text: The Register Guard reported that the defendant beat Mr. Bumpas while he was handcuffed. This is a lie. Mr. Bumpas was never struck by Officer Sharlow either in the field before arrest, during arrest, nor in the booking room at the jail. I base this FACT on the sworn testimony of all witnesses in court and by statements made by both the state and defense counsel. If Officer Sharlow had indeed struck, kicked, or otherwise assaulted Mr. Bumpas, those facts would have been stated by at least the state's counsel during the trial. Absolutely no one stated, nor testified that Officer Sharlow engaged in any type of physical contact with Mr. Bumpas besides Officer Sharlow grabbing one of Mr. Bumpas' wrists when the two officers attempted to arrest and handcuff him, deploying his taser which allowed the back-up officers to handcuff Mr. Bumpas and place him in the patrol car for transport to the jail, and using a defensive tactic to take Mr. Bumpas to the ground in the booking room at the jail.