Cop who beat drunk cripple found not guilty

[Chris0nllyn]

Back in 2012 Richard Jouppi was booking 50-year old, wheelchair bound, Anthony Jon Jackson in the detoxification center. Jouppi was clearly causing pain and hurting Jackson, at which point Jackson reached up with his arm to defend himself, and told Jouppi, “you can’t do that.”

Jouppi then stooped to particularly low level and began to pummel Jackson to the point of knocking him backwards out of the wheelchair and then getting on top of his paralyzed body.

Jackson was booked for felony assault. The charges were later dropped.

Jouppi, 36, faced fifth-degree assault and disorderly conduct charges after the aggressive incident. This past November, Jouppi was found not guilty on all charges.

Even Duluth Police Chief Gordon Ramsay, was upset with the outcome and posted the following statement to his Facebook page,

“While I respect the judicial process I am very disappointed by the verdict in the Richard Jouppi case. His actions on September 21, 2012 were not consistent with department training or policy, bringing discredit to our department and detracting from the excellent work our women and men do on a daily basis. As I said previously, we will do everything we can legally to ensure he never works for our department again.”

Cop who Beat Down a Wheelchair Bound Man Found Not Guilty on All Charges | The Free Thought Project

 

[AnthonyJames]

The moral of the story is, Don't slap the Po-Po even if he is a cracka.

 

[glhs837]

then getting on top of his paralyzed body

Hmmm, didn't I see that "paralyzed body" get up out of the chair about 20 seconds prior to the "cripple" assaulting the officer? Now, was the cops technique a bit over the top, maybe so, but the headline and text are not supported by the video.

 

[Chris0nllyn]

Hmmm, didn't I see that "paralyzed body" get up out of the chair about 20 seconds prior to the "cripple" assaulting the officer? Now, was the cops technique a bit over the top, maybe so, but the headline and text are not supported by the video.

Yea, he can walk.

He was just too drunk to do so.

Here's the original story from 2012.

According to the report of the officer who worked with Jouppi on the night of the incident, Jackson was a handful that night. Police were called to Jackson's unit at the San Marco Apartments at 10:09 p.m. Friday on a report that he was extremely intoxicated and had been in two fights that night. A staff member at the apartments told the officer that Jackson had been escalating his assault and violent behavior during the past month. The staff member said he talked to the two residents in the building that Jackson had fought with and neither wanted to press charges.

The report indicates that Jackson returned to his room and trashed it. The staff member's supervisor wanted Jackson taken to the detox center for a 72-hour hold.

Jouppi's partner wrote in his report that when they arrived at detox, Jackson was agitated and said he was not going in. The officer said that he attempted to assist Jackson from the squad car into a wheelchair, but the man was agitated and pushed away his hands. Jackson finally got in the wheelchair and was wheeled into the building.

Inside the building, Jackson told a staff member he was going to throw his jacket at her. Both police officers stepped in, the report indicates, and Jouppi grabbed Jackson's arm while the other officer attempted to grab the jacket.

Jouppi was one of four Omaha police officers honored for bravery and lifesaving in 2005 for risking their lives to rescue a family from a burning home. The officers received the Woodmen Lifesaver Commendation, the Omaha Police Lifesaving Medal, and the Omaha Fire Department Unit Citation for Lifesaving.

Duluth police officer accused of striking intoxicated man in wheelchair - TwinCities.com

This was the fifth complaint filed against officer Jouppi during his two years with Duluth Police.

 

[b23hqb]

I guess the power of the badge Jouppi formerly wore was far more intoxicating than the extremely intoxicated prisoner he beat the crap out of.

I sincerely hope that the Police Chief of Duluth can make his statement hold true that Jouppi never work in that town again as a cop, and hopefully nowhere else.

 

[Chris0nllyn]

I guess the power of the badge Jouppi formerly wore was far more intoxicating than the extremely intoxicated prisoner he beat the crap out of.

