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Published: February 14, 2008
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TAMPA -- State and federal prosecutors are being called to act after the dumping of a quadriplegic man from a wheelchair by a Hillsborough County jail deputy.
Photo from jail video
On Jan. 29, video cameras in the Orient Road Jail booking room recorded Detention Deputy Charlette Marshall-Jones, 44, raising the back of a wheelchair and sending Brian Sterner tumbling to the floor. Sterner, 32, of Riverview, was taken to the jail on a warrant stemming from a traffic violation.
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is asking his Office of Civil Rights to immediately review the video.
"I have viewed the video of Mr. Sterner's treatment and I am appalled by the situation which so clearly unfolded in these images," McCollum says in a written statement.
The attorney general's office has communicated with Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee and has been assured of his full support and cooperation, McCollum says.
A sheriff's detective has been assigned to conduct a criminal investigation of the case, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said.
An internal affairs investigation is reviewing the actions of Marshall-Jones and three of her supervisors: Cpl. Steve Dickey, Cpl. Decondra Williams and Sgt. Gary Hinson.
Marshall-Jones was suspended without pay, and the supervisors were suspended with pay.
"Because this deals with a disability issue, we think it's worth reviewing as a civil rights matter," said Joe Jacquot, deputy attorney general. "But I'm not sure what we might find or how long this will take."
The attorney general's office showed the video to McCollum as soon as it learned of the video's existence. McCollum's jaw dropped, and he was taken aback after watching it, Jacquot said.
"One of the questions is going to be, 'Is this normal?' " Jacquot said. "Is this something that has happened before? He's wondering if there's training."
Today, J. Willie David III, president of the Florida Civil Rights Association, called on U.S. Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey to order an immediate investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice.
"Forcing any quadriplegic from a wheelchair is certainly inhumane and inexcusable," David said.
To suspend a deputy without pay and place others on administrative leave pending investigation is a slap in the face to the disabled community, he said.
"The actions of these deputies in the mistreatment of Brian Sterner are deplorable, and the sheriff's office should fire and criminally charge these deputies," David said.
On Wednesday, Gov. Charlie Crist said he found the incident "terribly disturbing" and wondered whether there it might be a civil rights issue.
"We're looking into it," he said.
Jails Equipped For The Disabled
Having inmates in wheelchairs is nothing new to the Hillsborough jail system, sheriff's officials said.
Deputies processed about 72,000 inmates at the Orient Road booking center in 2007. At least 230 were in wheelchairs, officials said.
Thirty-one current inmates are in wheelchairs, Col. David Parrish said. He declined to release the names of those inmates, explaining that to do so would violate medical privacy laws.
Parrish has been chief administrator of the sheriff's office's jail division since 1982.
Orient Road Jail was designed in the 1980s and opened in 1990, he said. Some of the housing units there were retrofitted to comply with requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Act. The changes included installation of chairlifts in some of the showers.
Falkenburg Road Jail opened in 1998 and built to meet ADA requirements, Parrish said.
"Either jail is equipped to handle such people," he said. "Falkenburg is more universally accessible because it's all on one level."
Most inmates in wheelchairs are housed together in a pod at Falkenburg, he said.
"I walked into one pod one day and counted 24 inmates in wheelchairs," he said.
Deputy, Supervisors' Records Good
A review of the personnel files of Marshall-Jones and the three supervisors turned up mostly positive performance evaluations and dozens of commendation letters.
Marshall-Jones was suspended twice before without pay, according to her personnel record. In 1988, she improperly conducted an inmate head count and was suspended for six days. Two years later, she was suspended for one day for failing to complete a fire safety and sanitation inspection.
Her last evaluation was written by Hinson two weeks before the wheelchair incident.
In it, the sergeant says Marshall-Jones is an outstanding employee who handles inmates well.
Maj. Robert Lucas, who commands the Orient Road Jail, included this comment in the same review: "Deputy Marshall-Jones knows her job and does it well. [She is] a quality employee in every regard."
Hinson has a perfect attendance record but was suspended for one day in 2003 when Parrish found a container of tobacco spit on Hinson's desk, according to records. Tobacco use is prohibited in the jail.
