Suspect
Derrick A. Price didn’t spit, didn’t kick, didn’t threaten. He knelt and then
lay on the pavement, hands outstretched, when arrested by sheriff’s deputies in
a community south of Ocala.
Then he was
beaten.
“Stop
resisting!” at least one deputy called out, as Price reacted to the blows.
Five
ex-Marion County deputies now face possible prison terms. As they captured
Price, video captured their conduct.
A federal
grand jury in Tampa charged the last of the disgraced lawmen late Tuesday,
accusing Jesse Alan Terrell, 33, of violating Price’s civil rights. Four of
Terrell’s former colleagues had already pleaded guilty to the crime after
accepting plea agreements.
Video
showed what Marion Sheriff Chris Blair saw before suspending the deputies —
without pay — four days after the Aug. 7, 2014, incident.
It captured
deputies kneeing, kicking and pummeling a prostrate man, with no sign of
resistance, while one sat on his legs. It showed a puddle of blood where his
face had rested.
Price
suffered facial abrasions, swelling and bruised ribs, but was not hospitalized.
This is how
officers arrest black men suspected with possession of drugs. That’s hatred! I
hope all these beasts would never work as police officers again. There should
be no place for power tripping jerks in police.
Death to every one.
I hate that my first reaction was, “Whew, he’s alive”
