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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can anyone explain to me why this cop did t proceed to put him in the car?  What was he waiting for, in theory?  [/quote]

I think he was waiting to feel like the man he was kneeling on was well and truly subdued.  He thought his authority had been questioned, and he wanted to demonstrate his dominance over this man.  [/quote]
Wasn’t he handcuffed?[/quote]

yes[/quote]

Yeah, I also get that this was more to due with the cop feeling as though his authority had been questioned.  The bystanders telling the cop that the guy was in trouble only served to make that cop double down and refuse to take his knee off the man's neck.

There may have been a racial component to this, too. Not sure that's been established.[/quote]

The racial component is the cop knew that because the guy was black the likelihood of punishment if something went wrong is basically zero.  He would not take the chance with a white person because jury nullification isn't a guarantee like with a dead black man.  How do you not get this by now?  [/quote]

eh, no jury is going to say that what that man did is o.k.  It's on video and I hope he's charged because he should be.  This man literally was kneeling on that man's neck while appalled bystanders taped it.  The bystanders couldn't step in to save that man because 1) it was a cop doing this 2) the cop was the one with the gun.

If this had happened to a white suspect, instead, would you not be alarmed?  Because you should be.  Bad cops are not good for anyone.  But, remember, good cops save lives and we need them.  [/quote]

You don't get it.  Cops assume they will get off in any case involving a black suspect so will do things like this.  What the actual jury in this case does, isn't the issue.  The issue is he felt so comfortable doing this with everyone watching.  And yes I would be alarmed if the murdered person was white.  That outcome is much less likely though because the systemic devaluation of black lives by police doesn't extend to white suspects.  if you know you can get away with almost anything, you might just take it that one step further because it becomes second nature.  Three other cops stood by and let this happen.  None of them valued this man's life as the people surrounding them begged them to save this man.  Are those the good cops you're taking about?[/quote]

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