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Watch: LAPD deputy snatches woman's cellphone - One News Page VIDEO
More over the top actions by police who somehow believe they are above the law.
Watch: LAPD deputy snatches woman's cellphone - One News Page VIDEO
More over the top actions by police who somehow believe they are above the law.
Note: The way she's holding the device and the loudness of the smash on the ground leads me to suspect it wasn't a cell phone, but as Today as reported a "camera".
Its the LAPD- probably the most brutal cops in the entire country, is anyone surprised?
Watch: LAPD deputy snatches woman's cellphone - One News Page VIDEO
More over the top actions by police who somehow believe they are above the law.
Note: The way she's holding the device and the loudness of the smash on the ground leads me to suspect it wasn't a cell phone, but as Today as reported a "camera".
LAPD doing what it does, and it should surprise no one that it happened. But it does point to a growing problem we have on an increasing number of police officers acting as if they are above the law, I did not see a reason from that short clip that justified what the officer did (but I will stipulate that with that short clip we seem to have little idea what happened both before and after.)
Where are the "ride along" cop apologists?
Dudes dressed like he's blackwater, ****in coward.
Watch: LAPD deputy snatches woman's cellphone - One News Page VIDEO
More over the top actions by police who somehow believe they are above the law.
Note: The way she's holding the device and the loudness of the smash on the ground leads me to suspect it wasn't a cell phone, but as Today as reported a "camera".
Oh my...Not "Blackwater"!!! We should make paramilitary gear illegal.
:shrug: initially his actions look fairly indefensible, however, it's pretty obviously clipped. We will see what fully comes out.
In the meantime, those who rush to jump on the cop are operating in as much dark as those who rush to defend him.
If the d00d wanted to be a high speed low drag hero, he should have joined an outfit where they are more likely to shoot back.
There is nothing that woman could have done or said that would justify the grab and smashing/kicking of her personal property.
My only comment on this is to ask who in their right mind would want to be a police officer in this day and in this political/social climate? Constantly watched/taped, constantly second guessed, constantly accused of being criminal or thugs, and constantly having an entitled public up in their faces everywhere they go and work.
Being a police officer today has to be one of if not the most stressful of jobs going. You couldn't pay me enough to be one and I'm grateful for those who do the job and do it well.
Let me just say, from the short snippet of what happened that we saw, I do NOT condone the police officers actions, however, don't we have to ask ourselves why it is that outlets like NBC are pushing this meme...? I mean, you and others that can be so easily manipulated by a 10 second snip of footage, and a narrative need to back up a moment, and check why you are falling for this silliness.
:shrug: initially his actions look fairly indefensible, however, it's pretty obviously clipped. We will see what fully comes out.
In the meantime, those who rush to jump on the cop are operating in as much dark as those who rush to defend him.
Let me just say, from the short snippet of what happened that we saw, I do NOT condone the police officers actions, however, don't we have to ask ourselves why it is that outlets like NBC are pushing this meme...? I mean, you and others that can be so easily manipulated by a 10 second snip of footage, and a narrative need to back up a moment, and check why you are falling for this silliness.
I don't think it has anything to do with the 10 second snip. It has everything to do with the many hundreds of citizens shot by the Police every year. Police killings are common as horse turds and inexcusable. It's supposed to be "Protect and Serve," not center mass.
I'm not convinced we can dismiss this one under the guise of network news motivations.
I get that in the course of police action one cannot interfere, but at a reasonable distance while *out in public* the Police have no expectation of privacy where they can demand to not be filmed. At the same time what the officer did do was destruction of private property and arguably assault (the effort to grab the phone, again... arguably.)
I do not think as a society we can tolerate officers who look at their activity as being above the law.
My only comment on this is to ask who in their right mind would want to be a police officer in this day and in this political/social climate? Constantly watched/taped, constantly second guessed, constantly accused of being criminal or thugs, and constantly having an entitled public up in their faces everywhere they go and work.
Being a police officer today has to be one of if not the most stressful of jobs going. You couldn't pay me enough to be one and I'm grateful for those who do the job and do it well.
*Sigh* yeah ok....Being on a gang interdiction police force in LA for Christ sake, is not dangerous enough...Right on Dirty Harry. :roll:
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