Elderly Man's Neck Broken During Confrontation With Cop

Monday he made it through surgery and is in intensive care.Police said the war veteran committed a crime when he grabbed Officer Travis Lamont and officials said they will press charges against him.Not everyone believes the officer did the right thing. Eyewitnesses said Daniel Daley might have stumbled into the officer, but they never saw him grab the officer around the neck, pull back his fist, or threaten to knock down the officer.Daley was an Army intelligence officer during World War II and also served during Vietnam. Eyewitness Sean Hill said Daley did not draw back to punch the officer.

He showed WFTV what happened before the officer threw him to the ground."He said, 'I'm not done talking to this cop.' Whether it was alcohol, he stumbled. He's 84 years old; he needs a walker," Hill said.Hill said he will never forget the sound of Daley's head hitting the pavement."Like a watermelon. Pop!" he described.Orlando police said Daniel Daley was intoxicated when he grabbed the officer's neck and then threatened to punch him. WFTV spoke with Orlando Police Department Sgt. Barbara Jones Monday (full interview) , who said Daley had a .187 alcohol level, twice the legal limit for driving."He grabbed the officer, pulled back his arm and said, 'I'm not going anywhere until I knock out this cop,' something to that effect," Jones said.

Elderly Man's Neck Broken During Confrontation With Cop - News Story - WFTV Orlando

Fuck it, I'd have let him hit me.

Some old cogger punched me twice in a pub in Reading a few years back.
What was I gonna do, Deck him?.
He was 78 years old.

^ Cheating at Domino's again Dogcatcher ?

No, I was doing his wife.