“He was almost beaten to death for a $50 infraction" even judge Dredd gave a guy a chance to vacate.

It’s a good thing the jailhouse decided to send him to the hospital. With that severe concussion he might have died in custody

Spokane local here. Yeah, that cop has a reputation for this kind of thing. There was a previous incident where he answered a call at a bar where a guy sexually assaulted a woman, and she smacked him with a pool stick. She got kicked out of the bar. She called the cops to make a report. Cop shows up and beats the shit out of the guy. The oman tried to get the officer to stop and got arrested for obstruction. The judge sided with the cop. Welcome to Spokane.

I hope he has a nice, tax-paid vacation. It’s hard work beating people after all :)

In his report regarding the arrest, Hilton wrote that he smelled marijuana in the area, Note said. There was no marijuana or any other intoxicating substances found in Hinton’s vehicle.

Hilton went up to the window of Hinton’s new Audi and made contact with Hinton. The deputy told Hinton he was committing a crime by being in the park after hours.

Note and Maurer said it’s not a crime to be in the park after hours. Spokane Valley City Code lists trespassing in a park as an infraction punishable by a small fine. The attorneys also noted it’s arguable that Hinton wasn’t even in the park because signs listing park hours were on a fence enclosing the grassy area of the park, while Hinton was on the other side of the fence in the parking lot.

In the body-camera footage capturing the confrontation, Hinton tells the deputy that it’s not a crime but instead a civil offense to be in the park after hours and offers to leave. Deputy Hilton then interjects and tells Hinton that he’s not free to leave. The exchange between the two includes Hinton’s surprise at the sudden escalation, and he then refuses to provide his identification to the officer.

Hilton then asks him: “Whose car are you in?”

The deputy asks for his name again before putting on his gloves. He asks Hilton to stand up and put his hands on the vehicle.

The deputy then puts his hands on Hinton, who says “don’t put your hands on me, pal.”

“You are going to get hurt,” Hilton responds.

Within the course of the next minute, Hinton falls back into the driver’s seat of his car and is then pulled out by his legs on to the asphalt parking lot.

Deputy Hilton then wrestles Hinton to the ground, where Note and Maurer say he struck Hinton multiple times with a closed fist during the course of the encounter.

There’s blood visibly coming from Hinton’s face in the video.

“Why did you hit me?” Hinton asked between sobs.

Deputy Hilton responded: “Because you weren’t listening.”

Eventually, Hinton is handcuffed as other deputies arrive at the scene. He can be seen bleeding with a ripped shirt sitting on the ground handcuffed while at least a handful of deputies mill about.

Hilton turned off the audio of his body camera for a few minutes while talking with other deputies, who also turned off the audio of their body cameras.

Spokane County Deputies are required to have their body cameras activated, including with audio, when in contact with civilians.

Medics were called to the scene but cleared Hinton to be booked into the Spokane County Jail, according to Note. However, jail staff refused to book Hinton and he was instead taken to an area hospital, Note said.

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