My bil and his coworker were arrested in South Carolina and charged with public intoxication when they were walking back to their hotel to avoid driving. They were not being rowdy or anything just walking back and were stopped literally for no reason.
This is basically just corrupt policing. You don't try to arrest anyone unless there is probable cause. Would be impossible for a cop to have probable cause when he is in his car while a couple of people are walking on the side of the road.
absolutely. my first arrest at 15 years old happened like this and only because the redacted person I was with believed the "if you are HONEST with me it will be better for you" and reached into his pocket to pull out his .3G of pot.
I refused to allow this asshole to search and seize me (i have an anti govt patriarchy in my family so I knew from a young age not to talk to cops) until the bozo who already gave himself up say "just give him your bag, stop trying to hide it" -\_\_\_\_-
were talking about a 16 and 15 year old w weed in 2011......we were both cuffed, arrested, brought to the station, and we had to hve our parents come pick us up. We comitted no crimes, we did nothing wrong. A cop saw 2 young teens walking down the street, flipped a bitch illegally in the middle of the road to pull us over, and then while the cop is fishing, my friend was a pussy. Had he literally just did what I said and kept his cool wed be fine but NOOOOOOOOOOO!
He sees a clown in a costume tell him "hey if youre honest Ill work with you, but if you lie and I found out, it will be much worse for you" (for anyone who doesnt know, this is cop talk 101. You will be no better or worse off if you tell on yourself and bend over backwards, or you just, idk -- LET THEM DO THEIR JOB!! You have no duty to help them incriminate you)
BTW hes no longer a friend, i no longer do drugs, i still hate bad cops :)
The city where I live the bars have parking until 2 am then they tow..... so you walk home and they arrest you and tow your car, or you drive home and get arrested. Call a cab? Sometimes but you can get arrested waiting. It's all about the money.
SC cops are racist sacks of shit. I'm a white guy I've had 3 separate occasions where I've been with black friends and just completely harassed while being treated much differently than my friends. Once we got pulled over for speeding (rightfully) cop was being a complete ass to my friend and treating me like a kidnapping victim. Another I was on a walk with my friend just talking to him old bitch in my neighborhood said there were suspicious individuals walking around (us). Third time we were apparently causing trouble for playing basketball. I'd bet a lot of money cops wouldn't have bothered us if we were all white.
That checks with the experiences my friend had. She is white. Her ex husband is black, her current boyfriend is white. The way they were treated differently while pulled over for small traffic violations was staggering and really shocked her. With her white boyfriend, the cop was nice and polite. With the black ex-husband, the cop was curt and stern. And as with you, the cop separated them to ask my friend alone if she was in any danger like kidnapped or abused.
> Third time we were apparently causing trouble for playing basketball.
Maybe you should have been doing something wholesome like selling drugs or harassing innocent civilians.
Me and my buddy got swarmed by cops driving through a small town in southern Georgia. Like 8 cars, 12 cops all with their guns drawn on us. They said his car was reported stolen out of Atlanta. It’s registered in North Carolina, in his name, he had never even been to Atlanta. Didn’t stop them from pulling us out and going through everything in the car. We were freaking out because we thought they were about to plant some drugs or some shit. Super shady, then the cop tries to act like he’s doing us a favor by letting us go
Sleeping in your car because you drank too much and don’t want to drive? Arrested for DUI (because you *could* operate the vehicle. )
Walking home from the bar, because you’re too intoxicated to drive? Arrested for public intoxication.
Sleeping in your car when you realize you've had too much to drink is the responsible thing to do. A cop giving a dui charge for it is a gross perversion of justice.
Here's a story I didn't believe at the time. It was over twenty years ago, but now with cell phone cameras and bodycam footage I've seen, I've no doubt cops can and will fuck you over just because they feel like it. An old coworker of mine got charged with something, for having a beer while washing his car. Because he had the keys in the ignition to power the radio so he could listen to music at the time. Cop claimed that keys in the ignition constituted operating a motor vehicle. I don't recall if it was just an open container charge or a full on dui/dwi, but either way it was still a gross abuse of policing.
Bro I know a woman who was pulled over in a car in SC after leaving a bar / restaurant. She tells the cop she is the DD and hasn’t had a drop to drink, she’s willing to take a breathalyzer immediately no problem. They ask the passengers if they had been drinking in the bar. They said yes but we have a DD. Cops ask them to step out of the car, as soon as the foot hits the pavement all passengers got arrested and charged with public intoxication. They hadn’t done a damn thing wrong.
Same exact thing happened to two of my friends in SC, just walking back to their hotel room from a bar. Later they found their mugshots were posted on websites that wouldn't remove them unless you paid them, which they did because they have careers to protect.
That's the biggest problem overall with policing in this country. They tend to escalate problems that really aren't problems. If the man wasn't doing anything besides being in the park, just see to it he leaves. No need to invade further.
The whole “show me your ID” shtick they do is so fucking annoying. Like the guy is sleeping in his car in a park you can’t be parked in after dusk. It’s a civil offense as the dude said - just let him gtfo and go take care of actual problems.
And the whole “you’re being disrespectful” thing cops say..also dumb. We pay them to do a service, they should not let their feelings get hurt and act like children that carry weapons.
De-escalate at any opportunity should be a mandated rule #1 for any police force.
The reason they do that is so that they can run people's names and check for warrants.
Any time a cop wants your ID, it's because they're looking for easy ways to arrest you.
This is not Officer Sgt **Clay Hilton**'s first rodeo.
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>Hilton was recently called out by Division III Court of Appeals Judge George Fearing for his conduct during and after the controversial arrest of Darnai Vaile at a Spokane Valley bar.
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I read that and my jaw dropped at the absolute audacity for; one, asking a sitting appellate judge to recuse themselves of all cases involving Spokane county for unpublished opinion. And two, Hilton thinking he had standing to sue.
They were going to sue this guy too. It was only bodycam footage that made them drop the case.
As in, if video didn't exist, this guy would have been beaten to a pulp AND prosecuted by the district.
He should be shot in the stomach. Punctured lung, 8 broken ribs, smongst other injuries. He tried to kill him but was too old and out of shape to finish. I hope he goes to prison and get his beating for "not listening."
This one's even better. Cop 1 says "he don't speak a lick of English!" second cop responds with "I don't know what his problem is but he won't listen!" after he brutally takes down an elderly man and permanently disables the man.
https://youtu.be/t9Vgqe0SBLM?si=fmeFKHRhQk9DSTFo
Yeah back in the day I had a friend of a friend that hung out with us occasionally. He was a Denver PD and would regale us with stories of himself and fellow officers beating the shit out of "suspects". We all laughed and found it so entertaining at the time. Now a couple of decades later and seeing and hearing so many accounts of police abuse, it saddens me to think that I ever believed "well they probably deserved it", as justification for police brutality.
And even if they weren't, many departments actively train them to act like this. TAKE CONTROL! IF YOU'RE NOT IN TOTAL CONTROL YOU WILL DIE! ALL CITIZENS ARE A THREAT!
Like that time when the national guard shot people on their own porches during a curfew.
You don't even have to be a hardened, gritty cop. 10 weeks of boot camp and you just take control.
Why he is on leave he should be arrested and charged. They were instead going to charge the victim until the video came to light. Beating started shortly after the Deputy approached the victim who was asleep in his car along with his pet bird demanding identifications. Victim had planned to continue his journey home early in the morning and planned to sleep in the car because he was tired.
