Black guy with a cell phone, so naturally the cop was scared for his life.
Standard.
Going to look for that story elsewhere – without some form of ad blocking, that page opens a ton of pop-ups and grinds my browser to a halt. Couldn’t even CTRL-ALT-DEL to get to Task Manager.
google “truitt arkansas” to get plenty of hits.
No major papers, but lots of local publications and news outlets.
Ouch! Sorry about that! I always have ad blocking on. I found out about it from another thread that linked to a reddit page, but there was a lot more editorializing on that page.
Try this page: Man says Arkansas police officer unnecessarily pulled gun during incident | thv11.com
I just tried it without ad blocking and it seemed OK.
The officer holds the man’s arm against the back window while telling him to get out of the car (cars are no longer made with frameless-window doors).
Dated May 29, 2019
Family gets $6.75 million after Milwaukee County jailers shut off water to a prisoner and he died of dehydration after being deprived of water for seven days. Three jail officials got found guilty, though two of them got slaps on the wrist.
SCotUS has issued a ruling in Nieves v Bartlett which is kind of murky and inconclusive, but the suggestion I have been seeing is that Probable Cause supersedes the First Amendment.
In other words, if the police become annoyed with you, they can gin up some excuse to haul you in (shut you up). Several justices, including Roberts, authored opinions to the effect that the ruling had very narrow effect, but at least one argues the P-C always defeats 1A.
This could, in theory, lend support to local laws against recording video of Controversial Encounters.
I don’t give a fuck what he would be amenable to: I’d bet that Miss Damond would be amenable to being alive, but Mr. Noor didn’t really give a fuck about that, so…
Not sure where to put this one:
Fake DEA agents armed with handguns try to enter Texas home
What should the homeowner have done? Immediately let them in because they said they were DEA? Don’t the resident “Cops can do no wrong, walk a mile in their shoes” posters on this board advocate for just following LE orders? The guy should have let them in, because they yelled “DEA!” and had on DEA clothing, right?
He should be charged with resisting arrest.
Entire video is sickening to watch. Worst part for me is, internally, I was just shouting at him to comply because standing up for justice just isn’t worth it when the consequences are so grave. I’m glad in this particular instance, nobody was harmed but I can’t imagine the psychological toll shit like this has when its a regular occurrence in your life.
Oh come on now. He was never late for court.
Surely that counts for something.
I have to admit that watching that video made me nervous. He was in the right, but it sucks to be right and to be dead. In most alternate timelines, we are discussing the video that led to him being shot.
“Keep your hands where I can see them or I’ll shoot! Now empty out your pockets!”
I’m a bit confused here. The officer isn’t supposed to unholster his weapon unless he feels that his, or the general public, is at imminent danger. The suspect did not do anything to allay any danger (he was not further removed from the weapon in the back seat, the vehicle was still in drive), but the officer decided to holster his weapon. It seems to me. either the officer brandished his weapon where there was no danger, or he wrongly decided to attempt to remove the operator of a motor vehicle that was, in fact, in danger to the public (with no operator). If the danger really existed that required him to brandish his weapon, why did he not simply remain calm (with his weapon trained on the suspect) until backup arrived?
It seems to me, that the police need to be trained to only resort to using weapons when danger actually exists, not just because they are scared.
Cops being scared does generally result in a dangerous situation, one could argue.
Speaking of terrified policemen, not sure how to feel about,
When every second counted, school resource officer Scot Peterson, who was the closest person to the gunman during the Parkland school shooting and likely the only one who could have intervened, took cover instead of action and for that he has been arrested on 11 criminal charges.
Technically, the police do not have a duty to protect people. That “protect & serve” on the side of the car does not say what/who that supposedly applies to.
I’m glad he got fired (obviously not cut out for the potentially life-threatening part of the job), but these criminal charges seem like revenge-seeking bullshit. Unless there is a law somewhere that specifically requires police officers to risk their lives, I don’t see how these charges can be laid. In theory, any adult who didn’t attempt to tackle/stop the shooter would be equally liable, IMHO.
This is just mob justice.
Yes, he absolutely should have been fired, but for fucks sake, he’s being treated like he’s a cold blooded killer. If we’re going to start locking people up, let’s start with gun lobbyists and republicans who have cut mental health care funding and opposed reasonable gun control laws.
:rolleyes: There isn’t a “rolleyes” smilie big enough for this post.