Dickey's most recent evaluation was done in December. In 25 years with the sheriff's office, the corporal's performance reviews consistently describe him as an outstanding supervisor and officer.
He has come under scrutiny in recent months for efforts as president of the Hillsborough detention deputies' chapter of the West Florida Police Benevolent Association, the union that represents deputies.
An internal investigation was launched based on a complaint that he made disparaging remarks about the sheriff's office as a union member.
Lucas noted the investigation in a comment he wrote in Dickey's most recent evaluation and included this criticism: "His priorities have shifted from the sheriff's office to serving in his capacity of PBA chapter president."
The only disciplinary action in Dickey's file was a letter of reprimand written in 1988 for failing to see that deputies under his charge complied with head-count procedures, according to his records.
Williams' folder lists no disciplinary action.
It does, however, contain a 1995 letter from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's Division of Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission. The letter states that Williams violated one or two sections of Florida Statute 943.13, but it does not specify the violation. These sections concern making false statements or perjury, receiving a dishonorable discharge from the military and being of good moral character.
The commission took no action against her but suggested Williams seek training, rehabilitation or counseling and "become the professional officer we believe you are capable of being."
From the comments in her performance reviews, it appears she became a model employee. In a 2000 review, a supervisor wrote that Williams was "one of the unit's best deputies."
News Channel 8 reporter Krista Klaus and Tribune reporter Mike Wells contributed to this report. Reporter Josh Poltilove can be reached at jpoltilove@tampatrib.com or (813) 259-7691.
Reader Comments
Posted by ( apmatssim ) on February 14, 2008 at 11:29 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
GOOD! She needs to be charged with a felony!
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Posted by ( mrjadams ) on February 14, 2008 at 11:29 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Mr. McCollum, I think everyone that has seen this event or even heard of it...is very appalled. Very disgusting behaviour from an officer of the law.
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Posted by ( apmatssim ) on February 14, 2008 at 11:30 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Let's send a message to Sheriff David Gee.
!!!PLEASE VOTE NOW!!!!!
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Posted by ( BernHard ) on February 14, 2008 at 11:33 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
The guy's lawyer said that there is no reason to seek a law suit, but the least they can do is offer the poor guy something.
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Posted by ( Yankee ) on February 14, 2008 at 11:36 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Well Ms. Walker if you feel you are going to be "exonerate", guess again. NOT!
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Posted by ( jagaka2 ) on February 14, 2008 at 11:36 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
It amazes me what persistent public pressure will do. I personally think it took too long for McCollum to take some action.
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Posted by ( GF ) on February 14, 2008 at 11:36 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
How about an arrest, Mr. McCollum or Mr. Gee. I think we all agree that had this not been a deputy dumping this guy, the person would have been arrested on the spot.
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Posted by ( DanPalmer ) on February 14, 2008 at 11:37 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
He got a couple of bruised ribs and time on the "Today Show"...give him a lollypop!
He's no different than any other arrestee who gives the deputies a hard time and pays the price with a couple of bruises.
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Posted by ( specialtimes ) on February 14, 2008 at 11:37 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
The best thing this poor man can do is make everyone see what is happening in the system. He can make sure it does not get swept under the rug and he can make sure those who were involved get what they deserve. ONE MORE THING, he needs to get Sheriff GEE is investigated for his lax effort as sheriff.
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Posted by ( BernHard ) on February 14, 2008 at 11:40 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
DanPalmer must be a cop. How would you feel if a citizen did the same thing to a quadrapoligic officer or FDLE employee?
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Posted by ( GF ) on February 14, 2008 at 11:43 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
BernHard, I'd say he is a deputy at Orient Rd.
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Posted by ( Doofy ) on February 14, 2008 at 11:44 a.m.
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Posted by ( Rached ) on February 14, 2008 at 11:51 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
DanPalmer- They call people like you sociopaths. No conscious at all. If Leo's are "professionals," there are ways of dealing with issues instead of resorting to childish and outlandish tactics!!
