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Dan Noyes just sent us word of his most recent report involving a wee bit of excessive force on the part of one SFPD fuzz member. See, while patrolling Third Street and Brannan (mere blocks away from Jack London's birthplace no less!) in early March '08, police officer Paul Morgado came across 26-year-old Charles Haynes, a local nightclub emcee, just as he was leaving a SoMa venue. With his buddy videotaping the entire incident that night, Haynes claims that officer Paul Morgado told him, "Get out of the street, boy" -- Haynes, we should point out, is black. then called him a "faggot" for a classy finishing touch.
That's when things got ugly. Check out the video -- which involves lots of cussing, mainly by the cop; pushing; and a classic gangbang-like arrest by SFPD officers -- right here.
But the report Morgado filed on the incident, above,"paints a very different picture from what’s on the video." While the report suggests Haynes was busted for bring under the influence in a public place, it looks like he was roughed up and arrested for having a sharp tongue. Be sure to compare both the video and incident report. Because when all is said and done, you just can’t lose your cool if you’re an SFPD officer. Ideally, anyway.
Read the entire story here.
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So, what of Ofc. Forneris?
I'm thinking that the police over-seer's report is a tip off to who really has credibility.
Was he dosing or something?
maybe it's the same cop that sent me to the drunk tank when I was sober in soma.
I hate the way while they rough people up like thugs, they keep saying relax. Relax while 4 guys with guns and batons, and mace and who knows whatelse, bully one very amicable guy. Brother. After watching the overkill at the RNC, my instinct is to stay out of the radar, don't do anything wrong. But unfortunately, hard to do when you are black.
Why aren't these "excessive force" officers walking the beat in the Mission?
I see the "No Arrests Have Been Made" meme is getting to them.
Just what the rest of the SFPD officers didn't need .... another morale boost, NOT.
The Public Drunkenness law has been overturned on constitutional grounds - in several cities and is under litigation in more
Police can arrest for Disorderly Conduct or DUI - but not just being drunk by itself according to the rulings across the nation
SSDC (same shit different city). What is up with cops these days?
http://gothamist.com/2008/07/28/cop_caught_on_video_assaulting_cycl.php
@ Public Relations -
Publix Intox is still good law in CA. PC 647(f). To get a conviction, though, the prosecution has to show you were so fucked up you were unable to care for yourself or were a danger to others.
@ jameth -
Don't leave us hanging. Story, please!
Rule #1: A cop can always out-asshole an asshole. Remember, they get lots of training on that. Because you average asshole criminal or thug, upon being confronted by a bigger asshole, usually backs down.
So, if you are going to try to out-asshole a cop, make sure it's for a good reason, something more substantial than "I am an asshole."
to get a conviction, all you need is a public defender and your word versus the peace officer's.
what happened before the cop flipped out? there's no way to know just from this video.
from the article:
What apparently got Officer Morgado in trouble was the police report he filed on the incident. It paints a very different picture from what’s on the video. Morgado is under criminal investigation for assault under the color of authority.
Cops.... lie!?!
@SFX - True, but the officer still needs to explain the blatant discrepancies between his report and what was on the video. It's not as if he said the dude was wearing periwinkle blue when, in fact, it was cornflower blue.
@Brock - According to the I-Team blog post, Haynes called the officer a "faggot," not the other way around. The post seems to indicate this was by Haynes' own admission, though he did say it was after the officer called him "boy."
The cop should be fired just for being stupid! He knew he was video taped, yet he could not make up a story the remotely resembled what the tape was going to show? Cops should assume they are being taped at all times and that it is going to appear on YouTube. If they see somebody taping with a camera or cell phone, they should assume 2 people are taping and are both going to post it on the internet.
gttim, agreed. But then the police academies would need to change their training programs to include substantive courses on Reflective Judgment.
Something most likely happened to make the cop chase him, but it would appear from both the report and the video that it was nothing more than smack talking.
If you or I were to shove somebody against a wall for nothing more than talking smack to us, we'd definitely be guilty of a crime and punished, doing it in a position of trusted authority makes it much worse. It endangers everybody when the police can't be trusted. Taking his badge and gun away are not enough.
San Francisco has some of the worst cops in America. Everything they do seems about personal vendettas and yet how many arrests have they made in the Mission killings? absolutely none. They represent all that is bad about unions and the abuse of the protections they give.
This video looked like a scene from Mississippi burning (the SFPD has terrible relationships with the black and hispanic communities) and yet nothing will happen to this guy. I will bet anyone on here he will be back on the street as soon as the press stops covering this.
SF Has the worst cops in the country? I moved here about 2 months ago from Chicago and have found the police generally very helpful and affable.
Dudes like this jack-hole cop exist in every department, but he's now on administrative leave.
You want to see the definition of a surly, rude, corrupt, and dangerous police force? Take a trip or do some research on the Chicago Police Department.