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Originally Posted by L-Pink
There is always more to every story and leaving out facts sure helps stir shit up …... The park closes at 11:00 and showing up just before to start a charging process is ridiculous and instead of leaving as requested he makes a stink then refuses to provide ID, etc …..
"A Pico neighborhood man who was arrested at Virginia Avenue Park during the late evening of April 21, for allegedly violating the City’s park closure ordinance and delaying and obstructing officers in the performance of their duties, will not be charged.
According to the Santa Monica Police Department, officers were conducting a check at Virginia Avenue Park at the corner of Pico and Cloverfield on that night when they came across a man later identified as Justin Palmer, whose vehicle was parked at the charging station.
The SMPD said officers told Palmer that the park closed at 11 pm and that the electric vehicle charging station was closed as clearly posted.
“The subject repeatedly refused to leave the park and after numerous requests, officers made the decision to issue him a citation for violating the city’s park closure law,” according to the SMPD. “When officers requested to see his identification, he repeatedly refused to provide it. The subject was placed under arrest for violation of the municipal park closure ordinance and delaying and obstructing an officer in the course of his duties. During the arrest, the subject actively resisted. Officers deployed pepper spray and physically restrained him.”
Pico Neighborhood Man Will Not Be Charged After Arrest In Virginia Avenue Park | Santa Monica Mirror
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So wait you instantly believe the story which washes away any wrong doing by the police but completely ignore the story which talks of police abuse. How exactly did you determine that one story is right and the other is wrong?
You instantly accept the story which goes out of it's way to paint the guy as the villain and white washes the police brutality claims. Meanwhile you discredit the other story because it paints a different picture than what you want to believe.
Simple question.. If the cops acted properly and this guy was in the wrong, then why were no charges filed? The fact the guy was not charged screams volumes about the police story being not 100% truthful. So wouldn't it make more sense that the truth is somewhere in the middle? That maybe this guy acted like a dick and the cops acted like bigger dicks abusing their power?