American cops of Kansas City kneels on customer’s neck over lack of receipt for frozen pizza

By Edward Era Barbacena 

A Kansas City, Kansas, police officer pinned down a Walmart customer and knelt on his neck after accusing him of stealing a $5 frozen pizza - despite the 24-year-old man having a receipt for the purchase. 

Dayton Borisouth, 24, claims he was tackled to the ground on June 1 inside a Kansas Walmart store after he refused to show an off-duty officer his receipt - as he didn't think he was legally obligated to show one.

He had purchased the frozen pizza just moments before at self-checkout and had opted for no bag to avoid unnecessary waste, he said. When an officer asked him if he had a receipt, he replied 'yes,' but did not stop to show the officer. 

Moments later, he claimed he was pinned to the brick wall by the cop. 

'I shook my head no [when I saw him coming], and said: "Stop chasing me. You don’t have the right to detain me. I didn’t break any laws," and then he pinned me in the corner where the claw machine was,' Borisouth told WIFR. 

The Kansas City Kansas Police Department said two of the three unnamed officers involved in the incident are being disciplined and will undergo additional training. 

Borisouth immediately went to grab his receipt, which was in his left pocket, and told the officer he was doing so, but the policeman reportedly told him to 'stop reaching in your pockets.' 

Borisouth, who was shirtless at the time, said he had a 'work blade' on him, but did 'not intend to use it.' 

This is when his uncle, Christopher Enloe, began filming the interaction, which has now gained more than 400,000 views on TikTok. 

By this time, the officer has his arms around Borisouth's shoulders as the latter yelled: 'Here's the f****** receipt, bro, read it, dumba**.' The officer made no move to locate the receipt. 

The unidentified officer pinned Borisouth onto his stomach, just a foot away from his defrosting pizza. Borisouth asked the officer several times if he has 'read the receipt' as his uncle pleaded with him not to resist. 

'Can you have him read the receipt?' Borisouth asks his relative as two other officers arrive, violently grabbing at his arms, which the victim pulls under his head and asks officers to 'calm down.' 

Officers can be seen trying to pull his arms out before threatening to 'break your nose.' Borisouth said he put his hands under his head because he thought they would slam it into the ground.

Moments later, the same officer pinned his knee to Borisouth's neck as he screamed in terror as two officers kneeled on him while a third handcuffed him. Customers began yelling in protest, but no one stepped in to stop the altercation.

When the blue-haired victim was lifted to his feet, his receipt was lying on the ground.

He was taken into the back of a police car, where he would stay for an hour. He was then told he was being released due to the receipt proving that he paid for the pizza.

However, he was charged with refusing to comply, but it was later dropped.

The Kansas City Kansas Police Department said two of the three officers are being disciplined and will undergo additional training.

The names of the officers involved have not been released.  

The department stated that one officer employed a technique that was 'not approved, nor trained, by the department.' 

'It is our determination that the officer should have disengaged at that time due to the circumstances,' the department said. 

Borisouth believes the officers should face 'at least a suspension' for the 'serious' offenses. 

'George Floyd died from that,' he told WIFR. 

However, now that the charges are dropped, Borisouth says he 'feels a little bit better that they’re starting to realize that I’m not a criminal.' 

'I was just trying to buy a pizza for my family to eat. No matter what, this is going to stick with me for the rest of my life. I’m probably always going to be scared of cops now and fearing for my daughter and my son and what they’re going to have to go through as they get older,' he told the outlet.