TYT: Black Student Beats Cops At Basketball, They Detain Him

[WhoIsNumberNone]

Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) host of The Young Turks discusses Philadelphia police officers detaining a black college student after he beats them in a game of pick up basketball.

"A video from the city of brotherly love has gone viral of 21 year old Samir Hill, a point guard at Allegany College of Maryland, beating a pair of police officers at a game of pickup basketball with a fellow friend. Hill had been playing with some neighborhood kids when the two officers had approached and started 'trash talking' so Hill challenged them to a game. Now that the video of Hill easily scoring on the officers has gone viral they have attempted on several occasions to arrest him on obviously bogus charges.

The video clips have been shared on social media as well as Hill's story, gaining him support from several professional athletes."

Read more here: http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/philly-cops-challenge-black-college-student-pickup-basketball-game-and-arrest-him

[Journeyman]

1. To be honest, when I got shown as a fool on the schoolyard, I wanted to exact revenge . . .

but then, I was 12 years old and my head was filled with silly fantasies and straw.

Today, I laugh when someone shows me up in a skill they've mastered and with which I struggle. And then I congratulate 'em and maybe ask for a pointer or three. But then, I like to consider myself a well-adjusted adult.

[tomm2thumbs]

2. more cameras -- more!!!

It is funny how cameras were supposed to be used to assist law enforcement in pursuing crimes -- and it has turned into the biggest REVEALER of crimes by law enforcement.

To that, I say MORE CAMERAS!!!

Cops need to learn how to separate their personal feelings from attitudes of those they encounter. I'm sure doctors in psych wards deal with people who say/do things that are 100% not aimed in a personal way at the physician, and they have a stethoscope on to remind them who is the doctor and who is the patient.

Maybe we should tie stethoscopes around cops' necks to remind them of their role... to help heal the world, not contribute decay.

[MrMickeysMom]

3. No kidding… "God bless you"? Accosting you for saying THAT?

I noticed this was Dade county, FL.

I lived in FL for 30 years when these nightmares hadn't been counted on yet as inevitable.

Wait a minute, officer… How do you spell your name again? How many times did your mother not hug you again? How many anger management sessions did you miss after you beat the shit out of your wife, now?