Tommy Yancy, veteran of the Afghan and Iraq wars and father of two, was beaten to death by CHP after they pulled him over for not having a front license plate in Imperial, CA, this past Sunday, Mother’s Day.
A witness to the event claimed he was not resisting arrest at all, but was first attacked by a police K-9, hit with a taser, and then beaten by five officers until he died.
Another witness said that Tommy Yancy was “mad” and “uncooperative” during the traffic stop, but that police went too far in their beating.
A close friend of Yancy described him as “shy, and a comedian” an “excellent dad, who kept in contact with his army buddies every week.” His sister-in-law, Jaqueline Hernandez, described him to as “a very loving guy, loved his kids to death… they were his everything. Very funny down to earth guy, and loved by all”.
I don’t care if this man was belligerent, you don’t kill people for belligerence or even for taking a swing at an officer, especially when there are 5 cops around who can easily subdue him.
The incidence of police brutality in this country is skyrocketing as we see the federal gov’t arming themselves to the teeth, our Constitutional rights stripped and gun control measures being enacted across the country.
The government is conditioning us to ‘absolute domination or suffer the ultimate price’ by hiring these thugs and turning them lose on society.
There is so much rampant police brutality now it almost seems that brutalizing and killing people is part of some initiation process.
You can voice your complaint to the district attorney in Imperial, CA at this number: 760-482-4331
Were the officers arrested?? Damn this has to stop.
There might be a scapegoat, but they will continue to behave this way.
The communist police state is forming under Obama!
The cop should be hung until death
stay out of California and don’t spend your money there
WTF?
No excuse …get these CHP thugs !
California is like another country intirally differant then the rest of the USA stay away.
This angers me. Why does it take a dog, a laser and five officers to restrain one man? I want to here the oput come on this one.
These thugs need too be put in prison if this is true….They beat a veteran that who fought for so called freedom….so i fought for there freedom so they could kill me…WTF……My heart goes out too the family of this veteran…..they will answer the the LORD for what they did…..OUCH