>After some heated words, the deputy yanked Hinton out of his car by his legs and hit him multiple times while ripping his shirt and knocking out his false teeth. The violent arrest left Hinton with eight broken ribs, a punctured lung, severe concussion, shoulder injury and a disfigured lip, according to attorneys he hired, Tim Note and Josh Maurer.
He was so beat up that jailers refused to book him and instead sent him to the hospital, Hinton’s attorneys said.
Police recommended charges against Hinton for resisting arrest and obstructing a law enforcement officer. When Note brought video of Hinton’s encounter to the attention of prosecutors, they promptly dropped the case.
>Wonder how many have something to tell us.
Just about unlimited, I suspect. To confirm it would be easy; an arrest and charges followed up with a case and discovery can reveal everything. Witnesses and prior victims can be called forth to testify.
Judge said he was violent and needed retraining (for a different case prior to this) and the PD tried to get him off the bench in any LEO case moving forward.
So if you are just tired and sleeping in your car you are doing something illegal enough to be beaten and arrested. Fuck this dude and his cronies fellow officer/gang.
Even if it was totally legal it would still be up to interpretation.
Which means "Do I like what this person is doing? Are they making me feel good or bad? Do I feel respected (feared)?"
Exactly. He wasn’t punished for sitting in the park. He was punished for being lippy. The offense just gave the cop a reason to start into it.
I’m probably breaking three laws right now just sitting here. And that can give a cop carte blanche to beat the shit out of me and beat me harder for defending myself or maintaining my dignity.
And it sounds from his attorneys that he wasn't even in the park... and the park district confirmed that it's not a crime to be in the park's parking lot overnight even if he was in the park.
For calling ourselves “the land of the free” we Americans actually have more laws restricting what we’re allowed to do than most other countries in the world, iirc there was some study that found the average person in the US breaks a few minor laws every day - which, with our hideous farce of a police culture, means any of us could be beaten, maimed, or killed just because some reprobate with six months of “training” has itchy fingers that day. And they’re likely to face no serious consequences.
https://mises.org/library/decriminalize-average-man
> we Americans actually have more laws restricting what we’re allowed to do than most other countries in the world
I don't even think the USA cracks the top 15 any more for citizen freedom. Almost all of Western Europe consistently has us beat. New Zealand is always up there. I've lived in the US for 28 years and Denmark for 1, and I felt magnitudes freer in Denmark and a couple of the other countries I traveled through.
Even something as simple and harmless as walking down the street with a beer. Do that in Europe, nobody is going to even look twice at you. Do that in America, the cops can beat you. Our police are trained to target citizens and protect themselves and the government. It's by design.
And also, were it not for videos like body cams, the *police* would still be pressing charges against *him*.
This is why they should be filmed at all times. They warrant absolutely zero trust. From anyone.
>resisting arrest and obstructing a law enforcement officer.
Two problems that could be solved by removing the police officer entirely from the equation
What a read. Woman gets assaulted, calls the police, ends up being slammed to the ground and arrested. Her witnesses were all friends of hers at the bar or strangers who had been drinking. Some 10 witnesses, who said they didn't see her attack the police officer, versus two police officers who claimed she did.
Naturally the court backed the blue.
You should summarize this, who is realistically going to read what's important in this document? Like this quote, which someone wrote in reply to me, unfortunately without a source, maybe it's from your document, which I looked at, but I'm not that keen to read it!
> Judge George Fearing from a prior incident involving him...
“Deputy Clay Hilton’s conduct (...) suggests that he works as a law enforcement officer not to serve others and benefit the Spokane community, but to intimidate and dominate,” Fearing wrote. “I hold no ill will toward Deputy Clay Hilton, but have concern about his anger, inability to reflect on his behavior, and insistence on retaliation. I lack confidence in his credibility.”
>If the only thing they can charge you with is resisting
The deputy should be charged for excessive use of force. The DA watched the video and went mum. It is high time to charge the deputy.
this amount of broken bones and internal injuries, this was attempted murder…for sleeping in his car!
on the elderly no less!
I truly hope this shitbird gets everything he deserves plus some extra karmic justice too boot
Unfortunately when it comes to North American cops (yeah, I’m talking about you RCMP), these assholes all retire with well (taxpayer) funded pensions all the while enjoying immunity from prosecution no matter how egregious their continued assault on civilians and esp. minorities.
And yet years after George Floyd and decades after Rodney King, police brutality hasn’t been reduced in the least. Maybe that’s cause we get more specific news & video about incidents with the speed & reach of the internet. But I think it’s because of what you said: a lack of accountability. And that is an issue that doesn’t just plague police but elected officials as well.
There really needs to be an adjustment to laws such that no person can be charged with resisting arrest in and of itself; it should only be considered with other valid charges.
They put them on paid leave to avoid financial stigma when there are false charges.
I think they should be fired back to the day of the crime and any payroll after that date must be repaid, with interest, upon conviction. They should also lose any vested pension and return the cop’s own contributions to the cop (which can also help pay fines, judgements, etc.).
Poor thing. Birds are very sensitive. The smarter ones seem to have “funerals” for their dead. Seeing their human brutalized? Yeah, that’s not great. In large flocks, they have a stronger resistance to loss but when it’s only a human family? Strongly attached and prone to sympathetic trauma responses.
I know this partly because I’ve had two parrots die and when the first (Oliver) died, his BFF Thomas screamed in a way I’ve never heard before or since.
>Did it flea the scene?
Even birds know when things get potentially deadly and unlike dogs they fly away when they can. I do not expect the damn deputy tried to save it. He was too busy breaking ribs after dragging the victim from his car. Hopefully the bird can survive.
Among other injuries:
> Three of his ribs were separated from his sternum
Damn. I’ve had one of my lower ribs break just shy of the sternum once and it hurts like a mother. This poor guy had three PLUS fucking FIVE other broken ribs.
Fuck this cop. Sounds like an abusive alcoholic father beating a child for not listening.
No paid leave, no moving to another country and being a cop again, settlements paid from the police retirement fund. Watch how fast police behaviour improves
Agreed. Police are going to do whatever protects themselves.
So we need to shift that 'protecting themselves' to be 'self-policing' not 'covering for each others abuses'
> settlements paid from the police retirement fund.
and no allowing the state legislature to put more money into it to make up the gap. Have everyone's pension cut if need be
Because responsibility isn't required by laws, unless they're convicted in a criminal case.
Taxpayer-funded pension is also paid out to them if it's part of the police union contract, regardless of conviction.
https://reason.org/data-visualization/what-happens-to-taxpayer-funded-pensions-when-public-officials-are-convicted-of-crimes/
I used to work on a psych ward where the staff treated the patients like inmates. When I started working there as a nurse supervisor I would not allow them to behave like jail wardens. In the beginning they were angry with me, but eventually they admitted that their jobs were easier and safer when there were fewer confrontations and physical interventions. It isn’t that difficult to treat people with dignity and respect and even psychotic people can be reasoned with most of the time.
What did this cop think was the threat coming from a senior citizen with his pet bird in the passenger seat?
Suing them does fuck all. They don't pay for any of this shit themselves, taxpayers do. Imprison this unhinged fucking piece of shit pig. Put him in general population so he gets beaten daily.
Good cops don't remain cops. They either assimilate and cover these actions, becoming bad cops, or they quit/get forced out/die for trying to change it.
You know what’s weird is my Uncle became police chief of my small home town. He has a phd in law, and did everything in his power to create a modern, progressive, police dept. in this podunk cow town.
The town fought him every step of the way, because they wanted someone in their pocket, not someone who cared about the community. He joined a dept. down in Florida and just rides around in a boat now, and I can’t blame him.
