Grand Jury Clears Two White Texas Cops Who Brutally Beat A Black Woman Over An Unpaid Traffic Ticket
Two former Jasper, Texas police officers will not face criminal charges after they brutally assaulted a black woman who was in their custody last year. That incident prompted racial tension in the East Texas town.
The Beaumont Enterprise reported in November that a grand jury had cleared officers Ricky Grissom and Ryan Cunningham, who are white, for a violent encounter with a black woman named Keyarika Diggles inside the Jasper City Jail. Overhead cameras caught the officers grabbing Diggles by the hair, slamming her face onto a counter and pinning her to the floor, before dragging Diggles, by the feet, into a holding cell. According to her lawyers, Diggles spent hours in the dark “detox” cell before being strip-searched by police dispatcher Lindsey Davenport.
Along with the damning video footage, the case was troubling because Cunningham and Grissom had arrested Diggles at home that morning for nothing more than an unpaid traffic ticket. And the ticket wasn’t quite unpaid—the single mother of two had been paying down her debt in monthly installments. Even after those payments, she still owed $100 at the time Grissom and Cunningham knocked on her door—but it’s still not clear why they’d chosen to arrest her that day.
Footage of the incident was released last year:
Diggles settled a civil rights lawsuit against the city and the officers last December for $75,000.
It was less than a month after the beating that Jasper’s city council voted to fire Cunningham and Grissom.
H/T: Burnt Orange Report via LL’s Mod God @Mea_Mark.
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By: Anomaly100
jazkeys December 5th, 2014 at 16:19
Folks, this happened in the ignorant, illiterate, bigoted, inbred state of TEXAS — no one should be at all surprised by this delicious display of racism and governmental blessing thereof…those knuckle-dragging, neo-Nazi Good Ol’ Boys do love them their black punching bags, and their toothless redneck neighbors praise them for their ability to assault those uppity Darkies. Texas: America’s Cesspool.
canyonlobo December 7th, 2014 at 04:42
I have my own way of dealing with those arrogant Texans – I don’t eat at any chain restaurant that is operated out of Texas – there are many. They don’t want the “guvmint” telling them wah to do
but were quick to press for funds after their fertilizer explosion and their brush fires. The truth is that Davy Crocket and John Wayne didn’t beat back the Mexicans at the Alamo – Texas Mexican Americans did! Boycott Texas owned restaurants.
Cindy Conceicao December 30th, 2014 at 08:00
That’s a messed up comment. .I’m from Texas and definitely not inbreed. What those officers did was totally messed up and hopefully they lost the right to be officers anywhere else but don’t downgrade the rest of us. You and ppl like you is what’s wrong with the world. One bad apple or a few doesn’t make the entire state worthless. . Shame on you who made you judge and jury
jazkeys December 5th, 2014 at 17:19
Folks, this happened in the ignorant, illiterate, bigoted, inbred state of TEXAS — no one should be at all surprised by this delicious display of racism and governmental blessing thereof…those knuckle-dragging, neo-Nazi Good Ol’ Boys do love them their black punching bags, and their toothless redneck neighbors praise them for their ability to assault those uppity Darkies. Texas: America’s Cesspool.
Canyonlobo December 7th, 2014 at 05:42
I have my own way of dealing with those arrogant Texans – I don’t eat at any chain restaurant that is operated out of Texas – there are many. They don’t want the “guvmint” telling them wah to do
but were quick to press for funds after their fertilizer explosion and their brush fires. The truth is that Davy Crocket and John Wayne didn’t beat back the Mexicans at the Alamo – Texas Mexican Americans did! Boycott Texas owned restaurants.
Cindy Conceicao December 30th, 2014 at 09:00
That’s a messed up comment. .I’m from Texas and definitely not inbreed. What those officers did was totally messed up and hopefully they lost the right to be officers anywhere else but don’t downgrade the rest of us. You and ppl like you is what’s wrong with the world. One bad apple or a few doesn’t make the entire state worthless. . Shame on you who made you judge and jury
AnthonyLook December 5th, 2014 at 17:52
“It was less than a month after the beating that Jasper’s city council voted to fire Cunningham and Grissom.”
