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Title: Skater charged with assault on officer
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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: 3948
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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#189. To: HOUNDDAWG (#188)
The lack of timely disclosure is enough to dismiss the case, and that is great news! My best to Michelle. why thank you, HOUNDDAWG :) i will pass on your good wishes to Michelle (still trying to get a nicer, happier pic of her for you LOL)
love ruthie yeah, i'm interested...been reading about the incident all along. best wishes.
Bullseye!!
thanks, angle :) i know that Michelle really appreciates the interest and support people have shown her :)
love ruthie hihi :) here's a message for F4M members from michelle aka muff thumper "...as far as the freedom forum goes please let them know that i appreciate everything they have discussed. no new info came out @ the last pretrial & the judge ordered the D.A. to have everything together by the next pretrial set for feb.16th. this is great news as long as the dpd complies. our trial is set for april 2nd. it will all be over soon! i have total faith in my legal team and the new judge that is over my court. thanks again for caring, it really means a lot. i can't begin to tell y'all. thank you!"
love ruthie Thanks for the update!
thanks, ruthie. haven't seen you in awhile. how are you and your family?
Please tell Michelle that I think of her often and I'm waiting for the disposition in this matter. And, I wonder how you and the papoose are doing too, Ms. ruthie!
HEY ruthie! Thanks for the update..! So good to see you here !
Thanks, ruthie. We will keep stirring the pot over here and see what floats to the top. ;0)
"We are Americans. This is our country. He, who would take it from us, by force or by stealth, is our enemy. And it is our purpose -- nay, it is our duty, to our children and to their children and to our yet unborn posterity -- to use all feasible means to destroy him." Dr. Revilo P. Oliver
Earlier news from HelpMichelle.org website: Good news, they dropped the public intox charge against me!!! yep i am so happy! they have not given us any evidence STILL! we are going to court on the 13th or 14th of september to attempt to obtain the evidence that i am entitled. i hope to have more info on everything then. (Be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves)
hihi everybody and on michelle's behalf, thanks for the kind comments :) it seems very silly that she has been left to wait all this time and still not have a clear answer regarding the Police's internal investigation, or details of the case against her. one begins to wonder if they are trying to find a way out of this mess at all, or simply hoping that by dragging things out she will negotiate for a lesser conviction so they don't get humiliated in court (and sued). watch this space, fellow F4M-ers! as to my domestic situation, well we have settled down into a routine where i run around after the 2 males in the household and they sort of co-operate in return lol - Michael is due his second op to correct the harelip but everything else is fine (including the volume in his lungs LOL). umm that's about as exciting as it gets!
love ruthie Hey ruthie!!! it's so good to see ya :)
Hi ruthie, tell michelle we appreciate the publicity! :)
sometimes there just aren't enough belgians
michelle mailed me - she has a trial date set for 10 March 2008 - see www.helpmichelle.org for more info. she sounds very positive and i really hope she has a fair trial with a just result...
love ruthie hi ruthie! how are you and the baby? missed you!
Thanks for the update, Ms. Ruthie. And I hope you and Phil and baby are fine. (I bet baby is sleeping all night now, huh?) I have a good feeling about this case. I believe that they'll dismiss the charges. *Muff* may not get satisfaction against the arresting "officer" but she won't be convicted, either. I hope she asked for a jury trial.
Thanks ruthie, f**k the police. I just flipped on my TV and saw Bill O'Reilly interviewing Karl Rove, and not doing a very good job of it.
"Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them." - Charley Reese
hi christine and everyone! we are all doing fine - michael's op was a success and he's a normal healthy noisy baby (arrrghhh!!!!) and takes after his father (pretends to listen then does the opposite LOL). all i know is what michelle told me and i know she is using the pictures as part of her defence. the intoxication charge was dropped so now she has to explain how she managed to brutally assault the poor policeman while on skates with one hand grasping some leaflets and her purse and both arms down on the front of his car. obviously she was so dangerous that the fine officer had to ignore the orders of the chief of police about choke holds and applying pressure to the neck of his vic...err i mean attacker (SORRY!) when i hear more, i'll be sure to let you know :)
love ruthie Yep, can't have these hooligans on skates who are a danger to the fine men and women who run the Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. LOL! (blows a kiss to James and waves madly across the wide ocean to her fellow human beings!)
love ruthie Thanks for the update ruthie!
'He will make Cheney look like Gandhi.' I appreciate the update too--had been wondering if this case had been settled or what had happened.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. WOOOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Roller skater found not guilty of assaulting Dallas officer Judge rules woman didn't attack official in Deep Ellum 08:03 PM CDT on Thursday, March 13, 2008 By JENNIFER EMILY / The Dallas Morning News jemily@dallasnews.com A Dallas County judge on Thursday found a 27-year-old roller derby skater not guilty of assaulting a Dallas police officer. After hearing three days of testimony, Judge Larry Mitchell ruled that Michelle Metzinger didn't attack Officer Ceaphus Gordon in January 2006 in Deep Ellum. The officer alleged that Ms. Metzinger was belligerent and fought with him after he stopped her to ask for identification because she had been skating recklessly through traffic on Elm Street. When he tried to arrest her on a charge of public intoxication, Officer Gordon said in his report, Ms. Metzinger tried to gouge his eye with her fingers. Eight witnesses filed affidavits saying that Ms. Metzinger was not intoxicated and didn't resist when the officer tried to handcuff her that day, her attorneys, Kevin Clancy and Danny Clancy, have said. The witnesses say that after Ms. Metzinger was forced to the ground, Officer Gordon put his knee on her back or neck while he was handcuffing her. This was not described in the officer's reports. Officer Gordon described his injuries as three one-eighth-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." His report indicates that she spent five hours at Parkland Memorial Hospital before being taken to jail. Officer Gordon has had 27 complaints filed against him in his 14-year career, most of which were ruled "unfounded" or "inconclusive." Of the inconclusive complaints, at least two involved allegations of excessive force.
love ruthie wooohooo is right!
(hugggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggs christine and dances around!)
love ruthie Good and way past due. A pox on the cop and the Richard creep who defended him. Hope he gets shot in the back by this cop for resisting arrest.
"Satan / Cheney in "08" Hope he gets shot in the back by this cop for resisting arrest. (runs over and gives tom007 a biggggg kiss!!!) you say the sweetest things, tom :)
love ruthie Great news, Ruthie. Is she contemplating filing a civil suit against the officer or might that not be in her interests right now?
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hihi Pinguinite! umm no idea yet - i've not heard from Michelle yet, just been watching the net for any information and this link came up :)
love ruthie Yes it is so warm and romantic.
"Satan / Cheney in "08" YES! Thank you for the update.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. (laughs) you are very welcome, james! if i get anything from michelle to share about all of this stuff, i will put it in the 4um :)
love ruthie love ruthie hihi i've been in touch with michelle and asked if everything was finished now but she wrote back... "No we aren't completely done yet. still trying to figure out the civil case. Officer Gordon has still not been disciplined at all! I can't get any media to pay attention to the story anymore so there is no pressure on the dallas police to do anything. I am at a very frustrating place with this. I do not want to drop it. This man does not deserve to be an officer of any kind. It is just another waiting game at this point. It seems strange to me that people were so interested in this story when i was this crazy drunk roller derby girl who beat up a cop and now that i have been cleared the truth just doesn't matter. Funny how that works. Tell the folks at F4M that I hope to tell them more good news in the future. :-)" - anybody have any ideas????
love ruthie I have no ideas - Could she get on Roller Derby? Is it still around?
'Individuals should not take responsibility for their own defense. That’s what the police are for. ... If I oppose individuals defending themselves, I have to support police defending them. I have to support a police state.”' Alan Dershowitz
where the farg have you been hiding?
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i tried to reach Jim by phone, fax, and email to no avail. he's seemingly disappeared.
bummer
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Maybe he, and Zip, et al, have been raptured, and we're left holding the bag... Who knows?
I'm very happy that the state sees the wisdom of allowing the case against Michelle to collapse.
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#191. To: robin (#185)
If Israel can sue Lebanon for war losses, I guess the police can try and claim that a bruised, scraped, cut and bleeding, slender young woman on roller blades forced down onto the asphalt, managed to injure one of their large and overly aggressive cops.
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#193. To: All, *Muff Thumper News* (#192)
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#194. To: ruthie (#193)
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#199. To: ruthie, *Muff Thumper News* (#193)
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#200. To: Starwind (#199)
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#203. To: Dakmar, *Muff Thumper News* (#202)
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#204. To: ruthie (#203)
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#206. To: ruthie (#203)
michelle mailed me - she has a trial date set for 10 March 2008 - see www.helpmichelle.org for more info.
#207. To: christine (#204)
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#208. To: ruthie (#207)
she has to explain how she managed to brutally assault the poor policeman while on skates with one hand grasping some leaflets and her purse and both arms down on the front of his car. obviously she was so dangerous that the fine officer had to ignore the orders of the chief of police about choke holds and applying pressure to the neck of his vic...err i mean attacker (SORRY!)
police state wonderful towns, cities, counties and states that we all love, run loose and cause harm to our protectors. And of course it would be way tragic if she assaulted some federal goon agent. Just a tragedy.
Lord Acton
#209. To: James Deffenbach, *Muff Thumper News* (#208)
Yep, can't have these hooligans on skates who are a danger to the fine men and women who run the police state wonderful towns, cities, counties and states that we all love, run loose and cause harm to our protectors. And of course it would be way tragic if she assaulted some federal goon agent. Just a tragedy.
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#210. To: ruthie, Starwind, *Jack-Booted Thugs* (#207)
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#212. To: James Deffenbach, *Muff Thumper News* (#211)
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#213. To: ruthie, Indietx, Jethro Tull (#212)
#214. To: christine, *Muff Thumper News* (#213)
wooohooo is right!
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#215. To: ruthie (#214)
#216. To: tom007, *Muff Thumper News* (#215)
Good and way past due. A pox on the cop and the Richard creep who defended him.
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#217. To: ruthie (#214)
#218. To: Pinguinite, *Muff Thumper News*, *Muff Thumper News* (#217)
Great news, Ruthie. Is she contemplating filing a civil suit against the officer or might that not be in her interests right now?
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#219. To: ruthie (#216)
ope he gets shot in the back by this cop for resisting arrest.
#220. To: ruthie (#212)
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#221. To: James Deffenbach (#220)
YES! Thank you for the update.
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#222. To: All, *Muff Thumper News* (#221)
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#224. To: ruthie (#223)
It seems strange to me that people were so interested in this story when i was this crazy drunk roller derby girl who beat up a cop and now that i have been cleared the truth just doesn't matter. Funny how that works. Tell the folks at F4M that I hope to tell them more good news in the future. :-)"
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