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Cop Hits Man in the Head 20 Times as Onlookers Plead 'Don't Punch Him No More'
Reason ^ | August 25, 2014 | Robby Soave

Posted on 08/25/2014 6:40:07 PM PDT by bamahead

Once the cops have pinned a non-violent suspect to the ground, how many times are they allowed to punch him in the head? Is it fewer than 20? I would say so, but I'm not a Greenville County, South Carolina, deputy.

Greenville officers approached a man at a Walmart parking lot on Saturday. The man appeared to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and didn't respond to police questions or instructions. Eventually, the officers followed the man inside the store, where they attempted to detain him. The deputies claim the man resisted, though video footage of the incident certainly makes said resistance look passive, rather than violent. But once the two cops had the man on the ground, one of them immediately began punching him in the head. I count at least 20 blows.

Onlookers were horrified, and begged the deputies to stop. Many thought the treatment of the man was cruel, according to WSPA.com. "Please don't punch him like that, don't punch him no more," said one witness. (More video footage can be seen here.)

The man was eventually tasered and then taken to the hospital. Police have not given his name or explained what the charges against him are. The department is reviewing the footage, however, to determine whether the deputy acted properly when he punched a helpless man in the head over and over and over again.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: South Carolina
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Video here. Judge for yourself.
1 posted on 08/25/2014 6:40:07 PM PDT by bamahead
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2 posted on 08/25/2014 6:40:39 PM PDT by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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3 posted on 08/25/2014 6:42:16 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)
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To: bamahead
Budget reductions until this stuff stops happening.

Spending money on useless LE is a waste of money.

/johnny

4 posted on 08/25/2014 6:43:03 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: bamahead

These police know that people have these new-fangled things called “smart phones” with really good cameras, right?


5 posted on 08/25/2014 6:43:13 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: The Antiyuppie
Maybe, maybe not. The government ain't paying for PhDs, but they seem to be wasting money anyway.

Time for budget reductions.

/johnny

6 posted on 08/25/2014 6:44:29 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: bamahead

And if the designated punching bag is mentally ill or deaf, it’s fair game, I suppose, to beat and taser him. Every cop who is video-taped behaving in this unprofessional way should be fired immediately. Doing it in front of a crowd is unbelievably stupid.. What kind of police chief hires officers like that? He should be fired, too.


7 posted on 08/25/2014 6:45:26 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: bamahead

When I was in the JAG, I kept the record of the trainee abuse complaints against the drill sergeants. It was just a few, but they made everybody look bad.


8 posted on 08/25/2014 6:46:52 PM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: The Antiyuppie

The cops wanted to protect the man from himself because of his intoxication which made himself a danger to himself and possibly to others.
So naturally they pummeled him relentlessly (aggravated assault if done by non LEO) thereby placing him in the safe confines of the hospital and jail.
All in a days work.
And the blue went home safely.
That’s what matters after all.


9 posted on 08/25/2014 6:50:51 PM PDT by Clump ( the tree of liberty is withering like a stricken fig tree)
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This isn't just a few.

And reduced budgets will get everyone's attention, and put a stop to that unacceptable nonsense.

What has been done in the past isn't working, obviously, so reducing budgets to the ineffective group is the conservative thing to do.

One 'aw crap' = '100 attaboys'.

/johnny

10 posted on 08/25/2014 6:51:23 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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Let's see...huge guy, white, didn't see what happened, wouldn't comply with what they were telling him to do. Two cops might not have been able to keep him down if he decided to keep going and try to get up or escape. I'll give him a pass.

Now IF it was a black guy the cops would be racist killers...

11 posted on 08/25/2014 6:51:30 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: bamahead

later


12 posted on 08/25/2014 6:51:58 PM PDT by pallis
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To: txrefugee

He should be prosecuted for felony aggravated assault.
And sued under section 1983.


13 posted on 08/25/2014 6:52:20 PM PDT by Clump ( the tree of liberty is withering like a stricken fig tree)
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To: bamahead

Say, Nazi occupied Warsaw?


14 posted on 08/25/2014 6:54:26 PM PDT by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
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What, he didn’t have a dog to shoot?


15 posted on 08/25/2014 6:54:32 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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fire them all and start over


16 posted on 08/25/2014 6:57:13 PM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: bamahead

I think they can throw as many punches as they want, as long as they keep saying “stop resisting!”


17 posted on 08/25/2014 6:57:19 PM PDT by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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To: bamahead

he’s not black, it doesn’t matter.


18 posted on 08/25/2014 6:58:11 PM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: bamahead

Not overly rough. The guy was resisting and physically bigger than the cops.


19 posted on 08/25/2014 6:58:45 PM PDT by glorgau
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Strangely the only thing I could think of was how weak the cops punches looked, I doubt that dough-nut munching blue boy could punch his way out of a paper bag. That said, he was way out of line hitting that guy like that.


20 posted on 08/25/2014 6:59:02 PM PDT by trapped_in_LA
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