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Posted by ( 6ftunder ) on February 14, 2008 at 11:52 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
I said it before and I'll say it again...the guy can't move from the neck down. He has VERY limited movement in his arms. Not enough to hurt anyone. She threw him around like a rag doll. I don't care what he was saying if in fact, he was running his mouth at all. She could have told him to be quiet and if that didn't work, she could have gagged him. Period. There was no need for quad dumping. She HAS to lose her right to ever work in law enforcement again or ever have a job where she is in charge of another human being's welfare. She should be ashamed and she should move away and change her name.
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Posted by ( jagaka2 ) on February 14, 2008 at 11:56 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
DanPalmer - crawl back into the hole that you came out of.
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Posted by ( maxfl1 ) on February 14, 2008 at 12:03 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
You mean there's a course that she may have missed that teaches not to dump paraplegics out of their wheelchairs???
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Posted by ( MyNameIsJob ) on February 14, 2008 at 12:04 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
once again, you choose the career path on law enforcement than you choose to accept people running their mouths to you. suck it up. and to everyone who says "we only saw 2 minutes of the video." guess what? the attorney general got to see the whole thing.
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Posted by ( 6ftunder ) on February 14, 2008 at 12:06 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Under normal criminal circumstances, I would fully agree with DanPalmer. I have no tolerance for crime or low-life criminals but this guy is completely defenseless. There's nothing lower than beating on a handicapped person that can't fight back. So, DanPalmer, as far as gangsters, drug-dealers, rapists, etc...you are correct but not in this case.
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Posted by ( bziolkowski ) on February 14, 2008 at 12:09 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
These people should be wearing brown shirts.If you look real close you can see the ss emblems.
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Posted by ( ToeCutter ) on February 14, 2008 at 12:09 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
DanPalmer pull your head outcha Azz.
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Posted by ( JailBadJudges ) on February 14, 2008 at 12:18 p.m.
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Posted by ( Joyann ) on February 14, 2008 at 12:33 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Is She positive NOW!!!!!!!
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Posted by ( Joe_Dubya ) on February 14, 2008 at 12:33 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
If it were this cop's mamma who was thrown out of a wheelchair, do think she'd sit idly by while the offender said "Oh sure.....I did nothing wrong. I'll be EXONERATED"? Bull-Loney! She'd throw those precious little arms up in the air, and scream "Police brutality" and call for the arrest and prosecution of the cop. This "officer's" actions deserves a prison sentence. No slap on the wrist, no probation, no community service. PRISON. PRISON. PRISON. Having done this so matter-of-factly, one can only imagine what else she's pulled that WASN'T caught on camera!
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Posted by ( picogator ) on February 14, 2008 at 12:34 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Dan Palmer...your comments are disrespectful and disgraceful. If you are a police officer, the more so. If not, you are a pitiful human being. Shame on you.
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Posted by ( chickntpa ) on February 14, 2008 at 12:34 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
wow i used to work at that jail. this guy come in one time with no arms and one leg, yet still trying to fight the deputies. who is to say that this guy wasn't trying something with this deptuy? all you see is her dumping him on the ground. there is no sound what so ever and it skips around in the video. so go on and believe what the media wants you to believe. most of the time they leave out parts of the story. bottom line is if you don't like how your treated in jail don't break the law and land your butt in jail. and remember this ... there is always 3 sides to every story. the inmates the deputy's and the truth.
and if you want to know the truth go down there and buy the video just like the media did. its unedited and public information.
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Posted by ( DonnaStillwell ) on February 14, 2008 at 12:42 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Don't forget to email or call the revs Al and Jesse and ask where they have been during all of this. http://www.nationalactionnetwork.net/
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We all know that Farrakhan hates whites so he's probably dancing a jig over this.
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Posted by ( ToeCutter ) on February 14, 2008 at 12:44 p.m.
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Posted by ( chickntpa ) on February 14, 2008 at 12:47 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
from what i hear he was there like 3 min later to get something and was walking away when someone said something to him and he laughed. it had nothing to do with what had happened.
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Posted by ( ToeCutter ) on February 14, 2008 at 12:48 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Likely story.
