While the use of force is excessive and charges are warranted, I’d like to know just what it was the kid did to start the ball rolling in this situation, if he was resisting arrest, what did he do to get arrested?
Jay walking, DUI, murder, what...
Axxording yo the video, a “drug charge.”
I don’t know what the kid did, but when you have the Sheriff Loftis saying “The fact that Deputy Tollison took his closed fist and struck the suspect in the face 13 times in my opinion was excessive” is certainly encouraging:
MEMO:
TO: ALL DEP-U-TEES
FROM: SHERIFF LOFTIS (BOSS)
SUBJECT: EXCESSIVE FORCE
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, DO NOT HIT PERPS IN THE FACE WITH CLOSED FISTS 13 TIMES.
USE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES:
PERP LOOKS SNEAKY: PUNCH 1 TIME IN FACE, TASER OPTIONAL
PERP MOUTHS OFF: PUNCH 2 to 3 TIMES IN FACE, THREATEN w/TASER
PERP MOVES HANDS: PUNCH 4 to 6 TIMES IN FACE, USE TASER
PERP TRIES TO KICK: KICK BACK 7 to 9 TIMES IN GROIN
PERP REACHES FOR WEAPON: PUNCH and KICK 10 to 12 TIMES, TASER *MANDATORY*
THANK YOU FOR YOUR USUAL COOPERATION.