Police Brutality Video

[Wfabrizio]

I've worked closely with Police in my past employements and I have a couple of friends who are police officers as well. Police do abuse their authority. They are human and humans are pretty fucked up to begin with.

What constitutes resisting arrest? If a mob of police officers are approaching me with asp batons and firearms and start to beat on me (and will not stop until they want to) then fuck yeah I am going to resist arrest. That's basic survival-instinct.

I'll agree that many people deserve to get smacked upside the head for their actions. If you have any observational skills at all though, you'll notice in this video that the "perp" is a skinny-ass high-school looking kid. Do you think he was going to overpower all of those officers that were beating the shit out of him?

P-leeeeeease.

 

[justinf22]

You see cops beatdown white people too.....its sucks to be that guy...i think i heard a foreign language, thats wasnt in the u.s right? In some other countries its 10x worse than here

 

[BO-CEPHUS]

That was a beating? Looked more like a pre-school playground fight.

Police should be held to some type of standard, but this guy was obviously running from them. I agree witht the actions taken and would also agree that a bullet to the head would not have been inhumane.

 

[MR.?]

Police often misuse their discretion and frequently violate the civil rights of law abiding citizens. This is often do to the lack of education and training. Local law enforcement has yet to adhere to a strict and unified standard of training and ideology. Philosophies vary department to department. Law enforcement is also without government regulation. If local law enforcement followed the same standards of Federal law enforcement you would find better policing. In some departments were the standards for employment are higher and the training is more intense the community record is usually better. Highly educated and sufficiently trained police personnel are less likely to use excessive physical force when apprehending a suspect and are even less likely to use deadly force. Until law enforcement adheres to a strict and accountable standard of operation a stigma will always be present. This is why man sociologist and criminologists feel that the Police are often viewed in the publics eye of lacking and running a truly and complete professional operation

 

[BackDoc]

No matter what the guy did though, Police are only allowed to use so much force that is necessary to keep themselves out of harm. This may include a tackle and handcuffing if the guys unarmed, but in no way should it involve billy clubs, rocks, howitzers, kicks to the face, or watermellons. I hope you guys realize this.

I didn't watch it either. It very well may be a case of many cops against one guy, in which case a brutal beating may be unnecessary. However, I would doubt there are many confrontations that are ended by only a tackle and a handcuffing if the perp is putting up a fight. A stick or a billy club or another weapon is often required to end the confrontation quickly, rather than using the means most painless to the suspect. It takes escalation (weapons and tactics) to subdue a hostile perp and using a high degree of force is justified to insure the officer is not injured in the line of duty--or at least prevent it. However, we all have seen abuse of the power and it's despicable no doubt. So no it's not an all or none thing.

No matter how much a man may not like cops, if someone was trying to do that man harm these guys would do their best to stop it.

 

[HamsterHider]

Have you ever fought a man all pcp'd up or cracked out of his mind. Have you ever feared for your life or others during a fight. Well cops do to. People do make mistakes in all professions. Many more ways to huirt a person than violence though. If you have never been a cop in a situation as those you see in videos then shut the fuck up and don't comment cause you have no clue what it is like.

 

[BackDoc]

HH was your comment one in general or directed to anyone in particular? Just wondering.

 

[HamsterHider]

Just in general .It is kind of like saying you know how someone feels when you can't possibly. Police officers have very unique encounters with people. And for the most part are good people or they wouldn't be where they are. ANd no flamers they aren't out to get your juice and gear. Only those who openly flaunt it cause attention to themselves, police don't go after recreatiojnal pot users either what a waste of time.

 

[BackDoc]

Agreed 100%. I was asking only because I wasn't sure if my reply stated pretty much the same thing. Cool.

 

[HamsterHider]

Right on!!!!!