FBI Joins Kicking-Cop Probe

• Great article-would like to publish in my free newsletter for seniors but was wondering if the information applies to Washington residents as well?

• No matter what,..no matter how great of a man you are police or what ever, when you kick a man when he is down and you have the authority, you are a bigger coward then he is. That is why criminals run and endanger others is because they know that if they give up some cowardly cop will come up and start kicking, hitting, etc, even shoot while he is down.

• Some of you people are so ignorant it is not surprising the US is so fucked up. It is not the job of a police officer to kick a guy in the head, who had surrendered. It does not matter how much adrenaline he had or any of that other bullshit, his job is to arrest him, and then put forth the evidence at hand so that justice can be laid down by the COURT system. If it was a police officers job to administer justice, we would have no court system, and you can guarantee a lot of you who think the cop did nothing wrong here would be sorry, as you yourself would also be the victim of police abuse of power. What this cop did was a crime, and what the gang member did was a crime. And like one poster already said, "Cops are there to identify the bodies, and start investigations. You want protection, do it yourself. Thats why we have the right to bear arms."

• Any of you bleeding hearts that feel the cops need to get theirs? Please without any hesitation leave your name and address for these gang bangers so that they may come visit you instead on me! Idiots. Anyone who can look this guy in the face and whine about cops deserves what they get!

• You all are quick and easy to jump to assumptions about what happened, and whos at fault without see'ing all the facts, not to mention how much stress and adrenaline this cop was probably under after a high speed chase endangering inocent lives. Im not saying he is innocent or guilty of anything, but if i just spent 30min chasing a pos through city streets, i would of beat the crap out of him to, because chances are he is just going to get off with 6mo in prison anyway.

• Police officer are expected to have criminal justice course as part of their training. This officer must have had a bad childhood and unhappy disposition that he took the law into his own hand. He was unhappy that he had to chase this thug and took his anger at the thug. This officer need psychiatric evaluation. Most officers are kind, helpful and have to worry about their safety in performing public service. Bad apples are every where. Let us not contemn all the police officers and without statistics to prove otherwise, we need to understand them and help them to help us. I am not a police officer and I have had met couple of unworthy policemen, but mostly the good ones.

• The cops are supposed to be better than the people they arrest. I'm not defending the guy who got kicked at all, but his punishment is decided by a judge and handed out in a jail cell. The police simply aren't trustworthy enough to be given this type of discretion and if we allow this to happy there is little doubt you will see them continue to push what they can get away with. This is how a "police state" starts. The officer should be fired and then punished as the law requires. Again, the cops should be better then the people they arrest. Once we stop demanding that then law enforcement has little meaning.

• The police try but there are too many with the gung ho attitude that think its their job to dole out justice. Its not. And when a cop does it, they become a criminal and should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. I don't care how mad they get or how much they personally want some kind of vengeance, its not their job. Investigate, locate, capture, protect and serve. The rest belongs to someone else. And for the a-hole who said to call a gang member when you are being robbed - blow me. Cops are there to identify the bodies, and start investigations. You want protection, do it yourself. Thats why we have the right to bear arms.

• So our options are to have cops that attack suspects WHO SURRENDER TO THEM, or no cops at all? Do yourselves a favor and google "false dilemma"... Kudos to the cops who do their jobs properly, day in and day out. They should not be tarnished by abusive cops like this one.

• This gang member probably has done a lot of kicking of his own. And on some innocent or not so innocent beings. And having said that, an officer is supposed to be able to control himself. It is tough to do. But he has the power. The legal power and hopefully the moral power. The criminal does not. But the officer is supposed to. We expect them to be better. When he took it upon himself to kick the jerk in the head, he put himself on the same level as the man he kicked. And he did it while he was down on the ground. It cannot be both ways. We either have laws and those that enforce the laws, or we have cops who break it when they feel like it. I don't want to be stopped one day for a bad tail light or for going ten miles over the limit, and run up against a cop having a bad day.

• Its pretty much an additional charge to defend yourself from a cop. My own sister faces charges after she hubcapped (there was one on the lawn where she was) a man in the process of raping her friend back in march. The man just happened to be a cop in uniform. This makes HER, not HIM, the criminal. He was suspended until the investigation finishes. Anyone in a position of power must be held to the highest standards and highest penalties. They're given power over the lot of us, legally and forcefully, and any abuse must be struck down with so much speed and efficiency DARPA wants it on a bomber. Otherwise you've got nothing but a lawless, feudal society.

