Arrest of firefighter, youth pastor goes viral

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(WFIE-TV) An incident involving Evansville Police Officers and an Evansville Firefighter is going viral.

At least one national website, Gawker, has picked up the story.

Meanwhile, those two officers are being investigated after the firefighter says he was unfairly detained and threatened.

Police tell 14 News the officers in question are veterans on the force who knew what they were doing.

George Madison tells us two officers stopped him at Weinbach and Kathleen, just two blocks from Riverside Drive on Tuesday afternoon.

He says he was handcuffed, thrown to the ground and threatened with a taser.

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