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In reply to the discussion: Joe Bennett stopped to film Jeffersontown Police as they surrounded a car. [View all]
uponit7771
(93,505 posts)35. Yep, punched that guy multiple times. Leo should be charged with assault at least cause who in their
... right minds are going to be involved in a crime and film the damn crime scene in the first place !??!
A reasonable person can conclude that's not very likely to happen at all, that a person knowing LEOs are coming and can go away will.
Too many people excuse, minimize and encourage (through normalization) the criminality of LEOs in America
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Joe Bennett stopped to film Jeffersontown Police as they surrounded a car. [View all]
Nevilledog
Nov 2020
OP
Said bystander pointed him out. Cops were talking to each other, not a bystander.
LizBeth
Nov 2020
#3
That puts you on the record as having the opinion that five squad cars is an excessive
lapucelle
Nov 2020
#18
That puts you on the record as having the opinion that any person with a shred of common sense
lapucelle
Nov 2020
#21
So is the argument that police resources should be conserved when investigating white collar crime?
lapucelle
Nov 2020
#38
Your contention is that the only central question is if filming the police in public
lapucelle
Nov 2020
#53
+1, especially to go over and punch the guy. Too many people accept the unprofessionalism of LEO in
uponit7771
Nov 2020
#29
Yep, punched that guy multiple times. Leo should be charged with assault at least cause who in their
uponit7771
Nov 2020
#35
Cause needlessly detaining then punching the person just once makes their actions better? The ...
uponit7771
Nov 2020
#61
Elevating minutia is a form of deflection and sense criminal cops like these can't be trusted I'd ..
uponit7771
Nov 2020
#66
That's not what the the local CBS news affiliate reported. Where did you read/hear that? N/T
lapucelle
Nov 2020
#42
The LEO's actions were at minimum assault seeing none of them are denying they punched Bennet. Too
uponit7771
Nov 2020
#31
The post was an excerpt from Spectrum News 1 that consisted of two direct quotes from Mr. Bennett.
lapucelle
Nov 2020
#73
At the time of Eric Garner's death, local news reported that it was the NYPD Chief of the Department
lapucelle
Nov 2020
#43
Not only did so many cops show up, the precinct sergeant was at the scene as a supervising officer.
lapucelle
Nov 2020
#56
+1, and I bet good money the person what white. Anyone of color would've been shot for having a gun
uponit7771
Nov 2020
#32
You should go to a reporter at trusted local news source and blow the whistle on the story. N/T
lapucelle
Nov 2020
#41
but will be rehired in the next MAGA PD district, this is the issue we have with policing in America
uponit7771
Nov 2020
#28
No sir. I didn't state it as a fact. I stated it as a forgone conclusion.
Baitball Blogger
Nov 2020
#69
There ought to be a national violent cop registry just as we have sex offender registries.
hunter
Nov 2020
#47