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San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon ordered an immediate internal investigation Thursday into what he called "disturbing" video showing an arrest by deputies after a horse pursuit that was caught on camera by NewsChopper4.
Deputies appeared to use Tasers to stun a man and then beat him after the pursuit in San Bernardino County Thursday afternoon.
Aerial footage captured by NewsChopper4 showed the man falling off the horse, and then being stunned with a Taser by a sheriff's deputy.
The man then appeared to fall to the ground with his arms outstretched. Two deputies immediately descended on him and began punching him in the head and kneeing him in the groin.
The group surrounding the man grew to 13 sheriff's deputies as several appeared to kick, hit, and punch him dozens of times over a two-minute period.
In the two minutes after the man was stunned with a Taser, it appeared deputies kicked him 17 times and punched him 37 times and struck him with batons four times. Thirteen blows appeared to be to the head. The allegedly stolen horse stood idly nearby.
The man did not appear to move from his position lying on the ground for more than 45 minutes. He did not appear to receive medical attention while deputies stood around him during that time.
The man, identified as Francis Jared Pusok, 30, of Apple Valley, was hospitalized with unknown injuries, authorities said.
Three deputies were injured during the search. Two suffered dehydration and a third was injured when kicked by the horse. All three were taken to a hospital for treatment.
The series of events started when deputies from the Victor Valley station went to a home on Zuni Road to serve a search warrant in an identity theft investigation, authorities said in a news release.
The suspect took off in a vehicle and deputies initiated a pursuit through unincorporated Apple Valley, the town of Apple Valley and unincorporated Hesperia. The area is more than 80 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles.
Pusok allegedly abandoned the vehicle 40 miles away from Hesperia in a place called Bowen Ranch where he took off running.
During a search on foot, with off-road vehicles and by helicopter, deputies learned the suspect had stolen a horse and rode it on dirt trails through rugged, steep terrain, causing numerous injuries to the horse.
A sheriff's helicopter inserted a team of deputies to take the suspect into custody. As deputies made contact with Pusok, the horse threw him off.
Deputies said the Taser was ineffective due to his loose clothing and a use of force occurred.
"I can certainly understand the concerns in the community based on what they saw on the video," McMahon told NBC4. "I'm disturbed by what I see in the video. But I don't need to jump to conclusions at this point, until we do a complete and thorough investigation. If our deputy sheriff's did something wrong, they'll be put off work and they'll be dealt with appropriately, all in accordance with the law as well as our department policy."
San Bernardino Superior Court records show Pusok has convictions for resisting arrest, animal cruelty, disturbing the peace, attempted robbery and failure to provide evidence of financial responsibility.
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eric3579*promote
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EMPIREsays...Serve and Protect!..............................and kick and punch the shit out of everyone.
Esoogsays...Don't wanna get hurt? Then don't steal F'n horses! Tired of this bleeding heart, bs.
EMPIREsays...Oh right, I forgot. Police are not only police, but jury and executioner as well.
enochwait..what?
do you even know what a cops job is?
or have you become so fucking indoctrinated that you will lie down and tacitly accept an ever-increasing militarized and VIOLENT police force?
let us take your inanely stupid comment and take it to its logical application,according to your own facile and twisted logic.
shall we?
"don't wanna get hurt? then don't F'n speed"
"don't wanna get hurt? then don't F'n jaywalk"
"don't wanna get hurt?then don't F'n smoke weed"
and before you start backpedaling like a pussy and try to make an argument of distinctions,you need to go look up what a cops actual job IS and what it is NOT.
it IS to enforce the law....period.
outrage over cops over-stepping and abusing their authority is a bleeding heart?
seriously?
sorry man,but that is fucking dumb.
/drops mic
Don't wanna get hurt? Then don't steal F'n horses! Tired of this bleeding heart, bs.
eric3579Just wow! *promote
Don't wanna get hurt? Then don't steal F'n horses! Tired of this bleeding heart, bs.
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newtboy...You forgot some things.....Don't wanna get beaten nearly to death or killed by cops, don't steal horses, or beer, or a candy bar, or a cigarette, and don't be black, or Mexican, or white but poor, or wearing something red, or blue, or the number 13, or something that the particular officer finds offensive/inappropriate, and don't give cops dirty looks, don't talk back, don't refuse to speak, don't run, don't contradict the cops, don't commit any infractions, don't have a cell phone, don't reach for your wallet when commanded to produce ID, don't have anything in your hands, don't get targeted because the cop's having a bad day, don't be mistaken for a criminal, don't worry about your own safety, or life, or rights, or those of your family.
Sweet Zombie Jebus, buddy.
I'm incredibly tired of this insane, completely un-American, 'all accused criminals deserve death except the criminal cops' BS.
Don't wanna get hurt? Then don't steal F'n horses! Tired of this bleeding heart, bs.
HugeJerksays...Dear Police,
You are not the punishment part of our Justice System. Please refrain from beating or killing people when your life isn't in any actual danger. Please quit escalating situations. Instead, try to defuse the situation by speaking calmly, and not pulling your guns immediately while screaming orders because a guy is holding a screwdriver. If a suspect runs, take the time to try to catch them. If they are getting away from you, use the radio to request backup and give a detailed description instead of shooting them in the back.
