Mesa Police Beat Up Suspect

On November 6, 2009, members of the Mesa Police Department, during the arrest of Aaron Belander, severely and repeatedly beat him with boots and fists. All the while, Mesa's helicopter unit was on scene to record the event. Moments after Mr. Belander raised his arms, the helicopter unit advised the cops that his hands were up and he appeared to be unarmed. Nevertheless, the cops tased him in the small of his back and immediately beat him up, beginning with a kick to the head.


I'm not sure where any of this fits into their policies and procedures manual. As of today, no disciplinary action has been brought against the officers.

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[AmericanBulldogger]

@Rhasaan50 it is my guess the police instructed this individual to lay on the ground and due to his poor judgment he failed to heed the police instructions. As an AZ resident, I hope next time he is apprehended he follows the instructions the police give him or suffer again the consequences.

[dlrice]

This is a filthy career criminal that should not have run from cops.

[MindFury]

@AmericanBulldogger I fully agree. If more parents thought like that we would be alot better off. I'm not going to make excuses for him. He was a good freind and person at one time.

[AmericanBulldogger]

@MindFury my kids listen, probably because the one time they didnt, the did get kicked in the a**. You gotta teach them young Fury, or then end up like the guy in the video..

[MindFury]

@AmericanBulldogger So next time your kids don't listen Kick them in the face.

[MindFury]

Imagine the outrage if these were Border cops, and the victum was an illegal who was running from them(gee that never happens). I'd love to see the comments.

[MindFury]

Has anyone ever tried to move any part of their body while being tazed? That part of the cops story is BS. Who can comply to anything other than shitting their pants when 50,000 volts is being applied to them? I used to know aaron pretty good. Not sure how he got down that path he is on, but i hope he finds salvation in something when he gets out. He should sue for more.

[eyesxlikexvice]

@mickyekren

Pull your head out of your ass. Police officers are given the power they have for a reason, and using that force to tase a suspect who has their hands in the AIR and isn't resisting is blatant abuse of that given power. How about that swift kick to the torso as soon as the guy hits the ground? Seems that was obviously needed since the suspect fell to the ground after being shocked.

[mickyekren]

To those of you making judgement on these officers ... until you walk in their shoes and know the whole story of what really happened you should keep your mouth shut... these officers make these streets safe for you and i and get the riff raff off the street for it to be safe for us all..... do not judge what you don't know....there is alot more to what the news is saying......

[brassdeer]

obviously there are crazy things happening.. my point was that you aim your remarks at Arizona police officers when there are clearly problems everywhere. Your point is taken that there are several issues that need to be addressed, what i hope you acknowledge is that there are over 800 sworn officers in the city of mesa alone, Phoenix has at least double that and Chendler is close behind Mesa. It takes alot more than even several incidents to justify calling it typical.

[6stringbling]

@brassdeer

not to mention the over 40 mill in lawsuit and settlement awards for what the mcso and sheriff joe have done to people or allowed to happen.

lots of funny business going on in arizona, from the chandler police higher up having sex and more... cops suing the cops, sheriff being investigated by the feds ....see what im saying here, if not, try removing the blinders