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OldCurlyWolf wrote:

Winchster wrote:

dac1842 wrote:I dont see anything that indicates the trooper intended to cause any injury. But what we all have to keep in mind is there is video we have not seen. The actual stop, initial suspect contact, the actions that led to her being handcuffed. The video we have not seen may play a role in what led up to all this. We wont know for some time.

gemini » wrote,
I went and watched the video clip again, several times. The dialog I am most interested in (besides the actions of the Trooper):
(0:54) Trooper "You're going to get hurt"
(1:02) Trooper "You're fixin' to get yourself hurt"
(1:06) Trooper "Quit resisting" {resisting what? she was cuffed, face first into a concrete wall}
(1:12) Trooper "Don't get yourself hurt"
(1:17) Trooper "Don't make me put you on the ground"

Ok, maybe you don't see a pattern here, but to me... He warned her he was going to hurt her at least five times before he did it. In my mind that speaks to intent.

Mine too. That he really didn't want to use more force than he was already using. BTDT. How many others posting to this thread can truthfully state the same?

gemini wrote:

kurt wrote:I don't see the trooper did anything wrong. He asked her and ordered her several times to comply. She resisted and looked to me like she jerked and he pulled back to control her and spun her towards the wall. She looked like she stumbled and fell and struck her head on the wall. It did not appear to be intentional to me.

I supposed if she had jerked her arm and gotten loose and stumbled into traffic and gotten crushed by a truck that would also have been his fault?

I went and watched the video clip again, several times. The dialog I am most interested in (besides the actions of the Trooper):
(0:54) Trooper "You're going to get hurt"
(1:02) Trooper "You're fixin' to get yourself hurt"
(1:06) Trooper "Quit resisting" {resisting what? she was cuffed, face first into a concrete wall}
(1:12) Trooper "Don't get yourself hurt"
(1:17) Trooper "Don't make me put you on the ground"
(1:56-1:57) Trooper slamming a cuffed woman into a concrete wall, face first.

I would bet, if it had been your mother, sister or daughter on the receiving end of
that vicious face plant into a concrete wall ...... well, anyway.....

I agree with the Texas Rangers initial investigation/charge. I also agree with the attorney quoted in the story:
"As a chief felony prosecutor, a county judge, a state district judge, I've never seen anything like it. It's horrific," said Attorney Randy Isenberg. "Clearly excessive brutal force, he snapped. He lost his temper and he hurt her really bad."

You may see the verbal warnings above (about 5 inside of about 15 seconds) as an excuse for excessive force, I see them
as a sign he was losing his temper, and was already thinking about making this poor victim pay for his anger. She was questioning
his authority and he didn't like it.
This whole incident has no good outcome. The woman was obviously injured, the Trooper had to retire with this on his record.
Lose/lose situation if there ever was one.

What's nice about this forum is the varied opinions of it's participants. Many times we agree to disagree.

Winchster wrote:A jury of his peers convicted him of misdemeanor assault.

TexasGal wrote:He got 6 months probation, a fine, and a prohibition against working in law enforcement for the next 10 years. I like the last part. This guy needed another line of work.

Dreamhopper wrote:How can I go about learning of any past potential misconduct of an LEO? I know of an LEO in a small Texas town that has been to 3-4 different PDs in his short career and have heard there were disciplinary issues.