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suffragette

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10. A pattern of behavior

Reply to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)

Sun Oct 11, 2015, 02:08 PM

Oct 2015

From the article:

Tittle says all too often police officers are escalating situations into confrontations that didn't have to occur. He believes race cannot be ignored as a factor. He also points out that the officer involved in the incident had received at least four excessive force complaints, indicating a potential pattern of problem behavior.

Yet, the last sentence in the article notes the punishment was a one-day suspension.

Wrongs compounding wrongs.

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Taking out the trash while black, violently assaulted by cops [View all] Cheese Sandwich Oct 2015 OP

Terrorizing The 99% - To Protect And Serve The 1% cantbeserious Oct 2015 #1

+1000 ^^^ This Guy gets it ^^^ FreakinDJ Oct 2015 #7

Glad he got a decent settlement out of the incident. n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2015 #2

It should have been bigger--especially since lawyers will take at least half. nt tblue37 Oct 2015 #15

Just go to the end of the article... strategery blunder Oct 2015 #3

No kidding, we need to empty the jails of pot smokers and fill them with bad cops. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #4

Agreed passiveporcupine Oct 2015 #5

Well the killer of Tamir Rice was 'justified' malaise Oct 2015 #6

Exactly. DFW Oct 2015 #8

Kick, kick, kick! Heidi Oct 2015 #9

A pattern of behavior suffragette Oct 2015 #10

++++++++ uppityperson Oct 2015 #11

A one day suspension? Really? LWolf Oct 2015 #12

Thank god the cop was not fired. Glassunion Oct 2015 #13

The settlement should have been bigger. nt tblue37 Oct 2015 #14

Absolutely. They got off on the cheap. Vinca Oct 2015 #16

Yes but also reform the cop system to stop these abuses. Cheese Sandwich Oct 2015 #17

Notice the sum of the cops' concern as expressed in this paragraph: tblue37 Oct 2015 #18

These comments are so revealing: tblue37 Oct 2015 #19