SHE SAID ‘NO’ ...So This DRUNKEN Off-Duty Deputy Handcuffed And Assaulted Her

[Segami]

A Off-Duty Deputy Hit On A Marine.

An off-duty deputy of the Richland County, South Carolina Sheriff’s office is now unemployed thanks to his actions at a Buffalo Chicken Wings restaurant bar. Witnesses say that Deputy Paul Allen Derrick was drunk when he approached Brittany Ball, an off-duty Marine stationed at Fort Jackson. They claim that she rebuffed Derrick’s advances and that the two began to argue. After a few minutes, Derrick left the restaurant, returning from his car with a pair of handcuffs. He grabbed Ms. Ball, and pulling her hands roughly behind her back, handcuffed her. He then slammed her head into a metal table. Derrick shouted at Ball to alternately “Stand up!” and to “Sit down!” while holding her from behind. He took the opportunity to rest his hand on her breast while yelling, “This is how Marines deal with soldiers.” Told you he was drunk.



Customers got out their cell phones and started filming.

Luckily, several customers were recording the incident. They shouted at the off-duty deputy to let the woman go, that he had “crossed the line” and that they were calling “the real cops.” A few of the men approached Derrick but backed off when he threatened to arrest them, too. “Step away!” he yelled at them. Ball’s companion, Steven Hughes, was one of the witnesses who filmed the event:

“I said I’m going to start videoing this because I think something is about to get out of hand. And about the time I got my video out, he had her turned around and was putting her in handcuffs.”

http://www.wistv.com/story/23698228/deputy-fired-after-trying-to-arrest-soldier-at-bar

Soon, the Columbia, S.C. police arrived. They ordered Derrick to release Ball immediately, then started speaking to witnesses and viewing the video. They then took the drunken off-duty deputy into custody, charging him with assault and battery. They also confiscated a loaded gun that Derrick had on him, along with his ID and badge.



Derrick’s boss tried to protect him.

The Sheriff of Richland County, Leon Lott, stood behind his deputy at first. He asserted that the arrest was proper since Ball had been “resisting.” He also dismissed the report that Derrick had been hitting on the Marine, insisting that the deputy was only trying to calm the woman. After pressure from the community, Lott finally placed Derrick on unpaid suspension for the duration of the investigation. After meeting with Interim Columbia Police Chief Ruben Santiago and Fifth Circuit Solicitor Dan Johnson, Lott fired Derrick on Tuesday. The state attorney general noted that Derrick was not allowed to arrest anyone without another officer on the scene. This is per a Supreme Court ruling which limits the authority of Class 3 officers. So, goodbye to another law enforcement officer who abused his authority.



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http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/10/17/off-duty-deputy-assualt/

[jsr]

1. And they tried to defend the stupid pig

Paul Allen Derrick

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. Thug with a badge. Assuredly not his first thuggery behind his shield. nt

[AnotherMcIntosh]

23. His defender, Sheriff of Richland County, Leon Lott

[adieu]

34. I fully expect to see his resignation letter

on the state AG's desk tomorrow, or he should be fired otherwise.

[JI7]

71. the piece of shit was fired

[adieu]

80. The off duty cop was fired

But was the sheriff also fired for defending the POS?

[JI7]

81. ok, i read that wrong, the piece of shit has not been fired

[Lifelong Dem]

67. He would have won without a video of the incident

[Shampoobra]

89. If the eyes are the windows to the soul...

...his soul must reside in an igloo.

[TeeYiYi]

39. Is that a mug shot from the arrest?... Scary fucker.

That video raised my blood pressure. I'm so glad people are using their cell phones to document this kind of bullshit.

I agree with someone down thread who thinks he was planning to rape her. I have to agree. He kept touching her breasts in the video before he realized he was being recorded. Imagine what he was doing before the video recording started.

Yay cops!

TYY

[Liberal_in_LA]

84. yup

[Bandit]

2. If I behaved in such a manner I would end up in jail for a year or more

He just loses his job... big whoop....

[Jenoch]

6. He was arrested him and he is being charged with assault and battery.

There is not much information in this story, but it appears he is now in the court system.

[NYC_SKP]

3. You know what? FUCK THAT WOMAN WHO TRIED TO BLOCK THE FILMING OF THIS CRIME!!!

Fuck that cop, obviously but fuck that woman in the Packers sweatshirt and charge he with aiding and abetting.

THAT is the kind of human reaction, or lack thereof, that makes it easier for these things to happen.

FUCK THAT SHIT!

[Shampoobra]

7. She explains later: friend of the victim, thought they were just piling on the abuse by filming

Later in the video, the woman who tried to stop the man from filming apologizes to him over and over. She was so upset at the abuse her friend was getting, she hadn't realized he was actually helping them by filming it.

