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Related: About this forumArkansas deputy seen hitting man in video accused of excessive force by 2 others
CRAWFORD COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Ark. Two others have come forward about their violent encounters with one of the Arkansas deputies seen on video beating a man during his arrest. Both claim these have happened within the last month.
Attorneys for Randal Worcester, who was the man in the video being arrested by Crawford County deputies Levi White and Zack Taylor and Mulberry Police Officer Thell Riddle, held a press conference days after the video was released. The Department of Justice has now launched a civil rights investigation into the arrest.
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He says he was hit in the head too many times to count and was dragged out of his yard and taken to jail. Jernigan says the officer made the decision not to send Wallace to the hospital, but EMS was called to the jail to check his injuries.
Wallace says his head was split open and he was covered in bruises and scratches. He says without a doubt that it was deputy White who beat him during the arrest.
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Tammy Nelson, who also lives in Rudy, says that on Aug. 14, deputy White responded to her home for a "civil matter."
She says she videoed their interaction for protection and that White grabbed her by her right arm, swung her around and threw her phone to the ground. He then allegedly wrapped his arm around her neck, dropped her to the ground and kneed her in the side.
Nelson says even when her nightgown rose up, leaving her half-naked, White continued to smash her face into the ground as she tried to cover herself.
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Attorneys for Randal Worcester, who was the man in the video being arrested by Crawford County deputies Levi White and Zack Taylor and Mulberry Police Officer Thell Riddle, held a press conference days after the video was released. The Department of Justice has now launched a civil rights investigation into the arrest.
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He says he was hit in the head too many times to count and was dragged out of his yard and taken to jail. Jernigan says the officer made the decision not to send Wallace to the hospital, but EMS was called to the jail to check his injuries.
Wallace says his head was split open and he was covered in bruises and scratches. He says without a doubt that it was deputy White who beat him during the arrest.
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Tammy Nelson, who also lives in Rudy, says that on Aug. 14, deputy White responded to her home for a "civil matter."
She says she videoed their interaction for protection and that White grabbed her by her right arm, swung her around and threw her phone to the ground. He then allegedly wrapped his arm around her neck, dropped her to the ground and kneed her in the side.
Nelson says even when her nightgown rose up, leaving her half-naked, White continued to smash her face into the ground as she tried to cover herself.
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https://www.thv11.com/article/news/special-reports/others-come-forward-arkansas-deputy-video-arrest/527-2fc5e9f4-5f9f-469b-9a53-ea41d224cfd7
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Arkansas deputy seen hitting man in video accused of excessive force by 2 others (Original Post)
berniesandersmittens
Aug 2022
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Justice Department investigating Arkansas officers' use of force in arrest caught on video
LetMyPeopleVote
Aug 2022
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LetMyPeopleVote
(154,616 posts)1. Justice Department investigating Arkansas officers' use of force in arrest caught on video
I am glad that the DOJ is investigating this clear violation of the civil rights of this victim
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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/justice-department-investigating-arkansas-officers-use-force-arrest-ca-rcna44232
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Monday that the U.S. attorney general's office and the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division will investigate a viral video that shows law enforcement officers holding down and beating a man Sunday morning outside a convenience store in Mulberry, Arkansas.
The three officers were suspended Sunday following widespread outrage over the video, in which one of the officers repeatedly punches a shoeless man's head and smashes it into the pavement, while another knees him and a third holds him down.
It is not clear what took place before the recording, which was shot from a vehicle at the Kountry Xpress market in Mulberry, about 137 miles northwest of Little Rock.
According to NBC affiliate KARK of Little Rock, the Crawford County Sheriff's Office said the officers came upon the man, Randal Worcester, after a clerk at a retailer reported to another police department that a person had spat on him and threatened him. The sheriff's office did not respond to inquiries Monday.
"First of all, that is reprehensible conduct in which a suspect is beat in that fashion," Hutchinson said at a news conference. "We saw a glimpse of that. It is under investigation. We don't have all of the details, and certainly that suspect had a history of concern that was legitimate for the officers, but what that response was not consistent with the training that they receive as certified officers with the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy."
The three officers were suspended Sunday following widespread outrage over the video, in which one of the officers repeatedly punches a shoeless man's head and smashes it into the pavement, while another knees him and a third holds him down.
It is not clear what took place before the recording, which was shot from a vehicle at the Kountry Xpress market in Mulberry, about 137 miles northwest of Little Rock.
According to NBC affiliate KARK of Little Rock, the Crawford County Sheriff's Office said the officers came upon the man, Randal Worcester, after a clerk at a retailer reported to another police department that a person had spat on him and threatened him. The sheriff's office did not respond to inquiries Monday.
"First of all, that is reprehensible conduct in which a suspect is beat in that fashion," Hutchinson said at a news conference. "We saw a glimpse of that. It is under investigation. We don't have all of the details, and certainly that suspect had a history of concern that was legitimate for the officers, but what that response was not consistent with the training that they receive as certified officers with the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy."
Higherarky
(637 posts)2. I'm not a bit surprised other victims are coming forward.
The violent behavior is not a one-off with this pustule, it's his MO.