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Donald Drivers father allegedly beaten?


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The father of Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver claims he was brutally beaten by Houston, Texas, police officers.

 

Family and friends of Marvin Driver Jr. talked about the incident in a news conference Wednesday afternoon.

 

Donald Driver's father is in an intensive care unit in a Houston hospital, after family and friends say he was beaten by a police officer early Monday.

 

Houston Police Department statement

 

Mr. Marvin Driver Jr. was arrested during a traffic stop and placed into custody on outstanding traffic warrants about 1:30 A.M. on Monday (Nov. 17).

 

Officers placed him in the back seat of a patrol unit and transported him to our Southeast Jail at 8300 Mykawa Road.

 

Upon arrival to the jail, our officers stated Mr. Driver was unresponsive. One of our jail doctors examined Mr. Driver and advised officers to contact HFD paramedics. HFD then transported Mr. Driver to Memorial Hermann Hospital.

 

The Houston Police Department's Internal Affairs Division investigates allegations of police misconduct. The allegations being raised by Mr. Driver's family are that injuries he sustained following his arrest were the result of an assault on Mr. Driver by two HPD officers.

 

We take allegations such as these very seriously and will begin a thorough investigation into the matter. The two officers remain on duty pending further investigation."

According to the family, he was stopped by police for outstanding traffic warrants around 2 A.M., then an officer beat and kicked him behind a gas station and forced him to swallow some kind of pill.

 

According to the family, less than an hour later he was rushed to the emergency room and is still unable to speak.

 

Those who spoke on his behalf showed towels that Marvin Driver apparently scribbled notes on at the hospital, explaining what happened.

 

Family spokesman Quanell X said, "We're asking Chief Hal Hurt to remove all of the officers involved in the beating of Marvin Driver. Remove them or put them on desk duty or administrative leave, suspend them from patrolling the streets until a thorough investigation has been conducted and this family and other families in this area can feel safe that they will be protected by the Houston Police Department and not victimized and tortured by them."

 

"These are the same people that swore under oath to protect and serve, and if we can't trust these people, who can we trust?" Donald Driver's brother Michael said.

 

http://www.wbay.com/global/story.asp?s=9381570

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