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deafskeptic

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56. This was inexcusable

Thu Oct 29, 2015, 04:15 PM

Oct 2015

I don't care how old the young woman is. She should not have been brutally manhandled by Officer Slam. I was horrified when I saw that video. The only excuse for this kind of behavior is if the officer is about to get shot down. The young woman was in no way attacking him. That video made me gasp at the brutality of this action.

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"She's a child!" [View all] marym625 Oct 2015 OP

And he's an adult, an alleged 'resource officer' who should know better. Gormy Cuss Oct 2015 #1

He's a racist whack job. marym625 Oct 2015 #2

How about the TEACHER who called in Officer Slam, and the Hortensis Oct 2015 #5

Amen to that! eom marym625 Oct 2015 #8

+1 million geardaddy Oct 2015 #15

The teacher wasn't the one who called the principal, please, people, read the story!!! adigal Oct 2015 #17

The teacher was well aware of what he had set in motion -- because it was procedure Hortensis Oct 2015 #53

+a bazillion marym625 Oct 2015 #72

This here. Thank you. malokvale77 Oct 2015 #74

I repeat - The teacher didn't call the cop adigal Oct 2015 #120

And, he was "just following orders," right? Hortensis Oct 2015 #127

Yeah but didn't the teacher and principal come out in support of the violent cop's actions? brush Oct 2015 #109

No, I can't defend that either, but that is a different issue altogether nt adigal Oct 2015 #121

you are wrong heaven05 Oct 2015 #130

The kids in that school just walked out today to protest the cops' firing adigal Oct 2015 #171

according to MSNBC heaven05 Oct 2015 #176

I think your subject line has a flaw - but I agree with you DrDan Oct 2015 #138

Exactly what I was thinking.. mountain grammy Oct 2015 #41

+1 Enthusiast Oct 2015 #106

How do you know the teacher supported this action? Or the administrator? Chemisse Oct 2015 #113

Chemisse, unlike you, I do not have the skills to handle kids like this. But Hortensis Oct 2015 #117

You are making huge leaps in logic here adigal Oct 2015 #123

The gap to cross is ideology, Adigal. If you don't see why or how Hortensis Oct 2015 #125

Exactly Chemisse Oct 2015 #128

so heaven05 Oct 2015 #131

For Pete's sake, I never said that. That is just absurd. adigal Oct 2015 #136

very heaven05 Oct 2015 #140

I know for a fact that kids I send to the office are not going to be brutalized. Chemisse Oct 2015 #126

We don't forget that. It's why competent, caring and professional Hortensis Oct 2015 #134

+1000 adigal Oct 2015 #137

Finally, someone with actual experience who makes sense adigal Oct 2015 #122

20-something years here Chemisse Oct 2015 #129

Me, too. 23 years in public schools. I love my students and they love me. adigal Oct 2015 #135

Exactly. Whay are cops held to different standards? nt Live and Learn Oct 2015 #96

Police state. marym625 Oct 2015 #142

He's ryan_cats Oct 2015 #10

NOT 18. SIXTEEN. she's a child. Pathwalker Oct 2015 #12

SIXTEEN. she's a child. AlbertCat Oct 2015 #24

A petite 16 year old girl who's behavior didn't warrant Officer Slam! whathehell Oct 2015 #62

A petite 16 year old girl who's behavior didn't warrant Officer Slam! AlbertCat Oct 2015 #63

And ryan_cats Oct 2015 #76

And the invective directed at me, is (a) that blind or is a well reasoned measured response. AlbertCat Oct 2015 #79

I think you're confusing me with someone else whathehell Oct 2015 #90

Lordy this subthread has gotten confusing! AlbertCat Oct 2015 #124

That ryan_cats Oct 2015 #75

True, I don't care how old she was, nobody deserves to be assualted for simply refusing to get out Live and Learn Oct 2015 #98

Yes ryan_cats Oct 2015 #118

What are you going on about? She's 16, not 18 or even 17. brush Oct 2015 #110

Well ryan_cats Oct 2015 #119

It makes her sixteen, and your implication all the more obvious. LanternWaste Oct 2015 #14

