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[–] aelwero@lemmy.world 76 points 2 years ago (13 children)

I read the article, and it quoted her as having said "oh yeah" when he declared a weapon, and I thought "yeah that's not great, but I kinda get it" because I assumed the context was that she assumed he meant it as a mild threat perhaps and was responding with "oh yeah?" the way one would when being insulted or threatened...

Then I watch the video, and that's not the case at all... The tone implies something much more along the lines of "yippee, you got a gun, now I get to develop a sudden fear for my life and do THIS!... Yeehaw!"

She ain't intimidated or threatened, she just mentally busted through a brick wall holding a pitcher in her hand looking to have a tropical punch party, that was a koolade man "OH YEAH!"

Y'all cops need to come to Jesus and establish some fucking standards and enforce them, because what you got going with the paid vacation and taxpayers funding their own restitution is not gonna be indefinitely sustainable. You're filling a keg full of powder and one of these evil motherfuckers you keep turning a blind eye to is gonna throw a spark in the wrong place at the wrong time, and not even the bomb squad in their full staypuft costume is gonna qualify for immunity from the explosion it causes.

I don't think we need to go down that road, but a lot of people do, and cops like Ms koolade here arent making the opinion shrink...

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

My guess is she knew he was a felon before the stop. The "oh yea" feels like a cheer for "getting him." This whole thing feels like preexisting knowledge.

[–] aelwero@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Like a habitual troublemaker that never really gets caught with anything solid, and firearm on parole is the long awaited "gotcha"?

I could see that being the reason for the exuberance actually. That's plausible. Could also explain the taser, frustrated with dealing with dudes shit for so long maybe...

You've added a shadow of a doubt I didn't have before. Good discourse :)

[–] docAvid@midwest.social 12 points 2 years ago

And that right there is why thugs with badges always get acquitted. A cop isn't a judge, jury, or executioner. I don't care what she thought she knew already, there is no excuse for this kind of violent assault against someone who still holds the legal presumption of innocence. She is a criminal and belongs behind bars.

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