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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPolice release body cam footage of arrest of Brad Parscale. Oh the humanity!
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/florida-police-release-body-cam-footage-of-arrest-of-former-trump-campaign-manager-brad-parscale/What, no MAGA cap, Brad?
Walleye
(31,151 posts)It was a nice tackle though.
yellowcanine
(35,704 posts)bottomofthehill
(8,364 posts)Abnredleg
(671 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)I had forgotten he was so big.
Talitha
(6,639 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)bottomofthehill
(8,364 posts)The President is not as tall as he says he is but is still all of 6'1-6'2ish
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argyl
(3,064 posts)The kid towers over him now. At 14 he looks to be about
6'5".
Maybe Melania found herself an Eastern European basketball player for a lover.
JI7
(89,289 posts)LeftInTX
(25,804 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)However, in the post-racial USA, he was allowed to resist.
ecstatic
(32,786 posts)honest.abe
(8,689 posts)Hope to see a repeat of that with the rest of the Trump crime family and their goons.
yellowcanine
(35,704 posts)elias7
(4,037 posts)The default move for everything is to blame the Dems.
It rained. Those damn Democrats...
captain queeg
(10,297 posts)I guess if hed got on the ground like they told him he could have avoided it. At least rich white guys arent immune.
safeinOhio
(32,754 posts)Steroids.
captain queeg
(10,297 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)Were they expecting an armed uprising of other bros in cargo shorts?
yellowcanine
(35,704 posts)He is still alive, saved by his white skin.
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)I mean, there's some minor cosmic justice here.
uponit7771
(90,371 posts)uponit7771
(90,371 posts)... times in the leg for being too peaceful while black on my on property or something.
JI7
(89,289 posts)Fuck him. no sympathy from me.
bottomofthehill
(8,364 posts)Domestic with armed parties and alcohol involved.
honest.abe
(8,689 posts)I think they followed standard protocol for the situation.
sprinkleeninow
(20,270 posts)RANDYWILDMAN
(2,680 posts)seems like he was treated a lot better then Brieonna Taylor
melman
(7,681 posts)It's insane. Police are so out of control in this country.
And before anyone accuses me of being pro-Parscale what I am is anti-cop. Consistently.
Absolutely horrendous.
yellowcanine
(35,704 posts)It was potentially a barricade situation with an inebriated well armed suspect. I would say they had to go in loaded for bear.
George II
(67,782 posts)He could have been threatening them from inside before he went out. He could have had more guns in that white truck. Who knows? He was told to get on the ground, he didn't (although he wasn't given much time) Other than tackling him they did nothing out of the ordinary.
As for not liking cops, I hope everyone remembers that the next time they need help and a cop shows up. Perhaps he/she should refuse help?
JI7
(89,289 posts)JI7
(89,289 posts)it to what happened to the white supremacist thug Parscale.
jorgevlorgan
(8,351 posts)More evidence of how badly police reform is needed. Sure he's probably alive because he's white, but that doesn't excuse what they did.
JI7
(89,289 posts)jorgevlorgan
(8,351 posts)It doesn't matter who they are doing it to.
JI7
(89,289 posts)eissa
(4,238 posts)belligerent behavior, but he was actually calm. Was there no way the cops could have handcuffed him without tackling him like that? He could have easily broken something with that hit.
JI7
(89,289 posts)jorgevlorgan
(8,351 posts)I don't suddenly change my mind about police conduct based on who it is happening to. He likely thinks they went overboard with him and deserved better treatment because he was white and in a powerful position, while being totally okay with it happening to others every day.
JI7
(89,289 posts)jorgevlorgan
(8,351 posts)Excessive force isn't warranted based on what they did or allegedly did. Force is warranted based on what they are doing. For example, if he was lunging at them with a knife, that would have been acceptable. In this case, he was calm, drinking a beer and not threatening anybody. They could have likely easily apprehended him without risk of harming him.
JI7
(89,289 posts)jorgevlorgan
(8,351 posts)So is he, for that matter.
JI7
(89,289 posts)But my standards of police conduct apply universally. Although it is infuriating when police buy a mass shooter a hamburger. It isn't because they shouldn't necessarily buy him a hamburger, but rather they should be doing the same for the guy who allegedly forged a check, as well (ya know, instead of murder him). I don't personally believe people forfeit their right to be treated humanely because they did something terrible or committed a crime.
JI7
(89,289 posts)treatment but even more rought .
Parscale is a piece of shit who loves to see the lives of non white people destroyed.
