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
So uncalled for .
the cops keep up with their beating and have no intent to enforce the law . they are communist and nothing is being done.
There is no excuse for the actions of these rent a cops.
ANOTHER MURDER BY DIRTY BASTARD COPS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All 5 of these cops need to be fired and never let to be cops again any where. If one would have stepped forward and stopped it, that’s all it would take. But all five need to suffer the consequences of their actions. Twenty Years is minimum.
Reminds me of Hitler’s Gestapo
people need to treat the cops the same way
This is awful.
jo says:
“this ‘veteran’ was a REMF leg”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/california-highway-patrol-beat-veteran-death-routine-traffic-stop/comment-page-10/#comment-895762
Uh, ya… im pretty sure there was way more to the story.