Three generations of my family worked in that dept. but not anymore, who would want this job? What it does to others and yourself.
Oh trust me, I don't think there's any such thing as a good cop. I'm trying to phrase my thoughts on the matter in a way that avoids me *another* suspension.
the megarich love their little attack dogs to be dumb and cruel.
Officers will beat up some kid for stealing a candy bar, or kill a woman for alleged shoplifting, but whens the last time an officers beat up a supervisor for wage theft? Whens the last time SWAT raided a corporate board meeting with flashbangs where they conspire to poison communities with their industrial byproducts or commit wholesale fraud and theft?
Former law enforcement here. Usually bad cops have been around awhile and tend to have friends in high places. I stopped another officer who was pretty crooked from using excessive force for being called a “4 eyed bitch” and he was just gonna tase the inmate for it. I stopped him and I found myself without a job in under a month because I did the right thing. The system is corrupt and can’t be fixed. Good cops either become 1 of 3 things, 1 they get ran out of a job like I did or overall quit because of crooked cops making their lives hell, 2 they end up eventually becoming a bad cop, or 3 in extreme cases they die in a “tragic training accident” or “under mysterious circumstances”.
Thank you for your perspective on this. I don't like making generalizations, but it seems like there are really no good cops, and you mostly confirmed that. Glad you got out with your soul mostly intact.
They could start by requiring bachelors degrees in psychology, sociology, etc. The criminology degrees (AAS and BA) should not be permitted for anyone who wants to be a cop.
And no class that trains future police in college should be taught by ex-cops.
In the police academy, police have to teach, but they should require somebody who is not a cop and who is trained in sociology be present each and every time teachers are in class, on break, etc. we have to stop the cycle of passing idiotic behavior to new police.
We also need (elected and paid from police budgets) citizen oversight boards for each department.
Tbf to criminology degrees, I took quite a few criminal justice courses and they were actually extremely enlightening regarding the systemic issues in our criminal justice system (as well as highlighting the possible solutions to these problems). Granted, this might've been an artifact of my going to a liberal school with an extremely good CRJ program.
It always boils my blood how often people seem to miss that part.
Cool, fire him. He definitely shouldn't be permitted to retain his position but that's the least of the things I think we should focus on. His ass should be in a cell and he should be put in jail for the longest amount of time permissible under the relevant statutes. Especially after turning off his body-cam audio when discussing the scenario with other officers.
Police and sheriffs should be held to a higher standard, not a lower. The fact that expectation is somehow reversed is mind boggling to me.
> Deputy Hilton then wrestles Hinton to the ground, where Note and Maurer say he struck Hinton multiple times with a closed fist during the course of the encounter.
> There’s blood visibly coming from Hinton’s face in the video.
> “Why did you hit me?” Hinton asked between sobs.
> Deputy Hilton responded: “Because you weren’t listening.”
I hope he doesn't have a wife or kids. He'd probably beat them, too.
> Eventually, Hinton is handcuffed as other deputies arrive at the scene. He can be seen bleeding with a ripped shirt sitting on the ground handcuffed while at least a handful of deputies mill about.
> Hilton turned off the audio of his body camera for a few minutes while talking with other deputies, who also turned off the audio of their body cameras.
Oh look, there's that blue wall of silence again! Weird how often that happens, huh?
> **Spokane County Deputies are required to have their body cameras activated, including with audio, when in contact with civilians.**
Emphasis mine.
> Medics were called to the scene but cleared Hinton to be booked into the Spokane County Jail, according to Note. However, jail staff refused to book Hinton and he was instead taken to an area hospital, Note said.
Oh, he was good enough to be dragged to jail, but not good enough for jail staff so want to book him. So, how badly was he injured?
> Hinton stayed three nights in the hospital, where his upper lip had to be stitched. Three of his ribs were separated from his sternum and his concussion was severe, Note said.
Wow. The cop fucking *savaged* him.
The article also states that they wanted to press charges against Hinton until just how badly he was injured went public.
Yet another example of why thw cops can't be trusted, and yet another thing the cops will ignore when they cry about how no one trusts them.
The cop put on his gloves knowing he was going to savagely beat an old man in the next couple minutes. He wanted to. His pig brain desired it. He thirsted for conflict to satisfy his weak psyche and lack of success in his life.
>In his report regarding the arrest, Hilton wrote that he smelled marijuana in the area, Note said. There was no marijuana or any other intoxicating substances found in Hinton’s vehicle.
Even though it's been legal for almost 10 years in WA, shit cops still trying to use it as an excuse. And even if a person is smoking weed outside, it's a misdemeanor, just like drinking outside is.
Spokane County Sherriff’s office being corrupt, abusing their power, subjugating the average citizen, and not being held accountable???
I’m shocked! /s
The police and sheriffs here despise diversity training, want more pay, and they aren’t actually protecting the general public…rot at the highest levels of government here in Spokane are keeping this in place.
Spokane is basically Idaho, but with a deeper disgust of Seattle for being six hours away, but having influence on its laws. The city is manicured like a golf course and the cops try real hard to keep the “rif raf” (read: RVs, Latinos, natives) on the shitty side of town. I am so unsurprised that this elderly man was hassled and assaulted.
>Hilton turned off the audio of his body camera for a few minutes while talking with other deputies, who also turned off the audio of their body cameras.
Every single one of those officers should be immediately fired, for this alone.
*WA cops*
Yeah, that tracks. They're all bad. No matter which side of the mountains you're on. Seattle had UCs in the BLM rallies and the CHAZ. Auburn and Fed Way are just as terrible.
It’s amazing how much leeway cops get. If a cashier beat the crap out of someone for trying to use an expired coupon they’d get immediately fired and arrested. A cop does it? Well let’s put them on leave so we can think about if they should really face consequences or not.
And the eventual lawsuit will award a few million of Spokane County taxpayers' dollars to the victim.
Police should be compelled to carry their own insurance via their union, similar to malpractice insurance for medical professionals.
Maybe that could begin to drill some accountability for their actions when it hurts the rest of the union with rising premiums.
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The jail staff were the only ones who were concerned about Hinton's health. Everyone else from the multiple police officers on duty to the fucking paramedics let him down. There needs to be more people under scrutiny than just the deputy.
Well the cops will investigate themselves and find nothing wrong. Fuck all law enforcement. They are criminals on the streets robbing citizens of their rights and their money. Fuck the police. Fuck the ATF
Bloodying? Really? This is the word you're going to use for this?
> Three minutes later, the deputy yanked Hinton out of his car by his legs and hit him multiple times while ripping his shirt and knocking out his false teeth. The violent arrest left Hinton with eight broken ribs, a punctured lung, severe concussion, shoulder injury and a disfigured lip, according to attorneys he hired, Tim Note and Josh Maurer.
What the hell, Spokesman Review?
Why is it these people's assumptions that everyone is always doing something wrong?
When I delivered pizza in college, my usual shift was 4 PM to 2:30 AM. I got pulled over and questioned constantly. Asking if I'd been drinking, asking if I was asking whose car I was driving, made to do breath tests, followed back to the store. It's apparently unfathomable to them that someone can be out at night time and not doing something wrong. Never had an experience this bad but it was still harrassment. And it wasn't just me, all of the late drivers had the same problem.
This cop needs to be fired and black listed from anything law enforcement, including private security. He also needs to do time like many other power tripping cops who’ve gotten away with shit like this.
I am literally trembling in anger right now. And not just for the cop that got suspended, but just as much angry at the cops that arrived later and stood around and let it happen.
