DAILYMAIL (photos): My college housemate getting choked unconscious

[Shane Harris]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2614386/Tennessee-police-photographed-choking-unresisting-college-student-passes-out.html


This happened outside my house last night. That kid lives in my house. Police brutality close to home.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/04/27/article-2614386-1D67E05000000578-275_634x422.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/04/27/article-2614386-1D67E05C00000578-907_634x421.jpg

[agitator]

He did this to himself.

[Shane Harris]

bump

[angelatc]

We should all follow this officer's lead and get rid of our necks.


Shane Harris, did you see this when it was happening?

[Shane Harris]

No I was inside watching Stephan Kinsella youtube videos. But I saw Jarod in the house shortly before that must have happened. The stupid block parties get rowdy and I don't like them but this is clearly excessive.

[angelatc]

No I was inside watching Stephan Kinsella youtube videos. But I saw Jarod in the house shortly before that must have happened. The stupid block parties get rowdy and I don't like them but this is clearly excessive.

LOL - clearly.

Is he home yet? Is he ok?

[Shane Harris]

We're all architecture students in our house and Jarod actually owns a landscaping business with his brother.

[phill4paul]

Jeez, these cops today all look like Curly.

http://gammillustrations.bizland.com/monsterkid5/5_images/dizzydet1.jpg

Hope he get's outta stir soon.

[RJB]

That intense look on Curly's face as he chokes the handcuffed kid is pretty disturbing.

[pcosmar]

That intense look on Curly's face as he chokes the handcuffed kid is pretty disturbing.

Frankenstein-esk

[Suzanimal]

During the brief moment his wrists were uncuffed, the young man let his arms fall by his sides.

As two officers twist his arms behind his back, another deputy walks in front of the young man and wraps his hands around his neck.

The disturbing sequence of shots show the student losing consciousness, his knees buckling as he sinks to the ground, while the deputy continues to choke him or activate a pressure point that renders him unconscious.

The officers behind the young man fiddle with his handcuffs even as he's being choked.

When the student was unconscious, the police picked him up and the officer who choked him slapped him around the head a few times before walking off, reports the Messner.

Yep, it's Curly. Seriously fucked up, I hope the guy's alright and the cop is charged but I'm not going to hold my breath.

[asurfaholic]

Yep, it's Curly. Seriously fucked up, I hope the guy's alright and the cop is charged but I'm going to hold my breath.

Your going to loose consciousness too soon

[Suzanimal]

Your going to loose consciousness too soon

*not :o

[Shane Harris]

Yeah apparently he got out this morning. He's alright.

[phill4paul]

Yeah apparently he got out this morning. He's alright.

Good to hear.

[RJB]

Yeah apparently he got out this morning. He's alright.

How is Officer Curly? Is he alright?


*ETA. It dawned on me after posting that the closeness of this to you might be a bit much. I hope things work out there. I don't mean to make light of the situation...

[Cabal]

Not intentionally malevolent? (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?449591-Conspiracy-Theories-Hurt-The-Liberty-Movement)

[Shane Harris]

How is Officer Curly? Is he alright?


*ETA. It dawned on me after posting that the closeness of this to you might be a bit much. I hope things work out there. I don't mean to make light of the situation...

The cops haven't released a statement yet

and no you didn't offend me haha

[Shane Harris]

https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t1.0-9/1010947_10200393331290682_1751825584_n.jpg?dl=1

I'm first on the left, he is third from the right (in Helsinki about a year ago)

[aGameOfThrones]

You took my doughnuts. YOU TOOK MY DOUGHNUTS!

[pcosmar]

https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t1.0-9/1010947_10200393331290682_1751825584_n.jpg?dl=1

I'm first on the left, he is third from the right (in Helsinki about a year ago)

Dangerous lookin' bunch. :rolleyes:

[erowe1]

How did it come about that the Daily Mail would be the newspaper to cover this?

