Daily Mail – by Alex GreigA Knoxville photographer has captured a police officer on camera using what looks like excessive and unnecessary force on a college student.
The sequence of photographs show the young man complying with Knox County deputies as they lead him to a police van at the University of Tennessee, before an officer uses two hands to choke the student until he is unconscious.
The young man was arrested during a wild college party celebrating after a week of finals that spilled out onto the street on Saturday night.
Wild party: College students celebrating the end of finals spilled out onto the street Saturday night and police were called to clear the area
Unresisting: The student does not appear to resist as police remove one set of handcuffs to replace them with another
Threatening: An officer much larger than the student, who still has his hands behind his back, approaches and lays his hands on the young man’s neck
Use of force: The officer begins to choke the man or activate some kind of pressure point to render him unconscious
Police were called to clear the area at the intersection of 21st and Laurel Streets in Fort Sanders, an area with a high concentration of college students.
According to photographer John Messner, some college students began to throw beer bottles at police, who called for backup from the Knox County Sheriff’s office.
The student was arrested and handcuffed, then walked a block to a waiting police van at the University of Tennessee.
He went willingly and did not resist arrest, said Messner.
When they got to the police van, the arresting deputy’s handcuffs were removed from the student’s wrists and replaced with cuffs from the vehicle.
Three to one: The young man did not resist arrest, according to the photographer who shot the images
College party: As he’s handcuffed, the student’s knees begin to buckle as he loses consciousness
Distressing: The officer’s hands are still on the student’s neck even as he passes out
During the brief moment his wrists were uncuffed, the young man let his arms fall by his sides.
As two officers twist his arms behind his back, another deputy walks in front of the young man and wraps his hands around his neck.
The disturbing sequence of shots show the student losing consciousness, his knees buckling as he sinks to the ground, while the deputy continues to choke him or activate a pressure point that renders him unconscious.
The officers behind the young man fiddle with his handcuffs even as he’s being choked.
When the student was unconscious, the police picked him up and the officer who choked him slapped him around the head a few times before walking off, reports the Messner.
Incapacitated: The young man sinks to the ground with his hands cuffed behind his back
All three officers are Knox County deputies assisting the Knoxville Police Department.
A call placed to the department seeking comment wasn’t immediately returned.
In 2011, Knoxville County officers stopped a carload of teenagers and forced them to run in circles around a bat he kept in the trunk of the car.
Sherriff Jimmy ‘JJ’ Jones demoted the five officers involved in the incident.
Jones’ action in disciplining the officers was well-received by the community. He’s now up for re-election, with early voting already taking place.
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Screw that them pigs getting demoted. They should have been fired and brought up on assault charges for when that pig choked the guy and then slaps the guy up. Yea, each cop that was there should be in jail and held without bond as them being cops probobly have done this crap many times before.
Yea, this is typical sneaky cop behavior.
Hey Dan. That big fat son of a b!tch should be DEAD!!!!
Absolutely right Paul.
It also make wonder how many times these cops did this to a girl and then took her out in the weeds for a quicky. Wouldn`t suprise me one bit.
Look on he side of the white van. Jimmy “JJ” Jones “boys” are just doing what they have gotten away with thousands of times. Although I am sure that many aren’t found until the crows or the turkey buzzards start chewing on them. “JJ”s boys are doing what the ISREALI FILTH taught them to do. Hate and murder AmeriKa (the occupied). We all know what needs to be done. Working on it. Liberty 1775
Look on the side of the white van. Jimmy “JJ” Jones “boys” are just doing what they have gotten away with thousands of times. Although I am sure that many aren’t found until the crows or the turkey buzzards start chewing on them. “JJ”s boys are doing what the ISREALI FILTH taught them to do. Hate and murder AmeriKa (the occupied). We all know what needs to be done. Working on it. Liberty 1775
Amen brother.
I guess that’s how the fat pig gets his kicks, because the kid didn’t pose any threat to him whatsoever.
If you live near Knox county Tennessee please remember what his pig head looks like, because that sadistic freak has a debt to pay to society, and the same goes for his little piglet friends that are helping him.
On a completely unrelated topic:
Sometimes people driving cars can get confused and step on the wrong pedal when someone crosses the street in front of them. It’s a real shame when someone gets crushed under a vehicle, but these accidents do happen, and that’s why you have to buy car insurance.
Mark Koernke, this communist cop should be tried for attempted murder but we both know he won’t. What these communist cops fear the most is that Godly, constitutional men regain control of the country and they be held accountable for their crimes, false witness and murder. The communist cops of AmeriKa know that they are serving an unconstitutional, Satanic, beast system, antichrist, ZOG government, yet they serve this evil willingly. “IF” this war against ZOG “EVER” turns into a real war and we do regain control of this communist county, then I say that ALL communist cops should be be given a “speedy” trial and if found guilty (and most will be) hanged by the neck until dead…..THAT’S WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. The people will have to go through this ZOG governments enforcers (communist cops) before we can ever get to them. They would rather keep enforcing unconstitutional laws and protecting this criminal government than face the wrath of Yahweh and the people. IN FOR A PENNY IN FOR A POUND! It has been too late for these communist cops years ago.
Let us start calling this what it in truth is! Atempted murder by armed profesional hit men. Trained to kill cold blooded murderers. Pure and simple. Now get them off our streets so we are safe from them. And in prison were they belong. Or into mental institutes for public safty!
They fare very well against handcuffed & helpless victims.
Can’t wait to see how well they fare against pissed off patriots with guns and attitude, once the SHTF.
Don’t believe they’ll be so cocky at that point.
“A sheriff’s deputy in Knox County, Tennessee has been fired after he was caught on camera allegedly choking a university student Saturday night.
Frank Phillips, 47, was been found ‘unsuitable for continued employment,’ according to a termination notice posted Sunday night on the Knox County Sheriff’s Office’s website.”
“‘In my 34 years of law enforcement experience, excessive force has never been tolerated. After an investigation by the Office of Professional Standards, I believe excessive force was used in this incident,’ Sheriff Jimmy ‘J.J.’ Jones said.
‘Therefore, Officer Phillips’ employment with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office is terminated immediately.’
Jones added that the investigation will now be turned over to the Knox County Attorney General’s Office to determine any further action.”