Released Video From Silva Beating Shows His Last Moments; Video Of Actual Beating Still Missing
from the LEO-Video-Editing-Services,-open-for-business-24/7 dept
A pair of the cell phone recordings of the David Silva beating have been released by attorney Daniel Rodriguez. 23ABC News received the videos first, both of which capture the final moments of Silva's life. Unfortunately for those seeking more clarity as to the actions of the nine responding officers, these videos fail to provide much insight into the officers' actions during the previous 30-40 minutes.
Both videos were shot after the batons had stopped (allegedly) swinging. [The videos won't embed so you'll have to click through to view them.] In the first, Silva is surrounded by several members of law enforcement who are obviously still restraining him. You can hear faint orders to "get down" being yelled by the officers, but the most noticeable sounds come from Silva himself, who spends most of the runtime screaming.
The second video shows the efforts of law enforcement and the responding EMS unit to revive Silva. One of the offscreen voices makes a couple of interesting statements. First, he points out that officers "stood around for five minutes" by Silva's unmoving body before attempting resuscitation. The second, echoed by a female voice, lends some credence to the story put forth by several witnesses: "Now, it's a murder scene."
Also of note, at 5:19 a second cell phone, presumably recording, shows up in frame. This would appear to be the other cell phone that was seized by the Sheriff's Department, the one on which the footage is no longer available.
The witnesses claim that both phones had footage of officers striking and kicking Silva, but with both phones now returned to their owners, none of the footage has survived. Both phones made their way from the deputies who seized the phones to the Kern County Sheriff's Office, which then shared the phones with the Bakersfield PD and the FBI. The FBI has apparently analyzed both phones but has yet to release its findings.
Here's where we stand right now, according to Rodriguez:
Rodriguez told ABC23 that "the more incriminating video was one on the other cellphone." He said that video was shot "while the batons were swinging." Rodriguez added the second phone was returned to his client with no video. If a video was erased from that phone, he said, it could not be recovered because of the type of the device.
David Cohn, the attorney for David Silva's family, has his own concerns:
[Cohn] said his clients are concerned that the videos might be erased or destroyed, either accidentally or on purpose. He has not seen them.Cohn also (obviously) has his concerns about the phone seizures themselves.
"If I'd heard that they'd given them to the FBI, ok," he told The Associated Press on Tuesday. "But the Bakersfield Police Department, whom they work with on a daily basis? It certainly doesn't have the look of impartiality."
Cohn said the Sheriff's Department went "well beyond a reasonable search" in obtaining the videos, making no effort to ask for copies or voluntary cooperation from the witnesses.Beyond the deputies' abuse of these witnesses' rights, there's another aspect that may have made these seizures illegal, as posited by ExCop-LawStudent.
"They held these people hostage for several hours pending the serving of a search warrant. I've never heard of that before," he said.
The Privacy Protection Act, 42 U.S.C. 2000aa(a) (hereafter PPA), states:In support of this argument, the author cites the infamous case brought against the US by Steve Jackson Games, which had several work products seized by US Secret Service agents via a warrant, despite not being a suspect in the investigation at hand. The end result was $50,000 in damages plus attorney's fees being awarded to the game maker for these illegal seizures.
Notwithstanding any other law, it shall be unlawful for a government officer or employee, in connection with the investigation or prosecution of a criminal offense, to search for or seize any work product materials possessed by a person reasonably believed to have a purpose to disseminate to the public a newspaper, book, broadcast, or other similar form of public communication….
This law provides that if a person takes a video of police action and intends to disseminate it to the public, the police can only obtain the video by subpoena, not by a search warrant. In this case neither of the individuals who had their property seized were suspects in the crime being investigated, the death of David Silva at the hands of Kern County Sheriff’s deputies, nor were they being arrested.
The sheriff’s office was aware of the video because the individual that taped the beating called 911.
Further, that individual informed the 911 personnel that she intended to disseminate the video to the public (at 0:46 of the call), saying “I’m sending it to the news.” At this point, the Sheriff’s office was on notice that this was “work product” protected by the Privacy Protection Act, and should have been obtained by subpoena, not by a search warrant. Indeed, the law specifically provides that a warrant can only be used after a subpoena has failed to obtain the material.
