fast on October 5th 2022 an officer was
investigating trouble with a party
incident at Huska park in La Crosse
Wisconsin
upon arrival the officer was flagged
down by a Parks and Rec employee stating
a male subject in the park had knocked
off his hat and called him an offensive
name
the mail was allegedly upset with the
employee because he had thrown away some
of his property when it was found on the
roof of the Gazebo the employee pointed
out the mail to the officer who was
walking through the park
he was later identified as 22 year old
Edison quesara Valera when the officer
approached Edison about the incident he
was immediately uncooperative and
hostile hey man how you doing
we talked this morning
you and I talked yeah with the camera
no well the reason I'm talking with you
now is because uh
the parks employee said that you knocked
his hat off of his head and called him
why did you do that
do you have an idea with you
do you have an idea what you said yeah I
do can I see your ID please
right there can I see your ID please
right here
well I'm investigating disorderly
conduct charge you need to identify who
you are you need to give me your name
and date of birth what's your name
failure to identify will result in an
obstructing charge failure to identify
we're resolving of strictly charge
94 to 90 how far out are you you're not
free to leave
I'm looking for my bicycle sir well I'm
telling you that you're not free to
leave well I'm telling you
have my bicycles here and I'm a white
dude come here
come here
put your hand behind your back put your
other hand behind your back now oh no
stop resisting what is stop resistance
stop putting away from me stop pulling
away from me
get on the ground now get on the ground
now
his body cam fell off and the chest
Mount was damaged the officer attempted
to decentralize Edison several times but
was unsuccessful
to overcome his act of resistance the
officer deployed his taser but the probe
soon broke he was forced to drive stun
Edison
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man
get out of your stomach you're gonna get
it again get out of your stomach please
stop please
get out of your stomach now he continued
to be assaultive and tried to take the
officer's taser due to this the officer
delivered several knee strikes
while trying to take him into custody a
large crowd formed around them and an
uninvolved male shoved the officer off
Edison
all right
the male was later identified as 32 year
old Ronald Wright when the officer
pointed the taser at Ronald he fled the
scene
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thank you appreciate it
we will sort it all out
the officer's use of force was later
justified by the department
can we just get some space we'll sort it
all out
of the camera
there's a large crowd right here but
we're all right for right now we'll take
as many as we
go
I just got here
are you all right man just so just so
everyone knows I'm completely fine I'm
just really calm now because I got
things
completely fine
do you need medical attention
he's trying to pull the taser yeah
what happened back up back up I'll get
him on him
that is not my watch can I put these on
you my glasses
and my wallet is in my back pocket with
my idea and everything
else
right now
I will talk to you once we're all done
we'll get it all sorted out okay
I got my phone my front pocket my wallet
in my back pocket I might have some soap
in my back pocket
foreign
Halloween
if I see that other if I see that other
guy Uncle Matt foreign
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they can't hold you after that
we'll see what are you gonna need
him you know what happened I was trying
to detain them
Kelly Mike that needs to be oh dude what
the [ __ ] what are you doing
foreign
of course
it's okay it's okay he's just pulling
the probe out it just hurt a little bit
it's no big deal
I don't have anything in my butt cheeks
yep
thank you
I'll be in court at 1 30 tomorrow
okay
was it just two people there were no it
was another guy that intervened
shoved me off of them okay so I ended up
teasing that other guy too because it
drives down to the other guy so how did
this all come out
um it was the parks guy he was
complaining okay he said that this guy
knocked his knocked his head off and
called him yeah when I asked him about
it he said I did knock his head off
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94 by The Pavilion I want to get him
going yeah
we don't have a bunch of people yelling
and screaming here we don't know
necessarily if there's another guy out
here
baby blue T-shirt with
um crosses and not crosses swords
crossed on his back yeah he hit me off
of him we can get the video and
everything after that so you don't need
to interview any of these people or
anything yeah yeah I mean you can I
don't know what it's even going to
matter but I am prepared um
will talk to a few of them trying to get
everything out that way and we'll go to
the video and figure
yeah what I was interviewing was about
Parks officers
so did you talk so we need to talk to
you
um who's the parks guy May will know
I'll call Nate yeah we
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I didn't see where he went once he went
around the other side of the Pavilion
God I thought you were closer than you
were yeah I apologize
um so we'll talk to a few people get
some stuff sorted out you want to deal
with that and we'll get I'll pull up the
video and we'll go back out afterwards
do you need anything else right now
I mean is there any charge for
when I tased him he tried grabbing the
taser out of my hand it's uncomfort for
that right
this is disarming the police officers
that's why I started
he got when he tried to grab the taser
from me I just started laying in these
Stripes as fast as I could yeah so DC
resisting on him yeah yeah okay do you
like I punch you and you could do it he
just two-handed shoved me off okay
yeah right right why don't you just get
going with him me and Miller will try
and talk through some people and go
through the video on the back end
opening a criminal complaint who do I
get in contact with to open up criminal
complaint against the the officer Howie
okay who would just use excessive force
on that man right there right well it's
all documented it's on video I
understand that but who do I get in
contact with to open up
because that's not the first officer
that has come down here and used
excessive force I have a lawsuit right
now that I'm opening up against you guys
because when you guys arrested me you
used a unlawful use of force so that
that was escalated that did not need to
be he was not he was he was not he
already had him tased on the ground he
did not need to continue to knee him in
the head okay well I can't make that
determination right now I understand you
can't but who do I get in contact with
so I can do that I'm trying to resolve
this peacefully so I don't well you can
either file a complaint online or you
can call a shift commander and talk to
them shift Commander okay number talk to
a supervisor here and they can explain
to you what else you can do but I can
tell you that uh the Situation's more
