Saturday, March 14, 2015

Judge Scolds Lying Cops, Acquits 16-yo Boy of Assault on Police After Video Shows Self-Defense

Portland, OR — On Thursday, a 16-year-old boy, who was facing multiple criminal charges for allegedly assaulting a police officer, was found not guilty on all charges.
Circuit Judge Diana Stuart ruled that Thai Gurule, a Roosevelt High School sophomore, did not resist arrest. He also didn’t strangle and assault police officers as they had originally claimed.
Stuart’s strongly worded decision took more than 15 minutes to read aloud as she made sure to let the cops involved in the incident know they were in the wrong. She explained how the “melee of fists and punches and bodies falling upon him,” put Gurule at great risk of bodily harm.
The judge went on to voice her discontent with the dishonesty in the officers’ reports.

Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/judge-scolds-lying-cops-acquits-16-yo-boy-assault-police-video-shows-self-defense/#EkrCeHpDSMvIPyXe.99

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