ROCKINGHAM — A video of a man’s arrest at Friday night’s football game is causing a stir on social media.
The video, which was live streamed on Facebook, shows Stephen Sings Sr. walking through the crowd at Raider Stadium. A few seconds in, Sings switches the camera view.
Sings continues walking and it soon becomes evident that he is looking for a deputy, even asking another deputy if he knew where the one sought was.
He then spies the deputy in question, walks up to him and asks, “Can you explain to me why you locked my son up, what did he do wrong?”
“I don’t have anything to say to you,” the deputy replies.
“Why you don’t?” Sings asks. “This is your duty to talk to me.”
The deputy then hands his water bottle to another deputy and tells Sings to put his hands behind his back.
“Man, I ain’t got to put nothin’ behind my back,” Sings said. “What you mean? … I ain’t did nothing wrong.”
A struggle then ensues as deputies try to cuff Sings. He drops his camera and someone else picks it up, showing Black getting tazed several times.
A deputy with a stun gun then points it toward the person holding the camera to back him up.
A video from another angle shows Sings being punched in the back while he’s being held down.
The video continues as deputies pile on top of Sings to subdue him.
Later in the video, the person who grabbed the camera, who appears to be Sings' son, says that his brother was pushed down steps before being arrested.
Sings was arrested and charged with five counts of resisting a public officer, three counts of assault on a government official or employee, two counts of assault with physical injury on a law enforcement, probation or parole officer, and one count each of disorderly conduct and injury to personal property.
He was booked into the Richmond County Jail at 12:51 a.m. Saturday under a $150,000 secured bond.
The Richmond Observer left a voicemail message for Sheriff James Clemmons late Sunday and will provide his response in an updated story.
As of 8:51 p.m. Sunday, Sings' video had been viewed 36,000 times and shared 962 times.
The RO will continue to follow this story.
*This story has been updated to correct the defendant's last name. His Facebook name is Stephen Black Sr. He was booked as Stephen Sings Sr.
