Denver Cops Beat up a Witness to Police Misconduct

Denver Cops Beat up a Witness to Police Misconduct Proving That Cops Are The Most Dangerous People in Our Society

DENVER, COLORADO -- What started as a walk to the park with his dogs ended with a trip to the hospital for a Denver dog owner. 32-year-old Mark Ashford says he was beaten black and blue by two Denver Police officers.

"They punched him and pinned him up against the fence and forced his head into the concrete." Ashford's attorney, Will Hart, said the beating that was caught on camera is a clear case of Excessive Force. "This happened when he was walking his dogs, he has a conversation with another citizen that the police officer doesn't like and as a result, he ends up in the hospital," said Hart.

Hart says Mark Ashford was walking his dogs near 20th and Little Raven in LoDo, when he saw police pull over a driver for failing to stop at a stop sign. Ashford told the driver he saw him stop and would be willing to testify in court. Hart says the officer overheard him and "wasn't very happy."

That's when Ashford says the Denver police officers demanded his I.D. and detained him. Ashford tried to take a picture of the officers to document the incident, and a few second later he was on the ground.

Police charged Ashford with interference and resisting arrest. Hart says, the charges were later dropped because the officers violated Ashford's 4th amendment rights, "they had no reason to stop him, take his ID or detain him."

An Excessive Force complaint was filed against both officers involved. A Denver police spokesperson says the internal affairs department has completed its investigation, but they are now turning the case over to the independent police monitor. Police won't say if the officers were disciplined in any way until the investigation is complete.

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[ohbuckifan]

He got what he deserves next time keep your big nose out of it!

[DanceRooster]

@ohbuckifan It is our right duty and obligation to question the government, its agents, and employees, on everything they do, especially the police. No other organization poses as big of a threat to democracy as the police. Anyone that is willing to give up a little liberty to get a little security will deserve neither and loose both. Ben Franklin. Go back to sleep, Your part of the problem.

[Friedstuffsable]

@needparalegal Hopefully it happens soon. Fuck overpaid sports "heroes" fuck movie stars, musicians. I want to turn on the evening news, eat some popcorn & cheer on a serial cop killer. Although cops are at the bottom of the rung really. I want to see the Judges get killed while they are out for dinner with their family. Prosecutors, & especially district attorneys. D.A.s are the biggest slimeballs of all. A sniper doesn't target a private, he goes for a captain, or a colonel.

[AciidFox]

I want to be a police officer when I'm older, and this just makes me sick.

[HockadayIX]

@deputycorndog Yeah...no.

[richardmengland3]

FTP all of them

[26Lazerbeam]

ACAB

[crackernumber2]

@OhioFreebyrd then move to fucking africa and live in a tent. Fuck man go sleep outside with nothing and see how you like it. i hope you fucking die

[crackernumber2]

@DanceRooster people like you are the problem.... you are obsessed with the police. I bet you are 2 fat and stupid to be a police officer so your just mad

[AuthenticProphetic]

@ohbuckifan Ignorant piece of shit.

[deputycorndog]

@TEDOVSKY I am a cop, I have worked for a department very much like the one your friend worked for. I too saw the crap she did. I chose to leave, but I knew there was another side. I went to another department in another state and saw exceptionalism, courage, respect, honor, integrity, compassion, honesty. Cops in my current department are 98% good. There are some tools that work there, but they never last. They get fired. So its like life, take a look around you, most people are good!

[deputycorndog]

@TheMazaxist Nope, you are right, most are good. If people on here watch the news like its all gospel, then sure all cops must be evil, bad. But take a look around you, are you being harassed, attacked by the cops daily! I have worked in the worst of LA, and even those residents privately want the Police around, they just won't say it out loud because of all the thugs and gangs.

[deputycorndog]

@OhioFreebyrd I see you are one of the sheep, you must have the news on all the time now. Media is lying to you! Do you know anything about this case? I do, I know the actual truth, not what I see on video