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In reply to the discussion: About that young lady the cop brutally attacked over the pool party.... [View all]happyslug
(14,779 posts)Remember we have to adopt the Average non-racist police officer position and was it "reasonable" for the Officer to do what he did. Given the video does NOT show what happened between the time the woman arrested walked out of the view of the Camera, and the officer chased after her, was the actions of the officer "Excessive"?
That few seconds out of the camera view is the key to any justification for the arrest and the Officer manhandling of the woman. If she had been white, what she did MAY not have cause the officer to go after her, but we have to ASSUME, that even if she had been white, the officer would have chased her had she done the same thing that the white officer thought this African American Female did. Given that PRESUMPTION, was the action of the officer excessive? Or was it within reasonable expectations of what an officer is expected to do in similar situations?
Yes I suspect racism came into play, but unless we can clearly show it was a factor, the law assumes it was NOT a factor. Thus we return to the issue, was the Officer's actions excessive? We need to know WHY the officer wanted to arrest the female, and so far I have NOT heard of any reason for the arrest (and that may be the reason he resigned, he had no reasons for the arrest, my comments were limited to what can be seen in the video as he arrested her, and those actions could be justified as his use of force to keep the peace. What she did that caused the officer to chase after her is off camera and thus may or may NOT be justifiable reasons for his actions.