Police Brutality‎

[franklin]

While on the subject

https://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2013/10/05/pkg-carroll-atlantic-city-beating.cnn

Now, the guy didn't die, but since when is yelling obsenities at a police officer justified to unleash a K-9 dog and since when 4-5 police officers cannot subdue a regular guy without beating the **** out of him

I'd like an unedited video to base a decision on. His attorney trained "I told them I'm not resisting" testimony doesn't mean anything yet.

 

[♪alt13]

I'd like an unedited video to base a decision on. His attorney trained "I told them I'm not resisting" testimony doesn't mean anything yet.

There is no way they can justify sicking that dog on him.

 

[♪alt13]

over the top
https://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2013/10/02/evexp-woman-suing-over-strip-search-dui-arrest.hln.html

 

[VINYLONE]

I can only speak on my experience here in LA with LAPD and what seems like the constant barrage of articles of excessive force that are written. In this city, our LE have a perception problem. This perception is not helped when non-emergency calls turn fatal. I won't say how but I do have a personal connection with the LAPD so I sometimes here inside information. That said, it seems that the LAPD along with many other LE agencies around the country are getting more and more militarized when violent crime is at it's lowest it's been in decades. Crime, specifically here in LA, is also at it's lowest rate in decades. So why the change in armament? Kind of makes you wonder.

Personally, I believe LE needs to be held to a very, very high standard, especially since they're being given the power of arrest and the ability to kill. Furthermore, I think they all need to be outfitted with body cameras.

Earlier in the year, the NYT wrote an article on a police force here in LA county being outfitted with cameras. The results of the "experiment" were not surprising.

https://www.policefoundation.org/content/body-worn-cameras-police-use-force

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/business/wearable-video-cameras-for-police-officers.html?_r=2&

 

[♪alt13]

I can only speak on my experience here in LA with LAPD and what seems like the constant barrage of articles of excessive force that are written. In this city, our LE have a perception problem. This perception is not helped when non-emergency calls turn fatal. I won't say how but I do have a personal connection with the LAPD so I sometimes here inside information. That said, it seems that the LAPD along with many other LE agencies around the country are getting more and more militarized when violent crime is at it's lowest it's been in decades. Crime, specifically here in LA, is also at it's lowest rate in decades. So why the change in armament? Kind of makes you wonder.

Personally, I believe LE needs to be held to a very, very high standard, especially since they're being given the power of arrest and the ability to kill. Furthermore, I think they all need to be outfitted with body cameras.

Earlier in the year, the NYT wrote an article on a police force here in LA county being outfitted with cameras. The results of the "experiment" were not surprising.

https://www.policefoundation.org/content/body-worn-cameras-police-use-force

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/business/wearable-video-cameras-for-police-officers.html?_r=2&

This^

 

[LogGrad98]

I can only speak on my experience here in LA with LAPD and what seems like the constant barrage of articles of excessive force that are written. In this city, our LE have a perception problem. This perception is not helped when non-emergency calls turn fatal. I won't say how but I do have a personal connection with the LAPD so I sometimes here inside information. That said, it seems that the LAPD along with many other LE agencies around the country are getting more and more militarized when violent crime is at it's lowest it's been in decades. Crime, specifically here in LA, is also at it's lowest rate in decades. So why the change in armament? Kind of makes you wonder.

Personally, I believe LE needs to be held to a very, very high standard, especially since they're being given the power of arrest and the ability to kill. Furthermore, I think they all need to be outfitted with body cameras.

Earlier in the year, the NYT wrote an article on a police force here in LA county being outfitted with cameras. The results of the "experiment" were not surprising.

https://www.policefoundation.org/content/body-worn-cameras-police-use-force

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/business/wearable-video-cameras-for-police-officers.html?_r=2&

Nice viny, repped accordingly.

One comment in the article stuck with me.

“We don’t like the networks of police-run video cameras that are being set up in an increasing number of cities. We don’t think the government should be watching over the population en masse.” But requiring police officers to wear video cameras is different, he says: “When it comes to the citizenry watching the government, we like that.”

Makes me wonder if we could add cameras all over the place. Say in a politician's office. And what about streaming it real-time. I know there are lots of things that shouldn't always be released to the public and readily available to viewers of all ages, such as instances of deadly force, but a live stream situation where you can see what a cop is doing in real-time would be an interesting concept.

 

[Stoked]

Being cautious is nice, but no empathy for victim?

Btw, I in no way opened this thread for bashing the police all together, but these incidents are no way sporadic so I'm sure there are somethings wrong.

Are there cases where the police are completely in the wrong? Absolutely. I feel for the victims. But American society generally tends to view positions of authority with distrust. Guilty until proven innocent. So anytime something happens it is automatically the cops fault. Even when that is not the case there are those that will argue that it is.