Comments on: Fla. cop caught on video kicking handcuffed man, then stepping on him

By: Robert Watt

Robert Watt — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:23:21 +0000

Thoes punks were laughing at him! Machaivelli was the kind of guy the idf or “land theives” /terrorists would love. Thanx Carlos ,love your website & will send a cheeck if u ever get a po box.

By: d

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:34:48 +0000

Officer Childers is corrupt. He is from personal experience a liar and loose cannon who needs to feed his ego by arresting upstanding people in the Sarasota community. He lies and/or doesn’t care about his “investigations”. The reports are blatantly false and corroborated by people who were never there.

By: steveo

steveo — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:06:41 +0000

without the camera, this is a story no one hears or cares about, just another street drunk being beaten or tazed by an overagressive cop. Now, the FBI has entered the investigation. Seems that they don’t “trust” the investigation procedures of the SPD. Seems that maybe the SPD violated the civil rights of Mr. Perez. OMG. I wonder what Maki thinks about this now. Nobody at SPD is crying innocent.

By: steveo

steveo — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:17:28 +0000

the plot thickens. cops went over to Mr. Perez’s home a couple days later and intimidated him into signing a waiver of liability and gave him a check for 400 dollars. The cops even drove him to the bank so that he would cash the check. Perez’s lawyer was there while the Sgt. was talking to Perez. The abrogado also spoke Spanish to the dismay of the Sgt. The lawyer gave the money back to the cop who threw it out the window of the cop car.

By: steveo

steveo — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:55:20 +0000

new story today. there were two witnesses at the arrest site, one a former police officer. They are testifying that Perez was not bleeding prior to Childers arrival. They witnessed Childers beating Perez even though Perez was so intoxicated that he couldn’t even stand up. No ems was called for Mr. Perez.

By: Carlos Miller

Carlos Miller — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:24:35 +0000

“I don’t see any point in the ad hominem comment; not everyone gets to pick their nickname.”

No, but you do get to pick whether or not you use your nickname in an official capacity.

By: steveo

steveo — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:25:17 +0000

I live in Sarasota and the SPD just had a major public demonstration for the benefit of the media to protest budget cuts. The chief said the standard line of “need to maintain level of service.” Good thing Officer Childers is helping to maintain the level of service. 80% of the arrests they make are for victimless street cleaning crimes. Public urination, solicitation on right of way and your favorite, 843.02.

By: enhager

enhager — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:20:55 +0000

Don’t mock the Maki.

Insight: “They’ve probably seen it before.”

Hey Maki-rena!

By: xdamousex

xdamousex — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:15:07 +0000

@Gustav: Begone, troll.

By: Amazed

Amazed — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:02:17 +0000

Absolutely incredible. It’s obvious from the video that the officer didn’t feel threatened. I don’t need audio. You can see he clearly has both hands in his pockets and just sort of strolls around, as if it’s just another day at the office.

Something tells me this really is just another day at the office for him. What a putz.

By: Gustav

Gustav — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:57:43 +0000

I’m glad I finally found someone who hates cops as much as I do…thanks, carlos!

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:22:17 +0000

Groundhog Day. Again.

By: xdamousex

xdamousex — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:20:41 +0000

From this video, it is obvious the officer was in fear for his life.

/jones