There is a difference between martial law, which is the suspension of the Constitution and some civil liberties, and abuse of police power, which is what we have here.

The police abuse is caused by individuals acting singularly rather that a government edict, which would be required for martial law. Police abuse is serious stuff. Imagine yourself getting arrested for DUI only to wake up in a hospital because some officer beat you senseless. No crime warrants the abuse of police power. Sure, drunks can be loud, obnoxious, and a real pain to deal with. The smell bad, they puke in the back of your patrol car. Sometimes they are combative and confrontational. A police officer has to be above reacting to this, which is why they deserve our respect.

For any officer who dumps a quadriplegic out of a wheelchair or beats a suspect in custody, they need not only to be fired but criminally prosecuted.

I'm thinking the same thing DD. The amount of force a cop uses should be dictated by a rational assessment of the situation, not the cop's level of anger or frustration. Another thing that's really a shame about these types of situations is the harm they do to the image of cops in general, which has to be frustrating for all of those good ones who are truly deserving of our respect.

You act like this is new stuff. Police have been abusing power since...well, forever. Do you know why we have Miranda rights? Police abuse of power. We don't accept it and I don't think it's terribly worse than it ever was. You just have easier access to the information.

I'm not saying he didn't beat the crap out of her. However, falling COULD cause that much damage. 2 blacks eyes, broken teeth, and the forhead cut could have all been caused by one fall. If she was cuffed (hands behind back) she would likely land on her face. Remember a broken nose is almost a guaranteed 2 black eyes. But there definitely should have been a female officer present.....

She definitely sounded pretty "shakey" during that interview though. Lying about something for sure...

Yeah, and you must have smoked yourself retarded last night.

Hah hah hah!

When it does come time, I will fight, live or die my child will know that I stood for freedom and belief in my country, the freedoms that so many men died for are still remembered in a few of us, so that our children didn't have to wake up in a society ran by a few rich men to be controlled by police in ski masks and submachine guns, screw that ****. There are still many out there that believe we run this country and not a bunch of corrupt politicians that we so glady let destroy our Constitution.

We should never forget that essential to our freedom is due process of law. Without it, we live in a tyrannical police state where, regardless of what liberties we're permitted, they're only at the whim of those in power at the time.  Civil liberties are an entitlement, not a gift from the government.

Removal of one's civil liberties, regardless of how egregious the crime of which they're accused, should only be done after careful consideration and due process of law.  The police officer is only there to bring the accused to justice, note to mete out punishment.

Yes, due process is important, and while I don't think this was part of a conspiracy, it definitely shows a lack of due process on the part of this officer, and an attempt to cover it up by his precinct.

LampLite, I also worry that we are not in control of our government; that over time this has been ceded to corporations, who now have much more say over what happens than we do, through their money and control of politicians (in both parties).  Just look at the money being spent on election campaigns recently and how much of it is required for a politician to be considered a serious player....