August 21, 2015

How Pennsylvania police treat guys singing a song

 


Carlos Miller, over at Photography Is Not A Crime, offered more details on this incident, which apparently took place in Allentown, Pennsylvania:
A 61-year-old man happily singing a Beach Boys song in front of a crowded restaurant in Pennsylvania was violently body slammed by a cop before he was carted off to jail Friday.

But Allentown police have yet to tell Jim Ochse what charges he is facing, assuring the self-employed athletic trainer that he will be cited by mail – most likely waiting for the videos to surface before concocting their narrative.

Already, two videos have surfaced, thwarting their initial plan to claim Ochse had touched the officer, which, of course, would given the officer the green light to pound his skull into the pavement.

1 comment:

Xena said...

Think we don't live in a police state? Think again. And who were those two thugs in suits trying to block the police brutality from the public? The old guy singing had a right to sing, didn't he? Is song now illegal? Oh, I forgot-since peaceable assembly on Wall Street is, it's all what the police say is illegal. Doesn't really have to be. If the guy singing were Black, probably he'd be shot dead.