Question: why kneel during the anthem? Here's the answer

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Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷
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Question: why kneel during the anthem?
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Naveed Jamali
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Deputy Julio Alvarado seen here slamming 4-foot-8, about 100 pounds Shantel Arnold, who is missing her left eye, has been named in *NINE* fed suits accusing him of using excessive force.NINE! And he’s still a cop.
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Deputy Julio Alvarado seen here slamming 4-foot-8, about 100 pounds Shantel Arnold, who is missing her left eye, has been named in *NINE* fed suits accusing him of using excessive force.NINE! And he’s still a cop.

Two suits were settled, one of them involving the beating of a **14-year-old boy**, and two are pending, with the remaining dismissed. Yet, he has remained employed as a police officer! Gun and badge!!!

Back to Arnold, what was her transgression? Well apparently it was refusing to speak to Alvarado. Furthermore after using such force, surely she was charged for SOMETHING? Nope. Zero charges. But she was assaulted so badly that she required treatment in the hospital.

A 2016 lawsuit claimed Alvarado grabbed a 14-year-old Hispanic boy by the neck and “slammed his head against the ground and concrete” as the child screamed, “Why are you doing this to me?” Alvarado threatened to have the boy and his family deported. The case settled for $15K.
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[secondwind]

1. Throw the book at this monster!

What are they waiting for???!!!??

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

3. Seriously!!

[dchill]

2. Unqualified Immunity.

Time to defund THAT police.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. More details on Alvarado:

https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-deputy-who-slammed-a-black-woman-on-the-pavement-was-named-in-multiple-suits-records-show

Multiple sources who have reviewed the video’s contents confirmed that the deputy was Julio Alvarado, a 16-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Office. Alvarado has been named in nine federal civil rights lawsuits, all involving the use of excessive force, the most of any deputy currently employed by the Sheriff’s Office. Two suits were settled, one of them involving the beating of a 14-year-old boy, and two are pending, with the remaining dismissed.

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The probe remains open. At the same time, the office issued a statement on Wednesday saying the video had been “selectively edited.” The statement asserted that Arnold was intoxicated and that she had been resisting arrest.

In that incident, Arnold was walking home around 2 p.m. when Alvarado pulled up in his vehicle and demanded she stop and talk to him, according to Arnold and two witnesses related to her, as well as their statements provided to a sheriff’s investigator. She told him that she had just been assaulted by several boys from the neighborhood and wanted to go home, and she continued walking. Arnold is 4-foot-8, about 100 pounds and is missing her left eye from a car accident.

According to the two witnesses, Lionel Gray, 71, whom Arnold considers her stepfather, and Arnold’s 55-year-old uncle, Tony Givens, Alvarado jumped out of his vehicle, grabbed Arnold and threw her to the ground, unprovoked. The 14-second video captures what happened next. It shows Alvarado dragging Arnold along the pavement. They briefly disappear behind a parked white vehicle. When they come back into view, Alvarado is holding Arnold by her braids, slamming her repeatedly onto the pavement. At one point, he whips her down so violently her body spins around and flips over.

The footage, which has sparked widespread condemnation both locally and nationally, ends as Alvarado crouches down and places a knee onto Arnold’s back. She was not charged with a crime and was later taken to a hospital. She said she required treatment for the injuries she sustained during the struggle with Alvarado.

Abolition now.

[Best_man23]

5. This guy is a sociopath

That guy needs to be fired, now.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Any Second Offense Should Be...

...immediate termination.
It would be obvious that the offending officer learned nothing the first time.
Or, they are incapable of self-control.
Either way, they should not be a cop.
Since, these were kids in these cases, firing the first time (there was a settlement, so "wrongful" seems established) would have been in order.