Officer Jesus Martinez was recently fired from the Dallas Police Dept. and charged with official oppression, which is a Class A misdemeanor, for using excessive force against a homeless man.
The cop apparently maced himself and took out his frustration on this panhandler.
For three-and-a-half minutes, Joe Wesson can be heard screaming and groaning in pain in a recording of his arrest.
The video was shot by a passerby who saw Wesson being arrested in June 2014.
You can hear the passerby commenting on the tape, ‘Damn, that is unnecessary.’
Wesson is pictured already handcuffed and not resisting arrest. Officer Jesus Martinez stays on top of him and yanks Wesson’s arm over his head several times.
‘He actually was kneeing me in my back and pulled both my arms in the air like he was trying to break both of them,’ Wesson said.
According to an arrest affidavit, Martinez said Wesson was panhandling, and resisted arrest by swinging at the officer with closed fists and grabbing the officer’s uniform, causing it to rip.
The officer said he had to use pepper spray but that was not captured on video, and Wesson disputes the account.
‘I am 57 years old. I’m not thinking that it’s that serious for a cop to really take that much force on one guy,’ Wesson said.
The officer did radio for assistance, but remained on top of Wesson even after other officers arrived. He eventually left Wesson lying on the concrete.
‘Clearly, we have an issue here in the City of Dallas, and something needs to be addressed,’ said Daryl Kevin Washington, Wesson’s attorney.
Wesson was charged with resisting arrest.
The Dallas Police Department declined comment, saying there are ongoing internal and criminal investigations into the officer’s actions.
Not all law enforcement officers are like this. Most are respectful and honorable men and women.
Dalton that may have been the case 20 years ago, but sadly it’s not the case anymore. Also until the good cops start turning in the bad cops they all get a bad rap in my opinion
A simple youtube search will give you thousands of examples that contradict your statement
Dennis… I can find thousands of examples of bad teachers, thousands examples of bad workouts, thousands of examples of almost anything on YouTube… but that doesn’t mean they’re all bad. That’s the problem today. People see information on social media and take it at face value instead of knowing the WHOLE truth. Is there police abuse, I’m sure there is, no doubt. But to say most law enforcement is not respectable because of YouTube searches is ignorant.
What rock do you live under
Great state of North Dakota!!!!
Stop eating up the media sensationalism surrounding police. There’s hundreds of thousands in law enforcement nationally. You hear of these national headlines and all of a sudden the media tricks you into thinking it’s happening everywhere, and in your backyard. Give me a break. Stop feeding into this c**p.
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Come to red river county in Texas. You’ll change your mind real fast about that!! Lol
What