Denver Cops Beat up a Witness to Police Misconduct Proving That Cops Are The Most Dangerous People in Our Society DENVER, COLORADO — What started as a walk to the park with his dogs ended with a trip to the hospital for a Denver dog owner. 32-year-old Mark Ashford says he was beaten black and blue by two Denver Police officers. “They punched him and pinned him up against the fence and forced his head into the concrete.” Ashford’s attorney, Will Hart, said the beating that was caught on camera is a clear case of Excessive Force. “This happened when he was walking his dogs, he has a conversation with another citizen that the police officer doesn’t like and as a result, he ends up in the hospital,” said Hart. Hart says Mark Ashford was walking his dogs near 20th and Little Raven in LoDo, when he saw police pull over a driver for failing to stop at a stop sign. Ashford told the driver he saw him stop and would be willing to testify in court. Hart says the officer overheard him and “wasn’t very happy.” That’s when Ashford says the Denver police officers demanded his ID and detained him. Ashford tried to take a picture of the officers to document the incident, and a few second later he was on the ground. Police charged Ashford with interference and resisting arrest. Hart says, the charges were later dropped because the officers violated Ashford’s 4th amendment rights, “they had no reason to stop him, take his ID or detain him.” An Excessive Force complaint was filed against …
There have been a lot of cop beatings lately here in the Denver area. This is just one of them. What pisses me off most is that the cops try to throw it under the rug by stating some stupid encounters:complaints ratio. No matter what someone says, a cop has no right to beat a person. If he can’t take it, he shouldn’t be a cop. The commissioner ended up resigning over several of these beatings because of bad public relations.
@patsfanczar I think that any cop that up holds the Blue Wall of Silence should get a mandatory 5 years in prison.
truly disgusting
Well the mexicans claim they want this to be mexico its getting pretty close….
@ECTBWHO And you have Obama to thank for it
All too typical these days. This is why cops are becoming more and more distrusted. As they are more militarized, look on us honest law abiding citizens as “the enemy” with an “us against all of them” attitude, they are loosing public assistance and FAST! Not all but far too many blue suits are too eager to beat people senseless regardless of the situation. Again, NOT ALL. But too many. RN
@DanceRooster Yep. The guy needs to get that lawyer to help him present this to the federal grand jury if the federal DA won’t take it there. Take these two dumb bullying flat foots to federal court and FEED THEM THEIR CORRUPT BADGES!!! They both ought to be in prison. I’m surprised that someone hasn’t found their housed and torched them while these two were at work. It’s been done for less. I’m not encouraging anyone to do it and I’m disable and 1000miles away. RN
@DanceRooster At least.
I agree with you guys. These cops should not only be fired, but also thrown in jail. But don’t expect any true justice here, because you won’t get it.