{"article":{"id":75118,"heading":"Hung Jury In LA Cop Child Beating, Partner WHo Falsified Police Report Walks Free","author":"Disgusted by Police Brutality","created":"2003-07-30 18:40:34","modified":"2003-08-01 21:15:10","last_modified":"Sat, 02 Aug 2003 04:15:10","article":"

Hung Jury in Calif. Police Brutality Case

LOS ANGELES - A judge declared a hung jury Tuesday in the police brutality case against a white former officer who punched and slammed a handcuffed black teenager onto a squad car during a videotaped arrest.

The jury deliberated more than three days without reaching a verdict in a case that raised racial tensions and drew comparisons to the Rodney King beating.

Former Inglewood officer Jeremy Morse, 25, was charged with assault under color of authority.

His partner, Bijan Darvish, 26, was found innocent of falsifying a police report.

They both could have received as much as three years in prison if convicted.

<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/story.news.yahoo.com\/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=3&u=\/ap\/20030729\/ap_on_re_us\/police_video","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"LOS ANGELES - A judge declared a hung jury Tuesday in the police brutality case against a white former officer who punched and slammed a handcuffed black teenager onto a squad car during a videotaped arrest. We'll report on the outrage after the riots.","numcomment":30,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2003\/07\/75118.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":75120,"heading":"Another news link","article":"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3181877\r\n\r\nMistrial Declared in Calif. Police Beating Case \r\nTue July 29, 2003 05:34 PM ET \r\n\r\nLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A jury on Tuesday said it was hopelessly deadlocked on whether a former police officer in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood was guilty of assaulting a black teenager during a rough arrest caught on videotape last year. \r\nThe jury said there was no way it could reach a verdict in the case against Jeremy Morse, 25. The trial has been closely watched in Los Angeles for its possible repercussions in the city's African-American community. The jury was split 7 to 5 in favor of Morse's guilt. \r\n\r\nJudge William Hollingsworth declared a mistrial. \r\n\r\nThe jury found Morse's former partner Bijan Darvish not guilty of filing a false police report that failed to mention the incident. \r\n\r\nThe arrest in July last year of Donovan Jackson was caught by a bystander on videotape in the largely black city of Inglewood, evoking memories of the 1991 beating by four Los Angeles police officers of black motorist Rodney King. The subsequent acquittal of those officers in 1992 provoked the worst urban riots in modern U.S. history.\r\n","author":"richard in denver","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-30 18:53:43","modified":"2003-07-30 18:53:43","fileurl":""},{"id":75121,"heading":"We'll report on the outrage after the riots.","article":"Pop some popcorn, grab a Coke, turn on the tube, and watch the niggers burn their own neighborhood!!!!","author":"cool","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-30 18:57:44","modified":"2003-07-30 18:57:44","fileurl":""},{"id":75123,"heading":"Why is it that too often white cops and white supremacists walk in tandem?","article":"I'm not surprised regarding the above comment since white supremacists seem to support white officers who beat up on Black or Hispanic motorists. \r\n\r\nDarvich's acquittal will dilute the value of a police officer's word even further, in terms of accuracy and honesty. It's a loss to the profession and most officers are too blind in their glee over his acquittal to notice that. ","author":"a face in the crowd","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-30 19:09:22","modified":"2003-07-30 19:09:22","fileurl":""},{"id":75126,"heading":"police","article":"I visted here to get the news on the verdict.\r\n\r\nI cannot agree with the above statement. Too often on Indymedias there are those who will write messages just to draw a picture of a stereotype they wish promote. To say that "white cops" and "white supremacists" are in the same corner is a conclusion that logically can't be drawn from the comment.\r\n\r\nThis verdict should not dilute the value of a police officer's word even further, unless of course, some people had already determined what the outcome of the trial should be in advance of the jury announcement.