Posted on 04/22/2014 5:25:39 PM PDT by TurboZamboni
An elderly Missouri man dialed 911 and asked for an ambulance to come and help his ailing wife. Instead, the police showed up, threw him to the ground, sat on his head and handcuffed him.
He later received stitches for his injuries.
“I never had anybody jump on me for doing nothing,” said the man, Elbert Breshears of Humansville, Missouri, in a statement to KSPR 33.
The trouble began after Breshears called to get help for his wife, who suffers from dementia. He asked for paramedics to come provide assistance to her after she knocked out one of their home’s windows.
The Humansville police arrived first, however.
According to Breshears, an officer tackled him right away, and then barked at him to stand up.
“He told me to get up,” recalled Breshears. “I told him I couldn’t.”
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See post 40
Me too.
When a family member is ill or injured, domestic violence is assumed and acted upon by police and/or medical employees.
In general, 911 protocol on any call with some element of danger or uncertainty is to send police to secure the scene before ambulance arrives.
Around here, there is a real effort to let the cops know about call history at the location and they will often know that one of the residents has dementia.
But, if the caller has a history of problems with the cops, they will know that as well and the cops will pull up expecting a fight.
Missouri seems to be a hotbed of bad cops and overreaction. I knew before I read the story it had to be in MO.
His injuries seem a little excessive to me. We are talking about a senior citizen after all.
Probably time for guerilla war. A few targeted assassinations against these thugs and they will start fearing the people. Look up 4th Generation Warfare sometime to see how we are going to have to make the fight VERY personal for the tyrants.
You should have seen the other guy's boots...
What ever happened to arriving, announcing “we’re the police” and asking what is going on. —
They consider all citizens always lie to them, so why waste time asking anything?
Well, Missouri is a lot safer now that they locked up the guy who they forgot to lock up for 13 years.
You know, the one who was keeping his nose clean, working, paying taxes, and raising four kids with his wife (not baby mama).
I'm sure the other Missourians manning the oars of the Missouri State tax galley are feeling the love, too...
Jesus, Mary & Joseph.
Could have been any state. This stuff happens nationwide.
The cops were just ticked off that there was no revenue to collect.
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“There has got to be more to this story than a few paragraphs in The Daily Caller.
It makes no sense.”
Why? Why MUST there be more? Because it isn’t a praise report of LE? News flash, cops behave this poorly routinely. That kind of automatic trust of cops is what enables their worst offenders. Too many refuse to examine their actions critically.
Saying there must be more is like saying there must be more to the story of cops shooting up newspaper ladies. It just isn’t all that hard to find such as this story, about good people who have no history.
That is a vicious slander to pit bulls.
Maybe he should move to Normal, Illinois?
Maybe I’ll just drive the wife to the hospital next time. Save some time, and a beat down.
Excuse me, but these officers are not forced to have a career in law enforcement, they are not drafted into service against their will. They can go take another job if it's that bad dealing with the public.
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