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Arkansas deputy seen hitting man in video accused of excessive force by 2 others [View all]
CRAWFORD COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Ark. — Two others have come forward about their violent encounters with one of the Arkansas deputies seen on video beating a man during his arrest. Both claim these have happened within the last month.
Attorneys for Randal Worcester, who was the man in the video being arrested by Crawford County deputies Levi White and Zack Taylor and Mulberry Police Officer Thell Riddle, held a press conference days after the video was released. The Department of Justice has now launched a civil rights investigation into the arrest.
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He says he was hit in the head too many times to count and was dragged out of his yard and taken to jail. Jernigan says the officer made the decision not to send Wallace to the hospital, but EMS was called to the jail to check his injuries.
Wallace says his head was split open and he was covered in bruises and scratches. He says without a doubt that it was deputy White who beat him during the arrest.
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Tammy Nelson, who also lives in Rudy, says that on Aug. 14, deputy White responded to her home for a "civil matter."
She says she videoed their interaction for “protection” and that White grabbed her by her right arm, swung her around and threw her phone to the ground. He then allegedly wrapped his arm around her neck, dropped her to the ground and kneed her in the side.
Nelson says even when her nightgown rose up, leaving her “half-naked,” White continued to “smash her face” into the ground as she tried to cover herself.
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https://www.thv11.com/article/news/special-reports/others-come-forward-arkansas-deputy-video-arrest/527-2fc5e9f4-5f9f-469b-9a53-ea41d224cfd7
Attorneys for Randal Worcester, who was the man in the video being arrested by Crawford County deputies Levi White and Zack Taylor and Mulberry Police Officer Thell Riddle, held a press conference days after the video was released. The Department of Justice has now launched a civil rights investigation into the arrest.
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He says he was hit in the head too many times to count and was dragged out of his yard and taken to jail. Jernigan says the officer made the decision not to send Wallace to the hospital, but EMS was called to the jail to check his injuries.
Wallace says his head was split open and he was covered in bruises and scratches. He says without a doubt that it was deputy White who beat him during the arrest.
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Tammy Nelson, who also lives in Rudy, says that on Aug. 14, deputy White responded to her home for a "civil matter."
She says she videoed their interaction for “protection” and that White grabbed her by her right arm, swung her around and threw her phone to the ground. He then allegedly wrapped his arm around her neck, dropped her to the ground and kneed her in the side.
Nelson says even when her nightgown rose up, leaving her “half-naked,” White continued to “smash her face” into the ground as she tried to cover herself.
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More at link
https://www.thv11.com/article/news/special-reports/others-come-forward-arkansas-deputy-video-arrest/527-2fc5e9f4-5f9f-469b-9a53-ea41d224cfd7
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