Is there any question that this would be front page news if it had happened in Philly? But in Pittsburgh it's barely even making the news! I don't know who this guy is but the cops had better put new batteries in their guns! They hit him with TWO stun guns and the guy doesn't even flinch! Hit him with the nightsticks a few times and he barely notices! Let's send this video to Andy and see if we can sign this guy when he gets out of jail! Watch the video...
Video shows cops Tasering, beating unruly fan during drunken rage at Pittsburgh Pirates game (VIDEO)
BY Philip Caulfield
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Monday, April 11th 2011, 12:25 PM
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Cops strike Scott Ashley with their clubs after he assaulted an usher and resisted arrest during a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game.
Pittsburgh cops have been caught on video clubbing and Tasering a drunk and unruly fan at a Pirates game in front of a horrified crowd.
Police said they feared for their lives after Scott Ashley, of Friendship, Pa., attacked an usher and then shook off a Taser shot and a flurry of billy club strikes when they tried to boot him from Saturday's game for being drunk.
In the video, an officer and a young usher escort Ashley from the stands while the crowd boos and defiantly chants "USA! USA!"
Moments later, Ashley nails the baby-faced usher with a forearm for trying to block a high-five from another fan.
The officer then fires the Taser, but it has little effect on the bald, burly fan.
Moments later, the bludgeoning begins, as two officers repeatedly club the enraged fan in the head, neck and legs.
Ashley tries to run, but the cops eventually wrestle him to the ground and cuff him as shocked fans look on.
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The "USA!" chants resumed as police drag Ashley from the stadium.
A video of the incident was posted on YouTube and soon spread to other blogs.
City detective Francis Rende wrote in a criminal complaint that the two cops "feared for our safety" after Ashley refused to leave the stadium and incited the crowd to taunt the officers, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported.
"I then Tased (Ashley) but it had no effect on him," Rende wrote. "I then physically grabbed (him) to place him under arrest; (he) was a very muscular man and fought with both of us. I kept activating the Taser to no avail."
Rende also said angry fans were spitting and throwing drinks on him as he hauled Ashley away, the paper said.
A team spokesman said Ashley was drunk, bothering fans in his section and belligerently refused to leave.
At one point, Ashley asked the cops to step aside so he could see the game better, cops said.
"The PNC Park staff is well trained to ensure the safety of our fans … and followed PNC Park procedures last night when dealing with a disruptive guest," Warecki told the paper.
Cops took Ashley to the hospital before booking him on charges of public drunkenness and resisting arrest.
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BY Philip Caulfield
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Monday, April 11th 2011, 12:25 PM
YouTube
Cops strike Scott Ashley with their clubs after he assaulted an usher and resisted arrest during a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game.
Pittsburgh cops have been caught on video clubbing and Tasering a drunk and unruly fan at a Pirates game in front of a horrified crowd.
Police said they feared for their lives after Scott Ashley, of Friendship, Pa., attacked an usher and then shook off a Taser shot and a flurry of billy club strikes when they tried to boot him from Saturday's game for being drunk.
In the video, an officer and a young usher escort Ashley from the stands while the crowd boos and defiantly chants "USA! USA!"
Moments later, Ashley nails the baby-faced usher with a forearm for trying to block a high-five from another fan.
The officer then fires the Taser, but it has little effect on the bald, burly fan.
Moments later, the bludgeoning begins, as two officers repeatedly club the enraged fan in the head, neck and legs.
Ashley tries to run, but the cops eventually wrestle him to the ground and cuff him as shocked fans look on.
WATCH VIDEO BELOW
The "USA!" chants resumed as police drag Ashley from the stadium.
A video of the incident was posted on YouTube and soon spread to other blogs.
City detective Francis Rende wrote in a criminal complaint that the two cops "feared for our safety" after Ashley refused to leave the stadium and incited the crowd to taunt the officers, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported.
"I then Tased (Ashley) but it had no effect on him," Rende wrote. "I then physically grabbed (him) to place him under arrest; (he) was a very muscular man and fought with both of us. I kept activating the Taser to no avail."
Rende also said angry fans were spitting and throwing drinks on him as he hauled Ashley away, the paper said.
A team spokesman said Ashley was drunk, bothering fans in his section and belligerently refused to leave.
At one point, Ashley asked the cops to step aside so he could see the game better, cops said.
"The PNC Park staff is well trained to ensure the safety of our fans … and followed PNC Park procedures last night when dealing with a disruptive guest," Warecki told the paper.
Cops took Ashley to the hospital before booking him on charges of public drunkenness and resisting arrest.
[email protected]
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