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In reply to the discussion: LAPD are domestic terrorists. [View all]slackmaster
(60,567 posts)20. What is the date the video was taken? What's the name of the man who was beaten? What...
...hospital was he taken to?
What were the nature and extent of his injuries?
Has he been released from the hospital?
Where is he now? Is he in custody? In the psychiatric lockup? Where?
Has he been charged with any crimes?
Are the police officers who did this being investigated? What are their names? Are they still on duty?
What are the names of people who witnessed the event?
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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