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tazzygirl -> RE: civilians respond to crime,two stories (1/6/2011 3:16:43 PM)
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So you post part of a scene involving a cop with no back up of the circumstances involved, and you want reactions?
After going through the G20 here in Pittsburgh and watching first hand many of the events, later to view them as abusive on youtube, im so not buying into it.
There are always two sides to every story.
Platke said the man was causing trouble in the store and was asked to leave by Ries, who Platke said has worked at the gas station providing security for four years.
"The guy was plainly drunk," Platke said. "Inebriated."
His friends got him outside but he continued to cause problems, struggling with this friends, Platke said. Ries intervened.
"The officer grabbed him and tried to get him to come out of the car. The guy fell onto his chest and locked his arms around this officer's ankles and would not let go," Platke said. "(The officer) was there with his feet locked together, screaming at this guy to let go. He used his baton to try to hit him to get him to let go. He finally had to use (pepper spray) and the guy finally let go."
Platke said the man was grabbing the officer's ankles and said he believes Ries acted appropriately. He said Ries hit the man in the arms with the baton to get him to let go.
A Kirkwood man, 23, said he shot the video while getting gas at the Shell station. He said he had been out with three friends after an evening on Washington Avenue in downtown St. Louis and stopped for gas on his way home.
The man, who requested anonymity out of fear of retribution from police, said he thinks the officer used excessive force.
The man who shot the video said he did not see what preceded the encounter. He said he saw the officer approach the vehicle seen in the video after he pulled up to the gas pump.
"He can tell that cop to shut up without getting hit like that," the man said. "I don't think that warrants a beating like that. That cop abused his power as a police officer. A lot of times cops forget that. I guess they don't realize what they're doing sometime. Maybe if other police officers see this, they'll think first before they fly off the handle."
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_e28e3c02-1829-11e0-8561-00127992bc8b.html
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