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Old Man Says Cop Beat Him for Trying to Help
Courthouse News ^ | Wednesday, May 18, 2011 | By STEVEN CALLEGAN

Posted on 05/21/2011 12:15:50 PM PDT by Fitzy_888

Fairhope, Ala. (CN) - A police officer beat an elderly man who called 911 to report an accident and stop a drunken driver from leaving the scene of a crime, according to a complaint in Baldwin County Court.

Dorsey Henderson says he investigated an auto accident that happened across the street from his house. After determining that one of the drivers was belligerently intoxicated, he told the man not to leave and called the police.

When Officer Trent Scott arrived on the scene, Henderson tried to tell him what had happened and that he had put the driver under "citizen's arrest" because he was trying to leave. Officer Scott told Henderson there is "no such thing as citizen's arrest in Alabama," adding "get out of the way[,] old man."

While citizen's arrest is a gray area in Alabama, Henderson says he had "only been trying to help."

Nevertheless, Scott put him in an arm bar, tearing the man's rotator cuff, and walked him across the street.

When they were back in Henderson's driveway, Scott "slammed" the elderly man face first into the driveway, breaking his nose and his glasses. Scott "proceeded to beat" Henderson in "the back of the head, neck and arms." Scott did not arrest Henderson or charge him with any crime.

Henderson's wife, Dorris, watched from a wheelchair 18 feet away and called 911, saying that Scott was "beating the hell out of my husband." When the ambulance arrived, Scott sent it away, handcuffed the man and put him in the back of his patrol car.

Scott's superior showed up, released Henderson and called the ambulance back to treat Henderson and bring him to Thomas Hospital.

As of May 16, 2011, Officer Trent Scott was still employed by the Fairhope Police Department.

Henderson and his wife seek damages for constitutional violations. They are represented D. Keith Landers of Daphne, Ala.


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: al; alabama; baldwincounty; corruption; donutwatch; dorseyhenderson; govtabuse; leo; lping; moralabsolutes; policestate; roguecop; trentscott
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To: Fitzy_888

If this PIG doesn’t go to prison for what he did then it is up to everyone in the state to know his name and place of residence, and the names and places of residence of his bosses and the DA who let him go. While we are all busy watching the Kabuki Theater in DC worrying about out “rights”, our own cities and states have been taken over by Naziesque thugs.

Their time will come.


21 posted on 05/21/2011 12:48:25 PM PDT by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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To: Fitzy_888

I may be mistaken, but I thing Fairhope is full of retaired military.


22 posted on 05/21/2011 12:53:43 PM PDT by razorback-bert (Some days it's not worth chewing through the straps.)
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To: Fitzy_888
This is so wrong on so many levels. It definitely lowers citizens respect for police, many of whom are decent people doing a crappy job. It also demonstrates the sheer stupidity of this particular cop (Trent Scott). That he presumed he could beat up an old man (on his own property) for no good reason, in full public view, and get away with it is outrageous but indicates a sense of invincibility and superiority in this town's police department.

I feel very sorry for the victim, Dorsey Henderson - and his wife who had to watch her husband be beaten and was helpless to stop it. I hope they receive a big, fat cash settlement from the town and just as important, that Officer Scott be fired for abusing his authority. If this man is 'Officer of the Month', that department is in serious trouble and more than one 'head should roll'. If the union protects him, shame on them and the citizens that allow this kind of corruption to exist in the police department they support with their tax dollars.

23 posted on 05/21/2011 12:54:53 PM PDT by Jim Scott
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To: Gargantua

“kids who were picked on in school and want a chance to “get even””

More likely the bullies who picked on them. Bullies never grow up. Nerds sometimes do.


24 posted on 05/21/2011 12:56:28 PM PDT by chesley (Eat what you want, and die like a man.)
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To: Fitzy_888

UPDATE HERE:

http://www.baldwincountynow.com/articles/2011/05/21/local_news/doc4dd7edbeac905585537483.txt

Naturally the cops have released their version of events. Naturally they blame the old man.

Who is 84 YEARS OLD, for crying out loud.


