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NJ Man brutally beaten and arrested for having an unzipped jacket
There was a rally against police brutality in New Jersey. It follows Friday's release of a surveillance videotape showing a police officer beating a man outside a bar in Passaic... "I don't know why he did that, I respect the law," said Holloway. Last Friday, surveillance footage shows Holloway waiting outside Lawrence's restaurant in Passaic when a police cruiser pulls up and a female officer asks Holloway to zip up his sweatshirt. Holloway appears to comply, but in an instant, Officer Joseph Rios III jumps out and starts beating him. That's not all. The video shows Officer Rios beats Holloway with his fists and his baton... "It's a clear example of brutality, that officer needs to be removed from the police force," said Holloway's lawyer, Nancy Lucianna. Officer Rios, a seven-year veteran on the force, remains on active duty. Passaic police had no comment. As long as the criminal American injustice system consistantly finds the police innocent of brutality like this, the brutalizing of the people will continue at the behest of the so-called government. http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=6850726
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