Corruption and police brutality in Mansfield

Paul Rendal: Front Profile

Paul Rendal: Side Profile

On 1-3-08, Paul Rendal was charged with obstructing official business, resisting arrest, and intox. Apparently, Officer Kaufman (Badge No. 255) was responsible for charging Mr. Rendal with these trumped up charges and the injuries in which Mr.Rendal sustained.

Moreover, the police report has it that there was a complaint of a heated disturbance at Mr. Rendal's residence and that there were attempts made to contact the occupants to no avail. The report also stated: "Upon officer's arrival, they observed what appeared to be blood stains on the door jamb. MPD unit# 157 authorized officers to force entry in order to check on the occupants well-being." According to Mr. Rendal, the blood stains on the door jamb was from a year ago when his nephew punched out a window; this was later confirmed. Mr. Rendal also stated that when the officers bombarded into his house, he was startled by this and reached out his hands in a stopping motion because he thought someone was breaking into his house to harm him. Officer Kaufman charged Mr. Rendal with resisting arrest and obstructing official business for reaching out his hands in a stopping motion. This was also a justification that the officers used to brutalize Mr. Rendal.

A similar thing happened to Gilbert Rush Jr. a year or two ago when officers from Mansfield, and two or three other member cities of Richland County, bombarded into Mr. Rush's house without a "Knock and Notice" and unloaded rounds into Mr. Rush's body without logical justification. Furthermore, it was later reported that one of the officers stood over Mr. Rush's dead body and unloaded a round into his head. Gilbert Rush Jr. was an innocent man, as was later confirmed. This is the type of conduct that Dale C. Carson (a former F.B.I agent and former police officer) summarized in his book Arrest-Proof Yourself. He stated: "If cops start beating you, they have to charge you with resisting arrest. If they don't, they will be admitting to brutality." He further noted: "Crooked cops can plant guns and dope on you to make a felony bust or to justify having beaten or shot you." What a great summary of how crooked cops can be.

Sadly, 55 year old, Paul Rendal was the victim of the criminal justice system and police brutality. In the police Narrative Supplement, it stated that the officers used a grounding technique in order to get Mr. Rendal handcuffed. The police supplement report also claimed that Mr. Rendal was transported to MCM (Med Central Hospital) for a laceration on his forehead. But the prosecutors and police never said anything about the black eye and other injuries Mr. Rendal sustained during this entire affair. You don't get a black eye from a grounding technique. Paul claimed that the police hit him in the eye with a flashlight. This is the kind of conduct that the Justice Department -- if it believes in any justice -- should look into when it comes to protecting the citizens of the U.S. The Mansfield Police Department is very notorious for "police brutality," and it should be addressed immediately. Martin Yant, author of Rotten to the Core and Presumed Guilty, is a private investigator who lived in Mansfield for many years, exposed an enormous amount of corruption in Mansfield, which led to the conviction of a brutal sheriff and 7 deputies. Likewise, Martin Yant rendered several elected officials to step down from public offices. Because of this, he was threatened and ran out of Mansfield. He now lives in Columbus, Ohio. Learn more about Martin Yant at http://www.truthinjustice.org/yant/

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