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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Here we go again....the cops killed another guy by taking him into custody...

A video of an arrest of outside of an Oklahoma City movie theater. Naturally this is causing an uproar, etc. Well here is the video and article.



GRAPHIC: Raw video of arrest released after man dies in Moore police custody

MOORE, Okla. – After weeks of accusations, the public is now getting the chance to see a video that was taken the night a local man died in police custody.

Nair Rodriguez, Luis Rodriguez’s wife, said from the beginning her husband was beaten by police.

On Tuesday, her attorney’s office released the video, allowing everyone to decide for themselves what happened to him.

In the video, Nair Rodriguez is heard calling for her husband to tell her if he’s okay.

However, he did not answer.

It was just one of the scenes that unfolded in the video.

After about a minute, an officer approaches her to discuss what happened.

Kyle Eastridge is a former homicide investigator and is now working as a private investigator.

As he watched the video, Eastridge said, “Those guys are out of breath.”

As the video continues, Eastridge notes that Rodriguez does not seem to be responsive.

He says it is hard to give an opinion on the case since he does not know what happened in the moments leading up to the arrest.

Which is par for the course. Generally you only see a few seconds of the officer using a TASER or baton on someone. You don't get video of the suspect screaming "I'm gonna kick you ass....." That wouldn't fit well into the narrative. But I'll go on.
However, he says the officers did not use excessive force based on his knowledge of police procedure.

Eastridge said, “This is pretty benign as far as police procedure goes. Everything is textbook. I don’t know what happened before.”

When talking about an officer who had his knee on Rodriguez’s back, Eastridge said, “He’s not really bearing down on him. He’s just trying to keep him down.”

As the video comes to an end, Eastridge and H.L. Christensen, another private investigator, noticed paramedics taking action, which they believe shows Rodriguez was likely alive as he was loaded into the ambulance.

Both men say without seeing an autopsy report, it is hard to say whether police were responsible for Luis Rodriguez’s death...

But that won't stop everyone from speculating the cops went to kill him. But again, let the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation take the case over and let the autopsy show if the man had other medical issues. But that won't stop a good story.

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