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A comment on Americans' perceptions of police drop significantly in one week. Parent comment

Re:Americans' perceptions of police drop significantly in on... by non-entity on Saturday June 06, 2020 @09:17PM (#23443873)
I'll have to try and find the comment, but there was a reddit comment I saw linking to several stories from various media outlets describing the 75 year old man as a "violent agitator", which is apparently also the cities story.

Ok apparently the original comment must have been edited, as its now deleted and removeddit shows less content than I remember this morning, but here's an article noting how the mayor framed things:

https://nypost.com/2020/06/06/buffalo-mayor-calls-protester-...

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Re:Americans' perceptions of police drop significantly in on... by nickt on Saturday June 06, 2020 @09:20PM (#23443890)
They also said he tripped until the video emerged.
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Re:Americans' perceptions of police drop significantly in on... by chillacy on Saturday June 06, 2020 @10:30PM (#23444304)
That's what bugs me so much. We'd never know if it weren't for video evidence.

Police testimony is treated with high regard in the legal system too, maybe in the age of hard video evidence that should go away.

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