\r\n","author":"Dave","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-30 19:21:44","modified":"2003-07-30 19:21:44","fileurl":""},{"id":75127,"heading":"This is worse than Rodney King!","article":"Because after the King riots, people were of the opinion that such a travesty of justice would not occur again so easily. Now it has, only 11 years later. Will they ever learn?\r\n\r\nI would hope they take their anger to the well to do white neigborhoods this time (Rodeo Drive) instead of targeting their own neglected low income communities. This IS an outrage and anger IS an appropriate response.","author":"tedthebear","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-30 19:23:43","modified":"2003-07-30 19:23:43","fileurl":""},{"id":75128,"heading":"^","article":"Indymedia - Where people are declared guilty before they even go to trial. The justice of leftists and anarchists on display.","author":"Ah!","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-30 19:28:44","modified":"2003-07-30 19:28:44","fileurl":""},{"id":75130,"heading":"You should see how many emails I get....","article":"Well, I've gotten enough emails, letters and threatning phone calls in my life from white supremacist types upset with any criticism against officers enough to know that is not an uncommon thing, unfortunately. \r\n\r\nMorse clearly did not help Jackson to his feet on the video tape and Darvish(who might not actually have seen what did happen) wrote that in his report, knowing it wasn't true in violation of the PC. Of course, when he wrote his report, he and Morse probably didn't know about the video tape. ","author":"a face in the crowd","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-30 19:32:27","modified":"2003-07-30 19:32:27","fileurl":""},{"id":75131,"heading":"ah, yes","article":"Too bad conservatives don't give other criminal defendants that same consideration, with the right tone of self-righteousness combined with feigned disinterest. ","author":"a face in the crowd","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-30 19:39:38","modified":"2003-07-30 19:39:38","fileurl":""},{"id":75133,"heading":"what now?","article":"is there anything planned in response to this injustice?\r\n\r\n\r\n","author":"defano781","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-30 19:50:57","modified":"2003-07-30 19:50:57","fileurl":""},{"id":75134,"heading":"^^^^","article":"If you're talking about the firing of a good cop for reacting quite properly to some punk scumbag, I hope so.\r\n\r\n","author":"fresca","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-30 20:02:41","modified":"2003-07-30 20:02:41","fileurl":""},{"id":75139,"heading":"edbomber","article":"what is up with the racists? I'm white and ive seen police brutality directed against white people, hispanic people, asian people and American Indians, wake up you white haters.....or I'm going to march into your honky neighborhood along with my "nigger, chink,\r\nspic, and injun friends so we can crack a few brews and burn it down.........peace and remember little nazis\r\nyou'll be the first to go unless you think.","author":"edward osburg","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-30 20:58:20","modified":"2003-07-30 20:58:20","fileurl":""},{"id":75142,"heading":"YOUR IGNORANCE IS YOUR BLISS","article":"I'm terribly sorry that you were shown racisism, hate, ignorance and also a lack of compassion during your up bringing. Too bad you conformed to a "certain" opinion of society. Maybe your comment is due to a lack of education.......yup that must be it -because I don't really need to point out the obvious. Good luck on your road to righteousness, you will need it. Oh and WE WILL PREVAIL!!!!!!!!!1","author":"palomita de paz","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-30 21:11:08","modified":"2003-07-30 21:11:08","fileurl":""},{"id":75143,"heading":"on and on and on and on.....","article":""the first organized police forces, according to police historian William Geller, were the varied slave patrols. Policing in this country has always had the dual purpose of maintaining social order and enforcing the racial hierarchy<\/a>."\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n7\/29\/03 CNN - reaction to the jury deadlock<\/a>:\r\n\r\nJackson's lawyer told reporters after the findings were announced that the two officers would be deposed in a civil case and that she looks forward to a retrial.