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Video shows white LAPD officer beating black teenager

by AP/Independent News of London Wednesday, Jul. 10, 2002 at 6:44 PM

A white Los Angeles police officer was suspended after being shown on a videotape slamming a handcuffed black teenager on to the back of a patrol car and punching him in the face as he was being arrested.

A white Los Angeles police officer was suspended after being shown on a videotape slamming a handcuffed black teenager on to the back of a patrol car and punching him in the face as he was being arrested.

The videotape of the arrest of Donovan Jackson, aged 16, was shot by a tourist in a motel across the street from a petrol station where Jackson was arrested.

It shows a prone Jackson hoisted to his feet by Inglewood Officer Jeremy Morse and slammed on to the boot of a police car.

The officer put a hand on the back of the teenager's neck, punched him in the jaw and then appeared to choke him. Two officers appear to intervene, with at least one trying to pull away the first officer's arm.

Morse was suspended on full pay and three other officers at the filling station but not relieved of duty.

Joe Hopkins, an attorney for the Jackson family, said the father and son pulled into the station to get fuel and Jackson went to get crisps. The deputies confronted the youth and ordered him against the car.

A deputy grabbed the youth by the neck before the city officers began to beat him, the attorney said.

"In that video the kid is essentially unconscious. He is out of it," Mr Hopkins said.

He said the teenager was seated on the ground before officers began hitting him.

Lieutenant Eve Irvine, for the LAPD, said Jackson had earlier lunged at a sheriff's deputy before the taping began.

Images from the filling station's surveillance cameras will be viewed to determine what happened, she said.

A spokeswoman for the district attorney, Sandi Gibbons, said it was investigating whether police or sheriff's deputies committed any crimes.

Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Richard Myers said Jackson was "combative" and was subdued with force. He had been booked for assault on a police officer.

The videotape showed a bloody gash over Morse's left ear and he was cut on his elbow and knee, Lt.Irvine said.

The Inglewood officers were assisting two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies who were investigating a car that had an expired vehicle registration.

Jackson's father Coby Chavis, 41, who was driving the car, was cited for driving with a suspended licence.

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by Xioyang Li Thursday, Jul. 11, 2002 at 3:15 PM

It's inaccurate to say that it was only a white officer beating a black teen. There were black officers at the scene as well. Tell it like it is, please. I'm originally from Mainland China (came to Oakland as a child) and I'm sick and tired of racially motivated crimes (which this unfortunately is) being inaccurately reported on. Yes, this is racially motivated (have you seen the white cop's face?) BUT - there were at least 3 other officers of color at the incident. While I understand that the writers intention is to draw attention to the fact that this black teen was violated, it is important to then show all of the facts. What happens if you make everything into a race vs. race situation is simple - race becomes primary and outlasts the effects that these stories should really have on society. That is: it is inappropriate to treat other humans in this fashion. Black, Asian, white, Native, etc. Any human. Stop making everything into a black vs. white issue. It isn't fair to people of color, and it especially isn't fair to the victim.

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Class War

by Dissident Thursday, Jul. 11, 2002 at 4:28 PM

I agree with the above comment in that the oppressive forces of racism effects different socially diffined racial groups in different ways. Thus, we must pay attention to all of these differing ways so as to create a more clear and coherent analysis of the problems associated with racism in order to deal with them in a more effective way and to recognize the deffering ways that racism has been socialized and internalized in us. Without doing this we are walking through the halls of oppression with blinders on and our agency (activism) suffers greatly.

