Police Can Control Police Dogs Better than People Can Control Gov Authority: Uncontrollable Gainesville Cops Allow K9 To Torture a Black Man after Traffic Stop. Ripped Out Eye Socket, Tore Off Fingers
The belief in “authority” is the arch-enemy of humanity. The force of a K-9 bite can be as much as 1,500 pounds per square inch — three times as powerful as the jaws of an untrained dog of similar size, experts say. German shepherds and Belgian Malinois are the most common K-9 breeds, weighing 70 to 90 pounds. They are trained to bite with a full mouth, using all of their teeth.
An estimated 40,000 people were treated for K-9 attacks in hospital emergency rooms from 2009 to 2018, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A Washington Post study found that in most cases police officers are cleared of any wrongdoing when they unleash dogs on people. It also found that most of the victims mauled by police dogs are Black and most of the officers are white [MORE]
Similarly, citizens have no control over police authority or any kind of political authority. We can’t hire or fire police, nor can we decline their compulsory services. On the street the police have absolute power to interfere with “rights” (touch, stop, search, frisk and incarcerate us) and take life when they deem it necessary. Citizens can argue with police but the police are “the deciders” and they have no lawful power to prevent a deprivation on the street. People must obey authority and have no right to disobey or resist even an unlawful arrest. Did we delegate our power to our public servants to make them our masters? Obviously, people don’t have a lawful right to unleash a dog onto a fleeing police officer. So how did the cops get this fantastic power, if all their power comes from the people? Exactly how did the government acquire the right to rule over people; that is, have a special moral entitlement to impose rules, by force, on all citizens and a special capacity to generate moral obligations in individuals, by issuing them commands? [MORE] In reality if authorities have no more rights than you have, all of their demands and commands, all of their political rituals, “law” books, courts, and so on, amount to nothing more than the symptoms of a profound delusional psychosis. [MORE]
From [HERE] A Black man was put in the hospital after losing his right eye during a routine traffic stop gone awry.
Now family members and local activists want answers from the police who waited a week before publicly addressing the incident.
Last week, Gainesville police pulled over Terrell Bradley, a 30-year-old local, who they say committed a traffic violation and fled from police before being tracked down and arrested. The department hadn't openly addressed the arrest until pictures began circulating on social media showing the extent of Bradley's injuries that landed him in the hospital, which include him losing an eye from a K-9 attack
Gainesville police announced late Saturday night that the incident was under investigation and maintains the use of a K-9 was standard procedure. About 100 protesters who took the streets Sunday, however, argued it was excessive force and police brutality.
The traffic stop
Last Sunday around 10:40 p.m., a Gainesville police officer attempted to pull over a vehicle leaving the Sweetwater Square Apartments at the intersection of Northeast 15th Street and 39th Avenue.
GPD says an officer observed contraband in plain sight and "suspicious behavior," including the driver placing his hand on near the floorboard.
The officer asked Bradley to step out of the vehicle and patted him down, according to a news release. GPD officials said Bradley then took off on foot, bringing in backup units.
Police found a stolen, loaded firearm and ammunition in the vehicle and Bradley's ID.
The police that because he had a a prior felony conviction and a gun was in the car, GPD called on a K-9 unit to seek out the suspect. [that makes little to no sense. Having a prior conviction does not justify unleashing a police dog or using deadly force. Insofar as it applies to white citizens at least, the Supreme Court has explained, ‘a police officer can use deadly force to prevent the escape of a fleeing felon ONLY where he has probable cause to believe the suspect poses a threat of death or serious physical harm to the officer or to others.’ Tenn v Garner, 475 US 1 (1985). In this matter, it will probably come down to whether white authoritarians believe the use of a police dog constitutes deadly force]
Police and their media have not articulated any reason to believe that he posed a threat to cops or anyone else, as he fled. Apparently, the cops took his driver’s license from him and therefore knew where he lived.
The search took nearly an hour.
The attack
Bradley was eventually found hiding behind some bushes. GPD reports that the dog "apprehended" him and he was placed under arrest.
But according to local activist Chanae Jackson, who has been in direct contact with Bradley's family members and witnesses, the arrest was anything but standard procedure.
Jackson, who shared graphic images on social media of Bradley's wounds, says he was found by a police officer first, not a K-9. The dog, which GPD says was on a leash, attacked Bradley, tearing up his hands and latching onto his eye, pulling it out of the socket.
He bled profusely while yelling for police for help, said Jackson, who adds that police did not act in a timely manner to aid him.
Though GPD does not detail the attack in its release of the incident, the department says "officers observed injury to the driver and EMS was immediately requested and responded. The driver was transported via ambulance to the hospital."
After being treated and cared for at UF Health Shands hospital, doctors felt it best to airlift Bradley to Tampa General Hospital. Jackson said there was a near two-hour debate among GPD and hospital staff on how to go about his release to another jurisdiction.
She said GPD "un-arrested" Bradley before his transport so that the department would alleviate any responsibility for additional medical bills. Once in Tampa, surgeons removed Bradley's right eye.
He is now being held in Hillsborough County awaiting transport to the Alachua County Jail.
Those charges include carrying a concealed weapon and unlicensed firearm; possession of fewer than 20 grams of marijuana; theft of a firearm; resisting an officer with violence; and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.
Jackson says Bradley ran from the police because he was scared and the police officer became physical. She said the crime doesn't fit the punishment.
"The family is extremely distraught and upset," she said.
About 100 people attended a rally to "stop brutalizing Black people" Sunday in honor of Bradley. Protesters marched from the Santa Fe Blount Center to GPD's headquarters at 545 NW 8th Ave.
Ashley Burke, a cousin of Bradley and U.S. Army veteran, said everyone deserves to be treated humanely.
"I did not serve my country for my cousin to be disrespected," she said. "This man will never look the same and will never be the same."
Tevin Bradley, also cousin of the victim, said that Bradley remains in good spirits despite his injuries. [MORE]