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Stories differ after officer, skater scuffle
A witness captured an image of the scuffle between a Dallas officer and a roller derby skater Saturday in Deep Ellum.
Finger pointing has begun after a scuffle between an officer and a Dallas Roller Derby League skater ended with the girl on the ground with a bloody face Saturday night. Michelle Metzinger, who skates for Assassination City, was skating down Elm Street when police officer Ceaphus Gordon stopped her in front of Elm Street Tattoo, which was where the differences in story began. "I have
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bruises and scratches all over me," she said. "You have no idea how rough he was on me." However, police said Metzinger tried to gouge the offi
cer's right eye in the fight. But, some witnesses also had a different opinion from the officer's account of what occurred that night.
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Derby scuffle officer has internal affairs history
Video
A witness captured the officer restraining Michelle Metzinger.
The
Da
llas police officer accused of using excessive force while placing a female roller skating on Elm Street under arrest Saturday is not a stranger to such allegations, according to police records.
The Dallas Police Department has launched an internal affairs investigation into the scuffle that occurred between Officer Ceaphus Gordon a
nd Michelle Metzinger, a 25-year-old roller derby skater for Assassination City.
Police records show since 1994 there have been at least six allegations of excessive force, physical abuse or assault.
Gordon has been disciplined twice for escalating or participating in a disturbance and once for conduct discrediting the department.
Many witnesses who saw the latest incident said they have no doubt that Gordon used excessive force Saturday night.
One witness called Gordon's actions "a textbook example of unnecessary, excessive force."
A witness captured an image of the scuffle between a Dallas officer and a roller derby skater Saturday in Deep Ellum.
Finger pointing has begun after a scuffle between an officer and a Dallas Roller Derby League skater ended with the girl on the ground with a bloody face Saturday night. Michelle Metzinger, who skates for Assassination City, was skating down Elm Street when police officer Ceaphus Gordon stopped her in front of Elm Street Tattoo, which was where the differences in story began. "I have
r
bruises and scratches all over me," she said. "You have no idea how rough he was on me." However, police said Metzinger tried to gouge the offi
cer's right eye in the fight. But, some witnesses also had a different opinion from the officer's account of what occurred that night.
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Derby scuffle officer has internal affairs history
Video
A witness captured the officer restraining Michelle Metzinger.
The
Da
llas police officer accused of using excessive force while placing a female roller skating on Elm Street under arrest Saturday is not a stranger to such allegations, according to police records.
The Dallas Police Department has launched an internal affairs investigation into the scuffle that occurred between Officer Ceaphus Gordon a
nd Michelle Metzinger, a 25-year-old roller derby skater for Assassination City.
Police records show since 1994 there have been at least six allegations of excessive force, physical abuse or assault.
Gordon has been disciplined twice for escalating or participating in a disturbance and once for conduct discrediting the department.
Many witnesses who saw the latest incident said they have no doubt that Gordon used excessive force Saturday night.
One witness called Gordon's actions "a textbook example of unnecessary, excessive force."