A double amputee was made to crawl away after polices presumably took his synthetic limbs off him throughout a demonstration about bigotry and cops cruelty.
Witnesses stated the protester was unarmed and was not being violent when he was pepper sprayed on Sunday in Columbus, Ohio, prior to his legs were eliminated from him.
He needed to crawl off to get medical aid while other demonstrators hurried cops to get his limbs back. Footage from the scene appears to reveal him being assisted by other protesters who had actually handled to recover the legs.
He can be heard growling in discomfort on the ground while other protesters required officers turn over his legs and yelled for a medic.
Lauren McCubbin, a Columbus College of Art and Design trainee, stated: ‘Today in Columbus my husband was downtown at the protests & saw the cops hit & mace an unarmed kid then STEAL HIS PROSTHETIC LEGS,’ tweeted .
The event happened after Columbus Mayor Andre Ginther and the city board just recently prohibited making use of pepper spray versus non-violent protesters.
Ginther stated cops might handle violent protesters, however ‘those on the other side who are truly peaceful, who are truly non-violent, who are truly non-aggressive need to have the space they deserve to have the space to exercise their First Amendment rights, and we should embrace that.’
However, in spite of the mayor’s declaration, cops were still seen utilizing bikes to clear protesters holding mirrors as much as them on Sunday. Officers were likewise recorded as they appeared to fire pepper spray into the crowd indiscriminately throughout the encounter with protesters.
But Ginther validated the officers actions by stating cops attempted to clear the streets for over an hour, however ‘they were met with violence from some and took action, including using mace and pepper spray as an appropriate to keep crowds in sidewalks.’
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