The video supposedly containing the most damning footage is missing. What we do have available only shows the aftermath of the beating. We're still waiting for much more information to be released. There's been no word back from the FBI on its analysis of the phones. The coroner has yet to release an official cause of death and the sheriff's office has stated this process could take up to four months. Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood continues to make concerned noises, but the lack of conclusive video has also prompted a bit more hedging, along with some unfortunate statements.
"I have seen the video," Youngblood said last week. "I cannot speculate whether they acted appropriately or not just by looking at the video."The passive voice in this context is bordering on reprehensible. There's a person controlling the baton and that person presumably should have the training to ensure proper "placement" of the weapon. The two deputies seen on the surveillance tape seem to be controlling their batons very well, using both hands to swing and connect with Silva. Nine officers swinging batons at one man are going to run out of "appropriate" real estate on a human body very quickly.
The sheriff, however, acknowledged that there is a great deal of public concern about the incident and subsequent investigation. "It is not just troubling to the public, it is not just troubling to news media, it is troubling to me," he said. In an interview with The Times, he said the credibility of the department is at stake.
"Baton strikes were used, but what I don't know is how many and where they were on the body and if they caused significant injury that caused death," he said.
Youngblood said the baton is a less lethal weapon, and because of that its use doesn’t usually lead to deputies being placed on leave. But he said the head is not an appropriate place for a baton strike.
"Sometimes in the heat of battle, the baton doesn't go where you want it to go.... If someone has 20 baton strikes to the head, OK, that is easy for us. But when there is a fight or scuffle and a baton strike goes where it should not ... then you have to evaluate,” he said.
Youngblood seems to be drawing a line between proper baton use and a savage beating, but he's drawing the line in his office's favor. If all officers aimed exclusively and repeatedly for Silva's head, it's an open-and-shut case. But, if Silva struggled, or if blows rained down on other parts of his body as well, it's probably just good (if a bit too aggressive) police work (pending "evaluation").
Youngblood's statement serves two purposes: to define how far officers under his control actually have to go in terms of violence in order to warrant further review or disciplinary action, and to justify the fact that his deputies are still on active duty, despite earlier reporting that they had been placed on paid administrative leave until the investigation was complete.
It is common to place law enforcement officers on paid leave during investigations of arrest-related deaths, but the Californian reported the deputies involved remain on duty.Youngblood's deputies who allegedly beat a man to death are still on patrol. One hopes that they won't find themselves in any situations in which a baton strike might be used, or go where the deputies "don't want it to go."
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Murderers who kill their victim that violently with a blunt object repeatedly being banged against them tend to be considered ESPECIALLY dangerous and blood thirsty, because it's a lot harder kill someone that way then with a gun.
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Maybe they just see things differently?
“In Bakersfield, a muted response to beating by deputies”, by Diana Marcum, Paul Pringle and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, May 19, 2013
And from page 2 of that article…
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These are people that you're going to get on a jury panel in Kern County.
If you think of them as ”real sick puppies”, well, you're not going to pursuade them. Maybe you just got to write those folks off as “utterly unpursuadable” “just not gonna change their minds”.
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Having the footage deleted on the cellphone? Everyone involved should be punished. As in, NOT BEING PAID to be punished would be a start.
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Solution
1) All financial records of officers must be made available
2) Officers must attended therapy sessions and be removed from duty if they are mentally unfit
3) All police activity must be video and audio recorded (any missing data would result in the immediate dismissal of anyone remotely involved, including superiors)
4) Weekly drug tests of every officer
5) Monitoring of all officers email, texting and phone calls
I am sure there are additional solutions, but these should be implemented as a start.
If you are a good and qualified officer with nothing to hide, then you should have no problem with this.
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Number 2 does not seem too useful when Police Officers can lie but sure if their sanity is questioned then they can be sent off to be evaluated.
Number 4 seems a fair request and part of the job agreement but weekly seems a bit too intrusive where random checks can work better.
This whole case though is about cops not following established procedure rules, and even in breaking the law, where they will indeed be judged and fairly punished for what they have done.
