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In reply to the discussion: LAPD are domestic terrorists. [View all]Dreamer Tatum
(10,926 posts)75. You mean LAPD's ALLEGED murders, then. nt
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I will personally escort you to Skid Row to say that to this man, who was beaten by
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#3
The video is lacking in context. What happened for the several minutes before it starts?
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#6
Again: I've done copwatch on Skid Row, as have those who posted the video. Have you?
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#10
I know the people who recorded the video. LAPD do things like that on a whim
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#17
What is the date the video was taken? What's the name of the man who was beaten? What...
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#20
Dictionary flaming? Nice. If 16 cops beating a single black homeless man doesn't give you pause
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#25
You wouldn't even watch the video. You don't deserve even this reply. You want answers,
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#59
You asked "What then does this look like to you?" and I gave you an initial impression
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#62
ROFL's? Are you aware that the only thing accomplished here was to undermine your own OP?
cleanhippie
Feb 2013
#81
Please read my reply to his first post. That poster has zero credibility in this thread. n/t
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#83
Great. So what. This is not about his credibility, it's about the credibility of that video.
cleanhippie
Feb 2013
#86
It is from the LA Community Action Network, or LA CAN. Right-click to back-link to their youtube
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#89
Again, you respond with obfuscation to the questions being asked, seemingly because they cannot be
cleanhippie
Feb 2013
#94
If you'd just spent the time you've used on that post in contacting LA CAN to ask the questions you
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#103
Thank you for showing all reading this thread that you care little about context and reality...
cleanhippie
Feb 2013
#110
My agenda is to present a clear depiction of police brutality. If you cannot get that from what is
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#120
If you want to get your LAPD brutality porn, here are links to my current GD threads:
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#126
The first 10 seconds were enough to make it obvious that it doesn't support the OP's narrative
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#51
So what? This is an open discussion. The OP solicited opinions, and I gave my initial reaction.
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#60
I solicited opinions, but opinions based upon actually having watched the video.
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#71
I wasn't replying to you, I was replying to the resident police apologist who DIDN'T watch the video
EOTE
Feb 2013
#99
And do you know wher one might find the beginning of the video that we do not get to see?
cleanhippie
Feb 2013
#107
I've looked too, with no luck. I remain skeptical about the claims made by the OP.
cleanhippie
Feb 2013
#114
The context is that members of the LAPD are beating the shit out of someone who is not resisting
EOTE
Feb 2013
#116
"cleanippie" is here to shout us down for some unimaginable reason. Don't respond to it. I'm done.
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#121
I guess he's one of those "Give due respect and deference to the cops who beat the shit out of
EOTE
Feb 2013
#123
What does sthat have to do with the fact that this video lacks ANY context at all.
cleanhippie
Feb 2013
#80
Why is it so very difficult for people to understand that 16 cops putting a defenseless homeless man
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#92
Good Lord. YES, the video is from 2008. I thought I'd included that in the OP along with the
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#117
Given your occupation, I'm a bit surprised at your lack of curiosity about this incident.
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#22
I'm aware of the LAPD's history. The OP has not presented a convincing case that this incident...
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#58
It's been almost seven years since the video in the OP was uploaded to YouTube
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#95
I'm guessing it did not resolve in the OPs favor otherwise we would have heard about it
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2013
#100
They replied without having even watched a minute of the video, much less the end. Check the time
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#12
Cops swarming and beating a man who is simply trying to be left alone is not obvious?
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#16
He was black and homeless. If you do not know that in itself is enough, you are not paying attention
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#23
Seriously, why can't more DUers be completely apathetic to police brutality like you are?
EOTE
Feb 2013
#24
Did you note that they did not even watch the video before their initial reply? Check the post times
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#27
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially violent terror as a form of coercion.
EOTE
Feb 2013
#30
Silly me, going by your actual words. I should have known you'd want me to use your thoughts
EOTE
Feb 2013
#115
A second African American Former LAPD Officer posted his Manifesto on FB last night
Catherina
Feb 2013
#15
LA sheriffs are just as bad. Please see my current post in GD about the Jump Out Boys. n/t
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#42
LAPD are corrupt and must be thoroughly revised. On local mainstream media they are damning Dorner
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#46
I do not condone his ALLEGED murders (innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, remember)
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#70
Then I'll be clear...I have seen zero evidence that Chris Dorner has committed the crimes
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#135
"LAPD are domestic terrorists"? Yes, if you consider the US Code and the FBI's definition:
AnotherMcIntosh
Feb 2013
#37
Yes. And as an Occupy activist in LA, I can assure you that they are using force and threat and
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#40
I hesistate, in this day and age, to apply the word "terrorist" to anybody or any group,
MadHound
Feb 2013
#43
Why does every lowlife thug, murderer, and sadist have to be a terrorist as well?
geek tragedy
Feb 2013
#45
I've encountered them doing so over and over. I was assaulted once for attempting to record them
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#104
How are you making the claims you made regarding what is actually taking place here?
cleanhippie
Feb 2013
#85
Yes, that is the video from the OP. All you have to do is right-click and open in a new tab to see
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#108
I've updated the OP to include the date of the video as well as the source.
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#124
Regardless of the date, it is certainly related to Beck's calling Dorner a "domestic terrorist."
AnotherMcIntosh
Feb 2013
#134
Shout-out to those who have kept this thread kicked no matter their intent!
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#132