Hopefully it's still up Seems a bit excessive, eh? P.S. if someone sees fit to copy the pictures and host them somewhere so they can be viewed in this thread, that'd be great. I don't have the bandwidth to do so, and that blog is getting slammed with traffic now apparently.
I recognize the skirt on the girl on the right, that's amfootball! Seriously though, this looks pretty bad. The cop has his knee on the girl's throat. The smeared blood on the ground makes it look like her face was dragged on the pavement. Ouch.
Dallas News Coverage Police Deny Excessive Force In Bloody Arrest Dramatic Pictures, Rumors Circulate Online POSTED: 5:16 pm CST January 16, 2006 UPDATED: 6:11 pm CST January 16, 2006 DALLAS -- E-mails and pictures circulating the Internet tell the tale of a Dallas woman's bloody run-in with police after a roller-skating outing escalated into an arrest with excessive force, but officers and some witnesses Monday told a different story. The incident happened early Saturday morning in Deep Ellum after police attempted to speak with Michelle Metzinger, 25, who, according to a police report, was intoxicated and weaving through traffic on roller skates. The pictures that stemmed from the events that followed are dramatic. They show an officer arresting Metzinger. Her face is covered in blood and there is a puddle of blood on the sidewalk. "Very excessive. Uncalled for, you know. We're talking about a 250-pound guy and a 100-pound girl. It was just over the top," witness "D.C." said. "All I saw were her feet in the air and disappearing behind a cop car." However, Dallas police and other witnesses tell a totally different story. They said Metzinger was drunk and that she not only ignored officers who asked her to stop skating in the street, but also shouted profanities. According to reports, an officer then tried to arrest Metzinger for public intoxication. She resisted and attacked the officer, Lt. Rick Watson said. "The officer attempted to turn her around, at which time the suspect then reached up and grabbed the officer's -- right part of his face -- trying to gouge the officer's eye," Watson said. Despite the interest that the story has generated online and in the media, Metzinger said she would not comment on the incident until she had consulted with a lawyer. Metzinger also had not filed a complaint report, so Dallas police were not conducting an internal investigation.
Police have the biggest chip on their shoulders....everyone is a perp. Prosecute that cop, take away his job, IF it is excessive. DD
"The officer attempted to turn her around, at which time the suspect then reached up and grabbed the officer's -- right part of his face -- trying to gouge the officer's eye," Watson said. ___________________
She is in roller derby, thus she does have a history of violence. That must be considered in this case.
Judgement should be held until all the facts are presented, but this looks terrible. I understand that the police are trained to act/react based upon certain situations but even if this officer followed procedure, this is clearly bad judgement. This makes me sad....
Black cop roughing up a white suspect. RACISM! Come on my white brothers and sisters, this is our excuse to riot.
