Torture by handcuffs

Written about 12/26/2010 News release/Publish 3/14/2011

By John Jerome Nowak

Torture by Handcuffs/ Excessively Tighten Handcuffs
Pattern of police brutality, 1984, 1990, 2003, 2004, 2005 ( I gave her the benefit of the doubt, I report, you decide), 2007

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I respect police officers that are honorable, and thank the honorable lackawanna police officers and the honorable New York State Police officers for putting their lives at stake for the peace of the community.

Someday you may get a call, and on the other end of the phone, the voice says your son, your daughter, your youngest, your oldest or your only child is severely injured, in a coma or even dead. In your pain and agony you plead how? The voice will say while being arrested, he or she resisted. You will wonder, how in the world?

What would not be told you, is an evil, dishonorable police officer, took offense, excessively tighten the handcuffs on your son or daughter, torture by handcuffs, to instigate some natural struggling in your son or daughter from the excruciating pain, not aware of such agonizing pain before in his or her young life, your son or daughter begins to naturally struggle not aware this is exactly what the officer wants their victim to do, resist. Then the police officer who done the evil deed to your son or daughter, begins to inflict his so called justice upon him or her, beats the living light out of your son or daughter. The officer shouts to the other officers that joined him in the beating, look he or she resisted, I was justified. Your son or daughter being tortured then beaten, perhaps takes their last slow breath on the ground, dies. Then the officers begin a blue code of silence, to protect their own.

The Blue Code of Silence (or Blue Wall of Silence) is a unwritten rule among police officers in the United states not to report on another colleague's errors, misconducts or crimes.

Torture by handcuffs/Excessively Tighten Handcuffs is a violation of citizen's fourth amendment and a violation of basic human rights across the world.

Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

Excessively tightening of handcuffs/torture by handcuffs violates the reasonable force doctrine of the fourth amendment

No citizen, person should ever have to fear being tortured by handcuffs, then beaten, kicked, killed by dishonorable police officers.

The year 1984, Lackawanna N.Y. police.

While you face the law officers in a calm relaxed manner, you slightly turn, placing your hand behind your back to offer them assistance, letting them know your ok with the arrest. They immediately grab your hands, lifting them as high as they can go, causing you to bend forward until you can't anymore, then they lift higher resulting in severe pain in your shoulders. They place the hand cuffs on, and an officer of so called honor, with both hands squeezes one hand cuff, the internal gear tooth in the hand cuffs, going up, then falling, then another, another and another, making a clicking sound. Then as if in slow motion, the police officer squeezes towards the end with all his strength possible. You sense the tooth trying to slide up the last opposite tooth where the officer squeezes with with a burst of his energy it makes it over, then the spring pulls it straight down, likened to vise grips in a permanent locked position. Unyielding the slightest, tightest possible position, then again with all his might with the second handcuff on the other wrist. Your blood stops flowing in your hands, and with even the slightest movement you make, you feel the hand cuffs like vise grips tear, cutting into your skin press against your bones. Sensing, knowing, they were waiting for you to resist in the slightest, due to the pain, police officers thinking perhaps you have never felt such pain before, they think you will begin to move due to the pain and to them they can claim he's resisting, so they can somehow justify in their own dishonorable thinking, minds, beating the living lights out of you.

Then they put you beside the police car, making you wait longer and you continue to show no resistance, you eyes are watering, from the excruciating pain, and injustice being done to you by police officers.

Then they place you in the back of the seat of the police car, where your weight adds a hundred or more pounds of additional weight to the vise grips, the handcuffs become tighter, where you have to lean sideways across the seat trying to keep any weight off the hand cuffs to try and get even a little relief, from cutting your skin.

Then the violating police officer that used all his might to tighten the handcuffs, the one who's supposed to be honorable and law abiding, on the way to the police station, while you remain silent, says to you "Jesse Jackson is going to save you", still trying to get you to resist in some way, so he can pull over and beat the living lights out of you, justify in his corrupt mind, perhaps kill you.