Aside from the racial oppression and personal motivation of the offending officers, i think that we all should not loose sight of the institutionalized class oppression which is the purpose of the police force in capitalist societies. There is a reason that these types of things do not happen in Yorba Linda even to the few African Americans that live there (there are also reasons why there are only a few African Americans living in places like Yorba Linda). These reasons have to do with the class structure of Capitalist society and the Capitalist world. It is likely the case that Clarence Thomas or Colin Powell would not have been beaten like this. Most obviously because they would not be living or driving in Inglewood, would have a much nicer car, a more educated appearance, and have the resources to deal with a suspended drivers license in a safer way than driving on a suspended one or having it become suspended in the first place. I am not privileging class over race. All of the oppressive "isms" work together in a unified assult against people seeking free society and thus, they must all be fought simaltaneously on multiple fronts. The purpose of this comment is to stress that we not loose sight of this when we see blatant evidence of and/or speak about oppression and how to stop it........

Solidarity

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STUPID!

by RICK Thursday, Jul. 11, 2002 at 11:09 PM

IT WAS NOT LAPD!!!

it was Inglewood police...... LAPD has nothing to do with that Incident!

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Inglewood vs. LAPD

by Questioning Friday, Jul. 12, 2002 at 4:31 AM

So, I'm confused by the previous statement. To me, the article clearly differentiates between the Los Angeles and Inglewood officers, but does imply that Inglewood is under the LAPD. How are the two police forces related?

There's definitely no need to call the report stupid, however. Disrespect gets us no closer to solving our problems.

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and the video?

by Ignacio Friday, Jul. 12, 2002 at 8:25 AM

where can we find the video?

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Mr.

by Fred Flintstone Friday, Jul. 12, 2002 at 9:45 PM

Such big wonderful words.....Laff

Tell ya what folks....some punk 16 year old grabs my package...he's not walking home that night.

And if raciallly motivated people (male especially)would put their claim to fame aside for 2 seconds....they would agree.

End of story. Kid got what he deserved.

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oppression

by toltecatl Saturday, Jul. 13, 2002 at 11:22 AM

Of course this incident has to do with race the police force has always been on the side of the ruling class which in the case of the U.S. has always been the white race. Those of other races involved in this incident along with other incidents have sold out for the limited power they receive by joining the force and participating in the continous oppression of the Afrikan and Native people in this land. Those who belive that I have no valid claim to this comment and still believe that the police force is there to serve and protect tell me how did officer Morse protect and serve the community by assaulting a developmentally challenged teenager? This type abuse of authority is by no means uncommon in low income Native and Afrikan neighborhoods, white suburbia is just shoked when they see it on tape (maybe?)

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"Sold out"?

by Rufus Saturday, Jul. 13, 2002 at 5:13 PM

What exactly have these other races "sold out"? What does that mean? Are all other races (particularly blacks and mexicans) destined for gang-banging only? Do they posses some sort of power or ability that they've "sold out" from? Just what in the hell is that supposed to mean? That's probably the stupidest comment I've read in a while (and around here, that's really saying something). If Whites are dominant, it's because they've built this country, whether anyone wants to admit it or not, although I'm pretty sure most of you reading this won't let a little annoyance known as THE TRUTH get in the way of your biased ideologies. Toodles!!

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built this country?

by panaquarian Saturday, Jul. 13, 2002 at 8:30 PM

whites built this country? pardon? actually, blacks built this country, with white bosses. that's not strictly true - a lot of whites built this country, too. you could argue that the whole idea of democracy is a european idea - but you'd be wrong. the idea of democracy comes from the greeks, who were not strictly a european people. some people say they were actually a dark-skinned people like the nubians; i don't know for sure. either way, "whites" did not build this country, and if this country is going to advance to the next level of social organization, people are going to have to stop thinking along racially divided lines and see Morse's oppression of Jackson as a human being failing to see another human being's humanity. that said, there is an amazing cultural tradition in america - from jazz to hip-hop, incredible amounts of poetry, theater, dance, and music, that is 100% african-american and has its roots in both african cultures and the experience of black people in this country. these arts have shaped our consciousness. yours and mine. if you deny the existence of black creativity in america, what the hell have we got left? not too damn much.

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video is at thememoryhole.org

by bloodsoup Saturday, Jul. 13, 2002 at 10:40 PM

The video is available at thememoryhole.org.

