Five police officers brutally kicked and beat an unconscious suspect after a high-speed chase through Birmingham, Alabama, in an incident caught on camera and discovered a year later.
The five officers have been fired, Mayor Larry Langford said at a news conference Wednesday. An internal inquiry is continuing.
The dashboard-cam footage, which officials believe was shot in January 2008, was aired for reporters Wednesday. It showed the end of a 100-mile-an-hour police chase of a van driven by Anthony Warren, suspected of illegal drug activity.
Police had chased the van almost 50 miles, winding from downtown Birmingham to suburban Hoover. The video captured the van knocking down a police officer standing on a roadway, then turning up an interstate highway ramp, where it flipped over and rolled into a ditch.
Warren was ejected from the van and stopped moving. The five officers — one black, four white — ruthlessly beat the suspect, who is black, the video shows.
A police mug shot taken five days after the beating was posted on the Web site of The Birmingham News. It shows a badly bruised man wearing a neck brace.
Below is full video which explains, but certainly does not condone the officer’s anger fueled actions:
Police Chief A.C. Roper told CNN that the video was brought to his attention in March by the district attorney’s office, which stumbled upon the footage as it was preparing for Warren’s trial.
Warren was charged with attempted murder, but no trial took place because he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of aggravated assault. He is in prison serving a 20-year sentence.
Roper said he was “shocked” to learn of the video and that it had been around for so long without his knowledge.
In addition to a continuing internal investigation that could lead to disciplining supervisors, he said the Alabama Bureau of Investigation is considering criminal charges against the five officers.
Langford said the incident brought back to mind days of segregation and police brutality toward blacks.
“The culture of the past was that police brutality was acceptable,” Langford said. “In Birmingham, Alabama, in the present day, it is not acceptable.”
Langford said the five officers showed exceptional restraint in chasing the fleeing suspect and performed in exemplary fashion until the last scene caught on the video.
The camera captured 11 seconds of the five officers beating Warren with their fists and batons.
“Those 11 seconds will not be tolerated,” said Langford, who signed letters of termination for the five officers on Tuesday.
“Over 50 years of combined police experience gone over 11 seconds,” he said.
[..YouTube..] This is New World Order police training/indoctrination and it’s only going to get worse…..
[..YouTube..] This is New World Order police training/indoctrination and it’s only going to get worse…..
[..YouTube..] This is New World Order police training/indoctrination and it’s only going to get worse…..
Like 10 seconds before that he hits a cop with his car. Funny how the news
does not show that.
Like 10 seconds before that he hits a cop with his car. Funny how the news does not show that.
Like 10 seconds before that he hits a cop with his car. Funny how the news does not show that.
Like 10 seconds before that he hits a cop with his car. Funny how the news does not show that.
Like 10 seconds before that he hits a cop with his car. Funny how the news does not show that.
Like 10 seconds before that he hits a cop with his car. Funny how the news does not show that.
Like 10 seconds before that he hits a cop with his car. Funny how the news does not show that.
Like 10 seconds before that he hits a cop with his car. Funny how the news does not show that.
Like 10 seconds before that he hits a cop with his car. Funny how the news does not show that.
Like 10 seconds before that he hits a cop with his car. Funny how the news does not show that.
Like 10 seconds before that he hits a cop with his car. Funny how the news does not show that.
Like 10 seconds before that he hits a cop with his car. Funny how the news does not show that.
Like 10 seconds before that he hits a cop with his car. Funny how the news does not show that.
Like 10 seconds before that he hits a cop with his car. Funny how the news does not show that.
Like 10 seconds before that he hits a cop with his car. Funny how the news does not show that.
Like 10 seconds before that he hits a cop with his car. Funny how the news does not show that.
Like 10 seconds before that he hits a cop with his car. Funny how the news does not show that.
Like 10 seconds before that he hits a cop with his car. Funny how the news does not show that.
Like 10 seconds before that he hits a cop with his car. Funny how the news does not show that.
Like 10 seconds before that he hits a cop with his car. Funny how the news does not show that.
[..YouTube..] Like 10 seconds before that he hits a cop with his car. Funny how the news does not show that.
[..YouTube..] Like 10 seconds before that he hits a cop with his car. Funny how the news does not show that.
we pay and train them to be this way, someone’s got to keep us in line ! right!
power corrupts . absolutely
just look at the stanford prison experiment .
a crime is the symptom of unbalanced society u won’t fix by force , you will how ever create more hate .
i cause we get what we pay for ! or reap what we sow.
we pay and train them to be this way, someone’s got to keep us in line ! right!
power corrupts . absolutely
just look at the stanford prison experiment .
a crime is the symptom of unbalanced society u won’t fix by force , you will how ever create more hate .
i cause we get what we pay for ! or reap what we sow.
we pay and train them to be this way, someone’s got to keep us in line ! right!
power corrupts . absolutely
just look at the stanford prison experiment .
a crime is the symptom of unbalanced society u won’t fix by force , you will how ever create more hate .
