Cop pulls gun on kids

[malaise]

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[Coventina]

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on edit: oops, wrong video....

[mr_lebowski]

2. Yeah, uh ... not exactly the most sympathetic victims I've seen ... I'll leave it at that ... (nt)

[USALiberal]

7. Because you cannot explain it? nt

[mr_lebowski]

12. No, because I'm pretty sure the right-wing will distribute this video WITHOUT the gun-pulling part

To 'illustrate' what the cops have to put up with when it comes to dealing with 'those people' (not my thinking, theirs).

Having 10 year old kids screeching 'You P***y ass Ni**ers!!!' at the police, along with similar disrespectful shit being shouted at them, and the fact that apart from the gun pull, they act with the utmost restraint the whole time ... it's actually perfect propaganda for 'the other side' ... and I expect they'll edit it ... and use it.

Whoever posted this was not thinking things through when it comes to overall 'picture' of what's going on.

[MuseRider]

15. Try adding respect to the restraint and they might eventually get there.

Yes I know what the kids were yelling. So what? Considering what they have seen and experienced at their ages compared to what I saw by that age can you blame them? They are kids. Until adults and those in control can suck it up and try to change this it will only get worse. Their behavior today just made it worse. Is that what we are hoping for?

[mr_lebowski]

21. All I said was they're not a very sympathetic crowd ...

I don't disagree with you brother/sister, but I AM questioning the value of this particular video when it comes to arguing for OUR 'sides' ... values.

From a 'making our case' perspective, I pretty much wish whoever had posted it ... had posted like the first 20 seconds, and then shut it the fuck off (in terms of the publicly shared content).

Know what I'm saying?

That being said, it's also brutally REAL. From a 'documentary' standpoint, it's actually pretty damn powerful. Rather see it in a Mike Moore movie ... than on youtube, put it like that.

[cwydro]

20. Yes. This is ugly on a number of levels.

[mythology]

24. "apart from the gun pull"

Other than that, how was the play Mrs Lincoln?

Yes the kids are obnoxious little brats, but pulling a gun on them is far past the line. You shouldn't get too much credit for doing most of the right things if you do one of the biggest things wrong.

[mr_lebowski]

27. Obviously if one of the children had been murdered, this would be a different convo ...

What I'm getting at is ... this vid sadly has just as much propaganda value for 'the other side' as it does for 'us'.

No matter our feelings on how wrong what this cop did was with pulling the gun, there's a TON of people in this country that, if they watched the whole thing, will decide that these cops acted in an admirable way.

They'll ask 'well, what were these people doing before the video that precipitated the police acting this way'? And when they see the rest of the video, they'll imagine that what was going on before the gun incident ... was much the same as what happened after.

There's a LOT of people in this country that don't think this is appropriate behavior, esp. when it's 'those people' doing so. Not saying it's right, just saying ... that's how it is.

If vids showing abusive behavior by cops towards minorities are going to 'go viral' ... I'd really much rather they not come off like this video does.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. Bratty kids who are hurting no one do not deserve to have cops point guns at them.

One adult and one minor were arrested for criminal trespass. This reaction from the cop is excessive; his department agrees, putting him on desk duty while they review protocol.

[mr_lebowski]

14. I'd agree the cop screwed up there, but unless you're only going to show like 5 seconds of the vid

The overall video does NOT look good for the people involved.

In fact, all but those roughly 5 seconds? They look and especially SOUND ... fairly great for supporters of racist cops.

That's what I'm saying.

[wellst0nev0ter]

22. Fuck those supporters and the rest of their kind

If those jackasses complain, show them this video. Double standard anyone?

[Tipperary]

8. The little ones calling him a "p-ssy-ass n-gg-r?" Good lord.

He should not have pulled his gun, but those kids are not on a good path to a good life.

[wellst0nev0ter]

23. The kids are fine

Unless you're advocating arresting every kid who mouths off and cusses. Then we got a different problem on our hands.

[mythology]

26. Yes, because misogyny and racism are great building blocks for life

Just because they don't deserve to be arrested doesn't mean they aren't obnoxious trash. For example if I ever said anything like that at their age, my mom would have smacked me upside the head and for good reason.

[wellst0nev0ter]

28. I'm more agast at adults who call minors "obnoxious trash"

than by anything that came out of these kids' mouths.

[Tipperary]

31. Lol, I did not even KNOW those words at that age. Well, the n-word I did, because my mom and

dad had told me it was the worst word when some business associate of my dad’s said it and I heard it.

[Tipperary]

29. I am not advocating anything. I was just sad to see children use that kind of language -

complete with sexist and racist language. Ugly at any age, but very sad to see at that age.

[MuseRider]

4. WTH did they do?

Jesus, it just keeps getting worse and worse. When you think they have hit bottom they bully other countries over breast milk and then pull guns on little kids, haul them down and sit on them and pull their arms hard behind their backs. Mothers shoot those kids one look and they stop what they are doing but these guys with all the power cannot help but make the situation worse and then they act like it is worse for them as they pull weapons and twist arms at kids 1/4 their size.

These men may have a job that requires more bravery than I will ever have but they just cannot help making it worse.

[B2G]

6. The cops were arresting one of their friends.

Don't know what for, but would you and your friends have acted like that when you were a kid?

[Tipperary]

10. I saw a friend get arrested. We were shocked, but we were quiet.

Even at that age, I knew being a little idiot would not help him or anyone else.

[MuseRider]

13. I was a little white girl so no, there would be no arresting a child, a friend that age.

Especially a white child. There were a lot of black kids being arrested and yes, if I had seen a friend of mine arrested like that I might very well have yelled, in fact I am sure I would. I don't easily back down from wrong doing. A few years later when the Vietnam was going we all were yelling but we were older.

Considering the way police have been acting in these communities I would say if they want them to stop yelling and reacting like that perhaps they should change their attitudes toward that community. You seriously do not understand this?

[Tipperary]

17. I was a white girl too, and my friend was white. So much for that.

[wellst0nev0ter]

25. I'm guessing he deserved to be arrested n/t

[Tipperary]

30. He was speeding. He would have gotten a ticket, but he mouthed off. He said nothing even CLOSE

to what those kids said.

[wellst0nev0ter]

32. Any guns pulled on him?

In that context, all the handwringings from the tone police sound meaningless, doesn't it?

[Tipperary]

33. I certainly do not think the cop should have pulled his gun. Absolutely not.

My friend was thrown rather roughly against the car. The cop was an asshole. My post was in response to the poster who said white kids would not get arrested.

[LanternWaste]

34. A most creative story.

So much for that, part two.

[guillaumeb]

5. Normalizing oppression of children by an occupying police force.

Palestinian children, Iraqi children, Afghani children, Yemeni children, all would well understand the tactics and the mindset.

[malaise]

19. Yes indeed

You nailed it

[Bleacher Creature]

9. I don't understand how these moronic cops don't realize that they're about to go viral online.

[WillowTree]

16. Charming children.

[Tipperary]

18. I am sure they are all good students and respectful to their teachers.

I have had two friends leave the teaching field because they were talked to like that, and the administration would never back them up. Both were devoted to teaching and heartbroken at what the schools have become.