Cop vs Skateboarders

[swytch]

This really makes me ill. I'm glad that i'm amongst the peaceful police here in Van. You can say what you want but you guys have it great with the police force here.

article:

A dispicable act of police brutality was committed on Go Skateboarding Day by the Hot Springs, Arkansas Police Department. Video of the incident is below.

(in a nutshell, a grown man chokes out a 13 year old kid and lifts another 13 year old girl off the ground in a headlock)


After you watch it, we ask ALL of you to flood their phonelines and email address (below) with complaints regarding the main policeman involved, Officer Joey Williams.

You should also contact your local news organizations to help spread the word. The more attention this officer gets, the better for us.

Hot Springs Arkansas Police Department
Phone: (501) 321-6789
Fax: (501) 321-6708
Chief of Police, Bobby Southard
Email: bsouthard@cityhs.net
641 Malvern Avenue Hot Springs, Arkansas 71901



here is the vid
YouTube - go skateboarding day: cop v.s. skaters


WILL YOU PLEASE REPOST THIS AS A BULLITEN ON YOUR MYSPACE AND SPREAD THE WORD TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.?

[Webber]

That cop needs to be fired, and sued - completely uncalled for

[project.one]

bullshit

im not even a fan of skateboarding (personaly, doesn't mean i don't think kids shouldn't do it, have fun :P), and I'm usually defending law enforcment, but this officer is off his rocker! WTF! Way over the line on this one! This is an officer who needs to be delt with asap!

[TrixX]

thats fucked. the way he man-handled that girl is disgusting. someone slug him with a skateboard!

[dj outrayjus]

well that was f**ked... I mean Ive seen some cops man handle ppl completely out of line, but kids.... comon now especially a girl!

[matéo]

It would help if the kids were somewhat likeable.
(not condoning anything here)

[lildonkey]

It's a good thing he choked out a 13 year old girl...

I think it was perfectly reasonable... for all we know, she was going to pull out an uzi out of her extremely tight pants... or maybe a rocket launcher from under her tight shirt...

[mojo]

ya even though we know nothing about what happened previous to that video i still wish someone would have clocked that cop over the head with their deck.

[White><Light]

Originally Posted by mojo

ya even though we know nothing about what happened previous to that video i still wish someone would have clocked that cop over the head with their deck.

pretty much summed up what i was going to say.. the kids started the video from halfway through.. so they obviously did somthing to provoke the cops that they aren't showing.. it's how they make themselves look like victims.. granted the way the cops threw the kids around like that that weren't running wasn't really what i'd call appropriate conduct and he definately needs some more training in how to handle that kind of a situation

[Webber]

Originally Posted by White><Light

pretty much summed up what i was going to say.. the kids started the video from halfway through.. so they obviously did somthing to provoke the cops that they aren't showing.. it's how they make themselves look like victims.. granted the way the cops threw the kids around like that that weren't running wasn't really what i'd call appropriate conduct and he definately needs some more training in how to handle that kind of a situation

if you can get past the kids screaming, the cops says he told the kid to stop skating because he was it wasn't safe or in violation of something and the kid didnt stop.

[FeelGood]

who knows what happened before the video to make the cop go madd like that, but regardless of the situation there is no need to sit down literally on top of someone who is laying on the ground and choking someone.

didn't he even say he had mace on him? then if he felt like he was in danger why didn't he just mace the kid on the ground, roll him over and arrest him instead of choking the kid?