[Shane Harris]

How did it come about that the Daily Mail would be the newspaper to cover this?

I assume just because the quality of the photographic evidence was too good not to cover (there are many others now but I assume this must have been who the photographer sent his photos to?)

[Shane Harris]

There are cellphone videos (that have not surfaced yet) according to my friends.

[pcosmar]

I assume just because the quality of the photographic evidence was too good not to cover (there are many others now but I assume this must have been who the photographer sent his photos to?)

Or no one else wanted to cover the story..

it doesn't fit the image they want to publish.

[Shane Harris]

Or no one else wanted to cover the story..

it doesn't fit the image they want to publish.

Also possible, but I feel like the news is less focused on an agenda than they are on sensationalism and this is rather sensational.

[angelatc]

Also possible, but I feel like the news is less focused on an agenda than they are on sensationalism and this is rather sensational.

Yeah, I think that The Daily Caller would jump on this. They've been doing a lot of bad cop stories lately.

[Cleaner44]

There are cellphone videos (that have not surfaced yet) according to my friends.

Please make sure the videos get duplicated and posted in multiple places asap.

[angelatc]

Please make sure the videos get duplicated and posted in multiple places asap.

Yeah I am thinking that they should check with a lawyer before they show their entire hand to the cops.

[Shane Harris]

Yeah I am thinking that they should check with a lawyer before they show their entire hand to the cops.

True, at least one of the videos coming from his brother supposedly, I wouldn't be surprised if this was the case.

Although the photographs alone are pretty damning.

[Henry Rogue]

What's the charge? Being conveniently close.

[angelatc]

True, at least one of the videos coming from his brother supposedly, I wouldn't be surprised if this was the case.

Although the photographs alone are pretty damning.

Sure. But think about how awesome it would be if the cops tried to fabricate some story, and *then* the video came out, proving that they were also liars as well as bullies. And quite honestly, a lawyer would also look at a video differently than we would.

Remember what we just learned from Bundy: do not talk to the cops, and do not talk to the media.

As an aside, what is really, really chilling about those pictures is the way the other two cops are just ignoring Officer NoNeck.

[kcchiefs6465]

Sure. But think about how awesome it would be if the cops tried to fabricate some story, and *then* the video came out, proving that they were also liars as well as bullies. And quite honestly, a lawyer would also look at a video differently than we would.

Remember what we just learned from Bundy: do not talk to the cops, and do not talk to the media.

As an aside, what is really, really chilling about those pictures is the way the other two cops are just ignoring Officer NoNeck.
Those would be the good cops. After all, they could have partaken in the aggravated assault.

[Brian4Liberty]

Choking out people is standard training.

[alucard13mm]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQfbJuBLDak

[Carson]

More comments on your friends arrest can be found here;

http://www.fark.com/comments/8238114/Knoxville-police-captured-on-film-choking-passive-student-that-was-being-handcuffed-Bonus-as-student-passed-out-officer-biatch-slapped-him-a-few-times-because-fark-you-thats-why

[LibertyEagle]

More comments on your friends arrest can be found here;

http://www.fark.com/comments/8238114/Knoxville-police-captured-on-film-choking-passive-student-that-was-being-handcuffed-Bonus-as-student-passed-out-officer-biatch-slapped-him-a-few-times-because-fark-you-thats-why

One of the comments over there...



The young man had been partying after a week of finals. Though understandable, you have to be mindful of your neighbors. Apparently he and his fellow students did not and the police were called. As such, it started the chain of events that caused the young man to be accidentally asphyxiated to the point of unconsciousness.

As much as farkers like to browbeat the boys in blue, this would never would had happened if they had kept the noise down.

SERIOUSLY? WTH??? He was a college kid celebrating the end of finals!! That doesn't merit choking him unconscious! This is frickin' ridiculous and has to stop.

[Origanalist]

One of the comments over there...




