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East Rochester Cops & Monroe County Sheriff's Deputies Taser & Beat Man, Fracturing his Face

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          • value (String, 23105 characters ) <p>original article: http://davyv.blogspot.com/...
            • <p>original article: http://davyv.blogspot.com/2014/03/east-rochester-ny-cops-and-monroe.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DavyV+%28Davy+V.%29</p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4378096927950240572" itemprop="description articleBody"><div><table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-GZjBaHsayYw/UyZUHUW82tI/AAAAAAAAE1E/p3qcq0TUGXw/s640/blogger-image--796524341.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-GZjBaHsayYw/UyZUHUW82tI/AAAAAAAAE1E/p3qcq0TUGXw/s320/blogger-image--796524341.jpg" border="0" height="320" width="311"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Davy V.</span></b><br><br><b><span style="font-size: small;">Eric Smith's eye after being beaten by</span><br><span style="font-size: small;">East Rochester, NY cops and</span><br><span style="font-size: small;">Monroe County, NY Zone A Sheriff's deputies.</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>Eric Smith's girlfriend called 911 after her boyfriend passed out on the floor of their East Rochester, NY apartment, and became unresponsive.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Getting an early start on St. Patrick's Day festivities, Smith, a Warped music band tour manager who had not drank alcohol for some time, became sick after drinking for several hours.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Within minutes of his girlfriend's call to 911, four <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">female EMS technicians arrived.</span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>As they were tending to Eric Smith, several East Rochester Police officers, and Monroe County, NY Sheriff's deputies arrived on the scene, and entered Eric Smith's apartment.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>According to Smith's girlfriend, by that time, Eric Smith was coherent and told the EMS technicians that he did not want to go to the hospital.</div><div><!--break--></div><div>Then, as I've pointed out for years, at&nbsp;<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">that point, the East Rochester Police officers and Monroe County Sheriff's deputies did something law enforcement officers seem to be very good at.</span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-hphhTBOvipM/UyZREu0MSOI/AAAAAAAAE0A/5VTG6JX67Hs/s640/blogger-image--770524111.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-hphhTBOvipM/UyZREu0MSOI/AAAAAAAAE0A/5VTG6JX67Hs/s200/blogger-image--770524111.jpg" border="0" height="200" width="149"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Davy V.</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Creating, then escalating a completely unnecessary situation.</span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Several of the E.R. cops and MCSO deputies grabbed Eric Smith and told him that he had to go to the hospital.</span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Smith refused.</span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Smith's girlfriend then told the officers that the EMS technicians, who were still there were satisfied with the fact that Smith was coherent, and she told the officers to leave him alone.</span><br><br><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The officers ignored her.</span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">She then asked the officers to leave their apartment.</span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The officers became irate and at least one officer grabbed Eric Smith's girlfriend, and handcuffed her.</span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-cBdqm25cj1o/UyZRB_-Ep6I/AAAAAAAAEzw/ILS-RjcUa_0/s640/blogger-image--1863980748.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-cBdqm25cj1o/UyZRB_-Ep6I/AAAAAAAAEzw/ILS-RjcUa_0/s320/blogger-image--1863980748.jpg" border="0" height="219" width="320"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Davy V.</span></b><br><br><b><span style="font-size: small;">Taser prong and wire left behind in Smith's apartment.</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Smith, at seeing his girlfriend having been handcuffed for no reason told the officers to take the handcuffs off his girlfriend.</span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">It was then that several of the officers jumped on Smith, and at least one officer tasered him several times.</span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UaWbzysiTEE/UyZQ_ZcvCKI/AAAAAAAAEzg/cVIOFWJ1BoY/s640/blogger-image--1240204796.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UaWbzysiTEE/UyZQ_ZcvCKI/AAAAAAAAEzg/cVIOFWJ1BoY/s320/blogger-image--1240204796.jpg" border="0" height="320" width="239"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Davy V.</span></b><br><br><b><span style="font-size: small;">Drive Stun marks&nbsp;</span></b><br><b><span style="font-size: small;">on back of Eric Smith's arm.</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">A taser deploys a powerful 50,000 volt electrical current shock which&nbsp;</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">completely overrides the person's central nervous system and paralyzes them, preventing them from having any control over their muscles.&nbsp;</span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">But it's important to remember that the 911 call was not for a domestic dispute, which any police officer will tell you, is the most dangerous call for service that they respond to, as the officer(s) is coming into what many times can be a volatile situation where emotions run high.