Police Brutality

[cO.gabe]

Before I make any rash judgement calls, I have a few questions.

1. Are you sure this kid was only wanted for "suspected grafitti"?

2. Are you sure he isn't wanted for something gang-related?

3. Where did you get this information?

4. Were you close enough to hear any verbal exchanges between the officers and the suspect? If so, what were they?

5. Did the suspect do anything suspicious with his hands? Ex. Reaching into his pockets/waistband, making threatening gestures...

Now a few general comments....

1. Fighting back against the police (right or wrong) is just plain stupid. They will kick your ass. Everytime. Period.

2. The police told you to leave the area for your and their safety. They don't know if you're involved in the incident or not. They're not sure if you have any weapons or ill intent.

Besides that, large angry crowds are dangerous, especially for police and especially when the incident involves a minority youth. Situations like you just described could easily lead to mob violence. You yourself seem upset about it and you don't even know all the facts. They're just trying to avoid escalation of the incident by telling you to get away, not cover up the truth.

Alaric, I find it extremely amusing that you say "Before I make any rash judgement calls, I have a few questions.", but then you proceed to make a number of rash judgements before kuza even has a chance to answer them.  If you are going to make unfounded statements, just come out and say them.  Don't pretend like you are being polite or fair or any of that bullshit.

[alaric]

Gabe, stop being stupid. It's irritating.

I gave him plenty of time to answer my questions. He chose not to answer most of them. So I had to make my deductions based on what he said so far. That's exactly what a judge and jury do during a trial. How is that so wrong?

[The Golden Shark]

What were they supposed to do? Ask him nicely to stop fighting with the security guard?

accually dood, thats exactly what they are supposed to do, stop the fight, and avoid voilence. This isn't a military police state, and he produced no open threat the the police in anyway.

[BTs_FahQ2]

Yikes, the guy broke the law and then he pissed off and tried to fight the cops.  They should of just shot him in my opinion.  People never learn with our current laws and graffiti is not art, it just brings down property values.  When you grow up you will realize it is just tacky shit and that most of it is for little tards who think they are crazy loco gangsters.

it's just shit and I hope the cops do this more often.

[alaric]

accually dood, thats exactly what they are supposed to do, stop the fight, and avoid voilence. This isn't a military police state, and he produced no open threat the the police in anyway.

Wow. Just wow.

[cO.Kuza]

Yikes, the guy broke the law and then he pissed off and tried to fight the cops.  They should of just shot him in my opinion.  People never learn with our current laws and graffiti is not art, it just brings down property values.  When you grow up you will realize it is just tacky shit and that most of it is for little tards who think they are crazy loco gangsters.

it's just shit and I hope the cops do this more often.

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