Huffington Post – by Michael McLaughlin
Police officers beat a suspect on television following a car chase through Massachusetts and New Hampshire on Wednesday.
As news helicopters circled overhead, the driver of the pickup truck involved in the pursuit opened the driver’s door and crawled on his hands and knees in Hudson, New Hampshire. About eight officers closed in on him, some with their guns drawn, and at least two officers struck the man. One of the officers pummeled the man with repeated blows.
New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan (D) called for a full investigation, according to the Boston Globe, and the state attorney general’s office said it would begin a probe. “All New Hampshire public safety officials are held to the highest standards, and the Governor expects this will be fully investigated,” spokeswoman Ricki Eshman said in a statement to the Boston Globe.
Massachusetts State Police will investigate its officers’ conduct during the pursuit and arrest in separate reviews, the agency said in a statement. “That review will investigate whether the level of force used was appropriate given the totality of the circumstances.” said spokesman David Procopio.
Police identified the man they arrested as Richard Simone, 50, and said he had been wanted on charges of burglary and battery with a dangerous weapon.
The chase began when Simone refused to stop for police in Holden, Massachusetts, near the state line, according to WCVB. From there, the pursuit wound through Concord, Littleton, Chelmsford, Billerica, Nashua, Hudson and several other towns.
Officers from Massachusetts State Police, New Hampshire State Police and local departments in both states were involved in the chase, Massachusetts troopers said. Propcopio’s statement didn’t identify which agencies were present during the arrest.
News footage shows Simone’s pickup stopped and the driver crawling from the vehicle as officers surround him.
“Now they’re incorporating the arrest,” a WFXT newscaster said as officers pounced on the man and the ariel camera pulled back. The station’s broadcaster didn’t appear to address the violence as it unfolded.
Here's a better video showing what happened pic.twitter.com/7CLw3oh45I (via @fox25news)
— Michael van Poppel (@mpoppel) May 11, 2016
CBS Boston, which carried the footage, also used euphemisms to describe the action.
“Here’s the video as they approach him, and they take care of him when he gets outside the cab of that truck,” the CBS broadcaster says.
Neither WFXT nor CBS Boston immediately responded to HuffPost’s requests for comment.
Other news footage captured about 30 seconds from the time the driver steps out of the truck.
“No details on what precipitated this,” a reporter says as the suspect stands with arms handcuffed behind his back. “But it was with great force that they get that guy on the ground.”
This chase ended not more than 15 minutes from where I live. The ‘suspect’ got out of the truck and got on his knees before the televised beat down. I didn’t hear about it until this morning. I hope these Jack booted thugs pay, but I’d highly doubt it. The Nashua nh police also tased a poor Chinese woman in the mall a 2-3 years ago for the crime of trying to buy several iPhones for family members at Christmas. The store employees didn’t understand her due to the language barrier, so the police were called and they decided to torture her instead. 🙁
Torture by cops is an accepted method of translation
They’re tantamount to wild, rabid dogs on a feeding frenzy!
Any chance they get they choose to escalate the situation into a confrontational melee.
Follow home your local police! They’re relatively stupid and arrogant, thus easy to follow!
We all should know where our local cops live, as one never knows when one may have to visit Officer Friendly! (for entertainment purposes only).
when do the tax payers wake up and realize that with every blow these pigs take ,, the tax payer becomes poorer ?
when do we get to hit back? financially speaking
these cops dont represent the tax payers, so why are we footing their bills ?
time to go after these thugs Union and the individual cops themselves ,, when they start realizing their pensions are at stake for their actions this sh^t will stop
And Chump says we need MORE of this?