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Old Manton Man Mauled by Wexford Deputies
The statement at the TV 9&10 website paints a troubling picture of a 70 55 year old man and tells a story:
A Manton man could be headed to prison for fighting with Wexford County deputies.
Deputies say they found Leonard Davis II in a vehicle Sunday on M-55 near Manton.
When they tried to arrest him, they say Davis fought back.
If he's convicted of resisting arrest and assault, he could face three years behind bars.
He will be back in court next week.
This story, its incompleteness, and its visuals should concern you. This happened Sunday, only one on-line medium has commented on it, and that was today. The article says deputies were trying to arrest him, they give no clue as to why they would. A scrawny 70 55 year old man with multiple face abrasions bespeaks less ill of him, than of what may have happened to him when police decided to arrest him for some unknown reason.
The Wexford County Deputies could release videos of the encounter, they don't. They should have at least audio about the encounter, they don't release that. They have zero evidence that this man fought against the deputies, if commenters on Facebook can be believed, he was a harmless fellow who may have had mental issues. There is no excuse for such an incomplete news story when the Wexford County Sheriff should have publicly available four days later of their justification in order to show that they reacted appropriately here
As other news agencies in the area report, this article will be updated.
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Permalink Reply by XLFD on
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Very odd; this story is still up on 9&10's Facebook page, yet has been taken off their home page so that the link has been sending you to a 'blank' page for the last day. There is still nothing else out there about this on the internet, time for a FOIA request to Wexford's Sheriff's Office.
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Permalink Reply by AQUAMAN on
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Looks like the officers mauled the old man over pretty badly, sad, and probably not called for at all. From the victims looks physically, I'd say he's fairly easy to arrest without all the brutality.
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You'll probably have to wait until I get my FOIA response back from Wexford County, no other news outlet has reported further on Leonard and his plight.
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I would love to contact him or have him contact me, but he doesn't seem to have internet presence and his name is too common to get a good bead on him with people searches, I didn't find anybody matching his name in Manton.
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A 15 year age difference is what happens when you depend on Facebook comments as your secondary source for information, LOL. That's probably him; very industrious move on your part to check that information out, I figured he was out on bond by now and didn't even go there. I bow to your superior use of the resources available.
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Records from my FOIA requests have begun to trickle in. This looks to be an interesting story of why police need to be trained better than they are. I will have an update once the records are all in.
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Permalink Reply by Don on
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I know Leonard, and I am in process of trying to get justice for him. There is A LOT more to this than is being said. As you eluded to in your write-up.. I Thank you for writing this , you did a great job. If u would like to correspond, feel free to contact me XLFD. I personally believe this is an open & shut case of excessive Force on an aging and ill , confused, Man. I would really like to speak with you.
Thank You for your Time & Consideration,
Sincerely,
Concerned Citizens
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Thanks Don & Con Cits, you can try to privately chat with me when you see me online, or feel free to drop me a line in the send message feature here if you don't need immediate interaction; you can include links, pictures, files, etc.
May potentially need some help with footwork, since Wexford County is a good drive from Ludington (and I hear the WCSO are rough on old men). Since you posted on this thread, which was my initial perceptions and research on the case, I hope you have been able to see my follow-up article which covered what I learned through a FOIA request-- with video:
http://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/forum/topics/disorderly-and-obstru...
Please keep me updated on Leonard's situation in the meantime, he definitely needs to have an advocate talk with an attorney about how to proceed once he gets past the bogus criminal charges brought against him.
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