If she were 18, he would still have the higher responsibility of acting like an adult. Gormy Cuss Oct 2015 #19

she is 16 but even if she was 18 how the fuck is what happened JI7 Oct 2015 #23

LOOK who it is.... tabasco Oct 2015 #25

Thank you. Scuba Oct 2015 #3

Thanks, but it's Cher that said it. marym625 Oct 2015 #4

And it was you, marym625m, who brought it here, and who has brought so much other good to DU. Scuba Oct 2015 #6

Awe. thank you, Scuba marym625 Oct 2015 #9

RACIST AMERICA!! That's why. This would have NEVER happened to a young white girl. Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2015 #7

Absolutely, marym625 Oct 2015 #11

Yep. Iris Oct 2015 #59

I forgot who brought it up, Black kids aren't seen as kids, even when they're 3-year-olds MisterP Oct 2015 #13

Heartbreaking. marym625 Oct 2015 #16

Thanks for the links.. mountain grammy Oct 2015 #55

thank you heaven05 Oct 2015 #165

get the cops out of the the schools tk2kewl Oct 2015 #18

+1 marym625 Oct 2015 #20

we should be treating all of our children with kindness tk2kewl Oct 2015 #21

children growing up in the world today marym625 Oct 2015 #22

Yes. I like that solution. brush Oct 2015 #111

This fuckery runs very deep. Half-Century Man Oct 2015 #26

I would so rec your response alone if I could. Amimnoch Oct 2015 #28

+a bazillion marym625 Oct 2015 #30

added the video marym625 Oct 2015 #45

Absolutely! Spot On! eom LittleGirl Oct 2015 #47

Well Said! EOM The Green Manalishi Oct 2015 #71

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2015 #103

She is a child. This episode has broken Tipperary Oct 2015 #27

I know exactly how you feel. marym625 Oct 2015 #31

It has made me very angry in a way I have Tipperary Oct 2015 #33

I hope he goes to jail where he belongs! marym625 Oct 2015 #36

I do too. I really thought charges would be Tipperary Oct 2015 #43

Hopefully, the ACLU will get involved. marym625 Oct 2015 #46

That sheriff is not only not going to follow up on criminal charges on the violent cop . . . brush Oct 2015 #112

I agree. Tipperary Oct 2015 #147

Not really sure jail will help at all but Live and Learn Oct 2015 #95

sorry but violent crimes against a harmless child is worthy of jail in my book marym625 Oct 2015 #141

mine, too. First, the video of the violence done to that child, 2nd - the image of the young man Iris Oct 2015 #60

Agreed, the guy needs help but first, he and society need to admit he needs it and Live and Learn Oct 2015 #94

Everyone at that school needs to be supported in their efforts to get over Officer Slam fasttense Oct 2015 #29

yes, they do. marym625 Oct 2015 #32

Indeed. n/t Iris Oct 2015 #61

Her mom recently died fadedrose Oct 2015 #34

her grandmother too. marym625 Oct 2015 #38

This child is in foster care. No one will sue for that child. classykaren Oct 2015 #35

I hope you're wrong marym625 Oct 2015 #39

Yea they are. She has an attorney now. leftofcool Oct 2015 #66

That fugging simple malaise Oct 2015 #37

+1 Thank you marym625 Oct 2015 #40

Just saw a picture on TV of him slammin a vet on the concrete while investigating a noise complaint. classykaren Oct 2015 #42

shocking! no charges for violence against a black Veteran. marym625 Oct 2015 #49

What have we come to that this can happen, and it's defended? MannyGoldstein Oct 2015 #44

Absolutely! marym625 Oct 2015 #50

This video - cathartic. Iris Oct 2015 #48

I agree with every word out of his mouth. marym625 Oct 2015 #51

Anyway you slice it... MrWendel Oct 2015 #52

so very unfortunately, not just the right wing marym625 Oct 2015 #54

Plenty of right wing on the DU Fumesucker Oct 2015 #114

yep. sadly. marym625 Oct 2015 #143

^this^ Iris Oct 2015 #58

This was inexcusable deafskeptic Oct 2015 #56

it's sickening. marym625 Oct 2015 #57

i love the guy in the video: righteous rant! noiretextatique Oct 2015 #64

And that's exactly what he is marym625 Oct 2015 #67

thanks for posting this noiretextatique Nov 2015 #177

you're welcome. And cool! marym625 Nov 2015 #178

The guy in the video brings up an important point that I had wondered about. freedom fighter jh Oct 2015 #65

