took this off a thread on the other site...


Please email or call the contact numbers below if you feel that this was a gross misconduct by individuals that are sworn to serve and protect our community and it's civil liberties. We cannot let things like this go unchecked because this was a gross misconduct of their authority. I have already emailed the chief of police and I know others have as well. There are a lot of skaters, rollerbladers, bmxers in our great region and we must respond!!!

Scott


Take action!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH6AYVn2yw4


http://www.skateboarding.com/s....html (http://www.skateboarding.com/skate/stories/article/0,23271,1637434,00.html)

From Transworld Skateboarding site:

A dispicable act of police brutality was committed on Go Skateboarding Day by the Hot Springs, Arkansas Police Department. Video of the incident is below. After you watch it, we ask ALL of you to flood their phonelines and email address (below) with complaints regarding the main policeman involved, Officer Joey Williams. You should also contact your local news organizations to help spread the word. The more attention this officer gets, the better for us.

Hot Springs Arkansas Police Department
Phone: (501) 321-6789
Fax: (501) 321-6708
Chief of Police, Bobby Southard
Email: bsouthard@cityhs.net
641 Malvern Avenue Hot Springs, Arkansas 71901

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH6AYVn2yw4

saw this on the "other site". crazy shit. Cops used to hassle me all the time when I skated, but nothing this bad. Somebody was having a bad day and its about to get worse.

"...or I'll spray you."

That's absolutely despicable. Good post, that vid made me so angry though.

3 things

1 i skate

2 those kids shouldnt have ran

3 street was to busy of a place to shred anyway. ive never skated in that busy of a place.

pretty crazy - i get that its posted no skating, but there are places posted no parking also, and i've never seen a person choke hold a teenage girl for parking