Philadelphia Probes Beating by Cops

[Trossi3389]

A sergeant and five officers have been removed from street duty as authorities investigated the footage. More than a dozen officers were involved, and Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said investigators were having the videotape enhanced to try to identify how many were actually striking the suspects. Information will be sent to prosecutors, who will determine whether to press charges.

"It absolutely shows inappropriate behavior," Nutter said in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America." ''There is a way to take people into custody ... and there (are) not acceptable ways of taking people into custody."

Police stopped the suspects' car while investigating a triple shooting Monday night. No weapons were found in the car or on the suspects, Ramsey said, but officers said they had seen them shoot three people on a drug corner moments earlier.

The video, shot by WTXF-TV from a helicopter, showed three police cars stopping a car on the side of a road.

Officers gathered around the vehicle and pulled three men out. About a half-dozen officers held two men on the ground on the driver's side. Both were kicked repeatedly, while one was punched; one also appeared to be struck with a baton.

On the other side of the car, the video showed, more officers kicking a third man who ends up on the ground.



The three suspects — Dwayne Dyches, Brian Hall and Pete Hopkins — were each charged with attempted murder in the shooting, police said.

The beating happened two days after the fatal shooting of a city officer, the third killed on duty in two years. Ramsey said officers have been on edge since Officer Stephen Liczbinski was killed, but that they still need to maintain a high standard of conduct.

Liczbinski was shot with an assault rifle after a robbery Saturday. One suspect was fatally shot by police soon after, another was arrested Sunday and a third was captured late Wednesday.

"There nothing our policy that would allow kicking individuals and taking them into custody in the manner I saw on the tape," Ramsey told "Good Morning America."

D. Scott Perrine, an attorney for the three men seen in the video, has said that, as terrible as the officer's death was, it does not excuse what police did to the suspects.

Dyches had a welt on his head the size of a baseball, and one of his legs was seriously injured, Perrine said. He said he didn't know the extent of the other men's injuries.

The mother of one of the suspects said she was outraged.

"I'm horrified to see that our city cops would beat some human being like they did, like a gang-style fight," Leomia Dyches said. "I'd like to see them tried for what they did."

[PHILLYBIRDS20]

Philly cops are on edge as they just had to bury 1 of there own today. The guys they beat r pieces of shit whether black white of whatever. Its hard enough being a cop in this town but when the criminals are that heartless that they start picking off cops..well u see what happens. KUDOS now I am sure they will go for a lawsuit

[Trossi3389]

No win sitution there bro.... UGGH !!

[PHILLYBIRDS20]

Originally Posted by Trossi3389

No win sitution there bro.... UGGH !!

U R Right there Trossi. The only one who benefits are the family members and the lawyers as they will sue and win an out of court settlement because of these 3 pos

[rjb1816]

yea...seems like they were pissed. they just started stomping those mofos out

[PHILLYBIRDS20]

I give it 2 thumbs up

[rjb1816]

i figure if one of my fellow cops was killed by these pos...and then i watch someone else shoot some guys, if i catch them i'm likely to release some frustration on them too

[Big Pimpin]

One of your boys being shot in the face with an AK-47 would make anyone pretty pissed

F those scumbags

[rjb1816]

Originally Posted by Big Pimpin

One of your boys being shot in the face with an AK-47 would make anyone pretty pissed

F those scumbags

he got shot in the face with an AK? didnt know that...bunch of ****ing thugs in that city...jeez

[PHILLYBIRDS20]

Yep they came into a crowded supermarket with a bank dressed in Muslim gear to cover themselves and one of the pos had on fake dreads and painters mask. The one guy put an AK47 in a box and put it in a cart. When they tried to escape that is when they unloaded on the officer. This actually could have been even worse as many people in the store didnt even know it was going on. They finally caught the last pos last night in an abandoned house in West Philly. I think what these cops did was justified and I wish they had done more

[Big Pimpin]

Actually officer hadspotted them in an alley...dont believe he had even gotten out of his car at that point..

A k9 officer shot and killed one...too bad the other 2 werent killed as well

[PHILLYBIRDS20]

Originally Posted by Big Pimpin

Actually officer hadspotted them in an alley...dont believe he had even gotten out of his car at that point..

A k9 officer shot and killed one...too bad the other 2 werent killed as well

They released the footage of the 3 in the store thats what I was talking about. Noone was shot there. U can see the footage on all the news stations.

[NY Mane]

Dey beet me like a motherf---a! So now i get my sue on and get dat money dat i wont be givin to babys mommya

[MightyMike]

Just an ugly scene all around .After seeing one of there own lose his life i can understand the beating .Yea it went a little to far i think .

[iggs111]

I understand that a copper was killed, but as an officer of the law you have no right to just start dragging mother****ers outta cars and start beating them. I might offend some, but coppers sometimes think there above everybody and can do whatever they want. If you ask me they are just another person with a power trip and a badge. This will just escalate the problem between communities and police especially in a town like Philly.