Yes, it was an excellent point marym625 Oct 2015 #68

Cops think awoke_in_2003 Oct 2015 #99

Someone needs to explain to them freedom fighter jh Oct 2015 #100

she is also a child (legally) who has recently lost her mother, and is in foster care. niyad Oct 2015 #69

her grandmother too. marym625 Oct 2015 #73

indeed. niyad Oct 2015 #167

Love Cher. She cuts through the shit. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #70

she does. Decided to follow her because of this tweet. marym625 Oct 2015 #77

Cher kicks ass! Kath1 Oct 2015 #78

I didn't follow her until today with this tweet marym625 Oct 2015 #85

I follow her all of the time now after I saw her anti-Trump rant. Kath1 Oct 2015 #86

she's pretty awesome. n/t marym625 Oct 2015 #139

Cher is a woman, rights activists should admire. Live and Learn Oct 2015 #93

makes me sad to see the other children in class cringing body language Sunlei Oct 2015 #80

I'm glad you mentioned that. marym625 Oct 2015 #144

This is just silly; there are some cases when people have to be put adigal Oct 2015 #172

I am glad Officer Slam got fired. Kalidurga Oct 2015 #81

because we live in a racist, police state. marym625 Oct 2015 #145

That is the only reason I can think of Kalidurga Oct 2015 #169

Abso-fucking-lutely! you know it! marym625 Oct 2015 #174

HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Oct 2015 #82

Thank you, Willy T! marym625 Oct 2015 #146

There goes marym625, making perfect sense again. merrily Oct 2015 #83

As usual! Kath1 Oct 2015 #87

I know, right? She's seems addicted to it! merrily Oct 2015 #88

marym625 kicks ass! Kath1 Oct 2015 #89

You noticed that too? Count me in this lovefest. nt Live and Learn Oct 2015 #92

Me too. freedom fighter jh Oct 2015 #101

Thank you! marym625 Oct 2015 #152

I know this OP is in GD, but, freedom fighter jh Oct 2015 #156

Awe, thanks marym625 Oct 2015 #163

Thank you Live and Learn! marym625 Oct 2015 #151

Awe! thank you! marym625 Oct 2015 #149

Thank YOU! Kath1 Oct 2015 #168

ha! Thank you, merrily! marym625 Oct 2015 #148

No! Not sweet. Honest. merrily Oct 2015 #150

just love you, merrily! marym625 Oct 2015 #153

back at you! merrily Oct 2015 #166

KnR! n/t Admiral Loinpresser Oct 2015 #84

Thank you, Admiral marym625 Oct 2015 #154

You're one of my favorites, Mary! n/t Admiral Loinpresser Oct 2015 #164

Awe, thank you! The feeling is mutual,Admiral! marym625 Oct 2015 #173

She was, at worst, being obnoxious (like teens and early 20's are apt to be). Live and Learn Oct 2015 #91

Absolutely. A felony marym625 Oct 2015 #155

Kick and R BeanMusical Oct 2015 #97

Thanks Bean! marym625 Oct 2015 #157

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2015 #102

Enjoy your short visit. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #107

I hate when I miss those on my posts! marym625 Oct 2015 #158

Kicked and recommended to the Max! Enthusiast Oct 2015 #104

I wish someone would make a realistic video marym625 Oct 2015 #159

Mary, we both hate injustice. If only we had superpowers. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #170

oh, what a different world it would be! marym625 Oct 2015 #175

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2015 #105

Holy shit! I like this guy in the video. Are there more with him? brush Oct 2015 #108

Link below - you might not agree with him on everything, but he is interesting to listen to. Lochloosa Oct 2015 #115

Thanks for the link brush Oct 2015 #116

I believe so. search for that name in YouTube marym625 Oct 2015 #160

I AGREE WITH DAVID CHAPMAN EXCEPT I DIDN'T LIKE HOW DISTRACTED drynberg Oct 2015 #132

pretty sure he's in the back seat and someone in the front marym625 Oct 2015 #161

Boom! Mic drop. blackspade Oct 2015 #133

Love it! BOOM! marym625 Oct 2015 #162