Title: Man Held at Gunpoint, Cuffed, Choked, Pepper Sprayed—Over Stop for Taillight Source:
Free Thought Project URL Source:https://thefreethoughtproject.com/m ... lted-by-police-taillight-stop/ Published:Nov 25, 2019 Author:Matt Agorist Post Date:2019-11-25 16:15:24 by Deckard Keywords:None Views:1711 Comments:9
Tulsa, OK If you were to read the police and press report Marico Ferricks arrest in September, you would think that this criminal with ten charges attacked an innocent police officer for no reason, head-butted him, and spit in his face. However, the officers body camera footage, released two months later, shows a completely different story of a young man getting held at gunpoint, choked, pepper sprayed, and kidnapped all over stop for a broken taillight.
According to the police and the press who ran the story without question in September, when the unnamed sergeant with the Tulsa police department pulled Ferrick over, Ferrick became hostile and attacked the officer. According to the video, however, that is not what happened.
As the body camera video shows, it was the officer who was the aggressor. Ferrick had just pulled into a parking spot at his mothers home and didnt know a police officer was even behind him. As he tries to get out of the truck, the officer runs up on him and hold Ferrick at gunpoint over a broken taillight.
Being afraid for his life, the 25-year-old yelled inside for his mother to come out.
It was at this point in the police report that the sergeant claimed Ferrick head-butted him so he had no other choice but to deploy pepper spray. Read the report from KRMG below:
Thats when Ferrick started resisting arrest by head-butting the officer and spitting on him.
The officer used pepper spray to get Ferrick cuffed.
Open and shut case of a dangerous criminal being apprehended after a stop for a broken taillight, right? Wrong.
As the video shows, no head-butt ever occurred. Also, Ferrick never actually resisted. He gave the officer both of his hands behind his back and allowed himself to be handcuffed. Whats more, the pepper spray wasnt deployed until after Ferrick was already in handcuffs. Why this officer felt the need to handcuff a man over a stop for a taillight is also a mystery. If Ferrick would have been a white woman in a Mercedes Benz with a broken taillight, would this officer have acted the same way?
The alleged spitting is a farce too. As the videos shows, the officer places his hand on the throat of Ferrick for some unknown reason. Ferrick then tells the officer, oh, you wanna kill me? Choke me? Do it. Kill me. Do it. When the officer removes his hand from Ferricks throat, he then douses the handcuffed mans face with pepper spray with much of the blast going inside the mans mouth. In a reaction to having his mouth filled with a chemical weapon, Ferrick spit it out.
He appears not to spit on the officer deliberately, and even apologizes to the officer after it happens. The officer seemingly acknowledges that Ferrick didnt spit on him intentionally as well.
I am sorry, I didnt mean to spit on you, but you sprayed it in my mouth, Ferrick says. I am sorry, I cant breathe sir.
I cant breathe either, the cop says who quite literally got a taste of his own medicine.
The officer then allows Ferricks mother to get water for both of their faces. Another officer then arrives on scene and Ferrick is arrested and brought to jail. The entire violent ordeal was over a broken taillight.
Justifying their actions, the police claimed to find a tiny bit of marijuana in Ferricks pocket. they also found a drivers license for a retired cop in his vehicle. Police say the retired cop lost her license at a casino. How Ferrick came in possession of the license is unclear, however, there is no crime in finding someones license and trying to return it to them. As the license belonged to a woman, it was highly unlikely that Ferrick would have tried to use it himself.
Ferrick has since been hit with a slew of charges over the incident which will likely land him behind bars for a significant amount of time if he is convicted. His charges include assault and battery upon a police officer, possession of a controlled drug without a prescription, and driving without a license. Showing the unnecessary nature of the stop, Ferrick never received a citation for a broken taillight.
Below is the video showing how immediately escalating to deadly force over a taillight stop is not only asinine but dangerous for everyone involved.
Tulsa police video shows wild arrest after traffic stop
by KTUL staff Thursday, November 21st 2019
TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) Tulsa police released body camera video Thursday showing a wild interaction between an officer and a driver after a traffic stop.
The police sergeant conducted the traffic stop in late September at South Sheridan and 9th Street because the vehicle didnt have working taillights, according to the police report.
The sergeant saw that the driver, 25-year-old Marico Ferrick, was in possession of a drivers license belonging to a retired police officer.
The sergeant tried to detain Ferrick, who police said put up a fight. Eventually, the sergeant used pepper spray on Ferrick, who spit it back in the sergeants face.
Police said the arresting officer also found marijuana in Ferricks pocket.
As for the retired police officers drivers license, police said she had lost it at a local casino.
Ferrick is facing a number of charges, including assault and battery upon a police officer, possession of a controlled drug without a prescription, and driving without a license.
This site is a record of arrests, not convictions. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. This free service is provided to assist victims of crime know offenders' statuses.
All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Yup!
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning. Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Yup!
Yup! Because this time will be different than all the other times. /s
Ferrick has multiple prior felony convictions, as well as misdemeanor convictions, in a court of law. He is presumed innocent of the currently pending criminal charges in a court of law. After multiple convictions, his presumption of innocence in the court of public opinion is somewhat less compelling.
For example, he has the following prior felony convictions:
ASSAULT AND BATTERY WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON - AUTOMOBILE. CONVICTION, 06/13/2019.
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND BATTERY BY STRANGULATION. CONVICTION, 12/22/2014.
DEFENDANT MARICO ANTWON FERRICK WAS CHARGED WITH COUNT #6, IMPROPER TAIL LAMPS IN VIOLATION OF 47 O.S. 12-204
and...
JUDGE DAVID GUTEN: COMMITTMENT ISSUED ADDING OUT ON BOND CASE TO 11/13/19 ARRAIGNMENT DATE, DEFENDANT IN BACK IN CUSTODY ON NEW CHARGES.
and...
JUDGE DAVID GUTEN: DEFENDANT PRESENT, IN CUSTODY. PUBLIC DEFENDER APPOINTED AS COUNSEL OF RECORD. ARRAIGNMENT HELD. DEFENDANT WAIVES READING OF THE INFORMATION AND FURTHER TIME TO PLEAD. DEFENDANT ENTERS A PLEA OF NOT GUILTY. PRELIMINARY HEARING SET FOR 12-11-2019 @ 9 AM IN ROOM 347. PREVIOUS BOND POSTED TO REMAIN. DEFENDANT RECOGNIZED BACK.