The sheriff said the cellphone camera footage from inside the car “does not comprehensively capture the circumstances surrounding the incident.”
Bullshit.
As always, ACAB.
this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2025
563 points (99.3% liked)
News
31365 readers
3249 users here now
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.
Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
7. No duplicate posts.
If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners.
The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
And they punch like a bitch.
Lol.
Guy was calm as could be and bitchcop suckers him for absolutely no reason.
Guy took it like it was a kiss from bitchcops' mom.
Dude handled it like an absolute champ, but the sad thing is, he knows being black it's his only option. You saw how they treated him for absolutely nothing, now imagine how much they would've escalated had he done a single damn thing more ...
Which is why I don't understand where the fucking 2025 equivalent to the black Panthers are. This was the whole point, follow cops with guns and make them uncomfortable abusing black citizens.
The CIA took care of that with drugs and gangs.
reagan did the most damage, he was the reason for amssive gun control in california, he was scared of the black panthers, being the racist he is.
Its difficult to not feel chills watching this scene from Panther.
But yeah the US was very happy to violently put down any form of organized black resistance. (fun fact: the bodies of the children who died in the MOVE bombing were donated to universities, without their families’ knowledge or consent)
Almost like they wanted him to make any kind of move so they could escalate it...
That and the following quotes are just over the top. The cop states it so plainly I can just hear how he actually believes this. It's not the same reality I live in.
load more comments
(1 replies)
How does having your headlights off on a cloudy day justify forcing a motorist out of their vehicle?
“Part of that stems from the distance and perspective of the recording cell phone camera,” the sheriff said in a statement, adding that the video did not capture events that occurred before officers decided to arrest McNeil.
Yeah, because they were still in their car when they decided to arrest him for no reason.
Prior events shouldn't matter. There's zero cause to punch a suspect that isn't an immediate threat.
Someone grab the Family Guy meme so we can show how much of a threat he was.
I feel we need to update it though. Like at top should be " He was a great father and loved god!"
The bottom should be "STOP RESISTING AND PUT THE GUN DOWN!"
Well, you see, it was a combination of him being black.
This is why cops in my region have body cams; and "my cam wasn't on" or "my cam broke at just the right time" is a very bad look.
But they don't use it to make sure they don't mess up: they're using it to show they did everything right, so someone was advised of their rights, the state of everything is known, etc.
But, not in America. American Cops Are (I'm guessing) Bastards.
Body/Dash cams not being on/conveniently blocked/pointed the wrong way should be criminal offenses warranting at least 5 years in prison.
because there is zero reason to play games with body/dash cams unless you are planning to do something malicious you dont want evidence of.
They try to claim he reached for a knife on the floor, the video is pretty clear in the fact that he is no threat and isn't reaching for anything from before the window is broken till after he is dragged out.
In fact, it's very clear his entire intent is to try to make it impossible for them to claim he was reaching for something. And they still claimed it... like, if he had complied and reached to take off his seatbelt, they probably would have shot him...
Yea but did you notice he's black? What are they supposed to do? Not brutalize him?
load more comments
(1 replies)
load more comments
(1 replies)
Cameras “can only capture what can be seen and heard,” the sheriff added.
Don't believe your lying eyes.
And ears.
Meaning they get to lie their asses off.
Talk about a bunch of dudes with fragile egos getting their feelings hurt because the man has the gaul to question their authority and demand their supervisor. That's such limp dick behavior and is a fucking disgrace. Even if the cops were in the right for pulling him over (not having your headlights on? Really?) that's just ridiculous.
Headlights off at 4pm on an overcast day. Not raining, not even misty. Just overcast.
People saying the victim deserved it because her didn't act like a "perfect victim" are soft between the ears
Well, they're racists
It’s also in the middle of summer too rn when the sun doesn’t set until 9pm.
This happened in February, but it is clearly still light out. Cop said they should be on because of the weather anyways (that he must’ve been imagining), not because it was dark.
load more comments
(1 replies)
Gall*, Gaul would be the region of Western Europe conquered by Rome (to put it simply).
I'm sorry, I just used to type it like this too. Carry on.
load more comments
(1 replies)
Dudes gonna make bank when this goes to trial. But I hope those bitch ass pigs go to jail and get fired.
Nope, as usual, tax payers will pay and cops face no repercussions.
Well, why was he black?
He was clearly guilty of a DWB.
That'll teach him to... checks notes turn off his headlights in between rain downpours... such a wanton criminal.
Wait, he's a dumpling thief??? What is the world coming to?
ACAB
Once they're done rounding up all the brown people, I'm guessing black is next.
load more comments
(1 replies)
Cops casually assaulting people for no real reason has become the norm. 30 years ago that would have been a crime.
30 years ago...? 30 years ago they wouldn't have been on camera doing it, you'd just never know it happened.
load more comments
(3 replies)
Boy do I have some ~~good~~ terrible news for you...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King
It's getting better but it's still horrible, we need to reform policing as a whole in this country (USA).
30 years ago it would have happened more frequently and simply wouldn’t have been reported on. The BIPOC community has known for generations that cops are oppressors who use violence as their primary form of communication. The advent of phone cameras has simply allowed it to be recorded and broadcast often enough to enter white peoples’ zeitgeist.
This is nothing new, and 30 years ago nothing would have been done about it. Hell, 60-70 years ago, the cops would have been joined by an angry mob, and the dude would have been lynched just because the crowd wanted some entertainment. The 1950s and ‘60s weren’t that long ago. Trump’s entire generation was born and raised when segregation was still the norm, and Jim Crowism was expected.
load more comments
(9 replies)
Is there a video from source not built by one of these Florida cop's retarded nephews?
view more: next ›