Casino surveillance camera captures Atlantic City PD behaving very badly -vid

[devil21]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRgpXKaVMu0

[aGameOfThrones]

Police chief: I'm worried that no one called 911... Wait, it's a mundane.

I don't know if the guy is dead, but they did try to kill him.

Fuck the police.

[Danke]

wow

[specsaregood]

Atlantic City Police Chief Ernest Jubilee told Carroll that an internal investigation of the incident is underway, but he is "absolutely" standing by his officers.

"I stand by the officers. I stand by their actions. If the investigation bears something different, then we'll deal with it at that time," Jubilee said. The officers involved all remain on active duty.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/02/us/police-beating-video/index.html

[Danke]

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/02/us/police-beating-video/index.html

They are all still on duty, so no one important was hurt then?

[aGameOfThrones]

Atlantic City Police Chief Ernest Jubilee told Carroll that an internal investigation of the incident is underway, but he is "absolutely" standing by his officers.

"I stand by the officers. I stand by their actions. If the investigation bears something different, then we'll deal with it at that time," Jubilee said. The officers involved all remain on active duty.


Don't you dare fucking tell me there are good fucking cops. How can anyone say they stand with whomever after you watch that video? Cops, that's who.

[TruckinMike]

Oh, y'all are over reacting again. That kid didn't get anything he didn't deserve!....Walking down the street like that...like he owned it or something. The cops handled the situation perfectly - like a bunch of steroid crazed NAZI stormtroopers. Would you expect anything less from our hero's?

Like my buds in blue always say...


“You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.” – Wayne Gretzky

[specsaregood]

They are all still on duty, so no one important was hurt then?

It seems that his crime was mouthing off to the police; so he probably got what he deserved either way. Dogs gotta eat, same as pigs.

[specsaregood]

Don't you dare fucking tell me there are good fucking cops. How can anyone say they stand with whomever after you watch that video? Cops, that's who.

I'll tell you what though; my favorite restaurant is in that casino. I'm gonna contact them today and tell them I won't ever be returning there as it appears to be too dangerous.

[kathy88]

I've watched hundreds of these videos. This one really disturbed me badly.

[Danke]

I've watched hundreds of these videos. This one really disturbed me badly.


It must be pretty bad then.

[aGameOfThrones]

Motherfuck, fuck, fuck.



David and Theresa Castellani and their son filed a civil lawsuit this week in U.S. District Court in Camden, New Jersey.

They say they are hoping to change the Atlantic City department's policies and procedures, and they also are seeking monetary damages. They also ask that the police involved be prohibited from serving as law enforcement officers.

If this was a place where dreams come true, then yeah.


"I think it's really the sum total of the (police) administration allowing these officers to perpetrate this kind of conduct and to continue to allow them and empower them with this abuse of authority," David Castellani said. "They're there to help you, not to hurt you. To see this kind of conduct, a beat down on my son and then the use of (a police dog) on his neck ... it was shocking beyond belief."

I know you don't believe that anymore.



When CNN Law Enforcement Analyst Lou Palumbo reviewed the entire surveillance video, however, he said he believed the amount of force used by officers was appropriate.

Palumbo, a former law enforcement officer, said Castellani seemed to have precipitated the confrontation with police by verbally taunting them, even after they initially were willing to let him walk away.

Yes, that's deserving of attempted murder. I really do hope you die of a penis infection, pig.


"This is the problem you have. If the police order you and want to place you under arrest ... you ought to comply," Palumbo said. "All they wanted to do was get this kid under control and handcuff him."

Cocksucker.


Palumbo acknowledged that the release of the dog was "a gray area," noting that "perceptively it's terrible," but pointing out that Castellani was still not handcuffed at the time and that "dogs are used for compliance."

They were too busy beating the shit out of him to care enough to handcuff him you piece of shit motherfucker, cocksucka, asshole.

[Danke]

I don't care what your crime is, no one should suffer this fate. No one. Absolutely no one.

"I really do hope you die of a penis infection, pig."

