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An Arkansas state trooper who slammed an 18-year-old woman to the ground and punched her in the face during a traffic stop is now facing public outcry and calls for an investigation over his use of force.

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[-] Professorozone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Hell just get a law enforcement job in the next county over. Won't even have to move.

[-] almost_genocide@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

And jail.

We also call for him to be put in jail.

[-] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 0 points 4 hours ago

I'm an ALPHA MALE because I BEAT UP High School GIRLS!

-Republicans!

[-] caboose2006@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago

And prison time? I'll never understand the sick fucks who try to gaslight me into believing that cops are held to a higher standard than the average everyday person.

[-] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 11 points 16 hours ago

This is racism, pure and simple.

I'm just glad we have video evidence of it these days. Sometimes.

[-] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 3 points 14 hours ago

This is why I have mixed feelings on the "pervert glasses".

On one hand, perverts.

On the other hand, more filming of police brutality that often goes uncaptured.

[-] Rothe@piefed.social 5 points 13 hours ago

It is pretty easy to record without those glasses.

[-] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 1 points 8 hours ago

If you're lucky enough to have bystanders.

In situations where you're alone with a cop, reaching for your phone can be seen as threatening and suddenly you have a few bullet holes.

[-] TheGoldenV@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago

Firing. Out of a cannon. Into the Sun.

[-] ZC3rr0r@piefed.ca 11 points 21 hours ago

It's a spectacular waste of resources in any other circumstance, but I wholeheartedly support this initiative to set an example.

Future offenders will however be aimed significantly lower, towards a 3 meter thick concrete wall instead.

[-] AzuranAurora@piefed.ca 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Why not off a cliff? Let them come to terms with their own mortality as they plummet to their doom. Bonus points if it's into the ocean with jagged rocks.

[-] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

It’s a spectacular waste of resources

I'm sure you could fire many at once. Just have to concentrate them first. Fortunately the USA already have places for that.

[-] Malyca@lemmy.zip 16 points 23 hours ago

I'm teaching my kids that the biggest threat they will face in this hell hole is police. I'm coaching them on what to say and to make it a priority to avoid cops at all costs. Never call them either.

[-] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 8 points 14 hours ago

Who would have thought giving a bunch of unqualified people guns and the authority to use it, no punishment for those caught, along with a culture that protects bad behavior, would be so problematic?

Yeah I don't see how anyone could say he doesn't deserve life in prison without parole. His family should be fleeing town and changing their last name out of just shame.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 11 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

I hate all this hyperbole. Should he get years behind bars for doing horrible things while in a position of authority? Yes, absolutely.

Life without parole? This isn't even a murder.

Pretty much all sentences should be lower in America.

[-] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 5 points 14 hours ago

This is the footage that was caught.

[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

We shouldn't punish people for hypothetical crimes either though.

He abused his powers in such a way to abduct a young woman, create a situation she can't fight back, slammed her on the ground, talked shit while punching her in the face.

Life in prison isnt hyperbole. The family should sue for everything he has and if his state has the death penalty I'd be perfectly happy with the firing squad, hanging, lethal injection, etc.

[-] Bad_Engineering@fedia.io 20 points 23 hours ago

Personally I think the people tasked with upholding and enforcing the law should be held to a higher standard and face much strickter penalties when they break those laws.

[-] trebach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago

Plus lifetime disqualification from working in law enforcement. Many states do have registries of who is and is not qualified to work in law enforcement but they're each for their own state since the rules vary between states. A registry of those banned for misconduct needs to be federal and enforced so someone banned in one state can't be hired in another state or by the federal government.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 9 points 23 hours ago

I agree. That's still not life in prison.

[-] AnotherWastedHuman@retrolemmy.com 9 points 23 hours ago

There is no shame to be found in much of America anymore. It's disgusting.

[-] PineRune@lemmy.world 9 points 22 hours ago

At what point are people going to stop asking the police to investigate themselves and start administering vigilante justice? Police are basically free to rape and murder in the streets at this point.

[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

I know entirely too many racist bigoted religious pieces of shit that aren't cops who care an entirely too much about completely made up bullshit to condone vigilante justice

[-] PRIMEcavitationfetishist@quokk.au 2 points 22 hours ago

This is awful. These vicious monsters prowling our streets can only be kept from invading our communities with violence.

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