white officer charged, *man who shot the video arrested

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<b>Man who shot the video arrested</b>



http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/07/11/police ... index.html

<i>LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- The man who videotaped Inglewood police roughing up African-American teen-ager Donovan Jackson was hospitalized Thursday after being taken into custody.

Mitchell Crooks was arrested on an outstanding warrant for petty theft with a prior conviction, driving under the influence and hit-and-run in Placer County, in northern California.


Crooks had failed to appear before the grand jury Thursday morning as scheduled, authorities said. Late Thursday, a source with the district attorney's office said they were "through with him for the time being," leaving Crooks to face the charges from Placer County.

</i><b>The Placer County sheriff's office said Crooks was arrested in February 1999 for stealing two VCRs from his mother's home. On his way to steal them, he was in a traffic accident and fled the scene; he was later charged with hit and run and driving under the influence for that wreck. </b><i>

Crooks was convicted of the three crimes in March 1999 and sentenced to seven months in jail but failed to report for the sentence, leading to the warrant for his address, the Placer County sheriff's office said. </i>


<b>From inside the car, Crooks yelled at the top of his lungs, "Help! Help! Help! Help me!" as the SUV drove away.

The arrest was captured on crisp surveillance video as well as by a CNN photographer.</b>

[EvilHorace]

There's a similar video recording/incident that happened here too and was on the local news. The video clearly shows the young black man resisting arrest so several white cops had to use force to contain him until he stopped fighting them. No one hit or harmed the black guy but all the black people who were there were saying that he didn't resist arrest and that un-necessary force was used on him.

[Danielm7]

I didn't catch the video yet but a friend of mine told me the story about it last night. Seems they told the guy to stop, told him to calm down repeatedly, and he just kept coming.

Cop or not, how are you supposed to not hit a guy that grabs onto your nuts and won't let go?

The kid attacked him, he fought back, he grabbed him and wouldn't let go, I'd say punching him was in order. It is just so weak how all these things turn into a racial battle. I care if a guy is black/white/green/etc, if he grabs my crotch and won't let go he is going home in much worse shape then he met me in.