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possomsays...And not one *uck was given about the horse.. it could have just as easily run off and they'd have a run-away horse case on their hands. Not one deputy even attempted to restrain the horse or move it away from the fight.
Oh.. and as im typing this near the end they say one deputy was KICKED by the horse... they all should have been.
No attempt to secure the stolen property in a stolen property crime.. just straight to the beating.
Praetorsays...Watched 15 seconds of the beating and stopped watching.
Then forced myself to watch it all the way through because being uncomfortable with it is no excuse not to bear witness.
Watched person after person come on screen and join in the beating and had to stop watching again.
If they are going to treat people like this when they try and surrender peacefully, how do they think people will react in the future?
eric3579http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-san-bernardino-deputies-kick-man-pursuit-20150409-story.html
Po po may eventually find out what blow back means.
If they are going to treat people like this when they try and surrender peacefully, how do they think people will react in the future?
lantern53says...Awful lot of hyperbole in some of these comments, especially from the poster, cop-hater newtboy.
The cops appear to be beating this guy w/o much cause, and that's illegal and improper. But newtboy seems to think every arrest is carried out this way.
To repeat myself, 700,000 arrests are made every year in the US. I can't predict what percentage involve illegal violence, but I can't imagine it being anywhere near even 1%.
What we can't tell by the video is whether the perp is refusing to comply by not putting his hands behind his back, etc, which would certainly justify some physical act by the cops to get compliance.
I agree that from the looks of it, it does appear to be illegal violence. But 10 deputies were suspended, so due process is being followed.
As for me, I've never been arrested. I've gotten traffic tickets, but never once did I give the officer any shit and never once was I treated unfairly. Your mileage may vary. But if you behave yourself, you are pretty much guaranteed to be left alone by the police.
eric3579<redacted> Never mind
But if you behave yourself, you are pretty much guaranteed to be left alone by the police.
DuoJetsays...THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!!!... oh, wait, no, this is typical police behavior.
antI misread that. I thought the title said Cops tazered the horse and then beat and kick them over 50 times.
jimnmsThe video is private. *dead
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newtboyOh, wait, it's both.
THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!!!... oh, wait, no, this is typical police behavior.
dannym3141If it were left to the moderates - and you are not one, you are the other extreme - then change would never happen, because no one would be angry enough. How far would the abuse have to go, how rife would it have to be, before you got angry enough to try and change it? During the height of racism in america, you would have wondered why the million man march was necessary given that you never had any problems on your traffic stops.
I have read comments from newt praising the actions of the police when they act in ways which deserve praise.
Yet you - you never seem to rule out that a beating is unacceptable. You always add the caveat "maybe he wasn't putting his hands behind his back," (or similar) but in the same breath claim that you've never been in that situation. Perhaps if you had, you would understand that the human survival instinct is not something that can be turned off when you are being attacked.
Do you honestly, even in your closeted, warped and twisted mind, think that you can kick and punch someone in the face UNTIL they put their hands behind their back? You are excusing them on the basis that they make an impossible demand and the demand is not met.
Your guarantee is worthless, on what authority do you make it!? You have a pathetically ignorant world view in which if it works for you, it works for everyone - damn the evidence, and damn those who it doesn't work for. If your traffic stops went without a hitch, then all these videos of psychopaths in uniform are outliers and don't need to be dealt with. You're an excuse maker and an apologist for violent, dangerous individuals who are given exceptional power which they abuse.
Unless some people get angry about it, nothing will change, because people like you will always find a justification for them, and that's more reason to get angry.
Awful lot of hyperbole in some of these comments, especially from the poster, cop-hater newtboy.
The cops appear to be beating this guy w/o much cause, and that's illegal and improper. But newtboy seems to think every arrest is carried out this way.
To repeat myself, 700,000 arrests are made every year in the US. I can't predict what percentage involve illegal violence, but I can't imagine it being anywhere near even 1%.
What we can't tell by the video is whether the perp is refusing to comply by not putting his hands behind his back, etc, which would certainly justify some physical act by the cops to get compliance.
I agree that from the looks of it, it does appear to be illegal violence. But 10 deputies were suspended, so due process is being followed.
As for me, I've never been arrested. I've gotten traffic tickets, but never once did I give the officer any shit and never once was I treated unfairly. Your mileage may vary. But if you behave yourself, you are pretty much guaranteed to be left alone by the police.
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DaldainAnd yet all of this could have been avoided if that criminal wasn't a criminal.
lantern53says...A person will believe anything they want to believe.
THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!!!... oh, wait, no, this is typical police behavior.
newtboySome people will believe anything they want to believe, and refuse to see anything that contradicts that belief, even when it's right in front of them.
I can see hands behind the "thief's" back even AFTER being kicked in the head and balls.
If it were left to the moderates - and you are not one, you are the other extreme - then change would never happen, because no one would be angry enough. How far would the abuse have to go, how rife would it have to be, before you got angry enough to try and change it? During the height of racism in america, you would have wondered why the million man march was necessary given that you never had any problems on your traffic stops.
