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Swoldier wrote Where's the footage of what happened before the police took her to the ground? Another example of why social media leads to stereotypes and expectations.

Regardless of what happened previously, the police officer could have caused some serious harm to the person they were arresting.

To prevent that is easy. Just do what you are told, and don't resist arrest.

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Didact wrote

Swoldier wrote Where's the footage of what happened before the police took her to the ground? Another example of why social media leads to stereotypes and expectations.

Regardless of what happened previously, the police officer could have caused some serious harm to the person they were arresting.

To prevent that is easy. Just do what you are told, and don't resist arrest.

Easier said than done.

It is a natural reaction to act in self defence. In this case, the young girl has every right to protect herself if someone is unlawfully causing her harm. The majority would do the same in that situation.

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Didact wrote

Swoldier wrote Where's the footage of what happened before the police took her to the ground? Another example of why social media leads to stereotypes and expectations.

Regardless of what happened previously, the police officer could have caused some serious harm to the person they were arresting.

To prevent that is easy. Just do what you are told, and don't resist arrest.

Easier said than done.

It is a natural reaction to act in self defence. In this case, the young girl has every right to protect herself if someone is unlawfully causing her harm. The majority would do the same in that situation.

That's a good point, but most are raised being taught not to put your hands on a worker of the law.

That is insanity that the other cop then in turn says that she could have been shot dead if the officer wanted to. Why is it "if the officer wanted too?" Shouldn't it be "if the officer has to?" These procedures are a joke. Sounds like we need some type of police procedure reform across the country.

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According to the Free Thought Project, the second police officer standing nearby said that his colleague's actions were in accordance with the procedure and that if she'd wanted, the officer "could have shot her dead."

Fire this person, someone that sadistic does not deserve to be on the police force, and should not be called a public servant.
If procedures allow for the killing of an unarmed 15 year old girl because she is 'resisting arrest' then the procedures need fixing.
There are non-lethal take-down methods for a reason, and getting a punch in the face is not cause for pulling out your gun and ending someone's life.

America's police force is a joke.
I'd rather have a Mexican cop respond to my emergency call than an American one.
There seems to be a new video every day of police brutality in America, yet people continue to insist that it's 'just a few bad apples.'

It's called having respect for those who keep the community sane to their best ability.

Judging by all the rioting their best ability is nil.

And I would like to see the evidence and reason as to why "America's police force is a joke." You can't base your decision off of what you see on social media.

Why not?
The death of Eric Garner was plastered all over social media, did we just get the wrong end of the stick with that when he was choked to death on camera?
Or the video of the police officer pulling up right next to that 12 year old who jumped out and shot him before he could even see that the orange tip on the BB gun had been removed, like so many people are using in his defence?
Or the video of the police punching a guy in the face when he's handcuffed on the floor to try and get him to release the drugs in his mouth, then using the excuse of 'He was lying on my arm' ?
Or the video of the police shooting a homeless guy with lethal rounds, then switching to bean bag rounds, then putting a K9 unit on him when he was pretty much dead?

The news is biased one way or another, video evidence does not lie.

Just because a few altercations happen between an unintelligent teen and a man/woman of the law, that doesn't mean every police in America is "a joke."

The things mentioned above are only recent examples of the police acting like scared little girls with itchy trigger fingers, who knows how long this has been going on for undocumented, and we know that the police have tried and succeeded to delete videos of them using excessive force by threatening people with jail time, so who really knows how much this type of stuff actually occurs?

Where I live, that doesn't happen. My father is a cop, and most of the people of my city have the decency to respect the police force.

Maybe saying that the police are a joke in America was a stretch too far, I'm by no means saying that every police officer in America is terrible at their job, but there is obviously a problem with the way police conduct their business and are allowed so much freedom to deal with a situation in pretty much whichever way they please, eg:

According to the Free Thought Project, the second police officer standing nearby said that his colleague's actions were in accordance with the procedure and that if she'd wanted, the officer "could have shot her dead."

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Didact wrote

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Didact wrote

Swoldier wrote Where's the footage of what happened before the police took her to the ground? Another example of why social media leads to stereotypes and expectations.

Regardless of what happened previously, the police officer could have caused some serious harm to the person they were arresting.

To prevent that is easy. Just do what you are told, and don't resist arrest.

Easier said than done.

It is a natural reaction to act in self defence. In this case, the young girl has every right to protect herself if someone is unlawfully causing her harm. The majority would do the same in that situation.

That's a good point, but most are raised being taught not to put your hands on a worker of the law.

I agree, at the end of the day, not all the police/cops are *****.

Police should never harm the person they are arresting unless the criminal has a weapon or tries to attack the police.

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Didact wrote

Swoldier wrote Where's the footage of what happened before the police took her to the ground? Another example of why social media leads to stereotypes and expectations.

Regardless of what happened previously, the police officer could have caused some serious harm to the person they were arresting.

To prevent that is easy. Just do what you are told, and don't resist arrest.

Easier said than done.

It is a natural reaction to act in self defence. In this case, the young girl has every right to protect herself if someone is unlawfully causing her harm. The majority would do the same in that situation.

That's a good point, but most are raised being taught not to put your hands on a worker of the law.

That doesn't mean that if a person does put their hands on them the police have free reign to beat them, choke-hold them, and if her colleague is any authority to go by, shoot them.

iHD wrote Police should never harm the person they are arresting unless the criminal has a weapon or tries to attack the police.

From this perspective it appears as if she is over exaggerating. She was squirming and resisting. I am not saying that this is entirely true, but it sure looks like it. It seems like now people will go to great lengths to make law enforcement seem brutally aggressive and mad with power. I guess the oath that they took means nothing to these people.

Just another bad thing a cop did I am just waiting for the next one now.