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JUDGE KAPLAN: "THIS IS CRAP"

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 Judge Stanton Kaplan sets an exampleCop sees man sleeping by a shopping cart on the side of the road in Tamarac.  Cop orders man to come over to where he is standing.  Man objects, cop puts his hand on the man.  The man allegedly shoves the cop.  Cop wraps his arm around man's neck, and "threw him onto the sidewalk...(he) attempted to get back to his feet, at which time I pushed his head into the ground...(he) again attempted to get up and grabbed onto the right side of my body, near my firearm.  I then punched (him) twice in the face..." (From the PC Affidavit).The Broward State Attorney's Office files a third degree felony, Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer (presumably after the man is treated for his wounds)...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on February 26, 2009 (boomark / email).