I hope they have body cam footage showing some justification, otherwise they are in trouble
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Face down, on the ground? There's no justification for anything other than being fired and charged with felonies.
Their reaction when seeing they are being filmed is classic. Pigs.
That guy is going to be rich after that. Slamming his head on the ground is hard to justify.
Meh, I searched Arkansas and nothing recent came up.
If you don’t want the police to bash your head into the pavement make sure they tackle you on grass. Geesh.
That video is going to make it harder to file the police report that says the cops were just defending themselves.
They still will though.
They still will though.
Suspect isn’t black. No one cares
Yeah, but these cops seemed to have illegally fought someone, if my eyes do not deceive me.
No, they police are in big trouble. The only thing that could possibly justify this would be something on body cam. Even then, I can’t imagine there would be anything to justify this.
Is it sad that I kind of thought the same thing? This is seriously aggressive behavior by the police. How have we not heard more about this?
If there is nothing more to this story, ie...guy had a gun or knife he wouldn't give up, then the focus will be on two of the three cops. It appears the third one didn't deliver any blows and was likely trying to place him in handcuffs.
In their defense, the directive to treat whites and blacks the same could have been clearer
There are no Ben Crumps for crazy white people.
They will investigate themselves and find no wrongdoing. BAU
Need to hear 1. Guy’s criminal history 2. Was he carrying Skittles? 3. His toxicology results
Am I doing this right?
Am I doing this right?
Those guys are terrible at their job.
They are in serious trouble. They may actually get two weeks of paid leave instead of one. It’s that bad.
He didn't.
And even if he did it doesn't justify repeated strikes when the suspect is not resisting.
And good post trying to make it like you have cops' back. We know the truth here, you hate cops and belive they should not be protect whether that's in Arkansas or on the steps of the capitol
"Hey, at least you aren't in Oklahoma", is never a motto to be proud of.
I doubt much will happen to the officers. They will say he was resisting beforehand, and they will say they believed he had a gun/knife.
The deputy that killed the kid on Lonoke skipped manslaughter, and got a negligent homicide charge. And, I know HROT talked about the women who was flipped in a pit maneuver while she went to a safe spot with her hazards on per state law. No charges in that one. Just some additional training, and a cash settlement.
Arkansas does not value sunshine being applied to bad cops.
https://www.kark.com/news/working4y...aneuver-lawsuit-which-injured-pregnant-woman/
The deputy that killed the kid on Lonoke skipped manslaughter, and got a negligent homicide charge. And, I know HROT talked about the women who was flipped in a pit maneuver while she went to a safe spot with her hazards on per state law. No charges in that one. Just some additional training, and a cash settlement.
Arkansas does not value sunshine being applied to bad cops.
https://www.kark.com/news/working4y...aneuver-lawsuit-which-injured-pregnant-woman/
I'm sure we're not seeing the entire picture... there was probably something that happened back in the 90's that precipitated this justified act of violence.
But look, he wasn't just laying and being totally submissive. You can clearly see his head bouncing off the concrete. That is resisting arrest if anyone has ever resisted arrest.
I dunno. The key from cop safety perspective is getting the alleged perp cuffed. Looked like he was resisting. Cops have to escalate in that case. Not at all sure this was excessive.
So if a "good guy with a gun" came upon this gang beating the hell out of someone, and opened fire on the gang, could he use the "stand your ground" defense?
I’ll wait to see the body camera (if one exists), but this appears absolutely excessive and criminal. There was no need for that much force.
while being jackbooted thugs is something they started with people of color, once it gets ingrained as proper policing it won't stay there. I've always said the public at large will happily ignore it until it starts happening to them. Just wait till they beat the devil out of some pretty blond girl. Then you'll finally get a major response to it.
