In Oklahoma City, a police officer slammed a 70 year old Vietnamese man head-first onto pavement, seriously injuring him, during a traffic detainment. Due in part to a language barrier, the officer and the Vietnamese man began to argue about traffic law. When the old man poked the officer on his chest (causing him no harm) the officer violently threw the man to the ground. He gave no warning that he was about to do so. Nor did he tell the man that he was under arrest before doing so. He just slammed him. Now the officer is on paid administrative leave and the department is investigating itself.
Here’s the raw footage showing the violent use of force:
The family’s Facebook post:
The department’s statement, also provided in Vietnamese:
The case law I cited in the video:
Casey v. City of Federal Heights:
Perea v. Baca:
Just more proof cops are just bullies. Schoolyard bullies pick on the weakest of other students. Cops like to pick on old men, women, and children, the weakest people in society. I usually don’t like to speak in absolutes, but this sort of thing has become so common that statistically all cops are bullies. Any exceptions are outliers in the background noise. So, if “close enough” is the standard, I’m right.
Remember, there are NO “good c0ps”…PERIOD