i cause we get what we pay for ! or reap what we sow.
we pay and train them to be this way, someone’s got to keep us in line ! right!
power corrupts . absolutely
just look at the stanford prison experiment .
a crime is the symptom of unbalanced society u won’t fix by force , you will how ever create more hate .
i cause we get what we pay for ! or reap what we sow.
we pay and train them to be this way, someone’s got to keep us in line ! right!
power corrupts . absolutely
just look at the stanford prison experiment .
a crime is the symptom of unbalanced society u won’t fix by force , you will how ever create more hate .
i cause we get what we pay for ! or reap what we sow.
we pay and train them to be this way, someone’s got to keep us in line ! right!
power corrupts . absolutely
just look at the stanford prison experiment .
a crime is the symptom of unbalanced society u won’t fix by force , you will how ever create more hate .
i cause we get what we pay for ! or reap what we sow.
we pay and train them to be this way, someone’s got to keep us in line ! right!
power corrupts . absolutely
just look at the stanford prison experiment .
a crime is the symptom of unbalanced society u won’t fix by force , you will how ever create more hate .
i cause we get what we pay for ! or reap what we sow.
we pay and train them to be this way, someone’s got to keep us in line ! right!
power corrupts . absolutely
just look at the stanford prison experiment .
a crime is the symptom of unbalanced society u won’t fix by force , you will how ever create more hate .
i cause we get what we pay for ! or reap what we sow.
we pay and train them to be this way, someone’s got to keep us in line ! right!
power corrupts . absolutely
just look at the stanford prison experiment .
a crime is the symptom of unbalanced society u won’t fix by force , you will how ever create more hate .
i cause we get what we pay for ! or reap what we sow.
we pay and train them to be this way, someone’s got to keep us in line ! right!
power corrupts . absolutely
just look at the stanford prison experiment .
a crime is the symptom of unbalanced society u won’t fix by force , you will how ever create more hate .
i cause we get what we pay for ! or reap what we sow.
we pay and train them to be this way, someone’s got to keep us in line ! right!
power corrupts . absolutely
just look at the stanford prison experiment .
a crime is the symptom of unbalanced society u won’t fix by force , you will how ever create more hate .
i cause we get what we pay for ! or reap what we sow.
we pay and train them to be this way, someone’s got to keep us in line ! right!
power corrupts . absolutely
just look at the stanford prison experiment .
a crime is the symptom of unbalanced society u won’t fix by force , you will how ever create more hate .
i cause we get what we pay for ! or reap what we sow.
[..YouTube..] we pay and train them to be this way, someone’s got to keep us in line ! right!
power corrupts . absolutely
just look at the stanford prison experiment .
a crime is the symptom of unbalanced society u won’t fix by force , you will how ever create more hate .
i cause we get what we pay for ! or reap what we sow.
[..YouTube..] we pay and train them to be this way, someone’s got to keep us in line ! right!
power corrupts . absolutely
just look at the stanford prison experiment .
a crime is the symptom of unbalanced society u won’t fix by force , you will how ever create more hate .
i cause we get what we pay for ! or reap what we sow.
@toxicplague1 i know i was being sarcastic
this is clearly fake.
they dont show the whole video…..the dude hits a cop minutes
before…..and almost kills people in this pursuit……
@Microbiologystudent cops are fuckin stupid youre saying ? cuz thats the
worst reaction time ever ! they beat him for like 10 seconds
first of all, for all of you havent, watch the entire video before posting
a comment. the man in the van was brutally assaulted after (which was not
shown in this footage) hitting a cop with that van. I am not justifying the
assault, however, I do understand the concept of family and brotherhood,
cops are no different. If it were you chasing him in your car and watched
him run a member of your family over what would you have done? Just asking,
not justifying…
what they neglect to show you is the van running over one of those
officer’s peers, crushing him under the van.
Why is this shocking? Cops are thugs. Period. They are there to steal from
you and violate your inherent rights. They could have killed this guy.
Hitler would be proud of these guys. Definitely would make great brown
shirts or SS.
@jwang624 i was not putting words in your mouth but if agree with and
promote vigilante justice than basically you promote Anarchy where would we
be as a society and as a civilization if we all went around with the eye
for an eye mentality like Gandi said “An eye for an eye only ends up making
the whole world blind”.Also i never seen him trying to run over
anyone…lastly i don’t know what you have against Canadian’s but you jest
look ignorant trying to bash me cause of my nationality.
@jwang624 the cops are beating a unconscious person you failure theres
something called a justice system!!!So basically what your saying is we
should all jest serve our own justice than screw society screw the courts
if someone does something you dont like jest beat them or kill
them….dumbass get your head straight!!!
You people are idiots! These cops were in the right. This same Jigga boo
would pull a gun on u without thinking about it. God forbid a Cop puts a
little beating on him. WHO CARES. im sure the black guy had it coming. He
could have killed innocent people on that highway. GOOD FOR THE COPS. great
JOB
Yup, cops swarm just like B’s (sold out bitches)!