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| South Carolina man was brutally assualted by Arkansas police. |
Be warned, there is graphic video.
Gov. Karen Hutchinson of Arkansas has called for a state probe into the actions of the Crawford County Sheriff's Office after a video went viral of three cops serving an unarmed man a concrete salad.
Randall Worcester was repeated served a hot plate after the law accused him of spitting on a gas station worker and making terroristic threats. He is originally from South Carolina and was in a convenience story in the town of Mulberry, Arkansas. The incident happened on Aug. 21 where a woman recorded the incident. The cops would soon notice the video and tried to arrest the woman for recording them.
They were on top of Randall and they repeated served him and one of them placed their goddamn knee on his neck.
The video did not last more than a minute but it went viral on TikTok before it was pulled. Of course, Facebook and Twitter had pulled the video as well.
Arkansas cop seen kneeing, face punching then grabbing hair of person & smashing person’s head into cement
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) August 21, 2022
From @MitchellMcCoy: Arkansas State Police launch investigation into this incident, captured on camera, outside a convenience store in Crawford Co. pic.twitter.com/UrZU2dq3PN
TikTok removed my post of the video because of harassment and bullying. pic.twitter.com/Xt0YXrq6M2
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) August 22, 2022
In my news conference this afternoon, I shared my concerns regarding the video of the arrest in Crawford County this weekend. These actions were not consistent with their training, and this behavior does not represent law enforcement in Arkansas. https://t.co/tqQPwR6qST
— Gov. Asa Hutchinson (@AsaHutchinson) August 23, 2022
Arkansas State Police said Sunday night that it would investigate the use of force by the officers earlier in the day outside a convenience store in Mulberry, about 140 miles (220 kilometers) northwest of Little Rock.
Two Crawford County sheriff's deputies and one Mulberry police officer were suspended Sunday, city and county authorities said. The officers were responding to a report of a man making threats outside the convenience store, authorities said.
Worcester was taken to a hospital for treatment Sunday then released and booked in the Van Buren County jail on multiple charges, including second-degree battery, resisting arrest and terroristic threatening, state police said.
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| The moment they knew they fucked up. |
Authorities have not released the names of the three officers who were seen on the video. Crawford County Sheriff Jimmy Damante said Sunday that the two deputies were suspended pending an investigation.
“I hold all my employees accountable for their actions and will take appropriate measures in this matter,” Damante said.
In a statement released Sunday evening, Mulberry Police Chief Shannon Gregory said the city officer involved in the incident is on leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
“The city of Mulberry and the Mulberry police department takes these investigations very seriously,” Gregory said.
Hutchinson said Sunday night on Twitter that the “incident in Crawford County will be investigated pursuant to the video evidence and the request of the prosecuting attorney.”
The suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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