Watch: Oklahoma Cops Beat Man and Handcuff Him for Having Medical Episode - PINAC News
Stop making me hit you. "A man having a medical emergency while driving ended up veering off a highway and landing in a ditch, slumping over on the passenger seat and alarming witnesses who rushed to help, then called 911, figuring he would receive the proper care. Not a chance. Instead, Oklahoma Highway Patrol officers arrived on the scene within five minutes and began yelling at him to “put your car in park,” according to a video recorded by a witness. When the man did not immediately comply, the cops busted out both the driver side window and the passenger side window. “PUT YOUR CAR IN PARK!” the cop kept yelling, striking the man with the baton. The man mumbled that his car was parked, but the cop told him it was not in park – striking him again with the baton for good measure. They then opened his car door and dragged him out – hitting him again with their baton – before laying him flat on his face on the asphalt and handcuffing him. Then, once the man was in handcuffs, the officers felt safe and secure and were able to determine what the witness had determined from the beginning. That the man was suffering from a medical episode. It was only then that the cops called for an ambulance, which is when the man received the medical attention he needed. Oklahoma Highway Patrol officers defended the actions of the officers, saying just because a man is having a medical episode is no excuse for him not to comply with the orders of police, justifying it with the phrase “officer safety.”3 They also say he was “passively resisting,” which merited a beatdown."
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