[Cleaner44]

Hey look, there are even simple videos that teach basic handcuffing technique. I don't see any of this applied in Atlantic City.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGziiMn2udc

Tackling, punching, batoning... none seems to be the way to apply cuffs.

[Root]

I've watched hundreds of these videos. This one really disturbed me badly.
I had to stop watching these police abuse videos. They are all too disturbing. The Thomas Kelley beating is the one that really got to me though.

[donnay]

Just another day in America! Let freedom ring! :mad:

[Brian4Liberty]

Is Judge, Jury and Executioner in their job description?

[phill4paul]

Just another lovely evening for a THUG scrum, then onto beers and a well deserved back slap.

[kahless]

That cab stopped at just the right time. Stilettos could not get a better web Ad placement.

[youngbuck]

The pig who released the dog should be charged w/ attempted murder. The gov't = terrorists.

[mad cow]

Connor Castellani, a six-foot-four-inch-tall media studies major, was charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and aggravated assault on an officer and a canine.
Hospital photos show multiple wounds and dog bites on his head and neck, with more than 200 stiches needed to close his wounds, according to his family. He also suffered a crushed spinal nerve, numbness on the right side of the skull and several bruises and abrasions, his family said.

How many stitches did the officer and the canine get?

That video looks like something out of Nazi Germany.

[angelatc]

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic/excessive-force-lawsuit-against-acpd-draws-calls-for-more-scrutiny/article_f25c8d70-2acb-11e3-85e3-0019bb2963f4.html


At least six other lawsuits filed in the last three years allege that Sterling Wheaten, the K-9 officer seen in the video, abused his power during the course of arrests.


Other lawsuits naming Officer Wheaten

— Mohamed Ellaisy alleged officers “grabbed, punched and restrained” him at a casino in 2011. The suit, filed earlier this month, also claims the city’s policy “routinely deprives citizens of their Constitutional rights, and/or by failing to train, supervise or discipline its officers.”
— Matthew Groark alleged officers threw him down a flight of stairs and punched him at a nightclub in 2010. He was initially charged with obstructing, resisting arrest and aggravated assault. The suit states all three were dismissed.
— Vernon Kelley alleged that Wheaten assaulted him following an altercation with bouncers at an Atlantic City nightclub in 2010. The matter was settled out of court, with no admission of guilt by the defendants.
— Michael Troso alleged officers “brutally beat,” restrained and charged him with obstruction of justice at a restaurant in 2008. The suit states the charges were later dismissed.
— Nicholas Worrall alleged that he was assaulted by employees of a night club in 2010 and, later, by four police officers who then detained him without justification.
— Justin Zelanik alleged that he was handcuffed by officers and had a K-9 dog released on him after he returned to his girlfriend's Atlantic City home following a domestic altercation in 2009, during which Zelanik was removed from the home. The suit against the officers was dismissed.


I wish people would just start putting the home addresses of the cops on line.

[HOLLYWOOD]

Here yah go... YOU ARE FREE TO DO... WHAT WE TELL YOU! Someone/team needs to do another spoof video like what happen in Anaheim, CA. and post to YouTube.

Here's the docket: http://dockets.justia.com/browse/state-new_jersey/noscat-13/nos-440/


Excessive force lawsuit against ACPD draws calls for more scrutiny
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic/excessive-force-lawsuit-against-acpd-draws-calls-for-more-scrutiny/article_f25c8d70-2acb-11e3-85e3-0019bb2963f4.html
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Sean M. Fitzgerald
Atlantic City Police Department K9 handler, officer Sterling Wheaten

