[CNN] Donald Driver's Father Beaten by Houston Police

Kumar was right...

cops are the 'cool' kids in high school who thought they were the isht. when they went to college or couldn't get in, they looked for an avenue that would let them keep picking on everyone.

i will never respect cops.

 

I respect law enforcement as a whole, not gonna have the bad apples make them all collectively look bad. Though I don't particularly like the majority of personalities that make up "cop culture".

Maybe maybe has some effect of putting more tension to an already stressful job, but a lot might be more lack of advancement opportunities in some police precincts.

Donald Driver and his brother briefly went to my school. I might very vaguely remember his dad at some basketball games. They did NOT come across as knuckleheaded friction causing baffoons.

 

Man, I’m usually the first guy to defend the police on cases like this. But I can’t think of any reasonable scenario that would require 2 cops beating a man old enough to be their Father to within inches of his life. Certainly not outstanding traffic warrants…

If you believe Driver, they actually arrested him, THEN pulled behind a convenience store and proceeded to beat him to a pulp while he was still handcuffed. This is the kind of thing you think only happens in movies. If it’s true, I hope these 2 slimeballs get what’s coming to them.

Seems weird that HPD is being so mum about all of this. These are serious accusations and you would think they would be all over the place defending themselves if there was absolutely no truth to this story at all.

HPD is lucky there is no video tape of this beating or we could be looking at another Rodney King situation.

 

Hispanic?

Oh...

Anyway...

Desk job?

They should be on an unpaid leave during the investigation. When the investigation concludes with sufficient evidence that they're guilty then they should be FIRED and never be hired again, not even a pretend security guard.

 

Are you talking about the riots? Yeah, what a tragedy.

 

If this is true this is why I hate most cops. They think they can do whatever they want and get away with it. This is really a sad story, but only if it turns out to be true.

P.S. I don't hate all cops.

 

Man, this sux...There are some bad apples, but as a whole, aren't they suppose to help...sad..

 

That's kinda how I feel. I respect the institution itself, and I don't disrespect cops...but it's hard to forget stuff like this when it happens so often, especially when you don't see fellow cops (outside of administration) coming out and condemning their behavior.

 

source

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Probe Clears Officers Accused of Beating NFL Player's Dad

HOUSTON -- An internal investigation has cleared three officers of any wrongdoing in connection to the alleged November beating of a NFL player's father.

HPD Officers B. Guzman, G. Cruz and M. Marin and a third officer are expected to return to their regular patrol duties immediately, according to an official Houston Police Department statement.

The three officers were placed under administrative leave after Marvin Driver, father of Green Bay Packers Wide Receiver Donald Driver, accused them of beating him during a traffic stop Nov. 17. As the officers escorted Driver to the jail, he became unresponsive and was transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital.

While he was at the hospital, Driver accused the officers of beating him.

However, the internal investigation could not disprove nor verify the allegations placed against the officers, and two independent witnesses gave detectives stories similar to that of the officers, according to the statement.

The investigation states witnesses said Marin, who was accused of beating Driver, remained inside his patrol vehicle, and there was no indication an assault or altercation took place.

"We take allegations such as these very seriously and conduct thorough investigations into such cases to make sure we are transparent and maintain the confidence and trust of the citizens we proudly serve," the statement from the Houston Police Department said.
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^^^

When has a cop ever been busted for doing something wrong unless when it was caught on video? Even then, its a crap shoot.

 

Basically. Internal Probes are just not going to help with the Public Trust
esp when the BLUE LINE is still on alot of folx's minds

Rocket River

 

So....who actually beat the guy up?

 

exactly, what happened. the article says the report neither confirms nor disproves the accusations

 

what's up with the fact that one of the officers already has a history of harassing african-americans? i would think that being unprejudiced, or at least being able to perform your professional duties without prejudice, would be a pretty strict requirement for any government employee. why is a police officer with a history of acting on his prejudice while working in his professional capacity still allowed to be an officer?

 

I just checked the Chronic's story, and it was equally as poorly written as the story above. All it says was that the guy was "unresponsive" when he got to the police station. What exactly does "unresponsive" mean? It doesn't say what (if any) actual injuries the guy had. He could have had no injuries at all or he could have been beaten to a pulp...we just don't know.

Should it be this hard to get the whole story??

 

homeboy was probably high on drugs when the cops took it to him. Anytime Quannell is on the scene, I'm don't believe him

 

I don't know about the high on drugs part, but I tend to think Quannell tends to exagerate to help his agenda.

 

I'm not really looking at Quannell, he's a distraction for guys like bigtexxx who don't want to discuss the facts. The facts are this guy supposedly had to go to the hospital, from the time he was put into the squad car, till he got to jail. something supposedly happened, unless he didn't really need to got to the hospital.

 

do you think that more would not have been made out of this if there were actually more facts in favor of the arrested guys story? Especially given the fact that of the resources at his disposal, e.g. money, good lawyers, etc.

if you are skeptical of the cops then you should be equally skeptical of the accuser, if you actually want to be objective.