Wednesday, May 15, 2013

The Murder of David Sal Silva

Via WRSA


David Silva 

VERBATIM

A mob of nine men beat David Sal Silva, 33, to death in Bakersfield, California, last week. They hogtied him, bashed his head with batons, picked him up and then dropped him at least twice as he screamed and pleaded for his life. They committed this crime openly – I would say in broad daylight, except that it was around midnight. Nonetheless, they slaughtered Mr. Silva on a fairly busy road, across the street from a hospital and in view of the neighborhood’s residents and passers-by.

Indeed, so blatant were they that said passers-by videotaped the atrocity from beginning to end on their cell phones. Which the thugs or their accomplices then stole, menacing and intimidating the witnesses.

Where are the cops in all this? Protecting their own: the nine killers are sheriffs from Kern County. When a guard at the hospital called to report a “possibly intoxicated” man in the area, they descended to exterminate him. Their excuse is the usual: resisting arrest. But the onlookers vehemently deny that. One named Sulina Quair called to report the crime and courageously told a dispatcher in the sheriff’s office, “…These cops have no reason to do this to this man." She repeatedly stressed in her comments (listen to them here by scrolling to the bottom of the article) that the attack was unprovoked murder.

The victim’s screams awakened Ruben Ceballos. "When I got outside,” says Mr. Ceballos, “I saw two officers beating a man with batons and they were hitting his head so every time they would swing, I could hear the blows to his head.”

Indeed, “Multiple witnesses have said deputies repeatedly beat and struck Silva with batons even as he begged them to stop.”

Our heroic Sulina Quair made the mistake of confessing to the sheriff’s office, “I got it all on video camera and I'm sending it to the news.” That catapulted deputies on a wild scramble to steal not only Ms. Quair’s phone but her boyfriend’s as well. In fact, when these incredibly brave patriots refused to hand over their property, the cops held them against their will in their homes for 10 hours, in direct violation of California’s law, until a search warrant arrived. "They were tired, scared, with a 9-year-old child there who was terrified," according to their attorney.

As always, the sheriff's office is "investigating" itself so it can whitewash its depredations while assuring the serfs that all is well in the police-state. Meanwhile, as Mr. Silva's family grieves and the traumatized witnesses tremble, the cops request "patience" so they have plenty of time to erase the cell-phone's footage and otherwise destroy evidence.

Says Ms. Sulina, “I have been crying a lot and [Mr. Silva's] voice just plays over and over in my head … I sit there and I can still hear him choking in his own blood, trying to gasp for air.”

Mr. Silva leaves behind heartbroken parents who, two days after the murder, had still not figured out how to tell their four grandchildren that their father will never again hug them, and a younger brother, Chris, who cried, “"My brother spent the last eight minutes of his life pleading, begging for his life.”
How many more serfs must tragically, agonizingly die before we abolish police departments?

(Thanks to Jay Stephenson for alerting me to this story.)

10 comments:

  1. "abolish police departments"

    Now there's a good idea. :) Genius, really.

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    1. I hadn't heard that before also and do agree.:)

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  2. Picture this would have those people who recorded this come to that guys aid if it would of been 8 thugs not in uniforms beating this man...When the Shepard's turn into werewolves do you let them continue to eat the sheep just because they only do it on a full moon...If we don't stop these atrocities then we will turn into any other third country where you don't trust anyone and nothing gets done, crime is rampant and it every man for himself...

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    1. ded this come to that guys aid if it would of been 8 thugs not in uniforms beating this man...When the Shepard's turn into werewolves do you let them continue to eat the sheep just because they only do it on a full moon...If we don't stop these atrocities then we will turn into any other third country where you don't trust anyone and nothing gets done, crime is rampant and it every man for himself...

      Agreed, as when it gets bad, the cops will go home to defend their families.

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  3. It makes me sick to my stomach that good people have been so conditioned that no one ever has the guts to stand against this kind of horrible abuse by police.Or any bad person for that matter. I do applaud the person who took the step to start recording but there should have been people who stood up to these criminals. 6 vs. 1(handcuffed) is completely wrong no matter what the circumstances. This was bold faced murder. And as of right now they're getting away with it. There needs to be clear provisions in the law to empower and protect citizens to stop police officers who commit these atrocities.

    How long will the citizenry of the United States willingly suffer these abuses? Some days it seems like it will be forever. May God have mercy on us.

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    1. This was bold faced murder.

      No question about it and as I mentioned in my original post on this subject in so many words, I keep thinking that this one will be the Bridge Too Far, but.........

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  4. Everybody keeps 'talking' about how we need a revolution to straighten this stuff out but that is all it ever amounts to. Im not sure if Americans are even capable of revolution any more.
    We should learn from others who have recently revolted, like Egypt. This exact same scenario happened there, a man beat to death by police, and it sparked demonstrations that led to Mubarak
    being removed from power and he now sits in jail.
    One man posted a Facebook page here, https://www.facebook.com/elshaheeed.co.uk
    and that started the whole thing.

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    1. Thanks, but lets hope we would end up with something better than they did.

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  5. how do you sorry bastards sleep at night?? in my humble opinion, i would like to see each one wake up in a red and hill, buried up to your neck

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    1. how do you sorry bastards sleep at night?

      I imagine they are not sleeping well these days.

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