Middle America's Worldview

A family of three went to the movies, and enjoyed the evening. After the movies the mother and daughter argued, and the mother slapped her daughter. The husband attempted to calm his wife down. That is when the police came onto the scene and grabbed the husband and beat him to death.

Mrs. Nair Rodriguez and her family went to the movies on February 15. After the movie the mother-daughter disagreement outside , led the mother to slap the 19-year old daughter. The mother headed toward her family car, when police arrived on the scene.

Rather than questioning the situation, it was the father Luis the five police jumped, pepper sprayed, and beat to the ground.  While the beating continued, Luis remained pinned on the ground, unable to get up.

“Five guys got on top of him, beating him ruthlessly.  On the head– just pow, pow, pow.  Even with knees,” Luis’ daughter explained. “When they flipped him over you could see all the blood.”

The wife, Nair, was shocked of the occurrence and whipped out her phone to record the incident. You  can hear pleading to the officers to stop, asking if they killed him.

“Luis! Luis!” Please somebody tell me that he is alive,” she implored. “He is not moving,” she screams.

The police said they called a medical unit.

When the wife demanded why they pinned her husband down and attacked him, the police replied, “he refused to give his ID.”

The husband died shortly later in the hospital, due to the incident. The family’s attorney Michael Brooks-Jimenez has stated it is unclear why the police jumped the father, since the altercation was between the mother and daughter.

“Luis committed no crime. He was not armed. He had no gun, no knife, and no weapon of any kind. But Luis is the one who lost his life that night,” he said.

Police have stated their actions were protocol. [Beating a man down for no id is protocol?] Three of the five police officers have been suspended with pay while the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation continues the investigation.