Josh Brolin & Jeffrey Wright Arrest Video: Tasers And Pepper Spray (VIDEO)

TMZ has released the incredible video of Josh Brolin's arrest outside of a Shreveport bar last summer, along with his "W" costar Jeffrey Wright.

In the video, (SCROLL DOWN TO WATCH) viewers see Brolin and Wright standing hugging as they are sprayed with pepper spray and then separated by cops. Brolin is made to kneel and is handcuffed while Wright gets laid out on the street and repeatedly tasered, as the cellphone camerawoman screams in protests.

Other video from patrol cars was also recorded by cop cars last July but not released.

Coinciding with the video's release, today charges in Louisiana against Brolin stemming from the brawl are being dropped.
Reports the AP:

An attorney for actors Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright says prosecutors have agreed to drop all charges in an incident at a Louisiana bar last year. An attorney for actors Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright says prosecutors have agreed to drop all charges in an incident at a Louisiana bar last year.

Brolin, Wright and five crew members of the Oliver Stone film "W." were arrested on misdemeanor charges at the Stray Cat Club on July 12. Brolin and Wright were charged with interfering with police officers after a disturbance involving a crew member broke out.

Los Angeles attorney Blair Berk, who represented the actors and five others, says prosecutors in Shreveport have agreed to drop all charges against the group within 60 days. She declined to comment further.

In other Brolin news today, he called Russell Crowe an "a-hole."

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Comments

[RJII]

I grew up a minority in a mostly white neighborhood in Harford county, MD. The police harrassed me extremely bad as a minor until I left there at 18. One time they even put me in a paddywagon four hours w/ a man in handcuffs who tried to molest me the whole time. then they just let me out and left me in the dark, 50 miles from my home in a rural location. my crime: going to Pizza Hut black after the big game. My ride didn't even know they abducted me.

I have bittersweet feelings about the police. I don't think highly of most of them as human beings. I use to dread running into one on a desserted country rode.

[roch20]

I double that feeling, they (police) will behave like the biggest assh@les whenever they can!!!

[forestdweller]

Wright was already on the ground, lying still, and the police kept shocking him. What possible reason could the police have to tase someone who's already helpless on the ground? Someone who wasn't even resisting to begin with?

The police in this country are out of control! They're racist, violent thugs. I hope Wright sues.

[scottymac11]

sorry I posted on wrong site i was commenting on the bart shooting

[scottymac11]

I have looked at several of the videos of the incident. I have three questions. Some of the videos record what went on after the shooting. I don't see any of the cops assisting the victim. WHY? Secondly considering the apparently criminal behavior of the officer,why is he out free and not on bail or in jail. Does he still have a firearm in his posession?

[WilliamP]

Those cops are ridiculous for two reasons. First of all, there was no need to use that much force when the two actors were not being violent. Second, what kind of man doesn't recognize and respect a character from a James Bond movie? Jeffry Wright plays the best Felix Leiter.

[Ty90]

Police are often nasty criminals their damned selves. It's simply sick and twisted to enjoy using too much force on someone who has no weapon and is not physically threatening you, but i have seen countless videos of police officers doing just that.

It's ridiculous. I am tired of seeing them in gangs violently attacking 1 person and over extending their boundaries.

[rjohns3]

And cops wonder why people are no longer glad to see them pull up. I had a cop once berate me for 10 min and threaten to arrest because I went 30 ft further to pull into a parking lot so he could write me a ticket instead of us being on the side of the road. I no longer have any respect for them, especially after seeing the BART video.

[Johnagain]

One local news station here in Shreveport has selectively shown this video, along with the police cruiser video, carefully omitting the part where it is obvious that Wright is being tasered. Instead they're showing the cruiser video at that point, and in that video there is an officer between the camera and the subject, such that the tasering is not directly visible. The newswoman simply says that it is not possible to see whether Wright is being tasered. The story was titled "A film that Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright do NOT want you to see".

Do these people (the police and the local news stations) realize what the internet is? Do they not know that millions are watching the full cell phone video, where it is obvious what happened? This full length version will undoubtedly make it to the national news (at least I hope it does)

[Julie02]

Shreveport is a location that is chosen for many films. They just lost all of that money since Hollywood will not be back and will be sued to boot. Hope it was worth it.

[Akindles]

Yet another reason to stay out of the South. What a place!

[radiojunkie]

b i g o t

[bubbuh]

The South must include Los Angeles, New York City and Boston and Philadelphia.

[Johnagain]

The shooting at the BART station was in what could be considered the most liberal cities in America. The police state is everywhere.

[PuddinPie]

I applaud the woman who spoke up.

[Changeizgood]

Change We believe in. Record their butts and put them on charges. Nobody I've seen handcuffed has been able to overthrow five to ten officers.

Why do they always wait til the person is subdued, to torture while in custody. Who's training our Civil Servants, deviants?

America, you have seen this before in the late 60's and 70's. Cops gone wild.

Jerks, should be put in cuffs and penguin marched before the ones they tortured. Let's see how tough they are then.

They shouldn't even have a badge.

Wake up America, until we get them the phychological help they need, they will keep denying it.

Some cops are sadistic criminals with badges.

[PuddinPie]

I agree. This video should be shown on all entertainment television shows and news casts. People need to see this. More people need to come forward and speak up.

[oznog]

This is the same police department that gave us the Angie Garbarion case less than a year ago. One minute the officer is talking to an obviously drunk woman. Cop turns the camera off and when he turns it back on she's laying on the floor bleeding.

The pictures and the video are horrifying.
http://www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S=7892373

[zachizzle]

That's terrible, but at least they fired that cop.
This guy is on paid leave. http://www.ktvu.com/news/18412851/detail.html#-

[Changeizgood]

New World Order KGB BUCKS!

[ArtMaggot]

I love cops!

[Nikola Tesla]

Just wait. They'll get to you next.

[zachizzle]

If you have not seen this video, please check out the complete story. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/05/oscar-grant-iii-fatally-s_n_155462.html
This story needs to stay on the front page until we find out why this cop shot Mr. Grant point blank and killed an unarmed father.

[Johnagain]

As a resident of Shreveport, who has migrated in from elsewhere in the country, I can say that this kind of police behavior is not surprising. Brolin and Wright were pegged by these police as 'outsiders' either by their accents or by the group (movie crew) they were with. It is doubtful that any of these police knew who they were, only that they weren't from here. Hence the 'extra' tasering and humiliating treatment.

Giving tasers to some of these police is like giving matches to a 6 year old. No good will come of it. I hate to think what these cops would have done if they were in an isolated place and not on a busy street. We would be reading about the mysterious deaths of two actors.