The Washington Post explains it thus:
The video begins with the man in the chair, two officers alongside. A few seconds later, all three have pitched forward and are prone. Still later, the officers are standing while the man remains on the ground, with off-camera voices appearing to express dismay.
And the official statement of the Metro Police explains it thus:
Metro issued a statement Sunday saying that the man, whom police have not identified, had resisted arrest, “which resulted in him falling out of his wheelchair.”
How terrible that “all three pitched forward,” with the man “falling out of his wheelchair.” How unfortunate.
But the video speaks for itself:
While I’m hardly a fair umpire, what I see is more like a strike that went foul. My apologies for such awful baseball analogies, but the characterization of what happened here that appears in the WaPo is absurd. There was indeed a pitch, but it involved two police officers throwing the unnamed man to the ground, to land face to concrete.
Of course, he was resisting arrest, for having been uncooperative when being issued a citation for “drinking an alcoholic beverage.” The streets of Washington, D.C. are thus safe again, once they cleaned up the man’s blood off the sidewalk.
Again, I ask of my law enforcement readers, does this make you proud of your brethren?
And as for the Washington Post, the man in the wheelchair might suffer from a physical challenge, and cops clearly demonstrate a broad array of disabilities, but what of the intellectual handicap of your reporter?
H/T Turley
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Disgraceful. There is no excuse for treating a citizen this way. None.
Why wouldn’t we push back when we see our most helpless citizens being treated this way? Now it takes six of the S.O.B.s to do crowd control. They sort of make their own job dangerous. And then use self-dramatization to demand, not ask, for more resources. I hope they puke blood every night.
“Again, I ask of my law enforcement readers, does this make you proud of your brethren? “
LE is extremely proud of this kind of behavior. Therein lies the problem.
It appears that there is someone in the US Attorney’s office not pleased with the LE officers involved. The assault charges were dropped and the officers’ “Police powers” suspended pending investigation. I know links aren’t allowed in comments, but if you go to the WaPo link in the OP you’ll find a follow up link on the same page.
It’s good to see that at least one US Attorney’s office is concerned about lawless badge carriers (I hestitate to call these two “officers of the law”, but I have only 1:57 of YouTube from which to form an opinion).
Thanks, Jim. Here’s the follow-up story.
Would anyone like to read a RADICALLY different point of view? Check out the comments at PoliceOne.
Never underestimate the ability of the brothers to justify one of their own, no matter what.