He actually apparently wasn't handcuffed after all.
His arms couldn't reach fully behind his back because he was overweight and they were having trouble handcuffing him.
So he did deserve the kick in the face afterall!
Unless he has a serious medical condition, obese people can reach behind their back. He doesn't look that bad to be quite honest.
Perhaps when a cop is trying to restrain you, you don't turn around, try to pull your arms back around and scream at them. Those are generally taken as "threatening gestures".
They might even go out on a limb and think you are resisting arrest. No idea where they might get that though.
Unless he has a serious medical condition, obese people can reach behind their back. He doesn't look that bad to be quite honest.
Perhaps when a cop is trying to restrain you, you don't turn around, try to pull your arms back around and scream at them. Those are generally taken as "threatening gestures".
They might even go out on a limb and think you are resisting arrest. No idea where they might get that though.
I originally found the story on Facebook and they had it as him being restrained but after reading other sources it turned out he wasn't handcuffed and they were struggling to cuff him because in fact his arms couldn't fully reach behind his back. You are right, he should have never turned around, and I think he got off lightly if he wasn't handcuffed yet.
I originally found the story on Facebook and they had it as him being restrained but after reading other sources it turned out he wasn't handcuffed and they were struggling to cuff him because in fact his arms couldn't fully reach behind his back. You are right, he should have never turned around, and I think he got off lightly if he wasn't handcuffed yet.
puckluck, why would you post something inflammatory like this without having done any research?
RCMP say there is more than one side to the story of a recent arrest in which an officer kicked a handcuffed man lying on the ground in the face. A video of the arrest, shot on a cellphone by someone at a rowdy party near Cold Lake, Alta., last weekend, clearly recorded the kick and the roaring protests of the crowd. The footage, uploaded to YouTube, is gaining attention and public outrage.
Adding to the shock is that the man kicked in the face, Richard Claybert, is hearing impaired.
RCMP say the video, which is one minute long, doesn't show that the giant of a man was drunk and had been taunting officers and flexing his muscles for a fight.
The 54-second video shows the struggle, with two officers attempting to put two sets of cuffs on the large suspect, because his arms could not reach fully behind his back.
"He's struggling he's trying to prevent us from doing this. And the members now know that he has two weapons, his fists, and they didn't want to lose grasp," said McGinnis, from the St. Paul detachment.
"We would typically use a stun technique, typically an elbow or a knee. But the member had his left knee on the person's back, trying to pin him down, the only thing that was available was his right leg."
McGinnis added that the video shocked him, but said it's important that the public know the whole story.
The video will now be used for training purposes, to show recruits just "how fast things can get out of control."
RCMP officer kicks man in the face
