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Cop Smiles after Violently Beating Homeless Army Vet (Original Post) The Jungle 1 Dec 2022 OP
At the risk of getting alerted on, that cop's smile needs adjusting. marble falls Dec 2022 #1
makes me sick to my stomach Tickle Dec 2022 #2
That does it. I'm wearing my "I'm with Kap" T shirt today. lambchopp59 Dec 2022 #3
He looks like the many deer hunting pictures Bettie Dec 2022 #4
In my community The Jungle 1 Dec 2022 #6
Here is the problem America The Jungle 1 Dec 2022 #5
Unreformable. Abolish it all. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2022 #7
End qualified immunity DVRacer Dec 2022 #8
the ex-prez llashram Dec 2022 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author MenloParque Dec 2022 #10

lambchopp59

(2,809 posts)
3. That does it. I'm wearing my "I'm with Kap" T shirt today.
Wed Dec 14, 2022, 09:50 AM
Dec 2022

I wish there was more I can do but I can barely afford my upcoming retirement aside from my cancer treatments.

Bettie

(16,145 posts)
4. He looks like the many deer hunting pictures
Wed Dec 14, 2022, 10:03 AM
Dec 2022

I've seen over the years, him standing there, grinning with pride, like he just won a contest or something.

What a piece of garbage. And yet, he and the others involved are still there.

Still looking for more people to abuse.

There was a time when I thought that most cops were decent people and that there were a few 'bad apples'.

Now? It seems like the workplace culture ensures that those who are not routinely brutalizing people are complicit and silent about it. If you know your coworkers are doing this and you say nothing, you are as guilty as those who do it.

 

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)
6. In my community
Wed Dec 14, 2022, 10:19 AM
Dec 2022

There is a cop who shot and killed a handcuffed, mentally ill, drug addict. He is still on the force and has been promoted. The DA refused to allow a jury to decide this case.
I try not to ever go into that town. Perkasie, Pa. 2012

Recently in New Hope, Pa. A cop shot a man in a holding cell. No charges against the cop. Big suprise.

 

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)
5. Here is the problem America
Wed Dec 14, 2022, 10:09 AM
Dec 2022

These cops get gratification from the adrenaline rush of beating people who are smart enough not to fight back. They seek the rush and congratulate each other when they achieve it. They are cowards.

DVRacer

(707 posts)
8. End qualified immunity
Wed Dec 14, 2022, 10:41 AM
Dec 2022

Make the individual liable for damages and things can start to get better. This needs to be a unified battle cry. This is the one thing every police department and union are scared to death of for a good reason.

llashram

(6,265 posts)
9. the ex-prez
Wed Dec 14, 2022, 11:03 AM
Dec 2022

gave them the go-ahead to be fascist many many times including a most egregious speech, to me, about the nazi candlelight march...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-on-charlottesville-i-think-theres-blame-on-both-sides/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-police-brutality_n_597b840fe4b02a8434b6575a and on and on for the ex-...head fascist...still known as orange terror, TFG, florida man... and I hope Garland and Smith lower the boom on this a*** soon?

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