EXTON, PA — Police followed an innocent man into his home, believing that he was a fleeing suspect. When the man protested being handcuffed on his own floor with strangers searched his home, an officer cussed at him and stomped on his head, causing multiple facial fractures and shattered teeth. The scene was so gruesome that a cop testified against a fellow cop. Yet instead of being fired, that stomping officer was later promoted, and now has been officially cleared of violating the victim’s civil rights.
Botched Drug Raid
Zachary Bare had his skull stomped by a PA State Trooper. (Source: Facebook)

Zachary Bare had his skull stomped by a PA State Trooper. (Source: Facebook)

The incident dates back to August 19th, 2009, when a multi-agency drug task force performed a raid on a home on East Swedesford Road in Exton, Pennsylvania. Officers from the West Whiteland Police Department joined forces with the Pennsylvania State Police “Clandestine Drug Lab Team.” The group dressed in black masks and carried long guns into the targeted residence about 9:30 p.m. to stop the inhabitants from getting high.

Things did not go smoothly for the cops, as two of the suspects were able to escape through the back door. Officers resorted to combing the neighborhood for individuals matching the suspects’ description. A few blocks a way, officers came upon a young male wearing shorts and no shirt, entering a residence on nearby Heather Lane.

That man was actually 20-year-old Zachary W. Bare, who had just returned home from swimming in Brandywine Creek. The residence he entered was his own home, where he lived with his disabled mother.

Officers suspected Mr. Bare of being involved with a plot to get high without government permission. They entered his home without permission and confronted him in his kitchen. Bare was ordered him to the floor and cuffed, so that officers could then perform a warrantless search on his house.
A Boot to the Skull

Mr. Bare was compliant but understandably upset, as armed paramilitary men had accosted him and invaded his domicile. Another officer entered the home and approached Bare wearing a mask and carrying a shotgun.
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Stock boot-to-head image

That officer was a veteran drug enforcer, later identified as Pennsylvania State Trooper Kelly Cruz. Cruz had been imprisoning people for getting high as long as Zachary Bare had been alive. The trooper, who lives in Oxford, is a “prolific and productive narcotics agent,” according to his own attorney, with multiple tours of combat experience in the Middle East.

Mr. Bare remained prone on his kitchen floor, face-down and handcuffed. When he had the audacity to talk back to Trooper Cruz in his own home, the veteran officer told him to “shut the f*** up.” Cruz then raised his jackboot above Bare’s head and stomped on his skull.

After being essentially curb-stomped, Bare’s head had been fractured in 2 places; his nose was broken; his upper teeth were driven upward into his gums and jaw. He spit a mess of blood and teeth onto the floor.

Bare was determined to have not been involved with the supposed “meth lab” a few streets away and was never charged with any crime.

more here:
http://www.policestateusa.com/2014/zachary-bare/

Absolutely ridiculous. From an outsiders perspective America seems like a prison. Marshall law, bs foreign policy, more prisons being built than schools. Police officers should be punished severly because they are meant to protect and serve.

I have been all over the US . the moor you go north east the wores it gets.iam from the south and dont get this commie out look on out of state truckers.its about the money.without trucks we dont eat.

ill take the good ol USA over the UK any day. long live the IRA!!!!!

you condone innocent deaths? Impressive

I live right outside of Philadelphia and this is basically normal police behaviour out here. Iam surprised that he didn't get beat up just for wasting the cops time and being the wrong person.

he did... "head had been fractured in 2 places; his nose was broken; his upper teeth were driven upward into his gums and jaw. He spit a mess of blood and teeth onto the floor."

no i dont.but how long must we be held aginst are will tell you let are people go.get out and stay out!!!

i didn't know I was holding your people against there will. Think you should call the police sounds like kidnap. Government and citizens are two different things or are you not aware of that. If your talking about English control over USA then blame your own government even though the federal reserve got England written all over it, trust me there are others controlling your nation not England or it's citizens!

I was once pulled out of a laundrimat, surrounded by 7 cops, one of which pulled a gun, as they tried to convince me that I was planning to rob a pet groomer two stores over.

ok looks like its time to do a littel educating here.there would be no hiroshima if there was no pearl harbor.there would have been no bombings in england had there been no invasion of northern irealand.and if the usa had not jumped in to ww2 you would be speakng german right now.end of story!!

The police officers have absolutely no duty to protect. The supreme court has declared it so many times. In fact there only duty to serve in modern society is as revenue officers. The police/judicial system are self sufficient profit centers that contribute billions to the state coffers annually.

And the prison systems are likewise profit centers that earn huge profits for their corporate owners. With the passage of the 13th Amendment, it became illegal to have involuntary servitude unless you are a prisoner, then it's ok. With prisoners, the involuntary servitude clause doesn't count so they work in prison factories for as little as 25 cents an hour added to their commissary accounts, yes 25 cents an hour and the taxpayer pays for the room and board, cheaper than the slaves of old.

But how do you get all these prisoners, easy. Make drugs illegal and then supply the drugs in massive quantities, instant slaves. And oh yes, if you compete with the government in the drug market, you will be a long term slave.

Nice racket if you own a government.

Just this portion of the original article has serious lawful problems. First the failure of the prosecutor to fulfill the duties of his oath. And then, the only lawyer allowed in a grand jury hearing is the prosecutor (and then by law only when presenting evidence even thought that is violated a lot), so how did the defense attorney get the grand jury not to prosecute? And then the promotion, yeah I guess that would be a total vindication and support for this type of behavior.

But then a jury after hearing another officer's eyewitness testimony let's him go free, just how did the prosecutor screw that up?

Well, maybe those jurors could be his next victims, serve them right.