How Is THIS Not Excessive Force???

The man in this picture is currently in the hospital after he was slammed onto the ground backwards and knocked unconscious by a Chillicothe police officer while the man was already subdued and in handcuffs. The Chillicothe Law Director says everything that happened was “within policy” and no excessive force was used. Watch the video below and decide for yourself if you think this was “excessive” or not. WBNS-10TV reports: Matt Mitchell was arrested early Saturday morning after an officer says he found Mitchell apparently drunk and urinating on a Downtown building. Wednesday, 10tv showed you how Matt Mitchell’s weekend encounter with Chillicothe police ended: with him unconscious, airlifted to a Columbus hospital. Now we know how it began: with a belligerent Mitchell cuffed in the back of a Chillicothe Police cruiser, swearing at the officer who arrested him, and the officer responding in kind. Their exchange was captured on cruiser camera. Mitchell: “Shut the (expletive) up. Nobody wants to talk to you.” Officer: “Well then quit running your mouth and you won’t have to hear mine.” Mitchell: “Shut up!” Officer: “(Expletive) you.” At the Ross County Jail, their taunting of each other continues. Mitchell: “Let me get this (expletive) door. I mean, you want me to come out this door?” Officer: “Bud, if you don’t calm the (expletive) down, it’s gonna go real bad for you.” Officer: “Hop on out, (expletive).” Mitchell: “What?” Officer: “Get out of the car, (expletive).



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