</span></span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">But Eric Smith's girlfriend called 911 for medical assistance.</span></span><br><br><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">She didn't call police.</span></span><br><br><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">And she certainly didn't call several rogue cops.</span></span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">"I specifically told 911 that I was concerned for his health," Smith's girlfriend told me when I visited the couple Sunday afternoon.</span></span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">"They (police) did not have to what they did, there was no need for it."</span></span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">In addition to tasering Smith, officers also used the taser on him several times as what is called a 'Drive Stun'.</span></span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Zf56Kgo9Jws/UyZQ7EF3BVI/AAAAAAAAEzI/mMsJm_hjoSs/s640/blogger-image--799656994.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Zf56Kgo9Jws/UyZQ7EF3BVI/AAAAAAAAEzI/mMsJm_hjoSs/s320/blogger-image--799656994.jpg" border="0" height="320" width="239"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Davy V.</span></b><br><br><b><span style="font-size: small;">Drive Stun marks&nbsp;</span></b><br><b><span style="font-size: small;">on back of Eric Smith's back.</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">A drive stun is when instead of deploying the wires and prongs of a taser and 'shooting' a suspect with the taser, the officer uses the taser to shock the suspect by directly applying the taser to the suspects body, then deploying the electrical shock, or drive stun.</span></span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">As you can see in the photos to the right, officers used both wire prongs and drive stun options on Smith several times.</span></span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">And that's one of the things that Smith's girlfriend finds very disturbing.</span></span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">" I feel that the reason for a police officer&nbsp;</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">to use taser on someone is if they have to defend theselves," she said.</span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"But Eric wasn't doing anything wrong."</span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">And look at him, all the times they tasered him and stunned him with the taser were on his back, how is someone a threat of their back is to you?"</span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">"There was absolutely no need for them to do what they did to Eric," she said.</span></span></div><div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: right;">&nbsp;</div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">But it gets worse.</span></span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">At one point, one of the officers, who was wearing leather gloves, grabbed Eric Smith and punched him several times in&nbsp;</span></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">his face.</span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"He was on his knees, handcuffed, and they were punching him in his face," said Smith's girlfriend.</span></div><div><div>&nbsp;</div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Lv8mD8s3krw/UyZRbs1i7dI/AAAAAAAAE0w/wXhdyKB-lq8/s640/blogger-image-66316703.jpg" style="clear: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Lv8mD8s3krw/UyZRbs1i7dI/AAAAAAAAE0w/wXhdyKB-lq8/s320/blogger-image-66316703.jpg" border="0" height="320" width="258"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br><b><span style="font-size: small;">Flight of stairs<br>where Eric Smith was dragged down,<br>handcuffed, by East Rochester cops<br>and Monroe County, NY Zone A<br>Sheriff's deputies.</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">The officers then dragged the handcuffed Smith down a steep flight of stairs.</span></div></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">"They didn't even put any clothes on him, they dragged him out in his boxers," Smith's girlfriend told me.</span></span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Smith was transported by ambulance to Rochester General Hospital where he was treated multiple injuries including an "orbital wall fracture" to his left eye socket.</span></span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Neither Eric Smith or his girlfriend were charged with any crimes.</span></span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Here's my take.</span></span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Eric Smith is Latino.</span></span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">And, as you can see in the photos, he loves ink.</span></span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Add to that the fact that Eric's girlfriend is Caucasian.</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: right;">&nbsp;</div><table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-giVnIVWd0rQ/UyZ-6LWmnXI/AAAAAAAAE1s/OqGy8gMmDQE/s640/blogger-image-1593306886.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-giVnIVWd0rQ/UyZ-6LWmnXI/AAAAAAAAE1s/OqGy8gMmDQE/s320/blogger-image-1593306886.jpg" border="0" height="320" width="240"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br><b><span style="font-size: small;">Eric Smith in hospital after the beating.</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">I strongly feel that both the East Rochester cops as well as the Zone A Monroe County Sheriff's deputies entered that apartment without a warrant, inserted themselves in a situation where they were NOT needed, refused to leave when they were asked, then profiled Eric for two reasons.