There's another youtube short of this copper "demodifiying" a Ford Focus with the same sanctimonious presenting style so it's not surprising he's a plank in this video too.
This is why people are losing respect for the police...
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There's another youtube short of this copper "demodifiying" a Ford Focus with the same sanctimonious presenting style so it's not surprising he's a plank in this video too.
Greta Thunberg cleared after unlawful protest arrest
Greta Thunberg was arrested at a protest in October, with the judge ruling the law was unclear.
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Let's add this one. Not only should they not have been arrested but the CPS pushed it forward?!
God he's insufferable.
Diverse hire innit bruv
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I don't see any issue with his style but presumably it's triggering to people who can't wait for a latte without checking TikTok.
Hope they left some money for the electric costs....
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It shows how quick the US police are to fall back to guns instantly.
I don't know why those police never get charged with a crime though. They seem to be allowed to retire or have some internal police discipline procedure against them. They don't seem to be held to the standards of the law of the land.
I don't know why those police never get charged with a crime though. They seem to be allowed to retire or have some internal police discipline procedure against them. They don't seem to be held to the standards of the law of the land.
I have a feeling these two will end up in court. Looks like attempted murder / manslaughter to me. They started shooting at the same time as issuing commands rather than waiting to see if their commands were complied with.
"Qualified immunity" which was IIRC originally meant to basically mean they couldn't be charged with things that would normally be crimes if they had to do them in the course of their duty, but it's now taken (thanks to a bunch of court rulings) to basically mean that a US police officer cannot be found guilty of practically anything unless they've been trained to not do it, as long as they're on duty at the time, or in uniform.
Effectively it's gone from things like "they might have to break the speed limit or use deadly force" to "they've not been told explicitly it's wrong to have sex with a teenager in the back of the van after they've got them in cuffs in exchange for releasing them"*, or it's not something they can be done for if they steal thousands of dollars of property whilst doing a search because they were not told they could not just pocket stuff and take it home (this is different to the normal theft that is approved where they'll basically seize stuff and you may not get it back even if the charges are dropped or you're found not guilty, as they do the paperwork for that).
Add in the fact that a lot of US police forces use poorly trained staff** with no real national standard, and the likes of district attorneys who know going against a cop is a bad look, even if the cop has obviously broken the law, combined with the police unions and the way several major cities in the US have police "gangs" etc.
Or that US judges will routinely turn a blind eye to the police lying, as it's a "mistake" when they're caught saying something under oath when the camera footage shows something very different.
Basically the US police have very little oversight, especially external oversight compared to much of the rest of the "civilised world", and they're not above actively going for anyone who tries to impose it using intimidation etc against DA's, investigators and elected politicians who start to try and reign them in (cases where they've basically started stalking/harassing the families with things like repeated "random" traffic stops).
There are videos on youtube etc showing how they interact even with federal agents who have ID'd themselves, and they'll continue to refuse to do what they're legally required to even on camera and dealing with someone who has done everything right in terms of showing who they are, and that they've checked out.
I used to think that the likes of "The Shield" was pure fiction, then started reading actual reports and realised how bad some US police units and departments are with things like officers that attempt to blow the whistle being intimidated or sectioned to try and discredit them, or the common tactic now cameras are in use of them "failing", and things like police departments that don't have to hand over the footage from their body camera when there are complaints, but it is always there when it support them (there was a great one where several officers didn't realise the camera was pre-recording so they were discussing and planting some drugs before they pressed the "start saving" button).
This may sound like i'm very down/against the police in the US, i'm not, I know they have a very difficult job, but a lot of their forces have a significant number of officers who are a great example of exactly why police need standards and oversight with bite to deal with the "bad apples", and a great reminder of exactly why we had the likes of the PACE reforms and the IOPC in the UK.
*I'm not kidding, apparently as there is/was no rules in several police departments until very recently against pressuring someone they'd detained into having sex in exchange for releasing them, the forced sex wasn't rape/misconduct/abuse of power, I think there was a case where the only reprimand was for improper use of a police vehicle or something.
**IIRC it came out in FOI requests that a bunch of US police forces (usually smaller ones) actively look for dumber people to become cops, because they're not looking for actual investigators/people that can understand the law/solve crime and might get bored of routine work, they're looking for bodies who will obey instructions and basically make simple arrests and the quality of the work didn't matter.
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Still can't get over that video. Imagine sitting in your lounge chilling out and then suddenly all hell breaks lose outside your front door because a cop has started open warfare with an acorn.
Could have been an XL squirrel though. Totally understandable.
I can have a small amount of sympathy for US cops though and their jumpiness. They must be carrying a battle-ready mindset around with them all day with the prevalence of firearms in the country, I can certainly image that producing irrational and edgy responses to situations in not controlled at a psychological level.
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