Cop Watching is Illegal

John Mage jmage at panix.com
Fri Jul 12 16:19:37 PDT 2002


Filed at 4:43 p.m. ET July 12

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (Reuters) ... Mitchell Crooks, the bystander who video-taped the beating, was behind bars on Friday after being arrested for failing to show up for a prison term in northern California for 1999 petty theft and hit-and-run convictions. ... Crooks spent part of Thursday night in the hospital ward of a Los Angeles jail for as-yet-unexplained injuries apparently suffered after his arrest, his lawyer said. ...

Bill Bartlett wrote:

> Why are people worrying about whether Cuba is a police state, sounds

> like you might have problems a bit closer to home ...

Indeed.

john mage



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