Police Beating Of Unconscious Jan 6 Trump Supporter Okay - DC Police

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Police Beating of Unconscious Trump Supporter Was 'Objectively Reasonable,' Department Rules

February 10, 2022

Internal Affairs Bureau conducted probe in response to a police-brutality complaint

The beating of an unconscious Trump supporter by a DC Metropolitan Police Department officer on January 6  was deemed to be "objectively reasonable" after an investigation by  the department's Internal Affairs Bureau... The Internal Affairs investigation was opened in September 2021 based  on a complaint filed by a Texas man who assembled video evidence of the  officer striking an unconscious Rosanne Boyland with a steel baton and a  large wooden stick at the entrance to the West Terrace tunnel at the  U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Boyland, 34, of Kennesaw, Ga., was pinned under a pile of protesters  who fled the tunnel when police deployed a crowd-control gas. After  several minutes of being crushed by the weight of other fallen  protesters, Boyland lost consciousness and stopped breathing, witnesses  have said....





Bret Boyland with his wife Cheryl and daughter Rosanne

As Boyland lay unconscious on the ground DC Metro Police Officer Lila  Morris repeatedly struck her with a steel baton and what appeared to be  a wooden walking stick, according to a video recording.  The sudden attack horrified Boyland's friend and traveling companion,  Justin Winchell, who pleaded with police and protesters to provide  first aid to Boyland. Police bodycam video shows Winchell's shock when  he saw Morris strike Boyland in the head. "She's gonna die! She's gonna die! ... During the 11 minutes after Boyland fell, protesters made repeated  attempts at CPR—efforts that were frustrated in part by the beating and  police spraying pepper spray into the faces of those trying to help  Boyland, video shows.   "The use of force within this investigation was determined to be  objectively reasonable," wrote Capt. David K. Augustine, director of the  Risk Management Division... "Officer  Morris is still employed with the MPD and not facing criminal charges  related to the use of force on January 6."

Officer Morris... She raised the weapon over her head  with both hands and struck Boyland at least four times in rapid  succession. The stick broke at one point. Morris continued to strike at  Boyland until other officers pulled her back. "There is nothing reasonable about hitting a non-responsive woman  lying on the ground over the head with a baton," ... "The fact that they have been lying from the beginning is reason  enough for investigation," Anderson said. "The only reason why anyone  even knows this is because I barely survived and am here to now call out  their blatant lies (about) the woman that they killed."  McBride sent two videos as evidence along with his police-brutality  complaint. One of the videos was removed from YouTube but is available  on Rumble. The other video is still accessible on YouTube...

Police Beating of Unconscious Trump Supporter Was 'Objectively Reasonable,' Department Rules