SERIOUSLY? WTH??? He was a college kid celebrating the end of finals!! That doesn't merit choking him unconscious! This is frickin' ridiculous and has to stop.

That guy is getting nailed pretty hard for that post though.

[Shane Harris]

The article was mistaken. Finals haven't even started yet (classes ended on Friday), and he had taken the semester off anyway (he had credit from classes last summer). He was charged with public intoxication and resisting arrest. There was a video but only audio. The choking was not caught on camera.

The police came back today to harass our neighbors for throwing baseball in the street (its a beautiful day). They just left.

[Shane Harris]

He was back at the house for a bit.

[RJB]

The police came back today to harass our neighbors for throwing baseball in the street.

Do you need a license for that these days?

Wow. That's just idiotic on the police's part.

[Origanalist]

Do you need a license for that these days?

Wow. That's just idiotic on the police's part.

It's for the children.

[Shane Harris]

It's for the children.

It was for blocking the street (one way suburban street which the police proceeded to block themselves for quite some time). One of the officers claimed to have had bottles thrown at him last night, so it was clearly some revenge harassment.

[pcosmar]

This is frickin' ridiculous and has to stop.

Yes it is and yes it does.

Bundy Ranch was a demonstration on how it is done.

[Henry Rogue]

He was back at the house for a bit.
What is your friend's view of police? Have you ever discussed the subject with him?

[Shane Harris]

What is your friend's view of police? Have you ever discussed the subject with him?

Nope never have, there's eight guys in our house and I actually know him least since he's a year behind the rest of us.

[Carson]

Nope never have, there's eight guys in our house and I actually know him least since he's a year behind the rest of us.


Actually I think the question now is if the cops swoop again can you out run him. :D

[CPUd]

Busting drunk college kids is Knox County and KPD's bread and butter. Down on the strip, the KPD cars will sit in the parking lots outside, watching people come out from the bars. UT campus police seemed like they tolerate it a bit.

[phill4paul]

Update: Officer fired.

Update Sunday 9 p.m.:
(WBIR) The Knox County Sheriff's Office announced Sunday night it had fired the officer seen in photographs using excessive force during a massive UT party bust the night before.

The firing came after The Daily Mail published a series of photos that it claimed showed a "deputy choking a student into unconsciousness."

KCSO said an investigation found Officer Frank Phillips, 47, used excessive force during the incident and is terminated immediately. A statement from Sheriff J.J. Jones said the investigation will now be turned over to the Knox County Attorney General's Office to determine any further action.

Phillip's had been with KCSO since 1992.

Here's the full statement about the firing from Sheriff Jones:

"In my 34 years of law enforcement experience, excessive force has never been tolerated. After an investigation by the Office of Professional Standards, I believe excessive force was used in this incident. Therefore, Officer Phillips' employment with the Knox County Sheriff's Office is terminated immediately. The investigation will now be turned over to the Knox County Attorney General's Office to determine any further action."

"This incident provides a perfect example of why we are in the process of purchasing officer worn body cameras (video and audio recordings) so incidents like this will be fully documented."


Dozens of law enforcement personnel were called in to bust a massive party with hundreds of people in attendance in the Fort Sanders area late Saturday night, according to the Knoxville Police Department.

KPD said the University of Tennessee Police Department received the initial disturbance report and called KPD and the Knox County Sheriff's Office for assistance.

The Knox County Sheriff's Office told 10News they are now investigating photos taken of some officers during the bust.

Early Sunday afternoon, The Daily Mail published a series of photos it claimed showed a "deputy choking a student into unconsciousness."

KCSO told 10News it's seen the photos and are now investigating.

Party witnesses said people were initially on the lawn, but then people moved into the streets.

According to KPD, authorities had been called in to clear the streets when the crowd became unruly, including some throwing beer bottles.

KPD said 60 officers were on scene and about 15 people were arrested.

