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Title: Cop Forces K9 to Maul Man for Several Minutes—For Napping in a Park
Source:
Free Thought Project
URL Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/maul-police-k9-sleeping-city-park/
Published: Jul 25, 2017
Author: Jack Burns
Post Date: 2017-07-25 13:28:21 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 3138
Comments: 16
Wilkes-Barre, PA — A city park is supposed to be a place where citizens can find refuge, enjoy a sunny day, or have a picnic. But what happened in Wilkes-Barre, PA could hardly be considered idyllic. Bystanders and onlookers watched in horror as Wilkes-Barre police allowed their K9 maul a homeless man who was reportedly only taking a nap. Joshua Fought said he woke up to find a police officer apparently intimidating his elderly female friend. He yelled at the officer to get the dog away from her, and quickly found himself locked in the dog’s powerful jaws. The attack, which was caught on video, prompted Fought to speak out about what happened to him in his hometown. On this past Tuesday, July 18, around 4 pm, I was attacked viciously by a police K9, for no good reason. I was relaxing in the WB square Park, when an officer approached my vicinity (ten feet from me) with the K9 on a leash. After the dog lunged at my 68 year old female friend, I said, “Don’t let that dog lunge at my girlfriend!” What happened next is nothing short of nightmarish, according to Fought. He said the officer then let his dog sic him and maul him, seriously injuring the man. He then released the dog on me. I had never even left the spot I was sitting in, let alone “resist arrest”. The K9 preceded to thrash my lower back while on my side, for what felt like 5 minutes straight, maybe more or less. Fought said the only thing memorable was the pain and the practical impossibility of complying with the officer’s commands to stop resisting while a German Shepherd is separating his flesh from his bones. The only thing I remember during the attack (besides the pain), is towards the end, the officer ordering me ‘get on your stomach’, which I physically couldn’t do. Finally the dog was removed somehow, and I was put into handcuffs. The painful ordeal did not leave Fought unscathed. According to the victim, he has already undergone one surgery and needs yet another to repair the damage. The EMTs took me on a stretcher to WB general hospital, where I was notified I would need surgery. The officers RELEASED my cuffs after a few hours, and told me ‘hospital security would watch me’. They did surgery by 10 pm, sewing in some type of suture. I was released from the hospital 2 days later, was told I would need another surgery in 10 days. From the video taken by an onlooker, the public seemed to be visibly disturbed with the mauling with several people yelling for the officer to restrain the animal. As the public moved in to implore the officer to stop, other officers arrived and established a perimeter which is when the video stops. It’s important to remember if someone in the general public sicced their dog on someone, they could possibly be charged with attempted murder. But since the dog is a police K9 the procedure is often justified under the law, but that doesn’t make it right, and it might still be illegal. Fought is seeking legal counsel and is considering suing the police department for infringing on his federally protected civil rights. He’s already reached out to the ACLU and is considering his next steps. According to Fought, he has yet to be charged with any crime. I have gotten no charges thus far. Hope to update soon with pictures and/or video. Have called a few lawyers and the ACLU, but no response yet. Heard next day from my 68 year old female friend, it was the dog’s first day on the job. Concerned citizens in Wilkes-Barre are now calling for an investigation and for the officer who allowed his dog to maul a man who was sleeping in a public park to be fired. For years we have been warning our readers of the dangers of falling into the Prison Industrial Complex which has been established to take people like Fought, and funnel them into the system by provoking charges of “resisting arrest” and “interfering” to justify their abuse. Now, it seems, they’re using attack dogs to achieve their devious ends. What human wouldn’t fight back as a dog is mauling them? It’s time for an awakening.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
The video is useless. So here we have a couple of hobos sleeping in the park, a cop comes along to move them on their way and one of them gives the cop a hard time? Pffft! He's lucky the cop didn't shoot him, right Deckard?
