Anti Federalist
12-27-2011, 11:26 AM
Stormtroopers raid man's apartment, tear the place up and beat the shit out of him, breaking his arm and caving in his face.
He got off lucky.
They could have taken him to jail and tortured him to death instead.
Do not talk to cops. Do not call the cops. Do not hang around in a cop's presence.
Every minute you spend around one of these psychotic animals could be your last minute on earth.
Unarmed 54-Year-Old Bloodied In Raid
http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/suspected_dealer_beaten_no_arrest_made/id_43139
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A state police raid on a Winthrop Avenue apartment netted no drugs or arrests—but it left Tomas Torres hospitalized and his apartment in tatters.
Torres (pictured), who’s 54, said state cops broke down the door of his first-floor Winthrop Avenue apartment Wednesday afternoon, punched him in the face, stomped on his head, and then laughed at him as they tossed his apartment looking for drugs.
Police said he tried to jump out the window, then resisted their efforts to detain and handcuff him.
They had the wrong guy, said Torres. The police found nothing in his apartment and released him to go to the hospital, where he said he was told he has a fractured arm, he said.
It’s the second recent incident in which an unarmed New Havener has accused a state drug cop of brutality. (Click here to read about the previous one.)
Lt. J. Paul Vance, spokesman for the state police, said he had no record of state police action anywhere in New Haven on Wednesday. That doesn’t mean that a search warrant wasn’t executed, he said. He’d have a record if an arrest were made, he said.
“That sounds a little suspect right off the bat,” Vance said when told of Torres’ complaints. “We don’t beat people up as a regular course of business.” (Hahahhahahahahahhahahahah - AF)
Lt. Jeff Hoffman, who oversees the city’s Tactical Narcotics Unit, confirmed that the Statewide Narcotics Task Force executed a warrant at 280 Winthrop Ave. Wednesday afternoon. Two New Haven cops are assigned to that task force and one of them may have taken part in the warrant execution, Hoffman said.
“I know that the task force had a lawful search and seizure warrant for that apartment,” Hoffman said. He said he wasn’t present at the police action. Cops have to convince a judge that they have evidence that drugs are being sold at a location in order to obtain a warrant.
Hoffman said Torres tried to jump out the window when police showed up. Then he resisted detention when police pulled him back in, he said.
Cops always knock and announce when they execute warrants; Torres must have known police were at the door, Hoffman argued. (What???!!! - AF)
Police did not charge Torres with any offense. In the end, they put him in an ambulance to go to the Hospital of St. Raphael to recover from his wounds.
“They way that guy was, they didn’t need to go that far,” said someone with knowledge of the incident. “They had enough guys. They must have had at least seven. I’m talking about big guys, husky, [handling] an old man. Even the short guy [the state cop Torres said hit him]—he was stocky.”
He got off lucky.
They could have taken him to jail and tortured him to death instead.
Do not talk to cops. Do not call the cops. Do not hang around in a cop's presence.
Every minute you spend around one of these psychotic animals could be your last minute on earth.
Unarmed 54-Year-Old Bloodied In Raid
http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/suspected_dealer_beaten_no_arrest_made/id_43139
http://www.newhavenindependent.org/images/sized/archives/upload/2011/12/TM_122211_0007-550x367.jpg
A state police raid on a Winthrop Avenue apartment netted no drugs or arrests—but it left Tomas Torres hospitalized and his apartment in tatters.
Torres (pictured), who’s 54, said state cops broke down the door of his first-floor Winthrop Avenue apartment Wednesday afternoon, punched him in the face, stomped on his head, and then laughed at him as they tossed his apartment looking for drugs.
Police said he tried to jump out the window, then resisted their efforts to detain and handcuff him.
They had the wrong guy, said Torres. The police found nothing in his apartment and released him to go to the hospital, where he said he was told he has a fractured arm, he said.
It’s the second recent incident in which an unarmed New Havener has accused a state drug cop of brutality. (Click here to read about the previous one.)
Lt. J. Paul Vance, spokesman for the state police, said he had no record of state police action anywhere in New Haven on Wednesday. That doesn’t mean that a search warrant wasn’t executed, he said. He’d have a record if an arrest were made, he said.
“That sounds a little suspect right off the bat,” Vance said when told of Torres’ complaints. “We don’t beat people up as a regular course of business.” (Hahahhahahahahahhahahahah - AF)
Lt. Jeff Hoffman, who oversees the city’s Tactical Narcotics Unit, confirmed that the Statewide Narcotics Task Force executed a warrant at 280 Winthrop Ave. Wednesday afternoon. Two New Haven cops are assigned to that task force and one of them may have taken part in the warrant execution, Hoffman said.
“I know that the task force had a lawful search and seizure warrant for that apartment,” Hoffman said. He said he wasn’t present at the police action. Cops have to convince a judge that they have evidence that drugs are being sold at a location in order to obtain a warrant.
Hoffman said Torres tried to jump out the window when police showed up. Then he resisted detention when police pulled him back in, he said.
Cops always knock and announce when they execute warrants; Torres must have known police were at the door, Hoffman argued. (What???!!! - AF)
Police did not charge Torres with any offense. In the end, they put him in an ambulance to go to the Hospital of St. Raphael to recover from his wounds.
“They way that guy was, they didn’t need to go that far,” said someone with knowledge of the incident. “They had enough guys. They must have had at least seven. I’m talking about big guys, husky, [handling] an old man. Even the short guy [the state cop Torres said hit him]—he was stocky.”