KPD told 10News it estimated around 800 people were at the party.

http://www.wbir.com/story/news/local/downtown-ut/2014/04/27/kcso-investigating-photos-after-massive-ut-party-bust/8307013/

[angelatc]

They all three should be fired, and Bubba NoNeck should be criminally charged.

This must be worse than the pictures show. They never fire cops this quick. I guess it helps that the Sheriff is up for reelection PDQ.

[axiomata]

Yep, it's Curly. Seriously fucked up, I hope the guy's alright and the cop is charged but I'm not going to hold my breath.

Don't worry, the cops will hold it for you.

[CPUd]

Yeah, JJ is up for reelection this year.

[Anti Federalist]

Yes it is and yes it does.

Bundy Ranch was a demonstration on how it is done.

Yes it was...a very vivid demonstration that needs to repeated over and over again, all across the country.

[CPUd]

I don't think you can bring firearms that close to a school in TN. You definitely can't have them on campus.

[RJB]

Phillip's had been with KCSO since 1992.

That's 22 years. I'm betting this "firing" comes with full retirement.

[pcosmar]

I don't think you can bring firearms that close to a school in TN. You definitely can't have them on campus.

That could be contested in a dramatic fashion. If the people choose to.

What are 200 cops gonna do when 500 armed citizens say NO.
These thugs are drastically outnumbered,, and have been tolerated for far too long.

they are very quickly wearing out their welcome.

[Anti Federalist]

And if this kid had done so much as scratch His Lordship, in a subconcious act to save his life, they might have beat him to death.

[Mani]

Figures an outside perspective makes an observed comment: (from the UK article)

Kargas, Athens, Greece, 54 minutes ago

If this happens out in public, God knows what happens when no ones around.


If there's no camera....Officer NoNeck doesn't get fired...Just another day beating up college kids.

[RonPaulGeorge&Ringo]

Yeah, I think that The Daily Caller would jump on this. They've been doing a lot of bad cop stories lately.

One of the main guys at Daily Mail came over from the Caller a year or so ago.

[fr33]

He looks just like the officer in the "pew pew pew" meme.

[thoughtomator]

Tennessee sheriff's deputy is FIRED after he was caught on camera choking an unresisting college student until he passed out
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2614386/Tennessee-police-photographed-choking-unresisting-college-student-passes-out.html

Congrats, your story is prominently featured on Drudge right now

[phill4paul]

That's 22 years. I'm betting this "firing" comes with full retirement.

This fine officer had an exemplary record up until this point. We can't just strip him of his pension over this one instance. Surely you are not suggesting that he has done this at any other time in his long and decorated career of protecting and serving the public? This was merely an isolated incident. You cannot understand the stress these fine officers live under day in and day out. The stress of wondering if you are going to make it home to your family after a day on the beat in the lawless streets of a college town. - This has been a scripted response of the P.B.A. All hail our heroes.

[DGambler]

And meanwhile, in China.... http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?450603-China-%93Violent-Government-Thugs%94-Beaten-To-Death-By-Angry-Crowds-After-They-Killed-A-Man

[pcosmar]

He looks just like the officer in the "pew pew pew" meme.

Tempted to use "they all look alike" response..

I see the uniform,,, nothing else.

[Cleaner44]

Story on Ben Swann's site:
http://benswann.com/tennessee-deputy-fired-after-choking-college-student/

Knox County cop fired immediately after photos show brutal choking of student
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/04/28/knoxville-cop-fired-immediately-after-photos-show-brutal-choking-of-student/?tid=hp_mm

[Henry Rogue]

They all three should be fired, and Bubba NoNeck should be criminally charged.

This must be worse than the pictures show. They never fire cops this quick. I guess it helps that the Sheriff is up for reelection PDQ.
I think the sheriff up for reelection in this circumstance is key. It seems pretty strait forward: Photographing and video taping LE results in media coverage and Internet response. Public outrage plus sheriff up for reelection results in the perpetrator fired. Probably need the district attorney to be up for reelection as well, to get any charge against the perpetrator. If there isn't any charge and conviction. LE union will probably get the fired LEO his job back when the public puts this story in their rear view mirror. If not, there is always the possibility that he gets a job in some other police department in another location. A charge and conviction would prevent these two scenarios. I conclude, a few firings isn't going to change the nature of the beast anytime soon.

