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submitted 11 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Summary

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond dismissed a felony assault charge against Sgt. Joseph Gibson, a police officer who slammed 71-year-old Lich Vu to the ground during a traffic ticket dispute, breaking his neck.

Drummond stated the officer acted within his training and lacked criminal intent, adding that Vu should not have touched Gibson.

The dismissal sparked criticism from Oklahoma County DA Vicki Behenna and outrage in Oklahoma City’s Vietnamese community, citing Vu’s language barriers during the incident.

Gibson’s actions were initially deemed an unreasonable use of force by prosecutors.

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[-] SARGE@startrek.website 133 points 11 months ago

"Oklahoma AG Condones Elder Abuse, Police Brutality"

Fixed the headline

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 113 points 11 months ago

ACAB. Fuck those who let the police get away with this shit

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 65 points 11 months ago

What a shithole country we turned out to be.

[-] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 23 points 11 months ago

We've always been a shit hole country

[-] leadore@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

It's about to get a shit-ton worse.

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

"All men are created equal"

#IS SLAVE STATE

Always had been

[-] leadore@lemmy.world 50 points 11 months ago

“However, our members often have to make split-second decisions, and they cannot control the outcome of every situation,” Nelson said in a statement. “Unfortunately, when someone resists law enforcement, they increase the risk of harm to themselves or others.”

He had to make a split-second decision?!! About what? Cannot control the outcome? You mean the outcome of you deciding, with all the time in the world, to throw an old man to the ground on his face so hard it broke his neck and smashed his eye socket? What outcome was not totally under your control here? You had total control over a fragile old man. Resists law enforcement? total bullshit. god I hate these stories, I really need to stop myself from reading them. It's not like I can do a damn thing about it but get upset. Fuck them all.

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago

It's not like I can do a damn thing

Luigi says otherwise.

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[-] PoopSpiderman@lemmy.world 45 points 11 months ago

Oklahoma is an extremely red state, and red states produce the most insatiable boot lickers. The DA prosecuting the case was blindsided by this asshole. Drummond is a scumbag. Oklahoma’s government is full of scumbags.

[-] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

Oklahoma’s ~~government is~~ full of scumbags.

Fixed.

[-] pageflight@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago

In the video on NBC, I can't even see Vu make any physical motion. One second they're talking, the next Sgt. Joseph Gibson just loses his temper and throws the man on the pavement. Looks absolutely like he just can't handle not getting his way.

[-] rhombus@sh.itjust.works 31 points 11 months ago

This is absolutely blatant corruption, why is this something an Attorney General can unilaterally do? Charges were already brought by the DA, it was going to court, and he intervened to dismiss it. The power to shutdown any criminal case is an extremely dangerous power for anyone to have.

[-] LordGimp@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago

It's obstruction of justice. Politicians won't learn they've fucked around enough until citizens start ambushing pieces of trash like this in public. They want law and order? We will bring them the order of law. Unilateral accountability starts with motivated citizens like you and me.

[-] x00z@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago

What about all the resisting arrest charges where people didn't have criminal intent either?

ACAB

[-] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

I can understand how frustrating language barriers can be. But handling frustration appropriately is a job requirement.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

For most jobs, sure. I think the only requirements to become a cop are average physical fitness and below average intelligence.

[-] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Yeah, the bar really has gotten so low. I mean I know it is a shitty job, so why would lots of people line up for it. But we gotta find a way to improve the candidate pool.

[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago

I'm pretty sure the bar is intentionally low, like, some police departments set a maximum IQ for new officers because they don't want them to be too intelligent to not blindly follow orders.

[-] Kalysta@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

You don’t even need average physical fitness these days. Just the inability to think for yourself

[-] Kalysta@lemm.ee 21 points 11 months ago

I hope the victim gets millions in the civil suit and that oklahoma votes out that gross as fuck AG

[-] Alph4d0g@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 11 months ago

It's a likely outcome and taxpayers will bear the brunt. If we increased the civil payout to billions, I suspect there would be greater pressure to get this slimy fuck out ASAP because the cost is too high and actually stings enough to cause action.

[-] ATDA@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

Huh wonder if he minds personally being slammed to the ground causing bodily harm? Maybe some 2a people can do something about that?

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago
[-] dellish@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I love how the "well regulated militia" just gets ignored. The intent of the second amendment is clear, but we've decided any old moron can keep and bear arms anyway.

[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

Gentner seems like the CEO of Oklahoma attorneys. He seems to be denying the justice Oklahomans deserve.

[-] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe 4 points 11 months ago

Luiiiiigiiiiii

[-] mhague@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

So is the play to move the argument away from an individual committing a heinous act, which is easy to grok and be mad about, to the realm of policy and red tape, where the halflife is longer and our attention spans non existent?

If it works, it works.

[-] Zron@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

That’s always been the play.

Do heinous thing.

Say heinous thing is policy

Make sure policy never changes.

[-] b3an@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

As attorney general, I will not permit Oklahoma police officers to face criminal prosecution for conduct adhering to their training,” Drummond said in a statement.

Gotta protect that elder abuse training.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

The officer was just following orders, after all.

[-] Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I've never wished a broken neck on a person more. I hope this scum is either Abbotted or Luigi'd. Or Abbotted while Luigi'd.

[-] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Wait what happened with Abbott? I missed something.

[-] Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

He was paralyzed by a tree that broke his back. Not neck, I grant you, but still - a hero of a tree whose only mistake was in not being fatal.

[-] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Rip fallen trees

[-] SoleInvictus 1 points 11 months ago

He's a paraplegic but I'm sure the republican would assure you he's one of the "good ones".

[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

I expect this kind of shit from one of the lowest ranking states in the USA.

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Scum always floats to the top of the swamp.

[-] mercphilby@discuss.online 2 points 11 months ago

But, but, I thought we drained it?!!

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

They all say they want to drain it until they are floating on top.

[-] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

Oink! Oink!

[-] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

So... why does the person have to sign the citation? Who cares. Seems like that is what drove extending the disagreement. Even credit card companies don't care if you sign anymore.

[-] violetring@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Signing is a verification of having received the citation. It is an important safeguard. An individual cannot (as easily) claim to not know about the citation when their signature is on it. Police cannot create citations after the fact because of the required signature.

However, there are a lot of people who misunderstand the purpose of signing. People often think signing is an admission of guilt, or otherwise agreeing to the charge. If I had to guess, Vu thought something similar. I'm sure the language barrier did not help.

That cop still outrageously overreacted and should face charges and termination... Not that it will happen, but one can dream.

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[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I haven't seen a video if there is a video... but is this like the 1 in a billion times the word SLAMMED in a headline is actually right!?

[-] AstridWipenaugh@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Just click the link, it's the first thing on the page. Yes, the cop body slammed him face first into the asphalt for absolutely no reason.

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I don't really want to see that. I'll take everyone's word it happened.

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

Seems kinda fucked up if you ask me

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