The videos being shown repeatedly, begin with him being forcefully pulled from his vehicle, not being asked or told to exit the vehicle , as would be expected in a traffic stop. It shouldn't have been difficult for five trained officers to restrain a smaller suspect. There should be additional video in the initial stop that the MPD or media hasn't made public at this time. The number of cameras recording the stop should have shown more than has been released.
They did much more than cross the line. Their actions reflect poorly on law enforcement officers in Memphis and across the Country who work hard to keep the public safe. The SCORPION Unit of which they were a part has been permanently deactivated.
He may have resisted, but the force used became unreasonable and without any possibility of legal justification.
Two Sheriff Deputies arrived at the scene, watched but did nothing to stop the brutal attack. They are now relieved of duty as an investigation takes place.
I get that... but if I rolled up on that - not sure I'd have done anything either, whether I wanted to or not.
The Sheriff Deputies and Fire Department Medics are being investigated for their inaction.
I was thinking too that there has to be more to this. With police cams along with all of the surveillance cams we have, how did they think they would get away with the beating? I can’t even walk in my front yard without being filmed by a neighbors Ring system or the odd GoPro running down the street. We don’t know the full story.
The likely result of any attempt by a citizen to stop the beating by five officers, would have been an additional ambulance needed. The County Deputies present, wouldn't to anything to stop it.
Would they have turned on the County Deputies?
I'd guess that thought was on the Deputies minds. They'll definitely be explaining their inaction.
