10 officers take down 1 inmate to the floor, where he's cuffed and tasered. Inmate is later transfer - Polidicks

[url]http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/12/23/20111223phoenix-inmate-restraint-video-released.html[/url] [release] It took 10 Phoenix police and Maricopa County sheriff's officers to wrestle Ernest "Marty" Atencio to the ground during a struggle Dec. 16 in the Fourth Avenue Jail that ended with Atencio receiving CPR and leaving the facility on a stretcher. Atencio died at a Phoenix hospital five days after the incident when his family decided to take him off life support. Atencio's struggle with the police and sheriff's detention officers occurred about 90 minutes after he arrived at the Fourth Avenue Jail after Phoenix police arrested him on assault charges. In a jailhouse video, a Phoenix police officer can be seen placing his arm around Atencio's upper chest or neck before Atencio is taken to the floor and surrounded by the officers. Atencio kicks and struggles on the floor, surrounded by 10 officers who wrestle with him before an unidentified sheriff's deputy deploys a Taser that appears to defuse the situation. The video later shows eight sheriff's officers surrounding Atencio in a padded cell, where they dragged the 44-year-old Gulf War veteran after he was subdued. Once in the cell, the sheriff's officers continue to struggle with Atencio, although the crowd in the small room makes it difficult to see Atencio, who is on the floor. The Sheriff's Office on Friday released surveillance video of the fight between officers and the inmate in response to numerous requests from the media. Sheriff's officials declined further comment, citing the ongoing investigation into the struggle that ultimately ended with Atencio dead. A Phoenix police spokesman said that the Sheriff's Office is conducting the investigation and that the video speaks for itself. Michael Manning, an attorney representing Atencio's family, declined to comment at the request of the family. Manning said Atencio's family is "deeply grieving" his death and will schedule a memorial service after the medical examiner and an independent expert conduct an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death. Shortly after the Taser is deployed, officers carry Atencio into a "safe cell" -- a padded room designed to reduce inmates' ability to injure themselves or others. Eight sheriff's officers join Atencio in the cell after they drag him into the room as they continue to struggle with him and attempt to remove his clothes. After several minutes, the officers leave and Atencio remains facedown, naked and motionless with his arms around his head. After several minutes, Atencio's stomach moves with a heaving sigh. Less than 10 minutes later, with Atencio still motionless, the door to the cell opens and sheriff's officers enter with weapons and shields. The weapons and shields are quickly set aside and replaced with medical equipment as the security check turns into a rescue effort. The officers are joined by health-care workers, who help the officers try to revive Atencio by performing CPR and attaching a defribulator to his chest. The officers and health-care workers perform CPR for more than 10 minutes until paramedics with the Phoenix Fire Department arrive and drag Atencio's limp body into the hall, where he is loaded onto a gurney and transported to the hospital. Atencio died at St. Joseph's Hospital on Wednesday after family members decided to take him off life support. "He was brain-dead," Manning said at the time.[/release] Video: [url]http://www.azcentral.com/video/1344638780001[/url] The only time the officers struggled to keep him still is when he gets tazered.

Wow Sure sounds like a place I'd love to live in. (The prison) [sp]If you're reading this and don't understand the obvious sarcasm, leave forever[/sp]

Ugh Joe Arpaio needs to go, when he's not doing something stupid himself, he's letting his officers get away with things. This is like him running his APC in that house, completely careless and overboard.

Oh, wonderful. [del]Well, at least this time the officers didn't deliberately try to murder him, if I didn't misinterpret it. But why the hell did they take off his clothes?[/del] Nevermind, I watched the video.

another police brutality story wtf

The worst part is that most of the time the cops get off scott free. Counts of police brutality happen in other countries as well but the police department at least punishes the cop or even better, puts him in jail.

lots of bad cop stories where are the good ones christ

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Why does every US article mention the military past of a person? It really doesn't seem relevant to me.

Is this police brutality month or something? This is like the fifth this week.

Could you just give every police brutality offender 20 years in prison?

I don't care if the "good cop" stories aren't being reported, and that media coverage is biased towards sensationalist police brutality stories, the fact is that such things shouldn't even be fucking happening at all.

Cool I thought we were talking about China until I read the first sentence.

Looks like they got pissed that he didn't want to listen and just attacked him like a bunch of savages. The scary part is where they left him in the 'safe cell' for 10 minutes before they came back to try and revive him, almost like they started CPR just so it didn't look like they purposely let him die in there.

