Yo I’m back! Let’s not forget that most cops are not very smart (sorry its true) and if there’s one thing dumb people know its how to harass people and attack in various ways for no real reason. Jaywalking? Gimme a fucking break. Almost ANYBODY would resist that bullshit excuse for getting hassled.

Wow I’m surprised no one got to it yet, so…. Fuck tha police, fuck, fuck, fuck tha police! Fuckin wit me cause I’m a teenager, wit a little bit a gold and a pager……..

Well, at least he could perhaps take comfort in knowing that he’ll land a role in the next Botchamania.

Now mr. Lawyer. Watch the video and count how many of these honestly just being decent rules were broken after they pushed a cop into an arrest for a minor nothing. I quit at 17. Fuckstick went to jail by being a “noone can tell me nothin” idiot and his idiot friends dumped gas on his fire. Would LOVE to read the charges. I say it everyday at work. I can lie and have you arrested, your truth will just add to it. Though I’m sure mr civil rights yet the aclu won’t touch him lawyer will argue. Its fact of life. I’m just sad barrnett didn’t go with him in his fight to the death.

I hire cop. Lots of them. The 3 things all cops will tell you,
Minus a felony.
1. Tell them the truth. If it is minor you get a 50% chance of them being human and relaxing and offering a way out. They rarely want to arrest you for minor bullshit.
2. Be polite. Act aggressive and conversation is over. Act like a fool and they have 50 ways to fuck you back. May not stick but sure as fuck will cost you. In same thought do not assume you know the law. Maybe 10% of all lawyers actually on the spot know the actual law. All cops have a failsafe “screw you back” law in their pocket. P.I. being the norm. Read it in any state, anyone at anytime can get one. Also saying you “know your rights” sounds great in rap and movies, in real life just cost you 5k in legal fees.
3. Tell your idiot friends to quit ‘helping’ you. They won’t. Follow all instructions completely. If you act like a threat you will be treated as one.

I was there when that happened. I saw Barnett and wanted to get a pic of him. He looked pissed and now I know why.

No real relevance to the story. I just wanted to say I say Barnett pissed.

@ nicky – I get your point that he doesn’t have to cooperate, but most states have stop and identify statutes, and in many states failure to identify yourself to a police officer alone can give cause for arrest. So when he was uncooperative with the ID, he helped cause the situation. I agree it seems the cops overreacted based on the video, but they may have been within their authority.

ccman and Limfamous are correct. If he had simply said, “Sorry sir, I didn’t see that car and I’ll step up on the sidewalk” that would have been the end of it. They targetted him, and not Barnett, because as Barnett confirms, it was Shad who was arguing with the police. When a big angry man starts angrily arguing with police, they need to take precautions so that it doesn’t turn into more than an argument. The only person who brought race into it was Shad.
@ nickyroose – you say, “…according to the only version of events shown above…” to make your point. But that’s the problem. That is a limited version of events that doesn’t show what happened, yet you are trying to make your point from that. It is like the Rodney King video, where they only show the 25 seconds of the cops beating him, but they don’t show the 20 minutes of that fucker leading them on a dangerous chase and then attacking them in a PCP-induced rage.

@BossNasty: how would I be a “crap ass public defender” if I’m arguing FOR the police, dummy? Haha ya ok.. “wait for it.. suck my dick..” Good one dude!

@CP I know I’ve been quiet for quite some time, but if I may…

@Limfamous–You are obviously a crap ass public defender, who with the facts right in your face still make assumptions. Then you have the nerve to accuse someone else of making assumptions like you didn’t just do it yourself. You know, not every case of police vs minorities is a case of racism but if you can’t admit that there are many cases out there and that this one does seem to fall in that category then you sir are a bitch and can…Wait for it….Suck my dick. I’m out

@Lim damn lack of edit button eh? Well there you have made a reasonable argument. I am also a lawyer, and I merely meant to separate myself from the assumption that I have had “My fair share of jail days”. From the evidence on the tape I see no resistance. I agree it does seem they have overreacted at least some and that Shad was not doing everything he could to have avoided the situation. My argument is merely, he does not have to.

*love how you

LOL @ nickyroose. You are making way too many assumptions there, buddy. “He did not resist or act out in any way”? And you know this for sure because you were there? I also love you how dropped “prima facie” in one of your previous posts haha. What a nerd! I’m a lawyer and I can tell you that even the biggest law geeks will never use “prima facie” unless drafting a formal legal argument. Anyways – I can see the arguments on both sides. I agree that the police often fail to meet the high standard that society places on them. They may have overreacted a bit here but there’s no way that Shad is not partially to blame for what happened.

@ jeffmcbus and CCman

Not fucking with you guys, according to the only version of events shown above it was NOT him who was Jaywalking. and Further this is fucking America, you get to say whatever you want to whoever you want with just a couple restrictions codified in the Constitution. There is no “contempt of cop”. So while someone may be an asshole for talking shit to someone, they are given that right, regardless if that someone is a cop.

FIGHT WITH A COP? It is readily apparent if he felt that he wanted to fight he had the tools necessary to whip the shit outta that cop.

So much cop love. What other job can you have a high school diploma three months of training and make 140 grand a year. Everyone who ALWAYS sides with COPs or citizens is wrong. Look at the situation and assume everyone in the crowd has gotten together to conspire against the officer. Strangers banding together, for some nefarious purpose get real.

