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MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. – A Midstate man said a police officer nearly choked him to death during a traffic stop. The incident was caught on tape. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating how Mount Juliet Cpl. Bill Cosby interacted with James Anders, Jr. Cosby stopped the 26-year-old Wilson County man in April. Cosby suspected Anders hid marijuana in his mouth. The officer used a vascular restraint technique to keep Anders from swallowing. On the video recorded inside Cosby’s patrol car, Cosby said he smelled marijuana and handcuffed Anders and his passenger. The video also showed the officer putting his hands around Anders’ neck. He applied pressure and told Anders to stick out his tongue. This happened for nearly two minutes before Anders lost consciousness.
Photographs released by Anders’ attorney showed injuries he sustained when he fell to the pavement. Cosby didn’t find any marijuana in Ander’s mouth. Anders passed a drug test the next day. A small bag of pot was found in his car and Anders was arrested for simple possession and resisting arrest. After the district attorney saw the video, the charges were dropped. Anders is expected to file a lawsuit in federal court later this month.
Cosby is still on the job.
seems like a waste of time talking about it
#31–Chris mac==why are you wasting your time?
No Bobbo, Chris has a point, this is so self evidently wrong that even talking about it has the side effect of convincing the sociopaths amongst us that there is room for debate on whether authority figures should be allowed to choke people within inches of their lives.
I sure hope the rules for Probable Cause in the case of searching INSIDE a persons BODY is very high.
I don’t see much difference between this and a rectal cavity search, except this included what appears to be assault.
I doubt the charges will stick.
I HAVE SEEN THE WHOLE VIDEO with sound and he did nothing to provoke the policeman. He had been “TALKING” (not chewing or spitting or anything of the kind)to the cop for about 5 minutes. The 26 year old man (not Kid) was handcuffed IMMEDIATELY on getting out of the vehicle (he and the passenger) There was not disrespect of ANY KIND to this cop. He did ALL OF THIS with NO PROVOCATION AT ALL. The “resisting arrest” was when he got his BREATH back and stumbled to the ground with one cop (still) holding his neck and the other his arm. I hope this helps clear up anything you might think of this case
I hope this and every cop of such kind Suffers to a horrible death and may everyone spit on their graves and shit on there dead un-worthy of being human Pig bodies. I hope they all rot in hell and lets not forget why they act like this to begin with.
They all have a severe case of SPS
Small Penis Syndrome
So they take out their shit on innocent people just trying to live their lives. ROT in hell all you dirty PIGS!! GO FUCK YOURSELVES ALL FILTHY COPS
here, scroll to bottom of page and watch this filthy cop with a bad case of SPS (small penis syndrome)
http://gothamist.com/2008/07/29/cyclist_thrown_from_bike_by_cop_is.php