You arrive at the station your wrist are bleeding. This is what had happen to me, John Jerome Nowak in 1984.

The year 1990, New York State Troopers barracks, 1672 New York 22, Brewster, NY.

I dared to approach a state trooper sergeant, is my so called crime. I wanted to tell the sergeant I already determined to go home, I wanted to leave in honor, as Christian is called but since you (sergeant) threaten me with arrest on the phone, then my response on the phone I asked if we could speak to show proper respect to authority, you refuse to let me speak, to tell you my already decision, determination to leave home on the phone, that a threat of arrest wasn't necessary, uncalled. I didn't speak obeying your order and now fearing you would hang up on me, not hearing my full response, my already decision to leave home, to be honorable, that a threat of arrest wasn't necessary, uncalled, you would accuse me falsely of some other crime. I decided I had to come straight to you (sergeant), face to face and tell you my already intention, to protect my reputation, honor, that your threat of arrest wasn't necessary, uncalled, then leave for home. Refusing to allow me to the speak to you (sergeant) on the phone was unjustiifed.

I most certainly rather stand and defend my rights within the law, foremost my reputation is very important to me as a Christian. Especially to the girl I had loved since I was 12 years old, was viewing the ordeal, who happened to a be a state trooper, in the same barracks of these law breakers, officers of the state, violating civil rights hiding behind a badge of honor.

The place, while parked in the state troopers barracks's parking lot, preparing to enter the barracks to speak to the sergeant. A few moments later the same woman trooper came back out and she said “I'm going to arrest you”. I said politely, “if you think you should arrest me, you can arrest me” to be cooperative and pleasant. I thought at least I could see the sergeant in the barracks. I could speak to him and explain why I was there. She put the hand cuffs on both of my hands extremely tight, which stopped my blood circulation. I'm not hundred percent certain, but I recollect it was the 4th of July, or the week of 4th of July. I immediately remembered what the local police done to me in 1984, tightening the handcuffs extremely tight. My wrist bleed, as if seemingly they hope I would complain, or better yet struggle. Threatening me with much bodily harm, causing me not to say a word at that time. Wondering if she imagined, I would complain out loud about the handcuffs being so tight. She took me in the barracks and placed me in room alone. Thinking she has to come back in the room soon, she knows the excessive tightening of the handcuffs has stopped my blood circulation. Sure enough, without me saying a word, she came back in the room and loosened them. Thinking perhaps there are other state troopers just waiting for me to complain, or something else, that they would lash out at me in an instant. As my brother done, loosing complete self control, beat me, they would cause great bodily harm to me. She left me again and then a few moments later she brought me before the front counter. I wondered if I would see the sergeant. Another trooper a very large muscular built African American man came out into the room. As if on cue, as I thought troopers waiting behind the scenes. I thought about when my brother in an instant pushed me to the ground and began to beat me up. I used my hands to block the blows. I being handcuffed, if the larger, more muscular state trooper compared to my brother, pushed me to the floor, I may hit my head on something. I looked around, worried I would hit my head on something, didn't seem much of anything. Gave me some relief. Then I wondered, I couldn't block the blows if he stuck my face, perhaps using a baton. Where when my brother started to beat me, I was able to at least block the blows with my arms in front of my face. I wondered she had excessively tighten the handcuffs, already crossing the line of the law. Shows the lack of self control at this barracks. I wondered perhaps it's among all of them. It be so easy since they cross the line, for them to escalate their breaking the law.

