La Times version

The AP on-line version doesn't give this kind of detail.

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The encounter occurred last Saturday evening when Jackson
and his father, Coby Chavis, were at an Inglewood gas station
and two sheriff's deputies stopped to investigate Chavis' expired
vehicle registration tags. Jackson was leaving the station's
market, holding a bag of potato chips, when he saw the deputies talking to his father.

Jackson tried to get into his father's car, ignoring deputies'
commands to wait while they questioned Chavis, according
to the officers and deputies. Deputy Carlos Lopez tried to
get Jackson to sit in the patrol car, Lopez said in his report,
adding that the youth then lunged at him.

The Inglewood report echoes those observations and says
Morse and Darvish arrived at the gas station as backup and
immediately assisted Lopez after Jackson cried, "I'm not getting
in the car! I'm not getting in the car!" and lunged at the deputy.
The Inglewood officers wrote that they saw Jackson hit the deputy,
so they grabbed his arms and pulled him to the ground.

Jackson struggled and flipped onto his back, the report says.
He grabbed at Morse's shirt and scratched him once above his
ear, then on the neck, the document says. Next, the report states
that the boy grabbed Darvish by the shirt and started pulling
him down. Darvish could not "get a wristlock" on Jackson, who
reportedly continued to swing at the officer.

It was at that point that Darvish punched Jackson, according
to the officer's account. Still, the officers said that did not subdue the boy.

At that point, Inglewood Officer Mariano Salcedo grabbed
the boy's legs, along with Officer Antoine Crook. All four officers
then helped handcuff Jackson, the report says.

Morse then grabbed the boy and lifted him off the ground,
the point at which the videotape begins.

On the tape, Morse is seen slamming Jackson onto the car.
The report describes that event only by saying Morse "assisted
Jackson to his feet and had him stand facing the police vehicle."

As The Times reported Thursday, Morse says the handcuffed
Jackson then grabbed the officer's testicles. Because of Morse's
"extreme pain," the officer says, he hit Jackson in the face, and the youth let go.

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a handcuffed kid grabs cop by balls. hmmmmm.......

David Beardsley wrote:

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> As The Times reported Thursday, Morse says the handcuffed
> Jackson then grabbed the officer's testicles. Because of Morse's
> "extreme pain," the officer says, he hit Jackson in the face, and the youth let go.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kraig Grady" <kraiggrady@...>

> a handcuffed kid grabs cop by balls. hmmmmm.......

I wonder about that too. One would think that cops
would be used to having the prisoner have his hands there
while they lifted him closely from behind. Lame ass defense.

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