A 42-second snippet of video shows Cozzi, who was on duty, shackling Miles' legs to the wheelchair, then striking Miles about 10 times — finishing with a roundhouse blow.
Cook County prosecutors have said Cozzi struck Miles with a "blackjack" — a small baton.
Miles required stitches, said his attorney, Timothy Whiting, whose law firm obtained a $125,000 settlement from the city. "He is harmless," Whiting said of Miles.
Roseland, Indiana, (09.14.2007), City Council member, Mr. David Snyder, was taken to St. Joseph County jail and held overnight after being ordered, out, by the, 'Mayor/(president), Charlie Shields', having the COPS physically remove him from the meeting and building. It was, Marshal Jack Tiller, that actually removed him, while all of this is being recorded on camera, takes hold of him just as, Mr. Snyder passes through the doorway leaving the, City Council room. At this point, Marshal Jack Tiller, almost immediately places his two hands on Mr. Snyder and shoves him through the glass door, onto the outside, ground/pavement, where Marshal Jack Tiller, then proceeds to hit several times, his fist to Mr. Snyder's head, as Mr. Snyder's head lay on the ground above the broken glass.
"I'm not guilty of anything," Snyder asserted Saturday in an interview outside the jail before heading to see a doctor.
Snyder said he and Shields were arguing over time limits for speaking at the meeting when Shields ordered the Town Marshal Jack Tiller "to get rid of him."
Snyder said Tiller came up behind him as he stood up to leave and then followed him out. With notebooks and a canvas bag in his left hand and a tripod and video camera in the other, Snyder said he was using his side to open the door to exit the Town Hall.
"The next thing I know, Jack had lunged at me and pushed me through the door," Snyder said. "I hit my head so hard (on the concrete), I passed out. "When I came to, he's on top of me pounding me in the head. I say, 'Stop it, Tiller.'
"Jack did not tell me I was charged with anything or that I was under arrest," Snyder said. "He just decided to beat me up with my arms full."
Libertarians: A little less douche
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I realize the derogatory label of “douche” seems a rather vague term. In
fact, this video by Daly Show TV seems to play upon its obscurity as an
insult and...