I sense they are primed to do anything to me. Sensing the third state trooper, being also muscular, would loose self control perhaps and lash out at me. If I dared to ask for the sergeant, or the woman and sergeant, they may become overwhelmed by their emotions of hate. Perhaps even fear of being found out what they already done. Will perhaps act in a threatening way wishing I would do something, anything to justify their preconceived false assumptions. Observing the sequence of events and wondered where it may lead? I concluded perhaps my death, intimidated me not to ask for the sergeant. The sergeant not allowing me to respond on the phone and then the excessively tighten handcuffs, have made their effect of silencing me. Thinking they can easily once again mistaken my intentions and attack me. Anything is possible when the police or anybody break the law especially out of hate. The sergeant didn't show himself, unless he was the man who took me to jail? I wondered, but didn't seem he was. Then she very quickly had the African American man escorted me outside. He seated me handcuffed in the front passenger side seat. I wondered why she had me taken from the barracks so fast. Thinking about it today, I imagine she thought I was there to see the girl at the skating rinks. I was there to speak to the sergeant face to face. I was somewhat surprised being in the front passenger seat. While riding in the police car, I was a little relieved at least I can rest in the jail being awake so long. Also wondered perhaps God allowed this to happen for some reason. I trusted in God there was a purpose. I tried to be friendly, searching for things to make conversation with the state trooper. He seemed friendly at first. Then we seen a fawn deer that was hit by a car, lying along the road. Seemed very unusual. I never recalled seeing a dead fawn dear that was hit by a car. Made me upset, besides my mind being tired. I mention the fawn deer we pass; he acted as if he didn't notice the fawn. I thought about when I was young when I found out her name, the girl at the skating rinks. How I wanting to know what her name meant. I thought it was beautifully sounding. So I looked up the girls name in a dictionary. It said her name referred to a female fawn deer. She was beautiful like one, thinking of her when I was about twelve years old. Recently, I looked in some dictionaries again and notice it wasn't a female fawn deer but another animal. A female young donkey.

Back to being driven by the state trooper, I thought I lost the opportunity to ask for the sergeant to talk to him at the barracks. To fearful because of the excessive tighten handcuffs. They may lash out at me. As in 1984, when the police threaten me of great bodily, when excessively tighten the handcuffs causing my wrist to bleed. Also recalling my own brother had in an instant beat me up, perhaps may kill me. Thinking, if my own brother beat me up, who am I to them. I'm not even related. I began to think that now she has died to me. The older woman police officer has killed her in a way, when she tighten excessively the handcuffs on me. Kept me from asking for the sergeant and speaking to him my intentions. Killing any hope of her trusting me. That she will forever distrust me. That the girl from the skating rinks perspective, she may mistakenly think I was trying at the barracks to force her to talk to me, to see me. I wondered if I was to chicken to asked for the sergeant, thinking I may be killed. I should perhaps of taken the chance. I thought perhaps I was imagining that she in a way died to me. I hoped and tried to put it out of my mind. I looked to the side of me, outside the police car window, at the tops of the trees in full bloom of their leaves. The tree trunks perched lower then the road. Passing by, the tree tops were slowly going lower in my view. Seeing the gray guard rail that went on forever. Very tired, under great duress, I allowed my mind to drift seeking something to soothe me. I sense the terrain of seeing the tops of the trees. I pictured myself a view of me slightly camouflaged, empty handed, up in the air. Suspended as if sitting with my back, against but not touching the gray trunk of an old beech tree. A branch of dark brown color leaves coming from the upper right side slightly angle downwards across me but not touching me. Nature soothed me. I sense it was one of my favorite places, I like to bow hunt in the fall. At the edge of the woods. The leaves on the ground, covered an old seemingly trail inside the edge of the woods. Adjacent a long gentle sloping meadow that went down to some water. A stand of full grown pine trees a hundred yards on the other side of the meadow from the right side of me, sitting. On the left side of me, further in the woods, a treed covered slope to higher ground, about three stories high. A seemingly sacred area with many smaller evergreen trees shading towards the back and front. The center area, was some smaller spread out hardwood trees and a larger evergreen tree. Underneath the pine needles keeping the ground clear. Some years ago (from 2005) they cut down most of the evergreen trees, disappointing me. Because of the picture in my mind a familiar scenery, and to be friendly. I mention to the state trooper sitting to the left of me, I bow hunt, ask, “do you bow hunt?” He said, “I don't”. Immediately, I wondered if perhaps he mistakenly thought I asked for some perhaps wrong reason. Instantaneously, he sped up the car, passed the speed limit and veered toward the guard rail. Hearing the small pebbles on the side of the road hitting the wheel wells. Seeing through my side window the gray guard rail, closer and closer to almost touching. On the other side of the guard rail a small sloping ravine. Looking ahead the guard rail sensed it slightly curving to the left, with larger trees on the other side of the guard rail. He served back to his lane. I didn't say another word to him, afraid he may lash out at me, again. We arrived at the court; he took the seat belt off. He seemed very flustered. He took me into the building were the judge arraigned me. The trooper drove the remainder distance to the jail.

