The Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Little Rock, AR — Eric Wilson was on his way home from his job at Lighthouse for the Blind when he was stopped by two Little Rock Police officers alleging he “fit the description” of a suspect.
The LRPD police department claim they received a call about someone fitting Wilson’s description who was running away from or chasing someone and who appeared to be afraid.
“I had just got off of work,” said Wilson who then missed his bus and began to walk home. That’s when he was approached by Little Rock’s finest.
“Hey, come over here and talk to me,” the officer can be heard saying on dash camera video.
Because Wilson is blind, he had no idea who was calling him, or what they wanted. He began to get worried.
“I could have possibly been getting robbed,” Wilson said. “I didn’t know what was about to happen.”
Despite being afraid, Wilson complied with the officers, but it didn’t matter. One of the officers jumped on his back and slammed him to the ground. According to the police report, the officers feared for their safety while they were harassing the innocent blind man.
In their report, an officer said Wilson “pulled away violently causing me to lose grip,” and that he was “afraid that Wilson would strike myself or my partner with the handcuff.”
However, the video doesn’t show Wilson posing a threat to officers at all.
“When they tell him to ‘come over here,’ he walked towards them,” Reggie Koch, Wilson’s attorney said. “When they tell him ‘take your hands out of your pockets,’ he takes his hands out of his pockets. What more do they want?”
Police also claimed they thought Wilson’s clock, which reads him the time out loud, was a gun.
“Why would I get thrown to the ground?” Wilson asked. “If anything [the officers] should have been trying to help me.”
After his attack, Wilson went to the hospital to be treated for his injuries. He was diagnosed with a strained lumbar. He’s since filed a formal complaint against the LRPD.
The LRPD has declined to comment, citing an ongoing investigation into the case.
The gestapo thugs in this country believe that it’s perfectly okay to throw someone to the ground and slap handcuffs on their wrists for no reason what so ever. The officers never identified themselves, so this blind man had no idea who was trying to cuff him nor what the reason for it was. I bet those “officers” feel like big tough guys taking down blind men, women, kids, etc. This crap has to be stopped!
Beating up a blind man may seem like a new low for the pigs, but they’ve already beaten up little girls and people in wheelchairs, so this isn’t too surprising.
I live for the day when these stinking pig bastards get what they have coming.