Cops have so much pent-up aggression that they just cant help turning on each other. ***** On June 2, 2012, Webb, a Cabell County resident who has been a Charleston police officer for 15 years, was walking down 4th Avenue in Huntington with several friends when he saw Huntington police signal a car playing loud music to pull over. Webb and his friends stopped about 20 yards away from the traffic stop in order to watch “and provide assistance to a brother police officer if needed,” the complaint states. Webb had assisted Huntington police in the past, according to the lawsuit. While Webb was standing on the sidewalk “doing nothing else,” Kern began walking quickly toward him, yelled a profanity and told him to keep walking down the street, the complaint states. “Before, Corporal Webb could react to Kern’s unlawful command to leave the area, Kern maced Mr. Webb with his pepper spray,” the lawsuit states. Webb, disoriented but alert, according to the complaint, identified himself as a police officer and asked Kern “what in the world he was doing.” Kern grabbed Webb’s arm, as Webb began pulling out his photo identification and police badge. “You’re going to badge me? You’re going to badge me? You’re not a police officer any longer!” the lawsuit claims Kern told Webb. Webb pulled away and told Kern he was one of the “good guys” and simply watching the traffic stop. That’s when other Huntington police officers rushed to aid Kern, the complaint states. “Before he realized what had happened, the gang of officers slammed Corporal Webb to the pavement smashing his face into the concrete causing a bleeding wound,” the lawsuit states. “Patrolman Richard Kern also punched Corporal Webb int he head with a closed fist during this altercation.”
Posted on: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 04:40:30 +0000
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