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In reply to the discussion: WAIT! So FDP Officer Wilson, whos ILLEGALLY refusing to make a report for fear of being incriminated [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)death penalty for an eighteen year old kid, or an adult for that matter.
But you appear to be willing to accept the word of the cop. And why would any cop in a civilized society speak to a citizen the way you describe? 'Get the fuck out of the street', assuming he did.
I don't know if he did, but I can tell you, I HAVE BEEN spoken to in that manner by bullying cops, two of them on two different occasions, for doing NOTHING other than coming up to an intersection where a crowd of people were leaving a fund raiser. It was night, I was coming home from work. I stopped, of course because of the cars. Next thing I know a cop is YELLING at me 'BACK UP! BACK UP! Screaming would be a better word. I could NOT back up without hitting a car behind me. THAT didn't matter to this bully.
I tried to tell him that. But he was so high on adrenalin it didn't seem to matter. Imo, this guy was out of control and COULD have caused an accident. Now, should a citizen back into another car because a cop is yelling at them to do so? Or should they use their OWN judgement and then expect to be SHOT?
Put it this way, police have EARNED the lack of credibility they have. They are KNOWN to LIE constantly. And they are known to lie for each other.
And why is there less violence in other countries despite all the macho screaming and shooting of civilians by OUR Civilian police? Maybe it just isn't working?
Why was this cop fired, along with the entire department he belonged to, from his previous job and NOT one of the few who was hired back???
Was the cop drinking? Ending up killing someone, putting himself in a position where a kid, going along with your theory, and it IS a theory, was able to struggle with him, shows very bad judgement, doesn't it?
The bottom line is, if this was just one incident, people would not be as concerned about the behavior of cops in general towards people they are supposed to protect. But it isn't, and some day, if this country doesn't put a stop to citizen encounters with cops ending up dead, some day it might be someone you know.
I, eg, had every right not to expect to be screamed at and ordered to back into another car by a COP or ANYONE for that matter. They lie, in court, they scream at people, they have an 'it's us against the people' attitude' which is DANGEROUS.
Brown, no matter how many excuses are made, should not be dead. Shock should be the reaction of citizens when these things happen. But America is different from other Democracies, they are so used to people being killed by cops that they are now actually trying to EXCUSE it, as if lives matter less than getting a cop off the hook for killing somone. It truly is sad.