SportsAndLady;721427 wrote:i'm with dwcrew on this...no way should someone be beaten once already handcuffed and on the ground; and no way should a chick who is wandering around aimlessly after being pepper sprayed be mistaken for "fleeing the scene" and subsequently thrown to the ground.
The cop should be fired..period.
rmolin73;721503 wrote:Stuff like this wouldn't happen if she was in the kitchen. Just sayin.
WebFire;721592 wrote:LOL at ccrunner. That's all I have to say about that.
Now, is it just me, or is that cop dark skinned? Beating on white people? We all know what would be going down if that was reversed!
They may not have seen it. It seemed like everyone was paying attention to the scene, so the video could have been overlooked, especially if it was a camera phone or one of those flip cameras.equus;721599 wrote:I am just amazed that no cops came on the scene and tried to confiscate the video. I have seen a lot of those videos where the cops try to take the cameras of bystanders away. Of course, that may have come later.
LJ;721600 wrote:Yes, 2 black cops and a bunch of white citizens
raiderbuck;721625 wrote:They are in Savannah, GA, there's a nice mix of black/white. Plus, it looks like two black cops against two or three white citizens...with a mixed crowd looking on.
I don't see how anyone can look at the vid and justify the actions of the police officer. Especially on the male detainee. Plus, here's my thing...if you're strong enough to drag a chick (who's drunk as a skunk and probably blind from the pepper spray) by her waistband, then you're strong enough to put the cuffs on her while she's standing and WALK her to the police car. What's the point of slamming her to the ground? She's no longer fighting you.
We've all seen cops arrest drunk people in public, it doesn't take that kinda force to bring someone down...especially a woman of that size. Get real.
Art Modell;721658 wrote:Obey the police and this wont happen. They got what they deserved. I agree that the woman should've been home preparing food and sex for her drunk husband.
Steel Valley Football;721350 wrote:It amazes me that people are trying to justify citizens fighting lawlessly in the middle of a public thoroughfare. That is just dangerous to the public needed to be halted by any means necessary.
equus;721599 wrote:I am just amazed that no cops came on the scene and tried to confiscate the video. I have seen a lot of those videos where the cops try to take the cameras of bystanders away. Of course, that may have come later.
dwccrew;721383 wrote:Yes, let's give cops carte blanche to dole out punishment as they see fit. Sorry, but it'll be interesting to see how this cop is punished. I'm sure you also thought the cops were living up to the standard when Rodney King was beat?
Again, once the girl was sprayed, she was no threat. She was wandering around dazed and probably couldn't see. He then slams her to the ground. Not justified.
fan_from_texas;721715 wrote:Seriously? So if two people are fighting in a street, you think it's fine for cops to shoot them if they think it necessary?
Here's middle school thinking: If you break the rules, then you get what's coming to you, no matter what happens. If you don't like it, then don't break the rules.
Here's grown-up thinking: If you break the rules, you're going to get punished, but the person doing the punishing doesn't have carte blanche to do whatever they want with no restrictions to bring the situation under control. Because the government exercises a monopoly on physical violence, the government must be held to a high standard of being reasonable in those circumstances. The law is pretty clear that the force in a situation like this must be justifiable and reasonable, despite what the gym teacher thinks.
LJ;721719 wrote:I didn't see SVF's comment until FFT just quoted it, but who is justfying the people fighting?
revgat;721252 wrote:If she was trying to get away, that was the slowest getaway I have ever seen.
