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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPaul Butler sums up the Nichols videos in one sentence:'
What we see here is an American citizen being tortured by armed agents of the state.
gopiscrap
(23,756 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,327 posts)housecat
(3,121 posts)Pinback
(12,154 posts)Im glad Butler was given an opportunity to talk about the situation on MSNBC tonight. He is calm but very clear in his analysis. Devastating.
Ligyron
(7,627 posts)Prejudgment on my part and shame on me but... guess that mindset is just contagious maybe?
Or are people attracted to that line of work of a certain mindset to begin with?
thomski64
(453 posts)Duppers
(28,120 posts)But, yes, WAY too many are bad assholes.
- white woman here, realizing I'm privileged.
Probatim
(2,525 posts)and then quickly charged.
With white cops, they start with a coverup.
(White guy here.)
wnylib
(21,433 posts)with the police chief. She spoke frankly about the incident. I believe that she is the reason why they were fired and charged so quickly and the video released. Nothing to do with race since she is also Black.
Evolve Dammit
(16,723 posts)obamanut2012
(26,068 posts)TomDaisy
(1,870 posts)to attack peaceful protesters marching for BLM.
They wore unmarked uniforms. They beat people, they kidnapped them off the streets and the gassed the entire fucking downtown with god knows what.
malaise
(268,949 posts)dlk
(11,558 posts)Abusive behavior of this nature doesnt happen in a vacuum. On some level this was sanctioned by higher ups.
mobeau69
(11,141 posts)from the chief on down.
dlk
(11,558 posts)Unfortunately, there are many other candidates for federal oversight.
speak easy
(9,239 posts)Murder