Many thanks to the Lebanon resident who alerted us to the
Channel 13 News Crews in town this afternoon.
LEBANON (from WGME) -- Video of an arrest in Lebanon is going viral. A 21-year-old man, arrested for domestic violence, says he's a victim of police brutality. It happened Saturday in Lebanon.
The video has been viewed almost a million times on Facebook, but the opinions vary as to who's at fault.
A friend recorded 21-year-old Dennis Prescott being arrested by a state trooper on Saturday. Police were called to Prescott's mother’s home by Prescott’s girlfriend after the pair reportedly got in a fight.
Prescott says he would have gotten into the trooper's cruiser without a problem, but the trooper refused to let him give his mother his wallet for bail money. That's when Prescott claims the trooper used excessive force to arrest him.
"He said maybe once or twice, ‘You're under arrest,’ and then continued to hit me, pulled out pepper spray; if he had done that right away I would have got down,” Prescott said.
Prescott is charged with domestic assault and resisting arrest. He says he plans to fight both charges in court.
Here's what they had to say...........
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Absolutely the most disgusting and dangerous set up by all the people screaming names at the state police officer you all should be ashamed of yourselves. He couldn't call for help because his radio was knocked down to the ground. If it was me I would of tased him instead of a little bit of pepper spray.
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