I would hope to see in this case that the system works with no changes needed beyond reminding Police Officers to actually follow the law and standard procedures.
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Not really. On point #3, police in many states are already required to carry in-dash cameras. On point #1, senators and judges are required by law to disclose their financial records each year, and on point #5 certain elected officials are required to keep copies of all non-personal communications as part of the public record. It's not much of a stretch to require police officers to do the same.
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“No blows captured by CHP dash cam in Kern County fatality” by Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, May 14, 2013
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“Kern County Sheriff's Department to release all video related to David Silva death”, KERO 23ABC News, May 24, 2013
This story does not indicate one way or the other whether the California Highway Patrol may make that CHP video available.
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3 is in absolutely no way a 4th amendment search. Recording your employees while they are at work is not only perfectly legal it's pretty routine for many jobs.
5 Is already in place for work e-mail, texting on a work phone, and phone calls from phones at work. It's unclear from the list if it was meant to include monitoring of personal e-mail/texts/phone calls. That I would agree is too far although I don't think it's a 4th amendment issue either.
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Sheriff says he's against that idea.
“New coalition presses for citizens review panel”, by Alex Horvath, The Bakersfield Californian, May 23, 2013
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Bakersfield Police Chief also says he's against that idea.
“Can police investigate their own? Some want citizen oversight of police”, by Jose Gaspar, BakersfieldNow, May 22, 2013
Interesting that he mentioned the Grand Jury. We don't usually hear too much about the Grand Jury, 'cept in the context of ham sandwiches.
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My understanding is that the sergeant and six deputies originally remained on duty, but then were placed on paid administrative leave.
“Sheriff says deputies at fatal Kern County beating received threats”, By Diana Marcum, Paul Pringle and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, May 15, 2013
I have not seen any credible report since May 15 indicating that the sergeant and/or deputies have returned to normal duty.
(I have seen an unsourced rumour on some blog, but could not verify it with credible sources.)
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Yeah. The report in the Bakersfield Californian is datelined Monday, May 13, 2013.
“Sheriff's deputies in beating incident not placed on leave”
Then we have conflicting reports the next day. One outlet repeated the earlier info on Tuesday, while Fox News Latino reported on that day that the Sheriff's office wouldn't confirm the deputies' work status.
The day after that is the Wednesday, the 15th, and I haven't seen anything new since then.
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Not sure if you're agreeing with me or not. I think that May 20th KERO 23ABC News bit is just sourced from the May 13th Californian article. I can't find anything more recent in the Californian—but it could just be that my google-fu's a little off.
'Course the best way to get an answer might be to call KCSO and ask them.
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“Sheriff: Silva’s death 'accidental'”, KGET, May 23, 2013
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Seriously, I need some ideas. My requirements are reasonably good internet. Solid freedoms like press and speech. Reasonable copyright law. Switzerland is currently at the top of my list.
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I would use one of those services. If you 'run away' you may end up being beaten to death for 'resisting an officer'.
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As I've said, police aren't even thugs now, just attack dogs.
By the way, kids, over-reaction is good reason to NOT throw water balloons at police: yeah, it's minor in absolute terms but police will go wild in practice, and technically in that case be in the right.
Oh, and take this egregious tenuously related dig: I bet EVERY ONE of those savages played violent video games until they could do it in real life. How could violent games possibly lead to any other behavior than savagery?
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Once again Blue ignores any evidence contrary to his predetermined beliefs.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121219/09593821438/yet-more-evidence-shows-no-link-be tween-video-games-actual-violence.shtml
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130228/09391122151/vid eo-games-do-not-cause-violence-according-to-former-fbi-profiler.shtml
http://www.techdirt.com/art icles/20100609/1109309754.shtml
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090318/0212264165.shtml
The re is plenty more where that came from.
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No, I think what he's saying is that the eye witness accounts against the police officers here should be taken more seriously. Instead, everyone is only upset about the videos being (allegedly) destroyed.
In which case I think blue is missing the point. No one is dismissing the eye witness testimonies against the cops. We are simply outraged that the cops (were even allowed) to take evidence potentially incriminating them and destroy it. The alleged evidence should have never been allowed to enter into the hands of the cops, the very suspects here.
