The Free Thought Project – by Mike Sawyer
Roger Carlos was taking pictures of a building in the 10600 block of Westover Hills Boulevard in San Antonio, TX, when his life changed forever.
Carlos was photographing a building of what was soon to be home to his wife’s medical practice when all of the sudden he was ransacked by an undercover drug task force officer and two SAPD SWAT members.
The officers were looking for Josue Gonzalez, who fled from police after they tried to arrest him for possessing a controlled substance.
Gonzalez had ditched his car in the parking lot of a restaurant that happened to be a few hundred feet from where this father of three was excitedly taking pictures of his wife’s new venture.
Officers approached Carlos and before he could comply with their demands, they began to pummel him, striking him over 50 times.
“All three of them started beating me on the head,” said Carlos, ”It was unbelievable. I couldn’t believe it was happening to me.”
Bleeding and in handcuffs he wasn’t released until a fourth officer approached and said that the suspect was in custody nearby.
Carlos meanwhile, was hospitalized after the beating. He was treated for a large gash above his eye and a broken tooth.
Swelling of his head was so severe, doctors performed a CT scan of Carlos’ head as well.
“I could understand taking somebody down hard. I can understand the need for that and securing them, but that’s not what happened. I got on the ground, I was no threat to anybody, I was fully compliant,” said Carlos, who has no criminal history.
The three officers who beat him, claim that Carlos had his hands underneath his body during the beating.
When KENS 5 news interviewed SAPD police chief William McManus, he stated that “Clearly it was a case of mistaken identity. From the report that I’ve read, from the photo that I saw and from your description, I’ve not seen anything at this point that would indicate to me that anything out of order happened.”
Just to recap, the chief of police thinks that an innocent man being beaten to the point of hospitalization by incompetent police officers mistaking him for another man, indicates that nothing “out of order happened.”
And this is the scenario that so many American citizens find themselves in today; an unapologetic brutal gang of uniformed thugs operating with almost zero accountability, laying waste to those who they’ve sworn to protect.
Carlos has filed a complaint against these officers with the FBI. We won’t be holding our breathe for the results of that investigation.
One thing is for certain, if any civil suit is brought forth, the monetary consequences from the negligent behavior of these cops will passed on to the tax-payer.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cops-beat-father-point-hospitalization-oh-wrong-guy/#j6yViMTAWIq0j3jo.99
Hey boys(in blue) they all look alike, right?And he probably deserved it just cus’. ( sarcasm off)
A perfectly understandable mistake.
For the severely mentally challenged, that is.
Cops are like everyone else, you can hunt them down one at a time too.
“I could understand taking somebody down hard. I can understand the need for that and securing them, but that’s not what happened. I got on the ground, I was no threat to anybody, I was fully compliant,” said Carlos, who has no criminal history.
Yep. Bet Carlos has a different view of the police now. And of how his tax dollars are being spent. And of the disconnect between what innocent people “can understand” needs to happen (taking somebody down and securing them) and what reaaaallllly happens more and more (violently beating someone to the point of their requiring hospitalization, way beyond what is necessary to “secure” them)
Changing hearts and minds, one innocent person at a time.
this shows fear in the eyes of the cops… they know whats coming and they know they were the ones that started it..they also know, when it comes its coming for them
thats why all the over acting, all the brutality , and why they snap to judgement and go for the throat immediately .. no upper hand just in case this is where their “payback” comes to roost
all of these acts of the police lately are showing us , they fear the reprisals of their former acts , they just dont know when its coming or who is going to administer them .. so everyone is delt with like this
pretty bad to have a job where you go around scared sh^tless every day waiting for your payback to come
Cowards .. every one of them
wait until the “set up” comes ..
“When KENS 5 news interviewed SAPD police chief William McManus, he stated that “Clearly it was a case of mistaken identity. From the report that I’ve read, from the photo that I saw and from your description, I’ve not seen anything at this point that would indicate to me that anything out of order happened.””
😯 Yep, it’s clearly normal and not out of the ordinary to beat someone up who was not the right person. Unfrigginbelievable!!