To be fair (and I am not making excuses for the cop in question in Minneapolis), this bullshit behavior likely causes a lot of police officers to become hard and cynical:Point of order...
Mn Police allegedly killed an innocent man.
They killed a man. A man that could have been stalin for all I care. One of the first things we were taught in academy is that once a perp is properly cuffed, he is your liability, you are responsible for his continued life.
So if you leave him lying on his face with cuffs on, never mind kneeling on him, and he dies, YOU'RE DEAD TO THE STATE. They will not cover you if you do not take care to roll them on their side and ensure they're breathing, and if they're complaining of any health or medical issues, you get EMS on scene immediately.
I hate siding with libturds on this, but those cops fucked up, hardcore. I don't care what he did prior to being cuffed, if he was not spitting, biting or further capable of resisting after restraints were applied, the law says he is your liability. That means you even have to protect him from injury by an angry public if they wanted to drag him off.
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What this cop did makes no sense to me. It really just boils down to the fact he shouldn't have been a cop.
I've never been a cop but I've done security (which is often far more dangerous than being a cop because nobody gives a shyte about you and you don't have a gun, but they might) for part-time work while I was in university. I'd work clubs, private venues and even big festivals and concerts. I never once had a fight, only once did I have to help other security throw a guy out of the club.
We had to check guys shoes and some would refuse and I'd tell them no entry. I suspected they probably had some poisons on them, but they weren't allowed in and that was that. I'm not some hero who cares as long as they don't get entry, and nobody ever disagreed because I tend to disarm peoples anger by being respectful but direct. Most people appreciate logic and they know that you know what's up.
Every time there was a problem heating up I'd just talk to the guys, calm them down and avoid bigger problems. If other security came to help I'd point them away so it wouldn't escalate. In short, I trusted my judgement more than others. It's why I have always been respectful when dealing with uniformed police who are just doing their job.
I can't for a moment imagine having a guy in cuffs and kneeling on his head, throat or anywhere. What goes through a guys mind to do that? The other cops should have been smart and simply picked the guy up when seeing this. They didn't even have to be a man and lecture their partner on how stupid he was, at the very least, simply throw the perp in the car and let the courts decide.
I have to wonder if this cop was the Alph Male of the bunch. If so, that's scary, because it's the epitome of cowardice to abuse your power against a guy who is no longer a threat.
They're all that way
If they're not implicated by their own actions it's through association with their peers
Typical pig shit, he thought the guy was lying so he just pressed his knee down harder
You clearly don't interact with American* police much
Vast majority of cases you hear about people being elft in jail cells to die are teh same thing. They just thought he was lying.
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Yea i mean in jails people lie ALL THE TIME to go see the nurse or whatever
Deputy thinks he/she is lying, lets em sit in their cell and scream
Come back next shift and they're dead (even tho most of the time they're just fine and were lying)
Same thing happens with police out on the street. They make a judgement call right away and the rest of them back it. Which is why no1 helped the guy. They all thought he was lying.
Perhaps you could stick to the thread topic, which is looters, not the police.
It's all connected i'll stick to waht I want
Which includes our fucked up white trash pigs who make every other developed nations police look sane and orderly
You don't like the fact all this was caused by some fucking retarded cock suckers in blue? Go fuck yourself
This isn't about race this is about our terrible police. They'd do that to anyone, it's just more likely to happen to a black guy.