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"Get Up And Get In The Car" Said One Cop While Other Cop Had A Knee On His Neck (Original Post) DanieRains May 2020 OP
It will happen. They are waiting for results of FBI investigation, etc secondwind May 2020 #1
You mean the same FBI under the DOJ Bill Barr? BComplex May 2020 #11
What do you think the motive was? ScratchCat May 2020 #2
Racists Getting Off By Abusing A Minority DanieRains May 2020 #3
White nationalists, blue uniforms. dchill May 2020 #7
Are you sure that was a cop? I think it was an onlooker. GusFring May 2020 #4
Agreed. ComtesseDeSpair May 2020 #12
what kind of ass tells him to get up with a knee on his neck? RussBLib May 2020 #5
One cop orders the man to move... lame54 May 2020 #6
I heard that, too. MineralMan May 2020 #8
Also, cops scream "stop resisting" at people who have involuntary movements Merlot May 2020 #10
An arrest is not an indictment. An indictment is not a conviction. That takes a full trial Tom Rinaldo May 2020 #9
 

DanieRains

(4,619 posts)
3. Racists Getting Off By Abusing A Minority
Thu May 28, 2020, 12:17 PM
May 2020

3 cops controlling the crowd while one kills the victim.

Can't see it any other way.

ComtesseDeSpair

(545 posts)
12. Agreed.
Thu May 28, 2020, 02:54 PM
May 2020

I'm pretty sure it was an onlooker telling him to get up and get in the car. He also said something else about not giving the cops trouble which made me realize it was a bystander, not a cop, saying it.

RussBLib

(9,002 posts)
5. what kind of ass tells him to get up with a knee on his neck?
Thu May 28, 2020, 12:20 PM
May 2020

I'm sure there was some run-up to the killing, some back story, but I can't imagine any run-up would justify how they treated this guy.

lame54

(35,262 posts)
6. One cop orders the man to move...
Thu May 28, 2020, 12:21 PM
May 2020

While the other cop justifies keeping his knee on his neck because the man is moving

MineralMan

(146,254 posts)
8. I heard that, too.
Thu May 28, 2020, 12:47 PM
May 2020

For those who are confused, here's something to try:

1. Lie down on the floor on your stomach.
2. Put your hands behind your back and clasp them together.
3. Now, stand up without unclasping your hands.

Can't do it, can you? Very few people can.

Once a person is handcuffed, with hands behind their back and put into a prone position, that person is no longer able to resist. That is why it is done.

Most people have never been handcuffed, so they don't understand just how helpless you are with your hands behind your back and in cuffs.

Merlot

(9,696 posts)
10. Also, cops scream "stop resisting" at people who have involuntary movements
Thu May 28, 2020, 01:08 PM
May 2020

When in pain, or expecting pain, a person will flinch or try to protect their body, or try to escape the pain. That is a normal physical response. To expect someone who is being physically harmed to take the pain without reacting to that pain is not realistic. It's a trap the cops have created, they know very well what they are doing.

Tom Rinaldo

(22,911 posts)
9. An arrest is not an indictment. An indictment is not a conviction. That takes a full trial
Thu May 28, 2020, 01:06 PM
May 2020

There is NO ACCEPTABLE reason for arrests to not now be made in this case. An arrested person is still legally presumed to be innocent.The evidence known supports arresting those officers. It does not negate their constitutional rights to do so. It insults our system of justice to not at least take that first step under these radical circumstances.

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