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That chase began after 50-year-old Richard Simone, wanted on several outstanding warrants including assault, refused to stop for police in Holden, Massachusetts, around 4 pm on Wednesday afternoon. For about an hour, Holden dodged police from both Massachusetts and neighboring New Hampshire, occasionally reaching speeds of up to 90 mph on the highway.
Simone weaved through traffic — at one point hitting a utility pole — as law enforcement officers from both states repeatedly tried to pull him over without success. At some point during the pursuit, Simone's gray pickup lost two of its tires; but as sparks flew, he continued driving.
Eventually, in Nashua, New Hampshire — as captured in footage from news helicopters — Simone stopped, exited his vehicle calmly in surrender, and willingly proceeded to lie face down on the ground for his inevitable arrest.
After Simone lay prone on the asphalt, at least six police officers from various agencies proceeded to beat him relentlessly as neighborhood children watched, in what appears to be — for all intents and purposes — retaliatory use of force for Simone having fled the original stop.
"He was surrendering, you know, he gave up — but I was like, 'Oh my god, they're really attacking him,'" Simone's sister told 7 News. "It was very shocking, to say the least. Disturbing to see that and to see when someone willingly gets out of the vehicle, goes to their knees, flat out on their stomach, their hands out — very shocking."
Comment: So the Turkish intelligence service loads some trucks up with 'humanitarian aid' in the form of weapons for terrorists in Syria, some Turkish prosecutors find out about it and order the trucks searched, Erdogan calls them treasonous spies and they're put on trial for just doing their jobs. Then the journalist exposing this travesty of justice gets thrown in jail and deprived of her children. All this from a proud NATO member. Turkey's U.S. masters must be so proud.