Judge that guy on the ground by his ACTIONs. He did not resist or act out in anyway. Everything he said is constitutionally permitted. No resistance no calling the cops pigs nothing but cooperation.

@ccman thanks for making my point for me. It’s funny how people like mr pickynose can have a whole different twist on the truth. Always amazes me. We don’t see what happens before the camera rolls but judging by the actions of the guy in cuffs and the “friends” with him, no wonder he got arrested. When the race card gets played it always makes the situation even more absurd!

El Guapo Says:
“In Canada, they call sidewalks streets. But they call streets ham. Go figure.”
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OK, I lol’d.

I counted 5 or 6 cops. I had no idea Columbus had such an elite police force.

Again @nick. He WAS jaywalking. In the tape they admit it. The point in question was spitting. Either way, fight with a cop, more cops show up. Act polite and show an ounce of respect and AMAZINGLY…. better things happen.
Apologist my ass. You reap what you sow.

the whole nation of domination is going to come down on columbus……

@nicky. Somehow I imagine you have had your fair share of jail days. Facist? The chicks mouthing off, the guys mouthing off, and mr camera has himself on tape arguing a police directive….. ummmm hate cops all day, amazing how some people ALWAYS have problems with the law while “doin nuthin” and others at worst get tickets. Try reviewing behavior of perps, not cops from a bias.
I’m no cop, but I certainly feel for how everyone wants to tape them and spin the circumstance, like dumbass chicks fighting the cop. In seattle. I would have still been beating those dumb bitches. Not cuz they are black, because they are that stupid.

In Canada, they call sidewalks streets. But they call streets ham. Go figure.

@ CCman

Apologist. If some cop accuses you of Jaywalking and you clearly weren’t and 9 cops show up and not one is even a woman just 9 white dudes and your in a white city and another black guy crosses the street and the cop thinks it’s you because you’re black how does that not at least prima facie look like rascism?

To be honest, I had a hard time following the narrative in that story. I thought Shad was the one jaywalking, saying they were on the sidewalk, then in the street, then on the sidewalk again.

If you act like a dick to cops do not be shocked when they become bigger dicks. I am always amazed how few grasp this simple concept, it works the world over. Anyone else shocked that this idiot is a barrnett buddy? Guess mr fight to the death only means when paid.
Fyi… any sympathy was gone the second the race card came out and his buddy acts like he’s got rodney king tape going on. He has 9 min of the police patiently waiting for transport while they continue to act the ass. I’m sure the D.A. will be impressed.

I agree with the lady, “This can go on internet”. It meets the high standards of the internet.

@ Limfamous
Wrong. He wasn’t even the one who Jaywalked.
But seriously look how no matter how clear-cut dead in the wrong cops are some fascist jumps out to defend them. EFB wins comment of the hours over Fried T because the better joke was a simple, “Man wrestling is so fake.” Viva doesn’t win because I had to look it up once I did Brilliance.

Sorry, Mike. Roiders all look the same to me.

FYI, it was another friend of Shad and Barnett’s who yelled at the motorist. Shad was the one who argued with the cops. If it was a clear-cut case of jaywalking, Barnett and the other dude should have gotten tickets too.

The po-po’s thought he was Lebron, perhaps?

I was so hoping they were going to try and put him in the sidecar of the motorcycle with those handcuffs on. That would have been awesome.

Black, white, whatever. If you’re going to be a jaywalking jackass (i.e. yell “fuck you” to oncoming traffic when YOU are illegally in THEIR way) then the police have every right to give you a ticket. I bet had he simply and politely waved “sorry” to the oncoming car OR had he simply said to the police officer, “I know – I shouldnt have ran across the street like that, sorry”, the police wouldnt have bothered him. And who knows what he said or did to the police officer when he decided to write him a ticket. Just because you’re “big and black”, it doesnt give you the right to break the law, act like a total jackass about it, and then bitch to the police and claim racism after they decide to ticket you for it. Serves him right.

“I’m not jaywalking. I’m on the sidewalk”
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“Me and a friend were walking in the street and a car came up behind my buddy and honked at him.”
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“I was walking on the sidewalk.”
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“Is it because I’m big and black?”
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From what I’ve gathered, this man was walking on the sidewalk, when a car drove up behind him, on the sidewalk and honked at him to get off the sidewalk.
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At some point, The Klan got involved, but it was hard to tell from the video because they must have changed from their traditional pointy white hats to a more wind-friendly flat top design. Probably to cut down on drag when they chase big black dudes on the sidewalk.

Forget the arrest! Did anyone else notice that sweet side-car motorcycle? All that policeman needed was a sidekick…

I am sure police did an excellent job of bring to justice a member of the notorious Cryme Time gang, I salute you Columbus police. Now go out there and get JTG and we can all feel safe again.

If Josh Barnett is the best this guy can do for a character witness I’d say hes proper fucked.

I’m pretty sure that it was the Fashion Police, and not Columbus Police who made the arrest. If this is so, then no harm done.

Josh Barnett is clearly suffering from roid rage – he knew it was a racist town and threw that poor black man in the street knowing he’d be tackled for j-walking – this is an open and shut case…

LOL everyone knows this is fake, pro wrestling is all fake. What a bunch of fakers. I bet even their mothers are fakers!

If i am ever in an altercation with the police i pray i am not with the idiot holding the camera. yeah, dropping ‘pigs’ and refusing to back up should help me…