Police across the nation, please stop beating the crap out of peopleAA

AA(dudes lawyer is not only the president, also a client)

An attorney for a Hispanic man who was allegedly knocked to the ground and kicked by a police officer is seeking over $1 million dollars for his client, arguing that the city’s failure to teach law enforcement officers "fundamental Spanish" is the reason excessive force was used.

According to the suit filed in a Hunt County, Texas, district court on Wednesday, Jose Lopez was assaulted at a football game in 2004 by a Royse City police officer who allegedly knocked him to the ground and kicked him in the knee and face while wearing steel-toed boots.

In that suit, Domingo charges that an Irving police officer, who was cleared of all charged associated with the pepper-spraying and baton beating of Jose Palomino, an illegal alien who refused his orders to lay on the ground, was forced to use such tactics because he could not communicate in Spanish.

"The officer’s defense was that he wasn’t trained by the Irving police department on how to subdue a suspect without using a baton," Garcia told KILF radio talk-show host Greg Knapp. "And second, that the only phrase he knew in Spanish was, ‘Manos aqui’.

"Yes, In my defense I would like to say that I was never trained in the spanglish language by the city of Irvine.AA ThereforeAA I had to severely beat and mace the unarmed suspect, your honor." Good grief.AA

Garcia called Knapp’s use of the term "illegal alien" in reference to his client a "racial slur," likening it to "calling people nigger!"

WHOA WHOA WHOA… hold on… are they serious?AA This dude was in fact an illegal alien though.AA That’s the legal definition… that’s nothing like nigger.AA On the other hand, I do feel what the dude’s saying to some extent.AA For instance, I’m a ninja… but I still don’t want people calling me that on the street, you know what I mean?

The suit against Royce City is seeking $1 million in exemplary damages, $3,000 in medical expenses, $150,000 in damages for pain and suffering and $25,000 for lost wages, as well as an apology from the police officer.

No he didn’t take it as far as an apology… wow.AA I guess his feelings were hurt too.

Via: WorldNetDaily