Click here for compilation of STATter911.com’s previous coverage of Trooper Martin
From the AP:
The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety has reinstated two state troopers who were placed on administrative leave following allegations of excessive force.
OHP Trooper Daniel Martin.
An internal investigation found that the use of force by Troopers Daniel Martin and Tommy Allen was not excessive.
Martin earlier this year was suspended after being accused of using excessive force during a scuffle with a paramedic that was caught on video.
Kristopher Douglas had complained in the more recent incident that one trooper struck him with a baton and another put a knee in his back after he tried to walk up to a residence while the officers were making a traffic arrest in Holdenville.
A video clip showed Martin asking Douglas to leave several times, then hitting him with a baton once as Allen tried to handcuff him.
The video above of the May 24 incident with Creek Nation paramedic Maurice White Jr. has almost 2 million views on YouTube. Click here for the dash-cam video from Trooper Martin’s car of this confrontation.
Also on STATter911 …
- Maurice White Jr. arrested following traffic stop. Oklahoma paramedic who was at the center of confrontation with OHP is accused of resisting arrest. – January 11, 2010
- Quick Takes – November 16, 2009
- When snipers roamed the National Capital area: On the eve of John Allen Muhammad’s execution, a look back to a chaotic 14-hours in Montgomery County, Maryland. – November 9, 2009
- Florida fire captain who used his own gun to kill man beating police officer is honored with cop’s combat cross. Edwin O’Berry and crew from Palm Beach County Station 31 recognized for April incident. – November 15, 2009
OK, I`m not a fan of this trooper after the incident with the medic earlier this year. What I saw on this video was well, those 2 troops doing their job and protecting themselves. That was a big boy, came up to them with some attitude. They tried to talk to him, he got more aggresive. The baton to the leg, well, dude was twice their size and he wouldn`t comply.
All I can say, is that when I was a Police Officer, my departments rule stated that to go to the use of the baton there had to be an escalation on the force continuum. IE: The suspect comes at you in an aggressive manner, or attempts to strike you.
The guy already had his hands behind his back when he was struck with the baton.
this is sick. to let someone like martin run our streets with a gun. wow. Sick, Sick, Sick
This little man has a problem. If he needs to hit people to make himself feel better I feel sorry for him. He could have just let them man pass no problem. This officer is Sick. He has mental problems.
So, is the OHP waiting for this guy to kill someone before they do anything about him?
This just shows there is a problem at the top of the department as well.
I find it amazing that this guy was back on the force after his first incident with the paramedic. Now I do agree the guy should have listened to the officer but what would the big deal have been to just let the guy go over to the front door of the house. Now this trooper approached this guy with an attitude, as my grandpa said you attract more flies with honey than you can with vinegar. A simple change in attitude on the troopers part may have totally changed the outcome of the situation. Besides they were making a traffic arrest not an investigation of the property . This guy needs to be removed from the force or at least from dealing with the public. Otherwise his dept. is going to be facing a lot more of these type complaints and possible lawsuits. Like the other poster said what does this guy have to do kill someone before they wake up. If this guy was a NYS trooper he would have been relieved of duty after the first incident.
I’m not sure how this could be aggressive. The man yes may have raised his voice and tried to walk around the officer. I did not see the man become aggressive towards the troopers. When the suspect was struck his hands were already behind his back. This makes me sick. I’m a police officer in michigan and the action of this officer makes us all look bad.
This emt was arrested again in vian Oklahoma for the same stuff he pulled on trooper Martin. It sounds like he has a problem with authority especially when he’s in the wrong. I think alot of people owe trooper martin an apology for thinking he acted out of line and the emt needs some time in jail.
You’re a complete idiot, Kevin.. Trooper Daniel Martin is a danger to himself, his fellow officers, and most importantly, to the good citizens of Oklahoma…
It is only a matter of time until Daniel Martin’s penchant toward total control & rage will escalate to unnecessary violence…
And some Police Officers wonder why all studies show Military Officers are the most Trustworthy and Respectful. Why not Highway Patrol? Well because they wake up most mornings with the hope they can beat the hell out of someone. I couldn’t find any law in my State that gives Police the right to pull EMS vehicle over in an Emergency. This cop makes the whole Department look unprofessional and arrogant. I cannot understand how they would still employ a BAD cop like this. I think they should send him to Afghanastan to act tough. What a punk!
This type of thing happens everyday in Oklahoma, had the first incident not happened, we would have never heard of this one. And who can truly say that the EMT incident WAS the first. OHP troopers are dicks, they all need to be fired, and are only OHP because they cannot get a real job. …Takes one to know one… 17 yr OHP vet here, how do you think we feel about this guy ? Please please someone get the goods to get rid of him, he is the “one guy at work” who makes the rest of us look bad. And please tell me what state should be OK, with a State Trooper, back on the streets, that was ordered to anger management….
I strongly believe trooper Martin should have been fired over the EMT incident. I believe he has a short fuze and I shudder to think what he might do when he is not on video. Despite this arrest being poorly conducted, and Martin’s unnecessary use of the baton, I don’t believe the two officers were too far out of line. The man walking up on them should simply have complied with what was a polite and reasonable request at the time. I remain convinced Martin should not be employed as a trooper, but this video is not the reason.
What Heinrich Himmler wannabe is running the Oklahoma Highway Patrol? On what planet is the behavior of Daniel martin acceptable? Why hasn’t this jackbooted buffoon been fired? The man in this case had nothing to do with the traffic stop, he was just trying to get to a house that he had a legal right to occupy. Since when do police powers trump the private property rights of someone completely uninvolved with the police business?