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Shocking Video Captures Calm Police Officers Handling Situation Nonviolently (theonion.com)

submitted 6 days ago by ZeroCool@lemmy.ca to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] GroundedGator@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Actually if we could get videos of proper police action in other countries to go viral in the US, maybe we could start a conversation in the US.

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 3 points 5 days ago

It makes it harder when you have people like Trump encouraging cops to be more violent.

"When you see these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon, you just seen them thrown in, rough. I said, ‘Please don’t be too nice,’" he said.

"When you guys put somebody in the car and you’re protecting their head you know, the way you put their hand over [their head]," Trump continued, mimicking the motion. "Like, 'Don’t hit their head and they’ve just killed somebody, don’t hit their head.' I said, 'You can take the hand away, OK?'

"I have to tell you, you know, the laws are so horrendously stacked against us, because for years and years, they've been made to protect the criminal. Totally made to protect the criminal. Not the officers. You do something wrong, you're in more jeopardy than they are," he added.

Source: ABC News - Trump to police: 'Please don't be too nice' to suspects

The bold section is just a super ironic "us" from the felon that calls everyone trying to hold him accountable, a "witch hunt".