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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)I saw nothing in the actions of the Police that shows anything but attempts to control the situation. NO excessive force, no use of firearms (one was said to be pulled, but I did not see it in my review of the video, but I was looking at the interactions of the officers and people NOT they weapons so I might have missed it).
Remember the white women that started this mess are no where to be seen once the Police arrived. They had left, and thus no longer a concern for the Police. The Police do NOT enforce the laws, they keep the peace, If something violent happens, it is up to the District Attorney to bring Criminal Charges NOT the police and the DA will only do so when someone files a complaint in their office. Thus once the police arrived they job was to maintain the peace and they can use whatever FORCE the Police deemed necessary to do so.
When ever you deal with the Police follow the following rules:
1. Obey any orders they give. You can ONLY disobey a police officer if what the officers tells you to do will cause you or someone else death or great bodily harm.
2. DO not argue with the officer, even if you believe what the officer is doing is illegal. The better choice is to record it and present the recording to the DA NOT argue with the police.
3. If the officers ask any question, answer the question in a calm voice, avoid arguing with the officer. Arguments belong in front of a Judge where each side can present their side, NOT on the streets when the Officer is under pressure to keep the peace.
4. If you are angry, calm down, tell the officer you are upset and can not talk to him or her right then and there. This is often the hardest thing to do, and a lot of people get caught up in the heat of the moment and thus take a long while to calm down. In this case it looks like the 19 year old African American female was attacked by two older white females and was still upset with the attack when the police arrived. The police actually left her alone for a few minutes, but it appears she never calmed down OR walked away from the point in confrontation (unlike the two white females who apparently walked back to their home).
Police are trained to keep the peace NOT arrest people for crimes people may have done while NOT in the presence of the Police. Yes police do arrest people for crimes, but that is a secondary duty for most police (the primary duty of most non inner city police are to give tickets, so the Police can be funded by the tickets they give out). Inner city police and officially most other police department (state, county and suburban police tend to prioritize tickets) primary job is to keep the peace and most of their training is gear to that activity NOT arresting criminals.
Sorry, you may think I an apologizing for the Police, I am not. Instead I am pointing out the officers did as they are trained to do, go to an area where a the peace is being broken and restore Peace to that community. If that requires the use of Force, Police have the power and right to use Force. You may NOT like it, but that is what the Police appears to be doing in the videos tied in with this thread.