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Posted by ( dakota ) on February 14, 2008 at 12:50 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
American Soldiers did a few things to healthy enemy soldiers, and some are putting some time for it. HERE IS AN AMERICAN, doing nasties, to A FELLOW HANDICAPPED AMERICAN, and the perpatrator has not even been incarcerated yet. What kind of immunity does this Sheriffs Department have over our United States Military Forces serving in Iraq?
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Posted by ( alashley ) on February 14, 2008 at 12:50 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
DanPalmer is a cop. Don't set your expectations for him too high.
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Posted by ( captjim333 ) on February 14, 2008 at 12:51 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Well Dan Palmer. You are a different breed for sure. Sometimes a person hears things like"It takes all kinds" in your case you show that to be a true statement. A person with your kind of tjhinking with no compasion is one of the very reasons we need lawsto protect people from the likes of you. You seem to be just like the three who watched or went on about there business like nothing wrong was going on.
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Posted by ( ToeCutter ) on February 14, 2008 at 12:53 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Well Said captjim333!
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Posted by ( Joyann ) on February 14, 2008 at 12:54 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
What happen with inicent untill proven guilty?
He only got a ticket and did not know his license was suspended or revoked.
They treat everyone the same once you are arrested. Suspended license or murderer!!! Doesn't matter everybody is scum.
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Posted by ( chickntpa ) on February 14, 2008 at 12:55 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
he was already proven guilty he had a warrant out for his arrest.
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Posted by ( DARTHRANDAII ) on February 14, 2008 at 12:55 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Whats wrong with this?
I myself have tipped people out of chairs before
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Posted by ( apmatssim ) on February 14, 2008 at 12:58 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
The Attorney General is 'Appalled', but no supervisor was at the time of this incident. Interesting huh?
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Posted by ( alashley ) on February 14, 2008 at 12:59 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
DARTHRANDAII
With that in mind may I suggest a career in law enforcement for you?
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Posted by ( shaley ) on February 14, 2008 at 12:59 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
It does not matter how many problems he was causing...if any at all.....
What can he do? yell at her alot? call her names?
She abused her power...not only as an officer......but as a human being...
Who picks on a handicapped person?
this is disgusting......and the fact that there was someone LAUGHING ABOUT IT.........
What is wrong with these people?!?!?!?
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Posted by ( Joyann ) on February 14, 2008 at 1 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
chickntpa: Were they pulling him by his leg? I would struggle too!
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Posted by ( erikuscs ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:05 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I'VE FALLEN... AND I CAN'T GET UP!
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Posted by ( Joyann ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:06 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I am so OVER THIS CRAP!!!!!!
SHE WAS WRONG AND SHOULD GET WHAT IS COMING TO HER!!!
They should look into the guy with the one leg Also! Abuse of authority!!!!
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Posted by ( alashley ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:10 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
The terrible truth is that when this all blows over, it will be right back to business as usual in the booking department. It will just be someone else doing these things.
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Posted by ( chickntpa ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:15 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
yah you were all there so you all know the truth and what happend. who am i to show you part of the other side? believe what your small simple gullable minds want to.
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Posted by ( ToeCutter ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:18 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
chickntpa, If you play the video in reverse it looks like she is helping him into the wheelchair.
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Posted by ( captjim333 ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:18 p.m.
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Posted by ( ron ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:19 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
DanPalmer wrote in part>
He's no different than any other arrestee who gives the deputies a hard time and pays the price with a couple of bruises.
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I guess not having the ability to walk is considered giving the police "a hard time". I wonder if that applies to not following direction, because one is deaf.
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Posted by ( tfb ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:20 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Poor me. I have never had any training that taught it was not OK to dump disabled people out of thier wheel chairs. Does that mean I can do it and get away with it. Wake up McCollom !!!
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Posted by ( Stames_70 ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:21 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I know they are "investigating" to see if she should be brought up on charges, but I cant believe she has not been fired yet. I would think pressure from the Governor, State Attorney General and the national exposure would have forced that by now. I have not heard anything from Iorio??
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Posted by ( ToeCutter ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:22 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
McCollum changed his he said "I am Appalled."
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Posted by ( ToeCutter ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:22 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
McCollum changed his name he said "I am Appalled."
