This needs more coverage. Tweet, Facebook, whatever you can. This needs major coverage.

[SoonerPride]

Link to tweet

?s=20

[secondwind]

1. WTF

😡😡😡

[peacebuzzard]

2. Wtf? when? where?horrific unbelievable...

[marble falls]

3. Who, what, when, where?

[SoonerPride]

5. The video says Los Angeles California.

I don't know any more than that.

I am trying to find out...

[marble falls]

7. Well that does get it down to 470 square miles. All the production that went into captioning ...

that video and they missed putting down where it was or what date.

Those cops just plain lost control. The guy in the chair - I admire.

[sl8]

22. Los Angeles. From CBSLA :

From https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/07/16/armed-man-in-wheelchair-arrested-after-protesters-scuffle-with-police-in-downtown-la/amp/

Armed Man In Wheelchair Arrested After Protesters Scuffle With Police In Downtown LA

July 16, 2020 at 7:27 am

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A man in a wheelchair carrying a loaded handgun was one of three men arrested after a group of protesters confronted Los Angeles police officers in downtown L.A. Tuesday afternoon who were attempting to handle an unrelated mental health crisis.

The suspects were identified as 30-year-old Mario Chacon, 33-year-old Joshua Wilson and 52-year-old David Dixon.

[...]

Then, as officers were preparing to take the two women to a hospital, they were surrounded by a group of about 50 protesters who had been marching in the area, police said. The protesters began chanting “let them go".

One of the protesters, who was in a wheelchair, later identified as Wilson, tried to punch an officer, police said. A second protester, identified as Chacon, tried to steal one officer’s baton and shove a second officer.

[...]

[Johnny2X2X]

31. Cops lie about everything!

I didn't see a gun or a punch thrown. If it's not on tape, the cops were likely lying.

[Johnny2X2X]

4. Sickening

Need details on when and where.

[SoonerPride]

6. LA, California

[lunatica]

30. See post #22 above

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. Protecting and serving!

ACAB.

[Lucky Luciano]

28. Protecting and serving the shit out of you!

[malaise]

9. These are terrorists

not tax payer funded persons who swore to protect and serve.

[smirkymonkey]

10. This is insanity!

Heads need to roll! Enough is enough! The man was in a wheelchair FFS!

[Foolacious]

11. I'm not hard of hearing, but for those who are it would be useful to describe in a few words...

what this is all about.

[dawg day]

12. Where are the captains and lieutenants who are supposed to control their "troops"?

They broke that guy's wheelchair. That one cop did it deliberately. It must have been horrifying to be beaten like that and flung on the ground and separated from the chair.

Can it really be true that in this whole group of police officers (I saw one African American and a woman who weren't fully joining in, but were sort of "supportive" of the abuse) they all think this is the correct way to deal with protests?

[2naSalit]

13. I can't watch this but from what I can see

in the frozen image is an LAPD shoulder patch. And I'll K&R just because.

[Bayard]

14. HOLY CRAP!

It takes a lot of guts for a bunch of cops to throw a crippled guy out of a wheel chair.

It has to be fairly recent, since everyone is wearing masks.

[treestar]

33. Watched it a few times

Cops did not knock the chair over. There's a civilian with a checked shirt behind that looks like the one who did it. The guy rolled over and came out of the chair without cop action.

[canuckledragger]

15. Fucking Cowards with badges

And little to no accountability for their actions.

[ashredux]

16. Well, a crippled guy in a wheelchair is a major threat...he could run over a cops toe....

So...beat the shit out of him....that seems like good police work

[ashredux]

36. The black guy had a gun? Is that what you are saying?

[Brainfodder]

17. Not what you think....

https://www.dailynews.com/2020/07/16/3-arrested-at-or-near-downtown-la-protest-2-suspected-of-attacking-officers/

Wheel chair guy is a convicted felon & only 33, who had a gun on him, and he punched a police officer in the face before this video begins.

[treestar]

32. Notice how people want to jump to conclusions

Minds made up before they know what happened. I'm noticing the left can be just as biased as the right. It's just about different things.

[Brainfodder]

34. Agreed, some are looking for trouble.

In this case it looks the worst without context, I actually watched the first 30 secs or so, and the handling of the wheel chair guy was actually not as rough as I would have expected when I found out what he had done and his record?

People are angry AF and should be, pick the right fights though!

IKR, too many to pick from, Infrastructure and bullet proofing this Nov 3rd election from BS, now that's a starter kit?

[irisblue]

18. No, this is an established cop behavior

July 2017- Sen Portman's C-bus Office, & Disability Rights Activists

articles-https://www.dispatch.com/news/20170707/sixteen-protesters-arrested-at-portmans-columbus-office

2.https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/07/politics/rob-portman-heath-care-protests-cincinnati-columbus/index.html

3.https://radio.wosu.org/post/disability-rights-protesters-arrested-portmans-office-columbus

4.http://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/health-care-protesters-removed-from-sen-portmans-office


5.https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/police-16-arrested-during-protest-outside-sen-portmans-office-columbus/530-be1756db-fbf7-416c-9ef1-ca9e0bf153c6

Images of the activists being pulled out of their chairs are online.

While Columbus Police Dept has an earned reputation for brutal behavior, other law enforcement places do it as well.

ACAB

[Traildogbob]

19. God is blessing America

Thank you Evilgelicals and everyone saying it billions of times, and printing it on currency. We will be blessed when we follow the so called preachings of his son, not just asking it over and over. Being blessed is not a spectators sport. We have to treat each other as though blessings have been awarded us all. I think blessings have to be earned. As it stands, we are not deserving of blessing right now, if ever. in our dark history, Thumping BuyBulls while treating humans like shit, as well as plants, trees, animals, water, air and generally everything that God is said to have created. Our species sucks. God may have had enough of our bullshit.

[kimbutgar]

26. Oh, I like that evilgelicals !

Good description. Ok if I start using that?

[relayerbob]

20. Absolutely disgusting

Fucking cowards

[uponit7771]

21. Too many PD's have "fuck the community" mindset and its hurting everyone

[LiberalArkie]

23. Here a go.. He called for an ambulance for someone having a seizure

Link to tweet

[Rhiannon12866]

24. More from Twitter:

Link to tweet

[kimbutgar]

25. I've already retweeted three times today

Attacking people in wheelchairs and breaking that man’s is evil!

Eric Garcetti needs to get to the bottom of this immediately!

[Stinky The Clown]

29. What. The. Mother. Fucking. Fuckity. Fuck????????

The mans lags clearly do not work and yet these FUCKS are treating him as if he might run or attack them.

WHATTHEFUCK????????????

[tblue37]

35. This article provides the details:

https://www.indy100.com/article/lapd-arrest-wheelchair-police-la-protest-9623106