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In reply to the discussion: Police are always right. Do what they say. Trouble is never their fault. [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)And so were the rescuers, by the same cop. A cop now identified as being from the Oakland PD, who has on his record, the killing of three other civilians.
I have many examples like this of people being nearly killed, none assisted by the cops, but thanks to other protesters were rescued and taken for treatment. Way, way too many to list here.
There is video evidence along with eye-witness testimony (cops, but we haven't heard from them yet, however, the SF Dept denied it was one of their cops, who were not equipped with the kind of missive used to nearly kill Olsen) to prove that it was a deliberate act, followed, as the video showed by a second deliberate attack on the rescuers, by the same cop. It was a crime, watched by tens of thousands of people as it occurred.
Then there the case of Kayvan Sabeghi, another Iraq War Vet, also deliberately targeted and nearly killed, beaten to the point where they ruptured his spleen, then refused treatment for him for 18 hours leaving him basically to suffer and perhaps bleed to death. These were deliberate acts, they are called 'crimes' in civilized societies. In the second case, they thought they got away with it as no video surfaced for two weeks, but when it did, taken by a British journalist who happened to be there, it was proven that the victim had accurately described what happened to him.
I wouldn't be trying to defend these crimes. Because even the cops have not tried to do that as it would be foolish in the face of all the evidence. They are however, withholding the 'results of our on-going investigations'.
Do you think Iraq War Veterans exercising peacefully the rights they are told they put their lives on the line for, who went to war and survived, should end up being nearly killed by civilian police in the streets of their own country? Surely you are not trying to defend this behavior. In the Scott Olsen case btw, it was clear he was a Veteran, so we have a cop deliberately targeting a US Veteran while standing peacefully on the street. Defend that, I truly want to hear it.
The name of the cop is now known. His Department is very fortunate that Olsen survived, no thanks to the police. The SF police there that night, are relieved it was not one of their guys. This is a cop with a very disturbing record of violence against the public. He is clearly a dangerous threat to society. As are the mob of cops who nearly killed Kayvan Sagehgi. We have some very serious crimes to deal with since this movement began. I don't know why it is taking so long.
Where are you getting your information btw?