I have read comments from newt praising the actions of the police when they act in ways which deserve praise.
Yet you - you never seem to rule out that a beating is unacceptable. You always add the caveat "maybe he wasn't putting his hands behind his back," (or similar) but in the same breath claim that you've never been in that situation. Perhaps if you had, you would understand that the human survival instinct is not something that can be turned off when you are being attacked.
Do you honestly, even in your closeted, warped and twisted mind, think that you can kick and punch someone in the face UNTIL they put their hands behind their back? You are excusing them on the basis that they make an impossible demand and the demand is not met.
Your guarantee is worthless, on what authority do you make it!? You have a pathetically ignorant world view in which if it works for you, it works for everyone - damn the evidence, and damn those who it doesn't work for. If your traffic stops went without a hitch, then all these videos of psychopaths in uniform are outliers and don't need to be dealt with. You're an excuse maker and an apologist for violent, dangerous individuals who are given exceptional power which they abuse.
Unless some people get angry about it, nothing will change, because people like you will always find a justification for them, and that's more reason to get angry.
robbersdog49The guy they're beating isn't a criminal, he's an innocent man. He's not a criminal until he is tried and convicted in court. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty. The police aren't judges, they can't make that decision.
Regardless of what is found later, the man they are beating is, and should be treated as, an innocent man. That's not to say they shouldn't arrest him if they believe they have enough evidence, but there should be no punishment aspect to anything they do. They are there to bring the man to justice, meaning they should hold him and bring him before the judge, present the evidence and allow him his defence. That's their job. Nothing more, nothing less.
And yet all of this could have been avoided if that criminal wasn't a criminal.
newtboyHere's a instance of police showing amazing RESTRAINT before being forced to shoot a civilian for good cause.
3 officers are violently gang attacked by a family of 7+ in a Walmart parking lot. Multiple times the officers are taken to the ground by multiple assailants, but they continue to try only non-lethal means of control for over 3 minutes of getting beaten down, at one point one cop actually kicks another in the head in the scuffle. They only resort to using lethal force when one assailant manages to take a cop's gun and shoots repeatedly, hitting the cop. Only then does another officer use lethal force against that single attacker, with a SINGLE controlled shot, then goes back to non-lethal methods of restraint on the remaining crowd. These officers acted the way I want all officers to act.
There's fairly graphic death, so it's snuff, so I won't sift it, but it can be found here....Warning, violent graphic death.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv5Cbgn4TOU
DaldainSure, so let's not judge the officers in the same way then OK?
The guy they're beating isn't a criminal, he's an innocent man. He's not a criminal until he is tried and convicted in court. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty. The police aren't judges, they can't make that decision.
PaybackIs it just me, or does the latest round of police abuse seem to be lazy?
That one cop didn't want to run after that one gentleman, so he shot him.
These ones seem to be pissed off they're out running around after this guy.
StukaFoxsays...THE FUCKING IRONY.
A person will believe anything they want to believe.
dannym3141I would say they exercised too much restraint in that case, i credit them for their restraint, but i wouldn't want things to get far enough to have one of them get shot. Smack the crap out of a fighter with a telescopic baton, by all means, or pepper spray, or tazer.
Interesting though that it was their own gun that ended up escalating the physical confrontation into a firearm confrontation. However with the wild west nostalgia for gun laws over there, i can't see how you could send them out unarmed.
Here's a instance of police showing amazing RESTRAINT before being forced to shoot a civilian for good cause.
3 officers are violently gang attacked by a family of 7+ in a Walmart parking lot. Multiple times the officers are taken to the ground by multiple assailants, but they continue to try only non-lethal means of control for over 3 minutes of getting beaten down, at one point one cop actually kicks another in the head in the scuffle. They only resort to using lethal force when one assailant manages to take a cop's gun and shoots repeatedly, hitting the cop. Only then does another officer use lethal force against that single attacker, with a SINGLE controlled shot, then goes back to non-lethal methods of restraint on the remaining crowd. These officers acted the way I want all officers to act.
There's fairly graphic death, so it's snuff, so I won't sift it, but it can be found here....Warning, violent graphic death.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv5Cbgn4TOU
lantern53says...I think what's happening is that the cops see this stupid criminal behavior day in and day out, they risk their lives, and the lives of innocent people are risked, and nothing really happens to the criminal. I mean, he goes to court, or skips court, or gets a fine, or gets sentenced, then goes to jail perhaps, for a week, or a month, and it's not really punishment. It's 3 squares a day, and basketball, so the cops feel like, hey, let's tune this bastard up a bit, maybe next time he'll think twice before doing something stupid.
Now, I'm just speculating, but I bet there's a good chance this is what happens. For instance, a few weeks ago I got into a vehicle pursuit of a woman who was passing bad checks halfway across the country, we chased her for a good 10 miles at pretty high speeds. She finally gave up, she goes to jail, it's a non-violent crime so the judge gives her a court date and lets her go. This fucking broad was homeless. We'll never see her again. And all those innocent people on the interstate, and the cops chasing her, took chances on physical injury trying to bring her to justice. We brought her to justice but the court just opened the door for her.
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