They placed me in a narrow long cell block; I was in great despair not able to sleep much. I grieved within, and couldn't eat. I told the guard to give the food to the other prisoners. I prayed and read the bible, especially psalms and proverbs. I heard a few cell blocks over, a man who was moaning in pain, his teeth were injured badly. The other side of him were more prisoners, that were very loud at night. I gather they were testing me and the man who had his teeth injured. I wondered about his teeth, if he had an encounter with the police. Perhaps he was hit in the face by them? I figured the only thing I could say to the other prisoners, was to command with sternness in my voice, “be silent in the authority of Jesus Christ name”. I figured that may be the only words, authority in a name, they may have respect. They may actually listen. I said with sternness as if commanding them with authority, “In the name of Jesus Christ be silent”. I said it once again “In the name of Jesus Christ be silent”. Then I remained silent. Most went silent, one or two straggled for short moment and then there was silence.
They place me in solitary confident to watch over me. I didn't eat but only drank water. They took me to talk to a nurse. The nurse spoke to me worried, I haven't eaten anything. I explained to her that it is a common practice for the religious. I told her it's fine, as long as I was drinking water. I assured her I was fine. I made sure I told her I was grieving not protesting. For I thought it would be wrong if I was protesting. Again didn't want anyone to think I was forcing her to see me, even in jail. Then they had me see a psychologist. He first asks me three things to remember. So at the end of the conversation, I could repeat them to him. He proceeded to ask me some other things. I told him some of the history of me and her, knowing each other since I was 12 years old. He asks if I would be open to discuss things me and her with him. I answered yes cautiously. For I did not trust psychologist, especially state psychologist. At the end of the conversation he stood up picked up his things, and began to leave. I had to remind him to ask me the three things he wanted me to remember to repeat them at the end of the conversation. I told him the three things. He never did contact me again. I kept reading the bible daily and prayed.

An officer in the solitary confinement said to me there was a big fire in town, a large building burnt down. I wondered why he told me. Wondered if it had anything to do with me, my fasting and prayers? Wondered if the jailer was playing with my mind? Then the officer came by and offered me some fruit to eat. He was the first police officer that I thought was friendly, and at the end of seven days of not eating, I accepted. No matter what had occurred perhaps downtown, I thought my grieving time should end. I could of continued not eating and said I wouldn't eat until she sees me, but thought that wasn't honorable.

All three, the sergeant who acted unprofessionally refusing me a brief response, the woman trooper who excessively tighten the handcuffs, and the African American who speed up his police car veering it toward the guard rail, all dishonor the badge they stood behind. This is what happen in 1990 to me, John Jerome Nowak.

In 2005.

Some would say excessive tightening of handcuffs is no big deal. When I recently visited the fair (2005 around august 15), I spoke to two officers sitting at a table and ask them if it was ever brought up the issue? The younger officer replied in the negative. He said something to the effect of a few bad apples among the police and it seemed it was anger on their part. He said if the things were done to me to hire a good lawyer. I explained to him this was many years ago. I am only trying to suggest how to solve police brutality.

08-27-2005.

