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magicguido

(6,315 posts) Thu Jun 4, 2020, 01:28 PM Jun 2020

They even suffocate suspects inside cop cars by not opening windows

https://www.mic.com/articles/191996/andrew-kearse-video-in-custody-death-schenectady-police-department

A grand jury on Friday declined to indict Mark Weekes, one of the police officers who ignored New York City resident Andrew Kearse’s pleas for help before he died in police custody May 11, 2017. Kearse, a 36-year-old father of nine, had been arrested for fleeing officers in Schenectady, New York.

Kearse, who reportedly ran a red light that afternoon, panicked when patrol officers tried to pull him over during a cigarette run after traveling upstate to visit a friend.

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They even suffocate suspects inside cop cars by not opening windows (Original Post) magicguido Jun 2020 OP

Punitive Torture. Newest Reality Jun 2020 #1

Yes, the police use torture to punish, humiliate, and make victims feel helpless. Nitram Jun 2020 #2

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)

1. Punitive Torture.

Reply to magicguido (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 02:43 PM

Jun 2020

"That'll teach you!" mentality. Judge, jury and executioner.

That's not real policing, it is more like lynching and vigilantism, badge and uniform aside.

Nitram

(22,791 posts)

2. Yes, the police use torture to punish, humiliate, and make victims feel helpless.