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Arizona Deputy Under Investigation After Aggressively Tackling Teen Quadruple Amputee

Arizona Deputy Under Investigation After Aggressively Tackling Teen Quadruple Amputee
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Law enforcement in 2019 seem determined to dig themselves deeper and deeper holes.

Deputy Manuel Van Santen of the Pima County Sheriff's Department is no exception.

He was recorded on video physically tackling a teenager with no arms or legs.


The altercation began when the fifteen year old boy was upset after being suspended from school.

You can watch footage here:

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Van Santen then gets on top of the teen and pins him to the ground while the boy screams and cries.

He is heard yelling at the boy, named Immanuel.

The deputy screams "What is your problem?" among other expletives.





Van Santen is heard yelling:

"I will raise my voice to you whenever the f–k I want, you understand?"

After arresting Immanuel, Van Santen then turned his attention to the sixteen year-old boy who was shooting the video. After reportedly slamming him against a wall, Van Santen arrested him for being:

"extremely disruptive and interfering with our investigation."

Charges against both parties were dropped by prosecutors once they saw the video.

Van Santen now faces a criminal investigation by the Pima County Attorney's Office.





Pima County Sheriff Mark Napier stated:

"The conduct we observed on the video at face value is shocking, disturbing, and personally saddening to watch."
"On November 15 (Friday) morning, I authorized a criminal investigation into the conduct of Deputy Van Santen and ordered that he be placed on administrative leave."

Of the deputy's reason for using force and for arresting Immanuel, Public Defender Joel Feinman said:

"I don't know how a 15-year-old with no limbs squirms and wriggles in a 'violent fashion'."
"Much less a fashion that justifies being assaulted by an armed police officer."





The fate of Van Santen is still in question.

But sadly after numerous other similar—or worse—cases resulted in rulings in favor of law enforcement, the faith of most Americans in the legal system to do the right thing is shaky at best.

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