A week or so later, I was driving late at night to visit my parents at their summer place. Half way there, I decided where I would turn north, instead to continue east and see if she was still working at the state trooper barracks. I had to go and face my fears, hopefully letting her know of the book of my life story I been writing, if she had any thoughts of concern. It would be the honorable thing to let her know and perhaps she would have something to say in its creation. At least I thought I had to offer, and let her know. It would be against the odds she would still be at the same state trooper barracks as she was 15 years ago. I arrived later in the morning, checked into a motel next to the ice cream stand. I could only sleep for two hours, almost the same circumstances, very tired. When there, some of the same feelings welled up when I was there last time. I stopped at the barracks two times and no one was there. I went to the town dinner, same as it looked 15 years ago, a 1950’s trailer type. While sitting at the table, I ask two workers, a waitress and the man washing the floor, about the state troopers barracks. They left me with an impression, warning me to be very careful if I go there. Something I notice about the town that may of change, I seen on the main street, many seemingly Mexicans standing in the many doorways of the buildings waiting perhaps for work, or perhaps waiting for the train. I think the train may go through there. Some hours later while at the motel after a brief nap, I decided to write a letter to either leave it there for her, or if someone came to the door to ask if they pass it on. I went across the street from the motel, to the Seven Stars Restaurant and had lunch and wrote the letter.

The letter I wrote:

Hello,

My name is John Nowak, could you please pass this letter on to (person's name). She was a state trooper 15 years ago here. I last heard seven years ago, she had married, so her last name may of change and she may have moved. (Person's name) if you receive this letter, hope you are doing well. The reason why I left this letter for you is I written a book. About my life and the many incidents we had together while growing up, combined with two other sections in the book. I started out last night driving to my parent's summer place to visit them. On the way, I decided since my book is in the process of being finished, and hopefully soon published. I should at least try to contact you, to give you an opportunity to talk with me. Perhaps you would be concern, or would want to say something to me, in response to the book. Perhaps even add you own thoughts to the book, which I would very well consider. Our section shows my most inner always sincere thought and actions toward you and God, related to the other sections having to do with my years of research, findings in the bible about when is a marriage in God's eyes and thoughts where our nation's direction should be guided. Included in the book is a detailed description of my constitutional rights were violated at this barracks 15 years ago and another occasion when I was 18 years old, which was forgiven if not while they were occurring, then soon after. However the events and other events of my life are written in the book, to help reveal the larger picture of the type of person I am. If you wish to have me read the book to you over the phone, wouldn't be a problem. I plan on driving to my parent's summer place visiting them and then will return home most likely Tuesday. If you're interested, some of my writings are displayed on my web site. http://www.christjustified.com

The third time at the state trooper's barracks, I again rang the door bell. A young woman state trooper came to the door and opened it, she reminded me some of the girl at the skating rinks, she seemed Irish. I ask her if the girl by name still worked there or perhaps she may have had her last name change due to she perhaps married. She mention a girls name, but then she was quite sure she wasn't the girl. I told her I wish she could pass a letter on to the girl that I was describing. I told her about the incident which happen 15 years ago. I explained to her about my constitutional rights were violated. The handcuffs were tighten excessively, she seamed to shrug it off. I sense she thought the things I had to say, were strange, especially being it was happen 15 years ago. I wondered myself too. She said to me, she also at times had tighten the handcuffs. When I heard her say this, I wondered, perhaps she had some reasonable explanation, giving her the benefit of the doubt, but feeling somewhat alarmed. I explained how my blood circulation was stopped, they were so tight and another event earlier in my life how my wrists bleed. She asks were both incidents state troopers? I said no, one was the local police. She still didn't seem phased. She asks if there was domestic violence 15 years ago between me and her. I said no, harassment, alleged. She said words to the effect, if it was domestic violence that's a whole other matter. I also told her to imagine being in a police car speeding up, while handcuffed in the front passenger seat of the car veering toward a guard rail. She didn't say anything to this. I asked her again if she could pass along the letter. She refused, which I thought was understandable and acceptable of her not too. I asked if I could give it to the sergeant, that's when her demeanor was changed. She adamantly convinced me I didn't want the do that. As if she feared him or perhaps had a woman's sensitivity to matters of the heart. That's when I realized her as liken in the military service, where she couldn't seemingly say excessive handcuff tightening and speeding up, veering the car toward the guard rail was wrong to me. As if she supposedly couldn't stand on her feet, think freely. I ask if I could leave it in the mail box there, she urged it not to be done as if an order. I quickly agreed with her order. I then told myself I tried my best and left the area to drive to my parents place. This is what I observed and heard in 2005, John Jerome Nowak

A few years ago I search on the internet, I found some writings.