Parscale got what he deserved . He threatened his wife with a gun. HIs case isn't even on the same level as black people who were killled with many who did not even need to be stopped in the first place.
jorgevlorgan
(8,351 posts)Still, I can hate Parscale and still think he shouldn't be treated inhumanely for being the lousy piece of shit he is.
JI7
(89,289 posts)jorgevlorgan
(8,351 posts)Especially when it could risk serious injury or death in the process. All he needed to do was fall the wrong way -something we have seen all too often in similar take downs of people of color.
JI7
(89,289 posts)jorgevlorgan
(8,351 posts)If alleged crimes justified police brutality, most police brutality would be justified. He was not beating his wife or carrying any weapons at the time the excessive force was used.
JI7
(89,289 posts)jorgevlorgan
(8,351 posts)And not a very good one, in my opinion. What he could've had done or had is very different from what he was doing. He was comfortable, calm, drinking a beer and clearly not a threat to anybody at that particular moment. Police response must be based on what is physically happening, not what is imagined.
JI7
(89,289 posts)shit that got off easy .
jorgevlorgan
(8,351 posts)He was not in the process of threatening anybody and hedid not have any weapons in his hands. It is a case of excessive force. That fall could have injured him substantially. Again, police response must be based on the immediate threat at hand: a man walking in front of his house with a beer calmly explaining what was happening, is not a reasonable threat to anybody -I don't care if it is adolf hitler himself: police conduct must be humane at handling all situations, otherwise we will continue to see the kind of shit we saw with George Floyd, if we don't demand it in all cases.
JI7
(89,289 posts)when it's done to black and brown people.
There is no comparison of what Happened to Parscale with what happened to Floyd .
Parscale deserved every bit and even more than he got. And Trump deserves it also.
jorgevlorgan
(8,351 posts)Eye for an eye doesn't work. If it did, our society would already be perfect.
On edit:And no amount police brutality would make right the wrongs that Parscale is responsible for.
JI7
(89,289 posts)against others.
There is NOT comparison of what happened to Parscale with what happened to Floyd .
jorgevlorgan
(8,351 posts)Even if minor. It was excessive and unnecessary.And using it against somebody who supports it doesn't make it more right.
Poetic, maybe. But not right.
JI7
(89,289 posts)and his wife said he was armed.
jorgevlorgan
(8,351 posts)He was calm, had no weapons and could have easily been detained (I've seen plenty of this on ride alongs of my own). There was no lack of compliance at that particular moment he was talking to his friend. All they had to say was "sir, for your safety and the safety of others, we are putting you under arrest."
JI7
(89,289 posts)jorgevlorgan
(8,351 posts)Our standards of conduct should not changed based on the character of the person being arrested. If you don't think it should happen to a black man with the same accusations with the same level of threat, it should not happen to Parscale -even if the reality still treated Parscale far better than a black man in that situation.
JI7
(89,289 posts)how you appear rather than facing what the real problem is.
Do you have a problem with the Bin Laden Raid ? Do you think he should have been allowed to come out and be arrested instead of them charging in and killing him ?
jorgevlorgan
(8,351 posts)The point is equal treatment no matter what. Not "drag him out on the street and throw him I'm a cage if he ever advocated such things"
JI7
(89,289 posts)and the friend called another friend cop to come out.
It's such bs to claim this fucker was violated in any way. He was actually accused of abuse by someone who actually knew him.
Not some random dumbass racist piece of shit that just sees a black person and calls the cops .
jorgevlorgan
(8,351 posts)Harming people unnecessarily even if they broke the law or harmed others is still unnecessary. He was thrown to the ground without any reasonable provocation to do so. It was a violation, unless you think that is something that should be universally applied to everybody who is accused of such a crime?
eissa
(4,238 posts)I wouldnt shed any tears if Parscale was injured. But for the sake of consistency, I think we should expect police to not use excessive force when its not warranted, even with assholes like Parscale.
JI7
(89,289 posts)LeftInTX
(25,804 posts)She was protesting in front of one of those children's immigrant detention centers. A deputy (not ICE) threatened to arrest someone or something. He didn't threaten my friend. She goes up to the deputy and says, "Take me. Arrest me". Bam...they slammed her to the ground and charged her with resisting arrest.
I guess there is no such thing as a peaceful arrest anymore.
Catherine Vincent
(34,491 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,682 posts)LeftInTX
(25,804 posts)BTW: Trump is now also Florida Man