If Cops Have Been [somehow] Delegated Uncontrollable Power Over You Then They Can Kick You in the Face While You're Handcuffed and Laying Face Down in the Street - Like LA Cops Did to Timothy Williams
If a “public servant," such as a police officer, is uncontrollable, unaccountable, can’t be hired or fired by you, has irresponsible power over you and provides a compulsory “service” that you are obliged to accept then he is actually your Master.
From [HERE] The Louisiana cop was arrested in June for the incident that took place in April. The video was released last week.
Timothy Williams said he ran from the cops after they found him with a fake gun and crack pipe because he was afraid they would hurt him.
But he surrendered by lying facedown on the ground with his hands behind his back once he realized he was not going to outrun them.
However, that did not stop a Monroe police officer from running up to him and kicking him in the head as if it were a football, leaving the 40-year-old man howling in pain.
Monroe police officer Jared Preston DeSadier then planted his knee on Williams' neck while pressing his face into the ground, causing him to howl in pain even louder.
The incident took place on April 21 and DeSadier was arrested two months later on the felony charges of second-degree battery and malfeasance in office.
Allegedly governmental power comes from the people. That is, we delegate our individual power to the government for it to act on our behalf. However, it goes without saying that people cannot delegate powers or rights that they do not possess. So if people have delegated their powers to lawmakers and lawmakers have empowered police officers to act on our behalf, how did police acquire the moral right to commit acts of unprovoked violence on people? Asked differently, if you don’t have the right to initiate unprovoked acts of violence against other people then how can you delegate or authorize police officers or anyone else acting on your behalf to do so? How did government representatives and police acquire such extra or super-human powers? [MORE]
The body cam video was released Thursday and shows another Monroe police officer chasing Williams, threatening to taser him if he did not stop.
It also shows that same cop standing over Williams after he had surrendered, reaching for the handcuffs on his belt while Williams remained on the ground with his hands behind his back.
Almost ten seconds go by before DeSadier comes sprinting up to kick Williams in the head. He then proceeds to plant his body weight on Williams while telling him to "put your fucking hands behind your back!".
The arrest report made no mention of the kick but it did say he was transported to the hospital to be treated for “lacerations he suffered while trying to evade capture" but the video shows he was not evading anybody when he was kicked.
Williams pleaded guilty to flight from an officer and possession of drug paraphernalia but his attorneys say they are still plan on suing.
Patterns of excessive force against black people have persisted for too long, according to state Sen. Katrina Jackson.
“It's time for it to stop,” said Jackson, D-Monroe. “We're seeing it all across America.” [Yet how can it stop when in a system of based on physical coercion?]
Jackson pledged to file legislation during the next legislative session that would force police officers to give a statement within 24 hours of any disciplinary action. Such legislation was needed because some officers connected to Williams' arrest have not made any public statement.
DeSadier, 42, resigned after he was charged with two felonies. He faces up to ten years in prison. It does not appear as if he has entered a plea. Watch the shortened video above with a portion in slow motion to show the kick. The full video is here.