The video isn't easy to watch (see below), and it rekindles images of the Rodney King police attack in 1991. The only difference is that in the South Carolina assault, one officer administers the beating as opposed to the gang of cops who beat down King.
At least police have released the name of the coward cop who beat inmate Charles Shelley. His name is Oddie Tribble, and he was a sheriff's deputy for 12 years.
Shelley, 38, was accused of driving on a suspended license, having an open alcohol container and being in possession of marijuana. He was arrested last year on first-degree burglary charges.
Shelley is clearly no choirboy, but he sure didn't deserve to get his leg broken.
If Lloyd wants to really help his police department, he will bring Tribble in o his office with a squad of mental-health experts to probe exactly what made Tribble go off and whether he's beaten prisoners before and successfully covered it up.
Does Tribble really hate people who drive on suspended licenses? Is he simply a violent man? Did he miss his morning coffee?
After the mental health experts have there way with Tribble for a few months, they should have plenty of notes to write a book on how to spot poor policing and brutal law enforcement practices on the force.
In fact, Lloyd could institute an annual award and automatic firing of the worst police officer in South Carolina. Call it the "Oddie Tribble Award."
05-Aug-10 - Dr. Cornel West apparently has a bone to pick with President Barack Obama. Over time, the good Dr. West has become increasingly vocal in his critique of Obama, and even went as far as to say that Obama treated him "like a cub scout."
05-Aug-10 - Dr. Cornel West apparently has a bone to pick with President Barack Obama. Over time, the good Dr. West has become increasingly vocal in his critique of Obama, and even went as far as to say that Obama treated him "like a cub scout."
05-Aug-10 - Actress Maia Campbell, who was just recently videotaped performing a host of alleged drug-induced antics on a California street, has been arrested, according to Young, Black and Fabulous.
04-Aug-10 - Omar Thornton's family added some details to early reports that he was the victim of workplace racism that was ignored by higher-ups at the company.
03-Aug-10 - Fred Wills Jr., chef and owner of Big Daddy's: A Touch of the South restaurant in Virginia Beach, is accused of cooking up something a little spicier than gumbo. How about a multimillion-dollar cocaine and marijuana ring.
30-July-10 - Diddy recently told Vibe magazine that Nightline Host Martin Bashir's question about him giving his son a Maybach for his birthday was racist.
28-July-10 - An Ohio woman who helped counsel countless couples experiencing marital discord was found stabbed to death on Monday. The suspect is her husband.
27-July-10 - Mocienne Petit Jackson, a Netherlands woman who claims to be the child of pop sensation Michael Jackson and Diana Ross' sister, Barbara Ross, has filed documents in a Los Angeles court, according to TMZ.
23-July-10 - Could it be that Rangel simply forgot the rules? Did it slip his mind that he wasn't supposed to use his letterhead to get corporate donations for a building named after him, as charged? That's not the Charlie Rangel I knew, but that Rangel will surely be exposed when his trial starts.
23-July-10 - R&B heartthrob Brian McKnight, who was accused of being a long-lost baby daddy to a 14-year-old Florida boy, is not be the child's biological father.
