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Video of Phoenix police using a Taser and punching deaf man with cerebral palsy under scrutiny

This story is insane to me, I dont know how these cops haven't been arrested.

They get called to a crime scene with the caller saying that a white man was being aggressive. They got there, asked the first white dude they saw what was going on, and then the white dude just pointed at a black dude and said the black guy stole his phone.

Despite the call literally being about an aggressive white dude, these cops immediately chase after this black guy, pull up and start yelling at him, tackle him and then start punching him within like 10 seconds of getting out of their truck.

Did not confirm any suspicions, didn't even talk to the black guy for one moment, and then afterwards they blow off his wife and never seem to think "jeez it's weird this guy who just stole a phone is using it to FaceTime someone while leisurely walking down the street".

This is so bad it has to be intentional malice. I just don't understand how a country can call itself land of the free and then have police do shit like this with no consequences.

The man was literally deaf, any normal sane person would have figured that out quickly.

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Screen time linked with developmental delays, study finds

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I mean we have other studies that show kids who play video games usually are better at problem solving and fine motor controls.

Could be like you said, bad parents. Could also be that the content developed for mobile is somewhat mind numbing by design, most games are idle or just geared towards ads/in game purchases instead of game content. Apps tend to be easier to use and navigate as well.

Technology is obviously a powerful tool for both good and bad.