Damn Skate Boarders
The kids weren’t even smarting off to the cop.
One thing’s for sure, the kids are lucky they got this on video. I doubt anyone would believe that the cop used a choke-hold on that girl if it wasn’t videotaped. She looked like a real mean one calling the cop ‘sir’ and whatnot.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A police officer who appears to choke a skateboarder and put two others in a headlock in a video posted online has been put on administrative leave while police investigate, officials said.
Hot Springs Mayor Mike Bush said Tuesday that investigators have talked with witnesses who saw the officer, Joey Williams, stop the skateboarders on a downtown city sidewalk last Thursday. Skateboarding is banned in the area.
The video shows Williams apparently choking one of the skateboarders after forcing him to the ground, then later chasing and wrestling two others while holding them in a headlock.
“Unfortunately, the video shows it pretty good,” Bush said.
Bush said he won’t be sure of the city’s next step until the investigation is complete. The video, taken by Matthew Jon McCormack and another unidentified skater, was posted Monday on YouTube, a popular Internet site.
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