Hope in America and Hope Steffey
During a weekend wander to my favorite haunts, in the Daily Kos I found an update to a story out of Ohio that caught my interest in 2006 when it first became news. The irony for me was finding this update while taking a break from studying The Trauma of Psychological Torture. I watched the Stark County Police Officers forcefully, but methodically stripping Hope Steffey to naked, and her screams still echo in my head. So does the thrust of the message in the book I'm studying.
Forced nakedness is one way to break-down a prisoner, and Cleveland Police authorities have denied that this was a strip search of Hope Steffey. Perhaps it's part of their protocol for subduing an unsubmissive "prisoner." I'd have to wonder because I'd just read that this tactic was developed in US and Canandian Unniversites through grants via the C.IA., techniques that have been honed since the early 1950's. Stripping a prisoner, and leaving them in the dark for hours is part of Psycological Torture as reported Almerindo E. Ojeda, editor of The Trauma of Psychological Torture (linked above). The police officers, male and female, black and white appeared methodical, practiced.
In the United States of America, it is not deemed torture if it doesn't leave physical scars. It's decided in our Unniversities, taught to our soldiers, after war they are recruited by scores of assorted domestic law enforcement agencies and then comes a woman named Hope.
If we close Gitmo, but leave all forms of identifyable psycological torture in place -- hope dies.
Hope Steffey before the night she was compelled to call the police for help is gone. The new Hope Steffey will emerge in time and my hope is she'll somehow take comfort that her experience ended a terrible era of brutal policing in America.
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The State Torture of Hope Steffey
Submitted on March 1st, 2009 by editor (not verified)Well Researched
Submitted on March 1st, 2009 by John (not verified)Editor, I have that link before, but I am not sure how well researched it is, and I think some of it is speculation.
I have been looking into this case for a year now since it went national in February 2008.
For instance this article says it’s a wonder Steffey didn’t suffer a concussion, but I have the court transcripts, and she testifies that she DID go to a hospital after she was released and she WAS diagnosed with a concussion.
The change of colored blankets they refer to is when they did the “mat change”. The TV station edited out the camera operator deliberately swinging the camera away from Steffey while the male deputies were doing something to her. When the camera comes back they have her legs forced up against her butt. I have not been able to get anyone to say exactly what was happening.
Also the third “man” on the left, that they refer to, is actually a woman. There were 5 women there and 3 men, and yet Swanson says he doesn’t have enough women to do a “suicide prevention”. Even though a strip search, or cavity search, HAS to be same sex, by law. So HOW do they do those if he claims to not have enough women???
It’s all BS!!
Also the beginning of this video had been asked for by the news & lawyers for THREE MONTHS. I called the sheriff’s dept to see if it was ever going to be released, and they said it would be during discovery.
So you can imagine my surprise when 2 months later, during the grand jury investigation, they THEN claimed that the beginning of the video didn’t exist!!
I also found that the Sheriff’s dept conspired to keep information away from the grand jury investigators.
All I can say is that it must be great to be in control of all the evidence against you.
This was the Stark County
Submitted on March 1st, 2009 by Rich (not verified)her experience ended a terrible era of brutal policing
Submitted on March 1st, 2009 by John (not verified)Just as I said
Submitted on November 9th, 2009 by John (not verified)Just as I said in this post the Hope Steffey case NEVER went to a trial. So the sheriff won't have to worrry about "all the facts coming out" at court.
But I will do whatever I can to bring them out and brand these criminals for the scum that they are.
The REST of the Story!
Submitted on August 31st, 2009 by John (not verified)UPDATE
Here’s PROOF the cops were actually trying to charge the VICTIM for the crime she was reporting!!
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Zemo999/Incident-Report-Assault.jpg
NONE of the papers have EVER reported that Steffey was actually arrested for assault too.
Leanne Preston is listed as the VICTIM! This is the niece that Steffey claimed attacked her. (her injuries are listed as a broken fingernail)
Scott Preston is the Uncle of Leanne, the woman that allegedly attacked Steffey. They are listing him as a witness against Steffey.
HOW they are listing him as reporting the assault is beyond me.
Ok heres part of Uncle Scott's testimony at trial.
So HOW do the cops use a statement to frame Steffey, from a guy that testifies that he saw NOTHING?!?!?!?
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Zemo999/Scott1.jpg
I can see why they never tried to convict her of the assault too.
Since Scott is not the one that called 911.
Leanne's brother is the one that actually reported the assault, and called police ON HIS OWN SISTER, at Steffey's request. (BTW he never showed up at the trial to testify.)
The arresting cop, Richard T. Gurlea Jr., testified at Steffey's trial that the 'investigation' into the assault was never finished. (REALLY?!!? Then HOW are they charging her?!?!?)
We have Steffey's cousin, on tape, telling Steffey that the officer has to KNOW that none of this was her fault, while the officer is within listening distance.
Plus we have the other witnesses that said Steffey was the one attacked. The cop has them all looking for Steffey hair that was ripped out.
Even the officer testified at court that he went to his cruiser to get a camera to document Steffey's injuries, there seems to be no “confusion” about who was the victim like the papers claim. And he is recorded on TAPE telling Steffey that he will still 'investigate' her assault even as he has her in his car, so what happened?
This report SHOWS what happened, the cops KNEW that it was ALL BS!!
Since they are all trying to railroad the VICTIM of the assault!