Jeremy Martin, Law Student
[From article]
On April 25th, 2014, Padilla pulled over Jeremy Martin for failing to stop at a stop sign. KOB noted that the police report “says he [Martin] blew a stop sign while traveling north on Wellesley Place, but there is no way to travel northbound on Wellseley to the stop sign in question.”
Martin was uncooperative with Padilla’s order to remain seated on a curb outside of his vehicle. Theoriginal police report stated that Martin was actively resisting arrest and was later treated for face and leg lacerations. The initial report did not include any information regarding the physical altercation between Padilla and Martin that ultimately led to Martin being rushed into emergency surgery to remove a testicle that had been badly damaged by Padilla’s knee. Video capturing the incident, provided by ProgressNow New Mexico, can be seen below.
[. . .] At about 7 minutes and 15 seconds into the video, Padilla is seen ordering one of Martin’s passengers to put away his cell phone that was recording the incident. Padilla is then seen seizing the passenger’s phone. At about 9 minutes into the video, Padilla can be seen deleting video from a phone.
http://benswann.com/felony-charges-apd-officer-shattering-suspects-testicle/
Felony Charges Filed Against Albuquerque Officer Accused Of Shattering Suspect’s Testicle
By: Annabelle Bamforth
Martin was uncooperative with Padilla’s order to remain seated on a curb outside of his vehicle. Theoriginal police report stated that Martin was actively resisting arrest and was later treated for face and leg lacerations. The initial report did not include any information regarding the physical altercation between Padilla and Martin that ultimately led to Martin being rushed into emergency surgery to remove a testicle that had been badly damaged by Padilla’s knee. Video capturing the incident, provided by ProgressNow New Mexico, can be seen below.
[. . .] At about 7 minutes and 15 seconds into the video, Padilla is seen ordering one of Martin’s passengers to put away his cell phone that was recording the incident. Padilla is then seen seizing the passenger’s phone. At about 9 minutes into the video, Padilla can be seen deleting video from a phone.
http://benswann.com/felony-charges-apd-officer-shattering-suspects-testicle/
Felony Charges Filed Against Albuquerque Officer Accused Of Shattering Suspect’s Testicle
By: Annabelle Bamforth
Apr 3, 2015
Officer Pablo Padilla is accused of striking a UNM law student's groin so hard that the young man had to have a testicle removed.
Officer Pablo Padilla is accused of striking a UNM law student's groin so hard that the young man had to have a testicle removed.
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RV, which they dubbed MARV—the Mobile Authority Resistance Vehicle—and painted black and yellow (in reference to the philosophy of “voluntaryism”) for a project called Motorhome Diaries.
Following the Greenfield incident, the duo ditched their court-appointed attorneys and represented themselves pro se during a joint trial, in which Freeman made a fool out of the arresting officer, Sergeant Todd M. Dodge. Even though it’s the reason they were arrested, the main issue during the trial was actually not the fact that Eyre and Freeman had been recording Dodge and several jail employees with their cameras. That’s because video recording the police and other public officials isn’t actually against the law. The Massachusetts wiretapping law, which is often misleadingly referred to as requiring “two-party consent,” only makes it illegal to secretly audio-record another person.
Shortly before he and Eyre were arrested, Freeman used his cellphone to record audio of what was happening. The recording was posted online and the police found out about it while the two were in jail, seizing on it as a reason for the wiretapping charges. The prosecutor conceded that only Freeman had done the recording, but argued that Eyre was complicit in a “joint venture” since he caused a "distraction” by talking to Dodge.
During the trial, Freeman used video from the jail’s surveillance system to show that he had been holding his phone out in the open. He also got Dodge to admit that he looked at him while he was holding the phone out. The jury saw right through the farce, and both Eyre and Freeman were acquitted of all charges. Naturally, they got the whole ordeal on video.
“I wish more people filmed the police,” Freeman told me earlier this year, after reaching a settlement with Greenfield. He received $32,500 from the city’s insurance company, though the city didn’t admit to any wrongdoing. He added, “I’m happy my case is over and I look forward to expanding the CopBlock Network.”
YOU GOTTA FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO RECORD POLICE
April 9, 2015
Shortly before he and Eyre were arrested, Freeman used his cellphone to record audio of what was happening. The recording was posted online and the police found out about it while the two were in jail, seizing on it as a reason for the wiretapping charges. The prosecutor conceded that only Freeman had done the recording, but argued that Eyre was complicit in a “joint venture” since he caused a "distraction” by talking to Dodge.
During the trial, Freeman used video from the jail’s surveillance system to show that he had been holding his phone out in the open. He also got Dodge to admit that he looked at him while he was holding the phone out. The jury saw right through the farce, and both Eyre and Freeman were acquitted of all charges. Naturally, they got the whole ordeal on video.
“I wish more people filmed the police,” Freeman told me earlier this year, after reaching a settlement with Greenfield. He received $32,500 from the city’s insurance company, though the city didn’t admit to any wrongdoing. He added, “I’m happy my case is over and I look forward to expanding the CopBlock Network.”
https://digboston.com/you-gotta-fight-for-your-right-to-record-police/
YOU GOTTA FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO RECORD POLICE
April 9, 2015
Article by Andrew Quemere
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Aftermath: Martin's mugshot show his bloodied face following the altercation with the police officer in April [2015]
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2634302/Video-shows-moment-police-officer-kneed-law-student-hard-traffic-stop-testicle-removed.html
Video 'shows moment police officer kneed law student so hard during traffic stop that he had to have testicle removed'
University of New Mexico student Jeremy Martin was stopped on April 24 when an officer claims he ran a stop sign
The officer allegedly kneed Martin in the groin and claimed that Martin did not sit on the curb during a field sobriety test
Martin's testicle was later removed during surgery, his lawyer said
A political action group has now released a video of the incident
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 17:04 EST, 20 May 2014 | UPDATED: 17:27 EST, 20 May 2014
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