Know Your Rights: Man Puts Cop In Check

"Son do you know why I'm stoppin' you for?"

Cause I'm young and I'm black and my hats real low?

Do I look like a mind reader sir, I don't know

...

"Are you carryin' a weapon on you I know a lot of you are"

I ain't steppin out of shit all my paper's legit

"Well, do you mind if I look round the car a little bit?"

Well my glove compartment is locked so are the trunk in the back

And I know my rights so you gon' need a warrant for that!

-"99 Problems," Jay-Z

Officer Resigns After Beating Special Needs Student

A Dolton, Illinois, police officer assigned to a school was placed on administrative leave and later resigned (ahem, was fired) after a surveillance video was leaked to the press.  That video shows him beating a 15 year old special needs student.

Marshawn Pitts says he was assaulted for not adhering to the school's dress code.

The incident occurred in May at the Academy for Learning, a Dolton high school for special needs students. He attended the school because of brain injuries he suffered as a child when he was hit by a car.

The police removed the officer from the school and placed him on administrative leave.  He's since resigned.

Too bad there's no audio on surveillance tapes to find out what really happened.  Or is this tape all the proof you need?  What's your call?

Brew News: Pregnant Woman Tased By Police at Family Gathering...

I know pregnant women can be bitchy and hormonal but it's never crossed my mind to tase them..... You try carrying a human being in you for 9 months as it kicks and shit inside you, not to mention what it's about to do to your vagi-cat. You Po Po's always come up with the most awesome ideas!

WTF!!!

Policing with little to no common sense or compassion...

Dallas Officer Detains NFL Player Rushing to Dying Mother-in-Law's Bedside

Sad, is all I can say about what happened yesterday to Ryan Moats and his family. The NFL RB for the Houston Texans was in Dallas when he and his wife received a call that his mother-in-law who was in the hospital, was nearing death. Racing against time they attempt to get the hospital obviously to say their last goodbyes. Moats, after stopping and looking both ways, went through a red light and was then pulled over by a police officer in the hospital parking lot. This is disturbing on some many levels. IN the video footage Moats is pleading with the officer trying to explain that a loved one is in the hospital and within seconds of dyinig and Office Ahole is unmoved by this information. He even pull a gun on the wife when she tries to get out of the vehicle. They were right in front of the hospital!!! So while he was busy admonishing and chastising Moats, another officer went inside to verify the story and the ahole officer's response was "ok I'm almost done". WTF!!!

Saddest part, they did not make it in time as Mrs. Collingsworth, Moats' mother-in-law passed while they were being detained by the officer. Are cops instructed to throw all common sense to the wind??? What happened to compassion? I know instinct and common sense cannot be taught and the thought that cops like Officer Ahole are out there really scares the crap outta me.