There was a recent news story written about a 20 year old college student from San Jose State University named Phuong Ho, who was beaten by San Jose Poilice. In early september, Ho was involved in a domestic disturbance dispute, and the San Jose Police were called shortly after. When the police arrived, Ho was unarmed, but after the police were unable to understand Ho, due to his accent, they went into his room to find identification. Shortly after, Ho was slammed into a wall, and was continuously beaten by police with baton's and a taser gun. Ho's was hopeless as his glasses were knocked off his head during the beating and he was rendered unable to see, as well as the language barrier keeping him from fully understanding the officer's orders. There is now a full investigation, and also potential criminal charges stemming from the incident. After watching footage recorded by a cell phone in the apartment during the incident, and reading the statements made by the police, the mayor, and Phoung Ho himself, I feel that the police definitely stepped over the line. This is repulsive, the police reportedly beat Ho even after he was on the floor handcuffed. It's in my opinion that these officers should be prosecuted for beating this young man, and there should also be some sort of new training officers are given in order to deal with people who cant speak the language well. The fact that there were four officers who beat Ho, even after he was handcuffed is awful and unneeded. The video taken during the incident is gut-wrenching, hearing Ho cry for help, and moan out of pain makes the Police seem like the criminals. Hopefully the law will take care of this incident, and mostly, hopefully police can learn from this incident and make better judgement in the future.
This is a link to the original story made by the San Jose Mercury News, this also includes the video: http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_13635707?nclick_check=1
Just the video: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid31377651001?bctid=46153271001
This was a disturbing story.
ReplyDeleteYour commentary could use some paragraph breaks.
* batons (plural, not possessive)
* can't
This sentence also has some problems: Ho's was hopeless as his glasses.... Did you mean "Ho was helpless..."?
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