Police intending to beat Sex Offender, beat his brother instead.
A brutal beating at the hands of Sweetwater, Florida police was caught on a Ring Doorbell. Police looking for a man required to register as a sex offender, mistake his brother for their target.
Thankfully, the ring doorbell caught the beat down, so non-registrants can get a glimpse of how some police officers treat persons on the registry.
Can’t wait to see how the police department tries to play this one off!
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Joseph, look at what you’re saying. Read your posts carefully. You are basically ” speculating ” that the family is most likely to have a criminal record without even knowing for sure if they do indeed have a criminal record and then throwing some studies published by the Times in the 90’s to back that up. Was this particular family in the video part of that study to fall on those percentage statistics of that study ? I’m just saying, because I have a record and the rest of my family is clean. A close friend of mine has 1 drug conviction and the rest of his family is clean. And even if they do have a criminal background, why would they be subject to that police abuse in this case ? Did those people in the video attack the officers first ?
You’re saying that the beating by police officers of the suspects brother and the assault of the mother is justified because they have a record of their own ? In that case, I wish I can be a police officer, assemble a team of my own with the most shady officers, compile a list of people with all types of criminal backgrounds ( about 80% of the county) and knock on their door for a free beating. Whoops! sorry sir, I thought you were a suspect – next house.
The police here in my opinion are no different than a vigilante with his own agenda. Given that this is Sweetwater police with a most dishonorable long time record of corruption and scandals. I’m not surprised.
Pj U asked a question because you did not pay attention to the news report. Your question”Did they attacked the police first”? I guess being stuck by a car who the driver was a sex offender who was wanted does not count as being attacked after he was pulled over . You asked a question but failed to pay attention to all the details. Please fact check before you jumped to conclusions. I can understand everybody point of view but that is all there is just one side point of view. Look at it from all directions. I am not being disrespectful but some of you making comments based on emotional aspects of the police going to civil house First of all, she put her hands on the l.e.o even if the l.e.o was wrong that alone interfering with law enforcement. A lot of you commented they randomly went to a civil house, no they (cops) knew who the sex offender was and they went straight there with probable cause, remember the guy stuck a cop with a car. Some of you had some good arguments and/or replies but failed on them because you assumed with all facts this is the way it went down.
I guess I cant make a comment because someone did not like what I said
Nowadays we have too many assuming ‘facts’ about RSO’s. We should not be assuming anything negative about anyone unless we know for a fact that the person(s) is/are threats. As most RSO’s know, a flawed background does not necessarily mean a flawed future.
Yes, implying that police beating people is acceptable is not going to be popular among civilized parts of the public.
I finally got to see the news cast video. Those police officers did the ‘gestapo and KGB’ proud. The officers need to be arrested and serve time, with their department dolling out big checks to the family members. I believe many of the actions we see nowadays is a result of the frustrations many citizens are experiencing as a result of governments, both national, state, and local, that are made up mostly of politicians who care nothing about the people they are supposed to be serving, but only their power and ability to cowl others. I hope it doesn’t boil over as it did in 1860.
Geez, they get the kid intern whose grades are at the back of his Reporting 101 class to do this report. That shows how much the station cares about this issue.
Family will be getting a handsome check luckily there was more than one VICTIM so they’ll each get paid the cap only it will be disclosed as usual.
Sounds as though one or so of the responders here is toying around with the “Stockholm syndrome”. Beating of anyone, criminal background or not, is not justified. Such action by the police can never be justified unless it is self defense and then only to the level to eliminate the threat. I hope I get the chance to see the video eventually.
I wonder what the RSO got (beating) when the cops found him?? IF he did anything wrong.
Very unnerving! Just beware this is what all on the registry and any family or friends they have can expect. What does that tell you about the society we now live in. It’s a rat infestation ( pig infestation) and the rats are winning, All I can say is get a really high dollar lawyer and sue sue sue.