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Posted by ( chickntpa ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:23 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
haha what does iorio have to do with this? she is in charge of tpd not the hillsborough county sheriff's office.
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Posted by ( alashley ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:25 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
chickntpa
Here we go again. Describe for me if you will, the scenario that would justify this womans behavior. What could this man have done that makes all of us suddenly say "Oh he deserved to be treated that way."
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Posted by ( ron ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:25 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Deputy Jones claims she did no wrong. Get me a chair, some restraints, a towel and some water, and I bet I can get her to change her mind.
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Posted by ( DARTHRANDAII ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:25 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
sometimes when i go to wal-mart, i like to act retarded and ride in the handicap scooter
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Posted by ( ron ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:26 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I am actually suprised that the State Attorney's office had not already moved on this.
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Posted by ( ToeCutter ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I am not.
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Posted by ( chickntpa ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
so question??? if you do something wrong and go to jail is every officer supposed to bend over backwards and treat you like you are the kindest person on the planet? where is the line drawn? its not a freaking hilton its jail. don't screw up don't go to jail.
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Posted by ( alashley ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:32 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Basic human decency dictates that we don't dump people out of wheelchairs, much like we don't dump babies out of strollers regardless of their behavior.
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Posted by ( alashley ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:34 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
DARTHRANDAII
Is the scooter fast?
Anyone ever walk up and dump you off of it?
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Posted by ( namvet65 ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:38 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
There's not a lot of Einsteins in law enforcement!
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Posted by ( TampaSlim ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:44 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Oh, you haven't heard? Charlette is a faith healer. She was "in the Spirit" and called down healin' for this poor soul. She smote him on the head and yelled, "Be healed. Cast off the shackles of that chair and walk. Hallelujah!"
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Posted by ( DARTHRANDAII ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:44 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
if they did, i would sue wal-mart
i need the extra money for hemorrhoidal suppositories
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Posted by ( captjim333 ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:48 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
chickntpa. Do you really believe the things you say like for real? Probably one of the worse things a person can do is to mistreat some one they have the power over them that will alow them to do it. Child abuse is one thing. Rape is another power thing. Dumping a person without the use of their leggs out of a wheel chair on the hard floor is another. So many more ways to abuse the power one may have over another. These guards have a power trip going on and need supervision to keep it under control and it appears the supervision was right there watching. This woman needs jail time for what she has done to this person in her charge at the time. Supervisors? Thes men have no place in the system where they are expected to supervise. Watching this video makes me sick in my stomach and makes me have some very bad thoughts about the way I would like to punish this woman.
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Posted by ( pamsdolls ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:48 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
First I used to be in law enforcement and got out - you have two types of people in it - the very few that are good and others that were picked on in school and wanna be able to be big now and have some control and they abuse their powers. Not enough pay to put a good officers life on the line - result bad officers. Second not everyone arrested is guilty of charges - yes some have been found guilty in court and are then arrested but the majority of people arrested have not been convicted when they go to jail!!! Third - since the majority of mental health facilities were closed our jails are now housing them - whether it is a mental or physical condition people need to be treated the way one wants themselves to be treated.
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Posted by ( eagle ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:49 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
the SAO won't do anything..they will go after the victim filing a charge like obstruction or something as equally as idiotic
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Posted by ( ron ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:53 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
chickntpa wrote>)
so question??? if you do something wrong and go to jail is every officer supposed to bend over backwards and treat you like you are the kindest person on the planet? where is the line drawn? its not a freaking hilton its jail. don't screw up don't go to jail.
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I may not know where the line is, but I am pretty sure it is when you dump a man on the ground for NOT having the ability to stand
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Posted by ( jagaka2 ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:54 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
"Investigation" means buying time to figure out what they are going to do next. The county and state's incompetence is showing.
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Posted by ( ron ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:56 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
eagle wrote>
the SAO won't do anything..they will go after the victim filing a charge like obstruction or something as equally as idiotic
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The SAO will move forward. Right now the HCSO is seeing what can be done to minimize the damage. When they have a plan, they will notify the SAO of the investigation, and the SAO will move.
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Posted by ( ron ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:58 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
HSCO has a limited time to act on this. If they drag their feet, the FDLE will take over this. The AG will only wait so long.
