A police officer shown on a YouTube video berating and roughly handling a skateboarder at the Inner Harbor was suspended on Monday.
The incident involving Officer Salvatore Rivieri, a 17-year-old veteran, is the subject of an internal affairs investigation, said Sterling Clifford, a spokesman for the Baltimore Police Department and the mayor’s office.
“The entire incident raised red flags for all of the members of the command staff who watched the video,” Clifford told The (Baltimore) Sun.
The video, apparently shot last summer, shows Rivieri putting the youth, 14-year-old Eric Bush, into a headlock and pushing him to the ground.
“He was just, like, getting an attitude with me, and said he was going to slap me upside down my face, and I was just going on with it and then he tackled me,” Bush told WJZ-TV.
At one point on the video, Rivieri said, “Obviously, your parents don’t put a foot in your butt quite enough, because you don’t understand the meaning of respect. First of all, you better learn how to speak. I’m not ‘man.’ I’m not ‘dude,’ I am Officer Rivieri.”
Rivieri told The Sun on Sunday that he did not know that the incident had been recorded or posted on the Internet. He acknowledged having encounters with skateboarders at the Inner Harbor, where skateboarding is banned, last summer, and told a reporter that he would watch the video on YouTube.
After he was suspended on Monday, Rivieri said, “I have no comment. Thank you.”
Clifford said Monday afternoon that Mayor Sheila Dixon had not seen the video, but that its contents had been described to her and that she was “very displeased.”
“We have invested a lot of time and energy in having better relations between the community and the police,” Clifford said. “The bad behavior of one police officer can jeopardize a lot of hard work.”
Paul Blair, head of the police union, had not seen the video but warned that videos show only part of a story. He said that it is impossible to know what happened before or after the camera was turned on.
Smart or just plain stupid?
Saw this video a while back, and a discussion in the pub today brought it up. So i’m posting it here to share with a friend.
As sad as it may be, I still believe this is fake. Why would the boss have her phone? And I’m not too sure how a “tight” boyfriend would not know that his girl just died in a car accident… Does he not know any of her family members?
Full energy from start to end. That’s what Trance music is about.
Tracklist :
01. Jes - Ghost (Phynn Rmx)
02. Richard Durand - Red Alert
03. Filo & Peri - Anthem (Nic Chagall Mix)
04. Under Sun - Captured (Signum Signal Mix)
05. Vincent de Moor - Fly Away (Cosmic Gate Rmx)
06. Remy - Scrap
07. Dogzilla - Frozen (Wippenberg Rmx)
08. Nic Chagall - What you need
09. Cosmic Gate - Analog Feel (Rank 1 Rmx)
10. Louk - Shadow of the beast (Richard Gale Mix)
You know, putting into account his size and weight, it might actually have been impossible for him to put his hands behind his back. The large guy died later on due to cardiovascular disease. Lesson? Don’t attack a Police Officer when you are overweight and suffer from heart disease.
The lions catch a baby buffalo. The crocodiles want it, so fight with the lions. The lions win. Then, the father of the baby buffalo comes back with his boys to sort business out.
Two guys were supposedly caught stealing in China (anyone have any other opinions?) and dealt with accordingly. To be honest, I wasn’t quite sure it’d be suitable for my website. But anyhow, here it is.
Warning: This is a very graphic video. I think the MPAA would rate it viewable to those over 18 only. So if don’t like particularly nasty videos, or you’re a little on the young side, DO NOT WATCH. You have been warned.
And before anyone goes “oh what idiots, I could have smashed them” , think about how many people are surrounding you, and how many of them are more than happy to drop a brick on your balls.
I’m serious. Can anyone please tell me why “we’re missing someone”?
