A brutal beating by deputies was caught on tape. They were cleared by state police anyway
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Never-before-seen footage shows two Louisiana deputies punching an inmate more than 50 times during a jailhouse strip-search in 2019.

The strip search lasted just six minutes, but when it ended, Jarius Brown had a broken nose, fractured eye socket and a badly swollen face.

Never-before-published footage shows why: Two Louisiana sheriff’s deputies pummeled the naked 25-year-old, flinging him around the DeSoto Parish Detention Center laundry room while landing a flurry of 50 punches.

In the aftermath of the 2019 assault, one of the deputies resigned and the other was suspended. Internal records show the sheriff’s office concluded “there was no way of defending” the deputies’ actions.

Yet, that’s just what the Louisiana State Police did, an Associated Press investigation has found. After waiting months to analyze the graphic video and more than a year to even interview Brown, the agency cleared the deputies of wrongdoing. The state police ultimately supported the deputies’ claims that Brown had been the “aggressor” in an altercation that took place after he had been arrested on charges of stealing a car.

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  • MushuChupacabra
    631·
    4 days ago

    I’m as white middle aged man as possible.

    ACAB, but I am afraid of American LEOs.

  • NatakuNox
    36·
    4 days ago

    If anyone is wondering. This is a form of political violence. The state literally paid to have this man assaulted for no other reason than to send a message. The message, Black people better get in line.

  • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    12·
    4 days ago

    Wait until you read about the video of this guy being beat up by police in 1991, and a jury finding them innocent. I mean, the verdict did cause a city-wide, multi-day riot, so at least there was some pushback from the populace.

  • DandomRudeEnglish
    142·
    4 days ago

    You should get used to the fact that this will now happen regularly–not just in Louisiana.

    You should also get used to the fact that this will soon no longer only affect people with the “wrong skin color”, as is custom in your country.

    And you should also get used to the fact that you, dear US citizens, will not be hearing about any such inhumanities for much longer.

    The sale of TikTok to a billionaire with ties to the government should be warning enough, as should the approval of an astronomical budget for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which is so high that it can only serve to build a secret police force whose purpose is to suppress any resistance. There are many more intense flashing warning signs.

    But hey, that doesn’t seem to be enough to motivate the hard-working US population to resist. Nooo! I mean, you can still post memes like “leopard ate their faces” and “people did not show up to the vote” or “Putin propaganda did all this” kinda stuff for now.

    Don’t worry, if you keep it up, you’ll soon be experiencing the news firsthand and getting beaten to death in prison cells if you open your mouth. Only that your death won’t make the news this time because there is actually noone left to report it.

    So just carry on as usual and accept everything the Führer asks of you. Make up some excuses not to do anything about it. That’s the American way, that’s freedom and all that… what a patriotic country … God bless the USA!