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The city of Austin and a police officer are facing a lawsuit over excessive force after a homeless man claims he was not engaged in criminal activity when he was wrongfully slammed to the ground by a police officer. Justin Tyler Scott was initially charged after he allegedly attempted to take a stun gun from officer Gregory White and use it against him in February of last year. The criminal charges against Scott were later dismissed. The lawsuit counters the claims against Scott claiming the officer attacked him.
The situation unfolded in Northeast Austin as officer White responded to a call about a suspicious person described as an African-American female. White approached Scott, and began interrogating him. The lawsuit claims “without provocation†White punched, elbowed, kneed and used a stun gun on Scott before throwing him to the ground. According to White, Scott was behaving suspiciously and tensing up during questioning. As White tried to detain Scott and handcuff him, he says Scott tensed up and resisted causing an ensuing struggle. During the scuffle, both men ended up on the ground.
“But the one thing that was wrong that day was the treatment of an individual and using that type of excessive force on an individual when it wasn’t necessary,†said Scott Vasquez, Justin Scott’s attorney. White says he yelled that he would use his Taser if Scott didn’t stop resisting. The officer claims as he pointed the Taser towards Scott’s midsection he allegedly reached out and grabbed the weapon. The two continued to wrestle over the Taser, and White says he ultimately managed to pin Scott face-down to the ground with the Taser underneath his body. White held Scott until other officers came to help him and put Scott in handcuffs.
White also said APD review found his use of force was within APD policy, according to a transcript of a 2015 motions hearing in Scott’s criminal case provided by Scott’s attorney. The lawsuit says Scott was not doing anything to warrant suspicion. Scott says the use of a Taser so close to his heart resulted in injuries to his body and mental health. Along with the excessive force claims, Scott says he was wrongfully arrested and imprisoned. Spokesperson for the city of Austin said the city had not yet been served with the suit. The president of the Austin Police Association was also reserving comment until he had more information about the case.
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Unfortunately it is the fault of these criminal cops if relations with the public are increasingly tense, when you face certain situations for the first time you never know what can happen and you foresee the worst, consequently some fight, others give up. But the fault lies solely with the exalted lard ball. so i hope he loose his job forever
Well, the officer definitely went too far. He escalated it way beyond what it needed to be.
imagine complying
its weard but his screams make me feel like i wanna hit him too. so punchable
Police Brutality Again' i Guess That COP Hates Homeless People' is why That ignorant COP Used his HEAD as Target Practice With his FIST…
I think Scott will get paid IF his lawyer doesn't throw him under the bus. A Bomb lawyer will do that ya know.
Courts found that Scott was NOT resisting, but granted immunity to the officer because SCOTT failed to prove that officer was not entitled to immunity. QUESTION: if it is clear that Scott was not resisting but protecting himself, why is White granted immunity AFTER attacking Scott WITHOUT probable cause? That's smells like dirty system to me.
Courts found that Scott Resistance was LEGAL given the initial take down was excessive force. Texas law says that a person victim of initial excessive force take down without probable cause can PROTECT themselves against the officer. Scott was not Resisting, he was protecting himself as he had a RIGHT to do.
Well the court just denied this officer's request for qualified immunity; yes!
All police should be killed
Policeman had information on him that we dont have. Violence perhaps was necessary. I dont know
dude is screaming like a bitch in heat, five o is def. a PIG
Brain dead or chemicals. Either way you never know which way it will go.
Another toxic and dysfunctional "peace" officer wreaking havoc and misery wherever he goes.
ive never in my life herd a man scream like that before. not even a six year old little girl makes sounds like he did… it was a guy right?
He's just a bitch that's why
Sounds like a Democrat bitch
screams like a little bitch
Disgusting!
JUST ANOTHER DIRTY COP DOING DIRTY.
That dude got some mental problems.
Sometimes you just feel like beating some Antifa soy-boy ass.
Shown on faux news because he's white and angry about the country being stolen from them…lmfao
Yeah. The taser caused problems with this guy’s mental health. 🙄
I'm sorry, but I have to agree with the subject on this one, this was excessive use and unnecessary (or at least premature) use of force. The officer should have called for another unit. There was no obvious indication the person was going to flee or cause harm to the officer. "White also said APD review found his use of force was within APD policy." Really? Then the whole city should be sued for having an imbecile for a Police Chief, the Department's attorney, and anyone else who wrote off on this policy.
PSA for everyone! Failure to identify is OBSTRUCTION OF AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION! Don't listen to the nimrods here who are saying "but he has a right to remain silent." That's regarding things that may incriminate you, not your identification!
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The guy who the cop is beating could possibly be on the autism spectrum.
You got a lot of cowboys down there huh?
That was unnecessary. Guy had no legal obligation to answer any of the officer's questions.
Can clearly tell the guy was a gay dude.. 😂 should of been shot for too much feminine character.
A lot of sick people in the united states
that's a whole lotta homosexuality going on in one video… oh wait…
My ears hurt from all that screaming.
punching is no way to restraint
This is scary. Life is hard for poor people anyway and he is just walking and without any explanation he receives such a horrible treatment from a person that is supposed to protect you from harm but instead just saw an easy target to release some tension upon.
Has the right to remain silent as a cop he should know this.. kid could of been on drugs and completley scared and unaware of what to do. Hope this officer chooses a new career and I hope this kid wins his settlements.
I'd say he made out lucky. At least he didn't get shot 😠And lived to sue another day 🙃
this cop should be dead!!!
This fucking cop is a pussy messing with this wimpy guy let him try that shit on some gandmembers yeah right that will be the day lmfao !!! What a coward cop !!
This fucking cop is a pussy messing with this wimpy guy let him try that shit on some gandmembers yeah right that will be the day lmfao !!! What a coward cop !!
He ain't gonna be homeless anymore when the officer was CLEARLY in the wrong. You aren't allowed to be arrested UNLESS you commit a crime. It's real simple
The cop was totally unjustified to sucker punch the guy. Plus, this was probably an illegal stop anyway.
Dude was guilty of something he wouldn't answer any questions the officer asked him he can detain u for that an when u resist he can punch you in the face an if u try to grab his tazer he can shoot u I don't see any lawsuit hear good luck Lmfao
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