More Police Cruelty: Arizona To Investigate Bloody Arrest Of Grandfather At WalMart..

[paulitician]

And they wonder why more & more Americans are turning on them?


David Chadd, a CNN iReporter from Las Vegas, was among the crowd shopping for video games set up in the Walmart's grocery section. He said Newman "was not resisting" arrest as he was led away from the crowd by a police officer.

That officer, Chadd said, then suddenly hooked the suspect around the leg, grabbed him and "slammed him face first into the ground."

"It was like a bowling ball hitting the ground, that's how bad it was," he said.

Video, recorded by Chadd and later posted on CNN's iReport, shows an apparently unconscious Newman head-down on the floor in a pool of blood. As he's turned over, Buckeye police officers appear to try to revive him -- at which point his face, covered mostly in blood, is revealed.

Several voices, apparently those of fellow shoppers are heard saying "Why would you throw him down so hard? All he did was shoplifting and you threw him down like that?" Another person says,"They threw him down. He wasn't doing anything wrong?"

http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/26/justice/arizona-walmart-arrest/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
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[paulitician]

WARNING: The video is not pleasant. Strong Language and some blood.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRmMHIMQ49Y]Black Friday 2011 - Walmart police brutality - YouTube[/ame]

 

[paulitician]

The man wasn't even shoplifting. He was tucking a game under his shirt because there was such a mad rush from the crowd to get the game. He was trying to get the game for his Grandson. He was doing what any brave and loving Grandfather would have done. Did he deserve this?

 

[Lonestar_logic]

The man wasn't even shoplifting. He was tucking a game under his shirt because there was such a mad rush from the crowd to get the game. He was trying to get the game for his Grandson. He was doing what any brave and loving Grandfather would have done. Did he deserve this?

You see a man putting merchandise under his shirt, is your first impression that he is attempting to steal it or do you just assume he's hiding it from other shoppers?

 

[Lonestar_logic]

WARNING: The video is not pleasant. Strong Language and some blood.

Black Friday 2011 - Walmart police brutality - YouTube

I did not see any police brutality.

 

[StevenC]

And they wonder why more & more Americans are turning on them?


David Chadd, a CNN iReporter from Las Vegas, was among the crowd shopping for video games set up in the Walmart's grocery section. He said Newman "was not resisting" arrest as he was led away from the crowd by a police officer.

That officer, Chadd said, then suddenly hooked the suspect around the leg, grabbed him and "slammed him face first into the ground."

"It was like a bowling ball hitting the ground, that's how bad it was," he said.

Video, recorded by Chadd and later posted on CNN's iReport, shows an apparently unconscious Newman head-down on the floor in a pool of blood. As he's turned over, Buckeye police officers appear to try to revive him -- at which point his face, covered mostly in blood, is revealed.

Several voices, apparently those of fellow shoppers are heard saying "Why would you throw him down so hard? All he did was shoplifting and you threw him down like that?" Another person says,"They threw him down. He wasn't doing anything wrong?"

Arizona police vow probe into bloody arrest of grandfather at Walmart - CNN.com
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The thread title is misleading. It makes you think they arrested an elderly man. He doesn't appear that old to me. Also where is the evidence of brutality? The video doesn't show any. How about we wait before making assumptions?

 

[paulitician]

The man wasn't even shoplifting. He was tucking a game under his shirt because there was such a mad rush from the crowd to get the game. He was trying to get the game for his Grandson. He was doing what any brave and loving Grandfather would have done. Did he deserve this?

You see a man putting merchandise under his shirt, is your first impression that he is attempting to steal it or do you just assume he's hiding it from other shoppers?

It was Black Friday and there was big rush from the crowd to grab the game. He was just trying to save the game for his Grandson. That's why he tucked it under his shirt. And no the video didn't pick up the part where they slammed his face into the ground after he was cuffed but many witnesses have said it was ridiculously unnecessary. And look at his face. You don't think there's any brutality there?

 

[StevenC]

The man wasn't even shoplifting. He was tucking a game under his shirt because there was such a mad rush from the crowd to get the game. He was trying to get the game for his Grandson. He was doing what any brave and loving Grandfather would have done. Did he deserve this?

You see a man putting merchandise under his shirt, is your first impression that he is attempting to steal it or do you just assume he's hiding it from other shoppers?

It was Black Friday and there was big rush from the crowd to grab the game. He was just trying to save the game for his Grandson. That's why he tucked it under his shirt. And no the video didn't pick up the part where they slammed his face into the ground after he was cuffed but many witnesses have said it was ridiculously unnecessary. And look at his face. You don't think there's any brutality there?

Maybe he tripped trying to run from the police?

 

[paulitician]

Just trying to save a game for your Grandchild and this is what can happen to you in Police/Prison State America.

 

[editec]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v_BVNGAfYM]Forget it Jake - YouTube[/ame]​

 

[paulitician]

You see a man putting merchandise under his shirt, is your first impression that he is attempting to steal it or do you just assume he's hiding it from other shoppers?

It was Black Friday and there was big rush from the crowd to grab the game. He was just trying to save the game for his Grandson. That's why he tucked it under his shirt. And no the video didn't pick up the part where they slammed his face into the ground after he was cuffed but many witnesses have said it was ridiculously unnecessary. And look at his face. You don't think there's any brutality there?

Maybe he tripped trying to run from the police?

Witnesses said he was already cuffed when they threw him to the ground. Even if he was shoplifting,this was completely unnecessary cruelty.

 

[StevenC]

Just trying to save a game for your Grandchild and this is what can happen to you in Police/Prison State America.

What evidence do you have that was what happened? Witnesses like yourself that are quick to judge without all the facts?

 

[Lonestar_logic]

And they wonder why more & more Americans are turning on them?