[Lindsey]

Photographing and video taping LE results in media coverage and Internet response.

I just wanted to see that sentence again. :)

[Shane Harris]

great news

[Henry Rogue]

From the comments in Cleaner44's linked article.

OrVet10:44 AM CST
When I was this boys age, in Memphis Tn, I was questioned about a robbery behind a tree in a parking lot in hand cuffs by a Memphis Cop who didn't like my answers. Before I was let go, (I was not involved, just in the area) the officer roughed me up a bit, (while I was still in handcuffs), kicked me in the chest with his boot kneed me in the stomach and cracked me across the face. Said he didn't believe me. I had just returned from Vietnam, (people hated Veterans in 1975) although I doubt that had any thing to do with it. He was an older Memphis cop about 45 at the time, I was 25. He had his fun at my expense. You can see nothing has changed in 40 years in Tennessee.
Police abuse isn't some new phenomenon.


OrVet10:34 AM CST
Why do they need an investigation? Did they "Investigate " the charge of "Drunk in Public", no. They take the officers word for it. We need to come up with a different "Official" name for police. They do not act like any officer I'm familiar with. They are thugs.

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Looked like he was close enough to knee that fat slob in the groin. You do what you have to do these days, especially since your survival is in doubt. That includes a bullet to the skull.

Somebody taught me this mentality a long time ago. It's going to be you or me, and it's not going to be me.

[tangowhiskeykilo]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2614386/Tennessee-police-photographed-choking-unresisting-college-student-passes-out.html


This happened outside my house last night. That kid lives in my house. Police brutality close to home.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/04/27/article-2614386-1D67E05000000578-275_634x422.jpg First picture, go zombie mode on the Bitches neck/face.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/04/27/article-2614386-1D67E05C00000578-907_634x421.jpg

I swear this shit will not stop until they suffer. One does not bring flowers to a tyrant to get them to go away, one must bring wrath. Had dude gone zombie mode he would have been my hero.

[Anti Federalist]

I swear this shit will not stop until they suffer. One does not bring flowers to a tyrant to get them to go away, one must bring wrath. Had dude gone zombie mode he would have been my hero.

Had he laid a finger on any of them, in the state they were in, they would have beat him to death.

And the mob of people would have just watched, slack jawed and drooling.

[phill4paul]

I swear this shit will not stop until they suffer. One does not bring flowers to a tyrant to get them to go away, one must bring wrath. Had dude gone zombie mode he would have been my hero.


We give them gold and yet they will not stop coming unto our shores. It has ever been such.

[V3n]

Thank God he wasn't wearing a hoodie!

[DGambler]

Had he laid a finger on any of them, in the state they were in, they would have beat him to death.

And the mob of people would have just watched, slack jawed and drooling.

Agreed, but do remember two things.... 1) The crowd was drunk, probably very much so and 2) they were college students... The majority of them probably have never experienced this side of law enforcement, to this point in their lives, they had been told to respect the cops... Hopefully, this was a wake up call for some.

[tod evans]

I swear this shit will not stop until they suffer. One does not bring flowers to a tyrant to get them to go away, one must bring wrath. Had dude gone zombie mode he would have been my hero.

Would strongly worded letters and possibly protesting in designated areas help?

[jonhowe]

Phillip's had been with KCSO since 1992.





Phillip's had been with KCSO since 1992.






since 1992.




So. How many incidents exactly like this have occurred (off camera) in the last 22 years?

