Birmingham Beating........

I'm sure most have heard the story or seen the footage of the guy being beat by the Birmingham Police Department. The incident took place January 23, 2008 and the footage just came light a few days ago. Five officers were fired, and all five stated they did not know the victim was unconscious. Now based on the video once the victim was thrown from the car, the first office runs over and starts to hit him with his club, and then several others follow pursuit by punching, kicking, and stomping. At no point does it show the cops checking to see if the man was dead, because he clearly is not moving at all. I not sure if their adrenaline was pumping and they got caught in the moment or if they were just upset that the guy sent them on a chase. True, the guy should have obeyed the law and stopped and he was asked too, but surely he did not deserve what happened to him as he lay on the ground unresponsive. If they thought what was done was right, why wait over a year to present your evidence? It's said the first video given to DA for review did not even include the beating. So who is covering who, and is this the first time something of this nature as occurred?....Probably not, and most likely will not be the last. Although the guy didn't deserve to be beat, does the officers deserve to be fired? Some say yes, some say no, I say I'm not sure. Several things would play a part such as, how long they've been with the force, anything negative in their file, explanation for reacting the way they did, and what happened after the camera was turned off. Maybe a lesser punishment such as desk work for a while could work for some.....who knows....This incident has occurred, so now what is being done to keep this from happening in the future. View the video below.

Birmingham police beating video