David Chadd, a CNN iReporter from Las Vegas, was among the crowd shopping for video games set up in the Walmart's grocery section. He said Newman "was not resisting" arrest as he was led away from the crowd by a police officer.

That officer, Chadd said, then suddenly hooked the suspect around the leg, grabbed him and "slammed him face first into the ground."

"It was like a bowling ball hitting the ground, that's how bad it was," he said.

Video, recorded by Chadd and later posted on CNN's iReport, shows an apparently unconscious Newman head-down on the floor in a pool of blood. As he's turned over, Buckeye police officers appear to try to revive him -- at which point his face, covered mostly in blood, is revealed.

Several voices, apparently those of fellow shoppers are heard saying "Why would you throw him down so hard? All he did was shoplifting and you threw him down like that?" Another person says,"They threw him down. He wasn't doing anything wrong?"

Arizona police vow probe into bloody arrest of grandfather at Walmart - CNN.com
DRUDGE REPORT 2012®

The thread title is misleading. It makes you think they arrested an elderly man. He doesn't appear that old to me. Also where is the evidence of brutality? The video doesn't show any. How about we wait before making assumptions?

There's a lot more to this story than is being told here. For one thing the man wasn't in handcuffs until after he was already on the ground and that contradicts the report that he was arrested and being excorted by police when he hit the ground.

Where I come from, when they place you under arrest, they handcuff you right then and there.

 

[Vel]

The man wasn't even shoplifting. He was tucking a game under his shirt because there was such a mad rush from the crowd to get the game. He was trying to get the game for his Grandson. He was doing what any brave and loving Grandfather would have done. Did he deserve this?

You see a man putting merchandise under his shirt, is your first impression that he is attempting to steal it or do you just assume he's hiding it from other shoppers?

I'm not sure what the laws are there but here in Tennessee unless the man stepped outside the doors with the unpaid for product, he should not have been arrested, let alone thrown to the ground.

 

[StevenC]

It was Black Friday and there was big rush from the crowd to grab the game. He was just trying to save the game for his Grandson. That's why he tucked it under his shirt. And no the video didn't pick up the part where they slammed his face into the ground after he was cuffed but many witnesses have said it was ridiculously unnecessary. And look at his face. You don't think there's any brutality there?

Maybe he tripped trying to run from the police?

Witnesses said he was already cuffed when they threw him to the ground. Even if he was shoplifting,this was completely unnecessary cruelty.

Yet the video clearly shows him being cuffed on the ground. So much for your "witnesses".

 

[imbalance]

The man wasn't even shoplifting. He was tucking a game under his shirt because there was such a mad rush from the crowd to get the game. He was trying to get the game for his Grandson. He was doing what any brave and loving Grandfather would have done. Did he deserve this?

You see a man putting merchandise under his shirt, is your first impression that he is attempting to steal it or do you just assume he's hiding it from other shoppers?

Did he steal anything? No. Doesn't matter what some dumbass cop thought he was going to do, there was no need for excessive force. And I'd say busting someone's face on the floor leaving them in a pool of their own blood all over a fucking video game is excessive force.

 

[StevenC]

The man wasn't even shoplifting. He was tucking a game under his shirt because there was such a mad rush from the crowd to get the game. He was trying to get the game for his Grandson. He was doing what any brave and loving Grandfather would have done. Did he deserve this?

You see a man putting merchandise under his shirt, is your first impression that he is attempting to steal it or do you just assume he's hiding it from other shoppers?

I'm not sure what the laws are there but here in Tennessee unless the man stepped outside the doors with the unpaid for product, he should not have been arrested, let alone thrown to the ground.

First he put the game under his shirt, hiding it. Second there is no real evidence he was thrown to the ground by police.

 

[paulitician]

Just trying to save a game for your Grandchild and this is what can happen to you in Police/Prison State America.

What evidence do you have that was what happened? Witnesses like yourself that are quick to judge without all the facts?

That's what he said he was doing. And i believe him. Black Friday is known for these mass rushes to grab a particular item. He was trying to tuck the item in his shirt so he could save it for his Grandson. Regardless,what the Police did was wrong and they should be held accountable.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

The man wasn't even shoplifting. He was tucking a game under his shirt because there was such a mad rush from the crowd to get the game. He was trying to get the game for his Grandson. He was doing what any brave and loving Grandfather would have done. Did he deserve this?

You see a man putting merchandise under his shirt, is your first impression that he is attempting to steal it or do you just assume he's hiding it from other shoppers?

It was Black Friday and there was big rush from the crowd to grab the game. He was just trying to save the game for his Grandson. That's why he tucked it under his shirt. And no the video didn't pick up the part where they slammed his face into the ground after he was cuffed but many witnesses have said it was ridiculously unnecessary. And look at his face. You don't think there's any brutality there?

When you conceal merchandise, it could be seen as stealing. Go to your local Wal-mart and try it.

He was cuffed while on the ground. So that blows your statement that he was handcuffed before he hit the ground all to hell!! Don't believe me? Watch the video again.

 

[StevenC]

The man wasn't even shoplifting. He was tucking a game under his shirt because there was such a mad rush from the crowd to get the game. He was trying to get the game for his Grandson. He was doing what any brave and loving Grandfather would have done. Did he deserve this?

You see a man putting merchandise under his shirt, is your first impression that he is attempting to steal it or do you just assume he's hiding it from other shoppers?

Did he steal anything? No. Doesn't matter what some dumbass cop thought he was going to do, there was no need for excessive force. And I'd say busting someone's face on the floor leaving them in a pool of their own blood all over a fucking video game is excessive force.

You assume the police threw him to the ground without clear evidence but refuse to assume he could be trying to steal? Did he or did he not put a game under his shirt?