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Message: [QUOTE="ImperialOrange, post: 436765, member: 362"] The plot thickens. Here's the blurb from the article with some points that seemed a bit curious. The officer again told Rene to get out of the road, and approached him, Connellan said. [B]Rene moved toward the sidewalk and the officer tried to secure him, police said.[/B] [COLOR=#0000ff]If he's moving toward the sidewalk, why is the officer trying to "secure" him? [/COLOR]At that moment, [B]Spruill came up from behind and grabbed the officer by the top of the shirt with both hands and tried to pull the officer away from Rene, Connellan said.[/B] [B]The officer pushed Spruill, and another officer took Spruill away when he tried to move back toward Rene, Connellan said[/B]. [COLOR=#0000ff]If Spruill wanted to assault an officer and get free it would've happened here. If he "grabbed the officer by the top of his shirt" I'm not sure how 6'1 216 lb Spruill was so easily pushed away. I question the timeline here in the police report.[/COLOR] [B]While police were trying to gain control of Rene and were about to handcuff him, he broke away and fell between the curb and a parked vehicle, police said.[/B] [COLOR=#0000ff]Right, police said. So he was walking towards the sidewalk, then the officer tried to "secure him" and then he "fell"? Riiiight. [/COLOR][B]He fought officers who tried to handcuff him until another officer with a police dog got him to comply, Connellan said. [/B][COLOR=#0000ff]So he fought officers who had just 'secured' him to the ground in a way that his arm ended up in a sling.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Sounds like the cops were the ones causing the continued altercation. Chasing Rene, Spruill stepped in then right back out, and the cops secured Rene to the ground in between cars.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Like most, I've had mixed dealings with cops. I know some folks that I would consider 'good' cops and I've heard plenty of stories of police getting their licks in before detaining someone which usually shows up in the police report as someone 'falling". Sounds like it may have been the case here. I would also question the timeline as to if Spruill actually stepped in before or after Rene was on the ground getting "secured". Change that one little detail in the timeline, which the cops may be inclined to do, and it sounds alot more in favor of the players. Like say, if Spruill was trying to stop an officer who was detaining the out Rene who was already on the ground? What then?[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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