LAPD arrest man without justification, oh, and he's Black

[True Dough]

FYI, there's some pixelated parts of a woman's anatomy in the video below. But that's not "filthy." The actions of the police officers is filthy.

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[True Dough]

1. Remainder of the video below

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[BSdetect]

2. Is it impossible to be able to simply explain yourself to these police now?

They seem incapable of assessing the situation.

[Hortensis]

3. Lol. "LAPD arrest man without justification..."?

I once did a little work for the internal affairs division, and the headline just struck me funny. How many illicit arrests of people of all races were passed over to pick this one? There's video, a huge plus of course, but surely there is of others as well?

[True Dough]

4. Perhaps you could enlighten us

since you profess to have inside knowledge that many of the rest of us would not.

[Hortensis]

8. I just explained where, but my biggest knowledge comes from

being very poor and often homeless throughout my childhood. Experienced way too many bad cops, and also some kind ones.

But why react that way? It's not like street executions and other police attacks are a zero-sum game; an attack on someone of another race doesn't somehow take one away from a black person. The problem's much worse than people seem to realize, certainly than posts here suggest, and there are way more than enough tragedies for everyone to have more than they want.

[uponit7771]

6. "all races" aren't treated like shit by some LEOs as much as black folk, right? If that's the case

... I can see why this video is extrapolated

[Hortensis]

7. They are treated like shit. Black people just get more of it than the other 87%.

Relative safety lies in appearing risky to try to victimize. Danger lies in making a bad cop think he can get away with abuse. Virtually all lower income people are very vulnerable, but that danger also reaches well into the middle classes regardless of race.

I remember a white teenager who was taken into an office and later dragged out naked and left sobbing on the hall floor outside the door, while the other officers around didn't see any of it (they said). The reason I remember that boy was it turned out that his parents were well to do, both attorneys, and apparently with at least adequate connections. BIG mistake. That's the last I found out about that; the whole thing was moved to wherever big mistakes are taken care of. I do know it never made the L.A. Times.

[Claire Oh Nette]

5. financially set for life

Looks like the LAPD will be paying a fat settlement for this.

"We don't know who we're looking for." But you're black, so you'll do.

Not one thing there was according to police procedure. Sheer racism. "Is that the guy?" "Probably."

Guess 9 months of training isn't really enough, is it?

[True Dough]

9. I agree with you

They pulled out the cuffs before they even ascertained who he was.