Skipping the Picture

Because there's nothing even remotely amusing about this:

The FBI is now investigating possible wrongdoing by Shreveport police after a woman brought in for a DWI test ended up bloodied and bruised.

She refused to take the breathalyzer, and repeatedly tried to leave the room, saying she wanted to make a phone call.

After the officer handcuffed the woman, she fell face first to the floor. A short time later, the officer turned off a video camera in the room.

He says he did it to bring the woman to another part of the jail to book her. When the camera eventually comes back on, it shows the woman bleeding heavily.

Counterpunch linked to a You Tube clip from Shreveport television news.

Pretty scary. First, despite my political beliefs, I don't instantly and always side with people being arrested. I have no idea of the circumstances and cause, and think it's appropriate that such matters be dealt with in open court.

But there's no way that this woman's injuries were solely the result of falling on the floor, and she is clearly NOT posing ANY threat to the officer. Is she being annoying? Perhaps, although from my point of view, I don't think it's any worse that what the police might encounter here in Baton Rouge on a football Saturday night. And that's certainly NOT grounds for being beaten to a pulp.

What sort of country are we becoming?