On Thursday’s CBS "Early Show," co-host Maggie Rodriguez teased a segment on police brutality: "And in our next half hour, another woman badly hurt while in police custody. And it was caught on videotape. Growing concern this morning about police hostility towards women." In another tease, Rodriguez declared: "Coming up here in our next half hour, caught on videotape, women being hurt by police." At this time video of a male police officer tasering a woman appeared on screen with the caption: "Police Targeting Women?"
In the later segment, following a report by correspondent Jeff Glor on a recent allegation of a Louisiana police officer beating a woman in custody, Rodriguez and CBS Legal Analyst Lisa Bloom saw a broader trend as Rodriguez exclaimed: "What strikes me from this incident and others is that we're seeing male officers beating in this case, strip searching, tasing, female suspects and not even large women, you know, petite women like us."
At this point, Bloom made an outrageous generalization, comparing male police officers to convicted and suspected murderers:
You know, wives of police officers have long claimed there was a problem with police officers abusing women. Bobby Cutts was just convicted last week of murdering his pregnant girlfriend. Drew Peterson is a suspect in his missing wife's probable death. This has been a long, ongoing problem with police officers and abusing women. What we have now is the introduction of the videotape. And women don't have to just make a claim. They have some proof. Juries love videotapes. They see it as the best evidence of what went on. So some of these claims could probably be pursued more aggressively than they were in the past.
Here is the full transcript of the segment:
7:01AM TEASER:
MAGGIE RODRIGUEZ: Also we have more on the Shreveport, Louisiana cop caught on tape, look at this, leaving a woman in handcuffs in a pool of blood. Add that to the woman in handcuffs who was strip searched by men, another tasered ten times. This morning the growing concern over police hostility towards women.
7:12AM TEASER:
RODRIGUEZ: And in our next half hour, another woman badly hurt while in police custody. And it was caught on videotape. Growing concern this morning about police hostility towards women.
7:21AM TEASER:
RODRIGUEZ: Coming up here in our next half hour, caught on videotape, women being hurt by police.
7:30AM TEASER:
RODRIGUEZ: Yet another disturbing videotape has emerged this week. A woman in handcuffs left in a pool of blood. The police officer fired. It's the latest in a string of incidents caught on tape. An Ohio woman tasered ten times. Another woman in handcuffs strip searched by men. Ahead, the growing concern about police hostility towards women.
7:31AM SEGMENT:
MAGGIE RODRIGUEZ: But first, we go to the Louisiana police officer fired for allegedly abusing a woman in his custody. The incident was recorded on police videotape, and we warn you what you're about to see is graphic. CBS News Correspondent Jeff Glor has the story.
JEFF GLOR: As the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's office join the growing investigation into this videotape, new information is emerging about the officer accused of brutality. 30-year-old Wily Willis, who was fired February 5th, had two lawsuits filed against him in 2006, one by a mother who says Willis put a gun to her son's head and threatened to shoot him, another by a woman who says she was arrested because she filed a complaint against Willis. Most recently Willis is seen on tape, recorded November 17th, with 42-year-old Angela Garborino, who'd been arrested on DWI and hit and run charges. The pair appear to struggle before Willis turns the camera off. When it comes back on, Garborino is lying down, a pool of blood next to her. She had a broken nose, two broken teeth, and two black eyes. She says Willis beat her up. He says she fell. Shreveport's police chief says he is outraged by what he saw on the tape, which is why he fired Willis. But Willis has not been charged with any crime. And the chief defended the department's policy of turning off cameras.
HENRY WHITEHORN: Once officer Willis determined she was not going to submit to the chemical test for intoxication, he decided to end the testing procedure, which included videotaping. Turning off the tape at this point was standard procedure.
GLOR: The Shreveport police union, meanwhile, is coming to Willis' defense, saying the chief didn't follow protocol and that Willis' rights were violated.
MICHAEL CARTER: So we wondered why there was a firing if there wasn't enough for a criminal case.
GLOR: The union says they believe Willis' story, that these frightening injuries were sustained when Garborino fell down. Jeff Glor, CBS News, Shreveport, Louisiana.
RODRIGUEZ: This is just the latest in a series of incidents where a police officer accused of brutalizing women. Joining us is CBS News Legal Analyst, Lisa Bloom. Good morning Lisa.
LISA BLOOM: Good morning.
RODRIGUEZ: First let's go back to that last point made in Jeff's piece. The union says that she sustained those injuries by falling down. Have you ever seen someone fall down and black eyes?
BLOOM: It's absolutely preposterous. If somebody slips and falls, they may hurt their wrist, they may get a bump on their head. They don't have two black and blue eyes, two missing teeth and found lying in a pool of their own blood.
RODRIGUEZ: And what about the fact that this officer had been sued two times before?
BLOOM: Yeah, the police officer was on notice legally, that there's a problem with this officer. They continued to retain him. So the police officer -- the police department probably has some civil liability resulting from that.
