There are a lot of crazy people in Owasso, Oklahoma

here in Wichita. i was reported to the D.C.F. about my bed bound mother. and came to my house with 8 officers. and came right in with out asking me. and went into my moms room. with OUT my permission. 6 day latter they tried it again. i only let two officers come in the front and NO more. after i called my lawyer she told me to NOT let them in AT ALL. and have them call her first. so i have NO respect for the police in Wichita. NONE AT ALL!!!!!!

n Oklahoma cop has been charged with felony assault after beating a suspect with the butt of a shotgun while other officers held him down, Tulsa World is reporting.

Owasso Police Lt. Michael Dwain Denton, 49, has been suspended and faces assault and battery with a deadly weapon and reckless conduct with a firearm following a high speed car chase on June 14, caught on a police cruiser dash cam.
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In the video, officers can be seen warily approaching a truck driven by a suspect identified as Cody Matthews.

With fellow officers aiming their weapons at the truck, one officer breaks the driver-side window using his baton. Denton can then be seen entering the picture and using the barrel of his shotgun to strike Matthews in the face before officers drag the man out of the vehicle.

As Mathews is dragged to the ground by multiple officers, Denton once again can be seen standing above the prone Mathews and using the butt end of his shotgun to repeatedly strike Mathews, as well as one of his fellow officers.

According to prosecutors, Denton demonstrated a “conscious disregard” for the safety of other law enforcement officers and created a “situation of unreasonable risk” for his fellow officers and Mathews by using the shotgun.

“Essentially, striking anybody in the head with a hard object is considered deadly force. And you can only use deadly force in a circumstance where it’s justified,” explained Kevin Buchanan, district attorney for Nowata and Washington counties.

Equally concerning to Buchanan was Denton shoving the barrel of the gun — approximately nine times –into Mathews’ truck.

“There are two things that cause me concern, and one is the shotgun barrel through the window,” Buchanan said. “He was striking the person that had been stopped with what I’ll call the business end of the shotgun, as well as one of police officers who was trying to take that man into custody.”

This is not the first time Denton has been accused of brutalizing a suspect.

In 2011 he was fired after video (seen below) showed him mocking a handcuffed suspect before repeatedly elbowing him in the face.

Denton sued for reinstatement and an appeals court ordered him reinstated with back pay totaling $366,000.

The officer is expected to surrender himself Monday morning following the Friday indictment.

www.rawstory.com/2015/10/oklahoma-cop-facing-felony-charges-after-savagely-beating-unarmed-suspect-with-butt-of-shotgun/

seems odd how they are more concerned with other cops than this guy getting bashed in the face 9 times...

here in Wichita. i was reported to the D.C.F. about my bed bound mother. and came to my house with 8 officers. and came right in with out asking me. and went into my moms room. with OUT my permission. 6 day latter they tried it again. i only let two officers come in the front and NO more. after i called my lawyer she told me to NOT let them in AT ALL. and have them call her first. so i have NO respect for the police in Wichita. NONE AT ALL!!!!!!

n Oklahoma cop has been charged with felony assault after beating a suspect with the butt of a shotgun while other officers held him down, Tulsa World is reporting.

Owasso Police Lt. Michael Dwain Denton, 49, has been suspended and faces assault and battery with a deadly weapon and reckless conduct with a firearm following a high speed car chase on June 14, caught on a police cruiser dash cam.
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In the video, officers can be seen warily approaching a truck driven by a suspect identified as Cody Matthews.

With fellow officers aiming their weapons at the truck, one officer breaks the driver-side window using his baton. Denton can then be seen entering the picture and using the barrel of his shotgun to strike Matthews in the face before officers drag the man out of the vehicle.

As Mathews is dragged to the ground by multiple officers, Denton once again can be seen standing above the prone Mathews and using the butt end of his shotgun to repeatedly strike Mathews, as well as one of his fellow officers.

According to prosecutors, Denton demonstrated a “conscious disregard” for the safety of other law enforcement officers and created a “situation of unreasonable risk” for his fellow officers and Mathews by using the shotgun.

“Essentially, striking anybody in the head with a hard object is considered deadly force. And you can only use deadly force in a circumstance where it’s justified,” explained Kevin Buchanan, district attorney for Nowata and Washington counties.

Equally concerning to Buchanan was Denton shoving the barrel of the gun — approximately nine times –into Mathews’ truck.

“There are two things that cause me concern, and one is the shotgun barrel through the window,” Buchanan said. “He was striking the person that had been stopped with what I’ll call the business end of the shotgun, as well as one of police officers who was trying to take that man into custody.”

This is not the first time Denton has been accused of brutalizing a suspect.

In 2011 he was fired after video (seen below) showed him mocking a handcuffed suspect before repeatedly elbowing him in the face.

Denton sued for reinstatement and an appeals court ordered him reinstated with back pay totaling $366,000.

The officer is expected to surrender himself Monday morning following the Friday indictment.

www.rawstory.com/2015/10/oklahoma-cop-facing-felony-charges-after-savagely-beating-unarmed-suspect-with-butt-of-shotgun/

seems odd how they are more concerned with other cops than this guy getting bashed in the face 9 times...

I would be more concerned with the ones upholding the law rather then someone who has just broken it and put countless lives at risk.

Apparently all the warning signs were out on this Lt. He shouldn't be a sworn officer let alone in a command position. If he really was forced to retire the Chief should have put him behind a desk until it was retirement time.

It's a sad shame, that a few (very few) bad cops, can ruin the reputation of law enforcement in it's entirety.

I've no doubt, that Denton's parents were closely related. Bunch of cousin lovin' goin' on in that family.

On the other side of the coin...
Was the idiot who led police on a high speed chase, expecting a hug from the cops?

few?

there are thousands of these kinds of stories around the web...
here's another...
only this one is a woman in handcuffs while on the ground with another cop holding here while one of the "few" punches her in the face, while her small children look on...
http://www.sheknows.com/living/articles/1098055/woman-punched-in-face-during-arrest

Cops helping a little old lady who locked herself out of car, would rarely be deemed "newsworthy" by the libtard media.

Dirty laundry sells the story.

Thousands, out of hundreds of thousands, averages 1 out of 100.
1%.
That still equates 'very few'.

this stuff will probably keep on happening until the 99% of good cops cross the thin blue line and start policing the 1% of the bad ones instead of just standing and watching it happen right in front of them....one or two of those other officers could have pushed Denton away, or at a minimum, placed Denton under arrest immediately after the suspect was secured...

its regional, I truly believe, there are areas where the police are more corrupt and dangerous than other areas,,,

that's where we get so many different perceptions of cops , because peoples experiences can differ based upon where their experiences were,,,,

yea, well, we all have rights, even the criminals... hitting someone once or twice while getting restrained is one thing, multiple times while other cops are holding them down is abuse... the "criminal" has a right to not get his face beat in...