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- thedefiantone, on 10/11/2007, -38/+829Oh and just in case you were interested, the officer’s name is Joey Williams, and he works for the:
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
You know, just in case you were wondering. - Timmaay, on 10/11/2007, -11/+447The girl refuses to sit down and gets put in a choke hold, someone needs a hug.
Seriously though this guy is completely nuts, maybe something happened before the video that we didn't see but could it really deserve this? I doubt it, good example of a power hungry cop. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -10/+377Currently he's on administrative leave pending an investigation.
There is a ban on skateboarding there but I don't think it justified the cop's actions. - r00tdem0n, on 10/11/2007, -15/+299Police abusing their power? thats a first ..........
- froston, on 10/11/2007, -23/+276I used to skate. Skateboarding is banned because skaters grind on ledges and rails screwing them up. Skateboarding on a sidewalk is nothing worse than rollerblading or riding a razor scooter. Chokeing someone for that is rediculous. ***** this guy, It was funny how he is rediculously fat and couldnt catch that kid.
- webcure, on 10/11/2007, -24/+189Out of Control is definitely the right expression.
I love skateboarding punks. - briviere2, on 10/11/2007, -7/+145to kinnery. 1. violating a city by-law is not an arrestable offence, not even in arkansas. An officer of the law must have a reason (legal) to arrest a citizen unless that citizen agrees to accompany them. The officer was way out of line and will lose his job.
- DivisibleByZero, on 10/11/2007, -24/+151Police brutality sucks. But don't play the sex card. Beating up a girl isn't inherently worse than beating up a boy.
- Langford, on 10/11/2007, -9/+127This is what happens when cranky weirdos make laws against use of children's toys.
- kablam, on 10/11/2007, -16/+120SKATE BOARDING IS NOT A CRIME. Well, that's what the bumper sticker on my 88 ford escort used to say in high school
- SaxxonPike, on 10/11/2007, -6/+99Haha, he was accusing the OTHER guys of battery. I think this pig's got a big ego full of *****. Good to hear that's under investigation. I wonder if he knew there was evidence (footage) being taken.
- Ladymongoose, on 10/11/2007, -7/+90i just emailed the police station and gave them my opinion. everyone else should too. let them know that sort of fascist crap isn't allowed. What an out-of-control bastard.
- xDFuNK, on 10/11/2007, -15/+95i'm pretty sure they were just skating down the street, doesn't look like a spot to hit any tricks or anything, considering all the ppl around and storefronts.
- DrDragun, on 10/11/2007, -12/+92Pshhhh dig me down if you want, but this is 'excessive force' not 'police brutality'. Police brutality is beating people in the face, breaking bones, using tasers, excessive pepper spray, and 10 cops pummeling Rodney King for several minutes blow after blow when he is laying prone on the pavement. Those are news stories, and regrettably things like this actually happen in the USA.
This is a case where a cop caused no more than minor scrapes and bruises, he is an ***** and was excessive but this does not constitute 'brutality' and trying to sensationalize stories like this weaken legitimate accounts of police brutality - sgglynn, on 10/11/2007, -5/+85No, the moment you challenge an officers authority to do something, they immediately take it personal. The people who become cops because they like authority, will end up acting like this; trying to arrest anyone any everyone in the group
- dimebags, on 11/03/2007, -4/+74i asked them to not choke little girls, they disagreed with me, oh well, watch out kids
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -22/+91If I were 17 years old and impressionable, I might say something like "***** the police". But I'm not, so I won't.
- DubbedOver, on 10/11/2007, -6/+70I love skateboarding punks with video cameras.
- wicketr, on 10/11/2007, -6/+68Officer Farva is that you?
- CheckPlease, on 10/11/2007, -16/+75Skateboarding is not a crime.
- flashback99, on 10/11/2007, -2/+59The're probably hand-cuffed to the kitchen table at his house.
- lacr, on 10/11/2007, -4/+53Thier all so young looking...it said the girl was 13. I wonder if this guy has any kids...and if he does, how he disciplines them.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -25/+72Please refrain from using "reason" on digg. You are supposed to respond emotionally with a knee-jerk reaction to the title, THEN watch the video, THEN digg down people who post material that actually makes sense.
- oxdeltaxo, on 10/11/2007, -2/+48@ apisatrox
The cop could have handled it a lot better than he did. That's the type of treatment you give violent offenders, not teenage kids riding their skateboards. - rwallen, on 10/11/2007, -6/+52"This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification
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Well now where do I direct my anger? - zelowlifeaiss, on 10/11/2007, -11/+54I participated in this event but in NYC on the 21. A lot of cops are fine, but there are a handful who want to power trip. And considering it was go skateboarding day I doubt they were trespassing onto near by property, because during this event the group organizing it gets permission from the city. But some cops just want to take things into their own hands...literally...even though the group was granted rights. And, even if these kids were in fact trespassing, the cop has no right to headlock 13-14 year olds
- jtscira, on 10/11/2007, -5/+47Not to mention then you would be assaulting a police officer. And then when he put you in a choke hold it would be justified.
- darkamster07, on 10/11/2007, -2/+42I love digg
- sv650touring, on 10/11/2007, -1/+39That's what the dirty cops do. They beat the ***** out of you and press battery charges on you so they can claim their brutality was justified - and "innocent until proven guilty" really means "until a cop says you did something". If you are lucky they offer to drop their charges if you drop yours.
- TheNeoskeptic, on 10/11/2007, -4/+41the first kid shouldn't have been on the ground getting cuffed. that's what instigated the other kids freaking and trying to flee. i'd argue they were legitimately in fear of their own personal safety due to a lunatic power-tripping fascist pig.