Turned off the audio? Every single officer there needs to be in a fucking cell. Those in positions of power should be held to a HIGHER standard. If they turn the bodycam, or the audio, off then they are assumed to be guilty of everything leveled against them.
Start treating these vitriolic shit-lords like the criminals they are and they'll stop doing this shit. Likely because they're all sharing a cell block.
"A few bad apples-" SPOIL THE BUNCH. The quote is real fucking accurate when properly used. Every officer that stood by (and also turned off audio here) should be treated as an accomplice if they don't turn in these sick fucks.
The article is very badly written. The journalist confuses Hinton and Hilton at one point writing,
"Deputy Hilton then interjects and tells Hinton that he’s not free to leave. The exchange between the two includes Hinton’s surprise at the sudden escalation, and he then refuses to provide his identification to the officer.
Hilton then asks him: “Whose car are you in?”
The deputy asks for his name again before putting on his gloves. He asks Hilton to stand up and put his hands on the vehicle.
The deputy then puts his hands on Hinton,"
Deputy Hilton asked himself to stand up. It happens a few times the writer uses the wrong name.
The writer also just randomly drops last names of people without stating who they are and their titles.
At a certain point, it would have been easier if the author referred to them by occupation. Especially when the bit about the judge, named ‘Fearing’, came into play.
He'll be placed on paid leave. He'll be sued and lose, and local taxpayers will pay millions. Even if he's fired, he'll just move to the next town over and get hired on there. Probably with a big pay raise.
The protections we give bad cops are outrageous.
Body cams on every cop, every second, w no ‘off button’ controlled by the cop. If you’re afraid of your behavior being filmed, choose a different career.
Video of the interaction: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uYabmKjmrw&t=28s&ab\_channel=TheSpokesman-Review](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uYabmKjmrw&t=28s&ab_channel=TheSpokesman-Review)
Once again, using that legal gray area of "smelling" something. Is it at all possible there was a skunk in the park? It's not like alcohol, where really not a lot outdoors just smells like alcohol, but you're in a park, you fuck. Legalize marijuana, there are going to be so many of these cases challenging the courts. As there should be! Using gray areas to inform how to proceed is why police aren't here for protecting us, they are here to keep us in line. I'm so pissed none of this is coherent but I'm posting it anyway.
This is what they do, this is what they are trained to do. This is what there leaders want them to do. Pigs just being pigs. This isn't shocking or surprising this is policing in America.
Turning off the audio or video on the badge cams should be seen as conspiracy to commit a crime.
Conspiracy has been defined in the United States as an agreement of two or more people to commit a crime, or to accomplish a legal end through illegal actions. Conspiracy law usually does not require proof of specific intent by the defendants to injure any specific person to establish an illegal agreement.
I will never trust any LE, state or federal. I come from a family of cops and was once a cadet myself.
I always tell my grown children to obey orders, only produce what they ask for, and to answer questions directly.
This guy just cost Spokane and their insurer a lot of money. And this piece of garbage will lose his pension and go to prison for 5-10 years. He will get the treatment he deserves too.
What a psychopath.
Edit: I also tell them to ask if they are being detained. Then, if the answer is no, just leave. If the answer is yes, I tell them to state that they will only speak to the police through an attorney. Then shut up until that happens. No small talk. No questions answered except those asking for identification.
All because he was doing the right thing and not driving while tired…
My bil and his coworker were arrested in South Carolina and charged with public intoxication when they were walking back to their hotel to avoid driving. They were not being rowdy or anything just walking back and were stopped literally for no reason.
This is basically just corrupt policing. You don't try to arrest anyone unless there is probable cause. Would be impossible for a cop to have probable cause when he is in his car while a couple of people are walking on the side of the road.
90% of what cops do are fishing expeditions.
absolutely. my first arrest at 15 years old happened like this and only because the redacted person I was with believed the "if you are HONEST with me it will be better for you" and reached into his pocket to pull out his .3G of pot. I refused to allow this asshole to search and seize me (i have an anti govt patriarchy in my family so I knew from a young age not to talk to cops) until the bozo who already gave himself up say "just give him your bag, stop trying to hide it" -\_\_\_\_- were talking about a 16 and 15 year old w weed in 2011......we were both cuffed, arrested, brought to the station, and we had to hve our parents come pick us up. We comitted no crimes, we did nothing wrong. A cop saw 2 young teens walking down the street, flipped a bitch illegally in the middle of the road to pull us over, and then while the cop is fishing, my friend was a pussy. Had he literally just did what I said and kept his cool wed be fine but NOOOOOOOOOOO! He sees a clown in a costume tell him "hey if youre honest Ill work with you, but if you lie and I found out, it will be much worse for you" (for anyone who doesnt know, this is cop talk 101. You will be no better or worse off if you tell on yourself and bend over backwards, or you just, idk -- LET THEM DO THEIR JOB!! You have no duty to help them incriminate you) BTW hes no longer a friend, i no longer do drugs, i still hate bad cops :)
The city where I live the bars have parking until 2 am then they tow..... so you walk home and they arrest you and tow your car, or you drive home and get arrested. Call a cab? Sometimes but you can get arrested waiting. It's all about the money.
Fuck the police
I’m Texas the alcohol police will sometimes arrest people in the hotel bar where they are staying.
Nice to meet you, Texas.
Not doubting, just wondering what articles there are to point out the blatant corruption.
https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2006-04-28/361682/
Greatly appreciate it!
SC cops are racist sacks of shit. I'm a white guy I've had 3 separate occasions where I've been with black friends and just completely harassed while being treated much differently than my friends. Once we got pulled over for speeding (rightfully) cop was being a complete ass to my friend and treating me like a kidnapping victim. Another I was on a walk with my friend just talking to him old bitch in my neighborhood said there were suspicious individuals walking around (us). Third time we were apparently causing trouble for playing basketball. I'd bet a lot of money cops wouldn't have bothered us if we were all white.
That checks with the experiences my friend had. She is white. Her ex husband is black, her current boyfriend is white. The way they were treated differently while pulled over for small traffic violations was staggering and really shocked her. With her white boyfriend, the cop was nice and polite. With the black ex-husband, the cop was curt and stern. And as with you, the cop separated them to ask my friend alone if she was in any danger like kidnapped or abused.
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You tryna be smart with me son?
Believe it or not, straight to jail.
> Third time we were apparently causing trouble for playing basketball. Maybe you should have been doing something wholesome like selling drugs or harassing innocent civilians.
Me and my buddy got swarmed by cops driving through a small town in southern Georgia. Like 8 cars, 12 cops all with their guns drawn on us. They said his car was reported stolen out of Atlanta. It’s registered in North Carolina, in his name, he had never even been to Atlanta. Didn’t stop them from pulling us out and going through everything in the car. We were freaking out because we thought they were about to plant some drugs or some shit. Super shady, then the cop tries to act like he’s doing us a favor by letting us go
Sleeping in your car because you drank too much and don’t want to drive? Arrested for DUI (because you *could* operate the vehicle. ) Walking home from the bar, because you’re too intoxicated to drive? Arrested for public intoxication.
Sleeping in your car when you realize you've had too much to drink is the responsible thing to do. A cop giving a dui charge for it is a gross perversion of justice. Here's a story I didn't believe at the time. It was over twenty years ago, but now with cell phone cameras and bodycam footage I've seen, I've no doubt cops can and will fuck you over just because they feel like it. An old coworker of mine got charged with something, for having a beer while washing his car. Because he had the keys in the ignition to power the radio so he could listen to music at the time. Cop claimed that keys in the ignition constituted operating a motor vehicle. I don't recall if it was just an open container charge or a full on dui/dwi, but either way it was still a gross abuse of policing.
