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Itsjustme74
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I live in the state of Michigan..Edwardsburg, Michigan and was witness to an arrest I believe was highly inappropriate.
Last week we had several bad storms that resulted in some downed power lines in my neighbors yard after calling for several days to get them taken care of nothing happened. We all have small children in that area and were concerned that one of them might be injured. My neighbor called the electric company and a heated argument ensued...the police were sent out to see what was going on, when they got here everything was fine the neighbor did not get violent but the police officer started to lecture him about the language used with the dispatcher (power company) and he replied in turn with "I don't give a f*ck if the guy liked what I said"...not the nicest way to put it but I was right there and it wasn't shouted or said in a threatening way. The police officer then said he was placing him under arrest...my neighbor put his hands behind his back and stood there to be handcuffed but they rushed at him knocking him to the ground and roughed him up pretty good, he did not resist the entire time but they were pretty abusive and I believe he was arrested for nothing. He went to the emergency room got 17 x-rays done and the result of his run in was a torn ligament in his knee..his thumb and wrist was severely sprained and his wrists were bruised from the cuffs....this man is 60 years old and isn't much more than 160 lbs. I'd like to know what legal action he can take for the damage that was done and for being arrested under conditions that did not warrant such a thing.
Last week we had several bad storms that resulted in some downed power lines in my neighbors yard after calling for several days to get them taken care of nothing happened. We all have small children in that area and were concerned that one of them might be injured. My neighbor called the electric company and a heated argument ensued...the police were sent out to see what was going on, when they got here everything was fine the neighbor did not get violent but the police officer started to lecture him about the language used with the dispatcher (power company) and he replied in turn with "I don't give a f*ck if the guy liked what I said"...not the nicest way to put it but I was right there and it wasn't shouted or said in a threatening way. The police officer then said he was placing him under arrest...my neighbor put his hands behind his back and stood there to be handcuffed but they rushed at him knocking him to the ground and roughed him up pretty good, he did not resist the entire time but they were pretty abusive and I believe he was arrested for nothing. He went to the emergency room got 17 x-rays done and the result of his run in was a torn ligament in his knee..his thumb and wrist was severely sprained and his wrists were bruised from the cuffs....this man is 60 years old and isn't much more than 160 lbs. I'd like to know what legal action he can take for the damage that was done and for being arrested under conditions that did not warrant such a thing.