http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/assault-charges-dropped-alabama-cop-who-partially-paralyzed-indian-grandfather-n573806
(the video on this page gets right to the part in question ... the one linked below is long-form)

Assault Charges Dropped for Alabama Cop Who Partially Paralyzed Indian Grandfather

Following a motion filed Thursday by Alabama's attorney general, a judge dismissed state misdemeanor assault charges against a Madison police officer who allegedly slammed an Indian man to the ground last February during a suspicious-person stop.

Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange's request came after two federal juries failed to reach verdicts in the civil rights case against Eric Parker, the officer accused of taking down 58-year-old Sureshbhai Patel, who was left seriously injured. U.S. District Judge Madeline Hughes Haikala, who presided over both trials, acquitted Parker in January, saying there was little chance a third trial would yield a different result.

"After a review of the federal trial testimony, it does not appear that there would be sufficient evidence to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt," Strange said in a statement. "Thus, we have a duty to move to dismiss the charge."

District Judge Douglas L. Patterson of Limestone County granted Strange's motion on Thursday.

Hank Sherrod, Patel's attorney, told NBC News in an email that the state's decision to drop the assault charge is deeply troubling, though not entirely surprising.

"This decision illustrates how difficult it is to hold law enforcement officers accountable under the criminal laws for brutal acts that would send an ordinary citizen to jail," he said.

Eric Parker's attorney, Robert Tuten, did not return a request for comment.

Parker, 27, still faces a civil lawsuit in connection with the incident. Parker encountered Patel last Feb. 6 while responding to a call of a suspicious black man looking at garages and walking near houses. Patel, in from India to visit his son and grandson, testified that he did not understand English or the officers who confronted him while he was out for a walk.

A widely viewed police dash­cam video captured Patel's subsequent police take­down, which resulted in injuries to Patel's spine and partial paralysis.

In her 92-­page ruling Jan. 13 granting a defense motion for acquittal, Haikala wrote that it was reasonable for Parker to have investigated Patel on the basis of the 911 call and that slow-­motion clips from the dashcam showed Patel had resisted Parker before the take­down.

Last month, Madison Police Chief Larry Muncey was found guilty of federal criminal contempt charges in connection with Parker's first trial. Muncey, who is on administrative leave pending the outcome of any appeals, violated a sequestration order that prohibits witnesses from hearing testimony of others called to the stand.

Muncey was ordered to pay a $2,500 fine and attend training for legal exposure and liability.

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Yikes!

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So you don't speak english, and you are walking through a neighborhood staring at garages?

What's a cop to do?

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Well for one thing probably not cripple the guy, ya think?

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

http://www.nbcnews.com/widget/video-embed/398444611617

This has video from the car pulling up as he is slammed. You hear them confirm to the other officers he doesn't speak a lick of English and as they tried to pat him down he would try to walk away. I don't see what the problem is. What else could 2 twenty-something police officers do to a 65 year old man that doesn't want to be touched.

should have tasered him

He was a threat? Their jobs are really difficult? They like wrestling?

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At his age he may have been better off with that than the hip toss. From the police point of view, they should have just shot him. Then they wouldn't have to deal with all of the pesky trials.

Vast majority of Indians are vicious heels.

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He couldn't understand what he was saying when he called he service provider.

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Should've challendged the guy to a Punjabi Prison match!

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who you gonna call

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George