Local Media on Cop Story: Did Police Chokehold Someone Last Night in the Fort?

[okaawhatever]

Last night, apparently, an end-of semester celebration in Fort Sanders got out of control. How out of control? We're not quite sure. It's Sunday, and that means neither us, nor the PR folks at the Knoxville Police Department or the Knox County Sheriff's Office are in the office, so it can take a while to get a response. But was there a big party? And did a lot of cops show up? Yes.



When the cops showed up, the party-goers weren't happy. Some starting shouting obscenities, and at least one person threw a beer bottle, but then this also happened:

https://mtc.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/8981C6FA471072055295968219136_25a76a13c7e.0.2.2459151408941095974.mp4?versionId=kh.YsM91_WEqrt1FK4ggmY7Vn6WRyROi

According to WBIR, 15 people were arrested -- out of a party that KPD estimates at 800. (Is that number accurate? We have no idea.) But there's one arrest that's drawing all the attention, which was somehow published by the Daily Mail (yes, the British tabloid the Daily Mail) first. A series of photos taken by sometimes-News Sentinel freelancer John Messner show a young man handcuffed and a KCSO officer possibly putting him in a chokehold.

Continued at link with an account of events from a partygoer.

http://blogs.metropulse.com/the_daily_pulse/2014/04/did-police-chokehold-someone-l.html
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The story says the party goers started chanting F#ck the Police. I know there's a NWA song by that name. If someone can tell me if they're chanting the lyrics from that song. I'd appreciate it.

[Ed Suspicious]

1. Nothing is as it seems. When a choke-out is not. Sometimes ducks are ducks.

Nightsticks. Shotguns. Even if the chokehold pictures aren't what they seem, we're betting this is only the beginning of the story.