Police Brutality

[Stoked]

Yee-haw John Wayne! Cowboy justice FTW!!!!1! "Dat bitch got wut she dezerved. Look at me I so dam righteous!"

1842 prairie called and wants you back.

In the good ole days they would have hobbled her. See what you do is tie her down and put ablock or something between her ankles. Then you give them feet a good whackin with a hammer and presto! Your perps no longer try to run away!

That way the cops no longer have to taser people.

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

I haven't scrolled through every post but my question is, why the hell didn't he just continue to pursue and grab or tackle her? Upon their entry into the video, he's less than five feet behind her.

 

[Deleted member 365]

The officer didn't intend to end her life. But her running from the cops get her tased.


It's really not that hard to understand frankles.

How could this be tolerated by such a Christian nation?

I thought only Iran acted barbarically?!

Damn it! We need to elect Romney quicker! Is there any way we could have the election today? (ohhh wait... he'd get his *** kicked by Santorum... ooops!)

Romney is the cure for everything cuz he ran good the olympics and he's mormon.

 

[bigb]

Your shtick is getting old.

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

Your shtick is getting old.

Not "is getting." Just is.

 

[Stoked]

Your shtick is getting old.

Soapbox incomming! Duck and cover!!

 

[TroutBum]

Cowboy justice? What the hell am I reading here? This girl broke how many laws, and THEN tried to run from the police? I'll just dumb it down to it's lowest form, because it's really how I feel deep down: Dumb bitch got what she deserved, that cop should get a medal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW5iaokgwX4

Being tased is SO deadly, excesive, etc. that our own Chief of Police got one right in the back. Amazing he's still alive, really.

 

[franklin]

Cowboy justice? What the hell am I reading here? This girl broke how many laws, and THEN tried to run from the police? I'll just dumb it down to it's lowest form, because it's really how I feel deep down: Dumb bitch got what she deserved, that cop should get a medal.

Obviously I celebrate and put a higher value on life than you do. So does the US constitution as interpreted in the 1985 Tennessee vs. Garner ruling. I'm tempted to put a Jesus and the prostitute analogy.

Being tased is SO deadly, excesive, etc. that our own Chief of Police got one right in the back. Amazing he's still alive, really.

Right, a full grown, healthy male in controlled circumstances. The risk rate in that scenario is quite low. It's a completely different story, specifically for pregnant women and those under the influence.

 

[Stoked]

Obviously I celebrate and put a higher value on life than you do. So does the US constitution as interpreted in the 1985 Tennessee vs. Garner ruling. I'm tempted to put a Jesus and the prostitute analogy.




Right, a full grown, healthy male in controlled circumstances. The risk rate in that scenario is quite low. It's a completely different story, specifically for pregnant women and those under the influence.

I like your example except the bolded part. personable responsibility. Not a reason to use it but not a reason not to either.

 

[Archie Moses]

Being a cop has got to be one of the hardest jobs imo. Damned what you do and damned when you don't. I don't get how one could defend someone who's running from the police and hit someone with a vehicle and not stop. This could have easily been avoided by her. Yeah, the cop could have tried to tackle her or apprehend her in a different manner, but when you're running from the cops - you're kinda asking for it. It's not like the guy shot her or started beating her like other "coward" cops. He just used one of his tools that helps in these types of situations.

 

[TroutBum]

Obviously I celebrate and put a higher value on life than you do. So does the US constitution as interpreted in the 1985 Tennessee vs. Garner ruling. I'm tempted to put a Jesus and the prostitute analogy.

Say what? You celebrate and put a higher value on life than I do? How do you figure? If we're using stupid logic, then how about this: I value and celebrate the lives of innocent people more than you do. Once you break the laws of the land and put others in danger, then you forfeit a majority of your rights, and your life becomes a secondary concern versus the lives of innocents. By all means, break out the prostitute analogy, it will do nothing to further your argument.

 

[franklin]

I don't think either of you believe your own argument because it's self defeating. You're doing nothing more than applying an accountability argument to the girl and using that as justification for not applying the same accountability argument to the officer.

1. Girl should be held accountable for actions.
2. Girl is clearly guilty.
3. 1 + 2 allows us to turn our heads to what the officer did.


The officer broke the law and clearly broke his department's procedures regarding use of force. That's why the PD has copted out with this protection loophole that was clearly never intended to be applied in instances where an officer wanted to detain an escaping suspect. It especially does not apply when the force was clearly unneccessary and due to lazyness on the part of an officer so fat he is not fit for duty. This is not a precedent that should be set.

In what way do you find it moral to require this victim to obey the law but excuse the officer regardless? If you want to make the argument that the rest of us are safer by detaining people in these circumstances at all costs then by all means do so. But please realize the implications of where that argument heads before doing so.

And you might find my stuff silly Trout, but it is in line with well established judicial rulings coming from some of the brightest minds this country has raised.