Yes, they could be. |
If there was even a scintilla of merit to this argument the police involved would be charged with murder, not second degree murder. Exaggeration does not move the hall down the field toward a solution to the problem of excessive police force. |
Do they also have Crohn’s Disease like he did? |
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Watching this video was hard, but a few things struck me:
1) From the first seconds of the traffic stop, these cops did everything possible to escalate the situation. They approached him like they thought he had a kidnap victim in his trunk, rather than him being guilty of, at worst, reckless driving. How differently would this have ended if they'd simply asked for his license and registration, and then given him a ticket and sent him on his way? These guys were looking for a fight. 2) If the cops weren't wearing police uniforms, there would have been nothing to indicate that they were trained, professional law enforcement officers. This looked like a road rage incident, where a bunch of guys with anger management issues lost it and beat up a guy for cutting them off in traffic. 3) There never seemed to be anyone in charge of the situation. At no point did a sergeant or supervisor show up to take control of the incident, and to make sure things didn't get out of control. This was just a bunch of guys yelling at the victim, taking turns beating him, then milling around afterwards with no indication that they were doing anything police related. The level of incompetency, lack of training and brutality here was just shocking. |
Of course because everyone involved is Black. Please keep up. |
It's a simple concept in criminal law that we can conclude what your intent was based on the natural outcome of your actions. Kicking a man in the head while he's on the ground, and beating a defenseless person with a nightstick can quite easily lead to significant injury and death. And the comparison to an MMA match is, frankly, idiotic. MMA matches involved professional, highly trained fighters who are able to defend themselves. And an MMA referee will end a fight when a fighter can no longer defend himself. I'm not sure what to say to you if you can't see the difference between that and half a dozen cops taking cheap shots to a restrained and helpless guy. |
| Do you think some of the cops got caught in the pepper spray, then took out their anger (of getting accidentally sprayed) on Tyre? |
Christian Lubenga MMA fighter dies after fight. |
Yes, it seemed pretty clear the cops were angry because some of them got sprayed, others were pissed that they had to run (they were all clearly out of shape), and they were all annoyed that he disrespected them. Not a single one of these cops was able to handle a stressful situation without losing it and resorting to violence. I guaranty you this was not the first time this happened, just that their previous victims weren't badly injured or died. |
Absolutely. |
| So does anyone know what data the SCORPION unit uses when targeting who to go after? Is this like an AI-guided program? I was reading about a similar program in Miami that went seriously awry, with cops harassing little teen-aged school children, their families and their friends. Hard to believe this sh*t is happening in the USofA. |
| ^^Sorry, meant to say Florida, not Miami. |
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^^Below I've listed the article in the Tampa Bay Times, with a heading.
"Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco took over in 2011 and set out to transform the Sheriff’s Office into a cutting-edge data-driven machine. The result is an intelligence operation that monitors, intimidates and harasses families across the county." https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/2020/investigations/police-pasco-sheriff-targeted/ |