Posted on 10/01/2012 3:31:28 PM PDT by Altariel
This is the shocking moment a police sergeant punched a young woman in the face because he thought she sprayed silly string at him during a peaceful parade.
The video was recorded during yesterday's 50th anniversary Puerto Rican Day parade in Philadelphia - where around 1,500 people were in attendance.
The 36-second clip shows a number of people milling around enjoying the festivities in the 'City of Brotherly Love'.
From the left-hand side, someone can be seen throwing an unidentified liquid towards a group of police officers.
At the same time, a young woman is walking past - who also gets hit by the liquid.
As she turns around to see where it came from, a police officer in a white shirt - which means he has acquired the rank of sergeant - comes towards the woman and delivers a brutal punch to her face, knocking her to the ground.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
She turns to the right, and at that point the cops and the girl have their backs to each other. They are all reacting to the liquid.
Glad I got a few hours of my life back, LOL.
Gheeez!
But it doesn't reach them does it??? And what happened to the string theory???
All 5 cops turn at once and look right at her -- no one else??? Whatever they were reacting to came from her. They didn't hesitate or look around for anyone else. She said something that was the last straw.
And she like the guilty party turns to run.
How eloquent of you.
Pithy.
They were not doing the things that this female agitator in Philadelphia was doing.
*sigh*
She could have been the most hateful, rotten, agitator ever but when the officer went after her— she was not running and her back was to him. He could have handled it many different ways. He handled it the wrong way.
I am not defending her behavior and there is nothing to defend of that officers behavior, either.
I don’t care if she told him he was ugly and his mother dressed him funny.
She could have called him nasty, racist things and said her boyfriend would skull flock his head—he still was wrong in punching her. He didn’t need to.
He used force that was unnecessary because he was angry, not because he was frightened.
Hey buddy. Cops are not our friends any more. They are a jack booted thug organization that is hell bent on making us submit to them. Police kill dogs on their own property, they kill humans “because we got the wrong house”. They beat people for speaking up. They are not our friends any more. They only think of us as Perps. Plain and simple. SO stop talking down to people who do not trust the police.
No we are not Occupoop as you say. We just do not trust cops. Cops have never done anything positive for me ever. All i have seen is abuse of power from these wanna be Gestapo men. Also if you watch the video there is a woman at the beginning you see something fly towards the cops. The woman punched was close to the group of police (pigs). She starts to walk away and Mr Macho clocks her. If he does that on the street what does he do to his wife behind closed doors.
It landed close enough that they reacted to it.
And what happened to the string theory???
The news report said string at first, so I went with that. It's clear that it was some kind of liquid.
All 5 cops turn at once and look right at her -- no one else???
No, they turned to the left at first, but she was to their right. Your version is not consistent with the fact that the cops and the girl had their backs turned to each other at one point.
If you are to be believed, then it was a mighty coincidence that the cops had finally had enough of her mouth at the same moment the liquid was tossed.
This officer also has roughly 20 internal affairs complaints against him. Sometimes when there is smoke...
I did to someone else threw the spray from the left of the camera. The victim got hit also.
A juvenile, stupid speculative question.
Actually I would question my own judgement for marrying a woman who would put herself in that environment, or question my parenting skills seriously, if it were my daughter.
What's that old truism about "protesting too loudly?"
A juvenile, stupid speculative question. Actually I would question my own judgement for marrying a woman who would put herself in that environment, or question my parenting skills seriously, if it were my daughter.
Oh, really? And what kind of environment is that?
The city of Philadelphia?
A parade environment?
Any environment where Puerto Ricans are present?
Or an environment where insecure government employees on a power trip need to display their dominance with violent acts against the helpless?
Oh, don't tell me...she's not helpless, right? The cop twice her size was just defending himself...against, what exactly?
Oh, yeah. Rain.
Puerto Rican Day Parade
Date: Sunday, September 30, 2012 Time: 12 noon to 3 p.m. (ending time approximate)
Join thousands of spectators on the streets of Philadelphia for a day of music, dancing and fabulous floats during the annual Puerto Rican Day Parade. Celebrating its 50th anniversary in September 2012, the Puerto Rican Day Parade is the city’s oldest and largest outdoor event celebrating Puerto Rican and Latino heritage. Over 1,500 participants, including performers, local celebrities, youth groups, march up the Benjamin Franklin Parkway before ending at the Eakins Oval near the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This year’s Puerto Rican Day Parade will be hosted by Daisy Maria Martinez, a chef and host of Viva Daisy! on the Food Network.
Do you whack your wife/mother/daughter/niece/all of the above across the face when she opens her "pie hole" (as you termed her mouth earlier) to end it right there?
If so, it explains your defense of this bad cop. If not, I can't imagine why you would defend this poor excuse of a cop?
No! No! Come back! You're somebody's daughters! You shouldn't be here!
Hey, pretty girl, you're out of luck! Publius911 will never marry you!
SORRY Publius911, I know those pictures of that bad environment were very stressing...but I was thinking of you, here's a picture that will make you feel fuzzy all over...
Not that there's anything wrong with that! ;^)
So if I see you punch my wife, I can react by putting a bullet through your head? Is that what you're saying?
The cop's reaction was a wild and unjustified over-reaction. He needs to be fired before he over-reacts in a way which kills somebody.
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