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Playinghardball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 12:10 PM
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Two D.C. transit cops tackle man in wheelchair
Source: RawReplay
By David Edwards

Video uploaded Sunday showed two Washington D.C. transit cops taking down a man in a wheelchair.

The video seems to show the two officers lifting the man out of the chair and slamming him to the ground but officials claim otherwise.

The man “resisted arrest which resulted in him falling out of his wheelchair,” authorities told The New York Daily News.

The suspect appears to be lying on the ground bleeding following the scuffle.

Watch this video, uploaded to YouTube May 22, 2011

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/05/two-d-c-transit-cops-tackle-man-in-wheelchair/
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Aerows Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 12:18 PM
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1. He did NOT fall out of the wheelchair
He was forcibly removed from it, as is abundantly clear from the video. When cops start yanking little old men out of their wheelchairs and plastering them to the pavement, they have way too much authority.
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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 12:26 PM
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2. The man was pulled out of the chair and slammed on the ground
He did not fall out of the chair as the police stated.........they are either lying or simply blind
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musette_sf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 06:50 PM
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15. and cop on the right TRIPPED him
!!!!
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Ezlivin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 12:26 PM
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3. Bull-fucking-shit
I depend on a wheelchair and I can assure you that the man did not fall out of his wheelchair: He was picked up and thrown down.

How in hell does a wheelchair-bound individual "resist" arrest? A child could safely handle a person in a chair. WTF?
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 12:27 PM
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4. Fucking PIGS!
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Cali_Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 12:27 PM
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5. The man “resisted arrest which resulted in him falling out of his wheelchair,”
You've gotta be fucking kidding me.
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truebrit71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 02:00 PM
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11. "I asked the defendant to please stop hitting my boot with his face your honour, but he refused...
...then after I had got him to calm down and had him handcuffed he then proceeded to repeatedly hit my knee with his groin..I asked him to stop as that looked as though it was painful and that is when he used his head to try and damage my nightstick..."

Yup, he "fell" out of his wheelchair....
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 12:31 PM
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6. Why? Was he eating French fries?
Metro cops are way aggro. Then again, they don't have a body count like the BART cops do. :grr:
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GodlessBiker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 01:07 PM
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7. They don't realize they're being filmed, until they end when they try to block the camera. Assholes!
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provis99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 01:25 PM
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8. typical cops. Government-employed gangsters.
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Obamanaut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 01:29 PM
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9. Not typical of the cops I know or have known. Not at all. nt
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provis99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 01:52 PM
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10. typical of EVERY cop I have ever met; including cop relatives.
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Obamanaut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 06:15 PM
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14. Still, not typical of ANY of the cops I know, or have known, or their
relatives.

Repeat yourself as many times as makes you happy, but the experience you 'claim' has not been the same as mine. And repetition will not change my experience with LEOs.
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A Simple Game Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 04:48 PM
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12. We need civilian review boards to put some fear into these criminal cops. n/t
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Hannah Bell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 04:49 PM
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13. kr
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Glimmer of Hope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 07:24 PM
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16. He should sue their asses.
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 07:26 PM
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17. thugs
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