Footage of the suspect who was kicked as well as his mug shot showing the bruises on his head afterwards; the suspects cousin reacts, as well as El Monte Police Chief Tom Armstrong.: The driver was 23-year-old Richard Rodriguez of El Monte. — “I’m looking into it, and I don’t have all the facts yet,” said El Monte Police Chief Tom Armstrong, who watched the video in a news van shortly after the suspect was taken into custody. “I worked internal affairs for four years and I have learned that you do not make a decision in a vacuum,” Armstrong said. “I do not know what was in the mind of that officer, as to why he did that. I saw the individual turn his head toward the officer.”
I HATE gang bangers just as much as the next guy but this does not excuse the officer’s actions he is a professional and he needs to act like one. I understand that he must have been upset for having to chase that guy down but he still needs to keep his composure. All he did by kicking that guy was give himself and his department a bad name and now that I think about it that guy probably had it coming so maybe he wasn’t so “poor” after all.
sure i understand cops need to maintain their composure but hey! i can’t blame them! they’ve had just about enough of gangs and their ruthlessness and disrespect for them so what do you expect out of some of cops? as far as i’m concerned gang assholes like the one kicked in the skull deserve far worse
The guy was already down. Gang banger or not, You do not kick someone when they are already down. That shows cowardice and unnecessary violence. They think that is going to help them bring offenders to justice? I think it is going to give them an excuse to do WORSE next time. This is the reason why cops get shot sometimes. It is sad. Treat others as you would want to be treated, Walk a mile in their shoes before judging. Think first, Act second. -.-
@akasuitor I agree. It is about power.
over 10 years later and these gang bangers are still wearing the same style clothes: white tank tops and baggy shorts below the knees. They must keep handing down the clothes to the next generation.
Definitely wrong for the cop to kick anybody who’s down and submits to arrest.
I UNDERSTAND EVRY1 TALKN SHYT THAT THEY HAte banggangers but its funny i bet most of u guys wnt say fuck u to em even if they were by themsevles but ,my thoughts on this video is yea vato did a crime police chase but kickn him in the head .. it aint jus gangsters but they do thier lil abuse onevrybody thats why we all say fuck the cops
shut up guys lucky the cop didn’t do a rondney king on his weback ass
He’s an American Citizen u moron
HAHA. Come back to me when you have something intelligent to say.
pinche basura matenlos eso gueyes no sirven en la sociedad guanweros culeros
kicking shit
americans…
@shadowsofthenight83 what happens when you are determined to have no rights?
@theatwo when you do shit like these scum bags and you put innocent lives in danger your “rights” don’t longer apply to you. you want to act like a fucking wild animal you will be treated like one. i respect the law their fore i deserve my rights.
@shadowsofthenight83 I agree with you %100. I believe that there were no charges filed against this cop for his actions. From what I understand, he’s in the clear.
I’m glad that jerk is locked up but suspect officers should be required to have a degree of professionalism – IMHO.
So he took a kick in the head, should that overshadow the fact he is ex-convict and we have no idea if he was believed to be armed or not? Apparently so. I’m not saying the officer was in the right for it but at the same time, the dude has probably taken worse kicks than this.
it really pisses me off when people accept police brutality just because they don’t like the victim. its never ok, ever. not only because its cowardly, morally wrong, and very unprofessional, but because to allow any kind of treatment like that is against the constitution and gives the impression the public will tolerate more abuse.
@Rogentx First of all, you cannot kick someone IN the head, as in INSIDE the head, LOL your a fucking moron.
The officer kicked the man ON the head, so just because the man he kicked was a gangbanger, that means it is ok! Your logic is very smart!
@XeIpherpolis I don’t waste my time on keyboard warriors, move along child, move along.
he deserves to get kicked in the head and face and more!…he should get thrown in a cage in prison and treated like a dog for his dumb actions and the harm he could’ve caused…put em away and let em suffer behind bars..let em turn into a homosexual and gay prisoner from el monte gang
he deserves to get kicked in the head and face and more!…he should get thrown in a cage in prison and treated like a dog for his dumb actions and the harm he could’ve caused…put em away and let em suffer behind bars..let em turn into a homosexual and gay prisoner from el monte gang
he deserves to rot in prison
he deserves to get kicked in the head for banging a dumb fuckin gang..he deserves to get kicked in the head and face..and he should die in prison and let his whole family that he was born to die in prison and he shouldn’t get another chance to be out in the street kuz he’s just a fuckin low life like his gay buddies from {E}GG {M}CMUFFIN {F}AGGITS..dumb idiots
@024reredrum The officer could have looked very good in the public by merely cuffing, searching, and jailing the bad guy. NOW he makes himself and all the other uniforms look bad by this. It places the whole dept in added danger as brutality causes criminals to be less likely to give up when cornered, but more likely to shoot it out with police if they just don’t want to take an illegal beating. This does nothing to make the community or other officers more safe. RN