[QUOTE=RR_Raptor65;33890128]Looks like they got pissed that he didn't want to listen and just attacked him like a bunch of savages. The scary part is where they left him in the 'safe cell' for 10 minutes before they came back to try and revive him, almost like they started CPR just so it didn't look like they purposely let him die in there.[/QUOTE] They don't leave inmates to die in safe cells. They're designed for high-risk inmates who are combative, suicidal, escape risk, can't function in gp, or for protective custody. Though safe cells are designed for suicidal people most of the time and require 10-15 minute "walks." (guards go to each cell and check these people every 10 minutes and have to log it.) So that 10 minutes the guard on duty (Who prolly wasn't even in the use of force) checked and saw him, knocked on the door to get him to respond and he didn't. So he called for medical. I've had the same thing happen to me before, I did a walk on a person who was high risk. 10 minutes later he was on the ground bleeding, he tried to kill himself. We saved him and he was physically find after we took him to the hospital. That is why we do 10-15 minute walks on "safe cells", if that was a general population check/walk (30 minutes to an hour max) he would have been dead. As for the story, looks like the guy was struggling and combative the whole way. The use of force would have been justified, you don't magically go brain dead after something like that. It looks like a few people got to "in to it" or carried away. Its pretty sad imo, but you know different departments/states have different requirements so who knows what kinda training these people had.

[QUOTE=Vaught;33890053]lots of bad cop stories where are the good ones christ[/QUOTE] All around you? It's not like the media would care to report all the good deeds that go by day to day.

[QUOTE=Number-41;33890086]Why does every US article mention the military past of a person? It really doesn't seem relevant to me.[/QUOTE] I think its more of a "This person fought a war only do get killed at home" sympathy type deal.

[QUOTE=AnalAnnihilator;33890290]All around you? It's not like the media would care to report all the good deeds that go by day to day.[/QUOTE] "Jonathan Brackworth, Florida cop was a pretty cool guy today - more at 11."

[QUOTE=Ironic Man;33890329]I think its more of a "This person fought a war only do get killed at home" sympathy type deal.[/QUOTE] Yeah but it is irrelevant. Being a service member does not mean you're a upstanding citizen. I've dealt with inmates who had prior experience as member of the armed forces and they committed felony crimes.

Arizona represent! ... .......

[QUOTE=MR-X;33890375]Yeah but it is irrelevant. Being a service member does not mean you're a upstanding citizen. I've dealt with inmates who had prior experience as member of the armed forces and they committed felony crimes.[/QUOTE] Yeah but this is what you get when the writer wants to "tell" the reader who to side with without flat out telling the reader "ok guys the inmate is the good guy, the cop is the bad guy". Bias.

Just the police officers doing their job.

[quote]Atencio's struggle with the police and sheriff's detention officers occurred about 90 minutes after he arrived at the Fourth Avenue Jail after Phoenix police arrested him on assault charges.[/quote] Anybody happen to know by chance who he assaulted?

... merry christmas anyways

[QUOTE=Ironic Man;33890329]I think its more of a "This person fought a war only do get killed at home" sympathy type deal.[/QUOTE] Well whatever I think they play the veteran card too often. Especially Vietnam veterans, I don't think most them volunteered so I don't see the whole "heroic" thing about them, apart from the fact that they had a shitty time there...

For anyone out there who wants to point out that "bad cops are the only ones that make the news!". That still has nothing to do with the fact that police departments across the US do little to discourage this behaviour by giving their officers slaps on the wrist for shit that would get anyone else a prison sentence.

[QUOTE=Number-41;33890086]Why does every US article mention the military past of a person? It really doesn't seem relevant to me.[/QUOTE] Because things don't go too well for Americans vets, so it's an issue worth highlighting.

Oh well. That scumbag deserved it. Prisoners do [b]NOT[/b] deserve fair treatment.

[QUOTE=DarkCisco;33891207]Oh well. That scumbag deserved it. Prisoners do [b]NOT[/b] deserve fair treatment.[/QUOTE] because if you're in prison you're a horrible person and deserve to die

[QUOTE=MR-X;33890252] As for the story, looks like the guy was struggling and combative the whole way. The use of force would have been justified, you don't magically go brain dead after something like that. It looks like a few people got to "in to it" or carried away. Its pretty sad imo, but you know different departments/states have different requirements so who knows what kinda training these people had.[/QUOTE] Yeah, to be honest, this doesn't even look like police brutality at all and looks like standard procedure. Until a thorough investigation is done regarding the actual cause of death, I don't believe this to be a case of police brutality. A tragic conclusion caused by...? What exactly? We don't know yet. Half of the "10" officers weren't even doing anything. You'd think that from the title they were going at the inmate like a bunch savages.