Title: Retired Army General Says He’s ‘Ashamed To Be An American’ After Brutal Arrest by Police Source:
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Officers from the Fayetteville, Georgia police department brutally arrested a retired four-star Army general, and now he says hes ashamed to be an American because of how out-of-control the police have gotten.
William J. Livsey, 84, along with his neighbors, have accused police of severe violent acts during an alleged dispute with a food delivery driver.
The Raw Story notes a report from the Journal-Constitution, which noted that a portion of Highway 314 in town was renamed the General Bill Livsey Highway in Livseys honor. They add that he retired from duty in 1987, following a career that saw him win the Distinguished Flying Cross, Silver Star and Distinguished Service Medal, among other honors.
They took me away without my shoes, glasses or medicine. I fought for this country so hard, and Ive tried to do good all my life, Livsey recounted.
This all started when a delivery driver said his debit card was not accepted. Livsey offered a check, but the driver refused.
What happened next is for a court to sort out. The drive says that the 84-year-old man grabbed him by the throat and pinned him against his refrigerator. But the physical state of Livsey makes that somewhat difficult to imagine, as you will see in the video at the bottom of this article.
Police believed the driver though, and they decided the elderly man needed some police-administered street justice.
The former commander of US forces in South Korea was swarmed by ten officers, who claim he resisted and eventually tried to punch one of the officers and kick another one all while making threatening and disparaging remarks.
But neighbors who witnessed this incident say it was just blown out of proportion, by the police, according to a neighbor who spoke with local WSB-TV.
Way too many police for that. Way too many. And the way they handcuffed him was ridiculous.
When Livsey offered to pay with a check instead, the driver told him checks were not accepted by the restaurant and he would have to take the food back, the police chief said.
That is when Livsey allegedly grabbed the drivers throat and facial hair, pushed him and pinned him against a refrigerator in his kitchen. During the assault, police said, two people in the home took the food, placed it on a counter and began eating it.
The driver was ultimately released and reported the incident to police, the chief said.
Officers went to Livseys home in the 200 block of Carriage Chase. Police said he told them he ordered the food and consumed some of it without paying for it. He also said the delivery driver pushed him when his debit card was rejected, Pitts said.