Re: [Mpls] MINNEAPOLIS: Officers facing brutality inquiry

2003-02-02 Thread Anderson & Turpin
Rosalind Nelson said: > The godawful frustration of trying to address police police brutality is > dealing with people who refuse under any circumstances to believe that > brutality is a problem. > > I generally agree in waiting for the results of a well-conducted > investigation before coming to

Re: [Mpls] MINNEAPOLIS: Officers facing brutality inquiry

2003-01-30 Thread Rosalind Nelson
The godawful frustration of trying to address police police brutality is dealing with people who refuse under any circumstances to believe that brutality is a problem. I generally agree in waiting for the results of a well-conducted investigation before coming to a final conclusion about events de

Re: [Mpls] MINNEAPOLIS: Officers facing brutality inquiry

2003-01-30 Thread JKurtis Ballantine
I don't think there should a rush to judgement. I do think there should be a rush of common sense. The pattern of abuse reported is consistent with incidents where eyewitnesses have previously recorded similar events in different parts of Minneapolis. It's to all our advantage to know what can happ

[Mpls] MINNEAPOLIS: Officers facing brutality inquiry

2003-01-30 Thread Alan Shilepsky
There sure seems a lot of rush to judgement on this. I would prefer to see the results of the investigation before jumping to conclusions and taking sides. In fact, it is regrettable that there are "sides." It could just be flawed observations, misunderstandings, or sloppy police work that

[Mpls] MINNEAPOLIS: Officers facing brutality inquiry

2003-01-30 Thread Shawn Lewis
Posted on Thu, Jan. 30, 2003 MINNEAPOLIS: Officers facing brutality inquiry BY AMY MAYRON Pioneer Press Minneapolis police are investigating whether two of their own urinated on an intoxicated man and then left him and a female companion alone in a parking lot in freezing temperatures.