more officers arrive on the scene, and the fight is over for the moment. i walked him outside and placed him in my police car. i turned around to get my paperwork started, and then he kicked out the window. we had to taser him again. take him out of the police car and then shackle his legs. davis is transported to a local hospital where he s found to be under the influence of drugs and alcohol. a lot of times drugs have an influence on people. specifically cocaine and pcp can give them superhuman strength with a lot of adrenaline. a judge finds patrick davis guilty of multiple charges, including battery on a police officer, attempted armed robbery, criminal mischief, and resisting arrest. in the end nobody is badly hurt. deputy meyer has only minor injuries.
something. that s when i decided to take him to the ground to effect the arrest. you have a split second to decide how you were going to bring him down. i used a leg sweep to bring him to the ground effectively. he went to the ground. i had my knee on him. i was attempting to put the handcuff on, and in a split second like superman, he lifted up, and next thing i know i was up in the air with him. in a single movement, the suspect gains his footing and lifts meyer off the ground. grabbed the officer, picked him up. to me it looked like the guy was trying to slam his head on the floor. the security video shows officer meyer struggling to gain control. but the suspect seems to possess amazing strength. once he lifted me in the air, he was determined to try to break away from me. my only concern was holding onto him and keeping him there until my partner arrived so we could take him into custody. it looks like deputy meyer is
i was patrolling the western part of the city. deputy kevin meyer of the broward county sheriff s office is on his morning patrol. the dispatcher came across the air advising there was some sort of disturbance inside the mcdonald s. deputy meyer responds to the call. the manager approached me and pointed the gentleman out saying he had stolen some property from a patron inside the store. the security video shows the manager pointing to 29-year-old patrick davis. i had a feeling he was up to no good. just minutes earlier customer jose ramos observed davis behaving strangely. you know when somebody is not normal. he was not normal. his eyes were wide open and staring just into nothing. and now deputy meyer notices something else. when i looked at it hands, they looked like they were clinched and he was concealing
i was patrolling the western part of the city. deputy kevin meyer of the broward county sheriff office is on his morning patrol. the dispatcher came across the air advising there was some sort of disturbance inside the mcdonald s. deputy meyer responds to the call. the manager approached me and pointed the gentleman out saying he had stolen property from a patron inside the store. the security video shows the manager pointing to 29-year-old patrick davis. i had a feeling he was up to no good. just minutes earlier customer jose ramos observed davis behaving strangely. you know when somebody is not normal. he was not normal. his eyes were wide open and staring just into nothing. and now deputy meyer notices something else. when i looked at his hands, looked like they were clinched and he was concealing something.
that s when i decided to take him to the ground to effect the arrest. you have a split second to decide how you were going to bring him down. i used a leg sweep to take him to the ground effectively. it went textbook. he went to the ground. i had my knee on him. i was attempting to put the handcuff on, and in a split second like superman, he lifted up, and next thing i know i was up in the air with him. in a single movement the suspect gains his footing and lifts meyer off the ground. grabbed the officer, picked him up. to me it seemed like the guy was trying to slam his head on the floor. the security video shows officer meyer struggling to gain control. but the suspect seems to possess amazing strength. once he lifted me in the air he was determined to try to break away from me. my only concern was holding onto him and keeping him there until my partner arrived so we could take him into custody. it looks like deputy meyer is on his own until backup arrives.