RODRIGUEZ: What strikes me from this incident and others is that we're seeing male officers beating in this case, strip searching, tasing, female suspects and not even large women, you know, petite women like us.
BLOOM: You know, wives of police officers have long claimed there was a problem with police officers abusing women. Bobby Cutts was just convicted last week of murdering his pregnant girlfriend. Drew Peterson is a suspect in his missing wife's probable death. This has been a long, ongoing problem with police officers and abusing women. What we have now is the introduction of the videotape. And women don't have to just make a claim. They have some proof. Juries love videotapes. They see it as the best evidence of what went on. So some of these claims could probably be pursued more aggressively than they were in the past.
RODRIGUEZ: And maybe it'll lead to policy changes. For example, the woman who was strip searched by men.
BLOOM: Right, absolutely. And that should never happen. And most police departments have a policy, only same-sex strip searches. And the incident in Louisiana, there's no excuse for how that police officer appears to have behaved. First of all, when the incident started to escalate, he should have called in another police officer. He could have cuffed her to the chair. He could have used less restrictive means to control the woman if, indeed, she was getting physically abusive. He's a younger, much stronger male. She's an older, weaker woman. There's no reason for that kind of physical hostility towards her.
RODRIGUEZ: Alright, Lisa Bloom, thank you.
BLOOM: Thank you.
RODRIGUEZ: Appreciate your time.
—Kyle Drennen is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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Wait a second
February 21, 2008 - 18:45 ET by dronetekOne of the big flaps this past week was about a female officer pushing a guy out of his wheel chair right? What the hell are they talking about?
I think that was a male
February 21, 2008 - 18:53 ET by ckc1227I think that was a male officer, but it works just the same. I guess it proves that police like to abuse the handicapped.
For the Record
February 21, 2008 - 19:52 ET by allanfFor the record, the deputy in this case was a woman.
Little Women Redux
February 21, 2008 - 19:04 ET by okiehawk44Lisa Bloom certainly knows how to profile the good ones from the bad ones -- by size! I'll remember that next time Lisa.
BTW Lisa: Wasn't Bonnie Parker a little tiny speck of a woman? 5' or 4'11" or something? Hum? How big was that shotgun she liked to use on cops? Hum? Little Women = BIG TROUBLE?
Come see the violence inherent in the system!
February 21, 2008 - 19:28 ET by landsharkOf course police are targeting women. Police are the jackboot enforcers for the white, heterosexual, male fascists running society. Clearly they're upset that Hillary is threatening their authority by running for president and they're moving to crush all females as a message.
</sarcasm>
No seriously, how do the libtards maintain this kind of mindset all the time?
you've come a long way baby
February 21, 2008 - 20:40 ET by WesenIf a woman is going to live like a man she should have the same consequences.
If a=b, and b=c, then a, b, and c prove the stoopidiy of the MSM
February 21, 2008 - 21:37 ET by EvilCon555EvilCon555
Ok let's take this logic of the MSM one step further - stay with me...cause your head might explode....
If policemen are suddenly targeting women (garnering the comparison to murderers and convicts) and inflicting abusive physical harm across the board to any woman they come across, drunken or not....then the NYTimes will target and smear Republicans for the same demented abusive reason....
All police abuse women....All NYTimes reporters abuse Republicans.
In algebraic terms, using that corrupt logic, like any police officer, the NYTimes is inhernently evil....they act out of malice and with no thought to professional integrity....gee....wait...ummmm...gosh...this logic might be....the double standard the MSM hides behind every freakin DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARRRRGGGGHHHHHHH
If the pigeon holing shoe fits, then wear it.
Disclaimer: I don't think for a minute that the police, as a generality, are in the business of abusing women. Nor do I think that the reporters at the NYTimes are only in the business of demeaning Conservatives and publishing false or unsubstantiated reports in order to advance a liberal agenda....what I do think is the police story is crappola and the NYTimes is in the tank for MoveOn.org.
You are welcome...
Insanity
February 21, 2008 - 23:23 ET by saw the lightI work with police officers nearly every day, and see them in many stressful situations. Without exception, all handled themselves with the utmost professionalism.
This just angers me to no end. I live near the town of Kirkwood, MO, the site of the city hall shootings. Two policemen were murdered. One a good friend of my wife. These guys swore to protect the citizens and they did for all.
Police abuse spouses because of Drew Peterson and Bobby Cutts? Talk about generalizations! Real in-depth reporting! By this measure, aren't all NFL quarterbacks animal abusers? All eastern governors closet homosexuals? All reporters plagiarists?
OK, skip that last one.
new twist to old feminist lies about cops
February 22, 2008 - 01:12 ET by j17ghsFeminists have long lied about cops beating their wives and girlfriends to get mandatory arrest laws passed at the state level. These laws assume that -- because cops beat their own women, children, dogs, etc. -- cops must not have discretion over whether someone gets arrested in a domestic violence case. These laws mandate that police arrest the "primary aggressor," which means the person with the testicles, as cops can put their careers in jeopardy if they arrest too many women each year for abuse.
