• Aspharr@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Talk about a bunch of dudes with fragile egos getting their feelings hurt because the man has the gaul to question their authority and demand their supervisor. That’s such limp dick behavior and is a fucking disgrace. Even if the cops were in the right for pulling him over (not having your headlights on? Really?) that’s just ridiculous.

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      8 days ago

      Headlights off at 4pm on an overcast day. Not raining, not even misty. Just overcast.

      People saying the victim deserved it because her didn’t act like a “perfect victim” are soft between the ears

  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 days ago

    They try to claim he reached for a knife on the floor, the video is pretty clear in the fact that he is no threat and isn’t reaching for anything from before the window is broken till after he is dragged out.

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      In fact, it’s very clear his entire intent is to try to make it impossible for them to claim he was reaching for something. And they still claimed it… like, if he had complied and reached to take off his seatbelt, they probably would have shot him…

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        Yea but did you notice he’s black? What are they supposed to do? Not brutalize him?

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    How does having your headlights off on a cloudy day justify forcing a motorist out of their vehicle?

    “Part of that stems from the distance and perspective of the recording cell phone camera,” the sheriff said in a statement, adding that the video did not capture events that occurred before officers decided to arrest McNeil.

    Yeah, because they were still in their car when they decided to arrest him for no reason.

  • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works
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    The sheriff said the cellphone camera footage from inside the car “does not comprehensively capture the circumstances surrounding the incident.”

    Bullshit.

    As always, ACAB.

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    7 days ago

    Cops casually assaulting people for no real reason has become the norm. 30 years ago that would have been a crime.

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      7 days ago

      It’s still a crime. Americans just don’t care if cops commit crimes. If they did, they would do something about it.

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        6 days ago

        I havent tested it out, but I feel like we’d lose in court trying to call any cop assaults a crime. They have qualified immunity-- thats usually just complete immunity.

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            5 days ago

            we know. And no US political party will change anything. Biden increased police funding when it was brought up, and Trump just funneled more of our money to “law enforcement” than most countries spend on their entire defense budgets. We spend 1.5 trillion per year on unaccountable law enforcement thugs now.