Duluth, Minnesota Police Officer Richard Jouppi has been charged with assault after a surveillance video (below) showed him hitting a drunk 50-year-old man, Anthony Jon Jackson, in a wheelchair.
The Duluth News Tribune reports that Officer Jouppi has been placed on paid administrative leave while an independent prosecutor investigates the Sept. 21 incident.
Officer Jouppi and his partner arrested Jackson, who had allegedly been in two fights at his apartment complex, earlier that night. Police said Jackson is able to walk, but was in the wheelchair when officers arrived.
The video shows Jackson asked by a female police staff member to remove his leather jacket. Jackson stands up and asks her, "Would you like me to throw it at you?"
The female staff member says: "Throw it at me, see what happens.
By: aleihs
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Tags: Cop, Beating, Prisoner
Location: United States (load item map)
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Cop as some personal issues and shouldn't let that get in the way of his job. It's called being a professional, which clearly he is not.
Posted Oct-10-2012 Byon_the_knoll (4.30) 
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He deserved it
Posted Oct-10-2012 Bydoesitreallymatter (100.00) doesitreallymatter View Channel Send Message
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Holy fuck!!?
What the hell?
What a Pussy!
Posted Oct-10-2012 ByA1butcher (104.90) 
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@ammo1a That chin has earned you an upvote.
Posted Oct-10-2012 By666Berserker (166.10) 
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I'm usually on the Cops side but man thats a little harsh. The wheelchair dude barley tapped his face so he lands three good shots to his face. Seems to me all the Cop had to do was step back 3 feet, problem solved.
Posted Oct-10-2012 Byf89276704 (142.30) 
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Yep, he's suposed to be the profesional. But he sure as hell didn't act like it
Posted Oct-10-2012 Byaranger45 (2989.08) 
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Actually, he hit him five times.... right, right, left, right, left.
The news report I heard said he also got in trouble for threatening the medical staff member with arrest when she attempted to question his methods.
Posted Oct-10-2012 ByEventHorizon2012 (1857.18) 
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I'm no fan of the police, but the guy did hit the officer in the face first. I've seen so much worse that doesn't get called out as assault. I have no clue why this would be assault.
Posted Oct-10-2012 Bydetroit_doc (250.64) detroit_doc View Channel Send Message
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what a pussy! That cop should be fired at the very least. If life was fair he would be in jail
Posted Oct-10-2012 Byaranger45 (2989.08) 
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I dont know how to feel about this, I feel like that was pretty lame to beat a guy in a wheel chair, but at the same time, had a man in a wheel chair bitch slapped me, I think I would have gave him the business too.
Posted Oct-10-2012 Bythecreaturewalks (320.22) 
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I hope they fire this guy. He obviously doesn't have the required demeanor to be a policeman.
Posted Oct-10-2012 ByAllahisSatan (51.80) 
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he was probably in the wheel chair because he was being uncooperative and easier to move around
Posted Oct-10-2012 Byhammsbeer (75.00) 
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This cop has had five excessive force and police brutality claims filed against him in the last two years. Looks like his superiors finally got tired of covering for his anger issues and paying out settlements.
Posted Oct-10-2012 ByEventHorizon2012 (1857.18) 
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the drunk pos swung first and as for the wheel chair BS
Posted Oct-10-2012 Bypsinned (437.90) 
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@psinned
The law only allows an officer to use the amount of force necessary to subdue and restrain someone who is resisting. What he did was use "excessive force"... way beyond what was necessary to respond to a girl-slap from a drunken indian.
It's also common practice for drunks to be placed in wheelchairs while being booked or taken to a cell... the reason being, to keep them from falling down and injuring themselves and then saying the cops beat them up. I'm sure the wheelc More..
Posted Oct-10-2012 ByEventHorizon2012 (1857.18) 
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@EventHorizon2012
thanks for a different point of view.
Posted Oct-10-2012 Bypsinned (437.90) 
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Well now...
Posted Oct-10-2012 ByXyBerFuNK (1202.30) 
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wow lol
Posted Oct-11-2012 ByA7Xbtshto (4.10) 
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fucking pigs
Posted Oct-10-2012 ByDeath3159 (169.20) 
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