Broward officer apologizes for behavior after 2003 trade summit [View All]

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Aug 9, 2006

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- A high-ranking Broward Sheriff's officer apologized Wednesday for derogatory comments he and other officers made in a police-training video following the 2003 Free Trade Area of the Americas summit in Miami.

The video shows Major John Brooks and other officers praising each other for shooting protesters with rubber bullets at the convention a day earlier.

"Looking back at the tape, in hindsight, I shouldn't have said those things," Brooks said in a report published Wednesday night on The Miami Herald's Web site.

One of the protesters, Elizabeth Ritter, contends she was unjustifiably shot with rubber bullets while she stood in front of police in riot gear. A video recorded the day of the protests shows Ritter cowering under a sign while being pelted with bullets. One bullet pierced the sign and struck her in the head.

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BSO officials said no one would face disciplinary action in connection with the training video.


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Gee we're sorry. Now everything is all better. :sarcasm: