Footage Released Of Tennis Star James Blake Being Wrongly Tackled And Body Slammed By New York Police Before Being Arrested For Crime He Did Not Commit (Video)

Video footage from security cameras has been released of retired tennis star, James Blake, being tackled and slammed to the ground by a plain clothes New York Police Department officer, in a case of what they are labeling mistaken identity. Blake was waiting outside an upscale New York hotel for a car to take him to the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows, New York, when he was attacked by the NYPD officers shown on the video and five others in the undercover unit.

The New York Police Department has revealed a witness allegedly identified Blake as a perpetrator buying phones with a stolen credit card. However, they had the wrong man. While the actual suspect does bear a bit of a resemblance to Blake, many including the tennis star, want to know why such force was used in arresting him for a non-violent crime (and one he did not commit).

James Blake

Blake could have hit his head on the concrete or damaged his spine when the officer charged at him, then slammed the tennis player on the ground. That was very dangerous. Blake escaped with bruises and scratches, but things could have turned out much worse. If he was the type of man to become easily enraged, like rapper Kanye West, he probably would have been killed for resisting arrest. There is no necessity for such force. This is how Eric Garner died in what became a global scandal the NYPD still has not recovered from.

Police do have a difficult job, where they put their lives on the line each time they go on duty. However, there needs to be a proper balance. Excessive force and police brutality has killed so many people, particularly minorities. Look what happened to Blake. It is a prime example of what black people in America have been complaining about for years. He did nothing wrong in the incident and was treated terribly, physically injured and could have been killed. There has to be a better way to go about confronting and questioning suspects. The officers knew they were wrong, as they tried to cover up the incident by violating police rules in not filing an incident report. It took Blake to go public with the offense for it to be addressed. 

Tennis Player James Blake Tackled, Slammed To The Ground And Arrested By New York Police Department In A Case Of Mistaken Identity (Video)

The frequently sued New York Police Department (NYPD) is in the middle of another scandal, as 5 white officers tackled and body slammed Harvard educated, award winning former professional tennis player, James Blake, mistaking him for a man who had purchased a phone with a stolen credit card.

The 35-year-old tennis star was standing outside a swanky hotel in New York City, whilst waiting for a car he hired to take him to a Time Warner assignment at the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows, New York. One of the five officers, who were dressed in plain clothes, lifted Blake in the air and slammed him on the concrete. They all swarmed and held him down, despite the fact he didn't resist arrest and kept asking what's going on. Blake was later released when a retired police officer recognized him and apprized the arresting officers of the tennis star's identity.   

Blake stated to the press after the incident, "To me it's as simple as unnecessary police force, no matter what my race is. In my mind there's probably a race factor involved, but no matter what there's no reason for anybody to do that to anybody." Indeed, as many online are questioning why it required such spontaneous force to detain someone for the non-violent crime of credit card theft.

 

James Blake

The New York Police Department issued a statement on the incident, "Once Blake was properly identified and found to have no connection to the investigation, he was released from police custody immediately. In regards to the alleged improper use of force, the Police Commissioner directed the internal affairs bureau to investigate."

Blake is demanding an apology. However, it would be surprising if one was issued by the NYPD, as that would be admitting liability and can be used against the New York Police Department in court during civil litigation for wrongful arrest and physical injury. The police officers in question did not even report the incident, in violation of department rules. It took Blake going public to bring attention to the issue. The officer that body slammed Blake has been stripped of his gun and badge, pending an internal affairs investigation. 

The NYPD has a well documented history of racism in meting out rough treatment to blacks and Hispanics that white people do not face. Black pregnant women have been manhandled and tossed to the floor during improper arrests. Black men have been killed by the New York Police Department in acts of police brutality and excessive force.

James Blake

It's been a rough year for Blake. Last summer an executive Blake rented his Florida home to set it on fire, after killing his wife, son. The man also killed himself. It was discovered the executive was having financial problems and sadly chose the wrong answer to his problems, via murder suicide.

