Cop pushes downhill skateboarder into car, police claim they just collided

cpp_is_king said:
- a skatebparder who is illegally ignoring the police's attempts to disperse them collides with a police officer and is injured

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He only "collides" with the officers now-moving hands. I'm on your side that the skaters were instigating, but he didn't just "collide."
 
eh. I can't clearly see if the cop reached out his arm or not. Looks like a collision but people are going to see what they want to see based on how they feel about police
 
Stinkles said:
He only "collides" with the officers now-moving hands. I'm on your side that the skaters were instigating, but he didn't just "collide."
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Agree, but "moving hands" doesn't imply intent on the officers part. This video honestly isn't even that clear though , Hopefully a better one taken closer to the officer shows up.
 
cpp_is_king said:
Agree, but "moving hands" doesn't imply intent on the officers part. This video honestly isn't even that clear though , Hopefully a better one taken closer to the officer shows up.
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Come on. Both angles show him plant himself in the path and get ready to take a hit. Shoulder moves from the front video and the rear gif towards the skater. That's as intentional as you can get without clotheslining the guy.
 
DrBo42 said:
Come on. Both angles show him plant himself in the path and get ready to take a hit. Shoulder moves from the front video and the rear gif towards the skater. That's as intentional as you can get without clotheslining the guy.
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I'm only seeing one video. Where's the one with the other angle?
 
He definitely put his shoulder into him.

I'm not going to armchair quarterback what my department would have done.... the only thing we really see is what the cop did, but not why.

That shit had to hurt for sure. (the skater)
 
cpp_is_king said:
I'm only seeing one video. Where's the one with the other angle?
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Point of impact from rear vid. Look at his shoulder lol.
 
Cop definitely knew what he was doing, and subtly leans into the skater(looks like he is expecting to brace for impact, and was looking right at the skater). He likely didn't know that the outcome would be him hitting the car, but who knows. But the cop obviously doesn't care, after witnessing the collision, he just nonchalantly walks the other way.
 
Stinkles said:
He only "collides" with the officers now-moving hands. I'm on your side that the skaters were instigating, but he didn't just "collide."
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I'm sure if I threw a punch inches away from a cop's face in efforts to make him flinch it would be his fault if he retaliated.
 
The amount of mental gymnastics to justify a cop shoulder checking a kid head first into a parked car is dumbfounding.

Should a cop be allowed to run over a jaywalker because he/she was breaking the law or push them into on coming traffic because they get in the cop's way?

The skateboarders are clearly not in the right about other stuff in this situation, but that doesn't justify the cop's actions here.
 
Stinkles said:
The other angle seems way more accidental, weirdly enough. The front angle looks plain as day. Now I'm confused.
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Doesn't seem accidental to me because of two things we see in the two videos:
1) The Instagram video shows someone go around the cop car so obviously kids are trying to still skate that area despite the cops trying to block them off. It shows the cop waiting at the edge of the cop car waiting for the first kid to pass by before walking into the line to shoulder check the second kid. He also has plenty of time to walk into the line to check the kid. He knew what he was doing and it was deliberate.
2) The Twitter video shows a better angle of how far the cop moves as he steps away from the cop car and into (then just out of) the line that the skaters are following.

While the Instagram video is harder to see how far the cop moves from that angle, the cop clearly got into the way to the second skater just to block him/shoulder check him.
 
https://www.reddit.com/r/skateboard...ell_that_was_a_little_excessivehopefully_the/

I filmed that video. Lots of misinformation going around from news outlets.
The skater broke his ankle, tore his knee tendon, and sprained his fingers. The cop stepped into a zone in an effort to stop skaters as the parks vehicle was getting ready to leave. If he had dealt with the situation properly, he would have waited until there were no oncoming skaters and walked up the hill to direct them away from the corridor. Unfortunately, he decided to cause even more danger by blocking the area skaters were going through. He also put his weight into the collision. There is another video filmed from above that shows the cop intentionally stepping to his left to make contact with the skater.
The hill bomb event was unsanctioned and unpermitted. However, when it went down last year the police handled the situation much better by not attempting to knock skaters over.
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Hard to tell from the video if the cop is bracing since the skater seems to be moving pretty fast and has no control or the cop just should leaned into the skater. Either way.
 
By then, the impromptu contest that had begun earlier in the evening had swelled to include hundreds of participants and onlookers lined up along the street to watch skateboarders whisk down the pavement, and residents were calling in to complain of disruption and an inability to use all of the street, said police spokeswoman Officer Grace Gatpandan.
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so it was an illegal event, which is wrong, but one cop(?) decided it was a fine time to crack skulls and ankles and knees. both are at fault really. but if skaters don't want more complaints filed against them by the people living in those streets, get a permit.
 
