From WLTX News in South Carolina:
Officer Who Shoved Skateboarder Gets Suspension
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP, WLTX) — The Charleston police officer seen on Internet video pushing a skateboarder over a bush at a city park has been suspended for ten days. Police Chief Greg Mullen says 49-year-old officer Willie Simmons used an unnecessary level of force. The 19-year-old skateboarder declined to file assault charges against Simmons.
The officer was taped pushing a skateboarder off his board at the Waterpark in downtown. The officer defended herself by saying that that skateboarding is illegal in Charleston. As a result, the 19-year-old injured his lower back and ankle.
Fascinating. Now watch it again.
4 comments
House of Neil
10 days? That’s it? Use of force should always be the last resort of a law enforcement officer, not the first. Did this kooky bitch get ANY training at all?
Barb Kohl
I do not condone “force” but the stupid *** KNEW it was illegal, and they had to see her standing there, and did it as a dare.
She called their bluff, and I applaud her for her no nonsense way of putting it back in their face. Hurt his back and ankle.. BooHoo.. Like he hasn’t fallen on his *** before, with a lot worse? She pushed him into bushes! All that was injured was his stupid ego, and she embarassed him. He deserved every bit of it. She should get an award..
andrew t
that was such bullshit in the middle of the trick she puses him and 10 day suspention have that bitch off the force cops gotta stop fucking with skaters
andrew t
and barb Kohl shut ur skanky trap and lets see wat happens if u were in the middle of a trick and a cop pushed u into a fucking bush u cocksucking whore