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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat it Takes for a Police Officer to Get Fired in a Choking Case
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/04/28/knoxville-cop-fired-immediately-after-photos-show-brutal-choking-of-student/?tid=pm_national_popOh, ooops. Victim is white.
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What it Takes for a Police Officer to Get Fired in a Choking Case (Original Post)
NJCher
Dec 2014
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belzabubba333
(1,237 posts)1. he's not being chocked their discussing his white privilege
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)2. They would have to chew four Dunkin Donuts at the same time
And they would be charged with reckless endangerment.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)3. I live here.
Remember this case well.
Malraiders
(444 posts)4. He was fired and then allowed to take a deferred retirement with
no criminal charges filed against him. The student was slapped a few times after he passed out in an attempt to get him to regain consciousness but he remained unconscious for about 30 minutes.
http://dailycaller.com/2014/05/11/deputy-who-choked-student-gets-to-retire-wont-face-charges/
MisterP
(23,730 posts)5. it's like a freakish Pietà
the police on the left the solemn legionnaires, the clear-eyed vic in the center, the cop on the right choking almost as hard as the man being choked
damnedifIknow
(3,183 posts)6. Extremely lucky to have lived
Crazy.