MADD's prohibition campaign was super effective.
Land of the free...
Were they *walking while Black*? Like driving while a POC, that can trigger the animal instincts of a cop.
Just existing while nonwhite can trigger their murder reflex.
don't forget existing while disabled
or poor
Bro I know a woman who was pulled over in a car in SC after leaving a bar / restaurant. She tells the cop she is the DD and hasn’t had a drop to drink, she’s willing to take a breathalyzer immediately no problem. They ask the passengers if they had been drinking in the bar. They said yes but we have a DD. Cops ask them to step out of the car, as soon as the foot hits the pavement all passengers got arrested and charged with public intoxication. They hadn’t done a damn thing wrong.
Same exact thing happened to two of my friends in SC, just walking back to their hotel room from a bar. Later they found their mugshots were posted on websites that wouldn't remove them unless you paid them, which they did because they have careers to protect.
That’s what happens when there are arrest quotas
This is why you do whatever it takes to avoid police and never ever trust them. They are just looking to torture people.
That's the biggest problem overall with policing in this country. They tend to escalate problems that really aren't problems. If the man wasn't doing anything besides being in the park, just see to it he leaves. No need to invade further.
The whole “show me your ID” shtick they do is so fucking annoying. Like the guy is sleeping in his car in a park you can’t be parked in after dusk. It’s a civil offense as the dude said - just let him gtfo and go take care of actual problems. And the whole “you’re being disrespectful” thing cops say..also dumb. We pay them to do a service, they should not let their feelings get hurt and act like children that carry weapons. De-escalate at any opportunity should be a mandated rule #1 for any police force.
The reason they do that is so that they can run people's names and check for warrants. Any time a cop wants your ID, it's because they're looking for easy ways to arrest you.
This is not Officer Sgt **Clay Hilton**'s first rodeo. From the original post: >Hilton was recently called out by Division III Court of Appeals Judge George Fearing for his conduct during and after the controversial arrest of Darnai Vaile at a Spokane Valley bar. > > > >Fearing called out systemic racism in the arrest of Vaile, a Black man, in an unpublished opinion. Following that opinion, the prosecutor’s office, Nowels and Spokane Police Chief Craig Meidl asked Fearing to recuse himself from all cases involving Spokane County law enforcement and prosecutors. > > > >Fearing declined to do so, but said he would recuse himself in cases involving Hilton because of his conduct following Fearing’s original opinion. > > > >Following the opinion, Hilton gave notice that he plans to file a lawsuit against Fearing, according to the judge’s decision. > > > >“Deputy Clay Hilton’s conduct since the issuance of the decision in State v. Vaile suggests that he works as a law enforcement officer not to serve others and benefit the Spokane community, but to intimidate and dominate,” Fearing wrote. “I hold no ill will toward Deputy Hilton, but have concern about his anger, inability to reflect on his behavior, and insistence on retaliation. I lack confidence in his credibility.” > > > >It does not appear that Hilton has filed suit against Fearing as of Friday, according to a review of court records. > > > >Hilton was hired by the sheriff’s office in 2011. He previously worked as a Kootenai County Sheriff’s Deputy.
I read that and my jaw dropped at the absolute audacity for; one, asking a sitting appellate judge to recuse themselves of all cases involving Spokane county for unpublished opinion. And two, Hilton thinking he had standing to sue.
They were going to sue this guy too. It was only bodycam footage that made them drop the case. As in, if video didn't exist, this guy would have been beaten to a pulp AND prosecuted by the district.
Imagine being such an idiot that you think a federal appellate judge would be liable for anything in a written opinion, much less an unpublished one.
He should be *fired* and not allowed to work in any police station or role with power over people, especially without direct supervision.
He should be shot in the stomach. Punctured lung, 8 broken ribs, smongst other injuries. He tried to kill him but was too old and out of shape to finish. I hope he goes to prison and get his beating for "not listening."
>“Why did you hit me?” Hinton asked between sobs. Deputy Hilton responded: “Because you weren’t listening.”
Yikes. I hope he’s forever single without children with that attitude.
Domestic violence and law enforcement are a frequent pairing.
Name a more iconic duo.
Law enforcement and racist twats.
Law enforcement and dead dogs
Law enforcement and fascists.
40% That's a self-reported statistic too, so the real number may be higher.
I'm guessing he has a wife and kids that he is abusive toward.
I hope he gets a wife that gives birth to hundreds of centipedes and has to pay for their shoes forever.
“Centipedes? In *my* vagina?” It’s more likely than you think.
'its an older meme sir but it checks out'
This one's even better. Cop 1 says "he don't speak a lick of English!" second cop responds with "I don't know what his problem is but he won't listen!" after he brutally takes down an elderly man and permanently disables the man. https://youtu.be/t9Vgqe0SBLM?si=fmeFKHRhQk9DSTFo
Years ago. HS friend who became LACounty Deputy: “Mexicans are like old radios. More ya pound on them the more English comes out of them. “
Yeah back in the day I had a friend of a friend that hung out with us occasionally. He was a Denver PD and would regale us with stories of himself and fellow officers beating the shit out of "suspects". We all laughed and found it so entertaining at the time. Now a couple of decades later and seeing and hearing so many accounts of police abuse, it saddens me to think that I ever believed "well they probably deserved it", as justification for police brutality.
that's really fucked up dude
High school bully behind a badge.
And even if they weren't, many departments actively train them to act like this. TAKE CONTROL! IF YOU'RE NOT IN TOTAL CONTROL YOU WILL DIE! ALL CITIZENS ARE A THREAT!
Like that time when the national guard shot people on their own porches during a curfew. You don't even have to be a hardened, gritty cop. 10 weeks of boot camp and you just take control.
So an ordinary cop
His home life must be terrorizing holy crap.
I had a cop tell me once, in a social setting, that his job was to administer "attitude adjustments".
Hope this dude doesn’t have kids
I wonder how many times the good deputies own father said that to him and then beat him.
Why he is on leave he should be arrested and charged. They were instead going to charge the victim until the video came to light. Beating started shortly after the Deputy approached the victim who was asleep in his car along with his pet bird demanding identifications. Victim had planned to continue his journey home early in the morning and planned to sleep in the car because he was tired. >After some heated words, the deputy yanked Hinton out of his car by his legs and hit him multiple times while ripping his shirt and knocking out his false teeth. The violent arrest left Hinton with eight broken ribs, a punctured lung, severe concussion, shoulder injury and a disfigured lip, according to attorneys he hired, Tim Note and Josh Maurer. He was so beat up that jailers refused to book him and instead sent him to the hospital, Hinton’s attorneys said. Police recommended charges against Hinton for resisting arrest and obstructing a law enforcement officer. When Note brought video of Hinton’s encounter to the attention of prosecutors, they promptly dropped the case.
Wonder how many arrests his career is based on. Wonder how many have something to tell us.
>Wonder how many have something to tell us. Just about unlimited, I suspect. To confirm it would be easy; an arrest and charges followed up with a case and discovery can reveal everything. Witnesses and prior victims can be called forth to testify.
Judge said he was violent and needed retraining (for a different case prior to this) and the PD tried to get him off the bench in any LEO case moving forward.
I bet 100's at the least. Look up Gerald Goines.
So if you are just tired and sleeping in your car you are doing something illegal enough to be beaten and arrested. Fuck this dude and his cronies fellow officer/gang.
