Opinion ID: 4486948
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Heading: Jones’s Version of Events.

Text: Jones tells a different story. Making his way home after buying two green peppers from a nearby café, Jones stopped in the plaza to have a conversation with two women. After talking to the women, Jones resumed walking, at which point he heard Weber call out. No. 18-4157 Jones v. City of Elyria, Ohio, et al. Page 4 Eventually realizing that Weber was speaking to him, Jones says he did as he was told. As he came toward the cruiser, Jones removed his hands from his pockets, kept them visible at all times, and then placed them on the hood of the cruiser. Weber and Chalkley performed a patdown. Jones became nervous that he was being detained for no stated reason, so he looked over his left shoulder to speak with the two officers. In response, the officers took Jones to the ground. Jones says he offered no resistance, and in fact struggled to breathe as his face was pressed against the concrete by an officer’s forearm. Jones could not move his arms due to the weight of the officers on top of him. Despite his lack of resistance, Jones says he was repeatedly punched and tased by Weber and Chalkley, barely maintaining consciousness. Though Mitchell arrived later and assisted Weber and Chalkley with the arrest, Jones does not allege that Mitchell struck or tased him.