Aztechnology
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Noooooo. Nono nono nono. Why... how? I feel so sick. This is so monstrous.
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Cops Taunted Black Veteran as He Died (Up: settlement, no charges)
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Saint Titanfall
You wonder how shit like this happens and then a person comes in exemplifying exactly how shit like this happens. Deeply disturbing doesn't even begin to describe this.
Ziltoidia 9
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I don't relaly have much time to watch CNN/MSNBC, etc, but have they covered this? Or are they still giving Trump free airtime.
Ricky Ricardo
Member
Exactly. For the cops and medical personnel in this case, no human was involved. Just a black guy with a broken neck. "Protect and Serve," "Do no harm," sure. For actual humans.
The thoughts I'm thinking towards the people whose actions allowed this man to die are not appropriate for public discussion. But this is what lies beneath. A fetid, corrupt foundation of a system people want us to believe will change with just some superficial modifications.
jhmtehgamr20xx
Banned
These guys are worst than ISIS.
The push back against BLM by so many Americans was even harsher than I expected. The apathy around here in the small towns of eastern Oregon wasn't a surprise, but the way the ignorant turned it into some kind of joke or dirty word was infuriating. There were even a couple times I had to hold my tongue after something someone said as I was working. If all the plans come together and I own the business later this year, that will change.
Anyway I don't know how black Americans deal with all of this. To see people blatantly show that they don't care.... yeah I got nothing.
Anyway I don't know how black Americans deal with all of this. To see people blatantly show that they don't care.... yeah I got nothing.
SaganIsGOAT
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Slingshot everyone involved into the fucking sun. 😡😡😡😡😡
Aztechnology
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I don't understand how is this not plastered all over the news? This is beyond anything I've seen yet. I can barely even find coverage of this.
I want you to take a close look at word number three in the thread title.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
This happened five years ago
Aztechnology
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This answered my question as well. I didn't catch that either. I never remember hearing about this back in 2011 either. Fucking shameful.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
Honestly, the only articles I've read that even attempt to make this claim are the ones written about this event from this week.
Even in the lawsuits that his estate filed, they refer to the head and neck injuries as "self injurious behavior" caused by his "repeatedly slamming his head against the cell door and walls with great force"
The story is awful enough as is. Maybe he did it to himself, maybe he didn't. At this point we will probably never know one way or the other.
Except that he only stopped moving and started complaining that he was paralysed AFTER they decided to try to separate his head from his body by force.
Spiral Insanity
Banned
There are no words...
It's ironic that "not all cops" is used almost exclusively in a "if you speak bad against one cop, you speak bad against all cops" fashion.
He'll probably be back with his same tired bullshit.
I have only seen one rational cop on GAF and it most certainly isn't "Black people are more violent so I will more than likely use deadly force when I encounter them." minx.
Imagine if someone #notallcops-ed a positive article.
Mixolydian
Member
His treatment was abhorrent, that goes without saying, but there are so many instances of inhumanity in this one event that I, again, am left speechless. The outright refusal to let family check on him, lying about his condition, etc..
I'll admit to becoming desensitized to so much of this, but this is one of the most disgusting acts I've seen in a while.
I'll admit to becoming desensitized to so much of this, but this is one of the most disgusting acts I've seen in a while.
MegaManTrigger
Banned
How are there people working in these fields?
Scum like the mental health workers and certain cops/correctional officers who left a man out to die should be banned from ever having a job like that.
Scum like the mental health workers and certain cops/correctional officers who left a man out to die should be banned from ever having a job like that.
DrForester
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I don't think all cops would engage in this activity. However, cases like this make it clear that all cops will help cover it up. Won't report things, lie on reports, etc. The thin blue line thing is disgusting.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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Yep, this. This is what people mean by "silence is violence." It enables the perpetuation of this behavior forever. Everything needs a check.
MasqueradeOverture
Banned
Saw the whole 15 minute video.
At this point I'm completely desensitized by this kind of thing. Take that as you will.
At this point I'm completely desensitized by this kind of thing. Take that as you will.
Mr. Giggles
Member
Fuck. How this is allowed to happen is a fucking tragedy.
In the U.S. No less
In the U.S. No less
The thing is, nobody in this topic is trying to claim that all cops act like this. In fact, the vast majority of the "fuck the police" rhetoric in this thread is laser focused on these people specifically. Which makes coming in with "not all cops" all the sillier - of course not all cops will torture a man to death. Nobody was saying that's normal among cops.
That was hard to read, and even more difficult to watch.
I don't even know what to say. To say that I feel disgusted isn't quite doing it justice.
