I'd prefer police discriminate between old women with dementia and young black thugs. Whatever your pretenses in this thread, I'm pretty sure that's not what you want.
I cannot comprehend the level of delusion required to think this.
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What bear is getting at is that blaming the caregiver might be misplaced too. I know of a caregiver who went to the bathroom for 2 minutes and it lead to a 4.5 hour hunt for thier charge who had wandered into the alley out back and just kept walking.
Her family was watching her and she just walked out of the house. That happens. And you are absolutely correct that the police are called for things they shouldn't be called for but they get all the damn money and when you say something about restructuring the police so that mental health professionals address mental health calls, they and the right lose their shit and tell you that you hate the police. I see no one on the right calling for a restructuring of policing. Just ore money for policing the same way.
So whooping a young black thug is good in your book, is it?
Hell no.....the job you do is a bitch. You are to be commended for doing it.
Exactly, Spend some time in their shoes. Sometimes caregivers have to sleep, and go to the bathroom.
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That‘s completely beside the point. Yes people should comply but cops should actually use that lump of gray shit in their heads. Who in their right mind applies that level of force to a little old lady? No thinking person really cares whether the force was authorized or not. What matters is was it reasonable given the circumstances and anyone who suggests this level force in this circumstance is appropriate needs to live alone on an island far away from the rest of humanity.
"They were quick to go to force, but the lady was resisting and evading throughout, and it does seem like they were treating her like any other person they were called out on."
Considering that the officer lied on the arrest I wonder how useful anything he says is going to be.
What changes in policing would you like to see made over this incident?
Video shows the arrest report. It says she wasn’t injured.
So this is an unfortunate incident. However let's look at the facts. Walmart reports a shoplifting. Police show up and tell the woman to stop and try to question her and she is acting somewhat confused. They are responding to a reported crime. She tries to leave. Here is where the problems start. The police are not going to just let her leave, so if she tries she will be restrained. Necessary force is going to be used, and that is reasonable. Other officers arrive and she continues to appear to resist any cooperation. From the video I didn't see any clear physical injury, no blood and I could not tell she had a dislocated shoulder. Not saying it's not so but you can't see it.Another shining example of American policing.
Karen Garner suffers from dementia and sensory aphasia. She had just left a Wal Mart with a grand total of $13.88 in items she had forgotten to pay for and was walking home. An officer approaches her and Garner, confused and unable to understand what he is saying, continues walking. Less than 10 seconds after their first encounter, Officer Austin Hoops had slammed the 73 year old to the ground and handcuffed her. She was later hog tied. Her injuries included a dislocated shoulder, broken arm, sprained wrist, and a bloody lip, but you wouldn't know that from the initial police report, which claimed she had no injuries.
After more than 6 hours in detention without any treatment, Garner was finally taken to a hospital. We still have to see if she will also be portrayed as a thug who deserved the treatment she received.
Police accused of injuring elderly woman with dementia during arrest
Video shows Karen Garner, 73, being slammed to the ground and hog-tied. She suffered a dislocated shoulder and other injuries, her attorney said.www.nbcnews.com
What kind of question is this? Old ladies should not get beaten by cops and end up in the hospital. Cops shouldn't esculate the situation. They should deescalate it. Beating this woman was not necessary. Don't use disproportionate force. Don't use violence and deadly force when it's not necessary.
You think the opposite is taught to policemen now?
young black thugs? as opposed to thugs? Interesting. We aren't racially profiling enough according to you. They should have beaten an old black thug for shoplifting instead of an old white lady for shoplifting.
Well, at least you are honest about your beliefs. Better than some who come to threads to excuse police brutality, almost gleeful over the idea a black person was brutalized or killed, and feign shock when people call them out for it.