An elderly Oklahoma man with cancer was severely injured when a police officer forcefully shoved him onto the ground while investigating a traffic stop.
Lich Vu, 70, was violently thrown onto the pavement during an argument with Oklahoma City Police Department officer Joseph Gibson at the scene of a collision on Oct. 27, troubling footage shared by the department showed.
The footage opens with a view of Vu seated in the driver’s seat of his car while Gibson tells him he is writing a ticket for an improper U-turn.
“I didn’t do that,” Vu insisted.
The older man got out of the car a few minutes later, and the pair continued to argue.
When Gibson warned Vu that he would go to jail if he did not sign the ticket, Vu said, “I’m ready to go to jail.”
“You’re ready to go to jail?” Gibson scoffed. “Ridiculous. OK. That involves impounding your car too.”
Gibson then talked with the other driver involved in the collision, who was given a ticket.
When Gibson returned to discuss the situation with Vu, the elderly man seemed to whack Gibson on the chest with the back of his hand.
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