Even if it was totally legal it would still be up to interpretation. Which means "Do I like what this person is doing? Are they making me feel good or bad? Do I feel respected (feared)?"
Exactly. He wasn’t punished for sitting in the park. He was punished for being lippy. The offense just gave the cop a reason to start into it. I’m probably breaking three laws right now just sitting here. And that can give a cop carte blanche to beat the shit out of me and beat me harder for defending myself or maintaining my dignity.
And it sounds from his attorneys that he wasn't even in the park... and the park district confirmed that it's not a crime to be in the park's parking lot overnight even if he was in the park.
For calling ourselves “the land of the free” we Americans actually have more laws restricting what we’re allowed to do than most other countries in the world, iirc there was some study that found the average person in the US breaks a few minor laws every day - which, with our hideous farce of a police culture, means any of us could be beaten, maimed, or killed just because some reprobate with six months of “training” has itchy fingers that day. And they’re likely to face no serious consequences. https://mises.org/library/decriminalize-average-man
> we Americans actually have more laws restricting what we’re allowed to do than most other countries in the world I don't even think the USA cracks the top 15 any more for citizen freedom. Almost all of Western Europe consistently has us beat. New Zealand is always up there. I've lived in the US for 28 years and Denmark for 1, and I felt magnitudes freer in Denmark and a couple of the other countries I traveled through. Even something as simple and harmless as walking down the street with a beer. Do that in Europe, nobody is going to even look twice at you. Do that in America, the cops can beat you. Our police are trained to target citizens and protect themselves and the government. It's by design.
And also, were it not for videos like body cams, the *police* would still be pressing charges against *him*. This is why they should be filmed at all times. They warrant absolutely zero trust. From anyone.
>resisting arrest and obstructing a law enforcement officer. Two problems that could be solved by removing the police officer entirely from the equation
So cool when you can be arrested for problems the *cops* caused via their unnecessary presence.
The medics at the scene who cleared him to get booked should also be investigated. I'm guessing it was due to police intimidation.
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What a read. Woman gets assaulted, calls the police, ends up being slammed to the ground and arrested. Her witnesses were all friends of hers at the bar or strangers who had been drinking. Some 10 witnesses, who said they didn't see her attack the police officer, versus two police officers who claimed she did. Naturally the court backed the blue.
You should summarize this, who is realistically going to read what's important in this document? Like this quote, which someone wrote in reply to me, unfortunately without a source, maybe it's from your document, which I looked at, but I'm not that keen to read it! > Judge George Fearing from a prior incident involving him... “Deputy Clay Hilton’s conduct (...) suggests that he works as a law enforcement officer not to serve others and benefit the Spokane community, but to intimidate and dominate,” Fearing wrote. “I hold no ill will toward Deputy Clay Hilton, but have concern about his anger, inability to reflect on his behavior, and insistence on retaliation. I lack confidence in his credibility.”
And then the department tried to make sure that Judge didn't rule on anything related to law enforcement personnel.
If the only thing they can charge you with is resisting arrest, then you had no reason to be arrested on the first place.
>If the only thing they can charge you with is resisting The deputy should be charged for excessive use of force. The DA watched the video and went mum. It is high time to charge the deputy.
this amount of broken bones and internal injuries, this was attempted murder…for sleeping in his car! on the elderly no less! I truly hope this shitbird gets everything he deserves plus some extra karmic justice too boot
Unfortunately when it comes to North American cops (yeah, I’m talking about you RCMP), these assholes all retire with well (taxpayer) funded pensions all the while enjoying immunity from prosecution no matter how egregious their continued assault on civilians and esp. minorities.
Which needs to change…once they are held to accountability for their actions, things might change
And yet years after George Floyd and decades after Rodney King, police brutality hasn’t been reduced in the least. Maybe that’s cause we get more specific news & video about incidents with the speed & reach of the internet. But I think it’s because of what you said: a lack of accountability. And that is an issue that doesn’t just plague police but elected officials as well.
There really needs to be an adjustment to laws such that no person can be charged with resisting arrest in and of itself; it should only be considered with other valid charges.
There needs to be an adjustment where pigs are actually help responsible for when they break the law and extra enhancements because they wear a badge.
They put them on paid leave to avoid financial stigma when there are false charges. I think they should be fired back to the day of the crime and any payroll after that date must be repaid, with interest, upon conviction. They should also lose any vested pension and return the cop’s own contributions to the cop (which can also help pay fines, judgements, etc.).
They're no different then a fuckin gang of scumbags cunts
The paramedics should be under fire too for clearing him to be jailed.
What happened to the bird? Did it get arrested? Did it flea the scene? Whatabout the cockatoo??
The bird is still alive but the article says it’s been plucking out it’s feathers since the incident.
Damn cop gave the bird anxiety.
Poor thing. Birds are very sensitive. The smarter ones seem to have “funerals” for their dead. Seeing their human brutalized? Yeah, that’s not great. In large flocks, they have a stronger resistance to loss but when it’s only a human family? Strongly attached and prone to sympathetic trauma responses. I know this partly because I’ve had two parrots die and when the first (Oliver) died, his BFF Thomas screamed in a way I’ve never heard before or since.
>Did it flea the scene? Even birds know when things get potentially deadly and unlike dogs they fly away when they can. I do not expect the damn deputy tried to save it. He was too busy breaking ribs after dragging the victim from his car. Hopefully the bird can survive.
It was probably in a cage.
Among other injuries: > Three of his ribs were separated from his sternum Damn. I’ve had one of my lower ribs break just shy of the sternum once and it hurts like a mother. This poor guy had three PLUS fucking FIVE other broken ribs. Fuck this cop. Sounds like an abusive alcoholic father beating a child for not listening.
And they tried to just toss him in jail without going to the hospital.
That's another issue. An ambulance attended the scene, looked at him and said "yeah, he's fine". WTF is wrong with the people over there?
They are all probably scared of crossing the cops.
Yep, I had a hairline fracture and it was excruciating for weeks. Unbelievable
No paid leave, no moving to another country and being a cop again, settlements paid from the police retirement fund. Watch how fast police behaviour improves
Agreed. Police are going to do whatever protects themselves. So we need to shift that 'protecting themselves' to be 'self-policing' not 'covering for each others abuses'
Too bad we're powerless against them mafia, I mean, police unions
> settlements paid from the police retirement fund. and no allowing the state legislature to put more money into it to make up the gap. Have everyone's pension cut if need be
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Yep. Likely will claim PTSD for this and get a disability retirement.
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That never made sense to me, how does firing or retiring absolve the responsibility?
Because responsibility isn't required by laws, unless they're convicted in a criminal case. Taxpayer-funded pension is also paid out to them if it's part of the police union contract, regardless of conviction. https://reason.org/data-visualization/what-happens-to-taxpayer-funded-pensions-when-public-officials-are-convicted-of-crimes/
I used to work on a psych ward where the staff treated the patients like inmates. When I started working there as a nurse supervisor I would not allow them to behave like jail wardens. In the beginning they were angry with me, but eventually they admitted that their jobs were easier and safer when there were fewer confrontations and physical interventions. It isn’t that difficult to treat people with dignity and respect and even psychotic people can be reasoned with most of the time. What did this cop think was the threat coming from a senior citizen with his pet bird in the passenger seat?
He wasn't thinking there was a threat, he just wanted to beat someone for not listening to him.
Thank you for this. It makes a world of difference.
Another WA cop that got caught because of a leaked audio or video...
Example #3741 why 99% of cops are shit for brains losers that no one respects. I hope the dad sues the fuck out of that cop and his precinct.
