Three cops in Arkansas have been suspended after a video emerged that confirmed them brutally beating a detainee.
Within the TikTok video posted on Twitter, one officer holds the person all the way down to the bottom as one other repeatedly and relentlessly punches the person’s head and a 3rd forcibly nails him along with his knee a number of occasions in a row.
At one level, the officer punching the person within the head lifts the person’s head up from the bottom and slams it again down into the cement sidewalk as the person tries to guard his head along with his arms, the video exhibits.
The Arkansas State Police are investigating the arrest, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson stated.
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“I’ve spoken with Col. Invoice Bryant of the Arkansas State Police and the native arrest incident in Crawford County can be investigated pursuant to the video proof and the request of the prosecuting lawyer,” Hutchinson tweeted.
Two of the officers are deputies with the Crawford County Sheriff’s Workplace and the third is an officer with the Mulberry Police Division.
The sheriff’s workplace had requested the state police to research.
“In reference to the video circulating social media involving two Crawford County Deputies, we have now requested that Arkansas State Police conduct the investigation and the Deputies have been suspended pending the end result of the investigation,” Crawford County Sherriff Jimmy Damante stated in an announcement. “I maintain all my workers accountable for his or her actions and can take acceptable measures on this matter.”
The suspect who was brutally overwhelmed by the three Arkansas officers.Fb
Mulberry metropolis officers additionally stated that the Mulberry police officer was positioned on administrative go away pending the end result of the state investigation.
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“We’ll take the suitable actions on the conclusion of the investigation,” the officers stated in an announcement.
The officers have been responding to a report of a person making threats to an worker of a convivence retailer Sunday morning, based on CBS affiliate THV11.
The person, Randall Worcester of South Carolina, allegedly spat on the employee and threatened to “lower off their face,” the native outlet reported, citing Damante.
The officers caught as much as Worcester, 27, who fled on a motorbike and started a “calm and civil” dialog with him when he allegedly started to assault one of many deputies — pushing him to the bottom, the sheriff informed THV11.
The alleged assault led officers to restrain Worcester and apparently beat him as proven within the video.
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Within the footage which is filmed from inside a automotive, a lady’s voice will be heard gasping on the violence.
“Oh sh–, that is unhealthy,” she says.
Invoice Bryant Commander of the Arkansas State Police.Arkansas State Police/ Fb
She gasps when she sees the officer slam the person’s head into the bottom and says one thing inaudible — alongside the traces of “there is no such thing as a must be beating the sh– out of him” — to the officers.
“Again the f— up,” one officer will be heard saying as one other follows with “get in your automotive.”
When John Calipari left Kentucky over the offseason to become the next head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks, he brought three of his players with him, and all three are expected to play big roles with the Hoop Hogs this season.
One of those players is D.J. Wagner, a point guard heading into his second season of college basketball.
Fans got their first look at Wagner during the Razorbacks’ 85-69 win over the No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks on Oct. 25 and he put on quite a show. Wagner led the Hogs in scoring with 24 points and he had four rebounds in 35 minutes of action.
“Just going out there and playing with confidence,” Wagner said after the game. “My teammates, my coaches tell me to go out there and play with confidence. If I’m open, shoot it, so just going out there knowing that they have my back like that, it was easy just to let it go.”
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In Arkansas’ second preseason exhibition game at TCU on Friday, Wagner scored six points on 3-of-9 shooting (0-of-3 3PT) with two rebounds, two assists, one steal and five turnovers.
HawgBeat will profile each key part of Arkansas’ roster ahead of the season. In this profile, we’ll take a closer look at Wagner, what he brings to the table for the Razorbacks, where he needs to improve and where he fits in the rotation.
Wagner’s freshman season at Kentucky was less than ideal, as he battled an ankle injury that took away from his athleticism and burst which, in turn, dropped his draft stock.
Make no mistake, though, Wagner has all the talent and potential necessary to make a huge jump from his freshman to sophomore season and be a force in the Southeastern Conference.
Now in a Razorback uniform, Wagner is healthy and looking to show NBA scouts he has the tools to be effective at the next level…
JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) — Joseph Pinion’s 16 points helped Arkansas State defeat Akron 80-75 in overtime on Monday night in a season opener.
Pinion shot 5 for 6, including 4 for 5 from beyond the arc for the Red Wolves (1-0). Derrian Ford scored 15 points and added seven rebounds. Kobe Julien went 6 of 16 from the field (1 for 6 from 3-point range) to finish with 14 points.
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The Zips (0-1) were led by Sharron Young, who posted 15 points. Akron also got 13 points, seven rebounds and two blocks from Josiah Harris. Nate Johnson had 11 points and three steals.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT/Edited News Release) – Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced Monday, Nov. 4, that Arkansas will receive up to $13,535,086 as its share of a $1.37 billion settlement with Arkansas, 29 other states, and Kroger over its role in the opioid crisis.
“Opioid addiction continues to be a scourge in Arkansas and our nation. I am pleased with this settlement as the funds will go to opioid abatement. I am grateful to the bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general who worked together on behalf of their citizens to hold Kroger accountable,” he said.
Arkansas’s share will be paid over 11 payments through 2034. Kroger has agreed to injunctive relief that requires its pharmacies to monitor, report, and share data about suspicious activity related to opioid prescriptions.
Between 2006 and 2014, Arkansas was flooded with almost 1.5 billion units of addictive opioids. By 2016, Arkansas had the second-highest opioid prescription rate in the nation, with 114.6 opioids being dispersed for every 100 Arkansans.
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In November 2023, Griffin announced a grant of $50 million of the state’s opioid settlement funds to help establish the National Center for Opioid Research & Clinical Effectiveness at Arkansas Children’s Hospital.
You can read the settlement by clicking here.
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