Basically several freinds/acqaintances(I don't really hang with them.. but I got no real gripe either.. we do talk books occasionally though) got busted for underage drinking at a party. Anyways One who was a minor told the cop(when the cop went to cuff him) that he wants to wiat for his parents to get here (He also pulled his hands back slightly, since the cop from all accounts I heard was already being fairly rough). The cop then procceded to slam him to the ground.

My freind/acquantance is now reallly hurt in his face. Really looks like he come out on the wrong end of a really nasty fight. I am still trying to personally figure out how throwing someone to the ground(albeit it was cement, but I have been thrown onto cement pretty hard before, and nowhere near this damage occured) can mess your face up so bad. Someone says he skidded accross the cement... that may be true but the damage doesn't look like it was all done by a skid.

He has a black eye the size of a baseball or there-a-bouts and has bruises and scraps all around his mouth. A cut on his nose and a huge mess by the black eye. Keep in mind this is all visible nearly 30 feet away, easily visible. the wound near his eye is ripped up so bad that it is the color and size of large bandaid.. that is what I thought it was at first. However once close up I could see the ragged edges and how the wound was reccessed.

My friend/acquaintance is SMALL.. the cop if I, recall the right one, is fairly large. I'd say 200-220lbs and near or over 6'. My freind is probably around 110-130 lbs and is about 5'6"-5'7". I see no reason for the force required to do that damage, even on a cement surface. And what I find worse is I heard someone tell me that that is what they are taught at the police academy. Ever hear of a warning?

Right, the class is currently pushing him to press charges.. or I guess a tar and feather party would work as well. oh yes the cops also arested and took at least one if not several innocents down on underage drinking. The breathilizer, once they were at the station, read .00. Hmm.. looks like they weren't drinking afterall.

Anyways it turned to a huge mess, and as far as I can tell my freind's parents weren't there for the breathilizer test or for the questioning the cops did. This just sounds bad to me. The cop I am fairly certian transfered from a larger city, so that is perhaps some excuse to him.

I think it is just a bit excessive for underage drinking while at a party... not to mention the cops had been called in on the fact that it was suspected they were drinking at the party... why not bring a hand held breathilizer?I am certian our station has one.

And as an ending note; the sad thing is when one of our teachers heard about it they did not sound particually surprised that this particular cop did it. The teacher's first remark was"'such and such' surely didn't do this?!"
My friend said, "No it was 'the cop's name'"
Teacher, "Hmm..."(the way he did it did not show any surprise, and he is familar(not buddy buddy though) with that particular cop)
Class, "Figures"

yeah.. everyone figures we can at least get the cop out of town, though most think he will remain a cop.