WWII vet’s neck breaking defended: 84-year-olds ‘can kill’ cops, too

[unhappycamper]

WWII vet’s neck breaking defended: 84-year-olds ‘can kill’ cops, too
By Eric W. Dolan
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010 -- 12:32 pm

A 84-year-old veteran is recovering from surgery to repair damaged vertebrae after an Orlando police officer reportedly flipped him onto his face and broke his neck.

On Saturday, "Police say Daniel J. Daley, 84, of Orlando was transported to Florida Hospital Orlando after he 'struck' an officer and the officer subdued him outside the Ivanhoe Grocery at 1820 North Orange Avenue about 11 p.m," reports the Orlando Sentinel.

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In his police report (.pdf file), 26-year-old Officer Travis Lamont writes that,

"Daley Jr. also continued to slap my right shoulder with his hand and state several times, 'I was a federal officer for twenty years. I fought in three wars I know what I'm talking about!' I stated to Daley Jr again in a clear voice, 'Do not touch me.' Hill then approached Daley Jr. and attempted to persuade him to leave the scene. Daley Jr. then reached out with his left hand and grabbed the right side of my neck. Daley Jr. then raised his right hand while making a closed fist, and cocked his right hand back as if to throw a punch. Daley Jr. then stated, 'I'm not going anywhere till I knock out this cop.' I immediately feared a physical attack was imminent so I grabbed Daley Jr's left wrist with my left hand while placing my right hand on his left elbow. I then pivoted on the ball of my left foot while dropping my right knee toward the ground. I then directed Daley Jr. to the ground with an arm bar technique"

Daley has been charged with assaulting a law enforcement officer.

[blueamy66]

1. He's 84 (or 86) freaking years old

Jesus Christ....what has this police state come to?

Cause a drunk elderly Vet is a threat to a younger cop, who should be trained in how to deal with these types of situations.

Another case of a dumbshit cop.

The cop should be ashamed and fired.

[atreides1]

2. He won't be fired

And there are those even here on DU who would agree that the officer's actions were justified.

[Hannah Bell]

3. i'm sure they'll be arriving posthaste. "he could have killed the officer with his cane!"

[HysteryDiagnosis]

6. Drool is an effective weapon, look at the seemingly innocuous

camel, imagine him with a sack of beechnut chewing tobacco. I'd be calling 911 fer sure.

[blueamy66]

4. Well, if anyone defends the cop, I will be

disappointed.

If a cop treated my Dad like this, I would be in jail, on assault charges.

"Serve the People".....yeah, right....

[old mark]

5. This makes me very angry. I used to work with cops around 15 - 20 years ago,

and I don't know what happened - seems like the "Patriot Act" and similar shit has made them feel like they can do no wrong, and it seems like most of them are taking steroids or testosterone.

This is happening all over the country for several years now, and it is not being addressed anywhere...

mark

added: I increasingly regard police as just another armed gang.

[theHandpuppet]

7. Don't cops carry pepper spray?

Was slamming an 84 year old man to the pavement, face-first, the only thing this cop could think of? Sounds more like Mr. Macho wanted to practice his UF moves on an old man who couldn't fight back.

[Roon]

8. This makes me mad

It's never ok to hurt the elderly.

[peekaloo]

9. Is the "arm bar technique" another term for body slam?

I've heard a lot of back and forth on local radio about this story....the old guy was drunk, the old guy wouldn't listen, the old guy kept touching the cop....but eyewitnesses used the term "body slam" for the takedown. It's disgusting. I do see that Mark NeJame is now his (Daley) legal counsel and that's a good thing.

p.s. LOTS of crazy shit going down in Orlando recently.