'It’s horrific.' Meridian man faces trial after police officer pressed knee into his neck

‘It’s horrific.’ Meridian man faces trial after police officer pressed knee into his neck

Just after 6:30 p.m. on a sunny Sunday in late June, Meridian Police Officer Bradley Chambers responded to a dirt-bike accident. Parks Allen, 16, had lost control of his dirt bike on a residential street, struck a utility pole and injured his hand and foot. As he was taken by ambulance to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, three of his brothers rushed to the scene. They found the ...

'It’s horrific.' Meridian man faces trial after police officer pressed knee into his neck

These four images from video show Bradley Chambers subduing Samson Allen, 21, after Allen objected to the Meridian police officer’s request that the he and his brothers remove the motorcycle from the back of the pickup truck. Instead, Allen worked to stop a fuel leak and did not comply immediately when Chambers told him to step back. Allen’s parents have questioned Chambers’ forceful tactics in the arrest. | Screenshots from Gannon Allen phone v…