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Fucking sickening.

Brings tears to my eyes to think about the poor old guy in our country for a week to care for his grandbaby being sent to the hospital for NOTHING.

What a disgrace...

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It's worse than the description, the poor old guy is actually partially paralyzed now.

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Alabama Police Officer Arrested Over Severe Injuries To Indian Man

The police chief in Madison, Ala., says that an officer who threw a man to the ground faces assault charges and dismissal. Sureshbhai Patel, 57, was stopped last week as he walked in his son's new neighborhood. Patel remains hospitalized after surgery to fuse bones in his neck; his son says he now has limited mobility.

"I found that Officer Eric Parker's actions did not meet the high standards and expectations of the Madison City Police Department," Chief of Police Larry Muncey said after an investigation. He added that he is recommending Parker be fired.

Parker, who the department says is a training officer who had a trainee riding with him at the time of last week's incident, turned himself in to police yesterday; he faces a charge of third-degree assault, Muncey, said, adding that the FBI is conducting a parallel inquiry into any possible federal infractions.

The case has drawn attention both because of the circumstances and due to video footage of the incident captured by a dashboard camera. That footage, released Thursday, shows that Parker sent Patel to the ground in such a way that for a brief instant, Patel was completely airborne — until his head and upper body hit the ground.

Patel had recently come from India to help care for his infant grandson; he was stopped by police on the morning of Feb. 6, after a neighbor called to report what they saw as a suspicious figure. When police approached Patel, who speaks little English, he was unable to answer their questions about what he was doing in the area.

According to local news site AL.com, Patel's son, Chirag, is an engineer who recently bought a home in Madison, a town about 10 miles west of Huntsville. The family has filed a federal lawsuit over the incident, saying police used excessive force and had no reason to stop the elder Patel.

"This is a good neighborhood. I didn't expect anything to happen," Chirag Patel told AL.com earlier this week.

In a statement released Thursday, Muncey said, "I sincerely apologize to Mr. Patel, his family and our community...our desire is to exceed everyone's expectations."

A GoFundMe account set up in Patel's name has raised more than $50,000 since it was created two days ago. The call for help notes the family's lawsuit and medical bills.

Audio released by the police department includes the phone call that sent officers to check on Patel. In it, the caller says he's seen the same man walking in the neighborhood for a second day.

Describing him, the caller says, "He's a skinny black guy, he's got a toboggan on; he's really skinny. And I've lived here four years. I've never seen him before."

The man adds that he's on his way to work and is nervous about leaving his wife at home with the man standing across the street.

"I'd like somebody to talk to him," he says.

Parker then responded to the police dispatcher's call.

Yeah, all those high and mighty a-holes who call me out for saying fuck the police on the Sift, none of your BS propaganda about America the fuck-tiful can answer for the constant abuse and violation of our rights as humans. Not that I'm happy an elderly man had bones in his neck broken, but fuck America's sense of justice. It's pathetic.

And we somehow see ourselves as a moral, Christian nation? I highly doubt any vocal Christians today even understand the true nature of the message of Christ. No, you know what, I can't say fuck the police anymore -- fuck EVERY one of you xenophobic, fear driven assholes that calls the corrupt police when they see a man walking down the street.

Walking. Hello? Walking isn't a crime...

Now is about the time where I relate a recent police violation I experienced in the past 3 months, but who gives a shit, I'm white and rarely in trouble. I only get in trouble because I'm a night owl that walks around at 3 in the morning, occasionally being subjected to an unlawful search.

Police training needs an overhaul and they need to have their authority stripped. They should answer directly to a higher authority, because police are made up on common citizens that I DO NOT TRUST.

How fucking broken does the police force need to be for this to happen to an elderly, skinny man? HOW FUCKING BROKEN?!

The police are not there to give out punishment. They are there to bring the guilty before the courts. They have certain powers to issue tickets, but beyond that it is not their place to decide if someone is to be punished or not. That's the court's job.

Even if they had watched the guy do something illegal, if they have hold of him and he is no threat to them there is no reason, at all, for them to use any force beyond what is necessary to get him before the courts. None. This guy was no threat at all physically. Even if he was swearing and abusive, even if he called the officer's mother a whore, or his kids fucking retards it doesn't matter. The police should be above that. They should record it, make sure there's evidence of it and bring him, safely and with as little force as necessary before a judge.

At what point did America hand over the rule of law to the police? At what point did they make it OK for the police to dole out physical punishment? Even if the guy had done something illegal they can't just choose to hurt him.

The fact that not only had they not seen him doing anything wrong, and the call to them didn't allege any crime, just a suspicious person, and that person turned out to be a skinny Indian granddad who had done nothing wrong and posed no threat at all and the TRAINING OFFICER felt it was OK for him to throw the man to the ground shows the system is completely and utterly broken.

I hope this guy gets the book thrown at him. I hope his life is fucked. I hope this piece of shit goes to prison and gets his fucking ring torn to fucking shreds.

But most of all I hope that that isn't seen as and end to it. I hope that cases like this will lead to real reform of the police service in America because it fucking needs it. I've heard the 'few bad apples' bullshit and it's bollox. This guy did an appalling thing, right out in the open. He clearly believes that it's OK and that he won't get in trouble for it. We can all speculate as to what would happen with this case if there hadn't been video footage of it, and you can believe they'd still be prosecuting if you like. Good for you, you fucking idiot.

All police need to be held to account all the time. they need to be wearing cameras, and there needs to be strong sanctions against those officers who's cameras just happen to have been left off, or keep breaking or whatever else they come up with.

The D.A.s office and the police department are very chummy usually as they are always on the same team when prosecuting people. So there is that relationship that has to be overcome when prosecuting a police officer. Often tough to do.

The DA is also employed by the city same as the police force. Funds for both come from the same place.

A DAs decision to prosecute with the potential of finding a police officer guilty of abuse makes the possibility of the city losing a lawsuit due to police misconduct/abuse much greater. So the DA on top of going after their everyday working partners(the police) are also fucking with their employers money. Never a wise move for any department or employed person.

So what happens? The police are rarely held accountable for what they do. When you allow them to act out and never punish them for the abuse why would they change? You actually are constantly moving the line back in the way of what they can get away with.

Things tend to change pretty quick when you mess with peoples money.

Of course its just how i read these types of situations

The cop fucked up and now he's arrested. You can now unwad your panties.

Unfortunately the Indian man can NEVER unwad his panties since they broke his neck and at least partially paralyzed him. Lots of good the arrest does him at this point...but the $25million he'll get from the department will help.

If there's not a conviction and serious jail time, look out. It's nearly open season on officers as it is, you all need to stop making more, angrier enemies....yesterday.

I suppose they will be buying Mr. Patel the nicest house in town