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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It wasn't profiling.  Blake perfectly matched a description and photo provided by an informant.

"Racism" and "profiling" are not the issue.  Improperly tackling a suspect and using excessive force on someone who was not resisting is the issue.[/quote]

Okay, then let's change the injustice from racial profiling to using excessive force due to race.  The allegation could be that the arresting officer used excessive force simply because his suspect was black.  Had the suspect been white, he might have taken a more reasonable approach such as to approach the suspect with his service weapon out and asked the suspect to put his hands in the air.  This was a police officer that was significantly bigger and was armed plus had 5 additional officers as backup.  But rather than question the suspect, he tackled him.  There was no justification when he had a number of officers backing him up that he should use such excessive force.

This is a pattern with this officer.  In his 4 years of service, this is the fourth time that he is being accused of excessive use of force.  And surprise, 2 of the other 3 cases against him are cases where he has used excessive force against black men, all of whom were non-violent at the time of the unexpected and unreasonable use of force.  This office is a loaded gun waiting to go off.  He has allegedly used excessive force significantly more frequently against blacks and may end up costing the city a lot of money for his inappropriate violent actions.

I agree with Blake that officers like this give the many many thousands of hard-working, honest, and admirable police officers a bad name.  [/quote]

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