Police Corruption Thread

[Hobgoblin]

I always wanted to believe that the police were the good guys, until fairly recently. I had trouble with an Arab co-worker and when a friend of the family heard about it, he offered to "take care of it" for me. I turned him down.

I've also been chatting with an African American classmate of mine and she told me about how her older brother was murdered and the police never investigated.

My opinion of the police has changed since then.

 

[Asgard]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news...-illinois/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS

The DA decided not to file criminal charges against the officers because of a lack of evidence. The officer lunges at the lady pins her down and starts punching her face in while his partner holds her body down. Yup, no evidence of misconduct or brutality here.

 

[Hobgoblin]

Florida Teen Tasered to Death by Police

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/...-tasing-israel-hernandez-llach_n_3728962.html

 

[DarkSovereignty]

God damn it, Florida.

 

[Tanin]

The teen ran when the police officer told him not to and the cop tasered him.
I have no idea why that killed the teen but it seems a reasonable response. It isn't like the officer opened fire on him and shot him 44 times.

 

[Hobgoblin]

The question is, why did the officer use a lethal dosage?

 

[Tanin]

The question is, why did the officer use a lethal dosage? Also, the police are allowed to use such force if there is a perceived threat. When in the article was a threat described?

Quote from article:
"the officer, based on objective reasonableness, perceives an imminent threat of physical force against himself, other persons, property or self-inflicted injury."

The teenager was drawing graffiti onto a wall which is a threat against property. Paper thin as that is. I will admit I've never used a taser and did not know they had settings.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

Imminent threat...he was running away for tagging a wall not taking a hostage at gun point.

 

[Teelie]

Then they go and high-five each other and go on like they just won something. And people question why cops are looked at suspiciously.