Toby Patch was at nearby Emerald Point Marina on Saturday night when he claims he saw police "manhandling" Benson after taking the running back off the boat and heading to a squad car. Patch was not one of the 15 people on the boat.
"As they were taking him up the dock, they stopped, he said, 'I am fine, I can continue walking,' and they put their legs behind his knees and knocked him over his knees and started hog-carrying him," Patch told KXAN-TV in Austin.
Near the parking area, Patch says the treatment of Benson worsened.
"They ended up--I don't know why--but laid him on his back, I heard him say, 'Please don't pepper spray me, please don't pepper spray me,'" Patch said. "It was uncalled for, it was ludicrous, no point for it."
I doubt "Toby Patch" knows what he's talking about, vis-a-vis what happened to bring this on, or how to deal with an active resister.
Anyone with access to the TV Show COPS, or a link to YouTube can see lots of occasions where a dude kept talking to the police as if he was being cooperative, while energetically struggling the entire time.
Note to self: If you keep struggling, the police will taze/OC/subdue you. No matter what line of bull you keep giving them.
Is this a case of "boating while black?" It's possible. I'm not even intimating that it's not. But it sounds like Mr. Benson has a serious issue with who is actually in charge, when he is being instructed and/or restrained by the police.
