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Jag skrek högt av smärta och kved att jag är en fredens och kyrkans man.
Polisen fortsatte utan att tveka och tryckte knäet mot min ryggrad, bakband mina armar samtidigt som han ansträngde sig för att mosa mig mot marken.
Polismannen vred mitt huvud åt sidan och började slå upprepade gånger med knuten näve mot mitt ansikte, hårt och brutalt.
- Jag bad till gud att ljudet av krossade ben som jag hörde, inte skulle ge mig hjärnskador.
En annan polisman som tittat på verkade ändå aningen förvånad när han såg mitt misshandlade ansikte och min "prästkrage".
- Jag förklarade för honom att jag var guds man och att en annan typ av värld faktiskt är möjlig.
Polisen satte därefter handbojor på mig och förde bort mig på en 12-timmar lång resa i kvalificerat elände i deras fångenskap...
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*Händelsen inträffade under en demonstration för Occupy 2011, där den fredlige Pastor John Michael Helmiere var närvarande i sina prästkläder. Stämningen mot myndigheterna har nyligen lämnats in.
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Twitterbild: https://twitter.com/PolicePoliceACP
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Pastor Files Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit After Being Brutally Beaten by Police
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2014-12-19 thefreethoughtproject.com
Seattle, Wash. – A Seattle pastor, Reverend John Michael Helmiere, who was brutally beaten during a protest, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging his First Amendment rights were violated, that he was subjected to excessive force, and that he was subjected to a wrongful arrest and malicious prosecution.
The lawsuit stems from an incident during a protest outside of Harbor Island pier in December of 2011. Helmiere, a United Methodist pastor who leads Valley & Mountain Fellowship in Seattle’s Hillman City neighborhood, was dragged from the crowd by cops during the protest, then thrown to the ground and viciously assaulted by an officer, leaving him bloodied, with cuts and bruises on his face.
Helmiere, a Yale Divinity School graduate, believes his constitutional rights were violated, and filed the federal suit in hopes of changing the way Seattle cops treat the public they are alleged to serve.
On the evening in question, roughly 300 to 400 demonstrators were gathered outside of Terminal 18 to take part in an act of civil disobedience, with the intention of blocking traffic and temporarily closing the port.
Helmiere was in attendance as a chaplain and was wearing his clerical collar, while calling for peaceful action, as bicycle police began to clash with protestors.
The cops began using their bicycles to shove people back as they attempted to clear the street, at which point an officer grabbed him from behind and threw him to the ground, according to Helmiere.
After being thrown to the ground, the officer then began to beat Helmiere, punching him repeatedly in the face. The attack left the pastor bloodied, as the beating split his forehead open and left numerous bruises as a reminder of his victimization at the hands of Seattle’s finest.
In typical cop fashion, police claim Helmiere was ordered by officers to “get out of the street” and upon refusal to comply was arrested for suspicion of obstructing justice. He was then held overnight and charged with pedestrian interference and obstruction, both of which were dismissed in August 2013.
In the federal court filings however, attorneys representing Helmiere – Kenan Isitt, Christopher Carney and Sean Gillespie – contend that officers lied about the events that transpired regarding Helmiere’s arrest to cover for their brutal actions.
The minister wrote about the incident on his blog shortly after it happened writing,
The lawsuit stems from an incident during a protest outside of Harbor Island pier in December of 2011. Helmiere, a United Methodist pastor who leads Valley & Mountain Fellowship in Seattle’s Hillman City neighborhood, was dragged from the crowd by cops during the protest, then thrown to the ground and viciously assaulted by an officer, leaving him bloodied, with cuts and bruises on his face.
Helmiere, a Yale Divinity School graduate, believes his constitutional rights were violated, and filed the federal suit in hopes of changing the way Seattle cops treat the public they are alleged to serve.
“Jesus talked about forgiveness for individuals. But really, this is less about the individual police officers … than the system they represent. The system needs to be held accountable,” said Helmiere, according to Seattlepi.com.
On the evening in question, roughly 300 to 400 demonstrators were gathered outside of Terminal 18 to take part in an act of civil disobedience, with the intention of blocking traffic and temporarily closing the port.
Helmiere was in attendance as a chaplain and was wearing his clerical collar, while calling for peaceful action, as bicycle police began to clash with protestors.
The cops began using their bicycles to shove people back as they attempted to clear the street, at which point an officer grabbed him from behind and threw him to the ground, according to Helmiere.
After being thrown to the ground, the officer then began to beat Helmiere, punching him repeatedly in the face. The attack left the pastor bloodied, as the beating split his forehead open and left numerous bruises as a reminder of his victimization at the hands of Seattle’s finest.
In typical cop fashion, police claim Helmiere was ordered by officers to “get out of the street” and upon refusal to comply was arrested for suspicion of obstructing justice. He was then held overnight and charged with pedestrian interference and obstruction, both of which were dismissed in August 2013.
In the federal court filings however, attorneys representing Helmiere – Kenan Isitt, Christopher Carney and Sean Gillespie – contend that officers lied about the events that transpired regarding Helmiere’s arrest to cover for their brutal actions.
The minister wrote about the incident on his blog shortly after it happened writing,
“- An officer pulled me down from behind and threw me to the asphalt. Between my cries of pain and shouts of “I’m a man of peace!” he pressed a knee to my spine and immobilized my arms behind my back, crushing me against the ground.
- With the right side of my face pressed to the street, he repeatedly punched the left side of my face for long enough that I had time to pray that the crunching sounds I heard were not damaging my brain.
- I was cuffed and pulled off the ground by a different officer who seemed genuinely appalled when he saw my face and clerical collar. He asked who I was and why I was here, to which I replied, “I’m a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ, I believe another world is possible.”
- He led me shaking to a police van where began a 12-hour journey of incarcerated misery.”
After much deliberation about how to react to the wrongs committed against him by the Seattle police, Helmiere said he was “called to tell the truth” regarding the abuse he received at the hands of law enforcement.
The city has not yet responded to the lawsuit, and there was no specific demand for monetary compensation made.
When officers are so brazen as to beat a man of the cloth, while wearing his clerical collar and attending a protest as a chaplain, it begs the question; is there anyone that cops are not willing to brutalize?
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/pastor-violently-beaten-police-protest-files-federal-lawsuit/#MBc2tRS4EH4Vdt5K.99
http://www.infowars.com/pastor-files-federal-civil-rights-lawsuit-after-being-brutally-beaten-by-police/
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