Free of what? Free to what?

It's certainly not the bastion of liberty and democracy it's purported to be on all the posters, no. At the best of times, it never was.

Still, I'd rather that be the motto hanging over us and printed on our money rather than "Fuck it, all minorities go to prison," even if it's more hypocritical - it sets a goal in the sky for us to reach for.

What a fucking shit hole....

Even if she was breaking some sort of law, I doubt the consequences was being slammed head first on tile.

Everything coming from a cop is basically their own personal punishment toward the person they don't like for exercising their rights.

part of the American psyche is to prey of weak and vulnerable and pretend that it is actually honorable

Everyone knows they only hit soft targets like gun free zones. The only person more cowardly in Uvalde than the cops was the shooter.

Usually because it's kids (or students in college) shooting up schools, not necessarily 3rd party adults.

As a reaction to things like bullying and injustice within their life and within school.

I'm not in favor of anyone getting shot but your logic makes a ton of sense.

Easy targets, they want a high kill count, its not about right and wrong for them

yep. for protesting a theft machine being built in her neighborhood. fucking pigs

So they fucked her up and then charged her with assault.

It's very common for the police in this country to use DARVO techniques.

That’s the cop playbook because they are little administrative bitches

Watch his right foot just as he rounds the railing, right at the beginning of the video. That foot stopped and he pulled with his hips.

I think ICE, as a class, should be trialed and hung. Nuremberg only killed about 210 Nazis. We shouldn't make the mistake of being restrained against such monsters.

I mean, a few years in prison being someones cum dumpster would be fine with me. I think hanging him is very slightly excessive and too short of a punishment as well. Why not go about it slowly and methodically? By the way, the terrorist's name is Utah County Sheriff's Deputy Phillip (Phil) Crawford.

I agree but after watching some "karma" videos I am constantly amazed by the body's resilience.

That name just went on The List.

'We have no compassion and we ask no compassion from you. When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses for the terror.'
Our time is coming, comrade, do not lose your blood lust. It will be needed.

EAT DONUTS

Data centers didn't violently assault this victim. Conservatives with guns did. They need to be dealt with.

They need water, electricity, and data coming in. All can be damaged outside of the facility.

It's time to start murding police officers.

Police have the highest rates of unreported domestic violence.

One day this cop will be dropped as part of mass layoffs, and will rage-protest until his Boston Dynamics replacement face-slams him into the floor.

That's not a good thing.

My son was choking to death and a police officer saved his life.

My brother died in a car accident and they caught the guy who did it.

There are many decent police officers and they serve a real function in society.

THIS DOES NOT EXCUSE THE ACTIONS OF THOSE WHO DO WRONG.

THIS DOES NOT EXCUSE THE - INACTION - OF THOSE WHO ARE TURNING A BLIND EYE TO BEHAVIOR LIKE THIS

Also, another side note. The police helped me convince my local parks and rec board to get signage for no fishing on a bike trail that was around a blind corner where people would crash their bikes all the time due to bags, coolers, poles, etc.. they advocated for this with me which I found commendable.

I try to keep an open mind while also admonishing what I see is bad. I'm hoping that someday somehow they'll remove the stigma of reporting bad apples from police departments and prioritize real oversight

No

The police are the wealthy’s publicly funded security.

Yes.

My little brother (17 years old) was in some danger from my mother who had kicked in his door because she was mad and is known to throw things in her anger. Fearing he would be injured from whatever caused this, I drove over and picked him up (with her blessing... She screeched he was never welcome to return). The next morning I went to the police to report the incident, and get advice on what to do next. I knew she would change her mind the next day and I wanted to be prepared.

The police officer took the time to talk to me about the relevant laws and what to do should she try to retaliate. That night she called the police on me and that officer was AWFUL. He did everything he could to escalate the situation, threatening to charge me with "a crime", yelling at me, etc. I told him his colleague had informed me of the relevant laws, and unless a judge intervened, we were allowed to wait for CPS to weigh in on the matter. He persisted with his threatening, so I asked who his Sargent was, and asked to speak with them. He said he would have him call me. Not liking his tone, I called the headquarters myself and reported the situation, and where we were with a different Sargent. His called later, but when he found out she was involved, quickly disengaged himself from everything.