It would be interesting if a journalist would do a follow up story and see where these two are working now and if they merely ended up working for another police force elsewhere (like Cleveland).
AnthonyLook December 5th, 2014 at 18:52
“It was less than a month after the beating that Jasper’s city council voted to fire Cunningham and Grissom.”
It would be interesting if a journalist would do a follow up story and see where these two are working now and if they merely ended up working for another police force elsewhere (like Cleveland).
Glen Davis December 5th, 2014 at 20:28
Soooooooo, the town admitted culpability with a settlement, the town fired the officers in question, BUT the grand jury found nothing to indict them on…. good old AMERICAN justice in Texas. If it was good old TEXAS justice the two cops would have been taken out and been slapped around themselves!- except that they were white- so they get a pass….
Glen Davis December 5th, 2014 at 21:28
Soooooooo, the town admitted culpability with a settlement, the town fired the officers in question, BUT the grand jury found nothing to indict them on…. good old AMERICAN justice in Texas. If it was good old TEXAS justice the two cops would have been taken out and been slapped around themselves!- except that they were white- so they get a pass….
Leeland Hackbarth December 6th, 2014 at 01:08
Sadly, this is not the first Jasper race incident I have heard.
Danny Wade December 8th, 2014 at 13:57
Some people get arrested for unpaid traffic citations. Others can’t get themselves arrested even if they beat somebody up in front of a video camera.
We invented the idea of justice. There will be none if we don’t create it.
Danny Wade December 8th, 2014 at 14:57
Some people get arrested for unpaid traffic citations. Others can’t get themselves arrested even if they beat somebody up in front of a video camera.
We invented the idea of justice. There will be none if we don’t create it.
Stephen Bellinger December 30th, 2014 at 10:20
Justice in America… The town admitted culpability with a settlement, The town fired the officers in question, BUT the grand jury found nothing to indict them on… no crime was committed? SMDH.
Stephen December 30th, 2014 at 11:20
Justice in America… The town admitted culpability with a settlement, The town fired the officers in question, BUT the grand jury found nothing to indict them on… no crime was committed? SMDH.
Regina Taylor December 30th, 2014 at 17:11
She should have gotten 10 times that amount. Those ex cops were ugly and tremendously brutal. My God, they should be under the jail. Pathetic useless grand juries should be banned.
Regina Taylor December 30th, 2014 at 18:11
She should have gotten 10 times that amount. Those ex cops were ugly and tremendously brutal. My God, they should be under the jail. Pathetic useless grand juries should be banned.
truthseeker2436577@yahoo.com December 30th, 2014 at 17:34
This story is so tragic. The woman was treated brutally by two real thugs in blue. Yet, these crooked cops have not been indicted by the grand jury. This is why people are protesting in the streets demanding change. Sister Keyarika Diggles deserves a whole lot more than $75,000. The grand jury members, who refused to indict the officers, should be totally ashamed of themselves.
truthseeker2436577@yahoo.com December 30th, 2014 at 18:34
This story is so tragic. The woman was treated brutally by two real thugs in blue. Yet, these crooked cops have not been indicted by the grand jury. This is why people are protesting in the streets demanding change. Sister Keyarika Diggles deserves a whole lot more than $75,000. The grand jury members, who refused to indict the officers, should be totally ashamed of themselves.
John Carter December 31st, 2014 at 00:04
Probably went to shake her down for more money and she couldn’t pay. Mafia.
John Carter December 31st, 2014 at 01:04
Probably went to shake her down for more money and she couldn’t pay. Mafia.
John Carter December 31st, 2014 at 00:05
The faces of stupid and brutal. Mark them well.
John Carter December 31st, 2014 at 01:05
The faces of stupid and brutal. Mark them well.
Darcy Jackson December 31st, 2014 at 13:32
Rest assured that both cowards will be hired by unscrupulous police departments in the very near future not far from where all this happened.