Two people allege Arkansas sheriff’s deputy in viral arrest video also used excessive force against them
Teddy Wallace and Tammy Nelson said that they were both arrested recently by Crawford County sheriff's deputy Levi White and that during those encounters he used excessive force against them.
A man and a woman have come forward to allege that one of the Arkansas law enforcement officers seen in a viral video repeatedly punching a man's head and smashing it into the pavement during an arrest Sunday violently assaulted them during separate arrests.
Teddy Wallace and Tammy Nelson said at a news conference Tuesday that they were both arrested recently by Crawford County Sheriff's Deputy Levi White and that he used excessive force against them. Complaints filed with the sheriff's office were ignored, they said.
White is one of three officers captured on a 34-second video a bystander recorded during the arrest of Randal Worcester on Sunday in the small town of Mulberry, about 137 miles northwest of Little Rock. The video sparked widespread outrage after it was posted on social media.
One of the officers is captured in the video punching and kneeing Worcester in the head over and over before grabbing his hair and slamming him against the pavement. At the same time, another officer knees Worcester repeatedly, while a third holds him down. A spokesman for the Arkansas State Police said the officers were responding to a disturbance call when they came upon Worcester.
Teddy Wallace with injuries he states that he sustained when he was arrested last month by Crawford County Sheriff’s Deputy Levi White.Courtesy Attorney David PowellWhite and the other officers — Crawford County Sheriff's Deputy Zack King and Mulberry Police Officer Thell Riddle — have been suspended, and state and federal authorities have opened investigations into their actions.
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