Shortly before Thanksgiving last year, 37-year-old Wilmington resident Corey Temoney was arrested on Princess Place Drive. Parts of the incident were captured in a roughly two-minute video, in which Temoney appeared pinned down by a deputy from the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office, eventually assisted by several members of the Wilmington Police Department and a firefighter.
The video appears to show Temoney repeatedly saying he was “not resisting” while he was being held down. It also showed one sheriff’s deputy appeared to use his open palm to strike Temoney in the face and push his face into the ground. Temoney and bystanders told WHQR they felt the deputies’ use of force was excessive.
Temoney later shared the video of his arrest on social media, and it got a significant response, but the story didn’t get any traction in the local news ecosystem…