Police Brutality: Dog Walker w/Camera Beaten By Cops!

DENVER - 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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[rentcarotid]

Police immunity should end now. Law enforcement can be done without it. A citizen's arrest can be accomplished without immunity, but if done improperly the person conducting themselves improperly can go to jail immediately. The same should go for cops. These cops should be in prison. It is irresponsible as a society to allow them to do what they did and still walk the streets. They should be treated like ordinary criminals, because that is exactly what they are.

[rentcarotid]

I'll answer this one. Private conversation is protected by the 1st amendment. It especially protects witnesses discussing an error by government officials. Interfering with this conversation was violation 1. Taking video of a false arrest is also protected by the 1st amendment. The police objected to this, which lead to excessive force being applied during a false arrest. That's violations 2, 3, and 4, including 4th amendment violations defined under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, Section 1983.

[Luckyday216]

Imagine a police officer is being killed as we speak. Oh yeah!!!!

[SpikyDane]

This is awesome, I love seeing people getting beaten to shit by cops!

[toniothe3rd]

Why the fuck are the dogs just chillin?

[CWolfyWolf]

Pigs need to be put to the slaughter. The government has to think more like farmers, or more people will continue to be attacked by these vicious animals.

[xlr8up]

"Fascist Police vs. We The People," things are ramping up against Americans for the planned hostile-takeover.

Shock-troops grooming the population through fear and intimidation, abject brutality and blatant acts of terrorism against us all.

Legally lawless, they are thugs with guns, 'Protecting & Serving' criminal acts against humanity itself.

Police are making war with The People, good, bad, young, old, black, white.. The unforgiving blood of innocence stains their lost souls, eternally damned.

[TheMazaxist]

some criminals are smart, they become police officers too! so they can commit crimes LEGALLY ;)

[88all3r1]

How can these men and women who take the oath to protect and enforce the laws for societies benefit allow themselves to be called *insert city*'s finest. The 7 or 8 minute video by @itZDeaMan and the countless others show that these acts are not one time incidents. How can we try to rule and control matters in other countries when we have a bigger problem here.

[Siipilintu]

cool

[Natmossbim123]

So what happened to these 2 police?

Nothing?

[skysky9898]

So sad. Power tripping pigs.