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Eric Garner being put in a fatal chokehold by police (right)

The New York Police Department (NYPD) has settled a police brutality lawsuit filed by the family of Eric Garner, who was killed last year while being arrested. Garner's family is being paid $5,900,000 in compensation over his death. Garner was killed due to a chokehold administered by police officer, Daniel Pantaleo, while he and fellow officers swarmed him on a sidewalk.

  

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28-year-old Baltimore resident Ismaaiyl Abdullah Brinsley, shot and killed two New York Police officers, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, as they sat in a patrol car, whilst on duty in Brooklyn, New York. After shooting his girlfriend in Baltimore, Brinsley traveled to New York to exact revenge on police for the deaths of Eric Garner and Mike Brown.

Ismaaiyl Abdullah Brinsley

Brinsley crept up on the officer's patrol car from behind and shot them in the head in a terrible ambush attack. Brinsley's mother stated he has struggled with mental illness his entire life and tried to commit suicide at age 13. He was an aspiring rapper, who made troubled posts on social networking espousing violence against police. 

 

Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu

As the Judiciary Report has repeatedly stated, there are good and bad cops out there. You can't paint everyone with the same brush, writing off all police nor should you seek to take the law into your own hands in harming an officer of the law. This was not self-defense. This was the execution of two police officers who were not engaged in any wrongdoing. Violence only begets more violence. They key is to stop murders, not create more. That does not solve anything, only makes things worse.

Rapper Bobby Shmurda And His Crew Arrested On Murder, Attempted Murder, Assault, Drug Dealing And Illegal Gun Possession Charges

Bobby Shmurda

This year's most popular rapper, Bobby Shmurda, real name Ackquille Pollard, has been arrested by the New York Police Department (NYPD) in a drug sting. Shmurda was arrested outside a recording studio in Manhattan, with two illegal guns in his possession and a small quantity of crack cocaine. 15 members of Shmurda's entourage and gang, were arrested as well, in reference to attempted murder, assault, narcotics and weapons possession charges. The indictment alleges Shmurda is apart of a gang responsible for shootings in New York, in connection with drug trafficking turf wars.

This past summer, as his hit "Hot Ni**a" began spreading around the internet, Shmurda was arrested on a weapons charge in June. In October, when his debut song had become the top track of the year among internet audiences worldwide, Shmurda was arrested for smoking marijuana in New York.

Bobby Shmurda

Shmurda, who signed to Sony Music, receiving a hefty financial advance against future royalties, recently complained of being ripped off by music industry promoters in not being paid for concerts. Shmurda recently got into a social networking dispute with fellow internet rapper turned star, Chief Keef, after his rival released a song insulting him with implied threats of violence [Rapper Bobby Shmurda Threatens Rival Chief Keef And His Crew (Photos)]. Chief Keef, who is based in Chicago, has also had a number of run-ins with the law, regarding gang violence and drugs.

Artists have to be smart when they decide to become entertainers. When the spotlight turns to you as an urban artist, so does police attention, especially if you are outspoken or have a criminal record. To espouse violence, drug use or narcotics trafficking in one's lyrics is a sure way to invite the wrong type of attention and send a negative message to impressionable audiences. 

New York Police Officers Put Pregnant Black Woman In A Chokehold And Called Her Husband A 'Nig*er' (Videos Of NYPD Attacks On Pregnant Women Of Color)

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Mayor of New York, Bill Deblasio, has spoken out against the use of illegal chokeholds by police. Incidents regarding New York officers engaging in police brutality and excessive force have made their way onto You Tube and various news channels in America. The public has been protesting these acts that have brutalized blacks and Latinos in New York, in the wake of the local grand jury refusing to indict police officer, Daniel Pantaleo, for killing unarmed man, Eric Garner, via the use of an illegal chokehold. 

