An LAPD officer would forcibly extend the protestor’s legs, grab his left foot, twist it all the way around and then stomp his boot on the insole, pinning the protestor’s left foot to the pavement, twisted backwards. Then the LAPD officer would grab the protestor’s right foot and twist it all the way the other direction until the non-violent protestor, in incredible agony, would shriek in pain and unlink from his neighbor.
Horrified, Meighan unlinked his arms voluntarily and told officers he would go peacefully. You would assume that meant he was swiftly handcuffed and escorted to a bus, but his story is much more violent. Meighan says, "I had my arms wrenched behind my back, and an officer hyperextended my wrists into my inner arms." When he reacted in pain, Meighan was thrown "face-first to the pavement" by the arresting officer. His face bled, his hands turned blue from too-tight cuffs and he is now suffering nerve damage in his right thumb and palm.
Meighan's account does not sound like "one of the finest moments in the history of the Los Angeles Police Department," as Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said in his statement, released on the Wednesday of the raid. This sounds like arrestees who are issuing formal complaints against the LAPD may actually have cases.
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