She was also quite nice, and let us know the best way to safely handle the situation. Thanks to her and the first police officer, we were eventually able to make amends with everything and no future incidents occurred. My little brother was returned to my mother's care, and she never repeated the behavior. In the end, it's a good story of how it SHOULD work.

But imagine if I had never called. If I continued to feel like the aggressive cop was going to be putting my little brother into an unsafe environment, and I felt like I had to protect him. THAT cop would have loved to use force, and what would our family be like today?

I guess the moral of the story is, if you suspect an issue will arise, be proactive in finding the best solution. If you wait, there are a lot of bad solutions with the cops that will probably happen.

i grew up in the hood, cops were always late and often made the situation worse

My ex was being assaulted coming out of her car to walk inside. 5 cop cars were there in less than 60 seconds, suspect fled and they chased him down. Brought every charge against him they could find. We did NOT live in a great area.

That would be the only time.

I don’t know if this counts but the “community safety officer” (police officer) assigned to my kid’s elementary school helped get the town to clear their own damn sidewalks so my kids could safely walk to school even after it snowed.

20 years later they are still doing it!

The police as an institution make sense when viewed from the paradigm that they're a right-wing paramilitary charged with protecting capital and suppressing left-wing action.

Cops have never improved someone's day. Unless you're wealthy and they were working for you.

The cops violent aggressors in this video are working for the data centers, not the people.

If conservatives were removed from policing, there would be no more racism or bigotry in policing. There would be no more overt bad shootings, no more dishonest warrants, no more bullying, no more targeting of the vulnerable and no more shitty cops.

There are countries where people actually get along fine with their cops. Those are countries that don't allow conservative bigot dickbags to have such a job.

In all seriousness, yes. I sometimes call for noise (music, shouting, banging noises (not that kind)) during late hours, they show up and help.

They also make me feel relatively safe in my god awful neighbourhood.

But... I do see how that isn't very much..

Edit: who tf downvotes this? This is the most lukewarm thing I've posted that day. TIL this community hates all cops indiscriminately, no matter if the cops are good or bad. Great way to alienate good people.

He trained for this exact moment to be a fucking pussy and assault someone 1/3 his size. There were 6 cops at least, a lot of faith he has in his team.

Absolutely do not move there for any reason. Try Colorado, New Mexico, or Wyoming

It has some truly beautiful places to visit, but living there would be hard for reasons beyond it being a Mormon enclave. It's mostly desert/semi-arid. The great salt lake is stinky; I already have issues with sensitization and strong smells, and the handful of times I've visited that lake were hard to enjoy. The mountains are great though... I think I'd like to live there.

Yeah, Utah is in America.

He was nowhere near a bar. What are you talking about? You can even see him preparing to slam her by winding up.

While at first blink it might seem like the railing catches onto his gear and he trips because of that... look at the other (left) leg. His leg is out to trip her already before he "falls".

Also the force used to slam her into the floor is NOT "man falling with full weight". No, based on the speed and sound alone I can tell you the force was 2-3x larger at least.

So he's an uncoordinated dipshit on top of being a fascist who put himself in a situation where his uncoordinated dipshittery caused physical harm to a peaceful protestor, after which he appeared to make the situation worse by pinning her down further and not providing care or calling for care to be provided.

And you're an apologist. Good work, bootlicker.

What are you even talking about. Go rewatch the vid at 0.25 the speed, the guard rail isn't even moving when it get passed by. But he does put his left leg outside her legs before twisting his shoulders on the opposite direction and going full judo practice on concrete to a woman half his weight.

Yeah he’s been planning that move for a while. He’s probably used it before. You’re falling for a dumbass’s ruse.

I saw him tripping over your tongue while you were busy BOOT LICKING him.

He's got some weak ankles and knees then 🤣