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blackspade

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5. Fuck, another one?

Reply to geomon666 (Original post)

Thu Feb 27, 2014, 01:50 PM

Feb 2014

What ever happened to assessing the situation?

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Oklahoma father dies in police encounter after mother slaps daughter [View all] geomon666 Feb 2014 OP

Things like this are happening all too frequently lostincalifornia Feb 2014 #1

But there are good cops awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #2

Yeah, defacto7 Feb 2014 #30

"He's fine" AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #3

goddamn pigs! n/t wildbilln864 Feb 2014 #4

Fuck, another one? blackspade Feb 2014 #5

The most sickening aspect is that the cops' actions are now pretty much always 'justified.' QuestForSense Feb 2014 #6

The safety of the police officer appears to be the primary concern in these situations. Maedhros Feb 2014 #13

to serve and protect has been replaced mikeysnot Feb 2014 #15

That was the motto of the Kanamit too. n/t jtuck004 Feb 2014 #27

loved that tv show... mikeysnot Feb 2014 #37

Is there a betting pool on - whether or not - the Theatre/center videos will be found functional. laserhaas Feb 2014 #7

IIRC those tapes are already being examined by the SBI struggle4progress Feb 2014 #9

K&R woo me with science Feb 2014 #8

This video shows nothing happyslug Feb 2014 #10

I'm sure there are witnesses that will be ignored uponit7771 Feb 2014 #11

"video does NOT show anything that by itself shows the use of excessive force." mikeysnot Feb 2014 #16

I have been in situation like that... happyslug Feb 2014 #25

Personal anecdotes do not apply here. mikeysnot Feb 2014 #38

I had training in such incidents happyslug Mar 2014 #39

It shows a homicide. GeorgeGist Feb 2014 #22

It shows a homicide, but type of homicide it fails to show happyslug Feb 2014 #26

I can't tell what's going on either TorchTheWitch Feb 2014 #32

Remember this is a cell phone camerea,the picture is about the best you are going toi get happyslug Feb 2014 #33

do you mean surveillance videos? TorchTheWitch Feb 2014 #34

fuck tha police frylock Feb 2014 #12

when they pile on like that what one or more are doing is being blocked lunasun Feb 2014 #14

The pepper spray alone makes it difficult to breathe geomon666 Feb 2014 #17

You can clearly hear one cop say "we'll take care of him." DFW Feb 2014 #18

There needs to be an organization dedicated to bringing police officers / departments to justice AZ Progressive Feb 2014 #19

We stopped them in the city I grew up by creating civilian review boards. n/t freshwest Feb 2014 #36

It's getting to be like Tsarist Russia -- eppur_se_muova Feb 2014 #20

A few bad apples or Brown Shirts? You decide. Enthusiast Feb 2014 #21

that is how it goes when city police become the municipal armed forces. olddad56 Feb 2014 #23

Genocide Because of Obama? marias23 Feb 2014 #24

Becoming A Daily Occurence SoCalMusicLover Feb 2014 #28

Police are paramilitary The Wizard Feb 2014 #29

UPDATE: Official Pig Version of Events geomon666 Feb 2014 #31

He looked like he was out of it at the scene Kingofalldems Feb 2014 #35

Recommend jsr Mar 2014 #40

Men are always the suspects in domestic disputes marshall Mar 2014 #41