[News] American police

[The Fifth Column]

Yeah, fait enough, that totally negates the cop pointing a weapon at a mans face who has a child on his shoulders.

I'm not convinced he is pointing it at the man with the kid on his shoulders, looks like a case of forced perspective to me, a cleverly cropped photo. Cop appears to be looking and aiming at something to mans left.

 

[Deleted member 22389]

Why are you not allowed to take your kid to a protest march?

The child must only be about 4 or 5 years old. What happens if things get violent and the child gets injured.

 

[Deleted member 22389]

I'm not convinced he is pointing it at the man with the kid on his shoulders, looks like a case of forced perspective to me, a cleverly cropped photo. Cop appears to be looking and aiming at something to mans left.

Your right. He is definitely not pointing it at the man or child.

 

[symyjym]

https://youtu.be/iBbPJsNZMPg

 

[Acker79]

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[jessiejames]

One ****ed up country, run by a ****ed up dicktard, and a police force that is institutional racist from top to bottom. I doubt no more than 60% of American could not even spot the USA on a globe.

 

[Acker79]

The initial statement from the police department was that a protestor had tripped and fell.

A couple of hours later the mayor said the two police officers involved had been suspended without pay. Quite fortunate it was on video, and leaves you wondering what they get away with when there are no cameras.

You also have to wonder why there wasn't more made of the other officers ignoring it, and whoever authored the statement facing repercussions.

And now 57 officers have quit the special response team (though not the police department itself) in support of the two officers who have been suspended.

https://buffalonews.com/2020/06/05/57-members-of-buffalo-police-riot-response-team-resign/

 

[The_Viper]

End the white dominance of the police force. Would never happen under Trump, but the ethnic makeup of any force should 100% reflect the area they serve. The ‘whiteness’ of the Met police in 2020 is still shockingly unreflective of London’s population.

I have spoke to several black friends here in the US in recent days, and every single one of them agreed, as a group, that their worst cop experiences are with black cops.

 

[BN9 BHA]

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And many young girls are impressed by people like her.

 

[Acker79]

And many young girls are impressed by people like her.

I think these two have been garnering a lot of attention for their complete lack of awareness, too:

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[BN41Albion]

Read an article earlier that said there are over 18,000 police forces in the US and the officer training is very poor. Basically American Police police by force and decree while UK police ( for all their faults ) police by consent - as witnessed by the protest in Brighton yesterday. The Americans might as well give a ten year old a gun and baton and you'd see little difference between them and their 'adult' counter parts.

They pretty much do give 10 year olds guns in America, don't they?

 

[Weststander]

Saw the footage of the police pushing the 75yr old. He didn't look good. Reminded me of the one in London where the guy died a few weeks later

Disgusting. Bullying of a 75 year old, left bleeding from his skull. At 0:25:



Could so easily have been fatal from a bleed on the brain.

Wonder what the tiny copper said to him as he lay unconcious?

 

[LamieRobertson]

Disgusting. Bullying of a 75 year old, left bleeding from his skull. At 0:25:



Could so easily have been fatal from a bleed on the brain.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/05/us/buffalo-police-suspension-shoving-man-trnd/index.html

 

[Eeyore]

Sort of sense their confidence evaporate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVy9rzWKUBY

Although, in fairness, it looked like a legitimate stop. They didn't know anything about the driver. The copper mentions something about a problem on the trace. Fun seeing her response though.

 

[herecomesaregular]

https://psmag.com/magazine/the-hidden-world-of-police-on-steroids

Many clips of US Cops show that they are very "beefed up" and muscular. Do wonder if possible steroid use on top of racist attitudes is a pretty toxic mix.

 

[Weststander]

https://psmag.com/magazine/the-hidden-world-of-police-on-steroids

Many clips of US Cops show that they are very "beefed up" and muscular. Do wonder if possible steroid use on top of racist attitudes is a pretty toxic mix.

Body armour, an ever growing arsenal of ex-military weaponry, arrogance from numbers, egged on by a shite-stirring President who’s played the racist, faux patriotic, and law and order cards.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Disgusting. Bullying of a 75 year old, left bleeding from his skull. At 0:25:



Could so easily have been fatal from a bleed on the brain.

Wonder what the tiny copper said to him as he lay unconcious?

Well, they’ve suspended the officers who pushed the poor man over so 57 of their colleagues have resigned in protest. The power of US Police Unions to get their thugs off charges is astounding.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52945190

 

[BadFish]

Well, they’ve suspended the officers who pushed the poor man over so 57 of their colleagues have resigned in protest. The power of US Police Unions to get their thugs off charges is astounding.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52945190

I could be seen that the pushes were unfortunate and the man slipped. What is unforgivable for me is that only one policeman stopped to help him and he was shooed away by others. Surely they have a duty of care for that man while carrying out their order?

I wonder what the Buffalo procedure is for cases like this being investigated. Being suspended without pay seems to be unusual but surely protocols are followed in cases like this?

 

[Weststander]

Well, they’ve suspended the officers who pushed the poor man over so 57 of their colleagues have resigned in protest. The power of US Police Unions to get their thugs off charges is astounding.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52945190

I have a feeling we haven’t heard the last of this case, hopefully the bullying officer will face charges.

 

[ShandyH]

There is an argument there. Although having seen the way they deal with relatively minor offences I'm rather glad to be living here. A British bobby can often be put in their place because ultimately they are not the law. Many US cops seem to have an elevated view of their status.

British police has stages of resort. In the US they will only tolerate objection as long as they feel inclined to.

So you’re glad to be living within a culture of guns because minor misdemeanours are treated firmly if the officers can be bothered? Hello Moscow.