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originally posted by: NightSkyeB4Dawn
a reply to: InverseLookingGlass
The real problem is that these videos are old stories.
But yes, it would be useful if GoPro issued every person a camera.
originally posted by: CharlieSpeirs
You know what's gonna go through some minds...
"We don't know what happened before this..."
"Cops are people too they have bad days..."
"If you just comply they won't do anything like this, people ask for it..."
Boorish behaviour from the boys in blue...
But they're benevolent beings...
Bull.
originally posted by: CharlieSpeirs
You know what's gonna go through some minds...
"We don't know what happened before this..."
"Cops are people too they have bad days..."
"If you just comply they won't do anything like this, people ask for it..."
Boorish behaviour from the boys in blue...
But they're benevolent beings...
Bull.
Edit: not to generalise all the boys in blue.
originally posted by: IslandOfMisfitToys
a reply to: NightSkyeB4Dawn
What are we to do?
I see this posted all the time...."what have you done", blah, blah, blah.
Seriously. ....what CAN we do?
originally posted by: uncommitted
Whether you agree or not, I prefer just a touch of context before passing judgement.
originally posted by: CharlieSpeirs
a reply to: uncommitted
Of course wanting context is understandable...
I don't doubt that, uncommitted.
My point is more along the lines of what context would dragging disabled people out of wheelchairs suffice us enough to say "well he had no choice"?
But yes you do have a point.
originally posted by: Rocker2013
originally posted by: uncommitted
Whether you agree or not, I prefer just a touch of context before passing judgement.
And that's the problem, context is actually irrelevant in some situations.
There is absolutely no excuse for what you've witnessed in those videos - none, nada, zero, zilch.
There is absolutely no way any of those UNARMED people deserved to be treated in that way by those cops, regardless of the circumstances before the film starts. The fact you think there could be any excuse shows the level of apologist mentality we're dealing with here, and the level of mental gymnastics people are willing to go through to seek out an "excuse" for brutality.
There is no excuse at all.