“I asked him kindly to move the car,” Reyes stated. “He glared at me and stared at me. And then, I said an expletive, ‘You need to move the car because I can’t get through.’”
Despite claims by the police dept., the witness who shot the video stated that the man was not resisting arrest and had done nothing wrong.
What are they putting in the police department water coolers these days?
Reyes, now covered in bruises, said that the officer began to question him about being on probation, after he was previously arrested for drug possession and carrying a concealed weapon.
The exchange devolved into physical altercation when Reyes “resisted arrest,” according to a sheriff’s spokeswoman.
The video begins with the deputy standing over Reyes, who is lying on the ground. He then forcefully stomps his head into the ground with his boot, and begins striking him repeatedly with a flashlight.
“America help me!” Reyes cries, saying “this officer is abusing me in public.”
When the deputy orders Reyes to lie on his stomach, he yells back, “I’m trying to” and “I’ll turn over if you let me up.”
Reyes told reporters that it was impossible for him to turn over because he was being tasered. “How can I roll over when my body’s twitching with 100,000 volts going through it,” Reyes said.
Sacramento County Undersheriff Jaime Lewis, who is now conducting an “investigation,” claims that the video isn’t representative of the entire incident. “Let’s face it, had the subject complied with the officer’s directives from the initial contact and beyond, we wouldn’t be sitting here talking about this today,” Lewis said, noting that the officer has been placed on paid administrative leave while “concerning” portions of the video are assessed.
The witness who shot the video, Michael White, says that Reyes was not resisting arrest and had not done anything wrong.
“The cop was walking around him, and he Tased him several times, and you could see the guy’s body convulse about three or four times,” White said. “And he’s not yelling or anything. He was not trying to get away.”
“I think [the officer] should get fired,” White said. “I think he should go to jail. I don’t think administrative leave is enough.”
Cops do what they want when they want. Not all of them but a lot of them act like Nazis. Then they sit behind trees, fences and other cars with their tax collecting radar guns, but only in those areas that the speed limits are unreasonably low. Do they give tickets for other violations, usually no,only if it generates dollars.
How are you resisting arrest when you aren’t even being arrested? They let him go and didn’t charge him with anything but resisting arrest–except he wasn’t arrested, nor was there anything to arrest him for. Cop should go to jail for 10 years and be forced to wear a jumper that says “Cop convicted of bratalizing an innocent citizen.”
“America help me!” Reyes cries, saying “this officer is abusing me in public.” Who says that while being attacked? An very bad “actor” making a video to try and “get” a cop, that’s who.
Why aren’t there any film of black cops brutalizing people. Black folks must have a learning disability. They can not be taught to abuse those they serve!!!
A disturbing video for sure. However, comply with officers IMEDIATELY and things always go better. That being said- officers are not perfect, and some are bad. Do not judge all police by the actions of a few bad officers. No normal person in this country wants to live in a community without law enforcement.
“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.”
― George Orwell, 1984
If this is true, the Deputy should be peppered sprayed, tasered, thrown to the ground and his head be stomped upon. After that, turn it over to the justice system.
I wonder if he would have done that with a black man? Coward!
So where are the BLM members blocking roads with linked arms and calling for the death of cops? Oh, wait, he’s not an afrikan yard ape.
Where is the patrol vehicle the was blocking the road so that only this guy could not get around?
YOU CANNOT condemn this police officer that was videoed for only part of the “incident”! There is too much speculation, and since the “victim” had a record, I can only assume he is lying!