A violent suspect punched a DC police officer in the face and attempted to attack a second officer after they asked him to leave a basketball court on Sunday.
Although local basketball courts and playgrounds are closed due to the District of Columbia’s pandemic restrictions, a group of approximately 50 people were gathered at the recreation area, WTOP reported.
When officers arrived to disperse the crowd, one bystander yelled at them about “not bothering the white people,” while another man got within inches of an officer’s face, cell phone footage showed.
The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Clay Wendell, then suddenly lashed out and punched the officer in his face.
The officer managed to dodge the suspect’s second blow but tumbled to the ground as he attempted to grab a hold of his attacker.
Wendell unsuccessfully threw a punch at a second officer when he tried to intervene, but immediately attempted to get away from the first officer’s grasp when the second officer held up a can of pepper spray, the video showed.
The suspect took off from the officers on foot as the crowd of bystanders heckled police and cheered Wendell’s escape. He was caught, arrested, charged for the assault among other charges, and will appear for a hearing on August 24th.
The officer who was punched was treated at a hospital for minor injuries. None of the gathered were cited.
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Proof that some parts of Southeast DC is full of lawless thugs. Disrespect for authority and criminality rules the day. On Sunday, thugs unlawfully occupied a school’s closed basketball court during the pandemic. Police confront them. The end result…..(video was sent to me) pic.twitter.com/VN4ML2jZMV
— anacostia904 🇺🇸 (@anacostia904) May 25, 2020
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How about arresting demonstrators? This guy was recreating. Leave him alone, it is his right to be at that park.
Off topics-all kinds of interesting stories at the aggregator as the quickening shifts into yet another gear, A liberal reporter encouraged brownshirts to burn it all down and then soiled his undergarments when they showed up at his neighborhood.
He was all for burning down section 8 government housing but had to call security when the Starbucks got torched on the main street of his burb.
It is all a divine comedy but the problem is that the jokes are over our heads.
Also Comrade Wilhelm’s daughter was arrested.
https://nypost.com/2020/05/31/mayor-de-blasios-daughter-chiara-arrested-at-manhattan-protest/
People are testy out on the fruited plain. Don’t the best and brightest elites know that you have to leave some crumbs on the table and allow some freedoms that it took centuries for humanity to obtain?
I thought that they be all smart and stuff?
Maybe the military training and gear for police and the hate the police campaign by Hussein Hopenchange was built for this time.
Not supporting the one who punched the officer. However, the police should have been dealing with rioters rather than harassing the people on the courts.
So, they’ve set fire to St. John’s church in DC. Shannon Breams report sure seemed cavalier talking about the historical significance. I haven’t seen ONE DAMN reporter show the least little bit of outrage over all this destruction and carnage.