Exactly. You want to start repairing the broken relationship between police and black citizens? Don't cover for these fucking assholes. No one is saying that cops don't have a dangerous, important job... No one is saying that they're all racist pigs. However, the issue is that the institution protects scum like this.
I don't even know what to say. To say that I feel disgusted isn't quite doing it justice.
Exactly. You want to start repairing the broken relationship between police and black citizens? Don't cover for these fucking assholes. No one is saying that cops don't have a dangerous, important job... No one is saying that they're all racist pigs. However, the issue is that the institution protects scum like this.
GrizzleBoy
Banned
I didn't think America could make my stomach turn any more than it has previously but wow.....
The worst part is that America is fine with this.
America does not care.
For all the hard asses with their guns posting their bulls hit on Facebook all day every day about how they're ready to fight against government wrongdoing, the streets are pretty damn empty for the amount of government atrocities committed daily.
Seriously, the police broke a man's neck, left him under a shower while paralysed and left him to starve, piss and shit him self for days, while he cried for help, for days. TILL HE DIED.
The reaction? "My bad". Literally.
And America doesn't care.
That makes America a preeeeeeeeeeetty fucked up place.
The worst part is that America is fine with this.
America does not care.
For all the hard asses with their guns posting their bulls hit on Facebook all day every day about how they're ready to fight against government wrongdoing, the streets are pretty damn empty for the amount of government atrocities committed daily.
Seriously, the police broke a man's neck, left him under a shower while paralysed and left him to starve, piss and shit him self for days, while he cried for help, for days. TILL HE DIED.
The reaction? "My bad". Literally.
And America doesn't care.
That makes America a preeeeeeeeeeetty fucked up place.
Aztechnology
Member
Hyperbolic much? First, this happened five years ago. As to why it didn't get more coverage I'm as frustrated and angry as you are. Second there's absolutely nothing in the article that claims the police broke his neck. It's a fucking disgusting atrocity and the people responsible should be be punished . But making blanket statements about America being OK with this as a whole is pretty silly.
SapientWolf
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This sounds similar to the "scared straight" camp deaths. They're mind warpingly horrific. So what if they might be faking it. No one is going to sue you for showing concern for a human being in distress.
Oh, interesting. Never knew that. Thanks!
StoppedInTracks
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Jesus just read this news... it reads like some Auschwitz story...
Jack The Nipper
Banned
That's some really dumb shit..
Doesn't hurt anyone to let him go to the doctor. People not caring about others, caring about some job or protocols more is ridiculous. Just absolutely. Really need to fire more and more of them to send a message to have a heart... It's sad how many of them get to stay and keep jobs.
I'd ask for jail time but obviously wouldn't get that.
Speaking for millions there eh grizzled, maybe shouldn't do that. Not too good, nor logical.
Sorry to bust your bubble, there are good caring American cops out there as well.
justgames7604
Member
These people need to go to jail, all involved. Disgusting behaviour, honestly even if they go to jail its still not enough. I hope they get whats coming, they dont deserve to live anymore as far as i feel. Bloody animals.
LOL, we haven't had a good #notallcops post in a while.
I watched the video. Both saddening and disgust how this man is/was treated. Death is too good for everyone involved.
Hold these fucking pigs accountable already. It is getting ridiculous that they keep getting away with it. In the article it mentions 12 lawsuits against Tusla County. Smh.
Hold these fucking pigs accountable already. It is getting ridiculous that they keep getting away with it. In the article it mentions 12 lawsuits against Tusla County. Smh.
Trying to catch a fade?
Grizzleboy is quite correct, America as a whole doesn't give a shit, especially when the victim of police brutality is black.
Let's not forget the study where white people are more likely to support the criminal justice system, including the death penalty, when they think it’s disproportionately punitive toward black people.
"Good caring" cops don't do a good goddamn thing about all the bad cops, do they? You can't be a good cop if you defend, allow or ignore the bad cops to continue doing what they do.
There are no good cops.
User 73706
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Jack the Nipper is basically the demon seed of Patrol and soleil at this point, just ignore him.
This wasn't negligence it was a planned and slow murder. Cruel and evil in every sense.
The law enforcement didn't fail. They actively went out against their duty to destroy and murder for their own sick, evil, disgusting needs.
Saint Gregory
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Years later I still remember reading that article as the moment I lost faith in humanity ;_;
CadetMahoney
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Pretty much, they will ignore anything that suggests a broader issue and treat everything as isolated incidents. No such thing as institutional racism, no systematic profiling, no such thing a white priviledge etc. Nothing that would suggest blacks don't get the short end of the stick in society.
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