Joshua Fought said he woke up to find a police officer apparently intimidating his elderly female friend. He yelled at the officer to get the dog away from her... Yeah - what a dirtbag for warning an unpredictable and likely psychotic cop to keep his dog away from his girlfriend. He's lucky the cop didn't shoot him You would have said it was justified. The cop must have "feared for his life" from the sight of an old man sleeping and his elderly girlfriend. One day Karma will pay that "hero" a visit. Then we will hear " boo hoo hoo hoo, poor hero "
Si vis pacem, para bellum Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. Never Pick A Fight With An Old Man He Will Just Shoot You He Can't Afford To Get Hurt I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
Who said he only warned the cop and didn't assault him? Oh, yeah. The hobo.
Your commentary is useless. Why not just set your tag line to say "I love cops, no matter what they do"? No injury dispensed by a cop on the street can ever be too severe, no matter what the circumstances are. Your position being so lopsided and severe is why I can only conclude you are being paid to post here. There's just no other explanation.
And yours isn't? You're defending a story posted by the cop-hating Deckard who got it from the anarchist website thefreethoughtproject containing information provided by only one side -- the hobo. You accept this story like the lemming you are, and challenge everyone who doesn't because you can't believe anyone associated with this incident might have an agenda.
Funny - the term "anarchist" is nowhere to be found on their About Us page. One would assume that if they were "anarchists" as you claim, they'd be up-front with that. Are you?
Seriously? I fart in your general direction. Jeff interviews Jason Bassler of The Free Thought Project, topics include: the recent Anarchapulco conference, Ron Paul and the anarchist movement:
Wow!! Talking about "anarchism"! When did that become a crime? Better lock up these "enemies of the state" mucho pronto. We can't allow free-thinking individuals to run loose and give the young 'uns ideas now, can we? A crime? Who said it was a crime? I merely provided proof that thefreethoughtproject was an anarchist website.
Discussing the different aspects of anarchism makes the site anarchist? misterwhite fails again. Yeah. You're right. All he did was talk about it ... to Anarchast -- a podcasting anarchist website -- while in Aculpulco attending the anarchist Anarchapulco conference.
Trump did interviews with Alex Jones - does that make Trump a tin-foil-hat-wearing CT kook?
The cop should be chained to a utility pole in Detroit, with a sign on him that says: " I HATE NIGGERS WE SHOULD SELL THEM ALL MUHAMMAD SUCKS PIGS MUHAMMAD EATS PIG SHIT ALLAH IS PIG SHIT I WIPE MY ASS WITH QURAN " Justice would be rendered !! Si vis pacem, para bellum Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. Never Pick A Fight With An Old Man He Will Just Shoot You He Can't Afford To Get Hurt I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
#2. To: misterwhite (#1)
...one of them gives the cop a hard time?
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#3. To: Deckard (#2)
#4. To: Deckard (#2)
Yeah - what a dirtbag for warning an unpredictable and likely psychotic cop to keep his dog away from his girlfriend.
#5. To: misterwhite (#1)
The video is useless.
#6. To: Pinguinite (#5)
(Edited)
"Your position being so lopsided and severe ..."
#7. To: Pinguinite, misterwhite, Stoner (#6)
anarchist website thefreethoughtproject
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#8. To: Deckard (#7)
One would assume that if they were "anarchists" as you claim, they'd be up-front with that.
#9. To: misterwhite (#8)
Are you?
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#10. To: Deckard (#7)
Funny - the term "anarchist" is nowhere to be found on their About Us page.
#11. To: misterwhite (#10)
topics include: the recent Anarchapulco conference, Ron Paul and the anarchist movement:
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#12. To: Deckard (#11)
(Edited)
When did that become a crime?
#13. To: misterwhite (#12)
I merely provided proof that thefreethoughtproject was an anarchist website.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#14. To: Deckard (#13)
Discussing the different aspects of anarchism makes the site anarchist?
#15. To: misterwhite (#14)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#16. To: Deckard (#0)
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