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Sunlei

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79. Some police love to hurt people.

Reply to SorellaLaBefana (Original post)

Tue Apr 29, 2014, 11:38 AM

Apr 2014

I'll never forget when I was about 15, our car got stopped by NJ state police. We friends were driving to the beach. We line up outside behind the car and the officer, all of a sudden, really fast, hard!! punched one of my friends in the face- for a mild smart mouth remark.

I feel safer, the pubic tends to photograph the police these days.

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Shocking moment a Tennessee police officer chokes unresisting college student until he is UNCONSCIOU [View all] SorellaLaBefana Apr 2014 OP

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2014 #1

I'll put up some money if someone can find ballyhoo Apr 2014 #2

Post removed Post removed Apr 2014 #6

Ho hum. Just another day in America. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2014 #3

Again Googled: University Tennessee knox county choke college student unconscious SorellaLaBefana Apr 2014 #4

You are right something odd exboyfil Apr 2014 #29

Needs to be fired immediately Uben Apr 2014 #5

He was fired. TeamPooka Apr 2014 #64

Hard to tell from the photos that choking is going on itsrobert Apr 2014 #7

total horse manure TheSarcastinator Apr 2014 #10

I looked at the photos objectively itsrobert Apr 2014 #13

Maybe that is why the Sherif demoted the 5 officers involved. IF the choke had been clear Vincardog Apr 2014 #16

thanks for the info. I didn't read the part where they were demoted itsrobert Apr 2014 #17

Were they? Sweet Freedom Apr 2014 #20

that is true, the nice police officer is also a chiropractor and helping adjust his neck. The man is uppityperson Apr 2014 #18

Check out the strained look on the cop's face Union Scribe Apr 2014 #28

The officer was using a pressure point technique to render the victim unable to fight. The question okaawhatever Apr 2014 #36

And what function do hands around a neck serve? quakerboy Apr 2014 #61

I find your post to be over the top rude. Apparently there are four rhett o rick Apr 2014 #46

I predict....................... greiner3 Apr 2014 #47

I agree. What bothers me more is that there are four people that seem to rhett o rick Apr 2014 #53

This message was self-deleted by its author savalez Apr 2014 #35

Are you a police brutality apologist? The facts in the story state that he was fired for TeamPooka Apr 2014 #65

Looks like the original story has been updated with new info itsrobert Apr 2014 #72

Looks like the local police out there are power happy aint_no_life_nowhere Apr 2014 #8

That is the face of a deranged bully Tsiyu Apr 2014 #9

Yes.They should check this cops basement. U can see... bjobotts Apr 2014 #51

It's like a Police State. Octafish Apr 2014 #11

Is there some social engineering playbook/training manual wherein these assholes GoneFishin Apr 2014 #12

That training would be a warzone... VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #76

One of his fellow officers was arrested for child rape itsrobert Apr 2014 #14

If the student did the same, it would be attempted murder. SoapBox Apr 2014 #15

Fucking disgusting Ahpook Apr 2014 #19

And of course it is UK, not US, media covering it. Arugula Latte Apr 2014 #21

I was just going to post the same thing. Ed Suspicious Apr 2014 #24

UK TABLOID... Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2014 #33

Um, that vicious cop has his hands around the guy's neck and is squeezing to the Arugula Latte Apr 2014 #37

I don't know one way or the other aint_no_life_nowhere Apr 2014 #39

If you look at the first picture, the cop who Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2014 #41

SUBSTANTIATED MidwestTransplant Apr 2014 #54

Thanks! See post 67 for my response. NT Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2014 #68

Anything to add, now that this piece of shit has been fired? DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2014 #63

Like I said, if true, he should be fired... Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2014 #67

Who the hell thought that asshole would make a good police officer. gtar100 Apr 2014 #22

Does this officer have a name? Comrade Grumpy Apr 2014 #23

Is the photographer a professor of engineering at the school? lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #25

If someone were to post from Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2014 #26

So, Are You Claiming That This Photo Is A Fake? DallasNE Apr 2014 #31

No, just unsubstantiated... Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2014 #32

The cop was fired because of this "unsubstantiated" event Tempest Apr 2014 #56

Don Giljum and Shirley Sherrod were also fired right after a story was released. Gore1FL Apr 2014 #58

The pictures tell the story Tempest Apr 2014 #59

If the pictures tell the story, then how come so many are unconvinced by them alone? Gore1FL Apr 2014 #70

I don't feel like a fool for looking at all sides before I rush to judgement. Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2014 #69

And I... DirtyDawg Apr 2014 #27

Fat, Jackbooted Thugs DallasNE Apr 2014 #30

agreed, I don't even call the the police any longer, they are the Municipal Armed Forces. olddad56 Apr 2014 #38

Somebody here on DU recently called them Brigid Apr 2014 #45

Blackwater/Xe (or whatever new name they're using nowadays) thugs??? blkmusclmachine Apr 2014 #50

According to the UT website, sulphurdunn Apr 2014 #34

KCSO 'actively investigating' alleged choking photographs Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #40

Good sakabatou Apr 2014 #42

he's not choking him TorchTheWitch Apr 2014 #43

Apologize much??? blkmusclmachine Apr 2014 #49

apologize? TorchTheWitch Apr 2014 #52

The officer has been fired crim son Apr 2014 #55

he wasn't choking him TorchTheWitch Apr 2014 #71

Lol. Cutting off blood supply to the brain is a form of choking. Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2014 #73

Yeah, he's cutting off the blood flow to his brain. JoeyT Apr 2014 #57

Meanwhile right wing terror squads roam around small towns in Nevada workinclasszero Apr 2014 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author blkmusclmachine Apr 2014 #48

Breaking news! ConservativeDemocrat Apr 2014 #60

Well what would a cop have to do for it to be breaking news in your opinion? aint_no_life_nowhere Apr 2014 #62

Firing a guy isn't exactly "hands off" ConservativeDemocrat Apr 2014 #78

this is a big story all over the internet. m-lekktor Apr 2014 #74

A careful observer might see this as part of a pattern of police misbehavior that is concerning. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2014 #75

The guy was fired ConservativeDemocrat Apr 2014 #77

I hope the other 2 officers who failed to intercede, and probably didn't report the abuse, were Dustlawyer Apr 2014 #66

Some police love to hurt people. Sunlei Apr 2014 #79