[LilFro47]

Arkansas State Police have launched an investigation and suspended 3 officers after video surfaced of 2 county deputies and a Mulberry Police Officer beating a man outside a convenience store in Crawford County.

[Hogmann]

I feel like I've seen this before got any more info on it?

[kellyhound]

here's with audio.

The video was taken, at the Kountry Xpress at 1107 Georgia Ridge Dr. in Mulberry, in Crawford County. The woman who filmed it sent it to her sister, Naomi Johnson, who shared it on social media.

The video depicts two Crawford County deputies and a Mulberry Police officer beating a man on the ground and apparently slamming his head into the cement.

Johnson, who lives in Oklahoma, said her sister was too upset to talk yet about the incident, but she shared what her sister had told her.

A shoeless man was sitting on the curb and talking with law enforcement officers when she arrived at the gas station, Johnson said her sister reported.

The man stood up like he was going to run away, and the officers tackled him. Johnson said her sister thought the man seemed to be in mental distress.

Johnson’s sister and her friend who was in the car with her can be heard yelling at the officers to stop. While the audio is difficult to make out, it sounds like one officer yells at her to “Back the fuck up,” and another tells her to get back in her car.

While the captured footage certainly doesn’t tell the whole story, it’s hard to see how a shoeless, mentally distressed man could warrant such brutality. No word yet on his identity or condition.

Arkansas State Police spokesman Bill Sadler offered this information Sunday evening:

Special Agents of the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division are investigating the incident depicted in the video which occurred about 10:30 AM today outside a convenience store in the Dyer community (Crawford County).

The incident involves two Crawford County sheriff’s deputies and a Mulberry police officer. At this time I do not have any identifying information about the victim.

The Crawford County Sheriff’s Department released a statement on Facebook Sunday that the deputies involved in the incident are suspended pending an investigation.

Crawford County Sheriff's Office:

In reference to the video circulating social media involving two Crawford County Deputies, we have requested that Arkansas State Police conduct the investigation and the Deputies have been suspended pending the outcome of the investigation. I hold all my employees accountable for their actions and will take appropriate measures in this matter.

[zhazoo]

Pieces of shit. I generally back the blue, but this is bullshit.

[Ferocity]

Oklahoma's finest; out there protecting and serving the shit out of everybody. The unalienable rights hundreds of men and women have died to protect, these Crawford police officers swore an oath to uphold. That's what we're told.

[Brynjar]

It's a red state, it shouldn't surprise anyone.

[Steve]

Why do I have a problem with the cops, let me think now?

Getting kneed like that in the fucking thighs REALLY hurts, the head stuff you just brush off.

Look at piggy getting all perturbed once they've been seen and recorded, FUCK I HATE COPS.

[deadincel]

Originally Posted by zhazoo ↗

Pieces of shit. I generally back the blue, but this is bullshit.

STFU commie. He was CLEARLY resisting.

[Fuchs414]

poor criminal

good lesson to keep not being a criminal so one doesnt wind up in one of these videos.

[RidetheLightning]

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