\r\n\r\n"We are hopeful that this next time around that justice will be served and we in the meantime will proceed vigorously with the civil lawsuit," attorney Camryn Stewart said.\r\n\r\nJackson stood next to his lawyer as she spoke but did not address reporters.\r\n\r\nOutside the courthouse in Los Angeles, Najee Ali of Project Hope told CNN he was upset by the outcome.\r\n\r\n"This is really Rodney King all over again," he said, referring to the case of four Los Angeles police officers videotaped beating King as he lay on the ground in 1991.\r\n\r\n"Here we go again." Ali said.\r\n\r\nThe man who shot the videotape of Jackson's arrest at a gas station also expressed dissatisfaction with the outcome.\r\n\r\n"[Prosecutors] were not serious about trying this case," Mitchell Crooks said.\r\n\r\nLos Angeles County District Attorney spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said prosecutors will announce September 22 whether they will seek a retrial, and if they decide to do so, the retrial would begin September 29.\r\n\r\nGibbons said her office is disappointed by the outcome.\r\n\r\n"Under our system of justice, we must abide by the jury's decision. We disagree and are disappointed the jurors did not see the same crime that we did," she said. \r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\ntrial was moved to LAX district in order to avoid an Inglewood jury. normal people dislike cops more and more.... and more and more.\r\n\r\nTHE JEREMY MORSE AND BIJAN DARVISH JURY INCLUDED ONLY ONE AFRICAN AMERICAN.\r\n\r\nlos angeles<\/a>\r\n\r\nanarchist people of color conference october 2003<\/a>\r\n\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\na<\/a>n<\/a>t<\/a>i<\/a>c<\/a>r<\/a>i<\/a>s<\/a>i<\/a>s<\/a>\r\nlynx<\/a>\r\n\r\nlatest comments<\/a>","author":"}l{<\/a>","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2003-07-30 21:17:09","modified":"2005-08-15 01:37:40","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/07\/7assata_shakur.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/07\/7assata_shakur.jpg"}},{"id":75144,"heading":"Marching as a hobby 101","article":""you'll be the first to go unless you think."\r\n\r\nQuote Jello all you want, but your emotions make you a monster.\r\n\r\nFace it. The kid got what anybody gets when you grab some cops' balls. You get hit. Reflexively. \r\n\r\nThis has nothing to do with racism. It has to do with human nature mbutting heads with whining, naive hobbyists.","author":"fresca","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-30 21:20:20","modified":"2003-07-30 21:20:20","fileurl":""},{"id":75145,"heading":"Protection rounds leave big holes.","article":""I would hope they take their anger to the well to do white neigborhoods this time"\r\n\r\nMe too. I could just sit on the porch with the Glock picking off angry niggers. Bring it.","author":"G17","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-30 21:32:16","modified":"2003-07-30 21:32:16","fileurl":""},{"id":75153,"heading":"history and memory some times help","article":"white culture in the states have a lot to pay...\r\n\r\nhistory is the lack of all of you...\r\n\r\nyou pretend that kkk and any of the injustice in the white american world of sh!t never happend?...\r\n\r\nthink again...this is not about hiting back...\r\n\r\n\r\nbecaue white politics,laws and system still hiting now a days black,latin,asian all the minoritys in this country...","author":"bush...george bush","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-30 22:45:23","modified":"2003-07-30 22:45:23","fileurl":""},{"id":75154,"heading":"what ever!!!","article":"let me see...are you white people who never been in eats l.a or south centro...\r\n\r\nbring it?...what ever\r\n\r\n\r\nlets see what you can do mr macho...","author":"snoop D","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-30 22:50:08","modified":"2003-07-30 22:50:08","fileurl":""},{"id":75160,"heading":"Hmmmm?","article":""are you white people who never been in eats l.a or south centro... "\r\n\r\nIs this some sort of that newfangled ebonics?\r\n\r\nI know it isn't English.","author":"fresca","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-30 23:33:07","modified":"2003-07-30 23:33:07","fileurl":""},{"id":75174,"heading":"this might work","article":"It might make those that violate the public trust responsible for thier actions.\r\nanother question.....\r\nIF a cop is searching you and GRABS YOUR nuts....\r\ncan you punch him in the FACE?