Grandfather Bill Swan from Lone Jack, MO was beaten so severly by police that they bloodied his face, bruised his hip and broke 2 of his ribs.
All of this because Swan complained about a utility crew digging on his property.
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The following day Police Chief William Forbes got back to KCTV5, saying he wasn’t able to respond Thursday because he was already gone for the day by 4:30 p.m. He did release an official statement, though:“Public Works was near the individual’s house repairing some utility lines on the city’s easement. The individual has felt for some time that they were on his property. He went out and yelled at them that they were on his property, to get off his property, that he was going to sue, etc. The workers felt he was being abusive, so they called police. When the police got there, the individual was on his tractor. He first tried to back into their police car. Then, he tried to leave the scene.”“The officers gave him verbal and hand signs to stop. He refused to do so, turned his tractor around, and tried to run over the officers. One of the officers was able to get on the tractor and shut it off. He became combative, swung at the officers, and tried to get the officer’s firearm out of his holster. During the scuffle trying to subdue him, he suffered a cut on his head. EMS was called. EMS responded. He was abusive to them and refused treatment. He was then brought to the station where were was booked for disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and two counts of assaulting a police officer.”“He will have his day in court.”Besides his official statement, Forbes added that he believes his officers handled the situation properly because “They were in fear of their lives.”When questioned about how fearful his officers were of an 80-year-old man, Forbes said, “It doesn’t matter how old a man is if he’s on a tractor and he’s trying to run you over.”
Arez Phoenix you posted the smartest comment i have ever read… Seriously! Well done!! 🙂
Those guys should be real proud of themselves!
Most of you are idiots lmao
All you people with the bad comments about the police need to get your heads out of your asses so you understand what really went on.First mistake the older man did was try to hit a police car..Most of you don’t think before you speek
smh this is crazy and sad.
it does not matter he should of went to jail but to beat an old man like that was just $#%&!@*ed up
I agree robin that is messed up to beat up an older person
The old man was in the wrong, first off, it was city property, not his, he had no right to threaten the utility workers with running over them with a tractor. He had no right to threaten to run over the police officers with a tractor. This site is obviously attempting to rally the feeble-minded up against the police by posting this sensationalized extremely slanted BS story. Shame on the site owners for posting propaganda and shame on the morons who fall for it.
Cops lie on THIER reports all the time I do not BELeive the cops story one bit!! They always never tell the real truth even in traffic accidents!! I have got them so many times with inaccurate info