[mgj-discuss] D.C. Chief Denies Role in Alleged Beating

[Chuck0]

D.C. Chief Denies Role in Alleged Beating

Mondo Washington
by James Ridgeway
D.C. Chief Denies Role in Alleged Beating
Riot-Ready Cops Roam the Capital
September 27th, 2002 2:00 PM
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0240/ridgeway2.php

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 27—The nation's capital looks like it is in a 
virtual state of siege today. Cops in full riot gear stand grouped in twos 
and threes on every corner. At Dupont Circle, they form a protective cordon 
in front of shops.

The air is full of sirens as cop cars escort busloads of officials from one 
part of the city to another for their World Bank meetings. Convoys of 
unmarked, all-black vans speed through the streets, agents peering intently 
out of the tinted side windows. By noon, more than 500 demonstrators were 
reported to be under arrest. There's been nothing like this in Washington 
since the Vietnam protests.

This morning a Department of Energy employee, John McGill, told WTOP reporter 
Christy King that as he and his girlfriend were riding to work on their 
bikes, cops pulled the girlfriend off her bike, and, with D.C. police chief 
Charles Ramsey joining, in "beat her to the ground.''

"We got caught up in all this,'' said McGill, who claimed that when he 
complained to the chief, Ramsey paid no attention. The woman was taken into 
custody and hauled off.

Ramsey denied any role in the incident. "I didn't beat down anybody," Ramsey 
told King. "I wasn't there. I didn't touch anybody. . . . If he wants to file 
a complaint let him file it. . . . I don't care. It's just not true."

King persisted. "Are your officers acting appropriately?" she wanted to know.

Replied Ramsey: "You're following a [line of questioning] that is total 
bullshit—and air that please."
-- 
Chuck0

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