• Nobody cares when gangbangers get kicked in the head. What people care about is when gangbangers get kicked in the head ON TV. Any officer invoved in a high speed chase/foot pursuit should be aware that they're on camera and act accordingly. If they don't, well, sorry 'bout that officer Fierro, but now you've caught a federal case. And, well, you deserve it-- because you, SIR, OFFICER, are a dumbass.

• To Anonymous : "Screw you little bitches... next time your home gets broke into or someone crashes into your car... call a gang member and see if they care or will handle the situation." Without the gonads to identify yourself, your stupid comments mean as much as what you have in your head ... nothing

• What they need to do is give the cop one of those sweet deals they give to criminals all the time. He testifies against some gang banger idiots and his sentence gets reduced to probation.

• any gang member deserves to be kicked in the head

• Mr Anonymous, your comment "So Dick the Spic got his ass kicked by the police." reads better as "So Dick the Spic got his ass kicked by the flic," but I doubt you'll ever get any kind of multicultural reference.

• f@ck that gang member piece of sh*t

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• Two points I would like to make. One, Scum like this gang banger need to be off the street. Second point, Cops like this guy need to be taken off the street. It isn't a "one guy is bad and one guy is good" scenario. This guy was a crook. He needs to go to jail. The cop is there to take him into custody so that he can be put in jail. Anything the policeman does other than apprehend this guy is an abuse of power. I don't deal with crooks very often and on some of the occasions I do I have the opportunity to defend myself and deal with the situation. When I have an interaction with a cop I have no option other than to do whatever he wants. He doesn't serve me, he isn't looking out for my best interest. When my car was broken into outside my store, the responding officer asked what I was doing at my own store after business hours. Cops need to be held to a higher standard, not allowed to break the law when they feel like it. In Orange county they give cops little sticker badges, two, to give out to family members. Those family members will no longer get traffic tickets. Favortism nees to stop.

• "The suspect, Richard Rodriguez, is an alleged gang member "??? I think alleged can be safely dropped on anyone with tats like these

• I agree with Jim.

• @robert Umm yeah We do NOT pay for the police to do the duty of giving out Justice.. That is the responsibility of the courts. They MUST obey the law(to a T), because they have been given the authority to enforce the law. As far as I'm concerned the video I saw of this beating I saw a man committing a felony (Assault while in possession of a firearm). Law Enforcement Professionals do NOT let their emotions get in the way of doing their job. I hope cops like this get put away with the scum they beat!

• @robert Umm yeah We do NOT pay for the police to do the duty of giving out Justice.. That is the responsibility of the courts. They MUST obey the law(to a T), because they have been given the authority to enforce the law. As far as I'm concerned the video I saw of this beating I saw a man committing a felony (Assault while in possession of a firearm). Law Enforcement Professionals do NOT let their emotions get in the way of doing their job. I hope cops like this get put away with the scum they beat.

• So Dick the Spic got his ass kicked by the police.

• Look at this thug, who put numerous lives in danger evading the police, a kick in the head plus 20 is less than what this POS deserves.

• I hope that peace and justice reigns across the land.

• Screw you little bitches... next time your home gets broke into or someone crashes into your car... call a gang member and see if they care or will handle the situation. Not all cops are bad... and most of them are doing the work of heroes everyday... even to protect scum like you that give them no respect even though they put their lives on the line for all of us each day. The best way to be able to appreciate Cops is to quote Fletcher in "Liar Liar" "Stop breaking the law asshole!"

• http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily/crime/das-boot-el-monte-in-spotlight/index.php

• Good! I hope the stupid lowlife cops get everything they have coming to them! RT www.complete-privacy.tk

• LMAO! Looks like the little bitch boy got about what he deserved. Sure wish there was a video to go with this.

• to view a partial list of crimes committed by FBI agents over 1500 pages long see http://www.forums.signonsandiego.com/showthread.php?t=59139 to view a partial list of FBI agents arrested for pedophilia see http://www.dallasnews.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3574

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