I sincerely hope that the Police Chief of Duluth can make his statement hold true that Jouppi never work in that town again as a cop, and hopefully nowhere else.

Arbitrators make sure that doesn't happen.

When an officer is fired, the police union can choose to go to an independent arbitrator — usually an impartial attorney unfamiliar with the people involved. He or she acts as a judge, hearing both sides of the case and deciding whether the officer returns to duty.

The Broward and Palm Beach County Police Benevolent Associations said they have about an 80 percent success rate through arbitration.

Boynton Beach Police Officer Thomas Jones was hired in 2001 and fired in January 2010 over a case — felony domestic battery by strangulation and battery — the year before. He was found not guilty of the criminal charges in April 2009.

In February, Jones, 32, won his job back but was fired again in July, when an internal-affairs investigation determined he committed insurance fraud.

Jones was in a car accident in March 2009 and told his mother to tell the insurance company that she was the driver when the crash occurred, investigators said. That's because his insurance company would not cover his claim.

Jones signed pretrial intervention in May on the fraud charge, admitting guilt but keeping it off his record, according to the State Attorney's Office.

The PBA is deciding whether to allow him to go for arbitration again.

Boynton Beach Officer David Coffey, 30, was fired in 2007, two years after he was hired, for use of excessive force during a DUI arrest. He got his job back in 2008 through arbitration. In May he got into trouble again, charged with improper exhibition of a dangerous weapon and culpable negligence.

Coffey is accused of walking up behind an unsuspecting fellow officer and firing his Taser within two to three inches of her right ear as she sat at a computer, typing a report.

He currently is on administrative duty pending the outcome of an internal-affairs investigation, police spokeswoman Stephanie Slater said.

Boynton Beach Police Chief Matthew Immler said the arbitration process is something he has to live with. He would prefer a procedure based on peer review.

Chiefs sometimes make excessive decisions by firing officers, unions claim. The unions say their job is to make sure officers keep their jobs. Some exceptions, though, such as drug cases, don't go to arbitration.

Kazanjian said the PBA wins two or three officers a year back their jobs through arbitration. But a case like David Britto's, if he's fired, will not go to arbitration, Kazanjian said.

The Boynton Beach officer was indicted in July on federal meth trafficking charges. Britto, 28, pleaded not guilty to the charges. He was ordered to live under curfew with an ankle monitor at his mother's house in Coral Springs, pending court proceedings.

He remains on paid administrative leave with the police department as the investigation continues.

The Broward Sheriff's Office has had at least nine deputies fired and then return since 2007.

Most recently, Deputy Christian Silva, 29, won his job back in December. Internal-affairs investigators determined that in 2007 Silva got a 17-year-old girl drunk and had sex with her. He was fired in 2009.

Silva, hired in 2004, was not criminally charged with statutory rape. He told investigators the teen lied to him about her age.

Lamberti said that arbitrators' decisions sometimes leave him scratching his head in bewilderment. Some decisions also can harm relations with the public, he said.

"The public should be confident their police officers are living up to a higher standard," Lamberti said. "These kinds of things could damage the confidence of the public."

Arbitration: Unions help fired police officers get their jobs back - Sun Sentinel

MN may be able to take his duties and license away, but he could possibly go to another state.

 

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Arbitrators make sure that doesn't happen.







Arbitration: Unions help fired police officers get their jobs back - Sun Sentinel

MN may be able to take his duties and license away, but he could possibly go to another state.

Right because that arbitrator doesn't act to the emotional part of the dispute but protects the rights of the individual. You know chris..the thing you are always bitching about. Rights of the individual...of course you believe in people being inocent until proven guilty exept when it comes to cops. You believe in people having those rights except when it comes to those people being cops.

 

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Cop who Beat Down a Wheelchair Bound Man Found Not Guilty on All Charges | The Free Thought Project

Hey chris. How could you call this guy a cripple? He stands up and is able to punch this cop in the face? How can you look at yourself in the mirror when you are such a bold face liar?