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Want to bet that when they get to court that all the witness will support the cops.
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Well, you know that these may not be the most credible witnesses that you could be wishing for.
“Video released in deputy beating”, KGET, May 20, 20113
Note especially Melissa and Sulina Quair's convictions for welfare fraud. A fraud conviction, of course, indicates some dishonesty.
No. These four are not altogether the most credible witnesses you could put on the witness stand.
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No real need to hit submit that quick. Use the preview button and make sure your thoughts are coming across as clear as you can make 'em.
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Well, ain't they said they gonna sue?
“Civil rights questions raised in phone seizure” by Carol Ferguson, Eyewitness News(KBAK/KBFX), May 21, 2013
When their attorney says they want to hold the authorities accountable, just how many millions of taxpayer dollars is he thinking of putting in that account?
That's just the American way… ain't it.
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But I suppose cops getting away with murder and the forceful and wrongful confiscation and destruction of evidence is OK. People like you will defend them.
That's just the American way, isn't it?
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They should be convicted of murder, yes, but that's a separate issue. They should separately be punished for the wrongful confiscation of (potential) evidence.
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They should separately pay for taking those cameras. The person whom the cameras was wrongfully taken from should be rewarded well. Do you know why? It will encourage more people to record the cops because, if they record the cops and the cameras are wrongfully taken, those making the recordings get rewarded. That is a good rule. Otherwise people will be discouraged from recording the cops knowing that they can get their cameras forcefully taken from them and not be compensated and accomplish nothing when the evidence is deleted. That's not a rule we want. The fact that these people had their cameras taken from them and should get compensation is independent on whether or not the cops are guilty of murder. Yes, the cops should be convicted of murder. But, separately, these people should be well compensated for having their cameras taken.
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Sadly I wouldn't be surprised to see them try that as an excuse if this ever goes to trial.
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Eye-witness testimony is notoriously sketchy. The camera, when it captures the whole truth and isn't tampered with, is a lot better than human memories, which can forget, rationalize, etc, and people have been convicted of a crime based on witness testimony when other technologies (i.e. DNA, video tape, etc.) have ultimately overturned those convictions. The problem is that cameras are still really crappy and don't capture everything, and they tend to be directional and may not capture stuff happening on the periphery.
However, it is not being edged out entirely. In most cases, video-tape and other technology enhances what the eye-witnesses saw, giving juries a better idea about what really happened.
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I agree. Blue is missing the point. No one is ignoring eye witnesses completely but camera evidence would be nice. For that potential (and likely) evidence to be put into the hands of the very suspects of the crime (the police) before having a chance to escape and then for those suspects to show nothing (they failed to produce any footage from that confiscated evidence absolving them of guilt and they failed to provide us with their own footage) is outrageous and, to me, should presume guilt. As a rule we, as a society, should not make it advantageous for cops to wrongfully confiscate and destroy evidence and if these cops are not convicted here then we have made such a thing a rule. Future cops need to know that when they are suspect they can not confiscate evidence like this without first being able to prove, beyond reasonable doubt, their innocence (which they have failed) or else they will be presumed guilty. This is unacceptable. What happened here, in all likelihood, is that footage was taken and deleted and anything after coming from law enforcement and various investigations is a circus designed to coverup the truth. I'm not buying it. I want murder convictions just for the cameras being confiscated the way they were. That should have never happened. and whoever confiscated those cameras need to be punished, severely.
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and this is why the cops should have had their own cameras recording the whole thing. Nine cops and no cop cameras. Incredible. Why didn't the cops bring their own cameras? Very suspect, very disturbing.
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This is actually quite common. Not very many agencies have car mounted cameras, and even fewer have officer mounted cameras. Cameras are expensive (though not really that bad,) and money has to get spread around to higher priorities. Many cops buy still cameras for investigations, but they don't carry them on them all the time. With camera cell-phones, this is often the best camera they have with them, capable of capturing video and still shots, and they aren't likely going to be using them when they interact with the public.
