WJAR reported that body camera footage released by police in Connecticut shows officers pinning a man to the ground after he charged at them with two large knives.
The incident occurred Aug. 23 in Stonington after police responded to a domestic violence call. WidgerThe video shows officers arriving at the home, opening the front door and being confronted by a large, bald man standing in the doorway, with one of the officers saying, “Hey, let me see your hands! Let me see your hands!” (RELATED: Police release horrifying body camera footage showing naked man holding large meat cleaver)
Police body camera captures man with knife lunging at Connecticut police officerhttps://t.co/0SvX7zXeD6
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The man, who identifies himself as William W. Flick, lunges at officers with two knives, nearly slashing one of them, and as officers wrestle him to the sidewalk, Flick can be heard yelling, “Damn you! Damn you!”
“Drop the knife, you bastard! Drop the knife!” one of the officers said, pinning Flick's arms to the pavement.
Flick lets out growls of rage and torture as the police repeatedly say, “Drop the knife! Drop the knife!”
The officer then pulled out what appeared to be pepper spray and said, “Drop the knife or I'll spray you.”
“I don't care what you do,” Flick replied.
Apparently pointing to a second knife, the other officer said, “There's another one here.”
The officer who had been holding Flick returned to the station and reported, “The suspect attacked me with a knife. No officers were injured.”
Flick told the officers, “You motherfuckers, you better kill me. Kill me now! Kill me now, motherfuckers!”
As officers handcuffed Flick and helped him to his feet, he began laughing.
“Isn't that strange?” one of the officers asked. “Did you hit your father too?”
“Damn you, you son of a bitch,” Flick says.
“Yeah, fuck me, okay?” the cop says.
“Are you OK?” the other officer asks his partner.
“No, I don't think he was shot,” the officer says.
Frick, who allegedly assaulted and threatened to kill his father before police arrived, was arraigned in New London Superior Court and his bail was set at $100,000. Western Sun Reported.
