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Title: Skater charged with assault on officer
Source: The Dallas Morning News
URL Source: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcon ... 31706dnmetskater.304e63a6.html
Published: Mar 16, 2006
Author: ROBERT THARP
Post Date: 2006-03-18 02:02:18 by Starwind
Keywords: charged, assault, officer
Views: 5462
Comments: 228

Witnesses denied she was aggressor; internal investigation continuing

09:38 PM CST on Thursday, March 16, 2006

By ROBERT THARP / The Dallas Morning News

A Dallas Roller Derby skater was indicted Thursday on a felony charge of assaulting a Dallas police officer stemming from a January incident in which she and several witnesses say the officer was the aggressor and used excessive force.

Reports related to the indictment charge that Michelle Metzinger, 25, was belligerent and fought with Officer Ceaphus Gordon after the officer asked to see her identification because, he said, she had been roller skating recklessly through traffic on Elm Street in Deep Ellum.

Michelle Metzinger

According to Officer Gordon's report, Ms. Metzinger tried to gouge his eye with her fingers when he tried to handcuff and arrest her on a charge of public intoxication.

The officer then tried to force Ms. Metzinger to the sidewalk using a "straight arm bar take down," but instead, she "rolled from the police car to the ground," his report says. Ms. Metzinger continued scratching and kicking the officer on the ground, the report says.

Officer Gordon described his injuries as three 1/8th-inch scratches near his right eye and scratches and bruises on his chin.

He described Ms. Metzinger's injury as a "small laceration that required a stitch," although his report indicates that she spent five hours at Parkland Memorial Hospital before she was taken to jail.

Kevin Clancy, Ms. Metzinger's attorney, said he was disappointed that he was not allowed to present evidence to the grand jury that would have offered a different account of what happened.

Eight witnesses to the arrest have filed affidavits saying that Ms. Metzinger was not intoxicated and that she did not resist the officer.

The witnesses state that after Ms. Metzinger was forced to the ground, Officer Gordon put his knee on her back or neck while he was handcuffing her, which is not described in the officer's reports.

"I think it's a travesty that this poor girl was charged with this," Mr. Clancy said. "I really do think that the grand jury did not look at the evidence."

A separate investigation into the incident by Dallas police internal affairs is ongoing.

Mr. Clancy said Dallas police have so far not interviewed any of the witnesses.

Officer Gordon has had 27 complaints filed against him in his 14-year career, most of which were ruled "unfounded" or "inconclusive." Of those inconclusive complaints, at least two involved allegations of excessive force.

E-mail rtharp@dallasnews.com


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#48. To: Starwind, christine, zipporah, bluegrass (#0)

No woman with thighs as delicious and juicy as hers should ever be slammed to the ground unless one intends to make love to her. When I saw the pix (OMG) I was immediately sympathetic to this poor girl!

HOUNDDAWG  posted on  2006-03-20   10:17:52 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#54. To: HOUNDDAWG (#48)

No woman with thighs as delicious and juicy as hers should ever be slammed to the ground unless one intends to make love to her. When I saw the pix (OMG) I was immediately sympathetic to this poor girl!

Now why am I not surprised HOUNDDAWG .. ;)

Maybe that's what the officer was trying to do... just wrestle her to the ground? ;P

Zipporah  posted on  2006-03-22   15:17:29 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#67. To: Zipporah, christine (#54)

No woman with thighs as delicious and juicy as hers should ever be slammed to the ground unless one intends to make love to her. When I saw the pix (OMG) I was immediately sympathetic to this poor girl!

Now why am I not surprised HOUNDDAWG .. ;)

Maybe that's what the officer was trying to do... just wrestle her to the ground? ;P

I wish he hadn't. That lady is a true asset to their community (you know, like our very own beautiful, sweet beloved christine is here) and she shouldn't have been face down bleeding with some fat-assed donut gobbling cop sitting on her.

HOUNDDAWG  posted on  2006-03-24   19:19:28 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#68. To: HOUNDDAWG, All (#67)

hihi

not only was Michelle holding the ACD leaflets in her left hand but she tells me she was also holding her yellow purse too! so she assaulted the much heavier and taller policeman with only one hand free and while she was on skates???

i really don't think so. my mother had a word for men like that - THUG :(

ruthie
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ruthie  posted on  2006-03-26   12:04:25 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#70. To: ruthie (#68)

Don't get me started!

Every time I am reminded of that unfortunate incident the Hellfire flies into me.

If you speak with Ms. Michelle please give her my regards and tell her that I am thinking of her.

HOUNDDAWG  posted on  2006-03-28   15:53:20 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#72. To: HOUNDDAWG (#70)

If you speak with Ms. Michelle please give her my regards and tell her that I am thinking of her.

hihi Hounddawg :)

Michelle knows about this thread so she might have seen your kind words. if i'm in contact with her i'll certainly mention it :)

love

ruthie
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ruthie  posted on  2006-03-29   13:55:35 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#73. To: ruthie (#72)

Michelle knows about this thread so she might have seen your kind words. if i'm in contact with her i'll certainly mention it :)

hey ruthie.. after all of this is over ask Michelle to post here is she can.. we'd sure like to here from her on this! Thanks!

Zipporah  posted on  2006-03-29   13:58:24 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#80. To: Zipporah (#73)

hey ruthie.. after all of this is over ask Michelle to post here is she can.. we'd sure like to here from her on this! Thanks!

i'll email her but she might want to keep a low profile while things are in the courts. and its only fair to give her space - this is all so rotten for her to deal with...

love

ruthie
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ruthie  posted on  2006-03-29   17:14:41 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#81. To: ruthie (#80)

i'll email her but she might want to keep a low profile while things are in the courts. and its only fair to give her space - this is all so rotten for her to deal with...

love

Great.. her lawyer would probably want her to wait til this is over but after.. it would be great to hear her side of this in her own words..

Thanks ruthie for being so tenacious on this..!

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