That is a little less suspect than phones of private citizens being taken and when returned, the video missing. That is extremely suspect, and is unacceptable. Evidence of a crime needs to be properly documented so that the chain-of-evidence is preserved. The people directly involved in the use of force that resulted in a death should not have had anything to do with the collection of the evidence, and the police should have asked for copies of the evidence, not confiscating the phone where the evidence could be destroyed by someone who is unfamiliar with the phone over a 3rd party who knows how to use the phone and doesn't have a vested interest in making the evidence disappear. There are way too many opportunities for corruption here, and the only way to fix it would have been following the rules (which assure integrity of the evidence over convenience.) They should have subpoenaed the evidence, not asked a judge for a search warrant. If they were concerned about tampering the evidence, then they could have sat with the person and assured that the video was recorded to CD properly.
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According to the witnesses' original attorney, John Tello, the witnesses permitted a police technician to attempt to copy the videos from the cellphone to a tablet computer. This unsuccessful attempt at copying occurred before the phones were seized.
The news report is unclear as to whether Mr Tello actually witnessed this attempt at copying, or whether he was relating something he had been told.
“Deputies' video confiscations come under scrutiny in fatal Bakersfield beating case”, by Steven Mayer and Jason Kotowski, The Bakersfield Californian, May 11, 2013
(Emphasis added.)
We don't know whether the police technician can corroborate the existence of videos on both cellphones. The fact that this first copying attempt was unsuccessful does not indicate either way whether or not videos existed on both cellphones, because we believe we have already seen video that was later obtained from one of the two cellphones.
Anyhow, though, it does appear that the police did indeed ask for copies while the cellphones were still in the possession of their owners.
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Regarding violent video games causing savagery, just shut the hell up. You're clearly speaking of something which you have no experience with and as such are incapable to comment on it's (v. video games) effect on behavior.
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This shouldn't surprise anyone though. The entire system is corrupt from the President down to the lowliest form of authority. It's only gonna get worse.
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The witnesses' current attorney, Daniel Rodriguez, states that even before deputies arrived at the home where the witnesses were held, the Sheriff's deputies ordered the witnesses not to post the videos online.
“Silva's screams mark video that lacks baton strikes” by Steven Mayer, The Bakersfield Californian, May 20 2013
Later on, in those morning hours, the witnesses' original attorney, John Tello, says he himself saw the conditions that the deputies held the witnesses in.
“Dad who died during arrest 'begged for his life'; witness videos seized”, by Laura Liera and Jason Kotowski, The Bakersfield Californian, May 9, 2013.
Sheriff Youngblood, though, at the press conference on May 23rd, disputed the media reports concerning the conditions that the witnesses were held under.
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Here today it is clarified that the law says the Police cannot use a warrant to seize a by-standers property if a news story is to be reported. Only a Subpoena can be used and that of course gives people time to do their thing.
It is also true that detaining someone in their home for hours is not on the good side of the law. Police Officers are not even allowed in your house without a warrant unless you invite them in.
So all a case of not knowing the law, not taking up their lawful rights, then allowing the Police to bully them and to abuse the law in order to delete critical evidence against them. To win there is only one choice... to be an even bigger bully and annoyance.
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Kern County Frets About Its Image
That article quoted a Los Angeles brand consultant Derrick Daye saying “there are real costs associated with negative perceptions.”
I think it's worthwhile to compare those worries against what happened in Spokane, Washington in the Otto Zehm case. And to compare the tone and slant of that article in the Bakersfield Californian against the Spokane Spokesman-Review's coverage of Zehm's beating and brutal death.
“How the Death of a Janitor Captured a City’s Media Narrative for 6 Years” by Benjamin Shors, Mediashift [PBS], June 20, 2012
I have to agree with Hatch, without the Spokesman-Review, the police coverup of Zehm's death probably would have succeeded.
That count of 280 stories has, of course, since been surpassed. The Spokesman-Review kept up its coverage through last November's sentencing for former-officer Karl Thompson and through this months' May 7th sentencing of former officer Tim Moses.
I have some personal ties to Spokane, so my impressions of that city are colored a bit. But I have to tell you, after following the Otto Zehm story, I do have one more lasting impression of Spokane:
That City of Spokane has one hell of a crusading newspaper.
