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Posted on 07/17/2010 3:25:34 PM PDT by bamahead
LOGANVILLE, Ga. - A man says he called Loganville police to his home for help and ended up being beaten by officers. Kenny Dixon said Friday that he arrived home Wednesday to find that his son had committed suicide.
Crews responded to the emergency, but Dixon said police made one of his family's darkest days even worse by attacking, then arresting him.
Dixon had black eyes and scrapes on his face Friday, injuries he said he received in addition to his broken heart.
The Loganville man said found his stepson Wednesday, dead inside his garage. The 24-year-old had committed suicide.
"I tried to do CPR on him and couldn't bring him back. I yelled for people in the neighborhood to call 911," said Dixon.
When police and emergency crews arrived, Dixon said paramedics took over the rescue effort.
"I left the garage, walked to the front door. One of the police officers came up behind me, grabbed my arm, and said, 'You need to sit down.' I jerked my arm away from him and said, 'Don't touch me.' That's all I said to the man, and he tackled me," Dixon said.
Dixon said other officers then joined in and two allegedly held him down, while two others punched him in the face.
"I couldn't figure out what the heck was going on over there," said neighbor, Lisa Neighbors.
"They were just waling on him, punching him and punching him. It was awful," Neighbors said.
"I never once resisted them, I didn't swing at them, I didn't cuss them, I didn't do anything to deserve what they did to me!" exclaimed Dixon.
Dixon said officers put him in a police car and took him to jail. The Loganville man was charged with felony obstruction.
(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxatlanta.com ...
Tragic that these things just happen, and are entirely beyond anyone's power to prevent or contain, like earthquakes or lightning strikes.
Cops gone wild, he’s lucky they did not pull out their guns and shoot him dead in his own house.
Meet your new LEO department...coming to your town soon. Part of Obambi’s “fusion” plan...
That’s quite a story.
Loganville? Where’s Loganville?
Somehow, police agencies across the country are hiring cops whose self worth is tied up in how badly they can beat “civilians” for any reason whatsoever. Every day there are stories like this.
It is getting so that you should thank God when you (and your pets) live through ANY interaction with police.
In the Snellville/Lawrenceville area, east of Atlanta.
As today marks an entire week’s worth of waiting for ANY video of the police’s killing of the CCW licensed graduate of West Point in the Costco in Las Vegas.
West of the big city just south of Larryville (Lawrenceville) :)
In the Snellville/Lawrenceville area, east of Atlanta. - Pan_Yan
He he... Hoodat got you, Pan_Yan. "Whar's Loganville?" was an advertising slogan for a big auto dealer years ago by the name of Maxie Price. People who lived in Atlanta back then will never get that out of their heads. People in Loganville will never live it down.
I definitely want to yell JBT but I am concerned about this story being real.
Is the neighbor’s name really Lisa Neighbors?
weird.
If this story is true the cops need their very own asskicking and hopefully in their moment of despair
“City of Loganville - Where People Matter”
You matter enough to the city, we’ll be happy to come to your house and whip your ass!
A neighbor named Neighbors.. I wonder if he has a friend named Hank Friends..
As a normal cop lover,, IF this is true,, Lawyers should be running to his side. I hope they lose their jobs and get an ass woopin!
A few days ago, I stopped for gas in a small town along the interstate. In the next lane an off-duty deputy (proudly wearing his departmental SWAT t-shirt) was filling his pickup. I’m not a little guy, but this young fellow was a poster boy for steroids — a common thing I’ve noticed among young police officers in the past few years. This makes me wonder if Roid Rage isn’t a trigger for some the out-of-control police behavior that seems to be on the rise...
I bet they just kicked his butt because there was no dog to kill.....
An educated guess....
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