Terrible, this is why dash cameras should not be possible to disabled. Also why filming should completely legal unlike some US states think. Nothing can justify what this police officer has done and there is nothing worse than attacking a defenceless man.
Cops In Florida Beat Up 66-Year-Old Man With Dementia
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There has to be a reason why he did that - I'm sure we're not getting the bigger picture here.
The cop was on his own, facing what he could have thought was a dangerous or armed man. Still probably a bit OTT, but cops are human too.
I've seen similar on Cops and even here in the UK on some of the programs we have and it's fine, so long as it was justified.
Meh, they ain't gonna do this for no reason - the cops wanted the guy for something! So I have no sympathy to be honest.
The cop was on his own, facing what he could have thought was a dangerous or armed man. Still probably a bit OTT, but cops are human too.
I've seen similar on Cops and even here in the UK on some of the programs we have and it's fine, so long as it was justified.
Meh, they ain't gonna do this for no reason - the cops wanted the guy for something! So I have no sympathy to be honest.
The many people on this forum who are eager to see the police beat on protesters, etc, should keep in mind that brutal and unaccountable police forces, which are rife in the US, attract people like the officer in the video. If you want thugs, you get thugs.
Ridiculous.
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Probably because of this....
Apart from walking towards the officer, it wasn't as if he was resisting arrest or using any force to be smacked around like that. Disgusting.
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if the old guy was dangerous then the cop would have taken him down defensively, not pin him down and slap him about. Seriously watch it again.
There are also many people on this forum show outrage at things which they can do nothing about. Yes, making people aware of such things is a good thing but realistically bashing out words of outrage and disgust for an incident which has happened at the other side of the globe wont help the situation. As 4T5 states, there isn't any sound so we're given the visual situation but not the actual verbal content. Personally I'm fed up of seeing stuff like this posted on the forums. What good does it do?
I find it had to justify what I just watched. Do coppers really get trained to kick people in the chest? On tv I have seen Police push people away and use the truncheon to add extra lenght to your arm so you could hold the trucheon out and poke the whoever in the chest to keep them a good distance from you.
Answer me this why would the copper try to destroy the fideo footage if you think his actions are justified?
Answer me this why would the copper try to destroy the fideo footage if you think his actions are justified?
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The wonders of the back button never cease. Besides, the cop kicked him in the chest, pinned him down, slapped him around and tried to destroy the video - what difference would the audio make?
It raises awareness that police officers aren't knights in blue.
Look at dbmzk1's post. He actually thinks the police wouldn't go after someone who hadn't done something wrong. Someone should have told the Guildford Four that - they would have realised they were mistaken in believing they were innocent and confessed to their heinous crimes.
Unthinking deference to authority does not lead to just outcomes. Scores of innocent people (that we know about) have been sent to prison in recent decades because juries took police officers at their word simply because they were police officers.
I'm not saying all cops are corrupt or anything of the sort. What I am saying is that the public need to realise that putting on a uniform does not make someone a paragon of virtue or even a decent human being. People who have the power to beat or kill civilians need to be kept under scrutiny, not fawned over.
Contact details for the police department:
Melbourne is a city in Floridia.
Please contact them and say you are concerned about the video, the more people the contact them the more likely they are going to actually do something about it.
Melbourne is a city in Floridia.