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Liberal_in_LA

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Sun Apr 27, 2014, 11:06 PM Apr 2014

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

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.
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Look at him, very violent person. SummerSnow Apr 2014 #1
The offending officer has already been fired, Tanuki Apr 2014 #2
good riddance! Takket Apr 2014 #3
He can sue both the department and the cop personally. Tempest Apr 2014 #17
That's a start. He should be arrested for assault and battery. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2014 #4
And I do not think any DA would have a problem getting a conviction nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #6
He wasn't a city police officer. Fawke Em Apr 2014 #9
Whichever one works. nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #10
City can be sued as well. Tempest Apr 2014 #18
Yeah, but the city are generally better trained. Fawke Em Apr 2014 #19
With Knox County Sheriff's reputation Tempest Apr 2014 #21
why not attempted murder? Liberal_in_LA Apr 2014 #22
Thanks for repoting this update. gvstn Apr 2014 #8
What about the other two? Mariana Apr 2014 #11
How about his two accomplices? Iggo Apr 2014 #16
Thuggish. blkmusclmachine Apr 2014 #5
I live here and wonder why a British newspaper had to break this. Fawke Em Apr 2014 #7
The British writers and publishers Mariana Apr 2014 #12
The British don't seem to have the same LEO-As-Hero fetish that this country is AzDar Apr 2014 #13
It is a little surprising, being that Knox County is pretty Liberal. I live a little farther south.. Ghost in the Machine Apr 2014 #14
Well, Knoxville is pretty liberal. Fawke Em Apr 2014 #20
2 of the 3 cops are obviously overweight. blueamy66 Apr 2014 #15
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