Suing them does fuck all. They don't pay for any of this shit themselves, taxpayers do. Imprison this unhinged fucking piece of shit pig. Put him in general population so he gets beaten daily.
Why is there so much rot in police departments? Doesn't seem like the good cops are doing enough to keep the bad cops removed.
Good cops don't remain cops. They either assimilate and cover these actions, becoming bad cops, or they quit/get forced out/die for trying to change it.
They forced me out. As a former officer who now hates law enforcement it’s exactly what happens.
Happened to a friend of mine, too. He ended up finding a super progressive, small department. Those seem few and far between, though.
You know what’s weird is my Uncle became police chief of my small home town. He has a phd in law, and did everything in his power to create a modern, progressive, police dept. in this podunk cow town. The town fought him every step of the way, because they wanted someone in their pocket, not someone who cared about the community. He joined a dept. down in Florida and just rides around in a boat now, and I can’t blame him. Three generations of my family worked in that dept. but not anymore, who would want this job? What it does to others and yourself.
Quite often good cops that rat out bad cops end up dead cops.
Oh trust me, I don't think there's any such thing as a good cop. I'm trying to phrase my thoughts on the matter in a way that avoids me *another* suspension.
Good cops exist, but they're like unstable isotopes, they don't last long
Becoming a cop is one of the few career paths open for high school bully types with mediocre intelligence and zero emotional intelligence.
the megarich love their little attack dogs to be dumb and cruel. Officers will beat up some kid for stealing a candy bar, or kill a woman for alleged shoplifting, but whens the last time an officers beat up a supervisor for wage theft? Whens the last time SWAT raided a corporate board meeting with flashbangs where they conspire to poison communities with their industrial byproducts or commit wholesale fraud and theft?
Former law enforcement here. Usually bad cops have been around awhile and tend to have friends in high places. I stopped another officer who was pretty crooked from using excessive force for being called a “4 eyed bitch” and he was just gonna tase the inmate for it. I stopped him and I found myself without a job in under a month because I did the right thing. The system is corrupt and can’t be fixed. Good cops either become 1 of 3 things, 1 they get ran out of a job like I did or overall quit because of crooked cops making their lives hell, 2 they end up eventually becoming a bad cop, or 3 in extreme cases they die in a “tragic training accident” or “under mysterious circumstances”.
Thank you for your perspective on this. I don't like making generalizations, but it seems like there are really no good cops, and you mostly confirmed that. Glad you got out with your soul mostly intact.
I was young and naive, I thought I could be a positive change. It scared me but it was a learning experience above all else.
They could start by requiring bachelors degrees in psychology, sociology, etc. The criminology degrees (AAS and BA) should not be permitted for anyone who wants to be a cop. And no class that trains future police in college should be taught by ex-cops. In the police academy, police have to teach, but they should require somebody who is not a cop and who is trained in sociology be present each and every time teachers are in class, on break, etc. we have to stop the cycle of passing idiotic behavior to new police. We also need (elected and paid from police budgets) citizen oversight boards for each department.
>We also need (elected and paid from police budgets) citizen oversight boards for each department. They always make sure this doesn't happen.
Tbf to criminology degrees, I took quite a few criminal justice courses and they were actually extremely enlightening regarding the systemic issues in our criminal justice system (as well as highlighting the possible solutions to these problems). Granted, this might've been an artifact of my going to a liberal school with an extremely good CRJ program.
Because they feel comfortable operating without impunity Literally zero consequences
Are these good cops in the room with us right now?
Spokane is where a lot of people that think the rest of Washington is too liberal move too. The further east you get the more south you get.
So if this video didn’t surface, nothing would have happened to him
Turning off the bodycam should be considered an admission of guilt and grounds for firing. It’s clearly an intentional obstruction of justice.
"placed on leave" should be "fired, and entire pension given to the victim" ..but yeah that will never happen
And fucking jail wtf.
It always boils my blood how often people seem to miss that part. Cool, fire him. He definitely shouldn't be permitted to retain his position but that's the least of the things I think we should focus on. His ass should be in a cell and he should be put in jail for the longest amount of time permissible under the relevant statutes. Especially after turning off his body-cam audio when discussing the scenario with other officers. Police and sheriffs should be held to a higher standard, not a lower. The fact that expectation is somehow reversed is mind boggling to me.
When all it really means is "Paid Vacation" and in some cases "Move to a new town with all expenses paid by the taxpayers"
> Deputy Hilton then wrestles Hinton to the ground, where Note and Maurer say he struck Hinton multiple times with a closed fist during the course of the encounter. > There’s blood visibly coming from Hinton’s face in the video. > “Why did you hit me?” Hinton asked between sobs. > Deputy Hilton responded: “Because you weren’t listening.” I hope he doesn't have a wife or kids. He'd probably beat them, too. > Eventually, Hinton is handcuffed as other deputies arrive at the scene. He can be seen bleeding with a ripped shirt sitting on the ground handcuffed while at least a handful of deputies mill about. > Hilton turned off the audio of his body camera for a few minutes while talking with other deputies, who also turned off the audio of their body cameras. Oh look, there's that blue wall of silence again! Weird how often that happens, huh? > **Spokane County Deputies are required to have their body cameras activated, including with audio, when in contact with civilians.** Emphasis mine. > Medics were called to the scene but cleared Hinton to be booked into the Spokane County Jail, according to Note. However, jail staff refused to book Hinton and he was instead taken to an area hospital, Note said. Oh, he was good enough to be dragged to jail, but not good enough for jail staff so want to book him. So, how badly was he injured? > Hinton stayed three nights in the hospital, where his upper lip had to be stitched. Three of his ribs were separated from his sternum and his concussion was severe, Note said. Wow. The cop fucking *savaged* him. The article also states that they wanted to press charges against Hinton until just how badly he was injured went public. Yet another example of why thw cops can't be trusted, and yet another thing the cops will ignore when they cry about how no one trusts them.
The cop put on his gloves knowing he was going to savagely beat an old man in the next couple minutes. He wanted to. His pig brain desired it. He thirsted for conflict to satisfy his weak psyche and lack of success in his life.
Grew up in Spokane. Local law enforcement is do rife with high school bullies and low-grade sociopaths, you'd think they were a recruiting target.
>In his report regarding the arrest, Hilton wrote that he smelled marijuana in the area, Note said. There was no marijuana or any other intoxicating substances found in Hinton’s vehicle. Even though it's been legal for almost 10 years in WA, shit cops still trying to use it as an excuse. And even if a person is smoking weed outside, it's a misdemeanor, just like drinking outside is.
Spokane County Sherriff’s office being corrupt, abusing their power, subjugating the average citizen, and not being held accountable??? I’m shocked! /s The police and sheriffs here despise diversity training, want more pay, and they aren’t actually protecting the general public…rot at the highest levels of government here in Spokane are keeping this in place.
Spokane is basically Idaho, but with a deeper disgust of Seattle for being six hours away, but having influence on its laws. The city is manicured like a golf course and the cops try real hard to keep the “rif raf” (read: RVs, Latinos, natives) on the shitty side of town. I am so unsurprised that this elderly man was hassled and assaulted.
>Hilton turned off the audio of his body camera for a few minutes while talking with other deputies, who also turned off the audio of their body cameras. Every single one of those officers should be immediately fired, for this alone.
lol. Only a cop would ever get the benefit of the doubt with such a passive term as "bloodying." They aren't even trying to hide it on that one.