\r\n\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\r\nthe world of hypocrisy.","author":"serial killer","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2003-07-31 03:09:53","modified":"2005-08-15 01:37:40","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/07\/inglewood.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/07\/inglewood.jpg"}},{"id":75175,"heading":"this might work","article":"It might make those that violate the public trust responsible for thier actions.\r\nanother question.....\r\nIF a cop is searching you and GRABS YOUR nuts....\r\ncan you punch him in the FACE?\r\n\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\\\/\r\nthe world of hypocrisy.","author":"serial killer","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2003-07-31 03:10:40","modified":"2005-08-15 01:37:40","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/07\/inglewood.jpg7armbn.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/07\/inglewood.jpg7armbn.jpg"}},{"id":75178,"heading":"YES YOU CAN!!!","article":"It is a normal and natural reaction. \r\n\r\nIf your nuts are under attack from a hostile force then you ARE allowed to use EXTREAM force to remove the threat from your genitalia.\r\n\r\nDid not the verdict today confirm that fact for you?\r\n\r\nHave your nuts ever been attacked?\r\n\r\nWhy the hell are you asking such a stupid question?","author":"Rational Normal Person.","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-31 03:29:08","modified":"2003-07-31 03:29:08","fileurl":""},{"id":75201,"heading":"outraged in madison","article":"I live in Madison, WI...I am so completely outraged by what is happening with this hung jury bullshit in LA. I hope you people organize and fight this shit. If I was there I would be out rioting...and maybe if we can organize it here in Madison, I will. STOP POLICE BRUTALITY. contact the D.A. - John Barnett and the cop Jeremy M. Morse and tell them how outraged you are. Power to you.","author":"maria","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-31 15:32:32","modified":"2003-07-31 15:32:32","fileurl":""},{"id":75211,"heading":"Mistrial","article":"This is an outgage! An outrage I tell you!! The pigmen should have been drawn and quartered as soon as they put in their uniforms. There is no excuse for pigs to even be in that part of LA. They were there only to round up minorities and to physically harm them as though they were debris to be visciously play with and them tossed aside. Maria is right. We must do something. We must do something NOW!!!! Let's sit around and talk about it.","author":"activist community","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-31 16:50:44","modified":"2003-07-31 16:50:44","fileurl":""},{"id":75240,"heading":"VOTE FROM THE ROOFTOPS","article":"VOTE FROM THE ROOFTOPS","author":"VOTE FROM THE ROOFTOPS","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-31 19:38:19","modified":"2003-07-31 19:38:19","fileurl":""},{"id":75270,"heading":"VOTE FROM THE ROOFTOPS","article":"I agree! We need to do that NOW!! As long as there's somewhere we can sit down. That way, we can talk about it.","author":"activist community","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-31 22:23:29","modified":"2003-07-31 22:23:29","fileurl":""},{"id":75286,"heading":"In all seriousness","article":"The cops should sue to get their jobs back and sue the crackhead for defamation.","author":"fresca","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-31 23:20:25","modified":"2003-07-31 23:20:25","fileurl":""},{"id":75309,"heading":"OneEyedMan","article":"....shit, Caducada...you're a flat out racist!!!\r\n\r\nMust make ya feel GOOOOOD about yourself huh? Bein' alll WHITE n' shit?\r\n\r\n\r\nnow...if only you were a man....a RACIST man...\r\n\r\n...ooohhhh....\r\n\r\n","author":"KPC","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-08-01 01:34:32","modified":"2003-08-01 01:34:32","fileurl":""},{"id":75347,"heading":"KPC","article":"Go fuck yourself. I'll bet you're one of those damn niggers!","author":"fresca","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-08-01 12:48:40","modified":"2003-08-01 12:48:40","fileurl":""},{"id":75381,"heading":"relationship between many white cops and white supremacists","article":"Amount of time which lapses btwn someone defending an officer accused of misconduct or excessive force...and uses racist slurs...\r\n\r\nNot very long at all. ","author":"a face in the crowd","parent_id":75118,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-08-01 21:15:10","modified":"2003-08-01 21:15:10","fileurl":""}]}