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Police officer in Ohio on administrative leave after punching Miami University football player during arrest (www.cnn.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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An Oxford, Ohio, police officer seen punching a Miami University football player during a November arrest outside a local bar has been placed on administrative leave during an investigation, police say.

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In surveillance video circulating on social media, Johnson can be seen outside the bar with several other people. Johnson and one of the men are seen struggling and Johnson is pinned on the ground by at least three people before police arrive.

An officer arrives on scene as the people have Johnson on the ground. The officer can be seen attempting to hold Johnson on the ground and appears to punch him three times. They continue to hold Johnson down as another officer arrives on scene. Both officers can be seen forcibly holding Johnson’s head, one of them pulling him by the hair at one point, before placing handcuffs on him.

Johnson’s attorney called the video “deeply disturbing” in a statement to the Miami Student earlier this week.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago

That's some red hat dilemma

[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wait a second. Cops AREN'T supposed to punch suspects in the face?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not if they're college football players.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

All hail The Church of Hand-Egg. I'm sure this blasphemous act against a saint of The Order will not go unpunished.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago

You just KNOW if it hadn’t been a football player he hit, he wouldn’t even have gotten put on leave.