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Posted by ( frishbb ) on February 14, 2008 at 1:59 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
THIS IS THE PRODUCT OF TRAINING GONE WRONG AT HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGES CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE. ANYONE WHO IS WILLING TO PAY THE MONEY$$$$$$$$$ CAN GO THROUGH A LESS THAN ADEQUATE TRAINING PROGRAMM AT HCC AND GET A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION.
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Posted by ( alashley ) on February 14, 2008 at 2:02 p.m.
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Posted by ( GF ) on February 14, 2008 at 2:04 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
DARTHRANDAII, Sometimes on TBO you act retarded too!
Your inability to come up with an original name shows that.
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Posted by ( ToeCutter ) on February 14, 2008 at 2:06 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Oh yes, our internal affairs people here at HCSO have conducted and extensive investigation and has concluded that that the deputy did nothing unbecoming of law a enforcement agent under the color of law.
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Posted by ( alashley ) on February 14, 2008 at 2:06 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
ron
I agree this is likely way beyond the control of HCSO at this point. It is way to high profile for the State not to step in.
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Posted by ( ToeCutter ) on February 14, 2008 at 2:08 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Oh great FDLE is going to investigate they are just as bad an agency investigating themselves. FDLE will conclude the same thing HCSO has reported. I think the FBI Civil Rights Division should look into this.
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Posted by ( DARTHRANDAII ) on February 14, 2008 at 2:11 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
its true
I do act retarded
I wish I was not like this, but fate and bad breeding have made me an idiot
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Posted by ( deez ) on February 14, 2008 at 2:19 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
HOW IS THIS IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, or FORM, Sheriff Gee's fault???? The deputy that did it is the only one to blame. Quit looking for reasons to hate every cop! If you cry babies think you can do a better job in the jail, they are always hiring!!!!! All cops hate when people wearing the uniform give us a black eye! It's a shame the Sheriff has to be punished for an idiot's actions. You all act like he allows this kind of behavior...GIVE ME A BREAK!
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Posted by ( eagle ) on February 14, 2008 at 2:26 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
deez--isn't a boss ultimately responsible for the employees under him/her?? I have seen managers of departments that got fired because of something someone under them did...
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Posted by ( alashley ) on February 14, 2008 at 2:26 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
It is not Gee's fault. It is his responsibilty.
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Posted by ( eagle ) on February 14, 2008 at 2:28 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
thank you alashley..that is what I meant
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Posted by ( vannessia ) on February 14, 2008 at 2:36 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
WHEN IS SHE GOING TO BE CHARGED
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Posted by ( jdjfkm3 ) on February 14, 2008 at 2:37 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
WHAT IN THE WORLD DOES IT TAKE TO GET SOMEONE FIRED??? THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE AND THEY SHOULD ALL BE FIRED IMMEDIATELY. PLEASE, WHAT IS TO INVESTIGATE?!
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Posted by ( 91stormvet ) on February 14, 2008 at 2:39 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Have you seen my baseball?
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Posted by ( macaw1978 ) on February 14, 2008 at 2:41 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Am I the only person who noticed that all of the police officers involved in this incident are BLACK and that poor handicapped guy is WHITE? If the cops were white and the handicapped guy was black, this would be turned into a racial issue and Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton would be staging a rally to protest this racist treatment of a prisoner. Where are these great civil rights leaders now?
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Posted by ( chickntpa ) on February 14, 2008 at 2:44 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
haha you just had to pull the race card didn't yah?
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Posted by ( DarthRandall ) on February 14, 2008 at 2:46 p.m.
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Posted by ( alashley ) on February 14, 2008 at 2:49 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
If this incidents motivation was race we will never know. Only the good deputy knows, and the good deputy isn't going to say. It is certain though, that the good deputy has absolutely no regard, and perhaps no knowlege of the Bill of Rights, or the concept of basic human decency.
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Posted by ( DarthRandall ) on February 14, 2008 at 2:50 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!
Nice try DARTHRANDAll - or carwash, Lifeguard, or whatever you call yourself.............
