A 71-year-old man with bone cancer was left with a brain hemorrhage and a neck fracture after he was thrown to the ground by an Oklahoma City police officer after the elderly man refused to sign a citation over an improper U-turn last month.
Lich Vu, who is Vietnamese and appears to struggle with the English language, remains hospitalized from his injuries, hooked up to a feeding tube with family members worrying he may end up dying from the altercation with the police officer, who appears much younger and stronger than the victim.
Vu and his wife had just left church and were planning to feed the homeless at a local shelter when they were involved in a minor crash with another car, according to News 9.
Oklahoma City police officer Joseph Gibson has been placed on paid administrative leave, according to a statement from police posted on Facebook along with the body camera video.
The video shows Gibson grabbing Vu by the wrist and spinning him to the ground after the elderly man lightly tapped the cop on his chest with his hand before raising an index finger to his mouth and telling him to “shut up” as the two were arguing over the citation which apparently enraged the cop.