Incapacitated: The young man sinks to the ground with his hands cuffed behind his back

Incapacitated: The young man sinks to the ground with his hands cuffed behind his back

Messner captured the frightening moment in a sequence of photographs that show the young man complying with Knox County deputies as they lead him to a police van at the University of Tennessee, before an officer uses two hands to choke the student until he is unconscious.

Dotson was arrested, along with a number of friends, during a wild college party celebrating after a week of finals.

Police were called to clear the area at the intersection of 21st and Laurel Streets in Fort Sanders, an area with a high concentration of college students.

According to photographer John Messner, some college students began to throw beer bottles at police, who called for backup from the Knox County Sheriff’s office.

Dotson was arrested and handcuffed, then walked a block to a waiting police van at the University of Tennessee.

Wild party: College students celebrating the end of finals spilled out onto the street Saturday night and police were called to clear the area

Unresisting: Dotson, seen here before the alleged assault, does not appear to resist as police remove one set of handcuffs to replace them with another

Threatening: An officer much larger than the student, who still has his hands behind his back, approaches and lays his hands on the young man’s neck

He went willingly and did not resist arrest, said Messner.

When they got to the police van, the arresting deputy’s handcuffs were removed from the young man’s wrists and replaced with cuffs from the vehicle.

During the brief moment his wrists were uncuffed, Dotson let his arms fall by his sides.

As two officers twist his arms behind his back, another deputy walks in front of the young man and wraps his hands around his neck.

The disturbing sequence of shots show the 21-year-old appear to lose consciousness, his knees buckling as he sinks to the ground, while the deputy continues to choke him or activate a pressure point that renders him unconscious.

The officers behind Dotson fiddle with his handcuffs even as he’s being choked.

Arrested: Jarod Dotson, pictured, was arrested and handcuffed, then walked a block to a waiting police van at the University of Tennessee

Student: Dotson, pictured left and right, is a student at the University of Tennessee

When the young man was unconscious, the police picked him up and the officer who choked him slapped him around the head a few times before walking off, reports Messner.

All three officers are Knox County deputies assisting the Knoxville Police Department.

In 2011, Knoxville County officers stopped a carload of teenagers and forced them to run in circles around a bat he kept in the trunk of the car.

Sherriff Jimmy ‘JJ’ Jones demoted the five officers involved in the incident.

Jones’ action in disciplining the officers was well-received by the community. He’s now up for re-election, with early voting already taking place.