Saturday, December 09, 2023

Only In The South!

Would you want this deputy working for your city?

An Alabama sheriff's deputy was seen on camera tasing a handcuffed man and berating him. 

Micah Washington was tased by Deputy Dana Elmore, the longtime member of the Pickens County Sheriff's Department and a reserve for the town of Reform. He was facing resisting arrest, drug charges and illegal weapons possession. Some of the charges were dropped.

The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Washington was arrested near Tuscaloosa on suspicion. He was changing his girlfriend's tire and Elmore stopped and detained Washington. During the encounter, he was armed and it led to an arrest. As he was talking about the unfair arrest, he was tased, berated and threatened with being shot. While he was handcuffed and tased, he cries and pleads for mercy.

The cop threatened to do more harm.

The felony fentanyl trafficking charge against an Alabama man who was hit with a stun gun while he was handcuffed and face down on the hood of an officer’s police car has been dismissed.

Washington, 24, still faces three additional charges that stem from his encounter with Elmore on Saturday, but he is out of jail on bond.

Removed with pay. The controversial arrest has Alabama state officials looking into cop's previous encounters. No body camera footage released yet.

The ordeal began when Washington was changing a flat tire on a Pickens County roadway, not far from his aunt’s house, Maxwell said. Washington and others were going back and forth to the house to get equipment needed to change the tire when Elmore stopped to question Johnson.

Maxwell said the officer asked him what was going on and asked him for identification. Washington told the officer he was not doing anything wrong, knew his rights and didn’t have to provide that information if he wasn’t detained.

Washington pulled out his phone to start recording and Elmore used a stun gun on Washington, which caused him to drop to the ground. He was then handcuffed.

What happened next was caught on the now-viral video recorded by one of Washington’s family members.

The video begins with Elmore, identified through charging documents against Washington, ordering Washington “stand up” after he was handcuffed in the roadway in Pickens County.

He wanted to help his girlfriend out of a jam. The good guys always seem to get the short end of a stick.

She then tells him to lay down on the front of a vehicle, which he does face down.

The officer then holds a stun gun to Washington’s back while she goes through his pockets. She tells him to “stay still” at which point he says, “I ain’t doing shit, bro. I got a gun right there.”

Elmore laughs as she retrieves the gun and says, “Oh yea.”

She then deploys the stun gun directly into Washington’s back, telling him to “shut the fuck up” as he screams.

Washington then begins to cry, repeatedly saying, “Oh my God.”

The officer then says, “Do you want it again?” as Washington continues to cry. “Shut your bitch ass up,’’ the officer says.

That’s where the video ended.

Reform police Chief Richard Black and Mayor Melody Davis sent out a statement Monday acknowledging they are aware of the video of Washington’s arrest. Elmore remains on leave with pay.

“The department is in the process of turning over all materials related to this arrest to the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation and has requested a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the arrest,’’ the statement said.

Micah Washington is traumatized by the ordeal. The far right will justify his arrest by his mugshot after the arrest.

Washington was initially charged with trafficking fentanyl, obstructing government operations, resisting arrest and first-degree possession of marijuana.

24th Judicial Circuit District Attorney Andy Hamlin filed a motion to dismiss the fentanyl trafficking charge, which was granted by District Judge Lance Bailey.

According to Hamlin’s motion, field testing on the substance indicated positive for fentanyl but addition testing failed to confirm the substance as fentanyl.

Washington was released from the Pickens County Jail on Tuesday. He posted this on his girlfriend’s Facebook page: “Thanks for the love & support fr. It’s really appreciated. I’m just happy to be free.”

Maxwell said he plans to file a $20 million lawsuit on behalf of Washington.

“These occurrences of excessive force happen every day,’’ Maxwell said. “Fortunately, this one was caught on film.”

“We will not stop working until we clear Micah’s name and hold all responsible parties accountable,’’ he said. “In addition to abuse of force, we have evidence that false criminal charges were created against Micah.”

A Florida commissioner calls the law on the mayor of Pembroke Park mayor Ashira Mohammed on the allegations she had a firearm on her and was threatened people.

The city is located in Broward County, Florida which has a population of 6,500. 

A former mayor now city commissioner has an ongoing feud with Mohammed.

A small town mayor is detained over a false allegation of a firearm being flashed.

Commissioner Geoffrey Jacobs called the Broward Sheriff’s Office, claiming Mayor Ashira Mohammed had a gun.

The mayor’s purse was searched in the commission chambers by Pembroke Park Police Chief Ra Shana Dabney-Donovan after Mohammed requested she do so publicly after already being searched privately. No gun was found.

“This is absolutely ridiculous,” Mohammed said of Jacobs’ accusation, after the search turned up no weapon.

Dabney-Donovan then explained why she had to stop the meeting.

“As a police chief, as a police officer, when I hear certain alert words, I had to come and disrupt the meeting,” Dabney-Donovan told commissioners. “So I apologize for the disruption of the meeting.”

Earlier in the meeting, Mohammed and Jacobs had a heated argument over his lack of following the rules when it comes to the time speaking.

Jacobs was previously the focus of an independent investigation that found he created a hostile work environment in the town. He has sparred with several town department heads who have since resigned, as well as his fellow commissioners.

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