Nathanael D. Striker Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 Watched and recorded this video last night as I found the officer's actions to be highly questionable. So I pose this for debate: was the actions that the officer took justified? More specifically, should the officer have recognized the possibility that he did something to agitate the man he's talking to? To extend this debate, what actions to officers commonly take that are questionable? Why are they questionable? Is there any way to alleviate this? Note: Sorry for laughing and talking part way. >> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerion Brightflame Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 Within 30s of the officer pulling the gentleman over he had both called for back-up and put cuffs on him despite the gentleman in question doing nothing to aggravate the situation. The officer then lies to the back-up he called for, and seems to make no attempt to de-escalate the situation (Arguably just aggravating it initially by not compromising to the mans requests). Given the man had done nothing that the camera had shown that suggested any kind of physical threat towards the officer (Beyond the initial pulling out), he should not have been in cuffs at any point during that. Because cuffing him escalated the situation needlessly, and that's a dumb dumb thing to have happen. Whether or not the gentleman in question was bi-polar as he claimed (Which wouldn't have helped the situation), there was still a base level of respect that he was denied by the officer as a result of that. And I've said it once, but I'll say it again - Civil Forfeiture is the biggest questionable action officers have at there disposal in the US because whilst it doesn't kill anyone, it's just a term for legalised robbery for Cops only without a need for concrete evidence. That should not be the case. You should only be able seize personal property when there is a formal charge in place, and immediately returned (Unless said property is in and of itself illegal) if said charges are dropped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathanael D. Striker Posted July 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 It seems to me that the officer took his badge as a license to be an ass. He failed to see that his actions led to the nan becinung even further agitated, and the best course of action would have been to let his fellow officer take over. Even when the man requested to talk to another officer, the officer was still being an ass. Also, was that really racial profiling that the officer did? If so, he should really know better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hyde Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 A disgusting abuse of authoritative power. "This non-white demographic pulled out in front of me and almost caused me to crash." Why didn't he pull him over right then and there? The officer went on a hunt for a man who did nothing wrong besides 'almost' cause an accident. Almost being in quotations because this officer obviously lied about the man in questions behavior before backup showed. I'm surprised they let him go honestly. He was handcuffed in the back of that car for a while. He wasn't read his Miranda Right and he was racially profiled. Of course he'd be mad. No doubt the officer felt a little threatened considering the suspects size, but all of those actions were unwarranted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathanael D. Striker Posted July 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 What surprises me is that this was allowed to air on Cops. Did no one stop and question what was going on or did they just see dollar signs? TBH, that says a lot about the state of this country tbh. >> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutant Monster RAEG-HAPYP Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 Some cops are respectable, polite, and professional. Other cops get an ego boost/power trip from the badge, and are just plain bastards for no reason. Seems like this guy is one of the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vla1ne Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 the man was perfectly within his rights to be pissed. detained for what was essentially paper-thin reasoning. cops probably let this film simply because it shows more than just the good side of cops. you can't show the rosy action hero shots without showing the parts that are slowly rotting. i can't see anybody looking at that and seeing it as the just treatment of a citizen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~~ Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 And this is why, my comrades, I call today for a revolution! I say revolution!!! If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine. Edit to be on topic: The seemingly constant abuse of police power makes me incredibly angry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathanael D. Striker Posted July 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Well, saw some more questionable police action on Cops again today. Uploading will take a few hours, so stay tuned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathanael D. Striker Posted July 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Well, here is the video that I mentioned earlier. For this one, it appears that the officers used excessive force by using their tasers when they didn't need to. Do you agree that excessive force was needed? Why or why not? Does this country have a problem with excessive force by police officers? Note: Sorry if volume is a problem. I don't know what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cr47t Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 How is this even a thing still? We need to do something about this, and we need to do it now. While there are a lot of good people in the police force the bad eggs tend to get particularly high on the authority and try to ditch their responsibility, the media gets all over the extremes -- and nobody else in the force in comparison, which drives the resentment of the entire force further. We need a plan to stop this. Had a hard time watching video 2 because of no volume but it seems similar to video 1. Both are examples of misuse of authority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathanael D. Striker Posted July 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 Technically video 2 had volume, but I was further away from the TV that time. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/21/us/miami-officer-involved-shooting/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cr47t Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 New video for you guys, with an article about it: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/22/video-austin-police-body-slam-black-teacher-tell-her-blacks-have-violent-tendencies/ Discuss this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 New video for you guys, with an article about it: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/22/video-austin-police-body-slam-black-teacher-tell-her-blacks-have-violent-tendencies/ Discuss this. I'm surprised she's not dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei the Morning Star Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 This is a bias as funk site, but it still bothers me http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/blm-on-police-bbq-i-eat-pigs.-i-dont-eat-with-them/article/2597411#.V5K1h7ym2mY.twitter We can't expect the situation to get better like this :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 This is a bias as funk site, but it still bothers me http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/blm-on-police-bbq-i-eat-pigs.-i-dont-eat-with-them/article/2597411#.V5K1h7ym2mY.twitter We can't expect the situation to get better like this :( Jesus Christ. They're part of the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei the Morning Star Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 More of this would be nice to see Or atleast more attention to things like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 More of this would be nice to see Or atleast more attention to things like this You mean like this? http://i.imgur.com/2iZ84ly.gifv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cr47t Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 You mean like this? http://i.imgur.com/2iZ84ly.gifv I guess... but maybe something less awkward. (Also hi i'm dad, do you mind using img and /img in brackets (like [ ] ) on either side of the link?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 I guess... but maybe something less awkward. (Also hi i'm dad, do you mind using img and /img in brackets (like [ ] ) on either side of the link?) I don't mind at all. Would this turn the link into a displayed gif on the page? EDIT: Apparently I can't. I'm not allowed to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei the Morning Star Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 I don't mind at all. Would this turn the link into a displayed gif on the page? EDIT: Apparently I can't. I'm not allowed to.Remove the v Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 Remove the v Still doesn't work. I'm gonna bring it up in the mod forum to avoid more discussion here and to keep from clogging the thread. I think this one is coming to an end anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei the Morning Star Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 Still doesn't work. I'm gonna bring it up in the mod forum to avoid more discussion here and to keep from clogging the thread. I think this one is coming to an end anyway.Worked for me, I dunno what you're doing wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 Give me officers like this. http://www.atlnightspots.com/nypd-cop-secretly-records-supervisor-telling-racially-profile-black-men-leaks-tape/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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