RE: The Daily Meme #1141!
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They had a case here a few weeks ago where someone failed to use their signal when turning. Once you viewed the video, it was obvious, for whatever reason, they had it out for the occupants of that car. Anyway, the dudes in the car pull into a private driveway, and they asked the passenger for ID, he refuses. They tried to say because he wasn't wearing a seatbelt they had a right to ask him for ID. Thing is, they never brought up the seat belt issue until they approached the car, even started the reason for pulling them over was because they refused to signal. When the guy told them he unbuckled it when he saw them approaching, remember, he's on private property now, doesn't even matter anymore, but they proceed to beat the hell out of the guy to try get him out of the car, including a knuckle punch to his face. When they finally, and it took more than one cop to remove him, forced him out, he fell on top of one of them breaking their leg. Usually I don't dive into these comments when stuff like this happens too much because you have to use FB to comment on local blogs, and that could bring problems, and over the years I've noticed doxxing type of remarks in that regard so I shy away from it but this time, it was plain obvious the cops were in the wrong. I didn't care if that guy was on their top ten list of people they didn't like that week, they had no justifiable reason to do that to him. Last week the prosecutor came out and said they were dropping the charges because a video surfaced of one of the cops involved talking about getting arrest quotas, which there is no such thing, and the prosecutor said it just wasn't a good look. Yeah, sure, whatever way they set it up to dig themselves out of that hole because it was a huge hole they dug themselves.
Back the blue, until they get to you.
Smdh.
Folks don't have the sense god gave a goose.
If I don't have the authority to write my rules down and force them onto you, and you don't have the authority to write your rules down and force them onto others, and neither of us can delegate an authority we don't have, where do the cops get their authority?
Cops are satan.™
I got the punch to the face wrong, I remembered that after I wrote it, it was something called a palm punch strike to the face, which I believe they said they are only allowed to do under certain circumstances. There was a lady cop trying to get him to bend his legs while the other cops was beating the crap out of him, under the lamest excuse on the face of the earth that wasn't even enforceable since they were in a private driveway and they never witnessed him without it when the car was out on the road. Like I said, they must have had a real hard on for that guy, I don't know how he made the top of their list of "we don't like you", but still, like the prosecutor said, it wasn't a good look.
Come to find out, the cops had a bet on making 20 arrests and he was one of them.
Body cam came out detailing the plan.
If I got the right one.
Ai kept that 'minor detail' below the fold.
Heroes, I tellz ya,...heroes.
"The defense characterized it as "a culture of bets and quotas, and officers who treat policing as a contact sport." Yeah, I wouldn't be to hard pressed into believing that.
There was a real problem with the probable cause, as the seat belt law specifically states the law isn't meant to be used against citizens to target them, or something of that nature, it was just worded differently when I opined in an article on it. Honestly though I've seen some stuff take place over the last few years, and if the individual had just complied, they'd been on their way, they don't comply because they know they, either driving without a license, carrying guns or drugs on them, and they, actually engage cops in a violent manner. But this went way overboard because as a passenger in a vehicle, it was determined here years ago that a passenger doesn't have to provide identification to the police if they aren't doing anything wrong, or suspected of doing wrong doing, like for example, being in a car that has open containers or something of that nature, suspected underage drinking. Maybe if they had pulled the driver over on the street, maybe they had somewhat of an argument about the seat belt. That still may have been sketchy given anyone could have taken their belt off once the car pulled over. It's just usually a given natural most people do. Once that car though, was in that private driveway, it made the whole seatbelt question mute. Or if they had said we seen him without it on while they were driving, but they didn't and to take and beat that man the way they did over such a lame thing, just doesn't cut it, like the prosecutor said, it just wasn't a good look. I totally agree, there's been some high profile stuff gone on here the last few years, and simpleton stuff like this to arrest somebody doesn't help. To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised they made that quota video up just to find a way out and around that whole mess. I know you are going to come back with something over that "if they'd just compiled", but it's the reality if you don't want to lose your life depending upon the threat verity, or find yourself face first in the dirt. The last guy who lost his life, I think he may have wanted to just die to be honest, being a felon on parole carrying a gun, running from the cops, keep resisting while your on the ground, acting like you are trying to reach for the gun, who does that unless they figure they don't want to go to prison again for years. He probably figured he'd be going back until he was in his sixties with the record he had. Some people prison life for that long just isn't something they think is worth living for. That's just my opinion. I have lifer brothers, it isn't pleasant by any measure.