Love, DarthRandall®
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Posted by ( macaw1978 ) on February 14, 2008 at 2:52 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I'm just surprised that nobody else has has pulled the race card yet. I haven't heard anyone say it yet.
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Posted by ( macaw1978 ) on February 14, 2008 at 2:55 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I don't think this incident was actually motivated by race, but perhaps these cops would have behaved differently if the guy was not white.
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Posted by ( eagle ) on February 14, 2008 at 2:57 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
macaw the race card has been said, and said and said...you weren't the first one to see it...
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Posted by ( macaw1978 ) on February 14, 2008 at 2:58 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Oh, my bad!
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Posted by ( apmatssim ) on February 14, 2008 at 3:01 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
DarthRandall,
Don't you love these guys?
- Miss Tampa (back from being banned)
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Posted by ( eagle ) on February 14, 2008 at 3:14 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
macaw, that's ok..there have been comments since yesterday, I have gotten sucked into this saga...like a soap opera only true!!
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Posted by ( gswife ) on February 14, 2008 at 3:21 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
This is Florida it doesn't surprise me at all... One, the cop was stupid to have it in front of a camera and Two let the tape get out... But it's no different then what goes on all the time, so why is everyone in an uproar over it?
Oh I forgot it was on tape and on the news, my bad...
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Posted by ( alashley ) on February 14, 2008 at 3:28 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
gswife
I do not understand how any rational person could not be outraged by this video.
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Posted by ( jeda ) on February 14, 2008 at 3:33 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
How many cops who have been posting here are on a denial stage?
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Posted by ( JN ) on February 14, 2008 at 3:35 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Besides the arrest of these 4 correction officers lets get the video tape for the past year secured by the US Attorney General. I bet we see alot more mistreatment and unacceptable behavior has been going on for some time now. As for those annual reviews, please give me a break they mark "A" in the box so they get a merit raise, regardless if they are good performers or not. It is a standard of keeping the "thin blue line" of law enforcement behind closed doors and having double standards and shielding one another.
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Posted by ( erikuscs ) on February 14, 2008 at 3:35 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I hate when handicap people park in non handicap spots. THAT SUCKS. Stay out of my parking spots you crippled idiots.
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Posted by ( TampaSlim ) on February 14, 2008 at 3:38 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Race!?...Race?...nobody said there was a race going on. No wonder he got dumped out the chair. They should have let him bring his racing chair if he was going to be in a race!!
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Posted by ( JasonRye ) on February 14, 2008 at 3:49 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
deez - I can't imagine the "variety" of nonsense that these jailors have experienced. After a while, tho, your way of thinking changes. When ALMOST every person you deal with is a scammer, you see EVERYBODY as a scammer. That's when an officer becomes a threat to the community they set out to serve. The shame is, this smears ALL cops. The Blue Line needs to police its own, even more than they police the populace. Otherwise, what you see in these posts happens. Enough people have been done wrong, with rage and resentment built up, and every officer suffers. Gee was RESPONSBILE for not properly supervising these officers. Aberrant? I'd believe it - except for all the other testimonials.
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Posted by ( Quagmire813 ) on February 14, 2008 at 3:50 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Did anyone see the results from the wheelchair long jump competition at the special olympics. It was a real doozy.
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Posted by ( JohnHMarshall ) on February 14, 2008 at 3:50 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I am appalled at the casual way in which Mr Sterner was just dumped from his wheelchair. It makes me wonder if deputy Marshall-Jones has done similar things before. Her body language tells me more likely than not, she has. She should be thoroughly investigated and prosecuted if warranted. For the sheriff Department the American with Disabilities Act offer an 8 part training film on how to treat people with disabilities. Contact:http://www.ada.gov/policeinfo.htm#Anchor-VIDEO-11481
May be it will be a useful tool for all Sherrif Department Officers.
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Posted by ( supernanny80 ) on February 14, 2008 at 3:52 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
send her to jail
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Posted by ( cbarch ) on February 14, 2008 at 3:59 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I would like to know why it took this long for the video to surface..
