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
I understand how mad you are at cops after reading this swayed media write up. No I doubt these officers needed to go as far as they did but I wasn’t there and neither were you people. Many war veterans come home with mental illness ie PTSD, and many resort to drugs such as meth for self medication. These are the ingredients for a ticking time bomb. I’m not saying this was the case in this situation but we don’t know because we weren’t there. All we have is this one sided write up to get us all fired up. Let the police do their investigation and the CHP will do there own internal investigation on every one of the officers involved. If these officers were in the wrong, I guarantee you they will be held accountable for their actions. People are so quick to point fingers at cops and spew hatred towards cops until they need one.
T&A, I agree with you, we need to wait and see. I was calling to check on the validity of the story, but the DA’s secretary’s statement told me its true- 5 against 1. Beat to death. In my old granny mind, nobody should be beating up on anybody. Period. But, then, I am an old granny. Need I say more?
I say we all start doing the same thing to them. Just start randomly blanket partying police and beat them until they’re dead
Outrageous,i’d say,5 on 1,and police doing the beating till he dies,They all neeed too be pt up in front of a firing squad.
It’s terrible to have gone thru’ the 2 wars and come home to be beaten by cops….5 against 1? They should be brought up for MURDER! This was needless and should’ve been handled better.
AND WHERE IS HIS FAMILY, HIS NEIGHBORS, HIS MILITARY BUDDIES??? WAITING FOR THE SYSTEM TO WORK IS FUTILE!!! WHEN NOTHING IS DONE IMMEDIATELY AND WITHOUT HESITATION, ITS AN ACT OF COMPLIANCE AND HUMILITY!! WHERE IS THE JUSTICE? WHERE IS THE ACCOUNTABILTY? WHERE ARE THE HEROS OF HUMANITY? ALL IVE SEEN ARE COWARDS AND THE BLAH, BLAH OF SHEEP. I KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO IF THAT HAPPENED TO A FAMILY MEMBER IN MY AREA!!!
Hang all of them NOW
THE SAME TREATMENT FOR THEM!! R.I.P YOUNG MAN!!!
if these clowns don’t go to jail for a long time, we deserve what we are going to get!
whether he was mad or angry gives them NO right to beat him!!!!