Tackled by cop, 77-year-old cries foul

[genieroze]

Tackled by cop, 77-year-old cries foul
Crockett man cut, bruised in case of mistaken identity
By RACHEL RASKIN-ZRIHEN
Times-Herald staff writer

Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - An elderly Crockett man who was roughly tackled by police as he strolled across the Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge filed formal complaints against the officers on Monday.

Melvin Ainsworth, 77, said he was blindsided by Vallejo police officer Jeremie Patzer while he was walking alone across the bridge at about 6:30 a.m. Saturday. Police say the incident began with a call that a much younger man was dangling a baby over the bridge railing.

Ainsworth said he suffered a cracked rib and knee and wrist injuries. He had a cut lip and a blackened eye, and six stitches were required to close a gash along his eyebrow. He said he's been getting dizzy, has been vomiting and has visited a doctor twice since Saturday. He appeared Monday at the Vallejo Police Department's Amador Street headquarters to file a complaint.

Ainsworth said he may have been the unwitting subject of a new officer's training exercise, though police Lt. Kevin Kelley said Patzer has at least five years of law enforcement experience.

http://www.timesheraldonline.com/cda/article/print/0,1674,296%257E31531%257E2787671,00.html

[Media_Lies_Daily]

1. How the heck could the police mistake this man for a much younger man?....

There should have been more than enough light at 6:30am for the police to be able to see the man.

[Berserker]

3. That baby

could have been plastic and loaded with explosives to take the bridge out. In this land of imminent terror attacks he should have also been tasered to teach his old ass a lesson.
The cops are only doing their jobs:puke:

[tubbacheez]

5. Clothing can hide a lot of details, esp. cold weather clothing.

My buddy is a tall, lean, and wirey guy. Maybe 170 pounds tops. But looks like a 240 pound football player in his overcoat and watchcap.





Every time he's at a carnival, he goes to the "Guess Your Weight" booth, where you get a prize if the "swami" can't guess your weight within 5 pounds, in 3 tries.

And he goes to these things wearing just a t-shirt and jeans.

Comes home with a prize, every time.

[Demit]

2. Do you know where this is--what state?

I hate when these local media outlets don't identify themselves for out-of-staters.

[Elidor]

6. Vallejo, CA

I figured Florida

[beyurslf]

4. mistaken for a much younger man...like what? 72?