Donald Driver's father beaten by Houston police.

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Family: Donald Driver's dad beaten by Houston police after dispute

Posted: Wednesday November 19, 2008 9:36PM; Updated: Wednesday November 19, 2008 9:55PM
HOUSTON -- The father of Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver was beaten by Houston, Texas, police officers as they arrested him for outstanding traffic warrants, Driver's family members claimed Wednesday.

As they beat him and forced him to swallow something, the officers told Marvin Driver Jr. he was "going to see Jesus," according to relatives and community activist Quanell Evans, who identified himself as Quanell X.

"Mr. Marvin Driver Jr. is now at Hermann Hospital in ICU where he can't even speak," relatives said in a statement. "Doctors say there is some bleeding on his brain from blunt force trauma."

Police said Driver was arrested for outstanding traffic warrants and was found to be "unresponsive" upon his arrival at jail. Paramedics transported him to the hospital, they said. The Houston Police Department said in a written statement it takes the assault allegations "very seriously, and will begin a thorough investigation into the matter."

The two officers involved remain on duty pending further investigation, police said. However, relatives and Evans called for the officers involved to be suspended or placed on administrative leave until the investigation is complete.

The incident began late Sunday when Driver was dropping his brother, Winston Driver, off after the two had moved furniture, family members said.

Officers stopped Marvin Driver Jr. in front of his mother's home, relatives said. An argument took place between police and Driver's family, as well as between Driver and officers over the language police were using, according to the written statement issued by family members.

Police told relatives Driver was being taken to jail for the outstanding warrants, relatives said. "Later, the family found out he never made it to the jail," the statement said.

.....Evans showed reporters paper towels upon which he said Driver had written his account. On them, he said Driver wrote that the police took him behind a Valero gas station and beat him. The officers kneed Driver and elbowed him in the throat, Evans said. They also made him swallow something, he said, telling him he was "going to see Jesus" and made disparaging remarks about his family, including "one particular family member."

One officer parked his cruiser behind the station and watched the beating, the activist alleged. Evans showed reporters photographs he said depicted Driver lying a hospital bed with a tube in his mouth.

unreal man.,,

As a native Houstonian I am not shocked but horrified. If and I mean IF this turns out to be true and we may possibly never know that answer, regardless HPD needs to be completely gutted from the very top with Chief Herald Hurtt to the bottom which is breeding ground for corruption due to the standards set for new hires. I only know the circumstances of his fathers encounter as reported through this article and others Ive sought after. However having grown up in Houston I have never had a personal encounter with our police department, however I have seen several times where the police have abused their power, whether it be behind the wheel , or on foot. Additonally the allegations that have confronted HPD over the past 10 years speak for themselves. There has been a seven year federal investigation into the accuracy of the HPD crime lab. Over the past five years over 23 people have died while in custody of the Harris county jail. As a major metropolitan police department, HPD has been suffered heavily from a man-power shortage. As a result there has been federal investigations into overtime pay, as officers have earned over 130K in additional overtime compensation. I believe the lack of man-power in the department has created an a thick blue line that is protecting corrupt officers, reducing accountability as well as accuracy and is creating a cavileer atmosphere where officers are taking justice in to their own hands. I am abosolutely distraught over this latest headline. Donald Driver a native Houstonian like myself, grew up homeless, he lived out of a U-haul truck on the streets of Houston for much of his childhood. After his parents were incarserated for drug charges, he lived with his grandmother and graduated from Milby High School in Houston. After earning a scholarship from Alcorn State Univeristy, he was drafted in the seventh and final round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers. His philantropic efforts in the city of Houston are outstanding and prevoked me to write this....

Just another case in a long line of many....

[Quote: Originally Posted by wdawson] As a native Houstonian I am not shocked but horrified. If and I mean IF this turns out to be true and we may possibly never know that answer, regardless HPD needs to be completely gutted from the very top with Chief Herald Hurtt to the bottom which is breeding ground for corruption due to the standards set for new hires. I only know the circumstances of his fathers encounter as reported through this article and others Ive sought after. However having grown up in Houston I have never had a personal encounter with our police department, however I have seen several times where the police have abused their power, whether it be behind the wheel , or on foot. Additonally the allegations that have confronted HPD over the past 10 years speak for themselves. There has been a seven year federal investigation into the accuracy of the HPD crime lab. Over the past five years over 23 people have died while in custody of the Harris county jail. As a major metropolitan police department, HPD has been suffered heavily from a man-power shortage. As a result there has been federal investigations into overtime pay, as officers have earned over 130K in additional overtime compensation. I believe the lack of man-power in the department has created an a thick blue line that is protecting corrupt officers, reducing accountability as well as accuracy and is creating a cavileer atmosphere where officers are taking justice in to their own hands. I am abosolutely distraught over this latest headline. Donald Driver a native Houstonian like myself, grew up homeless, he lived out of a U-haul truck on the streets of Houston for much of his childhood. After his parents were incarserated for drug charges, he lived with his grandmother and graduated from Milby High School in Houston. After earning a scholarship from Alcorn State Univeristy, he was drafted in the seventh and final round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers. His philantropic efforts in the city of Houston are outstanding and prevoked me to write this....

Terrible story..hopefully he makes a full recovery