Three police officers over stepped their bounds during an arrest, while cruelly beating a detainee, that was released in filmed footage on TikTok.
The three officers have faced suspension from their duties for their actions.
In the TikTok video posted on Twitter, one officer holds the man down to the ground as another repeatedly and relentlessly punches the man’s head and a third forcibly nails him with his knee multiple times in a row.
At one point, the officer punching the man in the head lifts the man’s head up from the ground and slams it back down into the cement sidewalk as the man tries to protect his head with his hands, the video shows.
You can vaguely see the man’s head bleeding, as he finally lays limp on the ground. A shoe that was ripped off in the struggle can be seen nearby.
The Arkansas State Police are investigating the arrest, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said.
“I have spoken with Col. Bill Bryant of the Arkansas State Police and the local arrest incident in Crawford County will be investigated pursuant to the video evidence and the request of the prosecuting attorney,” Hutchinson tweeted.
Two of the officers are deputies with the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office and the third is an officer with the Mulberry Police Department.
The sheriff’s office had requested the state police to investigate.
“In reference to the video circulating social media involving two Crawford County Deputies, we have requested that Arkansas State Police conduct the investigation and the Deputies have been suspended pending the outcome of the investigation,” Crawford County Sherriff Jimmy Damante said in a statement. “I hold all my employees accountable for their actions and will take appropriate measures in this matter.”
Mulberry city officials also said that the Mulberry police officer was placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the state investigation.
“We will take the appropriate actions at the conclusion of the investigation,” the officials said in a statement.
The officers had arrived to deal with a report of a man making threats to an employee of a convenience store on Sunday morning.
The man, Randall Worcester of South Carolina, allegedly spit at the worker and threatened to cut off their face.
Officers caught up to Worcester, 27, as he tried to flee on a bike. The officers said they tried to first approach him calmly and in a civil manner while talking to him, but he started to attack one of the officers. This led to Worcester shoving the officer to the ground.
The attack caused all three officers to restrain Worcester and apparently beat him profusely as can be seen in the video.
In the footage filmed from inside a car, a woman’s voice can be heard gasping at the violence.
“Oh s–t, this is bad,” she says.
She gasps when she sees the officer slam the man’s head into the ground and says something inaudible, along the lines of “There is no need to be beating the s–t out of him”, to the officers.
“Back the f–k up,” one officer can be heard saying as another follows with “Get in your car.”
He spit at someone and threatened bodily harm then attacked an officer. No doubt he was resisting. Why do all the phone wielding video takers seem to be bleeding heart liberals that would rather defend a thug than protect innocent lives?
Because they’re the ones with a hard-on to put it on their Tik Tok.
I’d have simply not decided it and moved on with my day,
IF THE OFFICERS FOLLOW THEIR TRAINING PROPERLY, THEY WOULDN’T HAVE TO USE SO MUCH VIOLENCE AGAINST A SUSPECT. THEY EVIDENTLY GOT TOO CLOSE TO HIM, IF HE ATTACKED ONE OF THEM. USE OF THE TASER IS FOR UNCOOPERATIVE SUSPECTS. WHAT THE OFFICERS DID, WAS EXCESSIVE FORCE, RECORDED ON THE CAMERA/ PHONE.
I get it, I really do. And the videos always capture the end not the provocation. But, all three officers should have body cameras to challenge the narrative. If they turned those cameras off they deserve what they get.
and what if it was you they were beating the shit out of?? bet your story would be different !!
Trump is a thug, a liar, by his own admission a sexual assaulter ,racist and demagogue you support him, don’t get it twisted. Can’t wait to see him in an orange suit lock him up, the crock
It would seem that the greatest news is that of assaulting the police without thinking of what might have caused such an intervention of THREE police officers over one alleged trouble maker . I feel that three police officers might have been needed to restrain such person probably – (and I do say most likely) not heeding to for whichever reason such person to be detained. This type of criticism toward the police evidently going about their business reminds me of the far west in the 18th century shooting with criticism prior to thinking. All in all this type of criticism launched at the police can only cause more havoc among all and favor those who might be truly wrong.
I am on broard with policeman to protect and service. But not abuse, this is not what they are called to do. Three to one they could have subdued him, there was no weapon. Except for their fist, hands, knees etc. All lives matter, as citizens or officers. But only defend yourself when you have to as a policeman or a citizen. What the man did was wrong and he should be assrested and charged, but not beat up over it. There are good cops but with the good are mixed bad, those are the ones that have to be fired. Police dept know the bad from the good, but wait until they are catch like now to do something about it. Get rid of your rotten ones, they are hurting all policeman everywhere.
As a retired police investigator I have seen how police departments have become trash collectors, I don’t know these offers background however, I do know many who are punks who where bullied in school and when they have the opportunity to wear a police uniform it becomes pay back, and they police with a more heavier hand than other officers. What I mean about police departments becoming trash collector it works like this, if an officer if found to be a problem to their department that are given an option quite or be fired so if they quite which many do they keep their certification and now have the opportunity to move on to another department, Hench trash out and trash in. I have also seen that this option is mainly exclusive to white officers many black officers are fired and loose there ability to serve as a police officer again, and most times the punishment doesn’t fit the crime. Many white officers have the hold over mentality of those who held that position back in the 60s. However, black or white officers trash is trash and with a crooked cop no one is safe not other officers and not the public.
THANK YOU SIR FOR ENLIGHTENING THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW THE PROTOCOL OF A POLICE OFFICER.
Point Blank Police Brutality
How would you expect anybody to want to be a police officer when they got to walk on eggshells dealing with people who claim they want to cut somebody’s face off after they spit in their face and then attack a police officer when there’s three of them standing there? I have no sympathy at all for this guy if he would spit my face and threaten to cut my face off he would be hoping that that’s all he’d get is get his ass beat up by a few cops. He deserved every damn thing he got
IF THAT WAS YOU BEING BEAT LIKE THAT BY THREE “THUGS” WEARING BADGES AND GUNS, YOU PROBABLY BE HOLLERING FOR YO’ MAMA AND DADDY TO SUE THE POLICE DEPT.
Beat this piece of shit, and start hospitalizing the BLM protesters.
The cops must have a way to let off steam, a good sound ass whipping will keep you in line.
The criminal will never spit at or threaten to cut someone again.
I think that the cops should have authority to shoot any ass hole that videos them, these jerk offs are the reason why we have such desention in this country, giving all the scum bag progressives a reason to attack.