Cops Attack Mentally Ill Man in Disturbing Dash Cam Video

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http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2014/ ... cam-video/

Happens all the time TBPH.

Heh, the FB page for these criminals is getting hammered pretty hard by the public it seems. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dearborn ... ?ref=br_tf

Always great to see the police out there serving and protecting

The guy was in the street messing with his bike, so it seems the officer was in the right to stop, and see what was going on. Technically , it is probably some city violation to be standing in the road with your bike.

How is it not reasonable suspicion ?

It is at 4:48am, the guy is in the road (probably violating a city ordinance), the guy does not respond to the officer's questions, or explain himself, and the officer's job is to be on the look out for suspicious activity. The officer notes city violations of the bike (e.g., not having a light). If the officer lets this guy stay in the street working on his bike, then a car may drive by, and kill this guy and injure others.

The officer told him that he would search his body for "firearms".

Quoted: "The police may search your body without your consent for firearms or other dangerous weapons. You should make clear that you do not consent to a full search of your person. (Again, if they ignore you, do not try to resist them physically.)"
source, http://www.michiganlegalaid.org/library ... /html_view

The guy resisted the officer. At that point the officer needs to subdue this person with whatever means necessary, so the officer is not killed. Police officers are often in the news for being killed by mentally-ill and dangerous people.

I will point out too ...

"Once the incident was under control, officers cared for the well-being of Mr. Beydoun by transporting him to Oakwood Hospital for suspected mental health issues," the Dearborn police statement said. "A family member was contacted" and "told police that despite his behavior during the incident and his lack of ability to clearly communicate with officers, he did not take medications, did not have a mental health diagnosis or have a known mental illness."

http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index ... o_all.html

From the article"

Well, you also have to keep in mind him being out late like that isn't really safe for him, either, if he is developmentally disabled. It's dangerous and that might very well be why the cop stopped him. When he reacted the way he did, the cop became possibly scared and decided to cuff him. It looks really scary and I think they overreacted in the amount of cops but there could be a sound explanation. It might not be due to criminal suspicion, more to make him aware it isn't safe to be out like that. But I dunno.
If they did stop him just for the bike chain that's wrong but if they stopped him because they knew who he was and that he is possibly not safe, I can understand a bit more why.

When there have been multiple crime issues in an area, like in this case, the cops tend to be a bit more assertive. Why? Because that's what John Q. Taxpayer expects. I've always liked taking occasional walks late at night/early in the morning and a few times I've had the cops put the bright lights on me and inquire what I was doing, especially when there had recently been issues in the area I was in or near. I faced them, hands out in the open, and told them what street I live on. I've always got ID on me to back that up but I haven't been asked for it. It ends there and both them and I move on without further ado.
In that video I saw no one being shot, beaten, tazed, or handled more roughly than the situation called for. He did appear to be acting messed up and they simply took him down, regardless of any mental health excuses. He was not charged with anything.
I honestly don't expect any more or less out of the cops so stop making me defend them.