Re:If you see the cops, start recording
by ryanwaggoner on Friday June 05, 2020 @03:53PM
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I guess I was confused since you commented on this story without mentioning this hypothetical future mistake, bemoaning the fact that "anti-cop sentiment" might prevent officers from admitting their "mistakes" in the future.
Re:If you see the cops, start recording
by craftinator on Friday June 05, 2020 @04:52PM
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Great, well in this case, this cop acted violently and aggressively towards a senior citizen, who was killed through that cop's action. Not murder, but definitely manslaughter. If you did that to someone, that's what you would be going to jail for, and rightly so.
Re:If you see the cops, start recording
by colejohnson66 on Friday June 05, 2020 @06:21PM
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Not at all excusing what happened, but was he actually killed? I thought he was taken to a hospital and recovered?
Re:If you see the cops, start recording
by craftinator on Saturday June 06, 2020 @02:39PM
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I apologise, I initially read that he had been killed, later followed up on the article and they had posted a correction that he "easily could have been killed". You are correct!
Stable but in serious condition. He can hopefully recover, but the next hours will be decisive. Can still suffer a clot and damages in brain could be permanent.
The policemen attitude in the video is revolting
Re:If you see the cops, start recording
by throwaway2048 on Friday June 05, 2020 @03:55PM
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How about we talk about real, actual documented cases of abuses, and then coverups by police instead of veering off into hypotheticals?
I wasn't talking about this specific case though, not sure how you inferred that from my comment that shoving old man was a mistake .
I was talking about a hypothetical case where it was indeed a mistake.