AWFUL TRUTH.FRACAS ...SKATEBOARDER BEATEN BY POLICE FOUR SAY University City police arrested a man tar illegally skateboarding skateboarding Form of recreation, popular among youths, in which a person rides standing balanced on a small board mounted on wheels. The skateboard first appeared in the early 1960s on paved areas along California beaches as a makeshift diversion for surfers when the ocean on a sidewalk A Microsoft service that was launched in 1997 to provide online arts and entertainment guides on the Web for major cities worldwide. In 1999, Microsoft sold Sidewalk to Ticketmaster, which continued to provide guides, ticketing and other information to the MSN network. in the Delmor Loop on Tuesday evening, and four witnesses said that the man was handcuffed and beaten with nightsticks by a group of five or more officers. Police disputed the witnesses' claims and said officers had shown restraint in arresting a man police described as a troublemaker and a repeat offender of the city's anti-skateboarding ordinances. Police said one officer suffered several bites on his arm and a second suffered a bock Noun 1. bock - a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring bock beer lager beer, lager - a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally injury in a struggle to arrest the skateboarder about 6:30 p.m. Skateboarding is illegal on sidewalks in the Loop under a municipal ordinance enacted in March 1990. Punishment for skateboarders older than 17 is a fine of $5 to $25. The four witnesses said a man later identified as a plainclothes plain·clothes or plain-clothes adj. Wearing civilian clothes while on duty to avoid being identified as police or security: a plainclothes detective. officer ordered John Horrington, 19, to step using his skateboard. The officer chased Horrington from the sidewalk, handcuffed him and wrestled him to the ground, the witnesses said. Then, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. one witness, Trocey Jones, the officer lust beat John," until other officers arrived. |
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