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Please read before moving there
From:
-Anonymous-
Date posted:
2/24/2007
Years at this apartment:
2003
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2005
6 responses
First Scottsdale is in general a terrible place to live everyone will find out. That place is full of dirty politicians and cops. Everybody is fake, there is no sense of community, and 5 months out of the year it is unbearable. Highest divorce rate in country and just a bunch of old cactusheads and retirees are seem unhappy. Dust clouds and storms 12 months a year. No private sector jobs.
San Antigua I lived at when I made the mistake of moving to Arizona (Scottsdale). The place had some preety angry "elderly" residents that complained to the office of our volleyball games and we got some nasty grams. Then the cops ...READ
Casey and Power were in the Scottsdale, AZ apartment they shared. They had four guests, including Casey's sister and her 7-year-old daughter. They had just had dinner in a restaurant. According to Casey and Power, the child was asleep, so the music they had been playing was at a low volume.
Around 11 p.m., a man knocked on the door of the apartment. He was Robert Rucker, an off-duty Scottsdale police officer who was also the night monitor at the apartments. He said he had received a complaint about the music coming from the apartment. Rucker was wearing sweats and didn't have any identification. Casey told him he didn't think the noise level was high. Rucker threatened to call the police if Casey didn't close his patio door. Casey told him to go ahead and call the cops. Rucker did.
The two on-duty cops who showed up were Erik Rasmussen and Paul Thompson. One of Casey's and Power's guests answered the door. The cops asked for his identification. Casey told him not to show it to them, saying, "I'm the resident here. I'll talk to them." What happened next has left such a mark on Casey that he finds it hard to sit still when he talks about it.
"Rasmussen yelled, 'You wanna bet'' and rushed at me. I just stood there, shocked. He wrestled me to the floor of my living room. Next thing I knew, both cops were carrying me outside, one holding my arms behind my back, the other grabbing my legs. They threw me face-first into the concrete. My face was bleeding."
He yelled, "You're hurting me! You can't do this! Why are you doing this' I have rights!" As he cuffed Casey's hands behind his back, Casey claims Rasmussen told him, "You have no f***ing rights." Then, he says, Rasmussen picked him up and slammed him into the ground again, and rubbed his bloody face in the dirt. Casey's sister pleaded with the cops. "Look how skinny he is. He isn't a tough guy."
Casey says she was told, "Shut the f*** up." As all this was unfolding, John Power called 911. The tape of the call is bizarre and frightening to listen to. To a background of shouted obscenities--seemingly from the cops--and screams from Casey, a hysterical Power tells the operator that his friend is being assaulted by the Scottsdale police. "Do you need more police there'" she asks him. When Power explains that it's the police they need protection from, the operator suggests that he "just do what the policeman says." "I need help--they're beating up a family," Power tells her. "Well, that's what you're going to get, sir," she answers. "Just obey the police officers."
Thompson threatened the guests with pepper spray to back them out of the doorway of the apartment, where they had gathered to watch the police action. He grabbed Power and wrestled him against a stucco pillar near the sidewalk. He kicked Power's feet from under him, and threw him onto his chest. In the process of doing so, he kicked Casey's sister in the head.
Other cops arrived. "There was a semicircle of cops standing around watching," Casey says. They calmed Rasmussen, and he left the scene. Then they searched the apartment without a warrant. "I couldn't believe it," says Casey. "I'm thinking, 'I've never in my life committed a crime, I don't do drugs, I'm a college graduate, I've always worked hard and paid my taxes.' So what went so desperately wrong'"
As he was dragged to a police car, he claims the cops taunted him and twisted his arms and fingers. "I continuously requested medical attention. They laughed at me. One of them said I should have thought of that before.
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User Responses
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From:
RunawayCutie
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Date:
05/17/2007
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What, exactly, has this to do with San Antigua and what kind of place it is to reside? I am confused...has this poster simply used this site to write a disjointed, poorly written story? Does anyone have anything relevant to add for those of us trying to choose a new home?
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From:
Anonymous
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Date:
05/23/2007
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This person obviously has a chip on their shoulder about more things than the apartment they rented. Scottsdale is a fine place to live and continues to be so. San Antigua is a nice apartment home, I know as I live across the street in Lakeside Villas. This is one of the most desireable communities to live at in Arizona, McCormick Ranch. It's location cannot be beat, nesteled half way between Old Town and North Scottsdale, only 20 minutes to the airport or Tempe; you have access to everything! As far a "cops" go, they're fine if your not an ass.
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From:
jamb52
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Date:
05/28/2007
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You need Prozac.
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From:
Anonymous
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Date:
08/08/2007
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I don't understand why a person would move to Scottsdale (or Arizona at all for that matter) if they so obviously hate the desert and can't respect their neighbors? Phoenix metro is a huge area encompassing multiple cities, but if you are outgoing and friendly you'll discover it is full of small town type communities made up of neighbors who look out for each other. As for the issues with the cops, I agree with the other poster, it sounds like this person was antagonistic and rude to everyone involved. It is also completely irrelevant. All I want to know is when does this person move out?
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From:
Anonymous
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Date:
09/11/2007
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I have lived in AZ, Scottsdale specifically, for the better part of 27 years. My biggest pet-peeve: people who don't respect the desert or the people who love it. Go home big guy--your East Coast, snot-nosed, hot-shot, disrespectful attitude is complete unwanted & unnecessary.
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From:
Anonymous
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Date:
07/02/2008
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I was fascinated by this post. I grew up in Scottsdale, and am moving into an apt. at San Antigua this weekend. One can certainly pick at Scottsdale for it's snooty residents, pretentious children, and high population of Barbie Doll look-alikes. But of all the things I've heard, this is the most outrageous. Private-Sector jobs? This is one of the most popular cities in the West for that! Storms 12 months a year? You have GOT to be kidding me. Dust and rain in the summer months, some dust in the Winter, but not 12 months worth. HOT during the summer is definite. But it's 3 months, and you don't have to shovel it! Anyone who lumps all people into one generalization is irrational. There are jerks, bad cops, bad people in whatever city you live in. And he voiced NO complaints about the accommodations he was paying for. Don't listen to this post. Completely irrelevant.
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