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Posted by ( Lightnin ) on February 14, 2008 at 4:02 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
erikuscs YOU ARE AN IDIOT
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Posted by ( captjim333 ) on February 14, 2008 at 4:06 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
RACE? yes. If you don't know that down deep in that fat Black jail employ is a problem with whitie then you are not even close to what really goes on in the real world. Either that or you have not been around white people or not been around black people. Allmost all of us Blacks harbor felings about the systems in this country designed for the whit people.
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Posted by ( JDdisgusted ) on February 14, 2008 at 4:13 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
If you stand in traffic long enough, someone will hit you and THEN you can sue them...I love that they say...traffic violation...how about felony fleeing and eluding?...
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Posted by ( Quagmire813 ) on February 14, 2008 at 4:20 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Wow capt, I guess spell check wasn't an option when you bought your pc huh?
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Posted by ( Lightnin ) on February 14, 2008 at 4:22 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Stuff like that happens all over the nation.Come on man ,SUE for every cent possible.You know she would if it was her,and her friends just alike.I'm sure Al and Jesse would back her on that.
Folks be ready to be sick,because you know that in the end we are going to hear "Jones actions were JUSTIFIED like anything else these pigs do"
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Posted by ( RS57 ) on February 14, 2008 at 4:30 p.m.
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Posted by ( Jinx ) on February 14, 2008 at 4:35 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
If Sterner had been black and Jones-Marshall white, then Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton would be screaming this racial hate crime.
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Posted by ( ToeCutter ) on February 14, 2008 at 4:39 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
erikuscs, I think you misspelled your handle shouldn;t it be eriksucks.
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Posted by ( mama7speed ) on February 14, 2008 at 4:40 p.m.
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Posted by ( TampaSlim ) on February 14, 2008 at 4:40 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
The reason the tape took so long to come out is, Sterner called Mike Deason at Channel 10 and told him what happened. Deason asked for a copy of the tape through the freedom of information act. It took a few days to get it. Deason broke the story and that's when the chicken hit the fan.
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Posted by ( erikuscs ) on February 14, 2008 at 4:41 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Lightnin - What did I do. I can't park in their spots so stay outta mine. Walmart parking sucks anyway. It's really bad at the flea market.
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Posted by ( slove ) on February 14, 2008 at 4:51 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Sticks and stones may break your bones,but names will never hurt you.
Unless you are a Hillsborough County jail deputy.
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Posted by ( jagaka2 ) on February 14, 2008 at 5:10 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Lightnin said > "Folks be ready to be sick, because you know that in the end we are going to hear "Jones actions were JUSTIFIED like anything else these pigs do".
Response > That's when we take it to the streets.
PS - I say we get more tapes to check out under the freedom of information act. The most telling thing is that no one seems surprised or shocked in the tape. This, my friends, is the tip of the iceberg.
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Posted by ( cbarch ) on February 14, 2008 at 5:33 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
thanks for the update on Mike Deason. Now as concerned citizens for future violations of an individual, the tapes should be viewed by outside sources throughout the recording time and if lapses occur...immediate intervention..the next problem could be someones' murder we witness..
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Posted by ( jagaka2 ) on February 14, 2008 at 5:39 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
This blog is slowly creeping into the "older" news category and getting harder to find.
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Posted by ( LoveTampa ) on February 14, 2008 at 5:53 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Didn't read it today, but there were a few yesterday saying how Jones had never done anything like this in the past. What do you always hear about the person that just murdered someone? "Gee, I never would have guessed. He/she was the nicest person I have ever known". There is always a first time, and just becuase there wasn't a prior history, that still does not make it right. I know a cop that worked in the jail at Orient Road and retired. He could not take the daily drama and mental games that his coworkers constantly played out on a daily basis. I am also related to a sheriff's deputy in a nearby county. I wouldn't know where to begin to tell you the stories of police brutality he has openly spoke about during family gatherings.
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Posted by ( LoveTampa ) on February 14, 2008 at 5:58 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
By the way, because of the stories I have been told by my two law enforcement friends/relatives, I did NOT speak more than I had to when pulled over for the two traffic tickets I received. Some cops are just looking for a reason to start trouble.
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Posted by ( crysntrin ) on February 14, 2008 at 6:24 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
be quiet suicide risk!!! It a crime...period.