WMC-TV) - The sign posted outside
a club in Clarksdale says it all, "Come in peace or leave with
police." But a Mississippi cop is now under investigation after Queston
Skipper claims he was the victim of police brutality.
Skipper's face is bruised and
battered. He has since filed assault charges against Clarksdale police officer
Jerry Rodgers.
Skipper says he was assaulted
after Rodgers arrested him. The city attorney, Curtis Boschert, says he was trying
to enter the club after he had been told to go home.
Skipper's attorney, Ellis
Pittman, is trying to understand how her client's face became bruised when
police have several other ways to stop someone at their disposal.
"My hands are behind my back
and they're cuffed," Pittman goes on. "You got a taxer, pepper spray,
all these other things, but I end up with my face all torn to pieces."
Boschert says just because
someone is handcuffed, does not mean they cannot resist arrest.
Unlike Skipper, who has several
misdemeanors on his record, including assault convictions, the officer being
accused of brutality, Rodgers, has a clean record and no complaints against
him.
"I've read the affidavits
and things that were filed and there is nothing that says Queston attempted to
attack this officer," said Pittman.
Officer Rodgers is currently on
paid administrative leave pending an FBI investigation.