Man finds stepson hanging in his garage

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LOGANVILLE, Ga. - A man says he called Loganville police to his home
for help and ended up being beaten by officers. Kenny Dixon said Friday
that he arrived home Wednesday to find that his son had committed
suicide.

And then it gets worse. His neighbors call 9-11, and minutes later he's being pinned down and getting blasted in the face.

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"I
left the garage, walked to the front door. One of the police officers
came up behind me, grabbed my arm, and said, 'You need to sit down.' I
jerked my arm away from him and said, 'Don't touch me.' That's all I
said to the man, and he tackled me," Dixon said. Dixon said other officers then joined in and two allegedly held him down, while two others punched him in the face. "I couldn't figure out what the heck was going on over there," said neighbor, Lisa Neighbors. Neighbors said she woke up to screaming and looked outside. "They were just waling on him, punching him and punching him. It was awful," Neighbors said.

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The chief
of police said he called in the GBI to investigate and that his agency
had nothing to hide.

"This man was clearly distressed, but it was kind of rude for shaking off that officer's hand on his arm. Beating the piss out of him was completely justified."

Welp, under the rug this goes.

Wow...

I wonder why they wanted him to sit down in the first place. Did they consider it a crime scene, or what?

Truly the rotten, poisonous cherry on the shit sundae.

Also, I find it strange that so many police brutality incidents are being reported recently. Granted, this is possibly biased because this is the section for fucked-up news, but it just seems like there's an uptick of this sort of thing. Is there more police brutality now, is it being reported in the mainstream news more, what?

I saw the thread and subtitle and thought the officers walked into the garage and went, "OMGAPINATA!!1!" Then started wailing on it with nightsticks.

I am disappoint.

I know it's terrible of me, but I can't stop giggling at that mental image. Time for bed I think.

Don't even look like you're going to resist a police officer. They will not hesitate to hurt you. I know this from personal experience, although nothing nearly as bad as what this poor dude went through.

This is horrible, but...

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said neighbor, Lisa Neighbors. Neighbors said she woke up to screaming and looked outside. "They were just waling on him, punching him and punching him. It was awful," Neighbors said.

Is that seriously her name? She's a neighbor. A neighbor named Neighbors. You seriously have to be shitting me. Am I being punk'd?

Mr.Doobie wrote:

This is horrible, but...

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said neighbor, Lisa Neighbors. Neighbors said she woke up to screaming and looked outside. "They were just waling on him, punching him and punching him. It was awful," Neighbors said.

Is that seriously her name? She's a neighbor. A neighbor named Neighbors. You seriously have to be shitting me. Am I being punk'd?

And if she has a family, does that make that family... the Neighbors? Neighborses?

This is fantastic groundwork for sitcomish misunderstandings.

Azzandra wrote:

Mr.Doobie wrote:

This is horrible, but...

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said neighbor, Lisa Neighbors. Neighbors said she woke up to screaming and looked outside. "They were just waling on him, punching him and punching him. It was awful," Neighbors said.

Is that seriously her name? She's a neighbor. A neighbor named Neighbors. You seriously have to be shitting me. Am I being punk'd?

And if she has a family, does that make that family... the Neighbors? Neighborses?

This is fantastic groundwork for sitcomish misunderstandings.

"Who are those nice people who live next door?"

"The Neighbors."

"I know that, but who are they?"

"The Neighbors."

"That's why I'm asking who they are!"

*repeat for five minutes*

Outside of the realm of comical surnames, this is kind of weird. Georgia police...well, Georgia in general, is usually much more...sane. And rational. Usually.

SlyChild wrote:

Don't even look like you're going to resist a police officer. They will not hesitate to hurt you. I know this from personal experience, although nothing nearly as bad as what this poor dude went through.

1) No they won't.
2) I won't dispute that you may have had a rough run-in with police, but Your Experience =/= Universal Truth.

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Mikey Go WOOGA wrote:

I saw the thread and subtitle and thought the officers walked into the garage and went, "OMGAPINATA!!1!" Then started wailing on it with nightsticks.

I am disappoint.

Oh man, now I can't go into this topic without giggling.