complicated than what you think so I
understand the situation
so part of the reason that this happened
part of the head part of the reason that
this happened was there was a guy
wearing a light blue shirt that was also
assaulting the officer do you know who
that is no I don't and even if I did I
wouldn't be telling you guys because you
ain't helping me out I told you you can
talk to one of the supervisors that are
on scene or you can file a complaint
online but you're saying that the
situation is more complicated than that
well I'm I'm what I'm telling you is
there's a supervisor I'm telling you is
yeah the reason that that officer got
hit in the face by that person is
because he was kneeing those what I'm
telling you is there's a supervisor over
here if you'd like to talk to them and
they can direct you differently
or if you don't want to talk to anybody
you can walk away there's a supervisor
here if you'd like to talk to him you
said you're not injured at all
what nope
say what
is the uh I forgot the officer's name
the other so is he okay
I'm the guy that you were fighting with
really yeah you and I were the ones that
had to hustle now we get to have a
conversation oh that's awesome
how are you
I'm fine
were you having a rough day or something
what happened I can barely hear you
sorry
were you having a rough day or something
what happened
I'm having a fine day
wake up on the wrong side of the bed why
do you assume I'm having a bad day I
woke up on the wrong side because you
didn't lead with kindness sir because I
didn't leave with kindness that's
exactly why do you think knocking
someone's hat off and calling them is
leading with kindness no but I think
escalating is uh the very opposite of
leading with kindness
yeah
I'm not the one who escalated that who
escalated
well actually you know what I'm just
gonna shut
up that sounds like good advice did I
get to choose with Joe I go to
you want to choose what jail you go to
yeah like I go to a different city
what jail would you want to go to
uh comment below how to do trampolo
county has a jail Centerville the crime
that you committed was in La Crosse
County so you have to go to the La
Crosse County Jail okay any advice for
going to jail say what do you have any
advice for going to jail also am I going
to jail or prison
you're going to jail had you just
complied and not walked away from me
I just complied and listen to the words
I originally out of my mouth sorry for
grabbing a taser search just that I was
being tased and
well I didn't want to keep getting tased
I told you just to roll over on your
stomach what's that I told you just to
roll over on your stomach yeah after you
tease me
police reviewed surveillance video and
interviewed Witnesses in an attempt to
find the male who shoved the officer
they were able to locate Ronald and took
him into custody it should also be noted
he was out on one misdemeanor and one
felony Bond so
what's that it's not a huge deal
it's not a huge deal we just want to
chat all right no big deal
is that is that the entrance hey hey
what's up how's it going pretty good so
yeah uh just us three yeah okay
what's up oh they just have a quick
question I guess yeah can I chat with
you yeah
I watched the entire thing dude like
that cop was super bogus I've never
gotten involved with any
already down sure I hear you over there
that's him right w-rh all right g h t
yes did they text it to you or you got
the tattoo right there
and the shoes
thank you
of course
let's just shove them in the face and
ask him to show his tattoos
you guys said it was Ronnie he just said
Ronnie White but I don't know if he said
white or right I couldn't understand
what the slurs
tell if that's the same guy or not but
sure let's check this she asked his arms
got any tattoos yeah that's what I
thought maybe ask him first and see if
we can pinpoint him but he completely
changed everything so can you show me
your arm do you have do you have tattoos
on here
because it looks like you were over it
looks like you were over there there's
can you tell us what you saw when you're
over there a man getting needed and
tased repetitively okay
and then obviously you tried to did you
what what happened when you got involved
with the officer I mean there's video
over there so we just wanted I was
trying to save a man's life okay just to
get him relaxed like chill the boys you
know what I mean like sure I don't know
why he was going so hard on him
so did you I wasn't uh trying to what
position if that was the case I would
have right
you know you can see he chased me in my
chest are you okay
um yeah was it a drive stung or was
there like probes no it was a dry one
but do you have any injuries on your
chat I don't believe so I looked I
didn't see anymore okay now I don't want
no drama
are you in trouble for that not an ill
intention right you know what I mean I
wasn't trying to
Department Officer I was legitimately
just trying to separate the
retardation that was I was seeing you
know right I I understand that I hear
what you're saying right but
don't please don't don't use the butler
that's just all agree is men you know I
mean like because I get to I get pushing
away no I know that and that's not
something I'm trying to regularly do dog
I'm just trying to save a man's life he
was getting better dude the officer
definitely pushed the envelope there
ain't no question about it you know and
you got how every every resident here
sure will be saying the exact same thing
including the man who was getting Molly
wopped you know what I mean I wasn't
trying to hurt the cop I was just trying
to relax I'm doing whatever the [ __ ] was
doing
I mean it did because he relaxed because
he focused his attention boom you know
what I mean yeah he kept his control the
dude you know I mean but he was done
abusing him then I turned away and I
walked away I wasn't I wasn't causing a
conflict after that I wasn't trying to
push no buttons I was just trying to
stop the Heat of the Moment of him
abusing a citizen of your city do you
recognize where others around may see it
as something different yes but their
intelligence levels and Ours
can I have everybody here come to my
court date tomorrow
everyone
or matter of fact I would like everybody
to kind of actually run there right now
to the jail
to cause a Ruckus that they're arresting
and what they were doing okay we're
gonna have to step up as many as many of
you as I can get I know that but as many
of you as I can get will be the answer
if you guys don't do it either
step up okay and then we'll unplug it
ready take a deep breath in one two
three while you step up do you want us
to unplug that I did okay you did okay
step up one two three ready
come up just step up one
just keep it with what it's at
three thank you
appreciate it Friday
it's been very cool and Cooperative all
the all good to documented
Edison was charged with misdemeanor
counts of criminal damage to property
resisting and disorderly conduct
Ronald was charged with felony bail
jumping and misdemeanor counts of
disorderly conduct and resisting
both were later released on a one
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