</span></span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">One, he's Latino.</span></span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-i6Ba2dcSxmw/UyZ-7T8geII/AAAAAAAAE10/A8F-6aplBRE/s640/blogger-image-1981364807.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-i6Ba2dcSxmw/UyZ-7T8geII/AAAAAAAAE10/A8F-6aplBRE/s320/blogger-image-1981364807.jpg" border="0" height="265" width="320"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br><b><span style="font-size: small;">Eric Smith in hospital after the beating.</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Two, he's a Latino covered in tattoos.</span></span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Those police officers did exactly what I have criticized law enforcement officers for doing for years.</span></span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">They created, then escalated a completely unnecessary situation.</span></span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">But most important, and disturbing, they allowed their prejudiced, pre-conceived perceptions of a 'certain look', prevent them from abiding by the oath they swore to uphold.</span></span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">And as a result, they beat an innocent man.</span></span><br><table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-CTEfb1hrdCw/Uycjq2OrY6I/AAAAAAAAE2E/Lqlyje6szGY/s640/blogger-image--1471940684.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-CTEfb1hrdCw/Uycjq2OrY6I/AAAAAAAAE2E/Lqlyje6szGY/s320/blogger-image--1471940684.jpg" border="0" height="320" width="320"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br><b><span style="font-size: small;">Eric Smith with his cat, before the beating by&nbsp;</span></b><br><b><span style="font-size: small;">East Rochester, NY cops,<br>and Monroe County, NY Sheriff's deputies.</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><b>Update:&nbsp;</b><br><br><b>As this story is going viral, East Rochester, NY Police officers have returned to Eric Smith's apartment in a show of intimidation.</b><br><br><b>Below is a photo Eric sent me of an East Rochester, NY Police cruiser parked right outside his apartment building.</b><br><br><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-P5RJHWL2DS0/UyZqqKhHvdI/AAAAAAAAE1c/rA6vlhfJrs4/s640/blogger-image--837832942.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-P5RJHWL2DS0/UyZqqKhHvdI/AAAAAAAAE1c/rA6vlhfJrs4/s320/blogger-image--837832942.jpg" border="0" height="224" width="320"></a><br><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</div></div></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: large;"><b>Contact the East Rochester, NY Police department and Chief Steven J. 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            • <p>original article: <a href="http://davyv.blogspot.com/2014/03/east-rochester-ny-cops-and-monroe.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DavyV+%28Davy+V.%29">http://davyv.blogspot.com/2014/03/east-rochester-ny-cops-and-monroe.html...</a></p> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4378096927950240572" itemprop="description articleBody"> <div> <table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-GZjBaHsayYw/UyZUHUW82tI/AAAAAAAAE1E/p3qcq0TUGXw/s640/blogger-image--796524341.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-GZjBaHsayYw/UyZUHUW82tI/AAAAAAAAE1E/p3qcq0TUGXw/s320/blogger-image--796524341.jpg" border="0" height="320" width="311" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Davy V.</span></b><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: small;">Eric Smith's eye after being beaten by</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">East Rochester, NY cops and</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Monroe County, NY Zone A Sheriff's deputies.</span></b></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div>Eric Smith's girlfriend called 911 after her boyfriend passed out on the floor of their East Rochester, NY apartment, and became unresponsive.</div> <div> </div> <div>Getting an early start on St. Patrick's Day festivities, Smith, a Warped music band tour manager who had not drank alcohol for some time, became sick after drinking for several hours.</div> <div> </div> <div>Within minutes of his girlfriend's call to 911, four <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">female EMS technicians arrived.</span></div> <div> </div> <div>As they were tending to Eric Smith, several East Rochester Police officers, and Monroe County, NY Sheriff's deputies arrived on the scene, and entered Eric Smith's apartment.</div> <div> </div> <div>According to Smith's girlfriend, by that time, Eric Smith was coherent and told the EMS technicians that he did not want to go to the hospital.</div> <div> <!--break--></div> <div>Then, as I've pointed out for years, at <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">that point, the East Rochester Police officers and Monroe County Sheriff's deputies did something law enforcement officers seem to be very good at.</span></div> <div> </div> <div> <table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-hphhTBOvipM/UyZREu0MSOI/AAAAAAAAE0A/5VTG6JX67Hs/s640/blogger-image--770524111.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-hphhTBOvipM/UyZREu0MSOI/AAAAAAAAE0A/5VTG6JX67Hs/s200/blogger-image--770524111.jpg" border="0" height="200" width="149" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Davy V.</span></b></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Creating, then escalating a completely unnecessary situation.