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Suzanimal
12-26-2014, 01:37 PM
Glad they didn't take it down.


For the first time this week, Google revealed specific examples of the requests it gets from governments to remove content. And one such request that got a lot of attention came from Georgia.

The Georgia Department of Corrections asked Google last year to take down a video showed alleged abuse of prison inmates. “The department requested the video be removed due to its violent nature,” says Google’s transparency report.

Google’s response: “We did not remove content in response to this request as the video did not violate YouTube Community Guidelines.”

The report didn’t identify the video. But families of Georgia inmates last year posted a video shot by a DOC officer inside Smith State Prison near Savannah in 2010. It shows what the families said was a guard beating an inmate with a hammer. GBI investigated incidents there and at Macon State Prison, where guards also were accused of beating prisoners. Smith guards were cleared. But early this month, three former Macon officers were convicted for beating an inmate and the ensuing cover-up. That brought to eight the number of Macon State Prison officers convicted in the case.

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http://investigations.blog.ajc.com/2014/12/24/georgia-asked-google-to-censor-youtube-video/?ecmp=ajc_social_facebook_2014_politics_sfp


Warning, graphic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poArvnou92w&oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dp oArvnou92w&has_verified=1


"2010 footage surfaces of unidentified officers in Smith State Prison hitting Miguel Jackson and Kelvin Stevenson with an hammer/object. You can hear a prison guard shout that the officer has a hammer. Within the entire GBI file, no GBI investigate agent, or prison official, identifies the guard on the video who is clearly beating non resisting Miguel Jackson and Kelvin Stevenson with the hammer/object . If you look closely you will see a very large man lying on top of Kelvin Stevenson as the other guard batters his head with the hammer/object. Eye witnesses state that Stevenson was also handcuffed at the time.

For all those who watch this and ask what's the whole story? First of all ask yourself why no GBI agent or Prison Official reported this.

The Family and advocates want justice and humane treatment, the situation investigated, and the officer in that video arrested.

Smith State prison is located in Glenville, GA between Macon and Savannah."

phill4paul
12-26-2014, 02:54 PM
You're a fool if you allow yourself to be placed into their custody. Just the thought of it makes me fear for my life.

osan
12-26-2014, 09:04 PM
...makes me fear for my life.

Irrelevant. It only counts when an enforcer fears for his life, you insignificant mundane.