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 Another incident saw officers from the New York Police Department NYPD, put a pregnant woman in a chokehold and beat her husband, calling him a "nig*er" because they were barbequing in their front yard in Brooklyn.

"Rochester, NY Police Beating Pregnant Woman"

Another case involves the NYPD beating a pregnant woman they put in a chokehold. Despite her please warning them she is pregnant and they are going to "kill" her "baby" the police brutality continued.

"NYPD officer caught on camera pushing pregnant woman to ground"

In another case a pregnant woman was thrown to the ground, put in a chokehold and tased. A woman in the neighborhood tried to help the unarmed pregnant woman and another police officer, violently pushed her to the point she fell several feet away and sustained a broken arm.

Man And His Wife Arrested In Separate Incidents After Filming The Killing Of Eric Garner By New York Police Officer (Video)

Something Strange Is Going On

Ramsey Orta, 22, filmed the killing of unarmed asthmatic, Eric Garner, at the hands of New York police officer, Daniel Pantaleo. Garner was killed by an illegal chokehold Pantaleo administered. Orta has since been arrested on weapons possession charges, regarding a gun he states he does not own and was not in his possession. Orta also states police have been showing up at his wife's place of employment, as a form of harassment.

Ramsey Orta

His wife, Chrissie Orta, stated he is being targeted over the mobile phone video he filmed and uploaded to You Tube showing Garner's death that was a direct result of police brutality and excessive force. The video has since been viewed 900,000 times on the You Tube page Orta placed it on and several million more times on other pages that have reposted the video. The video then hit mainstream news channels all over America, creating an even larger scandal.    

Chrissie Orta

In a strange twist, Chrissie Orta was recently arrested by the same police force for allegedly attacking someone outside a store on Bay Street in Staten Island, New York. In her interview with PIX11 in New York, Orta spoke about her ordeal. She stated police began driving by their place and shining squad car lights in their window disturbing them at late hours as a form of harassment over the video exposing Garner's death at their hands. Orta also questions why police, who are trained in first aid, did not resuscitate Garner and left handcuffs on him, even as paramedics arrived on the scene and loaded him into an ambulance. Garner's pleas were ignored and he was allowed to die.

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Racial tensions among police and the public continue to worsen in America, as another white police officer has been allowed to escape without answering in a court of law, in the death of an unarmed black man. Last month it was police officer Darren Wilson the grand jury let escape scot-free in Ferguson, Missouri, regarding the shooting death of unarmed black teen, Mike Brown. Wilson shot Brown 6 times in cold blood. 

Eric Garner (right)

This month it is unarmed black man, Eric Garner, who has been denied justice in death. New York police officer, Daniel Pantaleo, put Garner in a chokehold. Despite the defenseless man's protests that he cannot breathe, the pile on of officers continue for several minutes, with Pantaleo essentially choking Garner to death. 

Eric Garner being put in a fatal chokehold by police (right)

A New York grand jury cleared the officer of any wrongdoing, despite the fact a medical examiner stated the chokehold and compressions killed Garner. This is an injustice. The chokehold was unnecessary. To further ignore a man's pleas for air for minutes, while you choke the life out of his body, via excessive force and police brutality, is murder. 

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No indictment for NYC cop in videotaped chokehold death of black man

8 hours ago - A white New York City police officer was cleared Wednesday in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man stopped on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes - a case that sparked outrage and drew comparisons to the deadly police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri. 

The decision by the Staten Island grand jury not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo added to the tensions that have simmered in the city since the July 17 death of Eric Garner. In the neighborhood where Garner died, people reacted with angry disbelief and chants of "Eric Garner." 

His father, Benjamin Carr, urged calm and said the ruling made no sense. "It's just a license to kill a black man," he said, calling the justice system "not worth a damn." Jennie Chambers works nearby and saw Garner daily. "Cold-blooded murder!" she said. "We saw it on TV, it's on video. The whole world saw it. Ferguson, now us."...

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