According to the United States Supreme Court, an officer's use of force (against a "free citizen") must be objectively reasonable, based upon the totality of the circumstances known to him/her at the time. Hence, an officer's use of restraints must be in compliance with federal case and statutory law. In the normal restraint of a person as the result of a lawful temporary detention or arrest, the restraint used by the officer will be considered a use of force. Any use of force upon a free citizen by a law enforcement officer is governed by the Fourth Amendment's "objective reasonableness" test. The officer must be objectively reasonable in the application of the restraints - use of force. This reasonableness analysis contemplates careful consideration of the facts and circumstances of the incident, including: (1) the severity of the crime at issue, (2) whether the suspect poses an immediate threat to the safety of officers and others, and (3) whether the suspect is actively resisting arrest or attempting to evade arrest by flight. These three considerations fall under the umbrella of the "totality of the circumstances" known to the officer at the time force was used. If the officer uses more force than is objectively reasonable, the officer will violate the person's Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable seizures - use of force. If the officer uses excessive (unreasonable) force, (s)he may be liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violation of the person's constitutional rights. The officer could also face Federal criminal prosecution (under 18 U.S.C. § 242 - Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law). Recent Fourth Amendment, Developments in Use of Force

Edmund Zigmund, Senior Instructor
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
Glynco, GA 31524

2. Kopec v. Tate, 361 F.3d 772 (3rd Cir. 2004)

A man and his girlfriend trespassed onto a frozen lake. An officer arrived to investigate. The officer sought to obtain their names, addresses, and phone numbers for his report. The man refused to provide this information and instructed his girlfriend not to do so either. The officer arrested him and handcuffed
him behind his back. Within approximately ten (10) seconds of being handcuffed, the arrestee began to lose feeling in his right hand and asked the officer to loosen the handcuffs, but the officer did not do so. According to the arrestee, it took the officer about ten (10) minutes from the time he had handcuffed the man finally to loosen the handcuffs. The arrestee claimed to have permanent injury and filed an action against the officer under section 1983 alleging excessive force.

On appeal, the court held that officer is not entitled to qualified immunity on the excessive force claim and therefore the district court's grant of summary judgment was improper. The officer faced rather benign circumstances rather than a dangerous situation involving a serious crime or armed criminals. The right of an arrestee to be free from the use of excessive force in the course of his handcuffing clearly was established and a reasonable officer would have known that employing excessive force in the course of handcuffing would violate the Fourth Amendment.

3. Meredith v. Erath, 342 F.3d 1057 (9th Cir. 2003)

IRS agents executed a search warrant upon the property of a woman who was being investigated for tax violations. Upon entering the third floor, the agents encountered another woman who was not the target of the investigation. This woman loudly told the agents that the search was illegal and asked to see a search warrant. When the woman repeated her request to see a search warrant the agent grabbed her by her arms, forcibly threw her to the ground and, twisting her arms, placed handcuffs on her wrists. The woman complained several times that the handcuffs were too tight and were causing her pain, but for 30 minutes they were left as they were; thereafter, they were loosened so that they would not be painful, but would nonetheless restrain her. The handcuffs were removed several hours late and the woman was told she could leave. The woman claims she suffered extensive bruising. She filed a lawsuit claiming that the agent used excessive force in handcuffing her.

On appeal, the court held that the IRS Agent was not entitled to qualified immunity on summary judgment as to: (1) the excessive force claim; and (2) the claim that she was unlawfully detained for 30 minutes in overly tight handcuffs that caused her pain. The woman loudly asked several times to see a search warrant. The woman did not pose a safety risk and made no attempt to leave the property. The agent was investigating income tax related crimes, which (although felonies) are nonviolent offenses. The woman objected vociferously to the search and she “passively resisted” the handcuffing, but the need for force, if any, was minimal at best.

