Police Arrest Young Black Politician For Distributing Voting Rights Leaflets

[ricechickie]

Thanks.

 

[Care4all]

The crowd cheered when they saw him and ran to comfort him.

OMG what a bunch of fucking pussies.


BTW the little dipshit is wrong. The police can detain you without arresting you, including putting you in handcuffs. They are ONLY required to tell you what the charges are if they ARREST you.

if they have REASON to believe you were involved in a felony....but for distributing pamphlets? really?

HOW MANY arrests or rather handcuffings, have occurred in that town for wrongful pamphlet distribution by the police before this incident?

 

[Meathead]

Wow, a black queer. Is he Jewish too?

Lahotka says he's Indian, but I'm pretty sure he's just confused.

 

[SmarterThanTheAverageBear]

The crowd cheered when they saw him and ran to comfort him.

OMG what a bunch of fucking pussies.


BTW the little dipshit is wrong. The police can detain you without arresting you, including putting you in handcuffs. They are ONLY required to tell you what the charges are if they ARREST you.

if they have REASON to believe you were involved in a felony....but for distributing pamphlets? really?

HOW MANY arrests or rather handcuffings, have occurred in that town for wrongful pamphlet distribution by the police before this incident?

no one said anything about a felony. If the police have suspicion that you have committed even a traffic offense, they may detain you.

And whether or not this crime is routinely ignored in that town is irrelevant to THIS case. In other words "but other people do it all the time" is not a legal defense.

 

[SmarterThanTheAverageBear]

I think Dana7360 has disliked more of my posts than she has made posts herself. Sad

 

[Care4all]

The crowd cheered when they saw him and ran to comfort him.

OMG what a bunch of fucking pussies.


BTW the little dipshit is wrong. The police can detain you without arresting you, including putting you in handcuffs. They are ONLY required to tell you what the charges are if they ARREST you.

if they have REASON to believe you were involved in a felony....but for distributing pamphlets? really?

HOW MANY arrests or rather handcuffings, have occurred in that town for wrongful pamphlet distribution by the police before this incident?

no one said anything about a felony. If the police have suspicion that you have committed even a traffic offense, they may detain you.

And whether or not this crime is routinely ignored in that town is irrelevant to THIS case. In other words "but other people do it all the time" is not a legal defense.

sure it is....
rather, it's a case for discrimination....

I do not believe the police can handcuff anyone they ''feel like'' handcuffing and detaining them, without citing the law that was broken that deemed this necessary.

 

[Lakhota]

Serious question: If the guy had been white, would the ordinance that "is almost never enforced, and 'certainly not with handcuffs'” have been enforced?

 

[Mac1958]

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If a white cop sees a black person doing something that could possibly be construed as anything approaching a crime, they should just turn around and walk or run away.

There. Problem solved.

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[SmarterThanTheAverageBear]

The crowd cheered when they saw him and ran to comfort him.

OMG what a bunch of fucking pussies.


BTW the little dipshit is wrong. The police can detain you without arresting you, including putting you in handcuffs. They are ONLY required to tell you what the charges are if they ARREST you.

if they have REASON to believe you were involved in a felony....but for distributing pamphlets? really?

HOW MANY arrests or rather handcuffings, have occurred in that town for wrongful pamphlet distribution by the police before this incident?

no one said anything about a felony. If the police have suspicion that you have committed even a traffic offense, they may detain you.

And whether or not this crime is routinely ignored in that town is irrelevant to THIS case. In other words "but other people do it all the time" is not a legal defense.

sure it is....
rather, it's a case for discrimination....

I do not believe the police can handcuff anyone they ''feel like'' handcuffing and detaining them, without citing the law that was broken that deemed this necessary.

what you believe is frankly irrelevant. The police are NOT required to inform you of any charges UNLESS they choose to arrest you. They can detain you with reasonable suspicion then determine what they have reasonable cause to arrest you for, THEN tell you what you are being charged with.

Was the cop an asshole for not answering his question? You bet he was. But there is no law against a cop being an asshole.

and of course it's discrimination , good looking proving that case though.

 

[SmarterThanTheAverageBear]

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If a white cop sees a black person doing something that could possibly be construed as anything approaching a crime, they should just turn around and walk or run away.

There. Problem solved.

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So what you're saying is if a white cop comes across a black, he should turn the other way and run because chances are the black is a criminal....


Personally I believe what is going to happen is that white police are going to start saying fuck this and leave black communities. Then we'll see what kind of shit holes these places become.

