Posted on 08/16/2013 10:00:44 AM PDT by rawhide
A photo of police forcing an off-duty firefighter to the ground has gained national attention after it was revealed that the police action was taken after the man waved to the officers.
George Madison Jr., an African American firefighter and youth pastor in Evansville, Indiana was threatened with a taser by police when he committed no crime.
Madison says that he was riding his bike when he saw a police car approaching the same intersection.
Through his work on the local fire department, he is familiar with a number of the police officers in Evansville and he thought he recognized one of the men in the car so he waved.
That is not how the police interpreted it, however, as they claim that they thought he was flicking them off.
The officers stopped Madison, and, according to Madison, they were getting confrontational.
He then took out his phone and went to call the police chief, Billy Bolin, who he is friends with. The officers told him to hang up the phone and get on the ground.
When he hesitated before listening to their order, The Courier Press reports that the officer took out his taser.
'It was literally maybe inches from my face. I immediately threw my hands in the air. What he asked me to do I was more than willing to do,' Madison told the paper.
'I said "Please don’t hurt me." The next thing I know I’m laying down the ground and they cuffed me.'
The officers only began to back off after they learned that Madison was a firefighter and youth pastor.
Now there is an internal investigation underway within the police department and Madison's friend Chief Bolin is involved.
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Agreed. I would rather encounter a gang banger thug than a cop. At least with the gang banger I know where he is coming from and I can defend myself. A cop can beat the crap out of you for looking at them sideways then charge you with assault and resisting. That said, I personally know some LEO that are stand up guys, but otherwise you just never know.
That 5% also will turn their heads or avert their eyes.
So you’re saying you wrote him a ticket because he insulted you?
I’ve come to the conclusion that there is a fair percentage of cops out there who make Barney Fife look like a flipping genius.
Nothing like bragging about abuse of authority...
Tell me this, Occifer Snarkly, were the laws governing "Hand Signals" written to cover a driver indicating their intention to turn or so that you could issue a little payback when your `roid rage takes over?
It's clear, you're part of the problem that is causing citizens to lose respect for LE.
*Evansville ping*
the guy who flipped me the bird - got a ticker for “Improper Hand Signal” and he paid it!
Since the advent of the kenyan Regime.
The regime is headed by the kenyan Caudillo who cannot tolerate any dissension and the spirit of the Regime has filtered down to the local police who consider themselves to be the Regime’s bulwark against The Mob which is the rest of us.
So you’re a corrupt cop who thinks your crimes are funny stories. And I bet you wonder why Dorner got cheered on.
a cop is a public SERVANT....he works for US...we pay him...there is no reason in the world for the citizens to have to bow down to these guys....
True.
I didn’t see anything about this on the local news.
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