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Police officers arrest 4 men outside Nick’s English Hut after altercation

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Two men were pulled off of Bloomington Police Department officer George Connolly at 1:10 a.m. Sunday at Nick’s English Hut while the officer tried to arrest one of their family members, BPD Lt. David Drake said.

Connolly first arrived at Nick’s to assist an IU Police Department officer who was chasing James Craven. Meanwhile Lynett Hidler was injured on the pavement nearby after Craven ran into her.

When Connolly got out of his car, Hidler’s son, Miles Bean, blocked the officer’s path and pushed him. When Connolly proceeded to cuff Miles Bean, Benjamin Bean and Richard Bean jumped on Connolly’s back.

“You knocked my mother to the ground,” Benjamin Bean yelled while on Connolly’s back, Drake said.

After a bystander and a bouncer pulled the men off of Connolly, he attempted to restrain Miles Bean again, only to have the two men jump on him again. More officers arrived, and police arrested the men, Drake said.

Miles Bean, 27, was arrested for public intoxication, disorderly conduct and resisting law enforcement; Benjamin Bean, 29, was arrested for battery on a police officer and resisting law enforcement; Richard Bean, 65, was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting law enforcement.

Craven was also arrested by IUPD for drunkenness, Drake said.

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5. Posted by Shante Southerland at 4:42 PM on Oct 12, 2009 | Report this comment

This story is untrue. The truth is that the police officer barreled into Benjamin's mother, Lynett, throwing her into the ground and crushing her shoulder, causing her to require surgery. This is just another instance of police brutality and bullying and I pity the fool ignorant enough to think something like this is going slide past the Bean family with no consequence. We are all eager to see justice brought to those who were meant to be preserving it, aka, IUPD. And I can't help but notice the idiot who posted before me, "age correlates with maturity." Perhaps you should have specified whether that was a positive or negative correlation, moron, because your comment makes no sense and shows that IQ obviously does NOT positively correlate with the ability to get a job at IUPD.

4. Posted by Shante Southerland at 4:38 PM on Oct 12, 2009 | Report this comment

3. Posted by more at 12:45 AM on Oct 07, 2009 | Report this comment

It'd be nice if the reporter bothered to contact IUPD and completed the story. This all started with Craven. Why was he running? What's his story?

2. Posted by Paul Brown at 9:55 AM on Oct 06, 2009 | Report this comment

"Two men were pulled off" = passive voice. Remember the inverted pyramid? Most important (4 arrested after altercation with police officer) first. Was the "pulling off" really the most important fact in the story?

1. Posted by IndianaPO at 9:49 AM on Oct 06, 2009 | Report this comment

Evidently this is proof that age does correlate with maturity.

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