Other lawsuits naming Officer Wheaten — Mohamed Ellaisy alleged officers “grabbed, punched and restrained” him at a casino in 2011. The suit, filed earlier this month, also claims the city’s policy “routinely deprives citizens of their Constitutional rights, and/or by failing to train, supervise or discipline its officers.”
— Matthew Groark alleged officers threw him down a flight of stairs and punched him at a nightclub in 2010. He was initially charged with obstructing, resisting arrest and aggravated assault. The suit states all three were dismissed.
— Vernon Kelley alleged that Wheaten assaulted him following an altercation with bouncers at an Atlantic City nightclub in 2010. The matter was settled out of court, with no admission of guilt by the defendants.
— Michael Troso alleged officers “brutally beat,” restrained and charged him with obstruction of justice at a restaurant in 2008. The suit states the charges were later dismissed.
— Nicholas Worrall alleged that he was assaulted by employees of a night club in 2010 and, later, by four police officers who then detained him without justification.
— Justin Zelanik alleged that he was handcuffed by officers and had a K-9 dog released on him after he returned to his girlfriend's Atlantic City home following a domestic altercation in 2009, during which Zelanik was removed from the home. The suit against the officers was dismissed.
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Posted: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 10:45 pm | Updated: 11:47 pm, Tue Oct 1, 2013.
By WALLACE MCKELVEY Staff Writer

Atlantic City officials and activists called for increased scrutiny Tuesday as more allegations of excessive force surfaced about one of six police officers recorded on video allegedly beating a 20-year-old Linwood man this summer.

David Connor Castellani filed a lawsuit against the city, its police department and six officers Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Camden.

On June 15, Castellani was removed from the Tropicana Casino and Resort. A short time later, at 3:10 a.m., Tropicana surveillance video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHXLE1oAvHU&feature=youtube_gdata_player) obtained via subpoena showed him being tackled by police, with a K-9 released on him. Castellani’s injuries required 200 stitches and ongoing physical therapy, family members say.

Mayor Lorenzo Langford said Tuesday he will ask the state Attorney General’s Office and the U.S. Department of Justice to oversee the investigation “in an effort to ensure transparency and to maximize the level of scrutiny.” The Police Department and the Atlantic City Prosecutors Office already are in the midst of an investigation.

At least six other lawsuits filed in the last three years allege that Sterling Wheaten, the K-9 officer seen in the video, abused his power during the course of arrests. Wheaten graduated from the Atlantic County Police K-9 Academy this May. Tracy Riley, his attorney, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. One of the lawsuits was dismissed and another settled out of court.
Darrin Lorady, the second officer named in Castellani’s suit, does not appear in prior lawsuits filed in state Superior or U.S. district courts.
Millville resident Vernon Kelley said he was angry when he learned that Wheaten had again allegedly assaulted someone while on duty.

In 2010, Kelley said he encountered the officer at an Atlantic City nightclub after an altercation with bouncers. Kelley said he and a friend, who also was detained, were escorted down separately in an elevator.
Once the doors closed, a bouncer told Wheaten that Kelley had hit him. Despite Kelley’s denial, he said Wheaten responded: “This is for you, bro.”
“I had a split second to think and the next thing I know, I’m getting pummeled,” he said.
The beating stopped once the elevator reached the ground floor, Kelley said, but not before his face had been bloodied. Kelley initially took his complaint to Internal Affairs, but said the officers weren’t interested in his story.
“It seemed as if they were the defense team I was speaking to,” he said. “All they’re giving is scenarios of what could have happened.” For instance, Kelley said Internal Affairs suggested his injuries were sustained by the bouncers earlier in the evening and not by Wheaten.
Kelley filed a lawsuit in 2011, but it was settled out of court. He declined to comment on the details of the settlement, but said he had warned a number of city and state authorities about Wheaten.

Internal Affairs documents obtained by an attorney in another of the cases show 21 complaints against Wheaten over a three-year period between 2008 and 2011. Two of those complaints came from then-Chief John Mooney and Deputy Chief Henry White. Both declined to comment Tuesday, with Mooney saying he did not recall the complaint.

