|
|
|
Beaten by cops in 2010 video, Askia Sabur found not guilty of beating cops
Victim in viral 2010 police brutality video found not guilty of assaulting the police.
Beaten by cops in 2010 video, Askia Sabur found not guilty of beating cops
Follow on Twitter @DanielDenvir
The 2010 video went viral on Youtube quickly: Philadelphia Police Officer Jimmy Leocal beating Askia Sabur repeatedly on West Philadelphia's Lansdowne Avenue. In the video, Leocal then pulls his gun on the alarmed crowd.
The beating sparked an uproar, local and national media coverage, and was discussed during City Council hearings on police brutality. But busy reporters moved on, and Sabur spent the last two years in jail awaiting trial for the charge of assaulting Leocal's partner, Officer Donyul Williams.
Today, a jury found Sabur not guilty of aggravated assault, disarming a law enforcement officer, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and resisting arrest.
The defense repeatedly showed jurors this video (above) of Sabur's beating. Stay tuned: we have more on this coming soon.
Somehow this is supposed to be justice. He spent 2 years in jail. The city will do anything in an attempt to avoid liability. This is what Mr. Dorner was talking about.
If we want change, let’s all refuse to convict another fellow citizen until police misconduct is addressed. Jury Nullification!
— iv.liberty- Well said! Isn't it funny that Philly cops perpetrate crimes against innocent people and then arrest them for the very crimes that the cops committed against them! We can only imagine how many people were framed and are sitting in jail because the cops decided to beat them for no reason - but there were no videos to prove it. — VictimOfPoliceCrimes
- THIS SAVAGE BEATING OF ASKIA SABUR WAS IN RETALIATION FOR HIS FOR PUBLIC CRITICISM OF PHILADELPHIA POLICE CORRUPTION AND BRUTALITY. THE COP THUGS FOUND THE SLIGHTEST NONCRIMINAL EXCUSE TO BRUTALLY ASSAULT HIM AND RUIN HIS LIFE. NOTE THAT A BLACK COP WAS ORDERED TO DO THE BEATING, TO AVOID THE APPEARANCE OF RACISM. THANK GOD FOR YOUTUBE VIDEOS! BY THE WAY, MY HUNDREDS OF PRO-ASKIA SABUR, ANTI-PHILADELPHIA POLICE COMMENTS HAVE PERPETUALLY BEEN AT THE TOPS OF THE PAGES OF MOST IF NOT ALL ASKIA SABUR THREADS, INCLUDING HIS VIDEO PAGES. I WONDER IF MY REMARKS INFLUENCED THE JURY. ;)— VictimOfPoliceCrimes
- ActiVman
- adventures
- Arts
- Ask A Man-About-Town
- Award Tour
- Awards
- Bad Idea Factory
- Beer
- Below the Curve
- Bikes
- Booze
- Brian Hickey
- BRT
- Budget
- Budget Fuss
- Business
- Casinos
- City Council
- City Hall
- CouncilMANIC
- CP Abroad
- CP in the Community
- Criminal Justice System
- Day Tripper
- Death and Taxes
- Delaware River
- Design
- DROP
- Drugs
- Dubious Distinction
- Elections
- End of Days
- Environment
- Fashion
- Film Fest
- Financial Meltdown
- FrackTrack
- Free Library
- Gambling
- Gay Stuff
- Get Lit
- Greenstorming
- guns
- Hall Monitor
- Health
- Health Care
- Hello, Kitty
- Holidays
- Ice Cubes
- Iggles
- Immigration
- In Memoriam
- Labor
- Lawsuits
- Letters
- LGBTQ
- Maps
- Marcellus Shale
- Media
- MMA
- Mummers
- Music
- MUST READ
- Mysterious Mysteries
- Nation
- News
- Non Sequitur
- Opinion
- PA politics 2010
- Parking Wars
- Parks and Recreation
- People Send Us This Stuff
- Philadelphia Police
- Philadelphia Union
- Philaphemera
- Philly From Scratch
- philly madness
- Photos
- Poverty
- PPA
- President Obama
- Print Edition
- Prisons
- Protest
- Readers Write
- Real Estate
- Rock Bottom
- Schools
- Science
- Screwing Philly
- SEPTA
- snow
- So Lush
- Soccer
- Sporting Life
- Sports Complex
- State Politicians
- State Politics
- Street Art
- Strike
- Stuff We Like
- Taxes
- Taxi Drivers
- Tech Fetish
- television
- The Budget Crisis
- The City Paper
- The CLOG
- The Human Condition
- The Mayor
- The Phightin Phils
- The World
- Things that make you go hm
- Tinfoil Hats Off
- Under the Table
- Under the Tables
- Urban Development
- Urban Planning
- urban wildlife
- Video Poker
- We Call Shenanigans
- Weather
- Web Junk
- Weekend Omnibus
- White House
- What We've Found
- Women's Issues
- Flyered Up!
- How 'Bout That Weather?
- it's always sunny in philadelphia
- Stu!
- Shopping
- get out
- 10-track mind
- ArtsFlash
- Bloggity
- Bruce Being Bruce
- Colleges
- Comedy
- Gigantic Surprises
- Hello Canary
- Hello Puppy
- errata
- get lost
- Inside The Fishbowl
- Library Closings
- Local Support
- Movies
- Murder
- Night Moves
- Recycling
- radio
- Scientology
- Sex
- Sixers
- Skeeze Police
- State Politicians Screwing Philly
- That's a cool stencil!
- Theater
- Things We See
- This Week
- This Week in Oates
- University City
- WIN
- What we don't heart
- trailer!
- what we heart
- Feeling Guilty
- Askadelphia.
- Broke in Philly
- Contest
- Dance
- Dear Paper Doll
- Do A Good Thing
- Education
- Film Fest Schism
- G20-20 Vision
- Goodbye
- Gossip
- Great American Heroes
- PATCO
- Pearl Jam Week
- Puppy
- Stars of the Photostream
- sustainability
- Lower Merion Webcam-Gate
- The Cycle
- Equality Forum
- Bureaucrat of the Week
- Animals
- ElectionEar
- Photostream
