© NY Daily NewsEvelyn shows photos of her parakeet, Tito.
Evelyn's bird, Tito, was a small parakeet that clearly posed no danger to the officers.
"It was a blue and green bird. It was really pretty," said Anna, Evelyn's daughter.
At some point during the break-in, officers caused Tito's cage to fall off of a dresser and crash onto the floor, according to court records.
"I screamed, 'The bird!' said Anna.
That's when police said "Fuck your bird!" and began crushing and stomping the parakeet to death, according to reports.
"I was shocked," said Anna.
"The cops don't even care about us humans, they don't care about the bird either, " Anna said.
It all started when the Evelyn was having a labor day celebration with her children.
Her son, Edwin, was taking out the trash when police approached him randomly on the street.
According to reports, they stopped him and began interrogating him about a cone that was placed in front of the family home to save a space for parking.
Though Edwin had committed no crime, officers demanded that he present his identification immediately.
Edwin respectfully refused, informing the officers that he hadn't done anything wrong.
That's when one of the officers began initiating violent force against Edwin, as the other officers watched, according to reports.
The officer apparently had a grip around Edwin's arm, attempting to restrain him.
Frightened, Edwin broke free from the officer and ran back to his family inside the home, according to court documents.
But the officers weren't finished.
Reports say they then approached the home and began shattering windows.
After smashing the windows they barged in the house.
"It was completely uncalled for and there was no excuse for entering the home without a warrant," said Evelyn's lawyer.
"They threw me like a piece of garbage onto the floor," Evelyn said.
George, one of Evelyn's sons, suffered particularly gruesome injuries after one of the officers began repeatedly bashing in his head and face with a baton, according to court records.
Alba, Evelyn's daughter, suffered from asthma and almost suffocated to death after officers shot her with pepper spray.
Cops then made "criminal" charges against the family. Those have now been dropped, as the family sues for unlawful search and seizure, excessive force, and malicious prosecution.
But the trauma done to the family will never be reversed.
"Ever since then I have been sick and depressed," said Evelyn, adding, "I am hurt on the inside, in my heart.
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They were clearly influenced by something.
Dated: Sunday, December 8, 2013, 2:00 AM
The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave
Are all these atrocities just some anomaly in the US. Is it just a nine day wonder, murder by those that are said to serve and to protect, home invasions, more violations of human rights than was ever imagined in the UN Declaration of Human Rights and Freedoms.
Does nobody care about the average citizen, does nobody protest, is nothing said or discussed in the so called halls of power. Should this not this be an issue for a presidential debate.
Well looks to me like the US is no longer The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. It's reverted back to the Wild West, the days of gunslingers and shoot outs at the OK corral.
I guess now in the US the gunslingers have become legit, but let's look at there origins, most were all outlaws, would kill a man for looking at them the wrong way
An here I thought the US was a civilized country bringing Freedom and Democracy to the world..
Article from 2014 for your enjoyment:
"Police Abuse Cases Forced NYC To Pay $428,000,000 in False Arrest and Civil Rights Settlements"
Not a typo: Four Hundred And Twenty-Eight Million Dollars. Of taxpayers' money.
While schools decayed, garbage rotted in the streets, homeless people died in the gutters, and trucks fell into potholes.
And THAT was ONLY in the five-year period 2009-2014.
And THAT was only the cases the city lost in the corrupt courts.
Here is the link, if you don't believe it: [Link]
Welcome to New York, where the Nazi philosophy lives and thrives. In fact, here is the truth: If a gang of Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo) thugs in 1930's Germany had behaved like this against innocent civilians, they would have been put against a wall and summarily shot. Law and Order were the hallmarks of Nazi Germany, and shit like this would not have been tolerated for one German minute.
When will this change? When and only when the COPS are made to pay the settlements, instead of the victim taxpayers.