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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNYPD picking a fight with an innocent black man
Two guys walking down a sidewalk and a NYPD thug harasses the man and picks a fight with him for no reason.
The man seems terrorized by the cop. The cop looks like he uses steroids.
An article about it here:
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/watch-nypd-cop-picks-fight-man-street-eric-garner/
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)Don't just shoot videos.
samsingh
(18,471 posts)Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)Just by yelling angrily at them and diverting them from their intended victim.
And by getting close enough to make them nervous.
Not necessarily recommended, though.
samsingh
(18,471 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)SamKnause
(14,945 posts)politician or police officer say we need
more police it makes me want to puke.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Reter
(2,188 posts)Hope he gets fired.
ohheckyeah
(9,314 posts)to take riots to stop this shit?
Lulu Belle
(70 posts)I thought I heard him say that...
RandiFan1290
(6,712 posts)PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)while the cop was questioning him.
There are real police wrongs that do happen, don't diminish those with situations where they may not be in the wrong. I just do not see the cop being a thug here.
CTBlueboy
(154 posts)Where are the so called "good cops" to try to deescalate the situation
The man needs his id to get his medicine and he stated his daughter was upstairs
Welcome to the life of black man being harassed by NYPD
no hiring black cops wont solve the issues because what some don't understand is that no matter the cops' race they apart of system which gives them a carte blanche
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