'Serenity'
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That video is pretty bad. The cop straight up shot the driver in the head when he refused to get out of the car.
How have we not reached the point where even people like this realize that they are most likely being videoed? I mean, how do police not know by now that you can pretty much count on there being someone around with a camera phone, even if you don't have dashboard cameras rolling.
The video in this case is in fact the police officer's body cam. So he was wearing the video.
I don't think I want to watch it.
Even worse. I am not trying to be flippant, but Evil and Dumb is just not a good combination.
The video in this case is in fact the police officer's body cam. So he was wearing the video.
A reporter asked Deters (the prosecutor) why the officer lied about being dragged, given that he was wearing a body camera. Deters said "I didn't say he was smart; I'm just telling you what he did."
The officer has already turned himself in and is at the courthouse. Good.
Deters said "I didn't say he was smart; I'm just telling you what he did."
Probably the truest statement I've read in ages.
I just can't with the twitter. The misinformation and stupidity of people.
City police do not (yet) wear body cameras. I am certain that without the video this officer would not have been charged. It comes down to "I feared for my life" without the video, and that historically results in no charges.
I am certain that without the video this officer would not have been charged. It comes down to "I feared for my life" without the video, and that historically results in no charges.
Yes. Plus the officer lied about being dragged AND another officer backed up that statement.
AND another officer backed up that statement.
ooooh, perjury charges. Please please perjury charges. If he didn't lie on the stand, at least arrest him for impeding an investigation or something. That Thin Blue Line is supposed to be between the law-abiding citizenry and dangerous criminals, not between citizens and other police. Time to redraw that line.
What I don't understand is when police became so paranoid. They didn't used to be, I swear. Would this person have been dragging him if he had just stepped away from the car? If someone gets dragged because they persist in doing something stupid to arrest someone so dangerous he doesn't have a front license plate, I say his injuries are on him.