The way he walks away after the collision (slight strut, no apparent immediate concern for the obviously horrible accident the entire crowed erupt to) tells me he doesn't have much concern which isn't a good look in his favour.

And then it seems pretty clear to me he's shoving the guy away in the video. Maybe it was a reflex, maybe he didn't quite register after it happened, but it's not a good look.

EDIT: saw the vid from the other angle, the cop absolutely shoved him then struts off to avoid attention. Open and shut obvious.

cpp_is_king said:
So let me get this straight.

- Hundreds of people illegally shut down a public and widely used street.
- cops show up to clear the illegal activity
- the skateboarders initiate violence by throwing stuff at police, who are rightfully clearing the streets of this illegal public nuisance
- a skatebparder who is illegally ignoring the police's attempts to disperse them collides with a police officer and is injured

And somehow, after all this, the police are still the bad guys here? The fuck is wrong with this country?
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You're consistent. To me you're wrong, but at least you're consistent.
 
The cop shoulder checked him on a step-in. It was done on purpose. He would have made it if not for the intent to detail him. If you can't see that, what can you see.
 
TheLover said:
I can't tell shit from that video.

And if the cop hadn't touched him would he have been able to even stop in time? He smashed the car hard and fast....

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Watched a few more times.

Looks like he was going to attempt to go in front of the cop car. Skater did himself no favors attempting to bomb through that gap with people there.
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Shhhhhhh too much logic.
 
Pretty clear the cop was eyeing him and threw out his shoulder in the video from the other angle. If it was an accident the cop should have been running over to see if the kid was alright. F'd as hell.
 
III-V said:
No surprise, cops always harass skateboarders far beyond the call of duty.
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My reply is anecdotal, and not really relevant to what happened in the OP video...

When I was in my teens, I was a skater. We constantly were "harassed" by the local police. Problem is, we were constantly skating on other people's property lol. We weren't ever harassed when skating on our own private property, or in/on public property.
 
Having seen both angles, it looks like the cop was bracing for impact as much as anything else. Obviously could have been intentional, but it's not clear cut enough for me say either way. The skater trying to skate that close to another person while moving at that speed is also questionable behavior. Someone coming at you at that speed is probably going to cause some type of instinctive reaction. Either way that guy is going to have a line of lawyers fighting to take his case against the city.

Edit: Looking at the downhill angle again I don't even see how that skater makes it between the cop and the cop car even if he managed to avoid hitting the cop. It doesn't look like there was room once the cop decided to walk up the hill. It looks like that guy was seriously fucked once he reached that point at that speed.
 
At first I was thinking it was the one in white....

Then I replayed it wondering where that sound came from.


Shit.
 
Goddamn.That shit was straight fucking savage.The officer knew what he was doing and the skater took a risk trying to weave through the gap. The dude after him wiped on purpose to avoid a similar fate.
 
TheLegendaryDarkKnight said:
Goddamn.That shit was straight fucking savage.The officer knew what he was doing and the skater took a risk trying to weave through the gap. The dude after him wiped on purpose to avoid a similar fate.
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People say that officers are getting called out unnecessarily. That's not it, SOME cops are getting exposed for what they are. Some are just assholes.
 
The mental gymnastics by people who have not and will not be harassed by cops solely because of their skin color in this thread is amazing
 
It wasn't a push. The cop did brace himself and move his shoulder (probably centimeters) into the skater as the skater approached. But that is not why there was an enormous crash.

The issue is that the cop walked directly into the path the skater was going to have to take to get around the car, planted his feet, and squared up. Once the cop planted himself there, the skater was either going to smash into the cop or smash into the car -- there was no longer a safe line around the car.
 
There is no "bracing for impact" LOL. The Cop clearly wanted to make him fall, and made it with minimal shoulder movement to make ambiguous the eventual footage.

Nothing will happen to him.
 
Like why are y'all white knighting for this dude that isn't you or a family member of yours or a friend? He's just a random thug abusing his power.
 
Welcome to the era of "Law and Order", ladies and gentleman.

When you see a cop, you are supposed to fearfully disperse. He should be thankful he didn't get shot for approaching at such a dangerous speed. He almost feared for his life. Almost.
 
Both are assholes here, the skater shouldn't have even tried that in the first place and the cop shouldn't have leaned in further.

On point though, I hate shit like this. Go to a skate park stop basically shutting down a public road so you can screw around.
 
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