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rufus

by toltecatl Sunday, Jul. 14, 2002 at 5:21 AM

I will have to agree with you and say that this particular country was created by the white race for the white race. Through conquest and genecide europeans and their descendants have established a powerful empire and continous to retain its power with the murder of other people. The system established in this country was and is set with rules which advantage some and disavantage others. Rufus take a wild guess who are those who it favors. When Natives and Afrikans refuse to accept this as the reality and continue to try to fit in a system that will never view them as equals to europeans and their descendants that makes them sell outs because they joined a system which has as an objective to oppresed them for it to even exist. People are right when they say that this country is great but only to those it was set up for and by no means do I want to dismiss the many poor whites that have also been oppressed but facts are facts Natives live under european occupation in this continent and Afrikans have never been seen as equals since the days of slavery. For there to be haves there must be have nots I'm sure that you know what race falls where. I'm not sayin not to be proud of who you are if your white and privileged be proud but lets not fool ourselves and pretend that those in power have promoted or even want a multicultural meritocracy where we all have the same opportunities. Let the truth be know.

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who built america...how

by janet Tuesday, Jul. 16, 2002 at 12:17 PM

this is all very unfortunate, albeit interesting. I have studied your country's history - it has some good memonts, and others that are very unflattering. Yes, many evils have been committed by the white man on an exceptionally large scale throughout the planet throughout history (slavery, colonialism, genocide to inhabit america...) but this is a new day, a new age. Not all of them are bad. If a way of bringing to justice the evil ones e.g. in the police force, and steps taken to curb crime was found - America would be a better place. From accross the oceans, we find it ironical that america should talk to other countries about human rights - when untold violations occur in their very backyards, alas, even to teenage children eating chips.

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Confused Minds

by Shaye777 Tuesday, Jul. 16, 2002 at 6:56 PM
shaye77@hotmail.com

What are you people talking about, who gives a dam who built this country if you must know God..did...not a White man or mexican or whatever else you have indicated...back to the real issue a white(pig) better know as a peace officer has commited a felony and they, should be punished....this was not a matter of mr. Jackson tried to resist arrest so I had to restrain him and punch him a few times in the head while he was hand cuffed...please do they train peace officer to commite police brutality in the acady.......if that had been a white man throw to a police car and some African American Police officer had even made one scratch on him it would have been a racis issue..so please dont come at me with this who built this country bull......BS...thats all you Whites know....BS.....first of all if you wont to go way back this land was first walk on by indians....and I dont know where the hell you whites came from......let me stop while i'm ahead....all i have to say....those wanna be peace office supposible doing there J.O.B. should be fired and released with no pay, and no further career in the Law... Thank You

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White Brutality

by Janet Monday, Jul. 29, 2002 at 7:58 PM

well,shaye... i think the "who built this country" theme crept in because someone suggested that "whites" built this country and therefore....i dont know what,...i cant even remember their argument. Then the next person of course was angered, because clearly, whites did not "build" this country. If it wasnt for all the millions of hours of free, hard labour during the horrid slavery period, i doubt the industries we see today would be around.

So anyway, now that its clear that the whites didnt build this country, neither were they invited nor needed here, we can dismiss any theory purpoting to elevate or diminish any group over or under the other... and more importantly, we need to figure out how we can be part of giving a mighty shove in the right direction where injustice or brutality / Human Rights abuse occurs in the police force.

I still cringe when i remember how hard Donovan's head was bashed into the car, then by the barbarian's fist. The qst that needs to be answered in the trial is "mister, why did you do this to this child who was limp and handcuffed and semi-unconscious?" There is no answer that can possibly justify his retarded actions. If he is not adequately punished along with his cohorts, i propose the case be taken further still...even all the way to the international courts for Human Rights abuses.

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???

by lisa Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003 at 10:43 PM

listen..all of us helped build this country, everyone had a part.. ok. so stop sayin whites did.. blacks did,

Everyone Did!!

so just stop sayin all this crap about who did what, because personaly it's stupid.

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