The year 2007, at a right to life rally, New York Police were also accuse of excessively tightening of handcuffs.

http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=42387

A pattern from 1984, 1990, 2005 (I gave her the benefit of the doubt, you decide) and recently at a right to life rally in 2007 of torture by handcuffs/excessive tightening of handcuffs by New York State police officers, from all appearances to instigate some form of resistance, by causing unlawful excruciating pain, torture as if vise grips where tighten on ones wrist. So they may inflect great bodily harm.

Even so, I still respect police officers that are honorable, and thank the honorable lackawanna police officers and the honorable New York State Police officers for putting their lives at stake for the peace of the community.

Why is torture by handcuffs a big issue I perceive?

The reason, torture by handcuffs/excessive tightening of hand cuffs is one of easiest scenario of abuse that can be first taken. If then not snipped at the bud, where a slight misunderstanding of intentions, can quickly escalate to great bodily harm. If they done this to a just, passive man, not an aggressive person. Imagine the escalation of police brutality if a person struggles due to the pain of the torture by handcuffs/excessive tightening of handcuffs, someone's son, someone's daughter, a love one, the senseless added cost, injury, deaths, community outrage, riots making people worst, lawsuits.

What would of happen to me 27 years ago, if the police thought as they did mistakenly about my sisters. After they excessively tighten the handcuffs, if I showed some struggling due to the pain? They verbally threaten me much bodily harm, I may of never came back home.

Then there is the discouragement to criminals, who if they see a police officer done this evil to them, why should a criminal stop their evil behavior? If the police can't control themselves under pressure? How then can criminals be persuaded, to stop evil behavior?

Many who who have a criminal history, they become even more harden, by the dishonorable police officer, so when the honorable police office is next to arrest them, the police officer's lives are more in danger, honorable police officers die.

The distrust and anger that has been built up for police officers, by dishonorable police officer torturing by handcuffs, then beating the person, for having to struggle against the torture by handcuffs, agonizing pain.

How many the police have tortured by handcuffs additionally caused bodily harm, the cases are dismiss, afraid of a lawsuit, the victim not sure of his or her rights never proceeds to court.

What perhaps can be salvage from these events? I would suggest all new recruits for all police in the country at their police training, to have them repeat three phrases each day, several times. Perhaps all current police, they will have some events set aside, to say the phrases.

I will not dishonor the badge I stand behind by excessively tightening handcuffs.

I will not dishonor the badge I stand behind by doing evil to do good.

If I cannot obey these tenants I will hand in my badge now.

My proposal, suggestion, solution 2011

All new handcuffs by police stations, will have an added feature, and easy read standard numbering dial or standard engraved measuring, to show which exact tooth the handcuffs are set when in use, by simply looking straight down at them while in use, where a picture can be taken, to easily discern the exact state in which the handcuffs are set. All used handcuffs to be sent in to a machinist and have added a standard engraved measuring, across the united states if possibly, and perhaps if absent serial numbers added. So when if the situation the arrested person says his or her handcuffs are to tight, will reveal by the engraved measurements, the hand cuffs are set to the exact tooth, so it can be easier to identified, the exact state the hand cuffs were tighten, to reveal who is telling the truth.

All handcuffs will have a locking mechanism, and will be locked before transported. This will assure the arrested individual, cannot perhaps someway make them tighter while traveling in the back seat, inadvertently or trying to disgrace the police unduly.

Will be mandatory with every arrest, when immediately arrived at the police station, mandatory the person under arrest will be directed to stand their back to a wall, standing in an outline of footprints on the floor, where behind them will be camera or video camera will take three close up pictures or video while the hands are handcuff, where the new additional measuring dial or engraving on the handcuffs will reveal the exact tooth they are set to and mandatory later when upon the the hands are immediately release from handcuffs, another camera or video camera will take close up pictures or video each sides of wrist, to safeguard the integrity of the police and be kept as evidence.

When anyone complains their handcuffs were to tight, the hand cuffs will be turned in as evidence.