I posted this story on facebook with a comment on how important it is to record police action. I got a VERY positive response. I suggest we all do the same. And it helps if you have done so yourself; I posted the below picture as well, from a police encounter outside my window last month:


http://i.imgur.com/GFU3clxl.jpg (http://imgur.com/GFU3clx)

[jtap]

Figures an outside perspective makes an observed comment: (from the UK article)

Kargas, Athens, Greece, 54 minutes ago

If this happens out in public, God knows what happens when no ones around.


If there's no camera....Officer NoNeck doesn't get fired...Just another day beating up college kids.

So very true. Always have your recording device ready to go!

[KingNothing]

Sometimes I think it's a shame that the War on Police is just a myth.*

*I'm not advocating violence. It's just that sometimes... you know... you understand it.

[KingNothing]

Agreed, but do remember two things.... 1) The crowd was drunk, probably very much so and 2) they were college students... The majority of them probably have never experienced this side of law enforcement, to this point in their lives, they had been told to respect the cops... Hopefully, this was a wake up call for some.

Libertarianism, happening to one person at a time.

[KingNothing]

Had he laid a finger on any of them, in the state they were in, they would have beat him to death.

And the mob of people would have just watched, slack jawed and drooling.


Some day, people will witness such an action and not stand slack jawed and drooling. That will be a very bad day for some police officers, and the following days will be EXTREMELY bad for any mundane in the area.

[Thor]

Tennessee sheriff's deputy is FIRED after he was caught on camera choking an unresisting college student until he passed out
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2614386/Tennessee-police-photographed-choking-unresisting-college-student-passes-out.html

Who wants to place bets on how long until he is hired by another department?

[Acala]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2614386/Tennessee-police-photographed-choking-unresisting-college-student-passes-out.html


This happened outside my house last night. That kid lives in my house. Police brutality close to home.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/04/27/article-2614386-1D67E05000000578-275_634x422.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/04/27/article-2614386-1D67E05C00000578-907_634x421.jpg

I'm not expert but I think you are supposed to cycle off the steroids BEFORE you become a psychotic blob.

[phill4paul]

UPDATE: Cop won't get fired, will retire instead, no charges.


The Tennessee sheriff’s deputy who choked an already restrained and unarmed college student until the 23-year-old passed out has been allowed to retire from the police force, and will not face criminal assault charges.

The Knox County Sheriff’s Office fired Deputy Frank Phillips after reviewing photographs that showed Phillips choking University of Tennessee student Jared Dotson, but now will let him opt for “deferred retirement,” according to The Knoxville News Sentinel.

The incident occurred last month in the aftermath of an end-of-classes party at the UT campus. Raucous and inebriated students allegedly threw beer bottles at cop cars, necessitating several arrests. Dotson was one of those arrested. He did not resist or disregard police orders, instead quietly accompanying an officer to a squad car. Dotson was motionless when Phillips took hold of his neck and began choking him. The student eventually fell to the ground, unconscious. (RELATED: Shocking Pics: Tennessee Cop Choked Peaceful Student Until He Passed Out)

Freelance photographer John Messner snapped several photographs of the shocking encounter. The Daily Mail published them.

Phillips had planned to appeal his termination, but is content with deferred retirement, according to WBIR.



Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/05/11/deputy-who-choked-student-gets-to-retire-wont-face-charges/#ixzz325fcAaq5

[RJB]

UPDATE: Cop won't get fired, will retire instead, no charges.

Sad. I called it earlier. They don't "fire" one of their own.

[Anti Federalist]

UPDATE: Cop won't get fired, will retire instead, no charges.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/05/11/deputy-who-choked-student-gets-to-retire-wont-face-charges/#ixzz325fcAaq5

At full pay I'm sure.

http://i.imgur.com/x24r4Hq.jpg

And not a fuck will given.

Cops can beat, tase, shoot, you, your loved ones, your pets and nobody gives a shit.

Let some asshole shoot off his mouth in a private conversation in a barroom and the whole fucking country flips the fuck out.

Fuck these people, they deserve just what they are going to get.

I just wish I didn't have to take the beating along with them just for being here.

