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
Police have all ways been out of control in L.A. !!!
pigs
Don’t the cop cars have cameras?
Veterans going to this town en masse would bring out the military with orders to “shoot to kill.” The cop cars surely had cameras but the record would be conveniently erased. Remember what I’ve said about a police state?
under Obama, never will never be justice. That’s the police he trained to kill, not to serve and protect.
These cops need to be charge for their crime!!!!
we the people need to put a stop to this kind of police tactics
Are these just stories or are you people for real?
It time we start fighting back it makes me sick to see the abuses that the police are getting away with.
I thought COP’s were to protect and serve. It is time to lock up the cops and turn loose the inmates.