Seattle PD assault on Latino male

The recent assault by a Seattle PD Police officer on an unarmed latino male was completely uncalled for. I hope that a full investigation is completed and if what happened was what appears on the tape; then I hope that the officer is fired and is charged with the assault. I understand that the men were suspects because they fit the description but I thought that we were innocent until proven guilty! The guy did not deserve to be talked to the way he did or be physically assaulted.

Thankfully, a brave citizen recognized what was happening and got it on tape. I wonder if Detective Shandy Cobane’s apology was because he genuinely felt remorse for what he did or he felt remorse that he was caught on tape. Shandy... maybe he has a complex because of his name... Another thing that truly bothered me was the calmness of the officers at the scene. No one intervened or told Officer Cobane to calm down or to stop his actions. This shows that this was nothing new or shocking about it. Their body language never even changed during the assault. They need to be charged as well. The potential suspects were at a disadvantage and were lying on their stomachs in the prone position. Cobane’s actions were not needed, nor were his words. Why call him a homey? Because he was Mexican? The word HOMEY was just as racist as the rest of what he said. I would expect a lot more professionalism from a 15 year veteran of the force. If a mexican or black citizen would have done this to another citizen or a police officer... they would be in jail this minute!!!
Where is COBANE? He is still working in a "Reassigned" role and collecting a paycheck. He needs to be sitting in a jail cell with the rest of the officers who were present. Let his mother or wife come bail him out and have his kids in the car... maybe THEN he will see what he has done. With the anti-Latino sentiment spreading through this country, this could have not come at a worse time for him or the Seattle Police Department.

UPDATE: 13May2010...

As it turns out, the second officer involved Officer Mary Woollum (the female that stomped on the VICTIMS legs) has been investigated in the past for a severe beating of a homeless minority... I couldn't find the picture but they showed it on the news here in Seattle last night and they messed this guy up pretty bad... he almost died, the report said. If I had to guess from the picture... he was either Native American, Latino, Asian or Pacific Islander... thats how disfigured his face was... AND this Cop has gone on to become a field training officer!!! So this lady is teaching the newest members of the Seattle PD how to discriminate and assault minorities in the name of the city and the law!!!! Its a history with her... this is twice that she has been caught! How many other times has it happened???
If I were a member of the Seattle PD, I would be spilling some beans about what is really going on, only THEN may the citizens of Seattle start to feel safe. There are some good cops in the Seattle PD... I know personally... but this is not good for the good cops OR the people of Seattle.

Arizona Law = Jim Crow... Great Commentary from a Classmate of ours...

>>>Do we spot an illegal immigrant by the way they dress, speak, and/or act in a public setting? What assumptions do we make in order to determine that they ARE un-documented? The reason why I am equating this bill with the Jim Crow system is because POLICE ARE USING THE SAME SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY A BLACK PERSON TO DETERMINE IF THEYRE FREED SLAVES OR RUNAWAY SLAVES. I have spoken with descendants of slaves in the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia. So therefore, the way I equated the bill with this system IS valid. Oftentimes, whites will stop Black men and Black women in a public setting thinking they are runaway slaves. And oftentimes if they can't prove it or they don't have their FREEDOM PAPERS with them, they will be prosecuted or beaten. So therefore, their "FREEDOM PAPERS" have to be with them AT ALL TIMES or they risk being thrown back into slavery. SO IN ORDER TO AVOID PROSECUTION. DO HISPANICS HAVE TO CARRY PROPER DOCUMENTS WITH THEM NOW AT ALL TIMES TO PROVE THAT THEY ARE LEGAL ALIENS?

>>>So yes, I am UNEDUCATED, I am IGNORANT, I am MIS-INFORMED. And I, along with many MINORITIES, are prominent LIARS and WE always make baseless allegations of Racism, and the narratives of slaves that have been erased in our history is NOT REAL. And this Arizona Bill is not UNJUST in order to keep these Mother fuckin' Bottom Feeders off "YOUR-Diverse-Everyone-is- Welcoming-COUNTRY." And the US policing system HAS been entirely reformed since slavery… in your white eyes at least. (Read Kristian Williams' "Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America"--- I know you won't because I's un-Educated)

>>>To say the least, the bill's aim is to "identify", prosecute, and deport illegal immigrants. The question is: how will Arizona identify illegal immigrants? That's right… I forgot… the same way law enforcement nationwide has inefficiently identified every Black men & women as runaway slaves when proper document is lacking- the same way law enforcement has inefficiently indentified Black, Brown, and Native men of today with the preconceived notion that they're all criminals until proven innocent.

>>>Remember this: YOU DON'T BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU. Because in reality, you and I know that we middle and upper class people think that these farm jobs are beneath us. This country won't survive without them. Let's say Obama just says: "You white people are right, what was I thinking?… let's haul all of 'em and put these people on produce trucks then drive them to the border"--- Let's just see if your Mammy will be on her knees for 12 hours or more a day in Washington or California farms harvesting potatoes, or picking apples and cherries on orchards. So before you say grace- make sure to Thank the Hispanic people that harvested that lettuce and tomato in your salad.

>>>Since our job as people of color is to make you feel comfortable, It would probably be easier for you if you heard a white man saying what minorities have been saying regarding Racism, so I recommend you read WHITE LIKE ME by an antiracist named TIM WISE. (Again, Tim Wise might not be real "cus Im not learnin nuttin' in da skool house.")

>>>His words would carry more validity, because afterall- I AM un-EDUCATED and "Im not knowin' nothin better then jes cause all these rawkus on white folks." Thank You. Have a Nice Day.