[NYC_SKP]

10. OK. Thanks.

I couldn't watch all of the rest of it, I was so angry.

As long as that went on, nobody really went in there and stopped it.

Restaurant staff should have called police immediately (maybe they did), and patrons should all have stepped in and shamed that man into relenting.

I hope the victim ends up owning every bit of the terrorist's wealth and some of the restaurant's, too.

It won't make up for the terror she experienced, but it won't hurt.

[Shampoobra]

12. Same here - it took about 30 minutes to get through

I had to keep taking breaks because I was getting too pissed off.

[Shampoobra]

86. In fact, the more I think about this...

...the more I understand why she thought the guy with the camera was up to no good.

In the years since social media has become a dominant force, women have learned that sometimes, a group of men will rape a woman, record the crime on video, and share it online as a kind of trophy.

Now she sees her friend being hit on by a drunk slob. He leaves and comes back with handcuffs, then attacks her friend in public. None of the men in attendance - despite the stereotype of the drinking man who loves to "kick ass," especially when it's an opportunity to impress women - none of them attack the soon-to-be-rapist.

None of the men are helping her friend. Now one of them is filming the attack. I can see why she didn't automatically assume he was a good guy.

[NYC_SKP]

87. I think you're right.

But it's hard to tell without watching the full thing.

WTF with nobody standing up to this asshole?

[Shampoobra]

88. My guess: They assumed he had a gun, and knew for a fact he was already out of control

My question is, how long did it take them to call the real police?

[Egnever]

31. That pissed me off as well.

I am glad I wasnt there it would have been very hard not to try to take that guy down.

[NYC_SKP]

36. I wouldn't have been able to do nothing.

I'm not a tough guy by any stretch, but I know myself from past experience and I simply would not have been able to do nothing at all.

[Egnever]

38. Same

I grew up in a household where fighting was encouraged. Really lame on my fathers part he thought he was making us tough. I have never liked to fight but it also left me with this horrible tendency to never back down from one.

I haven't been in a fist fight in years but this situation would have surely made me break that streak.

[bigdarryl]

4. He's lucky that wasn't my sister or girlfriend he would be pushing up daisies right about now

[Ikonoklast]

18. He's lucky he didn't try that with my daughter. She put the last asshole that tried to manhandle

her into a hospital emergency ward, where they had to piece parts of him back together.

He wasn't a small guy, either.

[Logical]

43. So your daughter can beat up any man? This is what you think matter? Nt

[Ikonoklast]

49. Straw Man. Think again what it means.

I'll help you, since Logic escapes you and you resort to Fallacy.

If men feared that every time they tried to physically force a woman to do their bidding they might up in an emergency room, how long do you think it would take men to stop using violence against women to get their way?

Try again.

[Logical]

51. LOL, yes, because women who don't fight back are stupid and weak! Nt

[Ikonoklast]

53. Once again, resorting to fallacy. Not your best effort.

Oh!...I finally get it!




Your DU name is intentionally ironic!

Joke's on me!

[Logical]

59. Bullshit, you wanted to brag on your daughter. Which is fine, but don't try to act like you were...

advocating women resist.

Most normal people would have said that in the post instead of saying how.

How about this...."If more women resisted and fought back these men would not be trying this shit

Instead you bragged about your daughter.

Joke is on you!

[Ikonoklast]

62. Sorry, if you want the right of editing my posts or the right to tell me

what and how to post I demand payment first.

Cash only, please.


I will continue to post here as I please, when I please, what I please without either your permission or approval, just as long as the owners of DU allow me to.


If you have a problem with what I post, alert on it. Please.

I did like your attempt at mind-reading, however. Can you tell me what I'm thinking right now?"


Anyway, please carry on with your agenda. May it be as successful as telling me what to do here on DU.

[Logical]

65. LOL, I nailed it in other words! n-t

[LanternWaste]

69. In other words, you simply advertised your character...

In other words, you simply advertised a lack of grace and of character, regardless of how you yourself wish to rationalize it.

[derby378]

75. That's EXACTLY what I advocate

Women should not be conditioned to expect to be victims. I would have applauded her if she punched that fool out.

Too bad for you.

[CherokeeDem]

55. Ikonoklast...

Kudos to your daughter... I know I go down swinging if faced with that situation.

I was once waiting for my father at a drug store and his prescription wasn't ready. We had noticed a drunk who wandered from the local neighborhood bar outside of the drug store. When he knew he was going to have to wait he told the clerk he was going to go outside to tell me and check on the drunk. The clerk got all excited and worried about me and my dad laughed, and told her, "No, I'm more worried about the drunk if he tried anything."