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Then they only need to try to tie up every blow with the video evidence and who did what.
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My understanding is that the cause of death won't be determined for another several months.
“Many unanswered questions about David Silva's death”, KGET, May 13, 2013
In three to four months, how many people will still be interested? In three to four months is all this just going to be ancient news—some drunk guy who got dead?
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With three to four months there's a good chance a FOIA might get the prelimary out, and is using that in it's investigation if they are trying at all. I suggest using the FBI's results of recoving the videos as the measure of how hard they are trying, because if the phones were returned to the individuals working, the FBI most certainly can recover the videos.
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Curiously enough, at yesterday's news conference, Sheriff Youngblood said the two cellphones were still in the posession of the FBI.
KMJ News picked up on that statement and reported it in their story, “Kern County Deputies Not Responsible For Silva's Death” (May 23, 2013)
This, of course, is not consistent with other information that we have, which indicates that both phones were returned to their owners' attorney a week ago.
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If you shoot video of cops breaking the law and/or abusing someone, make disseminating the video(s) your top priority! Upload them! Email them to someone, even yourself! Hide the memory card! Don't just sit around waiting for the cops to show up and confiscate the phone/camera/card!
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at least the videos exist still
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I don't think you've been paying close attention.
Sheriff Youngblood was referring to the black-and-white security video taken by a camera near the corner of Palm Drive and Flower Street in East Bakersfield.
That video has already been published. You can view that video, among other places, embedded in the KERO 23ABC News story, “Newly released video allegedly shows fight between intoxicated man and law enforcement” (story by Cris Ornelas and Derek VandeWeg, May 10, 2013).
That's the video Sheriff Youngblood is talking about when he told the Los Angeles Times, "Baton strikes were used, but what I don't know is how many and where they were on the body and if they caused significant injury that caused death."
You look at that video and then say which officer hit what exactly where.
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With pepper spray and tasers readily available, I see this as a complete and utter failure to use the appropriate response to a noncompliant subject. Hell, with 9 of them, they could have just dog-piled onto the guy and subdued him with their sheer weight while someone got cuffs on him. Close enough to strike with a blunt object is close enough to use multiple other tactics to subdue, especially when fully equipped officers are dealing with an unarmed person.
I truly hope they burn for this savagery.
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Solution...
Check... and mate. Once it's on the web... it's on the web.
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do any of them read history?
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Press conference - Sheriff Donny Youngblood discusses Silva case
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Until they release photos of his body, I call bullshit.
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Sheriff Says No Baton Strikes To Head
I've also had a chance now to watch the video of the press conference once (via KERO 23ABC News), and although I was not taking notes, I believe I heard Sheriff Youngblood say that there were no baton blows to Silva's head. In answer to a question from the media, he stated that the bruising on Silva's face was consistent with a fall.
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Re: Sheriff Says No Baton Strikes To Head
“Sheriff defends deputies' conduct, says Silva's death accidental”, by Jason Kotowski, The Bakersfield Californian, May 23, 2013
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Coroner's Report
The report is numbered C00905-13, dated 5/8/2013 01:00.
The link for the PDF is contained within the story, “Sheriff: 'No strikes to the head or neck of Mr. Silva'”, BakersfieldNow, May 24, 2013
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Re: Coroner's Report
According to the Californian, David Cohn, the attorney for David Silva's family, says that he will have an expert review the autopsy report.
“Attorneys rebut sheriff's findings, criticisms”, by Steven Mayer, The Bakersfield Californian, May 23
Still no indication whether Silva's family intends to have another pathologist reexamine the body.
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DA denies that she's a "Rubberstamp"
“Next in Silva case: Kern County District Attorney reviews case”, by Denise Charles, KERO 23ABC News, May 24, 2013
According to KGET, DA Green has also said that she hasn't watched any of the videos. (“District Attorney to review in-custody death investigation”, May 24, 2013)
DA Green also told another reporter that her goal is to keep up public confidence in law enforcement.
“District Attorney to review Silva case” by Cristi Jessee, May 24,2013
Not a rubberstamp. Haven't seen videos. Stay confident!
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2nd degree mansaughter 8 counts
White lives here don't matter!
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