Current Events > Arizona police attack a man for using his cell phone

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The Mesa (Ariz.) Police Department is under scrutiny after releasing video on Tuesday that showed officers brutally beating a man who appeared to be minding his own business while on his cellphone.

Of course, despite the fact that there is video evidence showing unnecessary force, a fact that Mesa Police Chief Ramon Batista acknowledged based on his initial review of the footage, Batista also had to apparently make excuses, claiming that the man didnt follow officers orders to sit down.
I dont feel that our officers were at their best, Batista said, according to the Arizona Republic. I dont feel this situation needed to go the way that it went.

Batista noted that the incident is being investigated and that four officers who were involved in the case have been put on paid leave pending the investigation. The officers involved have not been identified.

The incident took place on May 23 at an apartment complex where officers were responding to a domestic violence call. The victim, identified as 33-year-old Robert Johnson, is a friend of the suspect.

In the footage, Johnson can be seen leaning on a railing while on his phone. An officer can be seen talking to another man who is sitting against a wall. The elevator opens and more cops come out, approaching Johnson and frisking him.

Once they realize he has nothing on him, the cops point to the wall near the railing, presumably telling Johnson to move away, which he does, while still looking at his phone, occasionally putting it to his ear

At one point, Johnson is leaning against the wall looking down at his phone when four officers start to circle him. Video footage shows the four officers then start to pummel him repeatedly, knocking him to the ground before ultimately handcuffing him and using a zip tie to secure his feet.

Johnson was arrested on charges of suspicion of disorderly conduct and hindering.

Toward the end of the video, one officer can be seen wrapping a white cloth around Johnsons face, covering his eyes, before officers pick him up by his feet and arms and carry him into the elevator.

We literally need personal recordings devices woven into our clothes. Police officers nationwide are waging war
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@TheUsualSuspect s
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They probably have a vacation coming up so they needed time off.
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That seems unnecessary.
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Oinks gonna oink
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I thought the foundation of America was to fight tyranny
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Same department that killed Daniel Shaver.
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How aren't these officers fired and put in jail? This is assault
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FrisbeeDude posted...

I dont feel that our officers were at their best, Batista said, according to the Arizona Republic. I dont feel this situation needed to go the way that it went.

fuck this pig. they literally assaulted someone. if someone did that to your pigs would you be ok with it??

no you wouldn't.

what a fucking scumbag.
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Getting rid of Sheriff Joe was a good start, but we still have a ways to go
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FrisbeeDude posted...

At one point, Johnson is leaning against the wall looking down at his phone when four officers start to circle him. Video footage shows the four officers then start to pummel him repeatedly, knocking him to the ground before ultimately handcuffing him and using a zip tie to secure his feet.

Johnson was arrested on charges of suspicion of disorderly conduct and hindering.

What the fuck man.

I've seen this before, not a guy getting beat up for using his phone mind you, but someone hanging around a crime scene trying to stir up shit while pretending that they aren't. Cops hate that shit so much.

That said, the officers are clearly way more in the wrong and should be fired.
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paid leave

lmfao hahahahahahhah yeah lets give people incentives to pull shit like this
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I'm not anti-police but this is disgusting.
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why do cops always punch people in the head repeatedly? that can be deadly and cops love to do it with glee

SpiralDrift posted...

I'm not anti-police but this is disgusting.

Why do you have to lead with the fact that you're not anti-police?
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holy fuck that dude got his jaw blasted by the brown cop.

pigs gonna oink. lol paid vacation time.
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Zikten posted...

why do cops always punch people in the head repeatedly? that can be deadly and cops love to do it with glee

Because generally people attracted to policework are terrible human beings who get off on exercising their ability to use violence with the sanction of the state.
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Paid leave...man...why do I always hear that about the police? Are our taxes paying for people to go home and still get paid for doing nothing except causing shit?