WATCH: Disabled Veteran Ripped from Wheelchair, Pepper Sprayed for Questioning Walmart ID Policy
By Matt Agorist
TheFreeThoughtProject.com
January 2, 2019
Muskogee, OK — An infuriating video was uploaded to social media this week showing multiple police officers attack a disabled veteran in a Walmart. The veteran was pulled from his wheelchair, thrown to the floor and pepper sprayed after asking for the store’s policy on showing identification to purchase alcohol.
The victim, 36-year-old Jason Williams was attempting to purchase champagne for
New Year’s Eve at the Muskogee Walmart when employees asked to see his identification as well as the identification of his family members who were with him. Because his family members were not purchasing anything at all, Williams asked to see the policy that required family members to produce identification.
“Instead of being greeted with the policy, I was greeted with six of Muskogee’s not so finest,” Williams said.
Police tell a different story and claim that Williams caused a disturbance after he was asked for his identification.
“He became hostile and created a disturbance, including cussing Wal-Mart employees,” Public Information Officer Anderson said. “Officers were called to the scene. He also refused to identify himself to officers while they were investigating the incident.”
When police arrived, instead of simply telling Williams to leave, they demanded he show them his identification or face arrest for obstruction.
Williams, having committed no crime simply refused to identify himself, but this assertion of his rights caused police to escalate the situation.
“I didn’t want to give up my ID, because I didn’t want to be in any kind of system for any reason, especially not for something this stupid,” Williams said. “They told me I had to present my ID because I was being charged with obstruction. I told them as politely as I could that I’m not stupid, that obstruction is a secondary charge.”
For refusing to identify himself, police then arrested Williams.
“He was told he was going to be placed under arrest for obstruction and that he was trespassing on Wal-Mart property,” Anderson said. “He was asked to leave Wal-Mart and to get into his wheelchair from the Wal-Mart motorized cart.”
According to police, Williams began resisting police and he’s accused of striking one of the officers. According to Williams, however, he wanted nothing other than to leave the store.
“I didn’t want nothing to do with this. I wanted to go home. I tried to leave and they refused to let me leave,” Williams said. “I suffer from anxiety. I didn’t want to deal with it. I just wanted to go home. I tried to back up the little cart buggy. An officer stepped behind it. From the moment they walked in they were trying to get me for assault on an officer.”
As the video shows, multiple cops surround the disabled veteran and begin prying the distressed man from his wheelchair. The video does not appear to show Williams striking an officer. It does, however, show him being thrown to the ground and scream in agony as he’s doused with pepper spray.
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