OCEAN CITY — A six-second video of an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer aggressively arresting a youth involved in a near-riot outside a downtown underage dance club last week is under scrutiny after it quickly made the rounds on social media.
Shortly after midnight last Thursday, OCPD officers were on routine patrol in the area of an underage dance club on Worcester Street when they observed a shirtless male, later identified as Muhammed Purnell, 20, of Delmar, jumping up and down. According to police reports, Muhammed appeared to be inciting others around him.
According to police reports, several individuals in the crowd that had gathered tried to calm Purnell down at which point he cupped his hands around his mouth, drew his head back and screamed “(expletive deleted) 12.” The phrase is a slang term popular in certain communities meaning “(expletive deleted) the police.”
According to police reports, roughly 100 people gathered around the scene, and while many had looks of shock and disgust on their faces, the majority of the crowd became unruly and also began jumping around and shouting the same phrase. By now, a larger crowd had gathered and more people were becoming incited by Purnell’s outburst.
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Taser his ass.
ReplyDeleteThis place should be closed. It has always been a problem area. Is it still owned by the former mayor.?
ReplyDeleteA 20 year old is not a youth and six seconds of video definitely doesn't tell the story.
ReplyDeleteNatives getting restless? Was he Islamic? So this guys hostility was achohol/drug induced or is he just a natural idiot dumb arse
ReplyDeleteShut it down.
ReplyDeletePoor Baby
ReplyDeleteShould have Tased him couple of times
Where is TARZAN and Jane when you need them when natives get restless ?
DeleteFamily Friendly??
ReplyDeleteStriking a mounted unit horse is the same as striking an officer. It is unclear if the offender was charged with this or not.
ReplyDeleteShut the "club" down. It is nothing but a hotbed of illegal drug activity.
ReplyDeleteJumping up and down
ReplyDeleteExercising free speech
I agree
Tase him (torture him) until he behaves like a good sheep (the rest of us).
Its only going to get worse. The PEOPLE of United States need to seriously do what they NEED to do to stop this EVERYDAY BULL$HIT from these animals. We know the government certainly isn't doing anything in fear of being sued by these thugs. Can you imagine what its going to be like if they take our guns away. This isn't going to be in just Ocean City. Its going to be in OUR HOMES. Its obvious that they don't care about anything, including going to prison. It was nice in Salisbury when I was growing up. Not now! They ruin everything and every neiborhood they touch.
ReplyDeleteWhy do undee age 21 need a club? They will have more than enough time to "club" when they are over age 21.
ReplyDeleteTo the reporter, Shawn Soper:
ReplyDeleteYou wrote in your article, "disturbing the police". There is no such thing. Sorry, but I think you meant "Disturbing the Public", and/or "Disorderly Conduct".
Thank you,
A SBYNEWS reader
(I only went to the Coastal Dispatch to read the rest of the story)
Why would any 20 year old hang around 13 yr olds. The boy from Salisbury is a true embarrassment to our community with that smart disrespectful mouth. His parents did a pour job raising his smart a**.
ReplyDeleteNeed to step up Rickie and end this yearly foolishness of H20. You all are so worried about ciggy butts, boobies, carnival acts on the boards, drinking on the beach (yet there is a bar practically on every street corner) AND PARKING.
ReplyDeleteYou all must be smoking that wacky crap already cuz every step you take makes no sense whatsoever. Yet, H20 remains OPEN????