[dukey]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'O')fficer Maurice Harrington is caught on video whacking Michael Cephus with a baton while another cop handcuffs the suspect before they finally subdue him

[Aaron]

Nice...

[Arsenal]

According to this guy he was carrying ice back into the park for a cookout with his family. Cops say he was drunk and swung an umbrella at them. Either way. Excessive force!! Protect and serve my a**. If this guys tox screen comes back clean then these cops should be stripped of their badges and thrown out of the force. That is the only way force these power tripping cops to dial it down a notch or two.

Arsenal

[Madpaddy]

I have to say I agree that there is more and more evidence of excessive use of force being used by police throughout the US. The following case has been prominent in the media here in Ireland.
link
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')ony Gonzalez fired seven shots at 20-year-old Andrew Hanlon and hit him five times. The family of the victim said Mr Hanlon was mentally ill, but was not violent.
A statement from the Portland district attorney’s office said Officer Gonzalez shot Mr Hanlon while retreating.
Authorities were informed by witnesses that Mr Hanlon had been attempting to hit the officer and ignoring his orders to stop.

[some_guy282]

I wonder if they performed a breathalyzer on him when he was back at the station?
Clearly the guy wasn't cooperating with the police, but he wasn't attacking them in the video either. You'd think with two cops they would have been able to roll the guy onto his stomach so they could cuff him. Or at the very least hold him in the position he was in to wait for backup to arrive.

I went to the NY Daily News website, and they have a story about yet ANOTHER recent police beating caught on tape.
Cop takes break from beating suspect to talk on cell phone
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A') city cop caught on tape beating a handcuffed Army vet paused to take a phone call and then went right back to smashing the man with his baton, police sources told the Daily News.

[dunewalker]

link This is the video of the NYC cop taking out a cyclist, apparently at random.

[ki11ercane]

Wondering how long it will be until the U.S. Government bans taping police officers. Any takers?

[eastbay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dunewalker', ' ') link This is the video of the NYC cop taking out a cyclist, apparently at random.

[dunewalker]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'I')t looked to me as if the bicyclist was heading straight at the pedestrian (the cop) at an excessive speed. Pushing him away seemed like a proper response.

[Jack]

Interesting observations.

If the underlying premises about police behavior are true, what might happen as society becomes more dysfunctional? What might the police do when they see someone's garden in the back yard, their solar panels on the roof, and their rain catchment system?

Those expecting to remain in-place within cities might wish to examine the history of Dien Bien Phu.

[Twilight]

It's probably the credit crunch. Your average underwater office worker can only shove the snack machine when it fails to vend. These guys probably have the same boat parked in the drive, are sitting on an ARM, a wife spending on plastic as if the city/county will never cut pay, and they go about their business armed. There is something to be said about the professionalism of the majority, but money is a stress factor and I bet the failure rate increases a little once people owe half a million dollars.

I think the police are entitled to ask, "was he abusive, was he intoxicated?" so long as the lawyers (and if need be, internal affairs) can ask "do you have hundreds of thousands of dollars of unpayable gambling debts?" Which is what we are talking about here, all sugarcoating aside.

[Byron100]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jack', 'I')nteresting observations.
If the underlying premises about police behavior are true, what might happen as society becomes more dysfunctional? What might the police do when they see someone's garden in the back yard, their solar panels on the roof, and their rain catchment system?
Those expecting to remain in-place within cities might wish to examine the history of Dien Bien Phu.

[jupiters_release]

Good thing NYPD aren't armed with tasers yet.

[aoeuhtns]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Madpaddy', 'I') have to say I agree that there is more and more evidence of excessive use of force being used by police throughout the US.

[Bman4k1]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Madpaddy', 'I') have to say I agree that there is more and more evidence of excessive use of force being used by police throughout the US. The following case has been prominent in the media here in Ireland.
link
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')ony Gonzalez fired seven shots at 20-year-old Andrew Hanlon and hit him five times. The family of the victim said Mr Hanlon was mentally ill, but was not violent.
A statement from the Portland district attorney’s office said Officer Gonzalez shot Mr Hanlon while retreating.
Authorities were informed by witnesses that Mr Hanlon had been attempting to hit the officer and ignoring his orders to stop.

[mattduke]

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[lys3rg0]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dunewalker', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'I')t looked to me as if the bicyclist was heading straight at the pedestrian (the cop) at an excessive speed. Pushing him away seemed like a proper response.

[eastbay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('lys3rg0', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dunewalker', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'I')t looked to me as if the bicyclist was heading straight at the pedestrian (the cop) at an excessive speed. Pushing him away seemed like a proper response.

[Koyaanisqatsi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') have to say I agree that there is more and more evidence of excessive use of force being used by police throughout the US.