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" I can't breathe, I can't breathe". I know what he was doing. Acting up for the camera. Why do black men run from the police and then wonder why they are beaten to the ground because they refuse to cooperate. The brother is looking for a payday. Count on it.Federal authorities are investigating body camera footage from August that shows two white police officers Tasering and beating a black man whom they accused of jaywalking in Asheville, N.C.
The footage, obtained by The Citizen Times, has created an uproar in town. One of the officers has resigned, and the police chief has offered to follow suit.
“The city is in outrage,” Councilwoman Sheneika Smith said in a phone interview on Wednesday. “Facebook was flaming. It was on fire.”
The beginning of the video, which was taken last year, shows Johnnie Jermaine Rush being approached by Verino Ruggiero, an officer in training, shortly after midnight on Aug. 25 at a street corner near a baseball stadium in Asheville, about 120 miles west of Charlotte.
Outrage Over Footage of Police Officer Beating a Black Man in North Carolina
Most of the facts have already been examined. The guilty officer, for a wonder, resigned. I fully expected to read that he feared for his life. Not this time.
In the Jungle, There Are No CrosswalksThe cops did nothing wrong.
"A Stage Where Every Man Must Play a Part"The cops did nothing wrong.
So why did he resign? And why did his superiors say that he did in fact do something wrong.
No Pain, No Gain" I can't breathe, I can't breathe". I know what he was doing. Acting up for the camera. Why do black men run from the police and then wonder why they are beaten to the ground because they refuse to cooperate. The brother is looking for a payday. Count on it.Federal authorities are investigating body camera footage from August that shows two white police officers Tasering and beating a black man whom they accused of jaywalking in Asheville, N.C.
The footage, obtained by The Citizen Times, has created an uproar in town. One of the officers has resigned, and the police chief has offered to follow suit.
“The city is in outrage,” Councilwoman Sheneika Smith said in a phone interview on Wednesday. “Facebook was flaming. It was on fire.”
The beginning of the video, which was taken last year, shows Johnnie Jermaine Rush being approached by Verino Ruggiero, an officer in training, shortly after midnight on Aug. 25 at a street corner near a baseball stadium in Asheville, about 120 miles west of Charlotte.
Outrage Over Footage of Police Officer Beating a Black Man in North Carolina
Most of the facts have already been examined. The guilty officer, for a wonder, resigned. I fully expected to read that he feared for his life. Not this time.
And all y’all excusing the cop and explaining why he deserved a beat-down have yet to explain why he resigned, why his superiors found his actions inexcusable, why his civil rights were violated, and why the FBI is investigating.
Guy shouldn't have ran and the officer should have shown restraint. Shit happens
NYT wants me to pay them to read their propaganda.Outrage Over Footage of Police Officer Beating a Black Man in North Carolina
Most of the facts have already been examined. The guilty officer, for a wonder, resigned. I fully expected to read that he feared for his life. Not this time.
The cops did nothing wrong.
You do know more white men are killed by police than black men?
Police kill more whites than blacks, but minority deaths generate more outrage: analysis
How many times have you run from the police?
I am from the Carolinas (South Carolina), about an hour away from Asheville. Jaywalking laws are practically never enforced unless someone is endangering himself in heavy traffic.
Yawn!Guy shouldn't have ran and the officer should have shown restraint. Shit happens
Do have a link other than the NYTimes?Outrage Over Footage of Police Officer Beating a Black Man in North Carolina
Most of the facts have already been examined. The guilty officer, for a wonder, resigned. I fully expected to read that he feared for his life. Not this time.
Guess I'll have to post this public education video yet again....
That is completely wrong.
They can not legally taser someone unless they have a weapon.
A taser IS considered deadly force, and can not be used to force compliance.
Jaywalking is not illegal if you are not interfering with traffic.
You do not have to show ID unless you have committed an offense.
The police had no probable cause to interfere with his rights at all.