If at any point it's noted the handcuffs are tighten severely, where the skin is bruised or torn, or cut,and/or bleeding occurs, the offending officer or officers will be immediately open to the charge of any four violations.

Moderately over tighten handcuffs, occurring more then three times in one year result in the police officer or officers suspension for three weeks without pay and/or may be immediately fired.

Third degree torture by handcuffs/excessively tighten handcuffs violation where wrist skin is severely bruised, no bleeding, where no altercation had occurred, or altercation is involved, result in suspension for five weeks without pay, and/or immediately fired, and/or criminally charged as torturing by handcuffs, upon conviction the possibility of four months in jail, isolated (to protect him or her) .

Second degree torture by handcuffs/excessively tighten handcuffs violation severe tightening of handcuffs, where wrist skin is severely bruised, torn, cut, bleeding, where no altercation had occurred, or altercation is involved, causing permanent injury to hands or punch, kicked, stomped on by police, result in mandatory their badge must be removed, mandatory fired, mandatory will be criminally charged as torturing by handcuffs, upon conviction mandatory five year jail time, up ten years in jail isolated (to protect him or her).

First degree torture by handcuffs/excessively tighten handcuffs violation severe tightening of handcuff, same as third degree in addition the the person dies, mandatory 15 year jail time up to 35 years.

I propose a special facility, having the same conditions as all other jails, guaranteeing separation to protect formal police officers who broke the law, from being physical harm by other inmates. A jail is a place to serve your punishment, time, not to be in constant fear of criminals killing you, or abusing you.

Some will think this is too excessive, some will think officers are to be thugs, if disrespected to inflect their own justice, but whose to say someday you may be caught up, as a law abiding citizen, where a police officer viewing a small picture of possible events told him or her, becomes offended, even if warranted offended, and cannot remain self controlled, inflects his or her form of justice upon you or your son and daughter, killing you or someone you love?

The people deserve honorable police officers, removing the bad apples among the police, and not having to fear police brutality. This is a much better an alternative, then what we have now torture by handcuffs, great bodily harm, deaths, a blue wall of silence.

These new laws would protect the rights of citizens and safeguard the honor of police officers.

These new laws will hopefully make torture by handcuffs a thing of the past, which can be reasonably concluded will help to end as a gateway to greater bodily harm in police brutality.

These new laws, safeguards, will hopefully result in significantly less police brutality.

The police officer that tighten excessive the handcuffs to the point my wrist bleed (1984), the woman state trooper that tighten excessive the handcuffs so my blood stop circulating and the African American state trooper that drove the car, speeding down the long bend in the road (1990), almost touched the gray guard rail, all fell short of the honor of being a police officer. I wonder how many more people out there had a similar behavior of anger by police officers, in excessive tightening of handcuffs to perhaps even make it seem they were resisting arrest when they were actually struggled against the pain? How many police officers cause great bodily harm or even death?

Some police in their illusions of their own justice, think their doing the public a service. They have justified to themselves, “Do evil that good may come”. Is this the official motto we want for the police, state troopers of America?

If people would take the time and expose this torture by handcuffs, pattern of police brutality, 1984, 1990, 2003, 2004, 2005 (I gave her the benefit of the doubt, you decide), 2007 excessively tightening of handcuffs, it would lessen the chance of a father or mother getting a phone call of their son or daughter died, in the hands of the police in the USA and across the world.

Here is a link to a PDf of 22 more cases http://www.aele.org/law/2008LROCT/2008-10MLJ101.pdf

Particularly these cases.

Vondrak v. City of Las Cruces, No. 07-2148, 535 F.3d 1198 (10th Cir. 2008)

Tekle v. U.S., No. 04-55026, 457 F.3d 1088 (9th Cir. 2006)

In Hanig v. Lee, No. 04-2758, 415 F.3d 822 (8th Cir. 2005)

Seaman v. Karr, #27935-5-II, 59 P.3d 701 (Wash. App. 2002)

Please let others know.

Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

May God have mercy upon us

John Jerome Nowak

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