When HPD attacks- Video, Pictures, More- Walters Last Night

Nothing more upsetting than waking up and seeing “What went down at Walters?” as a subject line on Hands Up.

Replies were as follows:

“the cop pulled out a tazer at some point and started wrestling people while the tazer was on. a fourteen year old kid got tazed but i spoke with him after it was all settled down. his parents came down and are going to press charges. this cop had an agenda and used brute force. up to this point there were hints of very small reasons of legitimacy to the cops aggression. he was out numbered, didnt know what was going on, ect. but what happened afterwards and in the parking lot was the one of the most ridiculous things i have ever seen. heres my favorite part, i was standing outside trying to see everything and understand because at this point i had no clue as to why the cop was even there. i asked another cop what was going on and he said to leave before i got hurt. i then told him i would not leave, because i felt it was necessary to stay and wait to give my account of the situation (because its my right isnt it?). he replied by saying that the officer who was there (the ONLY officer that was there) had given enough account and they didnt need my story or anyone elses. he then said i had until three to leave. ladies and gentlemen, i give you HPD.”

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“I wasn’t there but i’ve gotten ten or so first hand accounts. This is pretty much exactly what I hear aside from one correction…
The officer never went to the soundboard. Instead, he told the door people to “shut it down”. That, first, is never what goes down. Cops show up to Walter’s from time to time and ask that it be turned down. Should someone not comply, then there’s reason to demand a total end to the show.

This cop had a point to prove (with absolutely no other cops around, a sure sign of a cop being macho) and went STRAIGHT to the stage.”

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“I’m in complete agreement. I watched the car pull up and the officer come in and walk straight to the stage. He never talked to the sound guy.
He was looking for a fight. He made no attempt that I saw to do anything logical like talking to management.

I’m quite skeptical of whether any complaints were called at all. Seems much more likely he was driving by and decided he wanted a fight.”

I wasn’t there so I can’t speak but I hope everyone who was there demands some accountability from the city! This is brutish thuggish behavior from one HPD officer who cannot be allowed to continue his job without proper review.