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awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
42. It isn't
Tue Jun 9, 2015, 08:00 PM
Jun 2015

but even if she did mouth off, so what? That give a 200+ lb man to kneel (with both knees) on the back of a 90 lb 14 year old?

If the mother had shown up, it might have been a totally scenario. nt ladjf Jun 2015 #1
How so? Spazito Jun 2015 #29
For one thing, I erroneously failed to include the ladjf Jun 2015 #111
Thanks for the clarification... Spazito Jun 2015 #115
Thank you for that clarification. I misunderstood your implication. yardwork Jun 2015 #148
Yes, the cop would have shot her dead. nt valerief Jun 2015 #31
If you're suggesting that mothers follow their 15 year olds everywhere, yardwork Jun 2015 #91
IF they were white the white racist women who called the police TO THE SCENE never make NoJusticeNoPeace Jun 2015 #2
True. Many of these recent calls to police, that went terribly wrong, were made by white folks that FailureToCommunicate Jun 2015 #40
k&r uppityperson Jun 2015 #3
How quickly we forget Fumesucker Jun 2015 #4
What does this have to do with the OP? n/t gollygee Jun 2015 #6
Fumesucker is illustrating the "everyone does it" TBF Jun 2015 #9
Yup. Nt uppityperson Jun 2015 #10
The OP didn't say that white people are never treated badly by police gollygee Jun 2015 #12
+1 Bobbie Jo Jun 2015 #80
I don't think that is what Fumesucker meant. yardwork Jun 2015 #92
Well enlighten us then. nt TBF Jun 2015 #113
His own posts in this thread provide more info. yardwork Jun 2015 #114
I don't doubt his story - TBF Jun 2015 #118
Thank you for your nice response. yardwork Jun 2015 #147
Because, clearly, the girl at the pool was deliberately engaging in civil disobedience jberryhill Jun 2015 #21
It happened to my own daughter, I wrote about it here in 2009 Fumesucker Jun 2015 #28
Oh please. phil89 Jun 2015 #34
I had no reason to lie about it in 2009 Fumesucker Jun 2015 #41
I remember that fume sucker JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #153
Ask Kalief Clayguy61 Jun 2015 #51
you like to call people liars heaven05 Jun 2015 #52
You've noticed that too Hekate Jun 2015 #97
You're a peach. EOM Dorian Gray Jun 2015 #158
Cops hurting defenseless American children for personal reasons. byronius Jun 2015 #69
The other one was for political reasons gollygee Jun 2015 #72
We'll have to agree to disagree on this one. byronius Jun 2015 #74
I'm familiar with it gollygee Jun 2015 #77
All right. I can accept that. Point taken. byronius Jun 2015 #93
This incident looks to me like a racist version of 50 Shades of Grey, utterly disgusting! Dont call me Shirley Jun 2015 #139
Police brutality. romanic Jun 2015 #110
How many of those were half-naked children waiting for their Mommas to drive them home? n/t pnwmom Jun 2015 #14
One of my children was treated very badly by cops on the night of her 17th birthday Fumesucker Jun 2015 #25
There's obviously no excuse whatsoever for what happened to your daughter. pnwmom Jun 2015 #57
Thank you... Fumesucker Jun 2015 #64
"out from under false charges" Solomon Jun 2015 #130
Bit of a difference between a protest and a children's pool party kcr Jun 2015 #20
Is that the yard of a Middle-Class White? WinkyDink Jun 2015 #23
It's a college campus, so...sorta? Maedhros Jun 2015 #127
Close to touche', but no cigar. :-) WinkyDink Jun 2015 #149
yeah, one or two incidents like this heaven05 Jun 2015 #30
Happened to one of my own kids on her 17th birthday Fumesucker Jun 2015 #33
typical treatment by the fascist heaven05 Jun 2015 #39
She happened years later to marrry the son of a high ranking officer in a police department Fumesucker Jun 2015 #44
No less than you've quickly forgotten the difference between a standard and an aberration. LanternWaste Jun 2015 #116
If I saw a cop on my kid like that, Ilsa Jun 2015 #5
If you're that out phil89 Jun 2015 #35
right heaven05 Jun 2015 #45
um... ejbr Jun 2015 #48
Cops have been NOLALady Jun 2015 #56
Not if the asshole sulphurdunn Jun 2015 #65
yes it is legal Vattel Jun 2015 #90
I bet if the misconduct Dorian Gray Jun 2015 #159
Attacking children is not OK, attempting to stop such a crime in progress Dragonfli Jun 2015 #70
