...WHEN AUTHORITIES ARRIVED, THEY FOUND A WOMAN WHO APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN SLAPPED, PUNCHED, AND HIT WITH A HANDGUN... MUHAMMAD STRUCK HIS FIANCEE IN THE FACE WITH A HANDGUN REPEATEDLY...OFFICER ARRESTED FOR ASSAULTING FIANCEE
abclocal.go.com
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
A Philadelphia Police officer is charged in the alleged assault of his fiancee. On Tuesday night at around 10:00 p.m., Philadelphia Police were called to the 500 block of Waterview Lane for a report of a domestic dispute. When authorities arrived, they found a woman who appeared to have been slapped, punched, and hit with a handgun. She told police that her fiance was the one who beat her and then he fled the scene. The woman was transported to Frankford-Torresdale Hospital. The police were able to track down the fiance on I-95 in the area of Washington Avenue. The fiance is identified as Talib Muhammad. Muhammad is a 13-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Narcotics Unit. He was found in possession of two handguns. Muhammad was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, and possessing an instrument of crime in the alleged domestic assault. [LINK]
PHILLY COP CHARGED WITH BEATING FIANCEE
philly.com
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
A veteran Philadelphia police officer was arrested last night after he allegedly beat his fiance with a handgun during a domestic dispute. Police were called to Waterview Lane near Woodhaven Road in Northeast Philadelphia shortly after 10 p.m., when an argument between the cop, Talib Muhammad, and his 47-year-old fiancee turned violent, said police spokesman Lt. Frank Vanore. Muhammad struck his fiancee in the face with a handgun repeatedly and then fled, Vanore said. The victim was treated at Frankford-Torresdale Hospital for a laceration over her left eye. Police eventually caught up with Muhammad, 44, on I-95 near Washington Avenue. He was carrying two handguns, although it was unclear if the weapons were police-issued. Vanore said Muhammad, a 13-year veteran assigned to the narcotics field unit, was charged with aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person and possessing an instrument of crime. He will be suspended from the force for 30 days with the intent to dismiss, Vanore said. [LINK]
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I know the woman and it hurts me to my heart that the only punishment that this guy is getting is desk duty. As a young woman interested in law school and in american justice who witnessed first hand last year cops blatantly lie on a young african american male with no record because they beat him; it infuriates me that while we are told no man is above the law; various occurence shows that statement to be a myth. To conceal her info, i will be limited in my comments however i will say thit is eveident that they protect their own while they are employed; however once they retire or go out on workman's comp they revert back to the lives of regular citizens in which their lives are minor concerns in the eyes of some employed in law enforcement. So the next time you ask why won't or don't people trust the police? This is because the mission of to protect & serve has transformed and turned into a mission to harass and embarass. Not all that serves in these fields are bad, but rules and legal issues, or the lack thereof allow what we used to know as neighborhood heroes the choice of being the superhero or the alterego thereof.
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