Video shows Florida deputies punching and dragging a Black man from his car
Video shows Florida deputies punching and dragging a Black man from his car
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Video shows Florida deputies punching and dragging a Black man from his car
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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.
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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.
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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...
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Yea but did you notice he's black? What are they supposed to do? Not brutalize him?
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Making false charges to protect their own ego and fascist oinkery should be a felony, especially since it can and frequently does cause egregious harm such as loss of job, possible loss of relationship, possible loss of children, etc etc.
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Given that nobody even spotted the knife until they had already arrested him and removed him from the scene... I'm pretty sure the knife wasn't there until after the arrest.
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Cameras “can only capture what can be seen and heard,” the sheriff added.
Don't believe your lying eyes.
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And ears.
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Meaning they get to lie their asses off.
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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.
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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
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Well, they're racists
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It’s also in the middle of summer too rn when the sun doesn’t set until 9pm.
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You can clearly see in the video that visibility was not that bad. The video was shot from most likely a screen side camera and not the main camera so it's not like there was a ton it could do to upscale the quality. Even the cops perspective it was mid day at best and shows they were fishing for sure.
As for folks arguing against this it's just apologists grasping at straws to justify why this man was pulled over on flimsy at best reasons. It started simply so a cop (and then multiple cops) could stroke their authority egos.
Even if the initial cop that pulled him over was coming from a legit placed of concern he clearly couldn't keep his boy with the wild fists under control so he's just as culpable. Not one of those officers reacted to officer fisticuffs and that's simply not okay.
Some folks can't seem to grasp the concept that shitty or incompetent people can wind up in a place of authority and that these officers can't be placed upon a pedestal simply due to their position. Actions speak louder than words. Period.
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Well, why was he black?
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He was clearly guilty of a DWB.
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ACAB
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That'll teach him to... checks notes turn off his headlights in between rain downpours... such a wanton criminal.
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Wait, he's a dumpling thief??? What is the world coming to?
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Dudes gonna make bank when this goes to trial. But I hope those bitch ass pigs go to jail and get fired.
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Nope, as usual, tax payers will pay and cops face no repercussions.
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Once they're done rounding up all the brown people, I'm guessing black is next.
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and the final list, is probably jewish people, it almost ends up being them in the end.
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Cops casually assaulting people for no real reason has become the norm. 30 years ago that would have been a crime.
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30 years ago...? 30 years ago they wouldn't have been on camera doing it, you'd just never know it happened.
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Boy do I have some
goodterrible 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).
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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.
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It's still a crime. Americans just don't care if cops commit crimes. If they did, they would do something about it.
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I havent tested it out, but I feel like we'd lose in court trying to call any cop assaults a crime. They have qualified immunity-- thats usually just complete immunity.
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the Police union is not a true union, its a mafia gang, that can browbeat or have a stranglehold on any city they are in, thats why the gop fully supports that "UNION"
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specifically against black people, alot of them seem to be toward AA people, and shootings for everyone else thats a POC.
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Is there a video from source not built by one of these Florida cop's retarded nephews?
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stop using "retarded" as a slur.
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This was downvoted for some odd reason. I corrected the issue.
It is a slur if used as a pejorative.
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Presumably the video is shot from a dashcam?
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No, I mean, I try tapping the video to fullscreen it, and it just plays more ads and skips to the next video. Then that unrelated video can be fullscreened. Hosting source, not photographer.
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Lottery ticket and I hope he wins. Then again, it's in the Deregulated Nazi run Florida Oblast.
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Bullshit.
As always, ACAB.
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 ...
he means, it dint show the rest of the footage while i was beating him.