This statement is spot-on....

"If men feared that every time they tried to physically force a woman to do their bidding they might up in an emergency room, how long do you think it would take men to stop using violence against women to get their way?"

Couldn't agree more...

[Ikonoklast]

57. After everything got sorted out by the local PD over who did what to whom,

my second oldest son picked up my daughter from the station and brought her home.

I was on the road, just getting back into town early that Sunday morning, and they got home soon after I did.

My daughter came in the front door with dried blood stains all over her white blouse, and said, "Don't worry Dad, none of it's mine."

I raised her to not ever let anyone lay a hand on her that she didn't want to, and she learned her lesson well.

The jerk was charged with assault and battery and was prosecuted for it.

[EOTE]

5. So when is this asshole pig going to be sent to prison?

That's not just a fireable offense, that's a spend a few years in jail kind of offense. Yet somehow, pigs don't have to follow the same laws they're paid to enforce. I hope that worthless piece of shit finds himself lucky to be working at Burger King.

[uponit7771]

33. +1

[Liberal_in_LA]

85. +2

[gollygee]

8. Thank God for cell phones

Once upon a day it would have been his word against hers and he would have probably won. Even with the evidence, the sheriff tried to back him up. Imagine if there had been no videos.

He should be in prison.

[Shampoobra]

9. I have even more bad news for you, former deputy:

The default was averted, the government reopened, and now the media is looking for The Next Big Story.

[Jackpine Radical]

14. Sadly, stories have to be unusual & shocking to qualify as Big.

Abusive cops caught on video are now so common that the public yawns.

They shoot people in cold blood & the public yawns.

[Unknown Beatle]

50. No kidding about public yawns.

I posted yesterday about a woman being shoved into a jail cell an slamming her face on a concrete bed and shattering it in the process, hardly a peep.

It's very disturbing to me to watch a cop abuse his authority so I figured to post it here on DU because I thought people would be interested in what passes as cops here in the US. They're more like thugs than cops.

Video is very graphic.

For those interested: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023868239

[Savannahmann]

11. And yet another bad apple.

Wow, so many of them...

[niyad]

13. k and r for visibility. I could not watch it after the first minute, listening to him screaming at

her and her cries. I hope this abusive bastard spends a long time in prison, as he deserves.

[SunSeeker]

15. Unfuckingbelievable. nt

[damnedifIknow]

16. Arrest the cone head look alike

They have to stop getting away with this type of abuse.

[LibertyLover]

17. I hope they put his boss, Leon Lott,

out to pasture too.

[Ikonoklast]

20. HE WAS GOING TO RAPE HER.

[jsr]

40. Exactly.

[Skeeter Barnes]

83. I don't doubt it for a second. This was seriously disturbing to watch.

[MrScorpio]

21. Yay, Cops!

They're the best!

[LiberalAndProud]

22. Sherriff Lott, however, will keep his job.

He fired this reprobate only under public pressure. I imagine he'll be well past this by the time he has to face the voters again, so it's all good.

or not

[FedUpWithIt All]

52. Apparently Lott wants him prosecuted on assult charges.

http://www.wltx.com/news/article/253149/2/Lott-Wants-Fired-Deputy-Prosecuted-On-Assault-Charge

[Catherine Vincent]

25. He was fired. Good!

I hope this fool doesn't get drunk one day and take action on the public by use of...guns.

[safeinOhio]

26. Class 3 officer, that means

animal control officer.

[Savannahmann]

27. I'm going to apologize in advance.

But I've been laughing about this for at least fifteen minutes, and I think I can explain why now.

This line is absolutely hilarious to me.

He asserted that the arrest was proper since Ball had been “resisting.”

Obviously that is the worst possible word you could choose given the situation. The drunken ass tried to pick up a girl, and was rebuffed, and then he reacted like the thug he was. Yes, she was resisting the advances of an old drunken ass. But if you spent a week tasting the flavor of words, trying to pick the worst possible word you could use in that situation to attempt to defend your deputy, you could not pick a worse word than that.

Public Pressure is mentioned by a response above. That and the Sheriff had no legal leg to stand on since his Deputy was prohibited by his status from arresting anyone. So defending the arrest as proper would be problematic. It took time for the good old boys network to get the word, and the public pressure was the cherry on top.

But I still say it's a hilarious choice of a word. Resisting.

[byronius]

28. This guy needs prison time.

[joeybee12]

29. KNR but I'm not going to watch the video...think it would be too upsetting...

They need to can that shriff also...what scum.

[ybbor]

30. I'm beginning to wonder...

Are there any good apples? Just another reason to never talk to a police officer.

