Posted on 01/10/2020 1:01:41 PM PST by Morgana
Tackled, tased, punched, kneed and tased some more for holding a wooden cross in his right hand and a bible nestled under his left arm. The man was reportedly previously rebuking the devil music being played on the stage.
The disturbing police body cam footage from July 4th, 2019 in Kokomo Indiana, of Jonatan Cantu, an Indiana man- who was holding a wooden cross in a park surfaces on the Colorado Donkey Watch YouTube channel.
Below is an illustrated video which shows a man peacefully holding a wooden cross in front of a stage where music was being played. When the cop arrives on the scene after being contacted by the Howard County Emergency Management Agency you can hear the EMA worker saying “I want psycho with the cross out of the park” in which the officer Drew Wallsmith responds “Okay”.
Wallsmith then approached Cantu and tells him to leave the park. Cantu said no because he knows his rights. After Cantu refused to comply with Wallsmith’s attempt to violate his first amendment right, it becomes physical. Wallsmith grabs for Cantu’s cross unsuccessfully, at which point the officer tackles Cantu while he is still holding his cross to his chest and crying out to God. Two Howard County EMA’s help the officer restrain Cantu, face down on the ground. Within seconds Cantu receives his first of many blasts from a taser gun. More EMA workers help restrain Cantu who is already on the ground all the while officer Wallsmith continues to pull the trigger on his taser gun, over and over again.
Officer Alex Toth arrives on the scene, who immediately delivers 6 punches to Cantu’s kidney. 5 strong knee thrusts to the kidney area came next, also from Toth, while Wallsmith continues to use the taser. Both officers commanded Cantu to let go of his wooden cross which they kept referring to as a “stick”. At one point in the video, you can see Wallsmith push Toth back in an attempt to stop the abuse of Cantu. Once Cantu was detained they walked him to the cop car and closed him inside, all while Cantu was praying out loud to God.
Jonathan Cantu was charged with 2 class A misdemeanors, one of criminal trespassing and the other for resisting law enforcement. WARNING: Video contains disturbing and graphic footage. It may be difficult to watch.
Video is from Colorado Donkey Watch YouTube channel.
**Video on link**
Please explain how cops or anyone else could feel threatened by a man peacefully holding a cross apparently made from sticks best made for paint mixing.
I completely believe a person holding a cross up as rock music is being played at a public concert 40 feet and a fence away from the musicians is a Christian thing to do.
SDOH Social Determinants of Health. Religious symbols is an SDOH of mental illness. The ONC of CMS of HHS is proposing to share your SDOH with both public and private agendies concerned about your Mental Health.
They are trying to determine and standardize what is a SDOH.
Guess who and what type of people are defining SDOH.
Everything that happened would make sense if it was a private venue and he had been warned to vacate by the hired security/off duty cop who’s friends showed up.
He was charged with trespassing.
Suspicious of the lens. My chains rest just fine.
“He was charged with trespassing.”
How could he be tresspassing in a public place?
If only Jesus had dropped that religious bullshit too............
You don't know that...
This was from July 11 of last year. I can see how both sides mishandled it.
Exactly. It wasnt a public place that he got arrested for trespassing on. Leave out that convenient fact and its a gross violation of his constitutional rights.
If its true he’s an asshole and deserved to be arrested.
This looked to me as if it was the town square or a public park. Looked to me as if anyone could be there. If I am wrong someone show me proof.
Do you have more info on this? Only know it happened in Indiana please if you have post linkies.
Thats what it looks like to me as well but we dont know anything that happened before the video started rolling and the story line leaves too many unanswered questions.
If the cops just randomly showed up in the city park and started beating and tasing a black Christian man for no reason I hope we would have heard something about it before now.
His name is Jonathan Cantu, and the incident was on July 4, 2019, at the Haynes Apperson Festival in Kokomo Indiana.
The people making the videos below are siding with Cantu.
1. Tyrants hate the first amendment LISTEN TO THIS COVER UP!! Kokomo IN. Follow up aftermath
2. Records Request for KOKOMO IN arrest in foster park Jonathan Cantu
Here are two local newspapers articles on it.
3. Incident between KPD and Kokomo man caught on camera
4. Video captures police subduing man allegedly harassing fair-goers for ‘being the devil’
Youtube playlist of someone following up on this, I haven't watched it all the way through.
Looking at the comments on youtube this person may not get along with with public officials.
Thank you
and as Paul Harvey would say “and now you have the rest of the story”
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