This is what he did just three days before:
“Simone is no stranger to law enforcement. The Worcester Telegram & Gazette reported that he almost rammed a police cruiser in a separate chase three days earlier.
“Court records show that Simone eluded police in Millbury, Massachusetts, who had tried to stop him for an outstanding warrant, by trying to collide with the cruiser before driving onto Interstate 290.”
http://whdh.com/news/man-in-custody-after-high-speed-chase-in-ma-nh/
The raw video of the arrest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_IR-Y0tvhk
And this report says Simone only had minor injuries:
I do not care what he did three days or three years before. We have a system of justice where these things are heard and resolved by Courts of Law and if found guilty, a sentence is imposed by a Judge. Not the policeman on the street. It is called Due Process of Law. If you do not like this system, return to from where you came.Regardless of how you feel, the men’s supervisors all the way up their chain of command and the District Attorney felt upon watching the video, a/k/a, evidence, that these Officers had committed a crime. Appropriate action was taken. These former Officers will get their day in Court. The outcome of which remains yet to be seen.