ECU vs WV 2008 Field Rush - Excessive Police Force

Cops hired by East Carolina to manage the ECU vs WV game used excessive force to control the crowd. I am an ECU graduate and I'm embarrassed that these officers were working our game. You can see at 0:26 a student being thrown to the ground to the left of the yellow end zone camera already in handcuffs. I apologize for the quality, it is much more clear before being uploaded to youtube.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• East
• Carolina
• ECU
• Pirates
• Football
• WV
• West
• Virginia
• Dowdy
• Ficklen
• Police
• Excessive
• Force
• Field
• Rush

[camdenbuck]

Too bad those cops don't treat criminals that prey on students like that-we would have a lot less crime! It's traditional to rush the field and tear down the goal posts. Not exactly what we call crowd control...What's the deal guys?

[GoingBig]

i mean a spade is a spade

a dog is a dog

water is wet

and a cop is a pig .......is this new to you guys?

police love to pick on people .....thats their payback for getting that ass whipped in high school all the time

[mygirlfriendisback]

I saw that on the news

[thatdudecozz89]

Even though I do not attend ECU (don't get me wrong I got love for the Purple and Gold), but that was so disrespectful how the police in Greenville were treating those fans...That was so whack...If I were one of the cops I would not have done anything, just let the students have fun, and that's what they were there for.

[ctg0209]

hahaha i ran right past them and they didnt get me...my friend almost got tazed..those cops had nothing better to do than to ruin our great win

[tauras88d]

well put, well said.

[pr8tfan]

As a Pirate fan, I hate that all of this attention on the students being excited about a HUGE win and the cops using excessive force has overshadowed the incredible game that ECU played. Unfortunately, what should go in the history books is Patrick Pinckney being named All-American of the week, Skip Holtz being able to turn this program around, and numerous other student athletes achievements. However, the only thing that will be remembered is the ridiculousness of a select few.

[ThailandKyle]

Nice going po lice! Just frustrated cus they can't stop the crowd, so they take out their anger on a few students. Messed up. Let it go. Those students are not hurting anybody. They are celebrating. Damn.

[crazyamishguy9]

i agree with going big

[Gumbeaux0311]

This is just sick to watch. ECU trying to get on the national map with a huge upset over a top 10 team and a cop does that. He must have went to a community college where he didnt have a team to root for so he took it out on the student.