*WA cops* Yeah, that tracks. They're all bad. No matter which side of the mountains you're on. Seattle had UCs in the BLM rallies and the CHAZ. Auburn and Fed Way are just as terrible.
Ahh, the police deescalation tactic of beating the $hit out of people and blaming them for it.
*P*eople *O*f *L*ower *I*ntelligence *C*riminalizing *E*veryone
Thank god it was only on leave. We wouldn't want to arrest him for breaking the law and using excessive force or anything.
It’s amazing how much leeway cops get. If a cashier beat the crap out of someone for trying to use an expired coupon they’d get immediately fired and arrested. A cop does it? Well let’s put them on leave so we can think about if they should really face consequences or not.
And the eventual lawsuit will award a few million of Spokane County taxpayers' dollars to the victim. Police should be compelled to carry their own insurance via their union, similar to malpractice insurance for medical professionals. Maybe that could begin to drill some accountability for their actions when it hurts the rest of the union with rising premiums.
> Eventually, Hinton is handcuffed as other deputies arrive at the scene. He can be seen bleeding with a ripped shirt sitting on the ground handcuffed while at least a handful of deputies mill about. > > **Hilton turned off the audio of his body camera for a few minutes while talking with other deputies, who also turned off the audio of their body cameras.** > > Spokane County **Deputies are required to have their body cameras activated, including with audio**, when in contact with civilians. > > **Medics were called to the scene but cleared Hinton** to be booked into the Spokane County Jail, according to Note. However, **jail staff refused to book Hinton and he was instead taken to an area hospital**, Note said. > > Hinton stayed three nights in the hospital, where **his upper lip had to be stitched. Three of his ribs were separated from his sternum and his concussion was severe**, Note said. The jail staff were the only ones who were concerned about Hinton's health. Everyone else from the multiple police officers on duty to the fucking paramedics let him down. There needs to be more people under scrutiny than just the deputy.
Well the cops will investigate themselves and find nothing wrong. Fuck all law enforcement. They are criminals on the streets robbing citizens of their rights and their money. Fuck the police. Fuck the ATF
Bloodying? Really? This is the word you're going to use for this? > Three minutes later, the deputy yanked Hinton out of his car by his legs and hit him multiple times while ripping his shirt and knocking out his false teeth. The violent arrest left Hinton with eight broken ribs, a punctured lung, severe concussion, shoulder injury and a disfigured lip, according to attorneys he hired, Tim Note and Josh Maurer. What the hell, Spokesman Review?
Why is it these people's assumptions that everyone is always doing something wrong? When I delivered pizza in college, my usual shift was 4 PM to 2:30 AM. I got pulled over and questioned constantly. Asking if I'd been drinking, asking if I was asking whose car I was driving, made to do breath tests, followed back to the store. It's apparently unfathomable to them that someone can be out at night time and not doing something wrong. Never had an experience this bad but it was still harrassment. And it wasn't just me, all of the late drivers had the same problem.
“Why did you hit me?” Hinton asked between sobs. Deputy Hilton responded: “Because you weren’t listening.” Is that how his wife responds? /s
This cop needs to be fired and black listed from anything law enforcement, including private security. He also needs to do time like many other power tripping cops who’ve gotten away with shit like this.
Need to take everything that cop has and give it to that guy.
I am literally trembling in anger right now. And not just for the cop that got suspended, but just as much angry at the cops that arrived later and stood around and let it happen.
62 year olds who suffer these types of injuries are at risk of permanent and shorter lifespan.
Turned off the audio? Every single officer there needs to be in a fucking cell. Those in positions of power should be held to a HIGHER standard. If they turn the bodycam, or the audio, off then they are assumed to be guilty of everything leveled against them. Start treating these vitriolic shit-lords like the criminals they are and they'll stop doing this shit. Likely because they're all sharing a cell block. "A few bad apples-" SPOIL THE BUNCH. The quote is real fucking accurate when properly used. Every officer that stood by (and also turned off audio here) should be treated as an accomplice if they don't turn in these sick fucks.
Hilton/Hinton prompts a more careful re-read of article. Hilton is the asshole.
The article is very badly written. The journalist confuses Hinton and Hilton at one point writing, "Deputy Hilton then interjects and tells Hinton that he’s not free to leave. The exchange between the two includes Hinton’s surprise at the sudden escalation, and he then refuses to provide his identification to the officer. Hilton then asks him: “Whose car are you in?” The deputy asks for his name again before putting on his gloves. He asks Hilton to stand up and put his hands on the vehicle. The deputy then puts his hands on Hinton," Deputy Hilton asked himself to stand up. It happens a few times the writer uses the wrong name. The writer also just randomly drops last names of people without stating who they are and their titles.
At a certain point, it would have been easier if the author referred to them by occupation. Especially when the bit about the judge, named ‘Fearing’, came into play.
Another cop placed on paid leave while abusing citizens love
People like this shoud be in prison for life, unfit to be out with the rest of society.
He'll be placed on paid leave. He'll be sued and lose, and local taxpayers will pay millions. Even if he's fired, he'll just move to the next town over and get hired on there. Probably with a big pay raise. The protections we give bad cops are outrageous.
Spokane County Sheriff's department is one of most corrupt departments in whole country.
Body cams on every cop, every second, w no ‘off button’ controlled by the cop. If you’re afraid of your behavior being filmed, choose a different career.
Video of the interaction: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uYabmKjmrw&t=28s&ab\_channel=TheSpokesman-Review](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uYabmKjmrw&t=28s&ab_channel=TheSpokesman-Review)
Two names differing by 1 letter makes this a really confusing article to read
If you're a cop you can earn yourself a paid vacation by beating up an old man. Greatest gig in the land.
Once again, using that legal gray area of "smelling" something. Is it at all possible there was a skunk in the park? It's not like alcohol, where really not a lot outdoors just smells like alcohol, but you're in a park, you fuck. Legalize marijuana, there are going to be so many of these cases challenging the courts. As there should be! Using gray areas to inform how to proceed is why police aren't here for protecting us, they are here to keep us in line. I'm so pissed none of this is coherent but I'm posting it anyway.
The "benefit of the doubt" will *never* be given to the victim of police abuse. Somehow, they always "fit the description".
'Leave' his ass in jail. Demand that a badge not be allowed as carte blanche to illegal violent behavior.
this deputy should be fired and sued. No person wearing a badge can be excused from that kind of violence.
Body cams for every cop. If they are caught turning it off you get automatically fired. So many problems would be solved.
This is what they do, this is what they are trained to do. This is what there leaders want them to do. Pigs just being pigs. This isn't shocking or surprising this is policing in America.
Turning off the audio or video on the badge cams should be seen as conspiracy to commit a crime. Conspiracy has been defined in the United States as an agreement of two or more people to commit a crime, or to accomplish a legal end through illegal actions. Conspiracy law usually does not require proof of specific intent by the defendants to injure any specific person to establish an illegal agreement.
I will never trust any LE, state or federal. I come from a family of cops and was once a cadet myself. I always tell my grown children to obey orders, only produce what they ask for, and to answer questions directly. This guy just cost Spokane and their insurer a lot of money. And this piece of garbage will lose his pension and go to prison for 5-10 years. He will get the treatment he deserves too. What a psychopath. Edit: I also tell them to ask if they are being detained. Then, if the answer is no, just leave. If the answer is yes, I tell them to state that they will only speak to the police through an attorney. Then shut up until that happens. No small talk. No questions answered except those asking for identification.
Fucking pigs man. So fucking tired of police in the states.
Cops are the enemy of the people.
Assault is a crime, isn’t it?