So, You can't walk huh??.....

[John Doe Jr]

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (WOOD) — The Battle Creek Police Department says it’s investigating video of a traffic stop posted on social media with claims the officers mistreated the driver.

Police said Friday the video was recorded during a traffic stop near Washington Avenue and Emmett Street around 1 p.m. Thursday. BCPD says the officers knew the driver had a suspended license; he was also wanted on a felony arrest warrant, they say.

The department says it’s reviewing all sources of video and audio from the traffic stop to try to determine if any rules were broken. So far, no official complaint has been filed in connection to the traffic stop.

Police say the driver’s condition was assessed at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo before he was turned back over to police. The driver remains in the Calhoun County jail awaiting arraignment.

BCPD plans to make an official statement in the investigation early next week.

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[Willy]

I don't think the video is conclusive regarding abuse. I can't understand why the police refused to let him use the walker.

[stump]

Maybe if he used his walker he might get away. Or, maybe use it as a weapon. Seems kinda dumb after the one cop gets the walker from the back seat, then the other one rips the driver out of the car and wouldn't let him use it after repeated request.   POWER TRIP on the cops part.

[XLFD]

If the guy was actually being arrested for the outstanding felony warrant, I don't see the officers' actions as excessive force.  They otherwise acted polite, helped the man get off the ground (which they would have had to do anyway), and carried him over slippery ground rather than have him use the walker.  I see nothing wrong on the video.

[AQUAMAN]

Big LAWSUIT on the way with this video being recorded. Police abuse on a handicap person, unworthy and unnecessary imho. Poor arrest actions, even if warrant exists, never heard them say anything about that though.

[XLFD]

Lifting and carrying an arrested suspect who can't walk just doesn't rise to the level of excessive force in my opinion.  Unless there's more involved beyond what the video shows, I think there's not much of a case here.

It looks as if they are on the roadside and concerned with traffic in icy conditions; I do not fault the officer for carrying him out of harm's way for all involved, rather than have him get up off the ground using his walker and perhaps fall out into the road.  I might even commend the officer if this is all that was involved, and everyone knows how tough a critic I am on them.

[stump]

Christmas spirit must have got to XLFD .

[XLFD]

Don't let the city council know. 

These types of incidents don't trouble me nearly as much as what happened locally with Kimberly Septrion, Joe McAdam, William Marble, Alan Ross, Martin Schilling, and others.  The ones I mention here were not guilty of any crime but three were beaten with excessive force, four were held under spurious charges, and one was killed in his own house by the itchy trigger finger of a state trooper.   None of the police involved were held accountable for their mistakes.  That's what sours my eggnog, when I think of these people and their families that suffered at the hands of those who should be protecting and serving them.

[AQUAMAN]

If you listen to the handicap man during the video, he sounds very hurt, and wanting his leg braces removed so he can bend his legs to officers' requests. They continued to ignore that the entire episode, and force him into the car with great pain as he screamed out. That isn't doing your duty, it's pure punishment and abuse of powers. This will certainly be a BIG LAWSUIT that any personal injury attorney will win with a jury, and the officers' will be fired and/or suspended for.

[XLFD]

Aquaman, the date of this traffic stop the average temperature at Battle Creek was 10 degrees Fahrenheit.  The guy arrested had admittedly slid off his seat onto the ground into the icy sludge.  Let's reasonably presume that he has no use of his legs to help himself up from the ground using his walker.  I tried this myself with my mother's walker (she thought it rather odd) on a carpeted floor, not an icy street, and try as I might, I could not get off the ground without a bit of help from my legs.  A reasonable and caring officer would pick the guy up and carry him to his waiting patrol car to arrest the man for the outstanding warrant.  The video doesn't catch any signs of brutality if any ever occurred.

Now, in further reviewing the actual case, I think the officer was wrong in stopping this man in the first place, and I think they are definitely wrong in charging the arrested man with resisting.  According to this Battle Creek Enquirer article, the policeman made the stop because he thought the man did not have a driver's license.  That's not reasonable suspicion.  Charging a physically disabled man with resisting arrest when the 'resisting' seems to be due to the limits of the disability is rather petty and vindictive, and it reflects poorly on the Battle Creek Police Department.