and all of them can “carry” anywhere because they are “trusted” ... yet I cannot.
“Police Chief Jerry Stillings said that he has not yet seen any footage demonstrating that the cops misbehaved.”
Thugs protecting thugs.
I guess the police motto has gone from serve and protect to beat and kill.
If it happened the way the headline says then heads should roll. But the story itself reads somewhat differently. Need more info.
We’re looking at this all wrong, obviously our priorities are screwed up.
All the cops got to go home safe at the end of their shifts, and that’s the important thing. As a bonus, no dogs are known to have been killed.
Surprisingly the wife was allowed to video the incident. This evidence will mysteriously disappear from the police custody.
Isolated incident, nothing to see here.
To be on the safe side, officers later stopped by the suspect’s house to kill his dog.
We are seeing more and more of this, and more often than not, it seems as though it is happening to innocent people. Cops get the wrong house, tear up the house, shoot the victims, etc. I guess this would be a great way to get rid of that pesky neighbor, if you were dishonest and had no conscience.
So... if Rodriguez had been polite and respectful to the police than he most likely would still be alive. Sure the police over-reacted and should be punished to the full extent of the law but the situation could have easily been avoided by common sense.
and do the cops get paid vacation until the story dies down
??
Security camera footage has yet to be released as well, and could shed more light on how Rodriguez died
A similar incident happened a few years ago close to where I live: In that case, a man was accused of loitering outside a store. By all accounts, the guy was a regular customer, and the store managers didn’t mind him standing there. But, this time, a police officer happened to be at the store, and when he came walking out, he confronted the guy.
To make a long story short: The officer tried grabbing and pepper spraying the man to arrest him. A few customers came out to help the officer pin the man down. Then backup arrived. As the whole crowd was putting the man into the patrol car, they realized he wasn’t moving. Autopsy results showed that he was killed by asphyxiation.
Fortunately, no cop’s ego was permanently bruised during this incident.
Ah yes, the high crime of being uncooperative. And they were "forced" to put him down and handcuff him because being uncooperative is so very dangerous.
These cops acted like a street gang and murdered this man.
Imagine how the 19 year old daughter feels. She will probably carry some amount of feelings of responsibility for he fathers death with her for the rest of her life.
Take a close look at the police in the video. They don’t look like thugs. They even thought they were right. But they ARE thugs. They just have a self perception problem.
BUMP
But did all the OFFICERS get home safe?
When I fight authority
authority always wins.