[Anti Federalist]

Some day, people will witness such an action and not stand slack jawed and drooling. That will be a very bad day for some police officers, and the following days will be EXTREMELY bad for any mundane in the area.

Yes, yes it will.

Like cutting out a cancerous growth, it will be messy, painful, and have no guarantee of success.

But the prospect of not doing anything is worse.

[green73]

UPDATE: Cop won't get fired, will retire instead, no charges.


Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/05/11/deputy-who-choked-student-gets-to-retire-wont-face-charges/#ixzz325fcAaq5

bump

[aGameOfThrones]

UPDATE: Cop won't get fired, will retire instead, no charges.





Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/05/11/deputy-who-choked-student-gets-to-retire-wont-face-charges/#ixzz325fcAaq5


Attempted murder gets rewarded with a retirement party.

[Cleaner44]

UPDATE: Cop won't get fired, will retire instead, no charges.





Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/05/11/deputy-who-choked-student-gets-to-retire-wont-face-charges/#ixzz325fcAaq5

Hopefully people in TN will demand a prosecution of the criminal that was photographed will committing the crime. The DA needs to do their job or be removed.

Hopefully the victim will file a lawsuit.

[Thor]

http://i.imgur.com/x24r4Hq.jpg



http://i.imgur.com/TKg8Hr6.jpg

[green73]

http://i.imgur.com/TKg8Hr6.jpg

nice

[Anti Federalist]

nice

He even got the handwriting correct.

[SeanTX]

When I saw that the deputy had something like 21 years in service, I just knew they would wait for public interest to die down (doesn't take long) and then quietly give him his retirement.

[aGameOfThrones]

Can't tell me that whole police department ain't corrupt.

[JK/SEA]

and a one more time...just for you, you lovely men in blue...



http://i.imgur.com/TKg8Hr6.jpg

[Henry Rogue]

The Sheriff must have gotten his reelection.

[phill4paul]

Charges dismissed against Tennessee student choked while handcuffed

A judge on Wednesday dismissed charges against a Tennessee college student whose choking while handcuffed was captured in internationally circulated pictures and led to the dismissal of a sheriff's deputy.

Jarod Dotson had been charged with public intoxication and resisting arrest after authorities shut down a massive student block party in April near the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

"There simply was no evidence of wrongdoing, of criminal conduct, by Mr. Dotson," his attorney, Tasha Blakney, said Wednesday in a telephone interview.

Blakney said she discussed the charges with District Attorney Randy Nichols and prosecutors had agreed to dismiss the case in Knox County General Sessions Court.

"He suffered injuries and the conduct of these officers was absolutely inappropriate and violated Mr. Dotson's rights," she said.

Blakney said she continues to represent Dotson, who is considering other options including a lawsuit. She also represents several other students arrested that night.

The photographs, published online, showed a Knox County sheriff's deputy appearing to choke Dotson while two officers handcuffed the student's hands behind his back.

The Knox County sheriff dismissed the deputy, Frank Phillips, after department investigators determined he had used excessive force during the arrest.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/18/us-usa-tennessee-police-idUSKBN0ET2AA20140618

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Charges dismissed against Tennessee student choked while handcuffed

A judge on Wednesday dismissed charges against a Tennessee college student whose choking while handcuffed was captured in internationally circulated pictures and led to the dismissal of a sheriff's deputy.

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"There simply was no evidence of wrongdoing, of criminal conduct, by Mr. Dotson," his attorney, Tasha Blakney, said Wednesday in a telephone interview.



You can beat the rap, but you can't beat the ride -- I'll bet Ms. Tasha Blakney (esquire) has "earned" a good $3000 - $5000 or more from her client on "dismissed" charges, while the pig who choked him has earned far more in early retirement benefits (after first being "fired") .

The JustUs system at it's finest -- both sides win ! And the innocent who might be in the middle lose, it's just a matter of how much .... sucks to be them!