Now THIS is Police Brutality

• 1_beast

  

  SportsAndLady;721427 wrote:i'm with dwcrew on this...no way should someone be beaten once already handcuffed and on the ground; and no way should a chick who is wandering around aimlessly after being pepper sprayed be mistaken for "fleeing the scene" and subsequently thrown to the ground.
  
  The cop should be fired..period.

  
  yup
• rmolin73

  

  Stuff like this wouldn't happen if she was in the kitchen. Just sayin.
• royal_k

  

  Cop was wrong on every decision he made and action he took. He should be suspended WO pay and maybe even fired. That was excessive from the start to the end.
• LJ

  

  rmolin73;721503 wrote:Stuff like this wouldn't happen if she was in the kitchen. Just sayin.

  
  And this is the correct answer folks
• I Wear Pants

  I don't understand why the cop needed to hit the guy with no warning when he was just standing there or why after the guy put his hands up the cop needed to continue hitting him. Or why when the dude was on the ground the cop needed to continue hitting him.
• j_crazy

  

  yes, a good woman could not be in a fight unless her man was beating her for bad eggs.
• WebFire

  LOL at ccrunner. That's all I have to say about that.
  
  Now, is it just me, or is that cop dark skinned? Beating on white people? We all know what would be going down if that was reversed!
• equus

  I am just amazed that no cops came on the scene and tried to confiscate the video. I have seen a lot of those videos where the cops try to take the cameras of bystanders away. Of course, that may have come later.
• LJ

  

  WebFire;721592 wrote:LOL at ccrunner. That's all I have to say about that.
  
  Now, is it just me, or is that cop dark skinned? Beating on white people? We all know what would be going down if that was reversed!

  
  Yes, 2 black cops and a bunch of white citizens
• bigkahuna

  equus;721599 wrote:I am just amazed that no cops came on the scene and tried to confiscate the video. I have seen a lot of those videos where the cops try to take the cameras of bystanders away. Of course, that may have come later.

  They may not have seen it. It seemed like everyone was paying attention to the scene, so the video could have been overlooked, especially if it was a camera phone or one of those flip cameras.
  

  LJ;721600 wrote:Yes, 2 black cops and a bunch of white citizens

  
  And in Georgia. Get an all black jury and be acquitted, case closed just like the first half of the 20th century.
  
  Actually, it'll probably be heavily white, and the book will be thrown at him (which is what should happen)
• raiderbuck

  They are in Savannah, GA, there's a nice mix of black/white. Plus, it looks like two black cops against two or three white citizens...with a mixed crowd looking on.
  
  I don't see how anyone can look at the vid and justify the actions of the police officer. Especially on the male detainee. Plus, here's my thing...if you're strong enough to drag a chick (who's drunk as a skunk and probably blind from the pepper spray) by her waistband, then you're strong enough to put the cuffs on her while she's standing and WALK her to the police car. What's the point of slamming her to the ground? She's no longer fighting you.
  
  We've all seen cops arrest drunk people in public, it doesn't take that kinda force to bring someone down...especially a woman of that size. Get real.
• bigkahuna

  raiderbuck;721625 wrote:They are in Savannah, GA, there's a nice mix of black/white. Plus, it looks like two black cops against two or three white citizens...with a mixed crowd looking on.
  
  I don't see how anyone can look at the vid and justify the actions of the police officer. Especially on the male detainee. Plus, here's my thing...if you're strong enough to drag a chick (who's drunk as a skunk and probably blind from the pepper spray) by her waistband, then you're strong enough to put the cuffs on her while she's standing and WALK her to the police car. What's the point of slamming her to the ground? She's no longer fighting you.
  
  We've all seen cops arrest drunk people in public, it doesn't take that kinda force to bring someone down...especially a woman of that size. Get real.

  
  This x100.
  
  I have a bigger issue with the way he treated the woman than the man.
• SportsAndLady

  

  On a side note...Savannah, GA is awesome...it's top 3 places I've ever been, just behind Vegas and N'Owleans
• Art Modell

  

  Obey the police and this wont happen. They got what they deserved. I agree that the woman should've been home preparing food and sex for her drunk husband.
• royal_k

  

  Art Modell;721658 wrote:Obey the police and this wont happen. They got what they deserved. I agree that the woman should've been home preparing food and sex for her drunk husband.

  
  I'm sure this has not been your experience.
  
  They got what they deserved?? Yeah, right. It takes a pretty big man to drag around a women half his size, and slam her to the ground.
• fan_from_texas

  Steel Valley Football;721350 wrote:It amazes me that people are trying to justify citizens fighting lawlessly in the middle of a public thoroughfare. That is just dangerous to the public needed to be halted by any means necessary.

  
  Seriously? So if two people are fighting in a street, you think it's fine for cops to shoot them if they think it necessary?
  
  Here's middle school thinking: If you break the rules, then you get what's coming to you, no matter what happens. If you don't like it, then don't break the rules.
  
  Here's grown-up thinking: If you break the rules, you're going to get punished, but the person doing the punishing doesn't have carte blanche to do whatever they want with no restrictions to bring the situation under control. Because the government exercises a monopoly on physical violence, the government must be held to a high standard of being reasonable in those circumstances.
  
  The law is pretty clear that the force in a situation like this must be justifiable and reasonable, despite what the gym teacher thinks.
• fan_from_texas

  equus;721599 wrote:I am just amazed that no cops came on the scene and tried to confiscate the video. I have seen a lot of those videos where the cops try to take the cameras of bystanders away. Of course, that may have come later.

  
  In some states, it's legal for the citizens for videotape, and the cops can't take those tapes away. No idea if it that's the law in GA.
• LJ

  

  I didn't see SVF's comment until FFT just quoted it, but who is justfying the people fighting?
• dwccrew

  

  dwccrew;721383 wrote:Yes, let's give cops carte blanche to dole out punishment as they see fit. Sorry, but it'll be interesting to see how this cop is punished. I'm sure you also thought the cops were living up to the standard when Rodney King was beat?
  
  Again, once the girl was sprayed, she was no threat. She was wandering around dazed and probably couldn't see. He then slams her to the ground. Not justified.

  fan_from_texas;721715 wrote:Seriously? So if two people are fighting in a street, you think it's fine for cops to shoot them if they think it necessary?
  
  Here's middle school thinking: If you break the rules, then you get what's coming to you, no matter what happens. If you don't like it, then don't break the rules.
  
  Here's grown-up thinking: If you break the rules, you're going to get punished, but the person doing the punishing doesn't have carte blanche to do whatever they want with no restrictions to bring the situation under control. Because the government exercises a monopoly on physical violence, the government must be held to a high standard of being reasonable in those circumstances. The law is pretty clear that the force in a situation like this must be justifiable and reasonable, despite what the gym teacher thinks.

  
  Exactly what I posted last night, I am glad that we agree on this situation.
• dwccrew

  

  LJ;721719 wrote:I didn't see SVF's comment until FFT just quoted it, but who is justfying the people fighting?

  
  I asked him that last night on page 2, still haven't received an answer.
• bigkahuna

  Glad there is some voice of reason here.
• bigkahuna

  
• sleeper

  

  Pretty excessive on most of the parts. I hope the cop is looking for another job immediately.
• Glory Days

  

  back in the good ole days you got your beat down, shook hands with the cop, rehashed the fight together and had some laughs, then went on your way, no harm no foul.....atleast thats what i am told haha. but they also used to walk up hill both ways too then.
• said_aouita

  

  revgat;721252 wrote:If she was trying to get away, that was the slowest getaway I have ever seen.

  
  I heard she is a pretty good female steeple chaser. Even competes in boys races.