Paul Butler sums up the Nichols videos in one sentence:'

[mobeau69]

What we see here is an American citizen being tortured by armed agents of the state.

[gopiscrap]

1. exactly

[iluvtennis]

2. +1.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. That's what policing is. It's unreformable.

[housecat]

4. That's spot on and frightening

[Pinback]

5. He is possibly the best source on this issue.

I’m glad Butler was given an opportunity to talk about the situation on MSNBC tonight. He is calm but very clear in his analysis. Devastating.

[Ligyron]

6. I was actually shocked that they were Black too.

Prejudgment on my part and shame on me but... guess that mindset is just contagious maybe?

Or are people attracted to that line of work of a certain mindset to begin with?

[thomski64]

7. ...All cops are bastards..

[Duppers]

11. I've come across some good cops...

But, yes, WAY too many are bad assholes.

- white woman here, realizing I'm privileged.

[Probatim]

8. On closer inspection, that they were black was likely the reason they were fired...

and then quickly charged.

With white cops, they start with a coverup.

(White guy here.)

[wnylib]

10. The Video and Multimedia forum here has an interview

with the police chief. She spoke frankly about the incident. I believe that she is the reason why they were fired and charged so quickly and the video released. Nothing to do with race since she is also Black.

[Evolve Dammit]

16. I thought of that as well...

[obamanut2012]

12. They are cops first

[TomDaisy]

9. And that is also what happened in PDX when trump sent his armed goons in

to attack peaceful protesters marching for BLM.

They wore unmarked uniforms. They beat people, they kidnapped them off the streets and the gassed the entire fucking downtown with god knows what.

[malaise]

13. THIS n/t

[dlk]

14. It's doubtful this was their first time

Abusive behavior of this nature doesn’t happen in a vacuum. On some level this was sanctioned by higher ups.

[mobeau69]

15. Very doubtful. The whole department should be federalized during a complete rebuilding process

from the chief on down.

[dlk]

17. The rot usually starts at the top

Unfortunately, there are many other candidates for federal oversight.

[speak easy]

18. I'll sum up the Nichols videos in one word

Murder