 

[ricechickie]

what you believe is frankly irrelevant. The police are NOT required to inform you of any charges UNLESS they choose to arrest you. They can detain you with reasonable suspicion then determine what they have reasonable cause to arrest you for, THEN tell you what you are being charged with.

Was the cop an asshole for not answering his question? You bet he was. But there is no law against a cop being an asshole.

and of course it's discrimination , good looking proving that case though.

There's no law against a cop being an asshole, but it's downright dangerous to be argumentative to a cop.

Doesn't that suck, just a little bit?

 

[Mac1958]

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If a white cop sees a black person doing something that could possibly be construed as anything approaching a crime, they should just turn around and walk or run away.

There. Problem solved.

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So what you're saying is if a white cop comes across a black, he should turn the other way and run because chances are the black is a criminal....

No, what I'm saying is that, on the chance that the person IS doing something illegal, the professional and personal damage that could be done to the cop and/or his family would be such that I wouldn't blame the cop for just avoiding the whole thing. It's not about the probability (whatever it may be) that a crime is actually being committed, that doesn't even matter any more.

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[Camp]

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what you believe is frankly irrelevant. The police are NOT required to inform you of any charges UNLESS they choose to arrest you. They can detain you with reasonable suspicion then determine what they have reasonable cause to arrest you for, THEN tell you what you are being charged with.

Was the cop an asshole for not answering his question? You bet he was. But there is no law against a cop being an asshole.

and of course it's discrimination , good looking proving that case though.

There's no law against a cop being an asshole, but it's downright dangerous to be argumentative to a cop.

Doesn't that suck, just a little bit?

There are laws against cops being assholes and it is called discrimination. It's a federal crime and the cop can be charged by the feds and the victim can sue the cop for everything he owns. The law needs to be enforced more. A badge isn't supposed to be some kind of permission from society for people to be openly bigoted, foul, crude jerks.

 

[bodecea]

The way I understand it...if the police detain you, you can leave at any time if you don't want to cooperate any more...if they want to keep you from leaving, that's when they have to arrest you.

This guy was put in handcuffs. He can't just leave, right? Sounds like an arrest.

Yeah...or the cops played loose and fast with the distinction.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Serious question: If the guy had been white, would the ordinance that "is almost never enforced, and 'certainly not with handcuffs'” have been enforced?

We can present untested hypotheticals all day. It's completely irrelevant. What he was doing was against the city ordinance, he was told to stop and he refused. That's it. There is nothing else left to discuss.

 

[Ravi]

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If a white cop sees a black person doing something that could possibly be construed as anything approaching a crime, they should just turn around and walk or run away.

There. Problem solved.

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And get shot in the back?

I have to laugh at you libertarians that are all up in the cops faces until it involves a black person. Then the cop is always right.

 

[Mac1958]

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If a white cop sees a black person doing something that could possibly be construed as anything approaching a crime, they should just turn around and walk or run away.

There. Problem solved.

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And get shot in the back?

I have to laugh at you libertarians that are all up in the cops faces until it involves a black person. Then the cop is always right.

Now I'm a Libertarian.

Too funny.

Can't we just agree that the cop should just get the fuck out of there?

Wouldn't that make you happy?

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[SmarterThanTheAverageBear]

what you believe is frankly irrelevant. The police are NOT required to inform you of any charges UNLESS they choose to arrest you. They can detain you with reasonable suspicion then determine what they have reasonable cause to arrest you for, THEN tell you what you are being charged with.

Was the cop an asshole for not answering his question? You bet he was. But there is no law against a cop being an asshole.

and of course it's discrimination , good looking proving that case though.

There's no law against a cop being an asshole, but it's downright dangerous to be argumentative to a cop.

Doesn't that suck, just a little bit?

How much does THIS suck?

 

[GHook93]

All I heard was an angry black man screaming in the streets saying he was wronged. Look when the police ask you something and you show attitude, disrespect or be combative in any way you are bound to get arrested.

The law is the law, just because people passing on leaflets doesn't get stopped 90% of the time, in this case it did! There could have been a complaint about leaflets being left on cars. People use harmless supposedly legit things to case areas. The police had the right to tell him to move on.

I have no doubt in my mind, the officer told this angry black man to stop putting solicitations on cars and move on. Then he got angry and said "why I be no beakin no law!" Therefore the combative nature of his response could lead to his arrest!

 

[ricechickie]

How much does THIS suck?

Sucks a lot. Everyone who deals with the public is subject to dealing with assholes.

But, seriously, it is in the police officer's discretion (as I keep getting told) to punish someone for being an asshole.