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3. "Tontitown Police respond to viral video of arrest"

Sun Apr 23, 2023, 07:38 AM

Apr 2023

https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/tontitown-police-respond-to-viral-video-of-arrest/

Tontitown Police respond to viral video of arrest

by: Kyler Swaim
Posted: Apr 22, 2023 / 10:01 PM CDT
Updated: Apr 22, 2023 / 11:01 PM CDT

TONTITOWN, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — The Tontitown Police Department has responded to a viral video posted on social media of a man being forcefully arrested at his home in Tontitown.

According to a police statement, Tontitown police were contacted by a resource officer with Springdale Public Schools with a welfare concern and said a juvenile male went to school with a piercing in his left ear.

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Officers returned to Sherland’s home later after getting a probable cause arrest and when officers asked Sherland to step outside, he refused and stood in the doorway.

According to the video, Sherland was pushed back into the house, where then multiple officers held him against the wall and he was then arrested. The video finishes by showing Sherland being placed into the back of a police car.

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Tontitown Police’s full response

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Tonitown, AR police arrest father for piercing sons ear. [View all] LiberalArkie Apr 2023 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Scrivener7 Apr 2023 #1

The son told his teacher and friends he was abused By the father. jimfields33 Apr 2023 #22

I stand corrected. You are right. Scrivener7 Apr 2023 #25

And yet the son was the one who videoed the incident LiberalArkie Apr 2023 #27

According to the police report from the police school resource officer. LiberalArkie Apr 2023 #28

The boy even stated in the video that he wanted his ears pierced. LiberalArkie Apr 2023 #30

Keep earning the hate. SamKnause Apr 2023 #2

I don't understand how a father drunk chokes his child is not a serious thing. jimfields33 Apr 2023 #24

"Tontitown Police respond to viral video of arrest" sl8 Apr 2023 #3

Amazing how facts sometimes just don't tell the truth. Screw that prosecutor. marble falls Apr 2023 #9

I'm glad he was arrested. jimfields33 Apr 2023 #17

After reading that the father was drunk and put the kid in a choke hold doc03 Apr 2023 #11

Officers explained the reason for their presents... lapfog_1 Apr 2023 #13

The police did their job thankfully. jimfields33 Apr 2023 #20

I wonder what kind of presents they brought... MiHale Apr 2023 #15

Myrrh... Probatim Apr 2023 #39

Tontitown, not Springdale. The teen told school his father was Ilsa Apr 2023 #4

If this is how it went down, I agree with it being phoned in by mandated reporters. Irish_Dem Apr 2023 #7

Link to source? nt hippywife Apr 2023 #8

here: Ilsa Apr 2023 #16

I have to wonder how often that law is enforced. nt Phoenix61 Apr 2023 #10

Hopefully every time. Abuse should be investigated. jimfields33 Apr 2023 #21

This was abuse but the law is bs. intheflow Apr 2023 #43

Looks like there's an exception for piercing the earlobe: sl8 Apr 2023 #44

Well, then. Case dismissed! intheflow Apr 2023 #46

I see people getting toddlers ears pierced all the time. I think that is child abuse myself to doc03 Apr 2023 #5

Teen girls used to pierce each other's ears all the time. Ilsa Apr 2023 #14

You are so correct about toddlers with earings, it's what at least one... Mark.b2 Apr 2023 #40

Jebus. What a waste of 'roided cop resources. Must have been no PoC around to shoot. marble falls Apr 2023 #6

Yeah cuz child abuse is a joke. Read the story and not the headline. jimfields33 Apr 2023 #18

Read the story. This is my take. I don't see child abuse here. Kind of a strong statement on your .. marble falls Apr 2023 #26

When the boy was asked about it at school, he said his father was drunk and put him a choke hold and doc03 Apr 2023 #31

Because adolescent boys are known for their ability to be truthful, true to the facts in locker ... marble falls Apr 2023 #32

see post #33 doc03 Apr 2023 #34

tried to 'investigate' stopdiggin Apr 2023 #35

Both can be true. intheflow Apr 2023 #45

Welp. I know a few of our latin American mothers who would be going to jail Baitball Blogger Apr 2023 #12

They choked their child and almost kill them too jimfields33 Apr 2023 #19

Well, damn. Baitball Blogger Apr 2023 #23

Yes, according to the Tonitown PD and the Tonitown PD school resource officer. LiberalArkie Apr 2023 #29

AFTER going to school and reporting stopdiggin Apr 2023 #36

That is what the school resource officer (PD) said in the report. No one else that was in the room LiberalArkie Apr 2023 #37

the school resource officer wasn't in the room stopdiggin Apr 2023 #38

The boy was defending his dad in the video and saying he wanted his ears pierced. LiberalArkie Apr 2023 #41

completely seperate incident stopdiggin Apr 2023 #42

Just for fun just imagine for a minute the father was wearing a t-shirt doc03 Apr 2023 #33