25 posted on 05/21/2011 12:56:31 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I'm a Birther - And a Deather)
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To: Fitzy_888

Sometimes the ONLY difference between the police and the criminals is the badge.


26 posted on 05/21/2011 12:58:55 PM PDT by getarope (Paddle faster, I hear banjo music!)
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To: Fitzy_888

Badgelickers in with “The old man did not comply with the officer’s instructions, therefore he had it coming” in 3...2...1...


27 posted on 05/21/2011 12:59:33 PM PDT by PalmettoMason (Blacks are not inferior, but it is racist to hold them to the same standards as everyone else.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

More like “Good think she didn’t have a loaded rifle and used it”.

What a crazed Ahole.


28 posted on 05/21/2011 1:05:36 PM PDT by Vendome ("Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it anyway")
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To: Responsibility2nd
They need to release that tape then. If the events on the tape differ substantially from the account in the original "Courthouse News" article, and show the elderly man interfering with the officer rendering aid to injured parties in the accident, then I am willing to give the benefit of the doubt to the officer.
29 posted on 05/21/2011 1:05:45 PM PDT by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

So if they are “vindicated” by the tapes, why are they seeking a settlement? The man’s lucky he AND his wife weren’t shot where they stood/sat.


30 posted on 05/21/2011 1:08:32 PM PDT by Politicalmom (“You mess with Israel, you mess with the U.S.”-Herman Cain)
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To: KoRn
The police these days are digging themselves a DEEP hole.

Of that there is no doubt, everyone knows this except LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

There are no policemen anymore.

31 posted on 05/21/2011 1:10:39 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle
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To: Fitzy_888
Yep! Cop was simply trying out for a job with the TSA, BATF, or FBI...

However, there would have to have been a 2-6 year old child as a secondary target of his rampage to secure him one of the higher paying positions with the feds...

In addition, he didn't use current correct police tactics when he failed to tase the old man into a heart attack once he had him on the ground...

Definitely needs further training...

32 posted on 05/21/2011 1:12:09 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: Fitzy_888
Henderson and his wife seek damages for constitutional violations.

I hope they break the city, if the city can't cover it, go after the state.

Cops need to be fired and put on trial.

How absolutely sick.

33 posted on 05/21/2011 1:14:20 PM PDT by LasVegasMac (Have ya hit 'em in the a$$, Never let off the gas 'til ya rolled into Victory Lane?)
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To: Fitzy_888

I bet this thug-with-a-badge will get promoted!


34 posted on 05/21/2011 1:16:53 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Fitzy_888

SHOCKING beyond words!

“As of May 16, 2011, Officer Trent Scott was still employed by the Fairhope Police Department. “

I suppose a UNION LAWYER for the police department will defend him.

BTW, is this a “hate crime”?

What are the skin colors involved?

I always get suspicious when they are only present for SOME crimes reported.


35 posted on 05/21/2011 1:18:44 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: Impy; bamahead

What is it with cops now? There seem to be a lot of stories like this.


36 posted on 05/21/2011 1:21:35 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Muslims are a people of love, peace, and goodwill, and if you say that they aren't, they'll kill you)
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To: blam

Ping. Aren’t you nearby? Any inside scoop? I haven’t read the thread yet to see if you are here already.


37 posted on 05/21/2011 1:23:06 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour

And you didn’t post this because???


38 posted on 05/21/2011 1:27:08 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 849 of our national holiday from reality. - OBL Dead? The TSA can go away!)
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To: Travis McGee; Jack Black

Is anyone running a “questionable cops” and “raids gone bad” ping list?

This cop should be blood tested for steroid use, as should most of the cops in these sorts of incidents. I bet there are a large percentage of these cases that are attributable to ‘roid rage.


39 posted on 05/21/2011 1:28:48 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FightThePower!

I disagree. I think most cops are good cops, who try to do the right thing. This is not one of them. I hope Hendersons lawyer is a good one, and someone got this psycho cop on video. He should not only be fired, and sued for his last cent, he should be sent into the general population for his ptison sentence.


40 posted on 05/21/2011 1:32:54 PM PDT by DGHoodini (Iran Azadi)
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