</span></p></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Several of the E.R. cops and MCSO deputies grabbed Eric Smith and told him that he had to go to the hospital.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Smith refused.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Smith's girlfriend then told the officers that the EMS technicians, who were still there were satisfied with the fact that Smith was coherent, and she told the officers to leave him alone.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The officers ignored her.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">She then asked the officers to leave their apartment.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The officers became irate and at least one officer grabbed Eric Smith's girlfriend, and handcuffed her.</span></div> <div> </div> <div> <table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-cBdqm25cj1o/UyZRB_-Ep6I/AAAAAAAAEzw/ILS-RjcUa_0/s640/blogger-image--1863980748.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-cBdqm25cj1o/UyZRB_-Ep6I/AAAAAAAAEzw/ILS-RjcUa_0/s320/blogger-image--1863980748.jpg" border="0" height="219" width="320" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Davy V.</span></b><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: small;">Taser prong and wire left behind in Smith's apartment.</span></b></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Smith, at seeing his girlfriend having been handcuffed for no reason told the officers to take the handcuffs off his girlfriend.</span></p></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">It was then that several of the officers jumped on Smith, and at least one officer tasered him several times.</span></div> <div> </div> <div> <table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UaWbzysiTEE/UyZQ_ZcvCKI/AAAAAAAAEzg/cVIOFWJ1BoY/s640/blogger-image--1240204796.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UaWbzysiTEE/UyZQ_ZcvCKI/AAAAAAAAEzg/cVIOFWJ1BoY/s320/blogger-image--1240204796.jpg" border="0" height="320" width="239" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Davy V.</span></b><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: small;">Drive Stun marks </span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: small;">on back of Eric Smith's arm.</span></b></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">A taser deploys a powerful 50,000 volt electrical current shock which </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">completely overrides the person's central nervous system and paralyzes them, preventing them from having any control over their muscles. </span></p></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">But it's important to remember that the 911 call was not for a domestic dispute, which any police officer will tell you, is the most dangerous call for service that they respond to, as the officer(s) is coming into what many times can be a volatile situation where emotions run high.</span></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">But Eric Smith's girlfriend called 911 for medical assistance.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">She didn't call police.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">And she certainly didn't call several rogue cops.</span></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">"I specifically told 911 that I was concerned for his health," Smith's girlfriend told me when I visited the couple Sunday afternoon.</span></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">"They (police) did not have to what they did, there was no need for it."</span></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">In addition to tasering Smith, officers also used the taser on him several times as what is called a 'Drive Stun'.</span></span></div> <div> </div> <div> <table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Zf56Kgo9Jws/UyZQ7EF3BVI/AAAAAAAAEzI/mMsJm_hjoSs/s640/blogger-image--799656994.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Zf56Kgo9Jws/UyZQ7EF3BVI/AAAAAAAAEzI/mMsJm_hjoSs/s320/blogger-image--799656994.jpg" border="0" height="320" width="239" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Davy V.</span></b><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: small;">Drive Stun marks </span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: small;">on back of Eric Smith's back.</span></b></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">A drive stun is when instead of deploying the wires and prongs of a taser and 'shooting' a suspect with the taser, the officer uses the taser to shock the suspect by directly applying the taser to the suspects body, then deploying the electrical shock, or drive stun.</span></span></p></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">As you can see in the photos to the right, officers used both wire prongs and drive stun options on Smith several times.</span></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">And that's one of the things that Smith's girlfriend finds very disturbing.</span></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">" I feel that the reason for a police officer </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">to use taser on someone is if they have to defend theselves," she said.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"But Eric wasn't doing anything wrong."</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">And look at him, all the times they tasered him and stunned him with the taser were on his back, how is someone a threat of their back is to you?"</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">"There was absolutely no need for them to do what they did to Eric," she said.</span></span></div> <div> <div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> </div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">But it gets worse.