Police: Officer accused of beating handcuffed man suspended

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Updated 5:49 pm, Friday, August 4, 2017


PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say an officer has been suspended after he was reportedly videotaped slamming a handcuffed man to the ground and bashing his head on the side of a swimming pool.

Authorities say 26-year-old Officer James Yeager surrendered to the department's internal affairs unit on Friday. The July 10 beating left the man hospitalized in critical condition.

A video uploaded to social media the day of the incident shows a group of officers grabbing a handcuffed man and slamming him to the ground. The video also shows an officer picking up the man and smashing his head into the side of a pool.

Police say the 21-year-old man was resisting arrest for narcotics by swinging his arms and kicking.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Police-Officer-suspended-for-beating-handcuffed-11735382.php

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Officer James Yeager

[TheDebbieDee]

1. Blue POS!

[lunasun]

2. Get a paid vacation bfd

[benfranklin1776]

3. Disgusting in the extreme.

It is a dangerous state of affairs when those sworn to uphold the law violate it with impunity. Of course I am sure he'll use the Donald Trump said it was ok" defense, highlighting the truth of Brandeis observation:
"Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy." Although in this case I submit this lawbreaking invites fascism and its attendant jack booted thuggery.

[jb5150]

4. Yes, your honor ...

... he was handcuffed, and there were 10 officers there, but I felt threatened. POS

[riversedge]

5. k and R.