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Apart from the obvious "arresting a senator for asking questions" thing, is whatever's happening on this picture standard procedure for arresting an unarmed, unthreatening person in the US? It looks like they're arresting a terrorist or a dangerous suspect
No normally. I think they throw a knee on the neck for 9 to 10 minutes.
that's their technique for arresting black people
Yeah, cops are racist as fuck. But they will gladly beat up anyone. Threaten too. I remember when I was a lot younger talking to a cop (i did't know better at the time.) and suddenly he starts resting his hand on his holster and looking at me weird.
FYI, in many states that action is very explicitly defined as Assault.
Yeah, but if I pulled my gun out and blasted his pig ass I am not going to get off on self defense.
Prosecutors would definitely take that to trial, for sure. But it also depends on your jury. Being acquitted is definitely more likely as the days go by now. A lot of people no longer give law enforcement any sort of benefit of the doubt, often the exact opposite now.
You just need 1 member of that jury to decide that way and refuse to change their position to hang the jury, and then the prosecutors have to decide whether to bother with a retrial and do it all over again. Any time the first jury is unable to decide, that weighs heavily over any subsequent trial, whether it's supposed to or not.
well it was in 2010 and I was living in a rural backwater so...
What state? Nothing shows up in a quick search. That could be considered 'brandishing' in my state which is a crime but certainly not assault.
Do you recognize the genocide in Gaza?
Authorities are claiming they were unable to know who he was at the time, and treated him as a potential threat.
You are going to get to hear that kind of verbiage a lot over the next few years
They were only following orders
happily
Fucking hate cop talk. The language they use in their reports is disgusting. They probably have a template that they just slightly modify. Template is already full of lies.
Of course they have a template, cops can barely read or write, they wouldn't be able to report anything without serious hand-holding.
He stood up and announced he was a US Senator. The very first thing he did was identify himself. If they're deaf then they shouldn't be on active duty outside a desk job.
This is almost copy pasted from the shit they actually re saying.
The standard procedure involves metal hitting the back of the skull until enough blood comes out that the victim can’t remember what happened.
Their training tells them that everyone is a dangerous suspect.
guilty of terrorism until proven innocent