How do you turn a Marine into a pancake? Throw sand on the wall and tell him to hit the beach. Apparently one jarhead took this joke literally as he abused a female army soldier at a Buffalo Wild Wings in Columbia, South Carolina. Apparently Billy Bad-Ass was an off-duty deputy drinking at the establishment and decided he didn't like the way she was talking to him:
WIS reported:
According to a Columbia Police Department incident report, around 11 p.m. Derrick approached a female soldier from Fort Jackson who appeared to be upset. The report states 23-year-old Brittany Ball showed no interest in Derrick and the two started arguing.
Police say Derrick, who was not in uniform and was drinking alcohol, left the restaurant and returned with handcuffs he retrieved from his vehicle.
Derrick overpowered Ball, handcuffed her, pulled her to her feet, and slammed her head into a metal table, the report states. Ball, according to the report, was also drinking alcohol.
Cell phone video recorded by a bar patron Steven Hughes details the events as they unfolded on the patio of the restaurant.
"I said, 'I'm going to start videoing this, because I think something is about to get out of hand,'" said Hughes. "And about the time I got my video out, he had her turned around and was putting her in handcuffs. I mean she never yelled at him. She never resisted. She was as calm as she could be. Obviously she was scared, I mean when you get arrested, especially if it's your first time you're going to be scared."
In the video, Derrick can be seen trying to force Ball to stand up after cuffing her hands behind her back.
At one point Ball is positioned over a table, and the table collapses.
A police officer who reviewed video of the incident reports hearing Derrick say, "This is how Marines deal with soldiers," while slamming the woman into the table.
It is not clear from the video why Derrick thought it was necessary to restrain Ball.
Restaurant employees and other customers watched nearby and tried to intervene in the incident.
"At an establishment like that if the management hasn't asked you to leave, then you as a customer can't ask somebody to leave," said Hughes. "You have to go get management. That's the whole point of having a business is letting management handle it."
Derrick does not let management handle it. Instead, he warned others away as he remained on the patio with Ball still unable to free herself. By now, Columbia police are on the way. When they arrive, Hughes shows the video to an officer.
"He watched maybe the first 30 seconds of it. And when he heard the Marine-Army comment he said, 'Alright, things just changed. Arrest him, 10-37, and release her.' And that's when I said, 'Sir, I know it's hard, but that's the right thing,'" said Hughes.
Sheriff Leon Lott on Tuesday discussed with Interim Columbia Chief Ruben Santiago and Fifth Circuit Solicitor Dan Johnson.
The Sheriff later fired the deputy.
13 comments:
"That's the whole point of having a business is letting management handle it."
NO. The point of having a business is to make money. That sort of statement destroys all his credibility.
Judging from the article, I'd say the "Marine" should do a prison stretch for false arrest, assault, false imprisonment and kidnapping.
As a Marine myself, I am appalled at this behavior. But, I am not surprised. There are many half wits that join the Corps and become bigger douche bags.
Yes, a business wants to make money and having police cars outside and having incidents like this inside, hurts business. That is why bars have bouncers.
This guy is a disgrace to the Corps, for sure,8:08 am.
He's also a disgrace to police officers!
He also didn't have to put his hands where he did!
If you read todays article he was fired. Whats scary is the sheriff thought the deputy had a legal right to arrest her. As a class 3 officer he had no legal authority to do so. Basically he was a transport officer. Also just watching the video tells you all you need to know. Sick deputy and sick sheriff. Thank goodness someone had the authority to over rule his ass.
If that were my daughter, I would be under arrest for trying to kick that guys arse. Then, I would be in the hospital because he would have kicked mine like sarge does beetle bailey.
Future Commissioner of the Mississippi Highway Patrol.
It sure looks like the (former) Deputy likes to dominate, intimidate, an batter women. If this is how he acts in public, what does he do when there are no witnesses?
How many women has he 'pulled over', who are now lying in shallow graves? I just have to wonder.
And if he hasn't gone that far, YET... well - I just hope someone will be keeping an eye on him from now on.
And you're right, 8:33: his hands certainly are in odd places. Battering and dominating women seems to turn him on. There's a sexual component in his "arrest".
Like they say in the movies... GET SOME!!!
I like the part where if it weren't for the video no worry, he was already fired!
No problem. The fired officer can always get a job for the Covington, LA police force where they march onto football field and arrest referees for the heinous crime of following the football rulebook.
1:21 Have you got a link for a story? I never heard about this.
I'm on my way out to a meeting. Google "Football Referees arrested." The early stories took the cop's side. But this is Barney Fife on steroids. The ref's are responsible for keep the sidelines clear. A cop had a son on the losing team, he was crowding the sideline and arrested two refs during the game when they told the cop he had to back up.
Got his OJT in those home invasions in Baghdad and Fallujah..and bringing it back home.
Charges have been dropped against the refs and the mayor has apologized. I see litigation from the refs in the near future.
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