- EarlOfLade, on 10/11/2007, -1/+38Well, maybe they shouldn't have been skate boarding. Hell, I know I did a lot of these "illegal" things when I was a kid and I've never seen anything like this. We were in contact with police a few times, but they only told us to get lost.
Here is what the pug should have done:
- Told the kids it was not legal to skate there and asked them to stop.
- If they continued to skate, he should have stopped them and told them that if they do not stop, they will be fined.
These kids looked pretty reasonable from the video and I'm sure if the pig had asked them in a decent way, they would have stopped. - RobNus, on 10/11/2007, -6/+40and he would have destroyed you and sprayed you with pepper spray.
- themouth, on 10/11/2007, -5/+38'When a cop tells you to sit, you sit.'
It's glad to hear you're prepared for a police state. You are only obligated to obey an officer when he is within the law himself. If a cop tells you to carve out your eyes, would you do it? The rest of the kids were under no obligation to sit down, nor were they obstructing justice as the officer was having no trouble arresting their friend. He didn't SEE the rest of the kids skateboarding, only the first kid which is why he was placing him under arrest (after choking him, which is completely excessive based on the kids and size). The other kids have every civil right to both stand there and express their opinion about what's going on. It might not make the cop happy, but he can't arrest you for it, the charges against all but perhaps the first kid will be dropped and the officer will be disciplined.
...or at least that's what my two cop friends (baltimore city pd and prince georges county pd) tell me. - bobcrotch, on 10/11/2007, -8/+40Other than the fact that they were breaking the law thats bull *****. The kids weren't being violent, they didn't deserve being roughed up.
They shouldn't have been skate boarding there though. - DrDragun, on 10/11/2007, -20/+50Hypersensitive reaction. This is not police brutality, there were no blows struck, no damage dealt, no misuse of a baton / taser / pepper spray. The cop wrestled them to the ground and used wrestling techniques such as headlocks to restrain them and get cuffs on. There are 100+ incidents of more excessive force than this every day.
- oxdeltaxo, on 10/11/2007, -3/+32@ OMGWTFROFLMAOx2
It's a public phone number and address to the police department, and the officer is a civil servant. It's not like it's his home phone number and address. - Sarawanan, on 10/11/2007, -6/+34These cops really seem to hate skateboarders.
- fxspec06, on 10/11/2007, -22/+50I watched this a few minutes before I saw it on Digg. What an awful thing to go through for riding a skateboard. What would the cop rather these kids do? Play violent video games? I wonder what Jack Thompson would say about these kids ...
- gavinrobinson, on 10/11/2007, -3/+31and now the chief's email address doesn't work any more. uh huh.
- Orion682, on 10/11/2007, -2/+29It's not a person's contact information, its the police precinct he works for. You're filing a complaint with them, not harassing them. There's a difference.
- dvdvideo, on 10/11/2007, -1/+28I had some trouble with police on GSD too, but luckily it was an understanding cop who simply talked to us calmly and said that unfortunately we couldn't keep skating there (local school) so we complied, but i am much more willing to be cooperative with a cop who is calm and treats me as an equal than one like the guy in this video
- Phrag, on 10/11/2007, -4/+31Not just assault, but assualt and battery with a deadly weapon (your shoe). Talk tough on the internet all you want, but if you ever kick a cop and they catch you, then you are probably going away for a very long time
- glasnostic, on 10/11/2007, -1/+27The courts have ruled that you can run away from a scene if you want. The kid who ran was not being arrested, the cop just chased him because he ran.
The cop is like a sight hound, they chase anything that runs. Even when there is no reason to chase.
- psyjoniz, on 10/11/2007, -6/+31unfortunately, i gotta agree with you here.
but he was way over the top in dealing with them, regardless of whether or not they can claim brutality.
he needs his job pulled. - IbnDigg, on 10/11/2007, -3/+27still hating this comment system
- colonels1020, on 10/11/2007, -27/+51What is wrong with our police force?
- oxigen, on 10/11/2007, -8/+32Yes: technically, bureaucratically, they were "resisting arrest" and "obstructing justice." But the amount of force used on these ***** 15/16 year old kids was completely unwarranted and unnecessary. Sure there may be an ordinance against skate boarding, but if the skaters weren't vandalizing any property or disrupting anything, than I don't see anything wrong with what they were doing. There's an ordinance forbidding any open flames in New York City, but I don't see anyone lighting a cigarette or grilling some hot dogs being tackled by NYPD. Unless there was some public concern, this cop had no right to use this amount of force. They were ***** teenage kids.
Cops these days think they're above the law, and it's only going to get worse too. ***** the police. - ProfessorRiffs, on 10/11/2007, -14/+38Damn right I emailed em.
p.s. dupes are going to happen, welcome to digg, shaddup already. - a0me, on 10/11/2007, -0/+23Officer on leave after tussle with Hot Springs skateboarders
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) - Hot Springs police have placed an officer on administrative leave while they investigate an Internet video that appears to show him choking three teenagers who were skateboarding.
Mayor Mike Bush said investigators have talked with passers-by and business owners who saw Officer Joey Williams stop the teens on a downtown sidewalk Thursday. A YouTube video shows Williams apparently choking one teen after forcing him to the ground, while later chasing and wrestling two others while holding them in a headlock.
Bush says he does not condone the officer's actions. Police spokesman McCrary Means says the department will release more details later.
Williams could not be immediately reached for comment.
The video shows the youths along Hot Springs' Central Avenue, an area where city ordinance prohibits skateboarding. Voices in the background can be heard asking Williams why he was arresting the youths.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
http://www.wreg.com/Global/story.asp?S=6712585 - HarryManback, on 10/11/2007, -4/+27"Currently he's on administrative leave pending an investigation."
Where did you get this info? -
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