Baton Rouge Police Officer Fired

**rebeljcl** · 07-21-07, 01:27 AM

http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=6819690

**conalabu** · 07-21-07, 01:31 AM

WTF? Article was kinda short.

**lewisipso** · 07-21-07, 04:48 AM

Wow. First I've heard of it.

**ipso608** · 07-21-07, 04:57 AM

Heard nothing about it, but I just text a friend that works for BRPD to see what the deal was.

**smokey703** · 07-21-07, 05:56 AM

They went to an apartment for a noise complaint and one of the officers supposedly kicked this guy in the junk.
http://media.swagit.com/s/wbrz/The_A...222007-27.html

**Terminator** · 07-21-07, 06:00 AM

...one of the officers supposedly kicked this guy in the junk.

Sounds like the officer went nuts.

**Ducky** · 07-21-07, 04:00 PM

Nowhere near enough info, and only the guy's side of the story, not even a doc saying the injuries are consistent with what he's claiming. Personally, those marks on his arms don't look like drag marks like he's claiming, I've seen road rash and that isn't it.

**Star Man** · 07-21-07, 07:50 PM

Originally Posted by Ducky

Nowhere near enough info, and only the guy's side of the story, not even a doc saying the injuries are consistent with what he's claiming. Personally, those marks on his arms don't look like drag marks like he's claiming, I've seen road rash and that isn't it.

Yea this is only one side of the story, and you know how the "Victim" looks when he is all cleaned up and alcohol free sitting next to his lawyer. I will wait for the rest of the story before I cast judgment.

**countybear** · 07-21-07, 10:50 PM

I think its quite obvious what happened. The officers observed that the the girl purported to be the suspect's girlfriend was pretty friggin' hot, and completely disbelieved that any skinny-assed, snaggletoothed, palefaced geek like him could actually land her, so they surmised that she had been kidnapped and she was obviously suffering from Stockholm Syndrome. When he turned to go back into the house, he was going to take her hostage again... and, well... the rest is history.

**lewisipso** · 07-22-07, 09:58 PM

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Is this another "family" member I didn't know about? Hmmm

**countybear** · 07-22-07, 10:09 PM

Meet rebeljcl, lew. Yes, he's another member of the Swamp Mafia, recruited from Baton Rouge. He's a made guy.

Reb, take a moment to introduce yourself in the section provided. Glad to have you aboard!

**Pudge** · 07-22-07, 10:10 PM

Originally Posted by countybear

I think its quite obvious what happened. The officers observed that the the girl purported to be the suspect's girlfriend was pretty friggin' hot, and completely disbelieved that any skinny-assed, snaggletoothed, palefaced geek like him could actually land her, so they surmised that she had been kidnapped and she was obviously suffering from Stockholm Syndrome. When he turned to go back into the house, he was going to take her hostage again... and, well... the rest is history.

No doubt. Amazes me....

**Sapper_132** · 07-22-07, 10:22 PM

Sounds a little fishy. I'd like to hear both sides. Plus if 2 officers were involved why is he only going after one of them?

**countybear** · 07-22-07, 11:04 PM

Originally Posted by Sapper_132

Sounds a little fishy. I'd like to hear both sides. Plus if 2 officers were involved why is he only going after one of them?

Maybe he's the only one who actually got the gal's phone number??

Ok, ok.. all joking aside. If this dude got ruptured by a cop kicking him (especially while in cuffs), justice needs to be done.

Slamming a guy who does not pose a threat or aggressive resistance gives us all a bad name, and shouldn't be tolerated. If this is what happened, the cop (ex-cop) just made this guy a millionaire at the expense of his own livelihood. Congratulations, dummy.

**kjlaw** · 07-22-07, 11:28 PM

B.R. officer fired after excessive force investigation
7/21/2007, 8:00 p.m. CDT
The Associated Press

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Baton Rouge police chief has fired an officer accused of forcing a handcuffed man to the floor, kicking him hard enough to burst an internal organ, then using pepper spray on him.

Nathan Davis was fired Friday, after an internal investigation found that he used excessive force against Brian Townsend, 29, who has filed a lawsuit claiming that one of the officer's kicks ruptured his bladder.

Told that Davis had been fired, Townsend said, "No way! No way! I can't even describe how I feel right now!"
Chief Jeff LeDuff made Davis' dismissal effective immediately, and the police department will forward the case to the FBI for review, police spokesman Sgt. Don Kelly said Friday.

"I have never been more proud of a police chief and officers in internal affairs in my lifetime," Townsend's lawyer, Aidan Reynolds, said Friday.

Townsend said four operations have left him with a 10-inch scar from his navel to his groin.

Police were sent to Townsend's house about 3 a.m. March 4, during a going-away party he was giving for a friend.

"Apparently someone decided there were too many cars in front of his house. Then he got handcuffed, pepper sprayed and brutalized for hours," Reynolds said.

Davis and Officer Nicholas Batiste were "very aggressive and confrontational" when they arrived, according to the suit, which names Davis and East Baton Rouge city-parish government as defendants. The suit, filed in March, says Townsend was calm and curteous but Davis tackled him to the ground.

After handcuffing Townsend, the lawsuit says, Davis kneed him in the back so forcefully that he defecated. It says Davis used pepper spray on Townsend when he asked why he was being arrested, and again at the Highland Road substation, where he was made to lie on the floor and ridiculed by other police officers, the lawsuit says.

It says Townsend's pleas for medical help were ignored for 30 minutes.

"My client cares more about this officer being not allowed to brutalize other human beings more than this lawsuit," Reynolds said. "He's been terrified that this cop's still running around on the street with a badge and a gun."

Davis, 29, had spent four years with the Police Department as a member of the uniformed patrol division, Kelly said. He declined to elaborate on the investigation further, saying it was a personnel issue.

Townsend, a manager at Chili's, spent 108 days on medical leave due to his injuries. His first day back at work was Friday.

"For both of these huge events to happen in the same day just kind of seems like karma," Townsend said.

http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisi...list=louisiana

**rebeljcl** · 07-24-07, 03:11 AM

Originally Posted by countybear

Meet rebeljcl, lew. Yes, he's another member of the Swamp Mafia, recruited from Baton Rouge. He's a made guy.

Reb, take a moment to introduce yourself in the section provided. Glad to have you aboard!

I'd like to tell ya more ...but hen I'd have to kill ya'

**rebeljcl** · 07-24-07, 03:16 AM

Actually if ya'll really new i was originally from Breaux Bridge, I dont now if that makes me deeper in "the family" or i should anticipate a gator head at some point.