I agree they’re innocent until proven guilty but their attempt to turn public opinion against the media is rather creepy. It’s usially looked down upon when the authorities do that.
No, I meant they probably should have been charged with something long before the TV station broadcasting the video ever became a thing. Like, around the time their supervisors watched the fucking video.
That their supervisors are instead lying their asses off, covering their ass to the point of blaming the media for showing what really happened and (cherry on the ass-cake) pooh-poohing their critics because “somebody died, people !” *is *unethical. And sad.
See, that’s the problem. Unedited video portraying these brave police in a negative light. If they had confiscated the neighbor’s video, all the uproar could have been avoided.
Where’s Smapti been, anyway? He could expound on how this unedited video can’t possibly be the whole story.
There hasn’t been much in the last few pages to object to. It’s actually kind of a relief to see people focusing on actual instances of police error/misconduct instead of kneejerk assumptions of “a white cop has shot a black person therefore RACISM”.
Remember the horse thief who got a colossal beating from about ten San Bernadino County Sheriff’s Deputies? I added the incident to this thread back in April.
They “crossed the line”? Whoa, there, counselor, don’t go all crazy on us now! Next you’ll be alleging that they might have engaged in some questionable judgment!
On the one hand, it’s good that they were charged. On the other, i’m quite frankly stunned that the DA saw fit to charge only three of them. The beating went on for a full two minutes, blows were administered by more than just the three men who were charged, and none of the others made any effort to stop what they must (or at least should) have known was a completely excessive use of force.
I love the spin the deputies’ lawyers are putting on this:
Yes, i’m sure it’s true that a kick to the crotch or a blow to the head of a prone and handcuffed man does look a bit different when you’re at ground level. Especially if you’re the man having his head and his nuts stomped on.
The victim in the case got a $650,000 payout from the county earlier in the year. I would have been tempted to go to court and ask for more.
The libtards have turned our once-great society over to a coven of criminal-coddling Kenyanists, as the comments on this communistic board clearly convey.