Man On Life Support After Minneapolis SWAT Cop Punches Him for Talking Too Loud.

[bunklocoempire]

This one is just amazing to me.

Cornering someone while coming between them and their loved ones is aggression -and fool hardy.

Cornering an incapacitated drunk, forcing an altercation, and sucker punching the drunk is downright evil. I don't care how loud the drunk is. He's drunk.

The cop approached the victim and blocked (what I see as) the victim's natural egress.

Restaurants can hardly ever leave adequate room to easily squeeze between chairs set at a round table and the walls/fence in a corner.

The victim stood up from his chair, was prevented from easily leaving, and was immediately assaulted.

The cop then pushes past the victim's wife -leaving his own wife- and taking the same route he denied the victim.

Apparently the assailant wasn't concerned for the safety of his own wife.

Assailant/instigator with back to the camera connecting with his right fist to victim's face.

Victim's wife is partly visible to the right of the assailant, seated, and facing the corner.

Victim is facing the camera, and falling backwards towards the corner.

 

[anaconda]

what a complete dipshit.

But can we assume he was in civilian mode? Not performing his duties as a cop? The way they prosecute him, however, will be something to take note of.

 

[Bastiat's The Law]

How long is his paid vacation?

 

[Lafayette]

You know if the cop would have been the one to receive the punch as apposed to throwing it, the man would have been charged with assault on a police officer. If i had my way, he'd be charged with attempted murder, that should be equivalent to assault on a police officer.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

This case is very simple. The drunk guy said that the abuses of the legal system should be wiped from the pages of time. The officer had to launch a pre-emptive strike to silence this perceived threat. Case closed, attack justified.

 

[presence]

We need a WHAT THE FUCK! smiley.

I'll loan you my profile pic

 

[slamhead]

Huh? Shows the mentality of these guys as a pack. The right thing would have been not to punch someone.

“I think he realized now, I don’t think he realized how serious it was last night,” Archambault explained. “And now that word got out — that Brian is in the condition he’s in — that he better do what’s right.”

 

[Bastiat's The Law]

We need a WHAT THE FUCK! smiley.

 

[TheTexan]

The camera footage: http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/stor...er-after-knock-out-punch?clienttype=printable

What a kind man. Sending a person to life support for talking too loud at a bar. Bars arent places for people to talk loud and act obnoxious. They are places to meditate, read books, and peacefully reflect on life.

Heh, the cop's lawyer says that Sgt. Clifford is "surprised that law enforcement is going forward with this case." Me too!

 

[TheTexan]

I think he's facing charges because he ran from the scene. That just makes the entire PD look bad, man.

 

[MJU1983]

Well, this is a first. Had he had his uniform on, he would probably be up for another medal.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

I think he's facing charges because he ran from the scene. That just makes the entire PD look bad, man.

That really did hurt his cause.

Well, this is a first. Had he had his uniform on, he would probably be up for another medal.

No doubt.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Should be back on the force soon.


David Clifford's wife talked trash to Brian Vander Lee after her husband was sentenced

http://www.citypages.com/news/david...r-lee-after-her-husband-was-sentenced-6536241

Friday, July 12, 2013 by Aaron Rupar in News

Yesterday, former MPD SWAT team executive officer David Clifford was sentenced to three years and seven months in prison for nearly killing Star Tribune advertising employee Brian Vander Lee with a sucker punch on the patio of Tanners Bar in Andover in June of 2012.

During the hearing, a choked-up Clifford apologized to Vander Lee and said, "I was wrong."

"It turns out I never took off my uniform [that night]," Clifford said, according to the Pioneer Press. "I decided to be a cop when no police intervention was necessary. I should have walked away."

But Clifford's contrite attitude apparently wasn't shared by his wife.

According to the Star Tribune, as Kelly Clifford left the courtroom, she walked near Vander Lee and said, "Don't have too much to drink." Her comment was a reference to Vander Lee's allegedly drunk and obnoxious behavior in the moments before Clifford socked him, leaving him on life support for 40 days after his head hit the patio floor. (You can watch surveillance footage of the incident here.)

Vander Lee endured three brain surgeries and says his cognitive abilities still aren't what they were before Clifford punched him. In court, he said he's struggling at his job and doesn't like to go out in public anymore.

Clifford's sentence represented a downward departure from the state sentencing guideline's recommended sentence of seven years for first-degree assault. He's expected to actually serve about two years and four months behind bars, and will likely be on supervised release for the rest, the Strib reports.