No good deed goes unpunished when someone who’s “just doing their job” has something to say about it. After a Christmas storm dropped a bunch of snow on Pocatello, Idaho, Mitch Fisher went out and did the neighborly thing by using his ATV to plow the snow from the streets around his neighorhood, where according […]
Update: Pocatello Detective Caught Assaulting Man on Video Has Resigned
In July, CopBlock Network Contributor Steven Thomas posted the dash cam video of Pocatello Idaho Detective Steven Westfall smashing his elbow into the head of a man, who was already handcuffed and being held by two out of the four other officers present. Det. Westfall was subsequently charged with “unnecessary assault by an officer,” a […]
Police Officer Charged After Assaulting Detained Man on Video
A Pocatello Police officer has been charged with assault. Detective Steven Westfall is on paid administrative leave and is charged with one misdemeanor count of “unnecessary assault by an officer.” The incident started after someone called police claiming that James Rutherford was trespassing on IRS property and was possibly armed with a knife. As police […]
Pocatello Idaho Police Charge Man Who Was Assaulted in His Own Home
This post was shared by Ryan Thompson via CopBlock.org’s submit page. Date of Interaction: February 16, 2015 Police Employee Involved: Officer Tyler Evans Police Employee Contact Information: (208) 234-6100 On February 16th 2015 the Pocatello police responded to a call to my house over a situation involving an assault and battery. A family member came to my house […]
