Nate-ForLiberty
02-03-2011, 06:08 PM
Video at link
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/13_undercover&id=7936228
It was an afternoon in March when a security camera captures the end of a Houston police pursuit. Burglar Chad Holley tries to make a run for it, but he's clipped by a police car and falls on the ground. He clearly puts his arms out in the surrender pose then folds his arms before police move in.
The first officer stomps on Holley's head and he's repeatedly kicked. We counted four officers doing the kicking. Then one officer lands five kicks. It looks like the kicks are landing on Holley's head. Holley has been on the ground with cops on top of him for about 20 seconds and then one officer lands five heavy punches.
The officer who did the kicking in the beginning does it again -- this time from behind. Then he stomps on the back of his leg. And then just before Holley is picked up to be taken to a patrol car, there's another lick. But now we make this video public -- months after the district attorney, the police chief and the mayor refused to let you see it.
"I got the tape legally so sit back and watch your television tonight, like everybody else in this city, because we are all going to see what's going on," community activist Quanell X said.
Quanell X had been sued by one of the cops in the Holley case. A judge gave him the right to get the tape and he gave it to us. Just minutes after we made our copy, the federal judge who had blocked release of this tape before was on the phone trying to stop its release. It was too late.
*[A comment from the article]
"Now that I have regained my composure, I will comment. With over 20 years at HPD and many arrests to my credit, not once did I feel the need to kick someone in the head. These guys didnt honor their badge"
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/13_undercover&id=7936228
It was an afternoon in March when a security camera captures the end of a Houston police pursuit. Burglar Chad Holley tries to make a run for it, but he's clipped by a police car and falls on the ground. He clearly puts his arms out in the surrender pose then folds his arms before police move in.
The first officer stomps on Holley's head and he's repeatedly kicked. We counted four officers doing the kicking. Then one officer lands five kicks. It looks like the kicks are landing on Holley's head. Holley has been on the ground with cops on top of him for about 20 seconds and then one officer lands five heavy punches.
The officer who did the kicking in the beginning does it again -- this time from behind. Then he stomps on the back of his leg. And then just before Holley is picked up to be taken to a patrol car, there's another lick. But now we make this video public -- months after the district attorney, the police chief and the mayor refused to let you see it.
"I got the tape legally so sit back and watch your television tonight, like everybody else in this city, because we are all going to see what's going on," community activist Quanell X said.
Quanell X had been sued by one of the cops in the Holley case. A judge gave him the right to get the tape and he gave it to us. Just minutes after we made our copy, the federal judge who had blocked release of this tape before was on the phone trying to stop its release. It was too late.
*[A comment from the article]
"Now that I have regained my composure, I will comment. With over 20 years at HPD and many arrests to my credit, not once did I feel the need to kick someone in the head. These guys didnt honor their badge"