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Shocking moment three Arkansas cops pin suspect to the ground and brutally beat him after arresting him for threatening a gas station worker: Two deputies and officer suspended
Daily Mail UK ^ | August 22, 2022 | Stephen M. Lepore

Posted on 08/21/2022 11:01:40 PM PDT by Morgana

Three Arkansas law enforcement officers have been suspended after outrage at a video showing two deputies and an officer striking a suspect under arrest.

Cops said Randall Worcester, 27, was making threats to a convenience store worker in Mulberry, near Little Rock, on Sunday morning.

Police said when the officers confronted him, he pushed a deputy to the ground and punched the back of his head, leading to the arrest seen in the clip.

But footage showed the three officers on top of him, repeatedly striking him with clenched fists.

The video was posted to Snapchat with the stunned account asking who they needed to send it to.

Crawford County Sheriff Jimmy Damante issued a statement Sunday evening, saying two county deputies were suspended in the state police's investigation into the incident and the sheriff's office's internal review. A Mulberry police officer also was suspended.

'I hold all my employees accountable for their actions and will take appropriate measures in this matter,' Damante said.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: arkansas; crawfordcounty; donutwatch; jimmydamante; lookwhohatescops; mulberry; police; randallworcester; stephenlepore; stephenmlepore
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To: Morgana; gunsequalfreedom; Reno89519
Tackling a suspect to cuff him, even if two or three cops have to hold him down or taser him while resisting, that's one thing.

Punching, kneeing and smashing a suspect's head on the ground, all caught on video and online all over the place?

Crawford County is not going to be happy about the check those deputies just wrote.

(The guy was also a idiot, that doesn't excuse the cops from being equal idiots)

21 posted on 08/22/2022 12:10:47 AM PDT by Widget Jr (Disobey your television.)
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To: Widget Jr

Exactly.


22 posted on 08/22/2022 12:11:50 AM PDT by Reno89519 (FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
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To: Reno89519
...I'll take 'hire standard' for 2000 Ken.


23 posted on 08/22/2022 12:15:51 AM PDT by Bullish (Rot'sa Ruck America. )
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To: Widget Jr; gunsequalfreedom; Reno89519

Dude knocking an officer to the ground is one thing, kicking him in the head is attempted murder on the streets.

I see why the officers lost their cool.


24 posted on 08/22/2022 12:29:48 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Morgana

If you punch a cop you can expect to get your ass beat. Not saying it’s right or wrong, that’s just what will happen. It’s been a truth of life for pretty much all human history. Well, except for the days when they would just kill you on the spot.


25 posted on 08/22/2022 1:43:40 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: Morgana

I watched the video. Seemed the suspect was fighting the cops even while on the ground. Using his legs to kick at the officers. May have been trying to bite them as well

Suspect sure didn’t look very beat up in his mug shot


26 posted on 08/22/2022 2:19:07 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: Morgana

There is zero excuse for what the cops did.


27 posted on 08/22/2022 2:41:20 AM PDT by roving ( Pronouns- libs/suk)
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To: roving

It’s what they did in the 1950s through the 1970s to keep us safe in our beds.

Back then, a dead cop also resulted in a dead perp—not a prisoner who the Left will cherish.

Testosterone is down in our population...


28 posted on 08/22/2022 2:55:45 AM PDT by Does so (https//youtu.be/3PxEWB6W8ig ......Uke's Independence Day Parade. Anthem starts at 15:00)
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To: Reno89519

In another day, they might beat the crap out of him and send him home, and don’t come back.


29 posted on 08/22/2022 3:05:38 AM PDT by steve8714 (Evidently the Oxford comma is racist, sexist, or homophobic. You decide which.)
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To: roving

...no excuse???
There are 3 firearms on the cops’ belts
The arrestee is trying to break free from a lawful arrest. Obviously the bad guy is not submitting. The bad guy likely hasn’t been searched at the point where the video starts. The cops are, corporately, using pain compliance: strikes to the thigh; ringing the bad guy’s bell. One cop is attempting to cuff the bag guy.
In that situation...in totality...the cops are in a life and death struggle. They don’t want to be shot or stabbed or cut. The cops are aware that their safety holsters are no guarantee that a firearm, cannot be obtained by the bad guy.
Looks ‘brutal’?
With luck, all...including the arrestee... will survive the event.


30 posted on 08/22/2022 3:10:41 AM PDT by dasboot (Nuanced foreign relations is the germ of international misunderstanding. )
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To: roving

Sure there is.

In a perfect world when one attacks another in any sort of physical way, including cops, the attackee should have every right to inflict any amount of pain, damage and even death on the attacker that they deem appropriate.

Keep your hands, spit and missiles to yourself and you won’t get the beat down.


31 posted on 08/22/2022 3:31:40 AM PDT by GeneralisimoFranciscoFranco (I love liberals. They taste like chicken.)
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To: Morgana

I think they did good !!


32 posted on 08/22/2022 4:05:58 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Morgana

Officers are not supposed to lose their cool.

This is over reaction by many degrees.


33 posted on 08/22/2022 4:25:11 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: kiryandil

Future irs agents in training. “Just like a mob enforcer, irs is there” sung to the old state farm jingle. Pay up...or else.


34 posted on 08/22/2022 4:34:34 AM PDT by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" LStar)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

You notice they only stopped the beating when they realized they were being filmed. That is very telling about their motives.


35 posted on 08/22/2022 5:31:13 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci: You had one job and you failed!)
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To: Reno89519

Agreed. Once you’re arrested your well being is their responsibility. Beating somebody whom is defenseless is a crime, not just unprofessional.

I get that being a cop is very hard and often requires restraint against all of your emotions that peak when another officer is harmed.

This is unacceptable though. Beating somebody that is already under arrest just makes you a criminal thug.


36 posted on 08/22/2022 5:42:39 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: Morgana
It's not clear that they had successfully cuffed the suspect and he appears to be still resisting. But punching him in the head seems rather useless compared to just pinning him to get him cuffed, as does continuing to knee him as the other officer is doing.

If he was already cuffed, then it's just felony assault and battery.

37 posted on 08/22/2022 5:58:10 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: Morgana

The police are part of the problem.


38 posted on 08/22/2022 5:58:14 AM PDT by wny
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To: Morgana

Never punch a cop. 😣


39 posted on 08/22/2022 6:07:01 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Morgana

Another factor:

In their area, are the DAs letting off the perps?

Even if their DA is hard on the perps, the overall national feeling is permeating society (and cops, I suspect).


40 posted on 08/22/2022 6:09:12 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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