Police Brutality on Unarmed Student.

This is a disturbing piece of news, San Jose police officers had brutally beaten a San Jose State University student Phuong Ho. Officers used batons to strike Ho at least 10 times, and also tasered the unarmed student. The incident began when Ho’s roomate Jeremy Suftin slopped soap on Phuong’s steak dinner. The two scuffled afterwards, at which point, Phuong grabbed a knife and said “In my country, I would kill you for this”. Suftin then called the police, and soon after, the beating ensued on the unarmed student. All this was captured on a video camera phone here.

Phuong Ho had no criminal record and was not resisting arrest, this beating was completely unnecessary and dehumanizing. A lot has progressed since the days of Rodney King’s incident, but I guess police brutality involving minorities is still here.