Grand Jury Clears Cops In Televised Beatdown

ASSOCIATED PRESS: A Philadelphia grand jury won’t recommend charges against police officers involved in the videotaped beating of three suspects after a car chase. District Attorney Lynne Abraham made the announcement Thursday, a month after the three suspects were acquitted in a 2008 shooting. Video taken from a television news helicopter on May 5 that year shows police cars pursuing the suspects’ car for more than 2 miles before the driver pulls over. Officers smash a window and pull the men out and onto the ground. Several officers beat and kick them. The city police commissioner later fired four officers, disciplined four and ordered that the department be retrained on the use of force. MORE

DAILY NEWS: According to the grand jury’s report, released today by the District Attorney’s office, the beating was “helpful rather than hurtful.”

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