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In reply to the discussion: Cops Caught on Video Holding a Black Army Lieutenant at Gunpoint, Then Pepper-Spraying Him. [View all]stillcool
(32,629 posts)13. thugs with a badge...
impossible to believe that the police in this country have not declared war on black people.
The officers were not willing or able to articulate why they had initiated the traffic stop, according to the lawsuit. Gutierrez told Nazario, who did not immediately get out of the car despite repeated orders to do so, that he was fixin to ride the lightning, according to body camera footage.
This is a colloquial expression for an execution, originating from glib reference to execution by the electric chair, the lawsuit alleges.
Gutierrez attempted to remove Nazario from the car with an arm-bar, but failed, according to the lawsuit. The officer pepper-sprayed Nazario in the face and continued to order him out of the SUV, body camera footage shows. The pepper spray caused Nazarios dog, which was in a crate in the back of the vehicle, to start choking, according to the lawsuit.
Nazario was told that he could leave without charges if he would chill and let this go, according to the lawsuitor, he could be charged, have to go to court, and face the consequences in his military career.
This is a colloquial expression for an execution, originating from glib reference to execution by the electric chair, the lawsuit alleges.
Gutierrez attempted to remove Nazario from the car with an arm-bar, but failed, according to the lawsuit. The officer pepper-sprayed Nazario in the face and continued to order him out of the SUV, body camera footage shows. The pepper spray caused Nazarios dog, which was in a crate in the back of the vehicle, to start choking, according to the lawsuit.
Nazario was told that he could leave without charges if he would chill and let this go, according to the lawsuitor, he could be charged, have to go to court, and face the consequences in his military career.
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Cops Caught on Video Holding a Black Army Lieutenant at Gunpoint, Then Pepper-Spraying Him. [View all]
Nevilledog
Apr 2021
OP
The police department needs to do an infinitely better job of screening and training
groundloop
Apr 2021
#20
they need to start taking it out of their pension funds, or their promotions.
demigoddess
Apr 2021
#24
One that they probably can afford and that just set them off... a Black man driving a car nicer
Demsrule86
Apr 2021
#57
I'm an old military brat and I don't get it. I feel safer than anywhere on a base, and that is
demigoddess
Apr 2021
#26
THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 Wifey and I have been talking about this forever. We're both black and we know
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#49
That guy getting pepper sprayed for having a new car really made me mad! He was polite and
demigoddess
Apr 2021
#56
+1, the murder cop even said something like "you better be" when the guy said he was scared ...
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#58
When lawsuits against this type of corruption comes out of the policeman's group retirement fund
flying_wahini
Apr 2021
#14
+1, or buy stock in the insurance companies that back them and then sue the insurance companies
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#47
Cops feel invulnerable when brutalizing blacks, even their body cams haven't curbed the violence.
sop
Apr 2021
#40
Uh, yeah "chill and let this go," ... that sounds like a felony coercion. Hmmm, yeah ...
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#50
"The temporary tags are visible in the body camera footage. " FUCKIN WOW !!! Racist assed cops
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#51