of the street dealers in Hawthorne. > Sadly, it appears that only one of these perps is in custody so this > drug house should be open again for business as usual by the weekend.
[TB] What may have been taking place in that house has no relevance to the accusations of assault. Last night we heard suggestions on Channel 5 that the handcuffed victim was sodomized with a plunger handle. Not much different from a case in New York City where at least one cop ended up in federal prison. Although I fully expect that someone will write here that I need to give the cops a break or tell me that I don't know what I'm talking about because I didn't ask him, I will say that its about time that someone takes a claim of police misbehavior seriously. One wonders if whatever happened did happen because previous cases have been ignored? Or will the feds consider this terrorism and unleash the same tools they've used against Zacarias Moussaoui. How many Minneapolis cops were present at this raid? Were there only 2 of them who served the search warrant at a house with 8 people in it? What were the other cops doing? Were they witnesses? Will they speak up or cover up? Still seems that we hear of accusations about police brutality in Minneapolis but not in St. Paul. Is department leadership part of the problem? Terrell Brown Loring Park REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
