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PHOENIX, AZ — A 44-year-old man climbed onto the roof of his apartment and began acting strangely. Police arrived to help him down, but instead ended up killing him with a series of offensive maneuvers including tasing him while in a choke-hold, and finally dragging his lifeless body down a staircase, with his skull banging against every step.
A Phoenix police officer lost his job this year after a suspect’s mother complained that he was physically and verbally abusive to her son during a 2011 encounter, and internal investigators searched through the officer’s own video footage to find other incidents that supported the woman’s claim.
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A Phoenix police officer lost his job this year after a suspect’s mother complained that he was physically and verbally abusive to her son during a 2011 encounter, and internal investigators searched through the officer’s own video footage to find other incidents that supported the woman’s claim.
Originally posted by WaterBottle
Um why did they drag him down the stairs? Could they not carry the dude? There were only about 10 cops there.
Originally posted by Foundryman
This is what the police have become. You will obey the LEO. Do exactly what you are told in a cheerful manner. Do not argue. Do not assert your rights. Cower at their feet and lick their boots.
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Originally posted by Mamatus
Perhaps it is time to have a dedicated forum to Police abuse. A central place to aggregate all of the freaking horror stories that are coming up the last couple of years.
Originally posted by Skjord
Why isn't there a police brutality forum? We have a forum for pretty much everything expect for "untaxed" drugs.
Anyway, the only way you're going to stop this is by treating cops like civilians. If they kill a person, the man in charge should be put in prison for murder, and all that helped put in prison for 2nd degree murder.
This is how you stop it. But unfortunately that will never happen. Only if the citizens stand up for themselves.
But that wont happen either. Too many distractions and obedience.
What a pathetic state the US has become.
Absolutely pathetic.