Neither is it okay for asswipe cops to attack children. nt Ilsa Jun 2015 #75
Well aren't you something. It's like the context went whooshing right over your head. Hekate Jun 2015 #98
No it didn't Hekate, and that's the disturbing part of it. bluesbassman Jun 2015 #102
I agree with you Hekate Jun 2015 #103
Attacking little girls who beg for their mommies is not okay, even if you have a badge. n/t pnwmom Jun 2015 #108
Can't believe you said that. BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2015 #134
Since when? ieoeja Jun 2015 #135
I think there is something wrong with you. coyote Jun 2015 #151
My adrenaline NOLALady Jun 2015 #36
The adrenaline would probably get you thrown in a grave frylock Jun 2015 #38
Having to choose between sulphurdunn Jun 2015 #71
agreed frylock Jun 2015 #89
Probably dead. Drahthaardogs Jun 2015 #85
I wouldn't be thinking about that. Ilsa Jun 2015 #88
I have a sister who got in trouble a bit as a teen - TBF Jun 2015 #7
Yes, the kid with the camera is white marym625 Jun 2015 #11
It's just heartbreaking marym625 Jun 2015 #8
he runs the pool center. kwassa Jun 2015 #26
Thank you. eom marym625 Jun 2015 #83
He did more than just stand there, he laid hands on two other female chidren Dragonfli Jun 2015 #82
I have only watched on my phone marym625 Jun 2015 #84
When two young girls that were her friends ran over to her, just before the cop drew his weapon Dragonfli Jun 2015 #86
absolutely! marym625 Jun 2015 #87
The cop is a pervert too. His man-handling of the teen was so sexual in context, so obvious! Dont call me Shirley Jun 2015 #140
I agree some pervs will do anything to touch young girls, 14 is the age of a CHILD /nt Dragonfli Jun 2015 #143
I have a strong suspicion that the same folks who think that she was "mouthing off" and that logosoco Jun 2015 #13
Lawn chemicals? That's just... Hekate Jun 2015 #99
I was thinking that she was already being abused , mistreated and humiliated, and on top of that logosoco Jun 2015 #112
Those lawn chemicals are toxic! If they sprayed that morning she would have had lungs full of it! Dont call me Shirley Jun 2015 #142
The racist whites who called police on the black children onecaliberal Jun 2015 #15
Really? A hundred kids show up and some start climbing the fence TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2015 #43
The pool party was cleared before hand. onecaliberal Jun 2015 #47
I'm afraid you are mistaken TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2015 #61
First of all I hAve read or heard no where about 100 kids at the pool or fight onecaliberal Jun 2015 #63
I'm not defending anything indefensible. TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2015 #73
Yes because you clearly know more than the people who were there. onecaliberal Jun 2015 #76
That one has a history of, well... U4ikLefty Jun 2015 #133
and you don't need a history to see Solomon Jun 2015 #141
That person is quite obvious, stating what is obvious sadly might get me banned Dragonfli Jun 2015 #145
Are you aware that there were two groups of party goers who were crowding the pool, pnwmom Jun 2015 #129
Here's some info TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2015 #138
I haven't seen a single photo of anywhere near that many kids gollygee Jun 2015 #146
There's no video there JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #154
That's a bullshit ass'd account of what happened, most of the kids belonged to the community pool uponit7771 Jun 2015 #105
not at all suprising noiretextatique Jun 2015 #120
Did anybody in this video besides the 1 cop look belligerent? pnwmom Jun 2015 #109
Megyn Kelley called her "no saint". MohRokTah Jun 2015 #16
I can safely say that Megyn Kelley's "no saint." pnwmom Jun 2015 #17
It's probably a made up name for a made up person. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #124
unlike josh duggar i guess JI7 Jun 2015 #18
FUCKIN WOW!!!!! uponit7771 Jun 2015 #19
...before welcoming Dinesh D'Souza back from "the joint" for his felony conviction jberryhill Jun 2015 #22
Dinesh D'Souza hates all the right people. That's how FOX and the GOP define morality. (eom) StevieM Jun 2015 #144
