He brutally hit a cop in the head and dragged him alongside his car. Guess what happened next.

[DetlefK]

https://www.startribune.com/man-arrested-after-mask-dispute-attacks-on-hutchinson-menards-employee-and-police-officer/600046010/

Hutchinson Police Chief Tom Gifferson said in a news release that police were called to the Menards at 1525 SE. Montreal St. on a report that the man had assaulted an employee with a piece of lumber after being asked to wear a mask to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19, required in such settings.

...

The vehicle soon stopped near Hwy. 15 and Freemont Avenue. When the officer tried to engage the suspect through the driver's side window, the suspect took off "at a high rate of speed" with the officer trapped and hanging from the window, Gifferson said. During the struggle, the suspect hit the officer in the head with a hammer, he said.

The officer is hospitalized in stable condition, and the suspect was arrested, police said. The McLeod County Sheriff's Office is investigating.

And nobody got shot or tased that day.

Guess why.

Link to tweet

[onecaliberal]

1. But but but there is no preferential treatment.

[stillcool]

2. stunning imagery of black and white

[Vinca]

3. Well, maybe if he had an expired license plate he would have merited a harsher

arrest. Good lord. You couldn't ask for more proof of unequal treatment by police if you tried. Outrageous.

[SoCalNative]

5. Or

an air freshener handing from his rearview mirror.

[sop]

4. Youtube is awash with videos posted by individuals who come into contact with law enforcement,

with the sole purpose of demonstrating how the rights of citizens are often violated when dealing with the police, and showing citizens how to assert their constitutional rights during such encounters. The videos can be both instructive and entertaining.

These videos - usually obtained from police body cams, sometimes bystanders' smartphone videos or even the youtube poster's own video camera - typically depict long, drawn out, often angry and threatening arguments between the "suspect" and the police officer(s). Not surprisingly, the vast majority of these videos involve whites. Blacks do not enjoy the luxury of arguing with cops during traffic stops. If they do, they are either violently dragged out from their vehicles and beaten down by the cops, or gunned down.

[Crunchy Frog]

6. I'm absolutely without sympathy. It's a natural consequence of having a double standard...

based on race.

[dalton99a]

7. Blacks cannot talk to a white police officer for more than 1 minute, and cannot use a white sidewalk

for more than 15 minutes

[Ferrets are Cool]

8. They took him for a burger

It was done before...could have happened here too.

[BobTheSubgenius]

9. Damn. I was going to guess "tea and crumpets."

Did the "suspect" ever get his hot beverage? He was probably quite stressed.

[packman]

10. Did you ever notice how many of these assholes

look like Grizzly Adams?



Apologies to Grizzly-

[niyad]

11. Hmmmm, that disabling severe melanin deficiency?? I understand that this debilitating condition

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requires specialized care and consideration.

[ProfessorGAC]

20. A Melatonin Deficiency?

Is that even a real thing? I missed that in the article. Is that this thug's excuse?

[niyad]

21. Thank you. My brain was clearly on hiatus.

[ProfessorGAC]

28. Didn't Mean To Call You Out!

I was just confused. Then, I found out there actually is a condition of melatonin deficiency.

[Caliman73]

25. It is actually a thing.

Understanding that the poster mistakenly put melatonin in for melanin, and that it is not part of the man's defense (that I know of), Yes, melatonin deficiency is actually a thing.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3354573/

[ProfessorGAC]

27. I'll Be Darned!

I never would have guessed that.

[IronLionZion]

12. So they know how to arrest people without killing them?

hmmm....

[Crunchy Frog]

14. Well, it's not like he passed a fake 20.

[Crunchy Frog]

15. What exactly do you mean by that? Genuinely curious.

[debsy]

18. What would YOU call it?

side-by-side.

Daunte Wright gets back in his car, tries to flee, and gets shot dead.

This a-hole gets in his truck, beats the cop with a hammer, and drags him with his car and then gets arrested. Don't tell me: he had a bad day.

[Duncan Grant]

19. Stop trivializing the capricious killing of black people?

The thing is - the cop-assaulting white guy with a hammer? He’s an excellent example of inconsistent law enforcement (aka: breathing while black). DUers are exceeding your expectations, imho.

[Iggo]

23. No.

[Caliman73]

26. People are expressing their frustration.

White people both anecdotally and in data, typically have less dangerous interactions with police. Sure you can argue that some people express it as a "free pass", though I have not seen that stated. The man was arrested for the alleged crime of batter against the customer, and battery on police and resisting arrest, which are appropriate. The difference is that he is alive and well, while many Black men are severely injured or killed in encounters that are similar or even less confrontational than what this man did.

What do you expect from DUers? Not to express any concern or reaction? Back police? Something else?

[SleeplessinSoCal]

16. I flirted with the idea of joining the LAPD in 1970

I was talked out of it by a long haired hippie dude. Surely these incidents help to draft more racists in to the police forces. Who among would choose policing as a profession?

[sop]

32. Years ago, right after college, I was looking for a summer job before graduate school.

I responded to a classified ad in the Miami Herald for a temporary position at the MPD, doing some kind of legal research. I was interviewed by a police lieutenant who spent the entire time trying to convince me I should become a cop. I suppose the guy thought I'd make a decent cop.

At the time, Miami was awash in drugs, teeming with corruption, with city officials taking payoffs and most cops embroiled in just about every form of criminality imaginable. At some point during the interview, probably imagining myself as the next Sonny Crockett or Rico Tubbs tearing around the city in a Ferrari, the prospect of becoming a cop seemed so absurd I started laughing and couldn't stop. I never took either job.

[Pas-de-Calais]

17. Easy question,,,

[roamer65]

22. I am not surprised in the least.

Imagine if a black man did what this deplorable just did.

He would be in a body bag.

[Progressive Jones]

24. Looks like a model citizen. I'll bet he smells as good as he looks. But hey, He's White !!! nt

[malaise]

29. They bought him dinner?

[LiberalFighter]

30. As a white, I'm wondering if I am more racist to stupid white people?

Probably a different term.

Based on the above scenario I would be inclined to use excessive force against the guy. But then again it would be to prevent injury to myself.

[MrsMatt]

31. Hutch is a small town

cops probably knew the guy.