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FoxFire here, wanted to let everyone know I am home now and my son on fathers day is helping me nurse my wounds. Team Fly was hired by USI to provide Sculpt EVV with a security watch all night Friday and Hired to set up and produce the stage, lights & sound & fire show for the full day event on Haynies Corner. Our permit was for until Midnight. Our fire show had just ended and Phoenix Down was finishing last song. at 12:08 Officer Mattingly was dispatched to Haynies Corner and asked that we stop the music and our permit was over at 11pm which he was incorrect about. I told him I would go on stage and stop the band, he said no pull the plug right now on electricity or I will write a ticket to everyone here on the corner, I asked him to chill out for a minute while I take care of powering down all the amps properly, then Officer Mattingly proceeded to punch me in the face and threw me on the ground and continued to punch me in the face and legs and back, I never resisted and just kept saying to the officer “I am not resisting” the whole time he was yelling at me to stop resisting, I was just limp and trying to follow directions as the officer continued to beat my head on the pavement and punch me in the back of the head at least 30 times. I was arrested for resisting arrest and taken to the hospital to check out my extensive head & shoulder injuries. The whole time while in hospital, officer Mattingly had me tightly cuffed to the bed and was taunting me for 2 hours. When we arrived at the hospital he told the police officer on staff at hospital quote “I just beat up a hippie on Haynies corner and there were all whole bunch more there, I wanted to taze them, my trigger finger has been itchy lately” then he looked at me and said I know where you live and what you drive, your kind are not welcome here. His brother who is not a police officer was ridding in the vehicle the whole time during this and while in the hospital his brother was taking pictures of me cuffed to the hospital bed, I kindly asked them to stop taunting me and taking my picture but I was completely ignored. I was booked into Vanderburgh county jail and was released today on bail. I have a 1:30pm court date tomorrow Monday June 17th. There were many witnesses and we are asking anyone who witnessed the event and/or took pictures and video to contact us immediately so we can use this evidence to clear any charges against me and to possibly look into suing the city for the huge medical expenses I incurred and damages for missed work due to injuries that may take a while to heal. Thank you for your help… LOL Team Fly…
Hey “FoxFire here”—-I do not believe you are telling the truth.
Your account doesn’t add up. “I was just limp and trying to follow directions as the officer continued to beat my head on the pavement and punch me in the back of the head at least 30 times” total exaggeration.
In addition, why is it that the “Bokeh crowd” won’t compromise with the people who live in the district? You just want us to make all the compromises. Some people don’t want to be kept awake by loud music until midnight. It’s not all about you. Living in a community together should mean more than just caring about “the funky”. Not all of us are “funky” or need to be. Some of us are just regular people who want to have our rights respected too. I support the “Arts District” and want the district to become successful but I have a right to be able to sleep so I can work in the morning.
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