Four Memphis, Tenn. cops have been suspended for tipping over a porta-potty in which a suspect they had been chasing was hiding
On September 19, Joseph Hampton, 31, went to visit an elderly friend at a Memphis, Tenn. Apartment complex from which he had been banned. When cops tried to stop him, he took off on foot and ran to a construction site where he came upon a row of portable toilets. He stopped and hid in one of them.
Apparently the cops were not amused by having to chase Joe. So, to amuse themselves they tipped over the porta-potty, then set it back up. When Joe staggered out they kicked him in the ass for good measure.
According to WMC, Hampton said "I could hear them when they pulled up, so I knew that they were behind the porta potty. I heard them say on three. Three. And it went over. Luckily didn't any of the blue water or septic water get on me. …I believe they tried to humiliate me, because they knew that water and feces and pee was in there. I believe they did that on purpose."
Hampton was jailed on charges of trespassing and evading arrest. He was released on a $250 bond. The four officers have been suspended pending an administrative investigation.
Hampton admits he should not have run from the cops. He says that being a cigarette smoker he had to stop to catch his breath and that is why he entered the porta-potty … that and he wanted to stop and call his girlfriend to tell her was going to be jailed. Hampton accuses the officers of using excessive force and claims his back has been hurting ever since he got dumped off the shitter. Looks like a lawsuit in the making.
The porta-potty bust came to light after a construction worker, who videotaped the tipping incident, posted his video on social media.
Apparently, the Memphis PD does not train its officers in the proper way to make porta-potty busts.
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