Wheaten was one of the officers laid off by the city in 2010. Within 13 days of his return that December, he had another complaint — for excessive force — on his record, filed by White. Mooney’s complaint, filed in 2009, was labeled as “simple assault and standard of conduct.”
“They’ve all been exonerated or not sustained in Internal Affairs because other cops investigated,” said Irwin Facher, who represents one plaintiff, Nicholas Worrall. “It’s a whitewash. Every time, the cops say he’s been using justifiable force.”
Worrall’s suit, which is slated to go to pre-trial conference later this month, alleges he was assaulted by private security and police at a night club in 2010. Facher said he’s represented clients in similar excessive-force cases in Elizabeth and Newark, but the evidence he’s gathered shows the problem is more extensive in Atlantic City.
Steven Young, president of the local chapter of the civil rights organization National Action Network, said the most recent incident confirms what many in Atlantic City knew for years.
“People are feeling, ‘well, this time you have it on tape’,” he said. “Having it on video makes a difference.”
Young said his group is planning a demonstration at which they will demand the officers involved be suspended pending the outcome of the investigation. The group also is seeking changes to departmental policy, the launch of a civilian review board — which was approved by City Council in 2012 but never implemented — and sensitivity training for officers.
Police Chief Ernest Jubilee has said the incident is being investigated.
“I just want the investigation to be over so we can move on,” he said Tuesday.
The officers involved, four of whom have not yet been named, remain on duty. Jubilee previously told NBC10, which reported the Castellani video last week, that he “saw no reason to suspend or remove the officers from their regular duties.”
PBA President Paul Barbere said the union “support(s) our officers 100 percent.” He added that he welcomes the mayor’s efforts to have outside oversight.
“If that’s what it takes to investigate this incident, so be it,” Barbere said. “We welcome any investigation that gets all the facts of the case not just some of the facts and part of the video.”
Castellani, meanwhile, still faces charges of aggravated assault on an officer and a police dog, disorderly conduct and resisting.
The lawsuit sheds additional light on the incident. According to the document, Castellani was escorted out of the Boogie Nights nightclub because he was intoxicated while underage.
While Castellani was talking on the phone, a few feet from police, his friends told him to walk to their car at the front of the casino. He asked for the police officers’ assistance in returning to the car.
“Defendant Lorady and Defendants John Doe #1-3 mocked and ridiculed Plaintiff and did nothing to assist Plaintiff — instead ordering him to the other side of Pacific Ave,” the suit reads.
In the video, the officers are not visible as Castellani shouts from across the street, but the suit alleges that the officers “continued to ridicule, taunt and mock Plaintiff who was merely searching for his ride home.”
The suit alleges the officers never directed any commands to Castellani, but at some point — at 3:10 a.m. on the video — they crossed the street to apprehend him.
In addition to punitive damages, Castellani seeks a declaritory judgment that departmental policies are “illegal and unconstitutional” and for the six officers to be prevented from continuing to serve.
Steve Scheffler, who represents Castellani on the criminal charges, said he has issued a subpoena for video from inside the casino, but had not yet received it Tuesday.
The incident has garnered worldwide news coverage, and Castellani’s mother, Terri, said she and her attorney husband, David, were interviewed for Wednesday's episode of the CNN television show Anderson Cooper 360.
“No matter what way you look at it, it can’t be good for Atlantic City,” said Councilman Steven Moore, adding that the police K-9 unit needs to be “more closely supervised.”

Moore said the city’s attorneys will be looking into the most recent allegations. At a minimum, he said, reforms are needed; at a maximum, the city could pull its K-9s off the street, as it did after similar complaints in 2009. The units were restored about a year later.
“I’ll be looking at this closely because everything relates to money,” Moore said, referring to a number of lawsuits alleging excessive force in the department. “Although this is a human-rights situation, it does have its (monetary) value.”
Staff Writer Lynda Cohen contributed to this report.
Contact Wallace McKelvey:
609-272-7256
WMcKelvey@pressofac.com
Follow Wallace McKelvey on Twitter @wjmckelvey

[aGameOfThrones]

Castellani, meanwhile, still faces charges of aggravated assault on an officer and a police dog, disorderly conduct and resisting.

Apperantly he try to cover his face while being beaten and savagely mauled by a human cop and a dog cop.