Professor James Duane says it best:

[rizlaplus]

32. Woeful!

There's a strain of savagery in some parts of official America - that seems to think it can do what-the-hell it likes to anyone. Hope this lady is receiving help!

[W T F]

35. They give out badges to anyone.......................who's a white male

[ProdigalJunkMail]

60. complete horseshit...

[daybranch]

37. shame on the men

This woman was defnseless. The men knew there was no reason fforr her to be handcuffed or arrested, but they wrre brave and filmed it. Shame men, shame.

[TeeYiYi]

42. Did you watch the video?...

The men kept trying to help her and the "cop" kept screaming at them to get away and threatening to arrest them too. He had a gun. The only option they had at that point was to videotape and wait for the real cops to get there.

Shame on them for filming? Seriously? Did you watch the video?

TYY

[lumberjack_jeff]

45. Because they should have... what?

A mass attack on the armed drunk may have made for better video, but probably a suboptimal resolution.

They filmed it and got the asshole fired. Further, they documented the off duty cop's abuse for the fully justified upcoming civil trial.

[Logical]

48. What is wrong with you?

Were you there? Would you rather maybe some of the men get shot? I love the non involved geniuses on the DU!

[JI7]

72. what the fuck did you want them to do ? get her shot and killed ?

[Rex]

41. An of course his boss tried to lie and do whatever it takes

to make sure another rotten apple stays on the force. Another reason it is hard to trust cops in general.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

44. The woman is a soldier not a marine FWIW

She's stationed at Fort Jackson which is where I did my basic training 38 years ago.

That said the guy abused his authority.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023868243

[mtasselin]

46. comman

Unfortunately this is all to common now days, so many cops with badges are out of control, they think that they can do whatever they want. I hope she takes him to court and sues his ass.

[cuchulain316]

47. someone should have cracked his head open with a bottle

[DallasNE]

54. Why Do We Have Sheriff's?

I know, rural areas need law enforcement but these departments so often run amok because nobody holds Sheriff's accountable. Just look at Maricopa County, Arizona.

I have posted many times when incidents like this happens, law enforcement recruits the wrong kind of people into their ranks. The motto may be to "protect and serve" but the actions all too often neglects the "serve" part and who they protect is themselves rather than those they are supposed to serve. As a result people live in fear of those that are supposed to be there to protect. That was in play big time here as nobody would come to the aid of this poor woman out of fear of what would happen to them and I am not talking about the physical part either. We need to break the grip law enforcement has over ordinary citizens, especially when the crime is being committed by the officers. Rogue cops need to be thrown under the bus and I would put the Sheriff in this case in that category as well.

[hatrack]

56. Maybe he can get a job in Maryville, MO - or with the Nodaway Co. Sherrif's Department

He'd fit right in with the rest of the slimy roid-raging soldier ants.

[Blue Owl]

58. What is his major malfunction?

He is truly a "pig" in the worst sense of the term.

[Fla Dem]

61. What gets me, aside from it being just wrong, the video went on for 10 minutes. He never called

the police, or asked anyone else to call the police. Was he just going to stay there forever with the girl in handcuffs? What was he planning to do?

[elehhhhna]

63. i think he was going to abduct her but she didn't go quietly

[JI7]

73. he was most likely going to rape her and threaten her with punishment if she reports anything

[JimDandy]

82. It's possible he's done this before, too.

The publicity might bring complaints forward from other women.

[steve2470]

64. this guy is the worst sort of pig, glad he's being prosecuted

I could not watch more than a few minutes, it was too upsetting.

[raptor_rider]

66. Oh I'm pissed!! I typically defend officers of the law

However this fucker took it too far. Just because she refused his advances?? Bull Shit!! Glad he was stripped of his badge, however he needs to be arrested as a sexual offender for feeling her up while man handling her!! She could have used her Marine skills to floor him, however she restrained herself, to not be a disgrace to her country. He did it instead. I hope he rots!!!

[Dawson Leery]

68. The filthy overpaid pig needs to spend much time in jail.

[JI7]

70. Fucking vile piece of shit THUG,

[miyazaki]

74. There should have been a baldy man beatdown. n/t

[gopiscrap]

76. Fucking god damn cops

and you just watch, this asshole shit stain pig is going to get away with it.

[Deep13]

77. I seem to remember a PSA some time ago explaining what "no" means.

I think it just means "no."

[reddread]

78. serious business

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/242

[Dash87]

79. Most cops are like this these days.

I wonder how this would have played out without video evidence? We probably wouldn't be hearing about it. In some places, she would have went to jail for assaulting a police officer, and even been beaten into a coma.