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Originally Posted by georgeyw
You don't have to go far to find numerous instances of this sort of police brutality... Fruitvale Station |
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Originally Posted by Matt 26z
The procedure from town to town is pretty much the same.
This video starts after they are arresting him. Supposedly they asked for his ID and he became combative. I'll withhold judgement until the store surveillance footage is released, but the tone of that officers voice towards the end says enough. He knew they screwed up.
Also note that police officers in the US are not allowed to do anything medically. It's an insurance liability. So they just let him sit there not breathing. Even if his wife knew CPR she wouldn't have been allowed to administer it. They aren't going to even check for a pulse until the EMS arrives to do that.
People just need to mind their own business instead of calling the cops.
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Of course you don't have to go far to find police brutality, it exists and always has. Power corrupts. It's easier than ever to find now with youtube and camera phones, not to mention people don't go out of their way to film the good cops. Nevertheless, statistically speaking most of the 1 million cops in America and all the millions of others across the globe do their shift without killing someone.
I don't hold cops to a higher standard simply because they took and oath and wear a uniform. They are human beings, nothing more.