Ex Tennis Pro Wrestled To Ground/Falsely Arrested-For Identity Theft?

[WhatInThe]

An ex tennis pro was wrestled to the ground and falsely arrested for identity theft after being misidentified by a witness. Some are claiming bias since he was African American.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/m...stakenly-tackled-white-cops-article-1.2353983

Identity thieves are criminals and should be considered dangerous but basically taking them to the ground right away without even an attempt at a peaceful arrest? Cuffs taken off after a minute but the cop who wrestled him to ground refuses to apologize.

 

[WhatInThe]

excessive force

This is starting look like an excessive force case and not racial profiling. The arresting cop has 5 previous complaints of excessive force. And the suspect actually looks pretty close to the tennis pro-a visual ID in person based on a photo or a witness could be hard to distinguish.

http://nypost.com/2015/09/11/cop-accused-of-body-slamming-james-blake-needed-to-go-a-long-time-ago/

The suspects are Brits and were suspected of stealing 18,000$ worth of stuff.

 

[AZ Jim]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ex-player-blake-detained-police-scary-incident-235858141--ten.html

 

[WhatInThe]

Video

http://patch.com/new-york/parkslope/watch-plainclothes-nypd-officer-tackles-james-blake

To me it was unnecessary, He was given zero chance to comply, it was literally a sneak attack. He risked injury to an innocent man.

 

[WhatInThe]

NYPD union head says we shouldn't be so judge mental even after seeing the video of the take down.

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/artic...ead-unjust-and-un-american-judge-blake-arrest

I realize a union has to defend it's members but to call much of the public judgemental in regards to the take down video alone???

 

[Shalimar]

The police are sabotaging their credibility with this stance.

 

[WhatInThe]

actual suspect says innocent too

Apparently the actual suspect(guy in picture used) says he's not involved in this crime either.

http://nypost.com/2015/09/16/how-instagram-tricked-the-nypd-into-james-blake-arrest/

Police used a bad or wrong picture. Either this is keystone cops or this 'suspect' is trying to make a preemptive declaration of innocent.

 

[AprilT]

Mistaken identity, for sure, not just a claim. Sad on so many levels, but at the same time, there's still more here than meets the eye and I have to say, I'm still learning I need to get more facts before I make a full conclusion. I've read a little more about the reason for the officer’s actions and if it is true, well the fault is more with the department than with the lone acting officer though I would say he has some fault in how he handled things after. But, I'm taking into consideration in the heat of the moment and him receiving a call from team members as stated in the article if true, I have to give some more thought in my judgment. See article after the mix-up fiasco pics. I really hate how, sometimes, the media uses us all to go at it against each other without all the info and we aren't smart enough to wait for all the details ever as we always fall right in line for the bait either way. We all do it from time to time. Let me be clear, I'm not condoning the action of the officer, I was as disgusted as most, I'm just trying to understand all the circumstances that went into such a crazy situation, there are bad cops who don't deserve to wear the badge and then there are cops thrust into bad situations and mishandlings, not so much that the cop was a bad one, here, I'm yet to be certain.

http://www.news.com.au/national/the...glasses-designer/story-fncynjr2-1227530990552

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/09/15/cbs2-exclusive-sean-satha-james-blake/


http://nypost.com/2015/09/16/condemning-cops-without-all-the-facts-is-outrageously-unfair/