Ohio Cop Caught on Video Choking EMT in Front of Shocked Crowd

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A video has made the rounds on social media, showing a Portsmouth Ohio police officer choking an emergency medical worker at the scene of a bar fight. The cell phone video has caused a wave of outrage, as it highlights why people have come to view the police as bullies. The police are quick to defend their officer, stating that the video is “heavily edited” and doesn’t tell the whole story. However, it’s difficult to imagine what could have transpired to bring the officer to commit an aggravated assault against a fellow public servant.

There is no legal police maneuver that allows for the grabbing of the neck or throat. This video depicts a felony battery being committed against someone as dedicated to public service as the officer himself. This is a crime, to which there should only be one course of action. The officer, who has yet to be identified, had responded to a bar fight, which resulted in one male subject being knocked unconscious. He had been struck on the head and had sustained other minor injuries. According to witnesses, when he woke, he was startled and reacted as any person who had been knocked unconscious would, only to find themselves covered in blood and surrounded by police and EMTs.

One witness, Trevor Conley told the local media, “He just woke up from being knocked out, and he’s got guys all around him grabbing a hold of him. You’re going to freak out.”

It was at this time the officer used a Taser on the male subject. Witnesses stated that the unnamed medical technician attempted to intervene. “When the EMT was telling him you can’t do that, you can’t do that, he’s got head trauma, he grabbed him up here,” stated another witness, identified as Chad Bennett, who signaled that the EMT had been choked.

The video shows the cop hold the EMT by the throat and backing him up against a car. To be clear, this is not some lawful police hold under any circumstances, regardless of whether the one being choked is an EMT. Once the cop is done assaulting his victim, he turns toward the crowd who he now realizes recorded the event. He then becomes extremely aggressive and yells at the crowd to disperse.

Despite what our own eyes tell us, the police chief and the head of the paramedic service involved would like us to believe otherwise. Both have come out jointly stating that “it was a crazy situation” and despite clear violations of the law and police ethics, no further action will be taken, and both sides “have moved on.” This is how police get away with murder. They have an army of accomplices waiting to cover their every action, even when the truth is obvious to everyone except for them.

UPDATE: Before publishing, new bodycam video was released, showing the HERO EMT attempting to intervene. The body cam footage shows an entirely new perspective that backs up the EMT’s actions.


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5 COMMENTS

  1. That EMT is lucky he wasn’t charged with Assault on an Officer! That’s the charge they give you when they do something wrong they need to cover up.

  2. it’s 9:01 ct. T Conner are you in europe or south america? Just having trouble with the date and time on your comment of 2/07/2017 12:43am if you’re in america that would be a hell of a glitch haha.

  3. So after reviewing this video a couple times I found the pattern of causation leading up to this incident. Not sure why they are saying they don’t know what caused it. Wasn’t that hard to see. around the 4:33 minute mark you’ll see a slight altercation between the officer and the EMT as the Officer attempts to taser the previously unconscious man. The EMT pushes the officer’s taser down and tells him not to taser the man because he is heavily concussing and it could obviously kill him. The cop didn’t like the challenge to his authority and it was a blow to his ego so instead of being concerned with the man’s life and being thankful to the EMT for preventing him from making the mistake of taking the victims life accidentally, he decides to throat check the EMT at the car. Protect and serve? right…

  4. Seen so many of these instances recently. I’ve cancelled my US road trip this year because I’m scared of the US police – not the criminals.

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