Officer pushed civilian
PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS
I was at lucky 7 on Park st. Today around 3 and I whiteness an old man get pushed by a cop today. I called my roommate and asked him if this is in his right. He said absolutely not and to go back and record. I wish I would have stayed and recorded. I go back the civilian is already in a cop car. I stay and record however the office who pushed the civilian was inside talking to the employee. 15 minutes later and the cops get the guy out and then tell him he is being detained and arrested for somthing I couldn’t hear. I call the non emergency line to report what I saw he basically did nothing and told me I can make a report at bla bla bla and they can give me a call back with further information. A sergeant calls back and starts giving me a description of what happened and I Interuot because I felt it had nothing to do with what I called about, she keeps going on about his behavior in the store and I go okay just because he wasn’t leaving the property does that give the cop permission to push the civilian and she goes please let me finish I am still talking. She countinues and gets to the part about the office pushing the civilian. She says the civilian was using an elbow and that’s when the office detained the civilian. Idk if she got her fact wrong or what but she told me the office was trying to get the civilian out of the property. Then why would the offfier push the civilian in twoards the station and instead of out of the property or grab his hands and let him know he was being detained. From what I saw it was 2 on one. Three feet between the officers and civilian the civilian was just standing there and the office pushed him. Then I left and between then and when I come back maybe the civilian used an elbow but still does this make it okay for the officer to push the civilian if the civilian hadn’t been physical? The searge who called me said I could make a claim but basically there is nothing I can do because they don’t have body cameras and it is the cops word against mine. Completely bushit.
I understand the civilian was on the property and the store wanted him to leave. Great so the cops should detain him( grab his hands and put them behind his back) not push him when it is two officers on one and then get him into the car.
My boyfriend basically told me the office is in the right because of some terminology I forgot about how the cop can basically do whatever they want to civilians until we are in handcuffs
This is absolutely ridiculous and I can’t believe Madison city council doesn’t require body cameras. This should be illegal.