</span></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">At one point, one of the officers, who was wearing leather gloves, grabbed Eric Smith and punched him several times in </span></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">his face.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"He was on his knees, handcuffed, and they were punching him in his face," said Smith's girlfriend.</span></div> <div> <div> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> <table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Lv8mD8s3krw/UyZRbs1i7dI/AAAAAAAAE0w/wXhdyKB-lq8/s640/blogger-image-66316703.jpg" style="clear: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Lv8mD8s3krw/UyZRbs1i7dI/AAAAAAAAE0w/wXhdyKB-lq8/s320/blogger-image-66316703.jpg" border="0" height="320" width="258" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: small;">Flight of stairs<br />where Eric Smith was dragged down,<br />handcuffed, by East Rochester cops<br />and Monroe County, NY Zone A<br />Sheriff's deputies.</span></b></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">The officers then dragged the handcuffed Smith down a steep flight of stairs.</span></p></div> </div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">"They didn't even put any clothes on him, they dragged him out in his boxers," Smith's girlfriend told me.</span></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Smith was transported by ambulance to Rochester General Hospital where he was treated multiple injuries including an "orbital wall fracture" to his left eye socket.</span></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Neither Eric Smith or his girlfriend were charged with any crimes.</span></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Here's my take.</span></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Eric Smith is Latino.</span></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">And, as you can see in the photos, he loves ink.</span></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Add to that the fact that Eric's girlfriend is Caucasian.</span></span></div> <div> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> <table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-giVnIVWd0rQ/UyZ-6LWmnXI/AAAAAAAAE1s/OqGy8gMmDQE/s640/blogger-image-1593306886.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-giVnIVWd0rQ/UyZ-6LWmnXI/AAAAAAAAE1s/OqGy8gMmDQE/s320/blogger-image-1593306886.jpg" border="0" height="320" width="240" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: small;">Eric Smith in hospital after the beating.</span></b></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">I strongly feel that both the East Rochester cops as well as the Zone A Monroe County Sheriff's deputies entered that apartment without a warrant, inserted themselves in a situation where they were NOT needed, refused to leave when they were asked, then profiled Eric for two reasons.</span></span></p></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">One, he's Latino.</span></span></div> <div> </div> <div> <table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-i6Ba2dcSxmw/UyZ-7T8geII/AAAAAAAAE10/A8F-6aplBRE/s640/blogger-image-1981364807.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-i6Ba2dcSxmw/UyZ-7T8geII/AAAAAAAAE10/A8F-6aplBRE/s320/blogger-image-1981364807.jpg" border="0" height="265" width="320" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: small;">Eric Smith in hospital after the beating.</span></b></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Two, he's a Latino covered in tattoos.</span></span></p></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Those police officers did exactly what I have criticized law enforcement officers for doing for years.</span></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">They created, then escalated a completely unnecessary situation.</span></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">But most important, and disturbing, they allowed their prejudiced, pre-conceived perceptions of a 'certain look', prevent them from abiding by the oath they swore to uphold.</span></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">And as a result, they beat an innocent man.</span></span><br /><br /> <table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-CTEfb1hrdCw/Uycjq2OrY6I/AAAAAAAAE2E/Lqlyje6szGY/s640/blogger-image--1471940684.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-CTEfb1hrdCw/Uycjq2OrY6I/AAAAAAAAE2E/Lqlyje6szGY/s320/blogger-image--1471940684.jpg" border="0" height="320" width="320" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: small;">Eric Smith with his cat, before the beating by </span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: small;">East Rochester, NY cops,<br />and Monroe County, NY Sheriff's deputies.</span></b></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Update: </b><br /><br /><b>As this story is going viral, East Rochester, NY Police officers have returned to Eric Smith's apartment in a show of intimidation.</b><br /><br /><b>Below is a photo Eric sent me of an East Rochester, NY Police cruiser parked right outside his apartment building.</b><br /><br /><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-P5RJHWL2DS0/UyZqqKhHvdI/AAAAAAAAE1c/rA6vlhfJrs4/s640/blogger-image--837832942.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-P5RJHWL2DS0/UyZqqKhHvdI/AAAAAAAAE1c/rA6vlhfJrs4/s320/blogger-image--837832942.jpg" border="0" height="224" width="320" /></a><br /><br /> </p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> <div style="margin: 0px;"> <div style="margin: 0px;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: large;"><b>Contact the East Rochester, NY Police department and Chief Steven J. 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