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I saw a news report earlier, and Ho speaks fluent English with only a slight accent. I daresay his English is better than that of many U.S. citizens.

I really couldn’t see anything on the video, but that report claimed he threatened the soap-slosher with an “18 inch butcher knife”.

Seriously. If any news reporter believes there is such a thing as an 18 inch kitchen knife, she’ll be really impressed with my 10.8″ penis.

Sorry, I spoke too soon. Now that I’ve watched the version of the video you posted, I can see clearly that one officer is waling away with the baton while Ho is “resisting” by trying to ward off the blows. And then when they stop hitting him long enough that he can actually comply with their demands to roll over and be cuffed (“not complying” being the justification for hitting him in the first place), there’s an officer sitting squarely on his back, he’s in handcuffs, and the officer with the baton whacks him squarely across the backs of his bare thighs.

Undisputably excessive, and abuse.

“In Vietnam, I would kill you for this” Man, that’s classy. I can never think of anything to say in this situation.

In both countries the police will beat you and get away with it.

Fortunately the tone of the police chief is one that seems to suggest he is legitimately concerned about this kind of behavior and will punish it, rather than most police departments where leadership is only interested in how quickly they can sweep it under the rug.

PEOPLE PLEASE: If you are ever recording anything as important as this, don’t put your finger over the lens, even if you’re afraid of pissing the cops off!

Literally sickening.

Moral of the story? Watch your step when dealing with an “angered ho”

The video isn’t that great but the sound quality is excellent. I found myself wincing every time I heard that baton strike flesh.

Should be a nice payday.

I think the real lesson of this story is to do what the police tell you when you are getting arrested. You can hear the officers giving very loud and clear commands but the subject would not comply. If you want to argue your arrest, do it in the courthouse, not in the kitchen. The police will win that one every time because it is our job.

Sorry Johnny you are, as usual, wrong. I do not have a legal duty to do whatever you tell me. You do not have the legal authority to do whatever you want.

False arrest and false imprisonment are certainly two causes of action that a person can collect on, but why not shoot for the whole boat, take the hit, and collect.

Of course, here, we don’t see that. Here, we just have a garden variety abuse of power which probably followed after a contempt of cop situation. Still, the sound of metal on flesh is sure to sway the jury; I’m still thinking payday.

Johnny Law:
if you’re laying on your back and have people beating you with hard objects telling you to turn over… you’d have the wherewithal to actually comply?

And fuck you for using the word “comply” – that’s why people can’t stand cops. Comply. what a fucking orwellian asshole.

It makes me sick. Especially when the 1 cop mentions that he didn’t get a chance to hit this kid yet, so they back up and let him get a shot at the kid. It’s like they’re just beating him just to kill time.

Then at one point they were telling him to roll over. So he did… but he didn’t understand what they REALLY meant, so he rolled all the way over, not half way. BAM, they wacked him some more. WTF???

Who were the PROTECTING here? Who was being SERVED?

Perhaps you missed the part where the police were called over because the suspect threatened someone with a knife? I don’t know where you live but in my jurisdiction that is a serious felony.

So the police have to arrest him but he obviously doesn’t want to go to jail. I am curious what you want the police to do in this case. Maybe they should beg him to pretty please come along. What happens when he refuses then?

The problem with the people on this site is they want to the police to protect them without actually having to put their hands on people. Erin, you actually do have to COMPLY with the police when they try to arrest you. It doesn’t matter if you agree or not. You don’t have the right to resist arrest.

If people had the right to fight the cops whenever they didn’t agree with the charges, there would be total chaos out there. It is like driving off if you don’t agree with the traffic ticket. To think otherwise is incredibly naive.

he was beating a man who was NOT resisting he was just in to much pain, if i was being beaten to within an inch of my life i would be so flabbergasted i wouldn’t “roll over” either. if you think this is right and you are a police officer you should turn in your badge on the spot you sick fuck!
you deserve to get beaten and anyone who condones a man getting beaten when he is SO CLEARLY not being disobedient he is just in pain should get put in a situation EXACTLY like this and just getting WHALED on by two police officers, THIS MAN WAS SMALL!! he isnt some huge guy that could take out two cops in the first place

YOU ARE A SICK FUCK IF I LIVED IN YOUR TOWN I WOULD GO TALK TO YOUR SUPERIOR AND GET YOUR ASS FIRED!

Johnny: what the fuck are you talking about you are just some lonely cop aren’t you? Do you think having that badge makes you better than any of us? it doesn’t YOU are the reason so many people hate cops YOU are the reason that people say that cops are the “bad guys” I REALLLYYY wish i didn’t feel that way but especially reading your comment, you enforced my beliefs that cops are ignorant ass holes who think their better because they have a baton and a gun, i can get both, am i better than you? NO

I am better than you because I, along with most of the other commenters, have this thing called compassion, its when you actually CARE about other humans; I know your small uneducated mind can probably not comprehend that but hey who gives a fuck your just a cop I on the other hand an emergency room doctor i SAVE LIVES THAT ARE IN SERIOUS DANGER what HAVE you done? stopped a small asian man who threatened a man? wow way to be a good person asshole.