That's the FOX "standard"; Trayvon was "no saint," either. WinkyDink Jun 2015 #24
That's the standard if you're black gollygee Jun 2015 #27
The girl had every right to be angry, considering... Oilwellian Jun 2015 #32
She should have phil89 Jun 2015 #37
She didn't resist. What the fuck are you talking about?!? onecaliberal Jun 2015 #49
Did you miss the part where he told her to sit down, and she was already sitting down? Oilwellian Jun 2015 #50
She did comply. NOLALady Jun 2015 #54
Yes. It's like he couldn't decide what he wanted her to do! TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2015 #62
I think when he ran up and did that dive-and-flip thing, his adrenaline surged pnwmom Jun 2015 #94
Chief: Actions 'indefensible' Omaha Steve Jun 2015 #58
She couldn't. He was ordering her to walk home -- and she was waiting for her momma pnwmom Jun 2015 #60
It looked like he pulled a gun for the video I saw. nt Ilsa Jun 2015 #78
She was complying, she was walking away & RamboCop grabbed her because she said she was going uponit7771 Jun 2015 #81
how well did it end for the cop? noiretextatique Jun 2015 #121
It isn't awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #42
Huge K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Jun 2015 #46
If he had killed her, that line would have been as remembered as "I can't breathe" bluestateguy Jun 2015 #53
That's what I was thinking. She could have died under his weight. pnwmom Jun 2015 #59
Camera is greatest invention Clayguy61 Jun 2015 #55
who is dealing with the pos that called the police because black kids? arresting and fining idiots locdlib Jun 2015 #66
That is an excellent point. byronius Jun 2015 #67
The police were called appropriately. TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2015 #95
None of this shit is true, there was a parent who was there and in charge of the party and never uponit7771 Jun 2015 #104
I agree - pool rules very well may have been ignored or broken. Maedhros Jun 2015 #128
sure....that explains the ugly actions of the adults noiretextatique Jun 2015 #150
You are going to have fun with this one JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #155
been there...done that eom noiretextatique Jun 2015 #164
Mentioned in other posts. TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2015 #160
Do you have c/p's of those tweets? JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #157
Here are pictures of the ads TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2015 #161
Proxy server isn't responding? n/t JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #162
I can get through. nt TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2015 #163
Sorry but, cilla4progress Jun 2015 #68
Amen!!! Champ50 Jun 2015 #79
Her cries ripped my heart out. Hekate Jun 2015 #96
I'm shellshocked now by the story of the other young teen -- pnwmom Jun 2015 #100
The kids showed remarkable self control gwheezie Jun 2015 #101
They did. Everyone behaved well except for the "rogue cop" pnwmom Jun 2015 #106
The way the girl was treated and thrown around leaves no doubt in my mind the cop has a racist still_one Jun 2015 #107
My theory is that he was more of a bully than a racist. ladjf Jun 2015 #117
The white kid who filmed the video disagrees with you. He said that the cop pnwmom Jun 2015 #122
As I said in my post, bullies attack those who are less likely to be ladjf Jun 2015 #125
how about a racist bully? noiretextatique Jun 2015 #123
Racist bully would describe the policeman on the video. nt ladjf Jun 2015 #126
Or the media JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #156
Kicked and recommended! This cop's actions are inappropriate! Enthusiast Jun 2015 #119
Did she have sharp fingernails or something? Helen Borg Jun 2015 #131
I would not treat a dog like he treated that girl... Ino Jun 2015 #132
People die from these type of head traumas grahamhgreen Jun 2015 #137
You posed an interesting question. Baitball Blogger Jun 2015 #136
we all know it would be a different story: no one would defend the cop noiretextatique Jun 2015 #152
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