Variety is reporting that Josh Brolin & Jeffrey Wright’s attorney has said that both actors have been cleared of charges filed related to a barfight that occurred last July during filming in Shreveport, Louisiana for Oliver Stone’s “W.”. The specific charges had the two interfering with police officers as they all tried to break up an altercation with a ‘W.’ crew member.
BUT while the actors’ charges have been dropped, is there a possibility of charges filed against the police? Those squeak-clean bastions of journalism over at TMZ.com have posted video from the crappiest cell phone camera ever of Brolin and Wright being arrested. Brolin’s kneeling most of the time (the video is only worth watching just before the :30 mark) and being cuffed, and if the camera’s operator is to be believed, Wright is the gentleman on the asphalt who was being TASERED MULTIPLE TIMES. We couldn’t definitively see the tasering happening (it’s not a very visible action to begin with), but we’ve included the video below for you to make the call. See for yourself.