[HOLLYWOOD]

Apparently he try to cover his face while being beaten and savagely mauled by a human cop and a dog cop.I can't see one jury convicting this man of anything. That would also go towards his lawsuit against the 'Thick Blue Line of Tyranny' unfortunately, the taxpayers get fucked have to pickup the tab for all of this.

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Link is picture of the piece of shit who turned the dog on him. Name is Sterling Wheaten.

If anyone knows how to post pictures, then I'd sure like to know how. Not able to do it with a little experimenting.


http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic/excessive-force-lawsuit-against-acpd-draws-calls-for-more-scrutiny/article_f25c8d70-2acb-11e3-85e3-0019bb2963f4.html?mode=jqm_gal

[HOLLYWOOD]

look at post #23.. already there
Link is picture of the piece of shit who turned the dog on him. Name is Sterling Wheaten.

If anyone knows how to post pictures, then I'd sure like to know how. Not able to do it with a little experimenting.


http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic/excessive-force-lawsuit-against-acpd-draws-calls-for-more-scrutiny/article_f25c8d70-2acb-11e3-85e3-0019bb2963f4.html?mode=jqm_gal

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

look at post #23.. already there

Oh, duh; sorry about that. Maybe I confused this with the other thread about this.

[devil21]

Link is picture of the piece of shit who turned the dog on him. Name is Sterling Wheaten.

If anyone knows how to post pictures, then I'd sure like to know how. Not able to do it with a little experimenting.


http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic/excessive-force-lawsuit-against-acpd-draws-calls-for-more-scrutiny/article_f25c8d70-2acb-11e3-85e3-0019bb2963f4.html?mode=jqm_gal

It was already posted above but here it is again.
http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/pressofatlanticcity.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/b6/1b6ec744-2b0f-11e3-bb9c-0019bb2963f4/524c2e1f7ee5f.image.jpg

To capture the code for image embeds, don't click into slide shows like your link above. Instead, the pic that you clicked to get into the slide show is the pic you want the location of. Depending on the browser you are using the code can be found in different ways. I use FF browser and right click on the pic and click Copy Image Location. That copies the http address of the image itself to your clipboard. In your forum post paste the location (ctrl-v) and surround it with tags.

Voila

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Thanks, Devil. I'll give it a shot again.

[devil21]

The K9 cop in the OP video was just ordered to pay $250K out of his own pocket to another abused suspect. He has multiple lawsuits pending against him. THAT is a good way to clean up police forces! OTOH, for some bizarre reason he's still on the force.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/12/22/atlantic-city-cop-ordered-pay-250000-pocket-suspect-abused/

[qh4dotcom]

Look at what the victim said:



Despite his experience, Castellani says he still believes the majority of police officers are good people "who are here to protect us." But he hopes that his case will help bring more attention to law enforcement abuses.

[phill4paul]

The K9 cop in the OP video was just ordered to pay $250K out of his own pocket to another abused suspect. He has multiple lawsuits pending against him. THAT is a good way to clean up police forces! OTOH, for some bizarre reason he's still on the force.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/12/22/atlantic-city-cop-ordered-pay-250000-pocket-suspect-abused/

Installments? Or are they going to do something like asset forfeiture to make sure the victim is compensated? Yeah, right.

[GunnyFreedom]

Look at what the victim said:

To be fair, I could well have said the same thing...not that I would have meant it, really, but strategically it occurs to me that taking this approach is probably going to be more impactful. People pay a lot more attention if they can identify with you. If it's between calling out the whole system as broken and corrupt and the only people who pay attention are those who already agree with me, and taking the 'everyone is good but a small fraction' approach and possibly opening some new eyes, then I'm probably going to take the 'opening new eyes' approach, because I'm looking to do the most good. Half of y'all would probably think I slipped my gourd, not realizing that I was taking a tactical approach in an effort to have the most impact.

[tod evans]

"Tactical" to me is using a 12# sledge to swat a mosquito...

Not my cup of tea.