Tennessee cop chokes handcuffed unresisting student until he passes out - 2 other cops ok with it .

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2614386/Tennessee-police-photographed-choking-unresisting-college-student-passes-out.html




His knees begin to buckle as he loses consciousness


EXCLUSIVE: Shocking moment a Tennessee police officer choked an unresisting college student until he fell UNCONSCIOUS
Deputies were called to a University of Tennessee student party that spilled out onto a residential street
Students threw beer bottles at officers and several people were arrested
A photographer on the scene took a series of photos of a deputy choking 22-year-old Jarod Dotson into unconsciousness
The young man did not resist arrest, says the photographer
He was complying with officers when the officer began to choke him
Two other officers were behind Dotson, handcuffing him
Knox County Sheriff's Department has not issued a statement on the incident

The disturbing sequence of shots show the 22-year-old appear to lose consciousness, his knees buckling as he sinks to the ground, while the deputy continues to choke him or activate a pressure point that renders him unconscious.

The officers behind Dotson fiddle with his handcuffs even as he's being choked.

When the young man was unconscious, the police picked him up and the officer who choked him slapped him around the head a few times before walking off, reports Messner.

[SummerSnow]

1. Look at him, very violent person.

They need to investigate every case where he arrested anyone. I wonder if any died in his custody?

[Tanuki]

2. The offending officer has already been fired,

according to our local TV news.
http://www.newschannel5.com/story/25354724/knox-county-sheriffs-deputy-fired-after-ut-party-incident

[Takket]

3. good riddance!

Hope that student sues the heck out of the PD

[Tempest]

17. He can sue both the department and the cop personally.

That's going to be one expensive chokehold.

[Comrade Grumpy]

4. That's a start. He should be arrested for assault and battery.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. And I do not think any DA would have a problem getting a conviction

city should be sued as well.

[Fawke Em]

9. He wasn't a city police officer.

He worked for the county.

The Knox County Sheriff's Department was assisting the Knoxville Police Department.

Sue the county.

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. Whichever one works.

This shit won't stop until this happens en mass all over.

[Tempest]

18. City can be sued as well.

The Sheriff's Department was called in by the city cops. He was acting as an agent of the city.

[Fawke Em]

19. Yeah, but the city are generally better trained.

Guess I'm a little partial. I'm a city rat (and the city is run by Democrats. )

[Tempest]

21. With Knox County Sheriff's reputation

The city should have kept them away from the situation.

[Liberal_in_LA]

22. why not attempted murder?

[gvstn]

8. Thanks for repoting this update.

[Mariana]

11. What about the other two?

They participated in this crime as well. All three of them should be prosecuted.

[Iggo]

16. How about his two accomplices?

If I hold a guy while somebody else chokes him, I'm on the hook.

Time for some equal treatment.

[blkmusclmachine]

5. Thuggish.

[Fawke Em]

7. I live here and wonder why a British newspaper had to break this.

In fact, I used to work for the newspaper that SHOULD have broken this story.

Sad state of American media affairs.

[Mariana]

12. The British writers and publishers

don't have to worry that these officers and/or their colleagues will retaliate against them. The locals, on the other hand, may have good reason to be afraid to print stories like this one.

[AzDar]

13. The British don't seem to have the same LEO-As-Hero fetish that this country is

sickeningly afflicted with...

[Ghost in the Machine]

14. It is a little surprising, being that Knox County is pretty Liberal. I live a little farther south..

....and it's a pretty deep red pocket around here, except for the City of Sweetwater which was pretty blue the last time I checked.... but that's been a while ago.

Glad to hear the pig was fired! 1 less jack-booted thug/brown shirt wannabe, room for 1 more decent officer!

Peace,

Ghost

[Fawke Em]

20. Well, Knoxville is pretty liberal.

But Knox County is very conservative.

This guy worked for the county sheriff's department, which is still run by good ole boys.

[blueamy66]

15. 2 of the 3 cops are obviously overweight.

The guy on the right has 3 chins.

Don't cops have to pass yearly physicals anymore?