If they want to swallow dope, charge them with Tampering, also a felony.

 

That's what I would have thought. I thought it would be pretty risky to choke a suspect that posed no danger to an officer. If it were in a container they could get it when it comes out anyway. It would seem to be assuming a lot of risk on the officer's part if the suspect were injured/killed.

The Knoxville Sheriff says that the department is in the process of buying body-mounted cameras to document these kind of incidents:

 

"This incident provides a perfect example of why we are in the process of purchasing officer-worn body cameras (video and audio recordings) so incidents like this will be fully documented,"

Ok...so the policeman got out of control, and he is suffering the consequences. What about the organizers of the party, the beer bottle throwing attendees? Any follow-up?

 

There is no excuse for the policeman's use of excessive force, but these kids are putting themselves in harms way as well by participating in a party that gets out of hand like this. I have always warned my kids to be aware of such events. Collateral damage and victims are a reality.

Ok...so the policeman got out of control, and he is suffering the consequences. What about the organizers of the party, the beer bottle throwing attendees? Any follow-up?

There is no excuse for the policeman's use of excessive force, but these kids are putting themselves in harms way as well by participating in a party that gets out of hand like this. I have always warned my kids to be aware of such events. Collateral damage and victims are a reality.

 

Maybe there are some photos of these bad doers that could cost them some jail time?

A few months ago a bouncer at a bar in Henderson got into it with a customer and choked him out. The dude ended up dying. Bouncer was charged with murder.

A few months ago a bouncer at a bar in Henderson got into it with a customer and choked him out. The dude ended up dying. Bouncer was charged with murder.

 

Murder? Just by what you posted I can't imagine that stuck.

A few months ago a bouncer at a bar in Henderson got into it with a customer and choked him out. The dude ended up dying. Bouncer was charged with murder.

 

I believe he cracked him over the head with a baton, not choked him.

I believe he cracked him over the head with a baton, not choked him.

That was the rumor and a cell phone pic was released of him to another swinging something but the guy died from being choked. He told the emts when they arrived that he choked him out or put him to sleep (something like that).

Murder? Just by what you posted I can't imagine that stuck.

Will go to the grand jury in May I believe but they apparently have video of him choking the guy.

Those pictures don't look good. Three officers around a kid whose cuffed and a cop's hands wringing his neck. You can almost see his knees buckling. A photographer who gives a different account than the cop whose hands are around the kid's neck. A department who immediately fires the officer and condemns him.

 

The only thing I'm left wondering is how many people he'd done this to before when it wasn't captured on camera. Based on the information presented, a jury would take little to no time in filing charges-- against "Officer" Phillips. Sad for the Knoxville officers who try to do their jobs as they are intended, as this meathead has cast a negative light on them.

 

No way I'd trust the officer in the picture to uphold and enforce the law.

 

Good news for Frank Phillips though, as a former officer, I'm sure he's soon to be the most popular guy on his cell block.

I'm guessing he could have lost his cool because of the beer bottles that were being launched at the officers.

I hate stories like this. 2 sides and none of us were there to see the truth. Media gets involved and gets us all worked up over the bully cop or the punk kid.

 

I'm going to guess that the kid didn't deserve to be choked by an officer, especially while handcuffed and surrounded by 2 other officers. Let's be realistic. If it was just this kid posing a serious threat to one of the officers by launching bottles at their heads, he'd have probably been tased or something similar and they'd have gotten control of him then.

 

No one's best interest is served by him being choked while restrained.

 

Even if a huge unruly crowd is forming and chucking bottles, do you really think it's a good idea to antagonize a mob by singling out a guy for brutality?

 

This kid just hit the lottery because some meathead cop who probably had little formal education into actual practice of the law thought it was a good idea to practice his own idea of "street law" and choke him out. Now he's fired, probably deemed unemployable by anyone else even if he somehow beats the criminal charges that are coming to him while the Sheriff is in an election year, and the kid will sue and win big (if the State doesn't do the smart thing and just settle out of court and make this go away quietly).

 

But now, Mr. Phillips won't be paying, because he probably couldn't make enough in 3 of his own lifetimes to pay the settlement, so it will be left on the shoulders of taxpayers.

 

Sorry if that's overly brutal analysis, but it is what it is.