Finally, feminists offer a token of sympathy to cops by saying that cops are under a lot of stress so they beat the women in their lives for sport to compensate. Yup, you've come a long way baby. Just remember that those who trade liberty for security deserve neither.
Yes, it is an observed
February 22, 2008 - 11:13 ET by dscottYes, it is an observed generalization that there is an unwritten rule among the police to arrest the male in Domestic disputes under the assumption the male being physically stronger is likely to do the most harm. However, many studies have shown females are more likely to start a physical confrontation with slaps and kicks. In the male world view, the one who throws the first punch is the aggressor. In the PC world view its the male unless the police actually she her do it.
But that aside, I detect a pro-Hillary bent catering to female victimization. Whatever your opinions are of Domestic Violence, what is really going on here is the MSM is trying to re-establish the pecking order of victimization. Females are supposed to be at the top of the order, followed by Blacks, then other races, then gays, then unions, then the environment, etc. What this is really about is Liberal code for get your priorities straight, vote for Hillary she's the priority victim here.
Furthermore, villifying the Police over female victimization is a liberal coverup because the Police are now less inclined on cutting females slack in the commission of crime. The crime stats show female rates of incarceration and convictions are rising every year. You can't claim victimization when you're the documented aggressor. So the libs at this point have to get the Police to back off on applying the same standards to females as males through their tactics of assertion and accusation. That's the real story behind the news, the Police have finally gotten the point that doing bad things or breaking the law is an equal opportunity offense. I have a saying that "sin is an equal opportunity offender". To make the claim that females are less inclined to commit crime is a genetically based argument for superiority. I reject all such genetic premises as once you accept this notion, then you also can accept the notion about Black genetic propensities and we all know that is concentrated undistilled ugly racism.
Lord Sidious / Darth Vader 2008 Long Live the Empire! Come to the Dark Side, it is your Destiny.
Where was their outrage when the victims were prolifers?
February 22, 2008 - 06:30 ET by GrannyGrump42http://realchoice.0catch.com/library/weekly/aa052600a.htm
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
On March 11, 1989, rescuers were piled onto buses with tinted windows. There, out of sight of the public, they were beaten by the police. 120 rescuers were refused food for 33 hours under the pretense that they might "start a riot," even though the Salvation Army offered repeatedly to feed them. Several diabetic and hypoglycemic rescuers had to be hospitalized. All religious items belonging to rescuers were taken, destroyed in front of them, and thrown in the trash.
The prolife women were targeted for special treatment once they got to the police station. They were kicked, beaten, and dragged around by their hair and breasts. Some male officers stripped off the women's shirts and bras, and fondled their breasts in full view of cheering male prisoners. Police punched women in the breasts and threatened to rape and sodomize them. Doctor's reports issued after their release state that the women were "obviously and violently beaten."
Sacramento, California
In July 1989, rescuers at the Feminist Women's Health Center were maced by police, despite the fact that they remained totally passive and nonthreatening. Two newborn babies in the arms of bystanders also were maced.
West Hartford, Connecticut
In March of 1989, police removed their badges before approaching the prolifers. They grabbed rescuers and dragged them on their faces and by their hair for distances of 100 to 150 feet, breaking at least five bones. Police also hoisted rescuer's full body weight on crossed nightsticks, purposely inflicting extreme pain and in some cases dislocating the prolifers' shoulders. When rescuers could not control themselves and screamed in agony, the police laughed.
All injured persons, including those with broken bones, were denied medical treatment for 32 hours. Many rescuers were thrown into cold cells, and the air conditioning was turned on full blast to chill them. They were not given blankets for two days.
Sacramento, California
In July 1989, rescuers at the Feminist Women's Health Center were maced by police, despite the fact that they remained totally passive and nonthreatening. Two newborn babies in the arms of bystanders also were maced.
Atlanta, Georgia
The brutality against Atlanta prolifers is unusual in that some of it was actually televised. Prolifers were kicked, punched, hit and dragged to arrest for protesting abortion at the city's major abortion clinics in early October of 1988.
One prolifer, Pastor Doyle Clark, passed out when a police officer jammed his thumbs into Clark's ears. Clark was so brutalized while in prison that he required hospitalization, and almost died.
One possible explanation for the media blackout on police brutality against prolifers is the treatment many in the media faced while covering the events. One journalist covering the Atlanta rescue, Al J. Briganti of CBS News, said he and his crew were told by police, "You can shoot in this direction (toward the clinic) and we won't arrest you. Shoot in the other direction (where rescuers would be arrested) and we will arrest you." Given the brutality being inflicted on the non-resisting prolifers, one can readily understand the journalists' reluctance to risk being arrested themselves.
Some of the police abuse against prolifer has been recorded on tape. Go here and see what happens from 2:34 to3:35 , especially at 3:13. Yes, the break that man's arm.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LVbkgO-GUhY
Where was the outcry? There was none.